JP2019048191A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of excellent execution of performance and notification.SOLUTION: In starting a game round, in a sound/light side MPU 112, a variety of lotteries for determining performance contents are performed. The sound/light side MPU 112 transmits to the display side MPU 122 a command based on results of the lotteries. On the display side MPU 122, a data table is read from a content of the received command and, according to the data table, display control of a symbol display device 31 is performed. Also, the display side MPU 122 transmits a command to the sound/light side MPU 112 according to information defined in the data table. In the sound/light side MPU 112, light emission control is executed by setting light emission data in accordance with the content of the command or the like. In this case, in a light emission data area 162 of a sound/light side RAM 114, there is provided an interruption area where the light emission data is written according to prescribed priority.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  Pachinko machines, slot machines and the like are known as a type of gaming machine. A configuration is known in which effects are produced using a plurality of types of effect devices as these gaming machines.

  For example, a configuration is known in which effects are produced using at least a display device such as a liquid crystal display device and a speaker. In this case, a sound corresponding to the display content on the display device is output from the speaker. Further, for example, a configuration is known in which effects are produced using at least a light emitting unit such as an LED and a speaker, and in this case, the light emitting unit is controlled by a lighting pattern according to the content of sound output from the speaker . Further, for example, a configuration is known in which effects are produced using at least the display device and a movable object, and in this case, the operation of the movable object is started according to the display content on the display device reference).

JP, 2011-110091, A

  There is a demand for a configuration capable of suitably performing effects in a gaming machine such as that illustrated above.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and the like, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of suitably performing effects.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a first control means for controlling a first effect means;
Second control means for controlling the second effect means;
Bonus lottery execution means for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player;
Equipped with
In a gaming machine on which, after variation display of a pattern is started, a stop result of the variation display of the pattern corresponding to the result of the bonus lottery process is displayed,
The second control means includes a second side transmission means for transmitting predetermined transmission information to the first control means in accordance with the progress of the effect being executed by the second effect means.
The first control means is
An identifying unit that identifies that the predetermined timing is reached when the second transmission unit transmits the predetermined transmission information;
It is a case where it specifies that the said specific means is a predetermined timing, and it is performed when a result of the above-mentioned bonus lottery processing is a winning result, and is not performed when a result of the above-mentioned bonus lottery processing is a out result Means for executing a predetermined process in a situation where executing the step corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery process;
A first side setting unit configured to set a control information group corresponding to the benefit corresponding presentation when the predetermined process is executed;
Execution of the effect of the first effect means so that the privilege corresponding effect is executed before the stop result of the fluctuation display of the pattern is displayed using the control information group set by the first side setting means First side execution means for performing control;
It is characterized by having.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to preferably perform rendering.

It is a front view showing a pachinko machine in a 1st embodiment. It is a front view which shows the structure of a game board. (A)-(j) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content in the display surface of a symbol display apparatus. (A), (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content in the display surface of a symbol display apparatus. It is a schematic diagram of the game board for demonstrating a curtain board movable unit and a disk movable unit. (A)-(e) It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the operation | movement of a curtain board movable object. (A)-(e) It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the operation | movement of a disk movable object. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the content of the various counters used for the etc. lottery. It is a flowchart which shows the main process performed by main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process performed by main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special figure electric power control processing performed by main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special figure change start process performed by main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process performed by sound light side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the main side command corresponding | compatible process performed by sound light side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows V interruption processing performed by display side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the command corresponding | compatible process performed by display side MPU. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating an example of the data table for patterns which may be selected when it becomes a high probability jackpot result. It is a flowchart which shows another response | compatibility process performed by display side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the task processing performed by display side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the command setting process performed by display side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the display side command corresponding | compatible process performed by sound light side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the operation system corresponding | compatible process performed by sound light side MPU. It is a timing chart for explaining the contents of communication between sound light side MPU and display side MPU when operation production is performed. (A) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the data group for light emission, (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the light emission data area. (A) is an explanatory view for explaining a pallet data group, (b) is an explanatory view for explaining a start position data group, (c) is an explanatory view for explaining a list data group, d) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a group data group. It is an explanatory view for explaining a data selection table. It is a flowchart which shows the read-out process of the light emission data performed by the sound side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the data expansion process performed by sound light side MPU. It is an explanatory view for explaining an example of luminescence data. It is a flowchart which shows the light emission control processing performed by sound light side MPU. It is a timing chart for explaining a situation that luminescence control is performed. (A) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the data group for sound output, (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a sound output data area. It is a flowchart which shows the read-out process of the sound output data performed by sound light side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the sound output control processing performed by sound light side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the main side command corresponding | compatible process performed by the sound side MPU in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the display side command corresponding | compatible process performed by sound light side MPU.

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as "pachinko machine"), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10.

  The pachinko machine 10 has an outer frame 11 forming an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10 and a gaming machine main body 12 rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 in a forward direction. Although the detailed description by illustration is omitted, the gaming machine main body 12 is disposed in front of the inner frame supported by the outer frame 11 and rotatably supported by the inner frame. And a back pack unit disposed behind the inner frame and rotatably supported by the inner frame. In addition, the gaming machine main body 12 is provided with a locking device (not shown) at its rotating tip and has a function to lock the gaming machine main body 12 against the outer frame 11 so as not to be opened. The front door frame has a function to lock the inner frame in an unopenable manner. Each of these locked states is released by performing an unlocking operation on the cylinder lock 17 provided exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10 using an unlocking key.

  A gaming board 20 shown in FIG. 2 is mounted on the gaming machine body 12. Hereinafter, the configuration of the game board 20 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 20. As shown in FIG.

  The game board 20 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction. Each opening is provided with a general winning opening 21, special electric award winning device 22, upper operating opening 23, lower operating opening 24, through gate 25, variable display unit 26, special view display unit 33, common view display unit 34, etc. ing. When the ball is entered into the general winning opening 21, special power winning device 22, upper operating opening 23 and lower operating opening 24, it is detected by a detection sensor (not shown) disposed on the back side of the game board 20, A payout of a predetermined number of winning balls is executed based on the detection result. In addition, an out port 27 is provided at the lowermost portion of the game board 20, and game balls which have not entered the various winning ports etc. are discharged from the game area through the out port 27. Further, in the game board 20, a large number of nails 28 are implanted in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game balls, and various members such as a windmill are disposed.

  Here, entering the ball means that the gaming ball passes through the predetermined opening, and not only the aspect discharged to the back side of the game board 20 when passing through the opening, but also passing through the opening Also included is an aspect of continuing the flow of the game area without being discharged later from the game area. However, in the following description, in order to be clearly distinguished from the entry of gaming balls into the out port 27, the general winning port 21, the special power winning device 22, the upper operating port 23, the lower operating port 24 or the through gate 25. The entry of the game ball is also expressed as a winning.

  The upper operating opening 23 and the lower operating opening 24 are unitized as an operating opening device and installed on the game board 20. The upper operating opening 23 and the lower operating opening 24 are both open upward. Further, both operation ports 23 and 24 are aligned in the vertical direction so that the upper operation port 23 is on the upper side. The lower operating port 24 is provided with a common power utility 24 a as a guide piece including a pair of left and right movable pieces. In the closed state of the commercial power item 24a, the gaming ball can not win a prize in the lower operating port 24, and when the commercial power object 24a is in the open state, a winning in the lower operating port 24 becomes possible.

  The special power winning device 22 has a large winning opening (not shown) leading to the back side of the game board 20, and an open / close door 22a for opening and closing the large winning opening. The open / close door 22a is disposed in either the closed state or the open state. Specifically, the open / close door 22a is normally in a closed state in which the game ball can not be won, and is switched to an open state in which the game ball can be won if the shift to the open / close execution mode is won in the internal lottery. It has become. By the way, the open / close execution mode is a mode in which a transition is made when a jackpot result is obtained. In the closed state, although it is not impossible to win, it may be in a state in which the winning is less likely to occur than in the open state.

  The special view display unit 33 and the common view display unit 34 are provided on the lower side of the game area. In the special view display unit 33, the variation display of the pattern is performed with the winning of the upper operating opening 23 or the lower operating opening 24 as a trigger, and the winning of the upper operating opening 23 or the lower operating opening 24 as a result of stopping the variable display. The result of the internal lottery made on the basis of is clearly indicated by the display. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the winning on the upper operating opening 23 and the winning on the lower operating opening 24 are not distinguished in the internal lottery, and the row is based on the winning on the upper operating opening 23 or the lower operating opening 24. The result of the internal lottery is clearly indicated by the special view display unit 33 which is a common display area. Then, when the result of the internal lottery based on the winning of the upper operation port 23 or the lower operation port 24 is the winning result corresponding to the transition to the open / close execution mode, the predetermined drawing result in the special view display portion 33 Is displayed and the fluctuation display is stopped, and the mode is switched to the open / close execution mode.

  In addition, although the special view display part 33 is comprised by the segment display which a some segment light emission part is arranged in a predetermined | prescribed aspect, it is not limited to this, A liquid crystal display device, an organic electroluminescence display , A CRT, a dot matrix, or other type of display device. In addition, as a pattern that is variably displayed in the special view display unit 33, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed A configuration in which a plurality of colors are switched and displayed may be considered.

  In the common view display unit 34, the variation display of the pattern is performed triggered by the winning of the through gate 25, and the result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning of the through gate 25 is displayed as a stop result of the variation display. Explicitly by If the result of the internal lottery based on the winning on the through gate 25 is a winning result corresponding to the transition to the general electric power release state, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the common view display unit 34 and the variable display is displayed. After being stopped, shift to the normal power release state. In the general-purpose open state, the general-purpose utility 24a provided in the lower operation port 24 is in the open state in a predetermined manner.

  The variable display unit 26 is provided with a symbol display device 31 that variably displays a symbol that is a kind of symbol. Further, a center frame 32 is disposed on the variable display unit 26 so as to surround the symbol display device 31. The upper portion of the center frame 32 extends forward of the pachinko machine 10. As a result, the game ball is prevented from falling in front of the display surface G of the symbol display device 31, and a disadvantage that the visibility of the display surface G is reduced due to the drop of the game ball does not occur. ing. The center frame 32 is provided at the lower part thereof with a stage portion 32a in which the game balls can be rolled in the lateral direction. The game ball entered in the entrance formed in the left side of the center frame 32 is supplied to the stage 32a by passing through the outlet passage formed in the left side. The gaming ball falling downward from the position closer to the center in the stage portion 32 a is more likely to win the upper actuation opening 23.

  The symbol display device 31 is configured as a liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by a display control device described later. The symbol display device 31 is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device, or a CRT.

  In the symbol display device 31, variable display of symbols is started based on winning on the upper operation port 23 or the lower operation port 24. That is, when the variable display is performed in the special view display unit 33, the variable display is performed in the symbol display device 31 accordingly. Then, for example, in the game round where the game result is a big hit result, in the symbol display device 31, symbols of a predetermined combination are stopped and displayed on an effective line set in advance.

  The display contents of the symbol display device 31 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is a view individually showing the symbols variably displayed by the symbol display device 31, and FIG. 4 is a view showing the display surface G of the symbol display device 31. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (j), a pattern, which is a type of pattern, consists of nine types of main designs, each of which has a numeral "1" to "9", and a shell-shaped picture It is constituted by the sub pattern. More specifically, the main symbols are configured by attaching numbers of "1" to "9" to nine types of character symbols such as octopus.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, on the display surface G of the symbol display device 31, three symbol rows Z1, Z2 and Z3 of upper, middle and lower are set as a plurality of display areas. In each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3, the main symbols and the sub symbols are arranged in a predetermined order. Specifically, in the upper symbol row Z1, nine types of main symbols from "1" to "9" are arranged in descending numerical order, and one sub-symbol is arranged between each main symbol. . In the lower figure pattern row Z3, nine types of main symbols of "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of numbers and one sub-symbol is arranged between each main symbol.

  That is, the upper pattern row Z1 and the lower pattern row Z3 are formed of 18 symbols. On the other hand, in the middle symbol row Z2, nine main symbols of "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of numbers, and then between the main symbol of "9" and the main symbol of "1" The main symbols of "4" are additionally arranged in each, and one sub-symbol is arranged between each of these main symbols. That is, only in the middle symbol row Z2, ten main symbols are arranged and are configured by twenty symbols. Then, on the display surface G, the symbols of each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 are variably displayed so as to scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (b), the display surface G is such that three symbols are stopped and displayed for each symbol row, and as a result, a total of nine patterns of 3 × 3 are stopped and displayed. It is supposed to be. Further, on the display surface G, as shown in FIG. 4A, five effective lines, that is, the left line L1, the middle line L2, the right line L3, the right downward line L4, and the right upward line L5 are set. . Then, the variation display is stopped in the order of upper symbol row Z1 → lower symbol row Z3 → middle symbol row Z2, and all symbol rows Z1 are formed in a combination of symbols with the same numeral attached to one of the effective lines. When the variable display of ~ Z3 is finished, the big hit moving picture is displayed as the occurrence of the big hit result.

  In addition, the aspect of the variation display of the symbols in the symbol display device 31 is not limited to the above and is arbitrary, the number of symbol rows, the direction of the variation display of symbols in the symbol rows, the number of symbols of each symbol row, etc. Can be changed as appropriate. Further, the pattern variably displayed on the symbol display device 31 is not limited to the above-described symbol. For example, only numbers may be variably displayed as a pattern.

  In addition, based on winning on any operation opening 23, 24, variable display is started on special view display unit 33 and symbol display device 31, and a predetermined stop result is displayed until the above variable display is stopped. Is equivalent to one game play.

  Returning to the explanation of FIG. 2, a special view reserve light emitting unit 35 corresponding to the special view display unit 33 and the symbol display device 31 is provided at a position adjacent to the special view display unit 33. The number of game balls winning in the upper operation opening 23 or the lower operation opening 24 is held up to a maximum of four, and the number of holdings is displayed by lighting of the special view holding light emitting unit 35. Further, at a position adjacent to the common drawing display unit 34, a common drawing reservation light emitting unit 36 corresponding to the common drawing display unit 34 is provided. The number of times the game ball passes through the through gate 25 is held up to four times at maximum, and the number of the held balls is displayed by lighting of the general drawing hold light emitting unit 36. Note that the function of each reserved light emitting unit 35, 36 may be performed by display in a partial area of the symbol display device 31.

  Here, in the variable display unit 26, in addition to the above-mentioned symbol display device 31, as a plurality of output devices used to execute effects and notices, a curtain plate movable unit 51, and a pair of left and right disk movable units 61a, 61b, a first light emitting unit group 71, a second light emitting unit group 72, and a third light emitting unit group 73 are provided. The curtain plate movable unit 51 and the disk movable units 61a and 61b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the game board 20 for explaining the curtain plate movable unit 51 and the disk movable units 61a and 61b.

  The movable plate movable unit 51 is disposed in front of the display surface G of the symbol display device 31 and covers a part of the display surface G from the front and is provided with a variable movable region And a plurality of curtain plate drive units 53a and 53b for displacing the curtain plate movable object 52. The movable movable plate 52 has a rectangular shape in a front view, and is disposed such that its longitudinal direction is a lateral direction.

  A left curtain drive unit 53a is provided as a part of the plurality of curtain drive units 53a and 53b at a position near the left end of the movable curtain 52 in the longitudinal direction. At the same time, the right curtain drive unit 53b is provided as the remainder of the plurality of curtain drive units 53a and 53b at a position closer to the right end than the longitudinal central position of the curtain movable object 52. There is. That is, the left and right pair of curtain plate drive units 53a and 53b are provided as the plurality of curtain plate drive units 53a and 53b.

  The left curtain drive unit 53a and the right curtain drive unit 53b have the same configuration. Specifically, each of the shutter drive units 53a and 53b includes shutter rails 54a and 54b extending in the longitudinal direction. The curtain plate rails 54a and 54b are provided above the upper edge of the exposure opening 32b that exposes the display surface G of the symbol display device 31 in the center frame 32. The dimension of the curtains 54 a and 54 b in the longitudinal direction is set larger than the dimension of the movable plate 52 in the longitudinal direction, and the whole is present on the back surface of the center frame 32. That is, the curtain plate rails 54a and 54b are provided so as not to protrude toward the exposed opening 32b.

  Slide members 55a and 55b are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the respective curtain rails 54a and 54b. Each slide member 55a, 55b is vertically slidably movable along the corresponding curtain plate rail 54a, 54b. The slide members 55a and 55b are respectively integrated with the movable movable plate 52 via a connecting portion (not shown). In this case, the slide member 55 a on the left side is integrated with the area near the left end portion of the movable plate 52 in the longitudinal direction, and the slide member 55 b on the right side is the movable plate 52. Are integrated with respect to the region closer to the right end than the central position in the longitudinal direction. The slide members 55 a and 55 b are fixed by projecting upward from the upper end portion of the movable curtain 52. By sliding the slide members 55a and 55b on the corresponding curtain plate rails 54a and 54b, the movable curtain plate movable member 52 integrated with the slide members 55a and 55b is displaced in the vertical direction.

  A predetermined play exists in the connecting portion between the movable movable plate 52 and the slide members 55a and 55b, so that the movable movable plate 52 in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction with the front and rear direction as the rotation axis. Displacement is allowed. This makes it possible to make one of the slide members 55a and 55b different in height position from the other within the range until the inclination angle of the movable curtain 52 becomes a predetermined angle.

  A pinion gear (not shown) is provided on each slide member 55a, 55b, and a rack (not shown) is provided on each tab rail 54a, 54b. Further, for the slide members 55a and 55b, curtain plate drive portions 56a and 56b for rotationally driving the pinion gear are provided. The left slide member 55a is displaced in the vertical direction by the left curtain drive portion 56a being driven, and the left region of the movable curtain plate member 52 can be displaced in the vertical direction with respect to the right region. When the curtain drive unit 56b is driven, the slide member 55b on the right is displaced in the vertical direction, and the right region of the movable curtain 52 can be displaced in the vertical direction with respect to the left region. In addition, the left and right slide members 55a and 55b are both displaced in the vertical direction when both the left curtain drive part 56a and the right curtain drive part 56b are driven, and the entire movable curtain object 52 is moved. Is displaced in the vertical direction.

  When the slide members 55a and 55b are present on the curtain rail 54a and 54b on the side farthest from the exposure opening 32b, that is, at the upper end of the curtain rail 54a and 54b Most of the movable movable plate 52 is hidden behind the center frame 32, and only a small area is located in the exposed opening 32b. When the position is the initial position of the movable curtain plate 52 and the effect utilizing the movable curtain plate 52 is not performed, the movable curtain plate 52 is disposed at the initial position.

  In the situation where the movable movable plate 52 is disposed at the initial position, the movable movable plate 52 moves toward the center of the exposure opening 32b by the drive units 56a and 56b being driven. . Then, this displacement is performed with the position where each slide member 55a, 55b reaches the end closer to the exposure opening 32b in the curtain rail 54a, 54b, ie, the lower end of the curtain rail 54a, 54b, as the limit position. It will be. As the movable movable plate 52 descends, the area of the movable plate 52 exposed from the exposure opening 32 b becomes wider.

  In a configuration in which the movable movable plate 52 can be displaced between the initial position and the limit position, curtain initial position sensors 57a and 57b are provided for detecting that the movable plate movable member 52 is disposed at the initial position. It is done. The curtain plate initial position sensors 57a and 57b are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the slide members 55a and 55b. Although optical sensors are used as the curtain plate initial position sensors 57a and 57b, any type of sensor such as a switch sensor or an electromagnetic sensor may be used.

  As sensors for detecting the position of the movable curtain plate 52, adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b are provided in addition to the curtain plate initial position sensors 57a and 57b. The adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the slide members 55a and 55b. More specifically, the adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b detect the slide members 55a and 55b at a predetermined position on the limit position side of the initial position, more specifically, the initial position and the limit position. It is provided to detect that the slide members 55a and 55b are present at an intermediate position of. Although optical type sensors are used as the adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b, any type of sensor such as a switch type sensor or an electromagnetic type sensor may be used.

  The operation of the movable movable plate 52 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (e). As shown in FIG. 6 (a), in the situation where the movable movable plate 52 is disposed at the initial position, the movable plate drive portions 56a and 56b are driven so that the slide members 55a and 55b are lowered together. As a result, the entire movable plate movable object 52 is displaced downward (for example, the state shown in FIG. 6D), and thereafter the respective curtain members 55a, 55b are moved relative to each other in the longitudinal direction. As shown in FIGS. 6 (b) and 6 (c), when the plate drive units 56a and 56b are in the driven state, the movable plate 52 is largely left exposed through the exposure opening 32b. The downward slope and the downward slope to the right are alternately repeated. As a result, as the operation mode of the curtain plate movable object 52, not only the mode in which it is simply lowered but also the mode in which it tilts to the left and right exists, and diversification of the operation mode is achieved.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6 (d), the drive units 56a and 56b are driven until the slide members 55a and 55b reach the positions detected by the corresponding adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b, respectively. . Thus, the movable movable plate 52 is in the horizontal state at the position slightly returned to the initial position side. After that, the respective movable plate drive parts 56a and 56b are driven so that the slide members 55a and 55b move together, as shown in FIG. 6 (e), the movable movable plate 52 is horizontal. The whole is displaced downward while maintaining the state.

  As described above, when switching to the operation mode in which the movable plate 52 can be lowered horizontally after the operation mode in which the movable plate 52 is alternately inclined, the slide members 55a and 55b are detected by the corresponding adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b. By being configured to be lowered after being moved, the movable movable plate 52 can be lowered in the horizontal state.

  Further, the adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b are intentionally provided on the limit position side of the curtain plate initial position sensors 57a and 57b, and the movement of the curtain plate movable object 52 is horizontal using the detection results of the adjustment position sensors 58a and 58b. Since it is determined whether or not it is determined, it is not necessary to return the movable movable plate 52 to the initial position when switching to the operation mode of lowering horizontally after the operation mode of alternately setting the inclination state. This makes it possible to switch the operation mode earlier.

  When the effect using the movable curtain plate 52 is finished, the movable curtain plate movable member 52 maintains the horizontal state by the drive units 56a and 56b for the curtain plate being driven in the opposite direction. While rising, it will eventually return to the initial position. Further, the effect utilizing the movable curtain plate 52 is used as an effect indicating that the expectation of the jackpot result is medium or higher, and for example, when the expectation is medium, it is alternately inclined. An effect according to the operation mode is performed, but an effect according to the operation mode to lower the level horizontally is not performed thereafter, and when the degree of expectation is high, an operation mode to reduce the level horizontally after the effect according to the operation mode to be alternately inclined. Performed by

  Next, the disk movable units 61a and 61b will be described with reference to FIG. 5 again.

  The disk movable units 61a and 61b are disposed in front of the display surface G of the symbol display device 31, and cover a part of the display surface G from the front and a pair of disks provided so as to make the covered region variable. Animals 62a and 62b and a pair of disc drive units 63a and 63b for displacing the movable discs 62a and 62b are provided. Each of the movable disks 62a and 62b has the same configuration, and is circular in a front view. The same decoration is given to the front of each of the movable disks 62a and 62b. The decoration is shaped so as to have non-overlapping anisotropy in the case where the movable disks 62a and 62b are arranged at a predetermined rotational position and the case where they are arranged at a specific rotational position different from that. There is. More specifically, the decoration is shaped to have an anisotropy that does not overlap between any of the rotational positions of the movable disks 62a and 62b. The outer peripheral shapes of the movable disks 62a and 62b may have an anisotropy that does not overlap between predetermined rotational positions, and the anisotropy does not overlap between any of the rotational positions. It may be shaped.

  Each of the movable disks 62a and 62b rotates and slides as it is driven by the corresponding disk drive unit 63a and 63b. The pair of disc drive units 63a and 63b have the same configuration. Specifically, the disk drive units 63a and 63b are disk rails 64a and 64b that extend obliquely from the outer side of the lower corner of the exposure opening 32b toward the center of the exposure opening 32b. Is equipped. The disc rails 64a and 64b are provided so as to extend in and out of the exposure opening 32b with reference to the peripheral edge of the exposure opening 32b. The length dimension of the disc rails 64a and 64b is set larger than the diameter of the disc movable objects 62a and 62b, and a part of the disc rails 64a and 64b exists on the back surface of the center frame 32.

  Shafted guide members 65a and 65b are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the disk rails 64a and 64b. Each of the pivoted guide members 65a and 65b can slide in the oblique direction along the corresponding disc rails 64a and 64b, and the rotation base which is a part of the members can move in the longitudinal direction at any slide position. Is rotatable around the axis of rotation. The respective pivoted guide members 65a and 65b are integrated with the respective movable disks 62a and 62b through the insertion of the rotation shaft into the corresponding movable disks 62a and 62b. The respective pivoted guide members 65a and 65b are provided on the back surface of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b, and the whole is covered from the front by the disk movable objects 62a and 62b. By sliding on the disk rails 64a and 64b corresponding to the shafted guide members 65a and 65b, the disk movable objects 62a and 62b integrated with the shafted guide members 65a and 65b are displaced in an oblique direction, By rotating the rotary base of the shafted guide members 65a and 65b, the disk movable objects 62a and 62b integrated with the shafted guide members 65a and 65b rotate.

  The disk rails 64a and 64b are provided with drive rollers and driven rollers (not shown) and transport belts that are driven to rotate by the rollers, and the guide members 65a and 65b with shafts are connected to mesh with the transport belts (not shown) A department is provided. Further, disk slide drive portions 66a and 66b for driving the drive rollers to rotate are provided on the disk rails 64a and 64b, respectively. When the disk slide drive units 66a and 66b are in a driving state, the corresponding disk movable objects 62a and 62b are displaced in the oblique direction. Further, on each of the guide members 65a and 65b with a shaft, there are provided drive units 67a and 67b (not shown) for rotating the rotary base. When the disk rotation drive units 67a and 67b are in a driving state, the corresponding disk movable objects 62a and 62b rotate.

  In the case where each of the shafted guide members 65a and 65b is present near the center in the longitudinal direction on the disk rails 64a and 64b, a part of the corresponding disk movable object 62a or 62b is hidden on the back surface of the center frame 32, Only the area of the portion is located in the exposure opening 32b. This position is the initial position in the sliding direction of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b. Further, in a situation where effects using the disc movable objects 62a and 62b are not performed, the disc movable object 62a is set such that a predetermined portion of the decoration attached to the surfaces of the disc movable objects 62a and 62b has a predetermined rotational position. , 62b are determined. This position is the initial position in the rotational direction of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b. Then, the initial position in the sliding direction and the position disposed at the initial position in the rotational direction is the initial position of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b.

  In the situation where the disk movable objects 62a and 62b are arranged at the initial position, the corresponding disk slide driving parts 66a and 66b are driven to direct the disk movable objects 62a and 62b toward the center side of the exposure opening 32b. Move. And this displacement makes the limit position the position where each shaft-attached guide member 65a, 65b reaches the end near the center of the exposure opening 32b in the disk rails 64a, 64b, ie, the upper end of the disk rails 64a, 64b. To be done. In the state of being disposed at this limit position, the whole of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b is exposed through the exposure opening 32b. In addition, when the disk rotation drive parts 67a and 67b are driven at an arbitrary position in the sliding direction, the disk movable objects 62a and 62b rotate. The rotation operation can be performed even while the disk movable objects 62a and 62b are slidingly moving.

  A slide for detecting that the disk movable objects 62a and 62b are disposed at the initial position in the slide direction in a configuration in which the disk movable objects 62a and 62b can slide between the initial position and the limit position in the slide direction. Initial position sensors 68a and 68b are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the movable disks 62a and 62b. The slide initial position sensors 68 a and 68 b are provided on the back of the center frame 32. Although optical sensors are used as the slide initial position sensors 68a and 68b, any type of sensor such as a switch sensor or an electromagnetic sensor may be used.

  In the configuration in which the disk movable objects 62a and 62b are rotatable and the initial position in the rotational direction exists as the rotational position of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b, the disk movable objects 62a and 62b are disposed at the initial positions in the rotational direction. Rotation initial position sensors 69a and 69b for detecting that the disk is moving are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the disk movable objects 62a and 62b. The rotation initial position sensors 69a and 69b are provided on the corresponding shafted guide members 65a and 65b, and are provided so as not to follow the rotation of the rotary base and the disk movable objects 62a and 62b. Although optical sensors are used as the rotation initial position sensors 69a and 69b, any type of sensor such as a switch sensor or an electromagnetic sensor may be used.

  The operation of the movable disks 62a and 62b will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (e). As shown in FIG. 7A, in the situation where the disk movable objects 62a and 62b are arranged at the initial position, the respective disk movable objects 62a and 62b are driven by the disk slide drive units 66a and 66b being driven. By sliding in a diagonal direction and reaching the limit position as shown in FIG. 7B, the sliding movement of each of the movable disks 62a and 62b is stopped. In this case, the drive by the disk slide drive units 66a and 66b is performed such that the slide movement of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b is synchronized. Further, while the sliding movement is being performed, the non-driven state is maintained in the disk rotation drive parts 67a and 67b, so that the disk movable objects 62a and 62b are not rotated.

  Thereafter, when the respective disk rotation drive units 67a and 67b are driven, as shown in FIG. 7C, the disk movable objects 62a and 62b start rotating in a predetermined direction. In this case, since the initial positions of the movable disks 62a and 62b in the rotational direction are set so that the decorations attached to the fronts of the movable disks 62a and 62b are in the same mode, the rotation start timing is set. The aspect of decoration of each disk movable object 62a, 62b in is the same. Further, each of the movable disks 62a and 62b starts rotating at the same start timing, and rotates at the same rotation speed in the same direction. Therefore, the movable disks 62a and 62b rotate in synchronization with each other.

  Thereafter, the disk slide drive units 66a and 66b are driven in the opposite direction to start slide movement of the disk movable objects 62a and 62b toward the initial position in the slide direction, as shown in FIG. 7 (d). As shown in FIG. 3, the initial position in the sliding direction is finally restored. In this case, while the slide movement toward the initial position is being performed, the drive state of the disk rotation drive units 67a and 67b is maintained, so the disk movable objects 62a and 62b slide and move while rotating. It will be. The slide movement and the rotation are also performed in synchronization with each other between the movable disks 62a and 62b. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7 (e), the rotational position of the movable disks 62a and 62b becomes the initial position in the rotational direction, and the rotation of the movable disks 62a and 62b is also stopped.

  In addition, the presentation using the disk movable objects 62a and 62b is used as a presentation showing that the expectation of the jackpot result is medium or higher. For example, in the case where the degree of expectation is medium, the slide operation and the rotation operation as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7E are performed only in any one of the pair of movable disks 62a and 62b. When the degree is high, the sliding operation and the rotating operation as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7E are performed while both the pair of movable disks 62a and 62b are synchronized.

  Next, the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73 are all provided in the center frame 32. Each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 includes a plurality of LEDs 71a, 72a, 73a as a plurality of light emitters. These LEDs 71a to 73a are of multi-color light emitting type, and can emit at least white, blue, red, green and yellow light. Each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 is arranged such that a plurality of LEDs 71 a to 73 a form a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. In this case, when light of a different color is irradiated between different columns or different rows in each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73, the player can recognize the difference in the colors of the LEDs 71a to 73a. Position and light intensity are set. Although the number of LEDs is different between the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the mode of arrangement is also different, the number of LEDs or the mode of arrangement is the same between some of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73. The light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 may have the same number or arrangement of LEDs.

  Each of the LEDs 71 a to 73 a of each of the light emitting portion groups 71 to 73 is provided so as to be covered from the front by the light transmitting portions 74, 75, 76 formed in white in the center frame 32. Of the light emitting portion groups 71 to 73, the first light emitting portion group 71 is provided above the exposure opening 32b and to the left, and the second light emitting portion group 72 is above the exposure opening 32b. The third light emitting portion group 73 is provided at a position to the right of the exposure opening 32 b.

  The lighting of the light in each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 is used as an effect and also used as status notification of the pachinko machine 10. The contents of these will be described in detail later.

  Returning to the explanation of the game board 20, the rail section 37 is attached to the game board 20, and the guide rail is constituted by the rail section 37. The game ball is mounted under the game board 20 in the inner frame A game ball fired from a mechanism (not shown) is guided to the upper part of the game area. In the gaming ball launch mechanism, the launching operation of the gaming ball is performed by operating the launch handle 41 provided on the front of the gaming machine body 12.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a window 42 is formed in the front of the gaming machine main body 12 so that almost the entire game area can be viewed from the front. The window portion 42 has a substantially elliptical shape, and a window panel 43 (not shown) is fitted therein. The window panel 43 is formed to be colorless and transparent by glass, but is not limited to this and may be formed to be colorless and transparent by a synthetic resin.

  A light emitting means is provided around the window portion 42. A display light emitting unit 44 is provided above the window 42 as a part of the light emitting means. In addition, on both left and right sides of the display light emitting unit 44, speaker units 45 to which sound effects and the like according to the game state are output are provided.

  Below the window 42 in the front of the gaming machine main body 12, an upper bulging portion 46 and a lower bulging portion 47 bulging toward the front side are vertically arranged in parallel. An upper plate 46a opened upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 46, and a lower plate 47a similarly opened upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 47. The upper tray 46a has a function for temporarily storing the game balls paid out from the later described payout device and guiding the game balls to the game ball launch mechanism side while aligning them in a line. Further, the lower tray 47a has a function of storing the game balls which become surplus in the upper tray 46a. The gaming balls paid out from the payout device mounted on the back side of the gaming machine main body 12 are discharged to the upper tray 46a and the lower tray 47a.

  In the upper bulging portion 46, in the area facing the front of the pachinko machine 10, there is provided a rendering operation device 48 having an operating portion manually operated by the player. The operation unit of the effect operation device 48 is manually operated by the player in order to set the effect content on the display surface G of the symbol display device 31 or the like as the predetermined effect content.

  On the back side of the gaming machine main body 12, a main control device, an audio light emission control device, a display control device, a payout mechanism including a payout device, a payout control device, and a power / fire control device are mounted. There is. Hereinafter, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described.

<Electric Configuration of Pachinko Machine 10>
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

  The main control device 90 comprises a main control board 91 which controls the main control of the game, and a power failure monitoring board 95 which monitors the power supply. The main control unit 90 may be provided with a trace means for leaving a trace of the opening or a trace structure for leaving a trace of the opening to the substrate box accommodating the main control substrate 91 etc. . As the trace means, a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box can not be separably joined, and the structure of the joining portion which requires destruction of a predetermined portion at the time of the separation, and peeling by the adhesive layer remaining at the adhesion target at peeling A configuration is conceivable in which a seal seal that leaves a trace of what has been done is applied across the boundaries between multiple case bodies. Moreover, as a trace structure, the structure which apply | coats an adhesive agent with respect to the boundary between several case bodies which comprise a board | substrate box can be considered.

  An MPU 92 is mounted on the main control board 91. The MPU 92 is a ROM 93 storing various control programs to be executed by the MPU 92 and fixed value data, and a memory for temporarily storing various data etc. when the control program stored in the ROM 93 is executed. A RAM 94, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input / output circuit, and various counter circuits as a random number generator are incorporated. The fact that the ROM 93 and the RAM 94 are integrated into one chip with respect to the MPU 92 is not an essential configuration, and each may be configured as an individual chip. The same applies to the MPUs of control devices other than the main control device 90.

  The MPU 92 is provided with an input port and an output port. The power failure monitoring board 95 and the payout control device 101 provided in the main control device 90 are connected to the input side of the MPU 92. The power and emission control device 102 having a function of supplying operating power is connected to the power failure monitoring substrate 95, and power is supplied to the MPU 92 through the power failure monitoring substrate 95.

  Further, various sensors such as various winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are connected to the input side of the MPU 92. Various winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are provided one-to-one with the winning entry portion such as the general winning opening 21, the special power winning device 22, the upper operating opening 23, the lower operating opening 24, and the through gate 25. A sensor is included, and the MPU 92 makes a winning determination on each ball entry unit. Further, the MPU 92 executes various lottery based on the winning on the upper operating port 23 and the lower operating port 24.

  The power failure monitoring board 95, the payout control device 101, and the sound emission control device 103 are connected to the output side of the MPU 92. For example, a winning ball command is output to the payout control device 101 based on the result of the winning determination on the winning support ball entry unit. The voice light emission control device 103 outputs various commands such as a variation command, a type command, and an opening command. Details of these various commands will be described later.

  In addition, on the output side of the MPU 92, a drive unit 22b for special power, which opens / closes the open / close door 22a of the special power winning device 22, a drive unit 24b for general power, which opens / closes the common utility utility 24a of the lower operation port 24, The special view display unit 33 and the common view display unit 34 are connected. Although not shown in FIG. 8, the special figure holding light emitting unit 35 and the common drawing holding light emitting unit 36 are connected to the output side of the MPU 92. The main control substrate 91 is provided with various driver circuits, and the MPU 92 executes drive control of various driving units through the driver circuits.

  That is, in the open / close execution mode, the drive control of the drive unit 22b for special power is executed in the MPU 92 so that the special power prize device 22 is opened and closed. In addition, when the open state of the portable power object 24a is won, the MPU 92 executes drive control of the drive portion 24b for general power, so that the common power object 24a is opened and closed. Further, at each gaming round, display control of the special view display unit 33 is executed in the MPU 92. Further, when the lottery result indicating whether or not to set the commercial item 24a in the open state is specified, the display control of the common drawing display unit 34 is executed in the MPU 92. Further, when a winning on the upper operation opening 23 or the lower operation opening 24 occurs, or when the variable display is started in the special view display unit 33, display control of the special view holding light emitting unit 35 is executed in the MPU 92, When a winning on the through gate 25 occurs, or when variable display is started in the common drawing display unit 34, display control of the common drawing reservation light emitting unit 36 is executed in the MPU 92.

  The power failure monitoring board 95 relays the main control board 91 and the power supply and emission control device 102, and also monitors the voltage of the DC stable 24 volts which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply and emission control device 102. The payout control device 101 performs payout control of the winning balls and the rental balls by the payout device 104 based on the winning ball command input from the main control device 90.

  The power supply and emission control device 102 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game hall or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power supply, the main control board 91, the payout control device 101, etc. generate necessary operation power for each, and supply the generated operation power. By the way, the power supply / discharge control device 102 is provided with a power supply unit for powering off such as a backup capacitor, and even if the power of the pachinko machine 10 is in the OFF state, The RAM 94 of the control device 90 is supplied with storage power. Further, the power supply and launch control device 102 is responsible for controlling the launch of the game ball launch mechanism 105, and the game ball launch mechanism 105 is driven when predetermined launch conditions are satisfied.

  The voice emission control device 103 includes a voice emission control board 111 on which the MPU 112 is mounted. The MPU 112 is a ROM 113 storing various control programs to be executed by the MPU 112 and fixed value data, and a memory for temporarily storing various data etc. when the control program stored in the ROM 113 is executed. A certain RAM 114, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input / output circuit, etc. are incorporated.

  Based on the command received from the main control device 90, the MPU 112 determines the content of the effect to be executed in the game play or the opening / closing execution mode. Then, the light emission control of the first light emission group 71, the second light emission group 72, and the third light emission group 73 provided on the game board 20 is performed so that an operation corresponding to the determined content is performed. Sound output control of the speaker unit 45 provided on the front of the gaming machine main body 12 is performed. Although not shown in FIG. 8, the MPU 112 controls driving of the movable plate unit 51 and the movable plate units 61a and 61b provided on the game board 20, and is provided on the front of the gaming machine body 12. The light emission control of the display light emitting unit 44 is performed. Further, the rendering operation device 48 is electrically connected to the input side of the MPU 112, and the MPU 112 monitors the presence or absence of the operation of the rendering operation device 48, and when the rendering operation device 48 is operated, Execute processing to reflect the operation on the progress contents of the effect. Furthermore, the MPU 112 determines, based on the command received from the main control device 90, whether or not notification needs to be performed, and performs light emission control of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and sound output control of the speaker unit 45. Informing you by

  The MPU 112 is electrically connected to the display control device 120. The MPU 112 transmits, to the display control device 120, a command including the content of the effect determined based on the command received from the main control device 90 and a command including the content of the notification corresponding to the command received from the main control device 90. Note that the display control device 120 is not configured to receive a command from the main control device 90 without passing through the sound emission control device 103, and in relation to the main control device 90, the display control device 120 communicates more than the sound emission control device 103. It can be said that it exists on the downstream side of the direction.

  The display control device 120 is a display control board 121 on which an MPU 122 which is an element formed by compounding program ROM 123 and work RAM 124, a video display processor (VDP) 125, a character ROM 126 and a video RAM 127 are mounted. Is equipped.

  The MPU 122 analyzes various commands received from the sound emission control apparatus 103 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the various commands received to execute control of the VDP 125 (specifically, generation of an internal command for the VDP 125).

  The program ROM 123 is a memory for storing various control programs executed by the MPU 122 and fixed value data, and is a non-volatile storage unit that does not require an external power supply to hold stored information. The work RAM 124 is a memory for temporarily storing work data, flags and the like used when the MPU 122 executes various programs, and is a volatile storage means that requires external power supply to hold stored information. It is.

  The VDP 125 is a kind of drawing circuit which directly operates an image processing device as a liquid crystal display unit driver incorporated in the symbol display device 31. Since the VDP 125 is formed into an IC chip, it is also referred to as a "drawing chip", and its substance is to be said to be a microcomputer chip incorporating firmware dedicated to drawing processing. The VDP 125 adjusts the respective timings of the MPU 122, the video RAM 127, etc. to intervene in reading and writing of data, and reads out the image data to be stored in the video RAM 127 from the character ROM 126 at a predetermined timing and causes the symbol display device 31 to display it.

  The character ROM 126 plays a role as an image data library for storing character data such as symbols displayed on the symbol display device 31. The character ROM 126 holds bit map type image data of various display symbols, a color pallet table to be referred to when determining a color to be expressed in each dot of the bit map image, and the like.

  The video RAM 127 is a memory for storing display data to be displayed on the symbol display device 31. The display content of the symbol display device 31 is changed based on rewriting of the content of the video RAM 127.

  In the following description, for convenience of explanation, the MPU 112, the ROM 113 and the RAM 114 of the audio light emission control device 103 are referred to as the sound light side MPU 112, the sound light side ROM 113 and the sound light side RAM 114 respectively, and the MPU 122 of the display control device 120, the program ROM 123 and The work RAM 124 is referred to as a display MPU 122, a display ROM 123, and a display RAM 124, respectively.

  Here, in the pachinko machine 10, a command is exchanged by bidirectional communication between the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122.

  That is, the sound emission control device 103 and the display control device 120 are electrically connected using the first signal line group 131, and display is performed from the sound light side MPU 112 using the first signal line group 131. The command is transmitted to the side MPU 122. Since this command transmission is performed by serial communication, the first signal line group 131 includes a signal line 132 for command data transmission in serial, and each unit data (for example, data of 1 bit) included in the command data. And at least one signal line 134 for a latch signal for recognizing at least one of transmission start and transmission end of one command. Note that a signal line for an enable signal for recognizing the start of transmission of a command may be separately provided.

  Also, the sound emission control device 103 and the display control device 120 are electrically connected using the second signal line group 141, and the sound light from the display MPU 122 using the second signal line group 141. The command is transmitted to the side MPU 112. Since this command transmission is performed by serial communication, the second signal line group 141 includes a signal line 142 for transmitting command data in serial, and each unit data (for example, data of 1 bit) included in the command data. And a signal line 144 for a latch signal for recognizing at least one of transmission start and transmission end of one command. Note that a signal line for an enable signal for recognizing the start of transmission of a command may be separately provided.

  The first signal line group 131 and the second signal line group 141 are provided as one connection unit. The connection unit includes a connector in which one end of the first signal line group 131 and one end of the second signal line group 141 is aggregated and a connector in which the other end is aggregated, and one of the connectors emits sound. The connector of the control device 103 is detachably attached, and the other connector is detachably attached to the connector of the display control device 120.

  The communication method between the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 is not limited to serial communication, and may be parallel communication. Further, the first signal line group 131 and the second signal line group 141 may be provided as separate connection units.

<Electrical Configuration for Performing Various Lotteries at MPU 92 of Main Controller 90>
Next, an electrical configuration for performing various lottery in the MPU 92 of the main control device 90 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The MPU 92 uses a variety of counter information during game play to set the jackpot occurrence lottery, the setting of the display of the special view display unit 33, the setting of the symbol display of the symbol display device 31, the setting of the display of the common view display unit 34, etc. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, when the random number counter C1 used for lottery of occurrence of hit, the jackpot type counter C2 used when determining the jackpot type, and the symbol display device 31 out of fluctuation The reach random number counter C3 used for the reach occurrence lottery, the random number initial value counter CINI used for setting the initial value of the per random number counter C1, and the variation type for determining the display duration in the special view display unit 33 and the symbol display device 31 The counter CS is used. Further, the common control valve release counter C4 used in the lottery for determining whether or not the common control utility 24a of the lower operation opening 24 is to be put into the common use release state is used. The counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 are provided in various counter areas 94b of the RAM 94.

  Each of the counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 is a loop counter in which 1 is added to the previous value each time it is updated, and reaches a maximum value and returns to 0. Each counter is updated at short intervals. The information corresponding to the per random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is a hold storage provided in the RAM 94 as acquisition information storage means when a winning on the upper operation port 23 or the lower operation port 24 occurs. It is stored in the area 94a.

  The holding storage area 94a includes a holding area RE and an execution area AE. The reserve area RE is provided with a first reserve area RE1, a second reserve area RE2, a third reserve area RE3 and a fourth reserve area RE4, according to the winning history to the upper operation port 23 or the lower operation port 24. A combination of each numerical information of the per-random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is stored as one of the hold areas RE1 to RE4 as hold information.

  In this case, the first reserve area RE1 → the second reserve area RE1 → the second reserve area RE1 to the fourth reserve area RE4 when winning in the upper operation port 23 or the lower operation port 24 occurs a plurality of times consecutively. Each numerical value information is stored chronologically in the order of RE 2 → third reserve area RE 3 → fourth reserve area RE 4. By providing four reserve areas RE1 to RE4 as described above, the game ball's winning history of the upper operating opening 23 or the lower operating opening 24 is reserved and stored up to four at maximum.

  The number that can be reserved and stored is not limited to four and is arbitrary, and may be other plural such as two, three, five or more, or may be singular.

  The execution area AE is an area for moving each numerical information stored in the first holding area RE1 of the holding area RE when the variable display of the special view display unit 33 is started, and the start of one game cycle is started On the occasion of the above, on the basis of various numerical value information stored in the execution area AE, a judgment of success or failure is performed.

  The respective counters will be described in detail.

  First, the general purpose power product release counter C4 will be described. For example, the commercial power release counter C4 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 250, and to return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The routine charge release counter C4 is periodically updated, and is stored in the common charge holding area 94c of the RAM 94 at the timing when the game ball has won the through gate 25. Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not the general-purpose utility 24a is controlled to the open state by the value of the stored general-purpose utility open counter C4.

  In the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of support modes are set such that the modes of support by the power control unit 24a differ from one another. In detail, in the support mode, when compared with the situation where the firing of the game ball is continued in the same manner to the game area, the commercial electric utility 24a of the lower operation opening 24 is opened per unit time. The high-frequency support mode and the low-frequency support mode are set such that the frequency of state becoming relatively high and low.

  In the high-frequency support mode and the low-frequency support mode, the probability of being selected for the general electric power release status in the general electric power utility opening lottery using the general electric power utility opening counter C4 is the same (for example, both 4/5) However, in the high frequency support mode, the number of times that the general power utility product 24a becomes open when the general electric power release status is won is set more than in the low frequency support mode, and one more open time is set. It is set long. In this case, when the general electric power release state is won in the high-frequency support mode and the open state of the general power utility item 24a occurs a plurality of times, it is from the end of one open state to the start of the next open state. The closing time is set to be shorter than one opening time. Furthermore, in the high-frequency support mode, the securing time that is minimally secured after the next general-purpose public opening combination lottery is performed after the one general-purpose public opening combination lottery is performed rather than the low-frequency support mode That is, the one display continuation time in the common drawing display unit 34 is set short.

  As described above, in the high frequency support mode, the probability of the winning of the lower operation port 24 is higher than in the low frequency support mode. In other words, in the low frequency support mode, the probability of winning in the upper operation port 23 is higher than that of the lower operation port 24 but in the high frequency support mode, the lower operation port 24 to the lower operation port 24. The probability of winning will increase. And, when the winning a prize to the lower operation opening 24 occurs, because the payout of the specified number of game balls is executed, in the high frequency support mode, the player plays the game while not reducing the balls much be able to.

  Note that the configuration for increasing the frequency at which the common power release state occurs per unit time in the high frequency support mode compared to the low frequency support mode is not limited to the above-described one. The probability of winning in the general public open state in the lottery may be increased. In addition, a securement time (for example, based on winning on the through gate 25) is secured for securing the time when the next general public utility symbol opening lottery is performed after one general public utility symbol opening lottery is performed. In the configuration in which multiple types of variable display) to be executed in are prepared, in the high frequency support mode, a short securing time is easily selected or the average securing time is shorter than in the low frequency support mode. It may be set. Furthermore, the number of times of opening is increased, the opening time is lengthened, and the securing time that is secured when the next general public utility symbol opening lottery is performed after one general public utility symbol opening lottery is performed is shortened. The advantage of the high frequency support mode over the low frequency support mode is enhanced by applying any one condition or any combination of conditions among shortening the average time of the securing time and increasing the winning probability. It is also good.

  The per-random number counter C1 is, for example, sequentially incremented by 1 within the range of 0 to 599, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. In particular, when the per-random number counter C1 makes one revolution, the value of the random-number initial value counter CINI at that time is read as the initial value of the per-random number counter C1. The random number initial value counter CINI is a loop counter similar to the per random number counter C1 (value = 0 to 599). The random number counter C1 is periodically updated, and is stored in the hold storage area 94a at the timing when the gaming ball is won in the upper operating opening 23 or the lower operating opening 24.

  The value of the random number for winning the jackpot is stored in the ROM 93 as a success or failure table. As the pass / fail table, a pass / fail table for the low probability mode and a pass / fail table for the high probability mode are set. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the low probability mode and the high probability mode are set as the lottery mode in the hit / fall lottery means.

  Under the gaming state where the low probability mode hit / fail table is referred to at the time of the lottery, the number of random numbers to be a big hit is two. On the other hand, under the gaming state where the high-probability mode hit / fail table is referred to at the time of the lottery, the number of random numbers to be a big hit is twenty. If the probability of winning in the high probability mode is higher than that in the low probability mode, the number of random numbers to be won is arbitrary.

  The jackpot type counter C2 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 29 and to return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The jackpot type counter C2 is periodically updated, and is stored in the hold storage area 94a at the timing when the gaming ball is in the upper operation opening 23 or the lower operation opening 24.

  The distribution destination of the game result for the jackpot type counter C2 is stored in the ROM 93 as a distribution table. In the distribution table, among the values of “0 to 29” jackpot type counter C2, “0 to 9” correspond to the low probability jackpot result, and “10 to 29” correspond to the high probability jackpot result ing.

  The low probability jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the success or failure lottery mode becomes the low probability mode and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode after the open / close execution mode ends. However, this high frequency support mode ends when the number of games reaches the end reference number of times (specifically, 100 times) after the transition, and shifts to the low frequency support mode. The high probability jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the success or failure lottery mode becomes the high probability mode and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode after the open / close execution mode ends.

  The open / close execution mode is a mode in which a round game is performed 15 times. A round game is a game that continues until either a predetermined upper limit continuation time elapses or a predetermined upper limit number of gaming balls wins the special power prize device 22 is satisfied. It is. The upper limit continuation time is set to 29 seconds, and the upper limit number is set to nine. In each round game, the special power prize device 22 is opened only once, but may be opened a plurality of times.

  In the pachinko machine 10, in a situation where the launch handle 41 is operated by the player, the game ball firing mechanism 105 is drive-controlled so that one game ball is fired toward the game area in 0.6 sec. . Then, in each round game, the upper limit continuation time of a time longer than the product of the firing cycle of the game balls and the upper limit number of one round game is set. Therefore, in each round game, it can be expected that the special power winning device 22 will receive winnings for the upper limit number in one round game.

  Next, the reach random number counter C3 will be described. For example, the reach random number counter C3 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 238, and to return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Here, in the present pachinko machine 10, an expected effect is set as a type of display effect on the symbol display device 31. An expected effect includes the symbol display device 31 capable of performing variable display of symbols, and in the gaming machine where a predetermined jackpot result is obtained, the symbol display device 31 is a game machine in which a final stop result is an application result. Before the stop result is derived and displayed after the variable display of the symbol in is started, it means the display state for making the player think that it is a variable display state in which the above-mentioned correspondence with correspondence result is likely to be obtained. In addition, specifically, about the provision corresponding | compatible result, the combination of the symbol in which the same number was attached | subjected on one effective line is stopped-displayed.

  In the expectation effect, two types of reach display and advance notice display for expecting the occurrence of reach display and the occurrence of the response to an assignment in a stage before the reach display and the like are set.

  In the reach display, a combination of reach symbols is displayed by stopping and displaying symbols for a part of the symbol rows among the plurality of symbol rows displayed on the display surface G of the symbol display device 31, and the rest are displayed in that state. The display state which performs the fluctuation display of a symbol in a symbol row is included. Also, while displaying combinations of reach symbols as described above, while performing variable display of symbols in the remaining symbol rows, and performing reach effects by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image on the background screen, or Also, it is possible to perform reach effect by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image over substantially the entire display surface G after reducing or non-displaying a combination of reach symbols.

  In the advance notice display, after variation display of symbols is started on the display surface G of the symbol display device 31, in a situation where symbols are variably displayed in all the symbol rows Z1 to Z3, or in some symbol rows In a situation where symbols are variably displayed in a plurality of symbol rows, a mode is included in which characters are displayed separately from the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3. In addition, the background screen is a predetermined mode different from the previous modes, and the pattern on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 is the predetermined mode different from the previous modes. Such advance notice may occur at any of the game times when the reach display is performed and when the reach display is not performed, but the case where the reach display is performed is higher than the case where the reach display is not performed. It is set to occur with probability.

  The reach display is executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3 in the game times in which the combination of the same symbols is finally stopped and displayed. In addition, in the game times corresponding to the disconnection result, when the reach random number counter C3 acquired at a predetermined timing with reference to the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the ROM 93 corresponds to the occurrence of reach display To be executed.

  On the other hand, the main control apparatus 90 does not determine whether to display the advance notice, but the sound emission control apparatus 103 determines it. In this case, in the voice light emission control device 103, the game display corresponding to any of the big hit results is more likely to generate a notice display than the game play corresponding to the out result, and the notice display having a low appearance rate A lottery process for displaying a notice is performed so as to satisfy at least one of the conditions that are likely to occur. By the way, this lottery result is reflected when the effect for the game round is executed by the symbol display device 31.

  Next, the variation type counter CS will be described. For example, the fluctuation type counter CS is sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 198, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The fluctuation type counter CS is used when the MPU 92 determines the display continuation time in the special view display unit 33 and the display continuation time of the symbol in the symbol display device 31. The value of the fluctuation type counter CS is acquired at the start of fluctuation display in the special view display unit 33 and at the time of fluctuation pattern determination at the start of fluctuation of a symbol by the symbol display device 31.

<Various processes executed by the MPU 92 of the main controller 90>
Next, each process executed to advance the game in the MPU 92 of the main control device 90 will be described. The processes of the MPU 92 can be roughly divided into a main process which is activated upon power-on and a timer interrupt process which is activated periodically (in a cycle of 4 msec in this embodiment).

<Main processing>
First, the main processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S101, power on wait processing is performed. In the power-on wait process, for example, the process waits until 1 sec elapses after the main process is started, without progressing to the next process. In the following step S102, access to the RAM 94 is permitted, and in step S103, the internal function register of the MPU 92 is set.

  Thereafter, in step S104, it is determined whether or not the RAM erase switch provided in the power / emission control device 102 is manually operated, and in the subsequent step S105, "1" is set in the power failure flag of the RAM 94 or not. Determine if In step S106, a checksum calculation process is performed to calculate a checksum. In the subsequent step S107, it is determined whether the checksum matches the checksum stored at the time of power shutdown, that is, the validity of stored data. judge.

  In the pachinko machine 10, when initializing the RAM data at the time of power on, for example, at the start of business operation of the game hall, the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch is pressed, the process proceeds to step S108. In addition, when the occurrence information of the power-off is not set, or when the abnormality of the data stored and held is confirmed by the checksum, the process similarly shifts to the process of step S108. In step S108, the RAM 94 is cleared as initialization of the RAM 94. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S109.

  On the other hand, when the RAM erase switch is not pressed, the process in step S108 is not performed under the condition that the power failure flag is set to “1” and the checksum is normal. Go to In step S109, power on setting processing is performed. In the power-on setting process, a predetermined area of the RAM 94 such as initialization of a power failure flag is set to an initial value, and a command corresponding to the current gaming state is transmitted to the voice emission control device 103 to recognize the current gaming state. Do. Further, a payout initialization command indicating that the initialization of the RAM of the payout control device 101 should be performed is transmitted to the payout control device 101.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to the remaining process of step S110 to step S113. That is, although the MPU 92 is configured to periodically execute the timer interrupt process, a remaining time is generated between one timer interrupt process and the next timer interrupt process. Although this remaining time fluctuates in accordance with the processing completion time of each timer interrupt process, the remaining process of step S110 to step S113 is repeatedly executed using such irregular time. In this regard, it can be said that the remaining process of the step S110 to the step S113 is a non-periodic process which is executed irregularly.

  In the remaining process, first, in step S110, in order to inhibit the generation of the timer interrupt process, the interrupt disable setting is performed. In the following step S111, the random number initial value updating process for updating the random number initial value counter CINI is executed, and in step S112, the variation counter updating process for updating the variation type counter CS is executed. In these update processes, the present numerical value information is read out from the corresponding counter of the RAM 94, and the process of adding one to the read out numerical value information is executed, and then the process of overwriting the read source counter is executed. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0". After that, in step S113, interrupt permission setting is performed to switch from the state where the generation of the timer interrupt processing is prohibited to the state where it is permitted. If the process of step S113 is performed, it will return to step S110 and will repeat the process of step S110-step S113.

<Timer interrupt processing>
Next, timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Here, the hardware configuration for periodically executing the timer interrupt process by the MPU 92 will be described. The main control board 91 is provided with a clock circuit as pulse signal output means for outputting a pulse signal at a predetermined cycle, and a divider circuit so as to be present at an intermediate position in the signal path between the clock circuit and the MPU 92. Is provided.

  The divider circuit functions as frequency changing means for changing the cycle of the pulse signal from the clock circuit, and is configured to output a pulse signal for specifying the start timing of the timer interrupt processing by the MPU 92. That is, pulse signals are supplied from the divider circuit to the MPU 92 at intervals of 4 msec which is a specific cycle. The MPU 92 executes processing to confirm the occurrence of a specific signal form such as rising or falling of the pulse signal, and starts and executes timer interrupt processing under at least one condition that the occurrence of the specific signal form is confirmed. Do.

  In this case, when the generation of the specific signal form is confirmed in a state where activation of the timer interrupt processing is prohibited, the timer is changed to a state where the interrupt is permitted from the state where the interrupt is prohibited. Interrupt processing is started. That is, depending on the execution status of the process in the MPU 92, the next timer interrupt process may be started 4.1 msec after the previous timer interrupt process is started. If such an event occurs, the next process is performed. The timer interrupt process is started 3.9 msec after the previous timer interrupt process is started.

  However, since the output of the pulse signal from the frequency dividing circuit is performed at a specific cycle such as 4 msec regardless of the progress of the process in the MPU 92, the timer interrupt process is basically started at a specific cycle. Furthermore, even if the processing configuration of the MPU 92 is started after the timer interrupt processing at a predetermined timing has passed a period exceeding a specific cycle since the previous timer interrupt processing was started, the timing following the predetermined timing is The timer interrupt process in is absorbed by an amount exceeding that specific period, and the timer interrupt process at the next timing is set to be activated at the timing at which the input of the pulse signal is confirmed.

  Now, in the timer interrupt process, first, in step S201, a power failure information storage process is executed. In the power failure information storage processing, it is monitored whether or not a power failure signal corresponding to the occurrence of the power supply interruption is received from the power failure monitoring board, and when the occurrence of the power failure is specified, the power failure processing is executed.

  In the subsequent step S202, a lottery random number update process is executed. In the random number updating process for drawing, the update of the per random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the general purpose battery release counter C4 is executed. Specifically, the present numerical value information was sequentially read out from the per random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3 and the general electric utility release counter C4, and the process of adding one each of the read numerical information was executed. Later, the process of overwriting the read source counter is executed. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0".

  Thereafter, in step S203, the random number initial value updating process is performed as in step S111, and in step S204, the variation counter updating process is performed as in step S112. In the following step S205, a game stop determination process is executed. In the game stop determination process, it is monitored whether or not the progress of the game is to be stopped, and if the progress of the game is to be stopped, the execution of the process for advancing the game is stopped.

  Specifically, a radio wave detection sensor, a magnet detection sensor, and a vibration detection sensor are provided on the front side of the gaming machine body 12. The MPU 92 determines based on the detection result of the electric wave detection sensor whether or not an unauthorized electric wave is output toward the pachinko machine 10, and a magnet is applied to the game board 20 based on the detection result of the magnet detection sensor. It is determined whether or not an act of bringing close is performed, and it is determined whether or not improper vibration is applied to the pachinko machine 10 based on the detection result of the vibration detection sensor. If an affirmative determination is made in any of these determinations, it is determined that the specific event corresponding to the cheating on the pachinko machine 10 has occurred, and the execution of the process for advancing the game is stopped.

  Thereafter, in step S206, it is determined whether or not the progress of the game is stopped. If the progress of the game has been stopped, the process for outputting the notification command is executed in step S207, and then the timer interrupt process is ended. In the process for outputting a notification command, the sound emission control device 103 is notified of a notification command in a situation where any specific event has occurred and the notification command has not yet been output in response to the occurrence of the specific event. Output. Since the notification command includes the content of the specific event that triggered the output, the sound emission control apparatus 103 performs the notification setting corresponding to the content of the specific event.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S206 that the state is not stopping the progress of the game, the processing in step S208 and subsequent steps is executed. In step S208, a process for outputting a release command is performed. In the processing for output of the cancellation command, cancellation is performed in the situation where the state where the specific event that has triggered the output of the notification command has already occurred is canceled and the cancellation command has not yet been output for that cancellation. The command is output to the sound emission control apparatus 103. Since the release command includes the content of the specific event to be released that has triggered the output, the voice emission control device 103 performs the release setting of the notification corresponding to the specific event.

  In the following step S209, port output processing is performed. In the port output process, when setting of output information is performed in the previous timer interrupt process, a process for performing an output corresponding to the output information to the various drive units 22 b and 24 b is executed. For example, when the information to switch the special power winning device 22 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the drive unit 22b for the special power is started, and the information to switch to the closed state is set. Stops the output of the drive signal. In addition, when the information to switch the common use utility 24a in the lower operation opening 24 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the drive unit 24b for general use is started, and the information to be switched to the closed state Is set, the output of the drive signal is stopped.

  In the subsequent step S210, a reading process is performed. In the reading process, reading of signals other than the power failure signal and the winning signal is executed, and the read information is stored for use in future processing.

  In the following step S211, a winning detection process is executed. In the winning detection process, the signals received from the winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are read, and the general winning opening 21, the special power winning device 22, the upper operation opening 23, the lower operation opening 24, and the entering of the ball into the through gate 25 are performed. Execute processing to identify the presence or absence of

  In the subsequent step S212, a timer update process is performed to collectively update numerical information of a plurality of types of timer counters provided in the RAM 94. In this case, the timer counter is stored in which the stored numerical information is subtracted and updated, but both the update of the subtraction type timer counter and the update of the addition type timer counter are collectively performed. It is good also as composition.

  In the following step S213, a launch control process is performed to control the launch of the gaming ball. In the situation where the firing operation is continued to the firing handle 41, one gaming ball is fired in 0.6 seconds which is a predetermined firing cycle.

  In the subsequent step S214, as input state monitoring processing, disconnection confirmation of each of the winning detection sensors 96a to 96e and opening confirmation of the gaming machine main body 12 are performed based on the information read in the reading processing of step S210. In this case, in the input state monitoring process, when the release of the gaming machine main body 12 is confirmed, a process for outputting a notification command is executed as in step S207. In the process for output of the notification command, a notification command indicating that the gaming machine main body 12 is in the open state, and a notification command indicating that disconnection has occurred in each of the winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are transmitted. Further, in the input state monitoring process, based on the signal received from the payout control device 101, determination as to whether or not the lower tray 47a is full, and whether or not an abnormality occurs in the dispensing device 104. If a positive determination is made in these determinations, the corresponding broadcast command is transmitted.

  In the following step S215, the special figure special power control process for performing execution control of the game times and execution control of the open / close execution mode is executed. The processing content of the special figure special power control process will be described in detail later.

  In the following step S216, a general-purpose power control process is performed. In the common map common control process, when winning through the through gate 25 occurs, a process for acquiring numerical information of the general electric utility boat release counter C4 is executed, and the numerical information is stored. In this case, the open determination is performed on the numerical information, and the open determination is used as a trigger to execute processing for producing effects for the common drawing. Also, based on the result of the open determination, processing is performed to open and close the general purpose utility 24 a of the lower operation port 24.

  In the following step S217, output information for updating the display contents of the special view display unit 33 is set based on the processing results of the immediately preceding step S215 and step S216, and the display contents of the common view display unit 34 are updated. Set the output information to make it

  In the subsequent step S218, the contents of the command and signal received from the payout control device 101 are confirmed, and a payout state reception process for performing a process corresponding to the confirmation result is executed. In step S219, a payout output process for setting a winning ball command as an output target is executed. In the subsequent step S220, an external information setting process is performed to control the start and end of output of an external signal according to the process result of various processes executed in the current timer interrupt process. Thereafter, this timer interrupt processing is ended.

  FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the special figure electric power control process (step S215).

  In the special figure special power control process, first, in step S301, a process of acquiring hold information is executed. In the process of acquiring the hold information, it is determined whether or not a winning has occurred in the upper operating opening 23 or the lower operating opening 24. If a winning has occurred, the number of holdings in the holding storage area 94a is the upper limit value ( In the present embodiment, it is determined whether it is less than "4". If the number of reservations is less than the upper limit, the number of reservations is incremented by 1 and each numerical information of the per-random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 updated in the previous step S202 is for suspension It stores in the first reserve area among the reserve areas RE1 to RE4 of the area RE.

  In the case where the upper operating opening 23 and the lower operating opening 24 are winning at the same time, the process for acquiring the suspension information is performed multiple times within the range where the acquisition process of the suspension information is executed once. Run.

  After executing the acquisition process of pending information in step S301, the process proceeds to step S302. In step S302, a process of reading information of the special view special charge counter provided in the RAM 94 is executed, and in step S303, a process of reading the special view special charge address table from the ROM 93 is performed. Then, in step S304, processing is performed to acquire the start address corresponding to the information of the special figure special charge counter from the special figure special charge address table.

  Here, the processing content of step S302 to step S304 will be described.

  As described above, the special view special power control process includes a process relating to an effect for game circulation and a process relating to the open / close execution mode. In this case, as the processing related to the effects for the game, the special figure fluctuation start process (step S306), which is processing for starting the effects for the game, and the processing for advancing the effects for the game A special figure changing process (step S307) and a special figure determining process (step S308), which is a process for ending the effects for game circulation, are set.

  In addition, as a process related to the open / close execution mode, a special power start process (step S309) which is a process for controlling the opening of the open / close execution mode and a special electric power release which is a process for controlling the open state of the special electric winning device 22. Medium power process (step 310), special power closed process (step S311) which is a process for controlling the closed state of the special power prize device 22, ending in the open / close execution mode and the gaming state at the end of the open / close execution mode A special power termination process (step S312), which is a process for controlling transition, is set.

  In such a processing configuration, the special figure special charge counter is a counter for the MPU 92 to grasp which of the plurality of types of processes should be executed, and the special figure special charge address table A start address of a program for executing the plurality of types of processing is set corresponding to the numerical information of the special charge counter.

  In this case, the start address SA0 is a start address of a program for executing the special figure change start process (step S306), and the start address SA1 is a program for performing the special figure change in process (step S307). The start address SA2 is a start address of a program for executing the special figure determination process (step S308). The start address SA3 is a program for performing a special power start process (step S309). The start address SA4 is a start address of a program for executing the special power release process (step S310). The start address SA5 is a program for performing the special power close process (step S311). Start address, start address SA6 A start address of a program for executing (step S312).

  The special figure special power counter performs special figure special power control in the next processing cycle when the condition for updating the numerical value information is satisfied when the process corresponding to the currently stored numerical information is finished. One is added, one is subtracted, or "0" is cleared (initialized) corresponding to the process executed in the process. Therefore, in the special figure special power control process in each processing cycle, the process according to the numerical information set in the special figure special power counter may be executed.

  After the process of step S304 is performed, in step S305, a process of jumping to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S304 is performed. Specifically, when the acquired start address is SA0, the process jumps to the special map change start process of step S306. In the special figure fluctuation start process, various judgment processes are executed on condition that the hold information is held and stored, and the game display in which the variable display is performed in the symbol display device 31 and the special figure display unit 33 is started. Execute the process The details will be described later.

  If the acquired start address is SA1, the process jumps to the special figure variation processing of step S307. In the special figure changing process, a process of determining whether or not it is the display continuation time of the game times and before the final stop display is executed, and if it is before the final stop display, the special view display unit 33 Execute processing to change the display mode of the pattern regularly.

  By the way, this special drawing is not executed after the process to make the final stop display, but it is not waiting in the special processing during the processing to be the final stop display, but it is not the timing to make the final stop display. Finish the process during fluctuation. Therefore, after the effect for the game circulation is started, the special figure variation in progress process is activated every time the special figure electric power control process is activated until the final stop display timing is reached. In addition, when it is the timing to display the final stop, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special power counter, the numerical information of the counter is processed from the one corresponding to the special figure fluctuation processing Update to the corresponding one.

  If the acquired start address is SA2, the process jumps to the processing during special image determination in step S308. In the special figure finalization process, the final stop command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 103 to display the final stop result of the current game run on the symbol display device 31, and the special figure display unit 33 The display mode is a display mode corresponding to the lottery result of the current game run. Also, in the special figure finalization process, it is determined whether or not the period during the final stop display has elapsed, and if the period has elapsed, it is determined whether the transition to the open / close execution mode occurs. If the transition to the open / close execution mode occurs, the process for the mode transition is executed.

  By the way, instead of waiting in the processing during the special drawing determination until the period during the final stop display elapses, when the period has not elapsed, the processing during the special drawing determination is ended. Therefore, after the final stop display is started, the special view determination processing is started every time the special view special power control process is started until the period during the final stop display elapses. Also, when the period during the final stop display has elapsed, in a situation where the transition to the open / close execution mode does not occur, the numeric information of the special figure special power counter is initialized (that is, "0" is cleared), and the open / close execution mode is entered. In the situation where the transition occurs, the numerical information of the special figure special power counter is incremented by 1, and the numerical information of the counter is updated from the one corresponding to the processing during the special figure determination to the one corresponding to the special power start processing.

  If the acquired start address is SA3, the process jumps to the special power start process of step S309. In the special power start process, an opening command indicating that the open / close execution mode is started is transmitted to the sound emission control apparatus 103. Also, in the special power start process, it is determined whether or not the opening period of the open / close execution mode has elapsed. If the opening period has not elapsed, the special power start process is terminated instead of waiting in the special power start process. Therefore, after the opening effect in the open / close execution mode is started, the special power start process is activated every time the special electric power control process is activated until the opening period elapses. Also, when the opening period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special electric power special counter is incremented by 1, and the numerical information of the counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special electric power start process to the one corresponding to the special electric power open process. .

  If the acquired start address is SA4, the process jumps to the processing during the power-on release in step S310. In the special power open process, it is determined whether a round game of 1 is started and whether or not an end condition of the round game is established. At the start of one round game, the special power winning device 22 is brought into the open state, and an open command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 103. When the termination condition of the round game is not satisfied, the processing is not ended during the processing for opening the special power, but after the processing for monitoring the establishment of the ending condition is executed, the processing during the opening of the special power processing is ended. When the above termination condition is satisfied, the numerical information of the special electric power special counter is added by 1 to change the numerical information of the counter from the one corresponding to the special electric power open process to the one corresponding to the special electric power closed process. Update.

  If the acquired start address is SA5, the processing jumps to the processing during the special power closing of step S311. In the special power closed process, a process to end one round game is executed. In this case, the special electric award winning device 22 is closed, and a closing command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 103. In addition, in an interval period between round games, it is determined whether an interval period has elapsed. If the interval period has not elapsed, the process is terminated instead of waiting in the process of closing the special power supply, but ending the process of closing the special electric charge. Therefore, when the interval period is started, the special electric power closing process is activated every time the special electric power special control process is activated until the period has elapsed. In addition, when the interval period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special power special counter is decremented by 1, and the numerical information of the counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special electric power closing process to the one corresponding to the special electric power open process. Do.

  On the other hand, after the processing to end one round game is executed in the special electric power closing processing for the last round game, the numerical information of the special electric power special counter is added to one to process the numerical information of the counter to special electric power closing processing. Update to the one corresponding to the special power termination processing from the corresponding one.

  If the acquired start address is SA6, the process jumps to the special power termination process of step S312. In the special power termination process, an ending command indicating that the open / close execution mode is ended is transmitted to the sound emission control apparatus 103. Further, in the special power termination process, it is determined whether the ending period of the open / close execution mode has elapsed. If the ending period has not elapsed, the special power termination process is ended instead of waiting in the special power termination process. Therefore, after the ending effect in the open / close execution mode is started, the special power termination process is activated every time the special electric power control process is activated until the ending period elapses. In addition, when the ending period has elapsed, after executing processing for setting the gaming state after the open / close execution mode (incidence lottery mode and support mode), by initializing the numerical information of the special figure special charge counter The numerical value information of the counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special power termination processing to the one corresponding to the special drawing fluctuation start processing.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the special figure change start process (step S306).

  In the special figure change start process, first, in step S401, it is determined whether the number of reservations N is 1 or more. If the number of reservations N is “0”, the special map variation start process is ended as it is. If the number of reservations N is 1 or more, data setting processing is executed in step S402.

  In the data setting process, first, the number of reservations N is decremented by 1, and the data stored in the first reservation area RE1 of the reservation area RE is moved to the execution area AE. Thereafter, a process of shifting data stored in the respective reserve areas RE1 to RE4 of the reserve area RE is executed. This data shift process is a process of sequentially shifting the data stored in the first reserve area RE1 to the fourth reserve area RE4 to the lower area side, and clears the data of the first reserve area RE1, and Data in each area is shifted in such a manner as reserve area RE2 → first reserve area RE1, third reserve area RE3 → second reserve area RE2, fourth reserve area RE4 → third reserve area RE3. At this time, a configuration may be adopted in which a shift command for causing the voice emission control device 103 to recognize that data in the hold area has been shifted is set as an output target and transmitted.

  In the following step S403, a success or failure determination process is performed. In the success or failure determination process, first, it is determined whether or not the success or failure lottery mode is the high probability mode. In the case of the high probability mode, referring to the success / failure table for the high probability mode provided in the ROM 93, information for judgment of the success / failure among the information stored in the execution area AE, that is, the numerical value acquired from the random number counter C1. It is determined whether the information matches the jackpot numerical information for high probability. Also, in the case of the low probability mode, with reference to the probability table for the low probability mode provided in the ROM 93, the numerical information acquired from the random number counter C1 stored in the execution area AE is the jackpot for the low probability It is determined whether it matches the numerical information.

  In the following step S404, it is determined whether or not the result of the success or failure determination process in step S403 is a jackpot winning result. If it is the jackpot winning result, the distribution determination process is executed in step S405. In the distribution determination process, among the information stored in the execution area AE, information for distribution determination, that is, numerical information acquired from the jackpot type counter C2 is grasped. Then, with reference to the distribution table provided in the ROM 93, it is specified to which jackpot result the numerical information of the jackpot type counter C2 that has been grasped corresponds. Specifically, it identifies which of the low probability jackpot result and the high probability jackpot result corresponds to the jackpot result.

  In the following step S406, a stop result setting process for the jackpot result is executed. Specifically, information on the pattern aspect to be finally displayed on the special view display unit 33 in the game round relating to the start of fluctuation this time is specified from the stop result table for the jackpot result stored in advance in the ROM 93 , And stores the specified information in the RAM 94. In the stop result table for the jackpot result, information of the pattern aspect to be stopped and displayed on the special view display unit 33 is set to be different for each type of the jackpot result.

  In the subsequent step S407, a flag setting process corresponding to the distribution determination result is executed. Specifically, the RAM 94 is provided with a flag corresponding to the type of each jackpot result, and in step S407, among the flags corresponding to the type of each jackpot result, the flag corresponding to the distribution determination result in step S405 is provided. Set "1" to the flag.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S404 that the result is not the jackpot winning result, in step S408, stop result setting processing for the outlier is executed. Specifically, information on the pattern aspect to be finally displayed on the special view display unit 33 in the game round corresponding to the start of the change is specified from the stop result table for the out result stored in advance in the ROM 93 And stores the specified information in the RAM 94. The information of the pattern aspect selected in this case is different from the information of the pattern aspect selected in the case of the jackpot result.

  After one of the processes in step S407 and step S408 is performed, in step S409, a process of grasping the display continuation time is performed. In this process, numerical information of the fluctuation type counter CS is acquired. In addition, it is determined whether reach display is generated in the symbol display device 31 in the current game round. Specifically, when the game number corresponding to the start of the change is the high probability jackpot result or the low probability jackpot result, it is determined that the reach display occurs. If neither the jackpot result nor the numerical information acquired from the reach random number counter C3 stored in the execution area AE is the numerical information corresponding to the occurrence of the reach, it is determined that the reach display occurs.

  When it is determined that the reach display occurs, the display continuation time information corresponding to the numerical information of the fluctuation type counter CS of this time is acquired with reference to the display continuation display time table stored in the ROM 93. On the other hand, when it is determined that the reach display is not generated, the display continuation time information corresponding to the numerical information of the fluctuation type counter CS of this time is referred to with reference to the reach non-occurrence display continuation time table stored in the ROM 93. get. Incidentally, the display continuation time that can be acquired with reference to the reach non-occurrence display continuation time table is different from the display continuation time that can be acquired with reference to the reach occurrence display continuation time table.

  In addition, the display continuation time information at the time of reach non-occurrence | occurrence | production is set so that display continuation time may become short, so that there are many numbers N of pending | holding. Also, in the situation where the support mode is the high frequency support mode, reach non-reach duration is selected so that the display duration time is shorter compared with the situation where the number of holding information is the same as the situation where the support mode is the low frequency support mode The display duration table for generation is set. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration may be such that the display continuation time does not change according to the number of holdings N or the support mode, and the above relationship may be reversed. Furthermore, the above configuration may be applied to the display duration time when the reach occurs. Further, in the case of various jackpot results, display duration tables may be set individually for each of the case of outreach and the case of outreach in which no reach occurs. In this case, distribution of display continuation time according to each game result will be performed.

  In the following step S410, the information of the display continuation time acquired in step S409 is set in the special figure special power timer counter. The update of the numerical information set in the timer counter is executed in the timer update process (FIG. 11) described above. By the way, although the variation display of the pattern in the special figure display unit 33 and the variation display of the symbol in the symbol display device 31 are performed as the effect for the game use, when the respective variation displays are ended, the game run The final stop display is displayed over the final stop time in a state where the stop result of is displayed (in the symbol display device 31, a combination of predetermined symbols is on standby on the effective line). In this case, the display continuation time acquired in step S409 is the time obtained by subtracting the final stop time from the total time for one game cycle. In this regard, the display duration can also be expressed as the time before the final stop.

  In the subsequent step S411, the variation command and the type command are set as output targets. The fluctuation command includes information on display duration. Here, as described above, the display continuation time acquired with reference to the reach non-occurrence display continuation time table is different from the display continuation time acquired with reference to the reach occurrence display continuation time table. Even if the command for the command does not include the information on the presence or absence of the reach occurrence, the voice emission control device 103 which is the control device on the sub side can specify the presence or the absence of the reach from the information on the display duration time. In this regard, it can be said that the change command includes information indicating the presence or absence of the reach occurrence. Note that the change command may include information directly indicating the presence or absence of reach.

  Further, the type command includes information on the game result. The fluctuation command and the type command set as the output target in step S411 are transmitted to the sound emission control apparatus 103 which is the control apparatus on the sub side.

  After the process of step S411 is performed, the variation display of the pattern on the special view display unit 33 is started in step S412. In the subsequent step S413, the special figure special charge counter is incremented by one. In this case, since the numeric information of the special figure special power counter is "0" when the special figure variation start process is executed, the numerical information of the special figure special power counter is "1" when the process of step S413 is executed. It becomes ". After that, this special view fluctuation start process is ended.

<Execution control of presentation and notification>
Next, execution control of presentation and notification using various output devices executed by the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 will be described.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 10, commands are exchanged between the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 by bidirectional communication. Then, in the sound light side MPU 112, the light emission control of various light emitting units including the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73 by exchanging commands by bidirectional communication. Sound output control of the speaker unit 45 and drive control of various movable objects including the curtain plate movable unit 51 and the disk movable units 61a and 61b are executed, and display control of the symbol display device 31 is executed in the display MPU 122 . Hereinafter, specific processing contents for executing these various controls will be described.

<Timer interrupt processing of the sound side MPU 112>
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing timer interrupt processing repeatedly executed by the sound light side MPU 112 in a relatively short cycle (for example, 4 msec).

  In the timer interrupt process, first, in step S501, a main-side command storage process is executed. The main side command storage process is a process for storing the command in the sound side RAM 114 when a command is received from the MPU 92 (hereinafter referred to as the main side MPU 92) of the main control device 90. The sound light side RAM 114 is provided with a main side ring buffer for enabling storage and readout of commands received from the main side MPU 92, and commands received from the main side MPU 92 are sequentially stored in the main side ring buffer. And sequentially read out in the order stored.

  In the following step S502, display side command storage processing is executed. The display side command storage process is a process for storing the command in the sound side RAM 114 when a command is received from the display side MPU 122. The sound light side RAM 114 is provided with a display side ring buffer for enabling storage and readout of commands received from the display side MPU 122, and commands received from the display side MPU 122 are sequentially stored in the display side ring buffer. And sequentially read out in the order stored.

  Thereafter, in step S503, main-side command response processing for performing processing corresponding to the command received from the main MPU 92 is performed, and in step S504, processing corresponding to the command received from the display-side MPU 122 is performed. A light emission control process for performing light emission control of various light emitting units including the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73 in step S505. In step S506, sound output control processing for sound output control of the speaker unit 45 is performed. In step S507, various movable objects including the curtain plate movable unit 51 and the disk movable units 61a and 61b. The movable object control process for performing drive control of Although detailed description is omitted, in the movable object control process of step S507, various movable objects perform the operations as described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7 according to the contents of the command received from the main MPU 92 and the display MPU 122 Execute processing to make it happen. The processing contents of step S503 to step S506 will be described in detail later.

  Thereafter, in step S508, it is determined whether or not the operation of the rendering operation device 48 is in a valid period. In this pachinko machine 10, in a situation where one unit of effect is being executed by a predetermined start trigger such as a game effect, a period in which the progress content of the effect corresponds to the operation when the effect operating device 48 is operated. Can occur. On the other hand, even if the rendering operation device 48 is operated outside the effective period, the operation does not affect the progress contents of the rendering, and the operation itself is invalidated. In step S508, it is determined whether or not the valid period is in progress.

  If a negative determination is made in step S508, the timer interrupt processing is terminated, and if a positive determination is made in step S508, it is determined whether the rendering operation device 48 has been operated in step S509.

  Here, the rendering operation device 48 outputs a LOW level operation signal when the operation unit is not operated, and outputs a HI level operation signal when the operation unit is operated. In the sound light side MPU 112, when it becomes the operation effective period of the rendering operation device 48, periodic (for example, 4 msec cycle) of the port portion to which data corresponding to the level of the signal received from the rendering operation device 48 is written. Monitoring is started, and monitoring processing performed confirming the state receiving the LOW level signal is followed by monitoring processing performed confirming the state receiving the HI level signal a plurality of times (for example, twice) In step S509, it is determined that the rendering operation device 48 has been operated.

  The relationship between HI and LOW of the operation signal may be reversed, and the operation of the rendering operation device 48 is ended instead of judging the presence or absence of the operation on the side where the operation of the rendering operation device 48 is started. It may be configured to determine the presence or absence of the operation on the side.

  If a negative determination is made in step S509, the present timer interrupt processing is ended as it is, and if the rendering operation device 48 is operated, an operation generation command is transmitted to the display MPU 122 in step S510. This timer interrupt processing ends. The operation generation command is a command for causing the display MPU 122 to recognize that the rendering operation device 48 has been operated during the effective period of the operation of the rendering operation device 48. The action of sending the command will be described later.

<Main side command corresponding processing of sound side MPU 112>
Next, the main-side command handling process executed in step S503 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S601, it is determined whether or not the variation command and type command have been received from the main MPU 92. When these commands are received, storage processing of the game result is executed in step S602. Specifically, from the information contained in the type command, information indicating which is the result of the acceptance lottery and the distribution lottery determined by the main MPU 92 at the start of the current game run, ie, the current game Identify the information that the game result of the game is the high probability jackpot result, the low probability jackpot result or the outlier result, and execute the processing to write the specified information in the holding data area 161 provided in the sound side RAM 114 Do. The holding data area 161 is data temporarily used to perform effects during the game play and the open / close execution mode, and to notify, and the sound light side MPU 112 is also after the effect or notification is started. This is an area for storing and holding data for making it uniquely available.

  In the subsequent step S603, the advance lottery process is executed. In the advance lottery process, it is determined by lottery whether or not the advance notice display is performed by the symbol display device 31 in the current game run. As the advance notice display, as described above, after variation display of symbols is started on the symbol display device 31, in a situation where symbols are variably displayed in all the symbol rows Z1 to Z3, or In a situation where symbols are displayed in a variable pattern row in a plurality of symbol rows, the character is displayed separately from the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3, or the background screen is displayed so far These include those having a different predetermined aspect and those having a pattern on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 as a predetermined aspect different from the previous aspects. The advance notice may occur at any of the game times when the reach display is performed and when the reach display is not performed, but the case where the reach display is performed is higher than the case where the reach display is not performed. It is set to occur with probability. Further, in the advance lottery process, the game times corresponding to any of the big hit results are more likely to generate a notice display than the game times corresponding to the out result, and a notice display having a lower appearance rate is more likely to occur. Make a advance notice lottery.

  In the subsequent step S604, stop symbol determination processing is executed. In the stop symbol determination process, if the game result of the current game round is a high probability jackpot result, the information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the same symbol is established on one of the valid lines L1 to L5 is the current stop result Determined as the information of In this case, the types of the same symbols and the effective lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like. However, an odd-numbered symbol is easy to be selected as a symbol which forms the combination of the same symbol. Further, in the stop symbol determination process, if the game result of the current game is a low probability jackpot result, information corresponding to the stop result in which the same even symbol combination is established on one of the valid lines L1 to L5, We decide as information of this stop result. In this case, the types of the same symbols and the effective lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like. Further, in the stop symbol determination process, if the game result of the current game run is an out result, the presence / absence of the reach display is specified from the contents of the variation command. And when reach display occurs, it is a stop result in which the combination of the same symbol is not established on all the effective lines L1 to L5, and the combination of reach symbols is established on one or two effective lines L1 to L5. The information corresponding to the stopping result is determined as the information of the stopping result this time. On the other hand, when reach display does not occur, it is a stop result in which the combination of the same symbol is not established on all the effective lines L1 to L5, and the combination of reach symbols is not established on all the effective lines L1 to L5 The information corresponding to the result is determined as the information of the current stop result.

  In the following step S605, processing for determining an effect pattern of the current game run is executed. In the processing, the information of the display continuation time of the game times is specified from the content of the variable command and the type command received this time, the information of the display continuation time, the information of the game result specified in the step S602, And the effect pattern corresponding to the combination of the information of the lottery result of the advance lottery process in step S603 is selected.

  In the following step S606, processing of writing the type of effect pattern selected in step S605 and the information of the type of stop symbol determined in step S604 in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114 is executed. In addition, since the information of the display continuation time of this game turn is included in the rendition pattern, by writing the information of the rendition pattern in the holding data area 161, not only the information of the rendition pattern but also the information of the display continuation time The sound side MPU 112 can read out again. However, the sound light side MPU 112 does not measure the display continuation time.

  In the subsequent step S607, the stop result command corresponding to the processing result of the step S604 and the pattern command corresponding to the processing result of the step S605 are sent to the display MPU 122. The processing contents of the display MPU 122 by receiving these commands will be described later.

  In the subsequent step S608, the game number updating process is executed. In the updating process, a process for updating the game number counter is executed so that the number of digested games measured in the game number counter provided in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114 is incremented by one. The number of times of game play is the number of times of game times digested without shifting to the open / close execution mode again after the end of the open / close execution mode. The sound-light side MPU 112 can use the information on the number of times of digesting game when determining the content of the effect, and for example, if the number of times of digesting game is a predetermined number or more, a predetermined advance notice is selected in the advance lottery process. Execute processing that makes it easier.

  If a negative determination is made in step S601, or after the process of step S608 has been executed, it is determined in step S609 whether or not a final stop command has been received. If the final stop command has been received, the symbol stop command is transmitted to the display MPU 122 in step S610. The symbol stop command is a command for instructing the display MPU 122 to keep the stop symbol corresponding to the current game round on the activated lines L1 to L5 and maintain the state for the final stop time.

  If a negative determination is made in step S609, or after the process of step S610 is performed, it is determined in step S611 whether or not an opening command has been received. If the opening command has been received, in step S612, update processing of the number of open / close execution modes is executed. In the updating process, the opening / closing execution mode number counter is updated so that the opening / closing execution mode number measured in the opening / closing execution mode number counter provided in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114 is incremented by one. Execute the process The number of open / close execution modes is the number of open / close execution modes that occur in a situation where there is no transition from the high frequency support mode to the low frequency support mode. The sound light side MPU 112 can use the information on the number of opening and closing execution modes when determining the content of the effect, and for example, if the number of opening and closing execution modes is equal to or more than a predetermined number, A corresponding effect is to be executed.

  In the following step S613, processing for opening is performed. In the opening correspondence process, the type of jackpot result which is the transition trigger of the opening / closing execution mode included in the opening command received this time is specified, and the contents of presentation in the opening / closing execution mode corresponding to the type of the jackpot result are determined. Execute processing for In this case, the jackpot result which became the transition trigger of this opening and closing execution mode is a high probability jackpot result, and it is not the combination of the same odd symbols in the symbol display device 31 in the game round just before that, but the same even symbols If the combination in the final stop display is displayed, the effect including the content for causing the player to recognize that the pass / fail lottery mode has been promoted from the low probability mode to the high probability mode is the effect in the current opening / closing execution mode Decide as.

  As already described here, information on the game result and information on the type of stop symbol of the game run in the symbol display device 31 are stored in the holding data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114 regarding the effect for the game run If the game mode is to be executed following the execution of the game, the information on the game result and the information on the type of stop symbol stored in the holding data area 161 are cleared when the open / close execution mode is ended. Ru. Therefore, even if the opening command does not include the information of the display content of the symbol display device 31 in the last game, it is possible to execute the effect including the promotion content in the opening / closing execution mode as described above. .

  Further, in the opening corresponding process in step S613, the number of open / close execution modes after updating in step S612 is specified, and the effect corresponding to the specified number of open / close execution modes is set as the effect in the current open / close execution mode.

  In the following step S614, an opening command corresponding to the processing result in step S613 is transmitted to the display MPU 122. The processing content of the display MPU 122 by receiving the command will be described later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S611, or after the process of step S614 is performed, it is determined in step S615 whether or not the release command is received. If the release command has been received, in step S616, the display MPU 122 is made to recognize that opening of the special power winning device 22 is newly started, that is, one round game is newly started. And sends the release command to the display MPU 122. The processing content of the display MPU 122 by receiving the command will be described later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S615, or after the process of step S616 is performed, it is determined in step S617 whether or not a closing command has been received. If the closing command has been received, then in step S618, the display MPU 122 recognizes that the special electric winning device 22 has been closed, that is, the fact that one round game has ended is recognized. Send a close command. The processing content of the display MPU 122 by receiving the command will be described later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S617, or after the process of step S618 is performed, it is determined in step S619 whether an ending command has been received. If the ending command has been received, at step S620, an ending corresponding process is executed. In the ending correspondence processing, the content of the success or failure lottery mode after the opening / closing execution mode included in the ending command received this time is specified, and the processing for determining the content of the ending effect corresponding to the type of the success or failure lottery mode is executed. Do. In this case, when the high probability mode is set after the open / close execution mode, an effect including contents for causing the player to recognize that the high probability mode is to be made is determined as the ending effect this time, and after the open / close execution mode In the case of the low probability mode, an effect including contents for making the player recognize that the low probability mode is to be made is determined as the ending effect of this time.

  In the subsequent step S621, the ending command corresponding to the processing result of the above step S620 is transmitted to the display MPU 122. The processing content of the display MPU 122 by receiving the command will be described later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S619, or after the process of step S621 is performed, it is determined in step S622 whether or not a notification command is received. If a notification command has been received, it means that the pachinko machine 10 is experiencing an event that should be notified such as some abnormality or a change in the state of the pachinko machine 10. In S623, the process of reading out the light emission data is performed, and in step S624, the process of reading out the sound output data is performed. The contents of each reading process will be described later. Thereafter, in step S625, a notification command corresponding to the content of the notification command received this time is transmitted to the display MPU 122. The processing content of the display MPU 122 by receiving the command will be described later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S622, or after the process of step S625 is performed, it is determined in step S626 whether or not a release command has been received. If the release command has been received, it means that the notification target event such as an abnormality occurring in the pachinko machine 10 has been canceled, so in order to cancel the notification that has already been made, the process proceeds to step S627. And execute the release setting process. The specific content of the cancellation setting process will be described later. Thereafter, in step S 628, a release command corresponding to the content of the release command received this time is transmitted to the display MPU 122. The processing content of the display MPU 122 by receiving the command will be described later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S626, or after the process of step S628 is performed, the other correspondence process is performed in step S629, and the present correspondence process is ended. In the other handling processing, for example, it is determined whether or not a demo start command is received, and when a demo start command is received, the demo start command is transmitted to the display MPU 122.

  In the demo display, a start waiting period (for example, 0.1 sec) for a predetermined demonstration start has elapsed without the start of a new game generation after the end of the game generation in a situation where the open / close execution mode is not in progress. In this case, or after the power supply to the main MPU 92 is started or the pachinko machine 10 is reset, a waiting period for starting a predetermined demonstration start (for example, 3 seconds) without newly starting a game play ) Is started in the symbol display device 31. In the demonstration display, an image is displayed in which the symbols being stopped and displayed on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 are performing a predetermined operation, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the symbols perform a predetermined operation Alternatively, after or instead of the display of the displayed image, a moving image of a maker name, a model name or a predetermined character may be displayed. In addition, in a configuration in which demonstration display is performed by animation of symbols variably displayed on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3, a symbol that is finally stopped and displayed in the last game round may be used as the symbol. In this case, the demonstration display can be diversified.

<V interrupt processing of display MPU 122>
Next, the V interrupt process executed by the display MPU 122 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The V interrupt process is repeatedly activated in a predetermined cycle, specifically, a cycle of 20 msec.

  When the VDP 125 outputs an image signal for one frame to the symbol display device 31, the VDP 125 starts outputting the image signal from the dot at the upper left corner of the display surface G, and on the horizontal line including the dot at one end An image signal is sequentially output to the arranged dots, and an image signal is output from left to right dots in order from the top to each horizontal line. Then, an image signal is finally output to the dots in the lower right corner portion of the display surface G. In this case, the VDP 125 outputs the V interrupt signal to the display MPU 122 at the timing when the image signal is output for the last dot, and causes the display MPU 122 to recognize that the update of the image of one frame is completed. The output cycle of this V interrupt signal is 20 msec. In this regard, the V interrupt process can also be considered to be activated in synchronization with the reception of the V interrupt signal. However, even if the V interrupt signal is not received, if 20 msec has elapsed since the previous V interrupt process was activated, the V interrupt process is newly activated.

  In the V interrupt process, first, in step S701, a command analysis process is executed. Specifically, the contents of the command stored in the command buffer of the display RAM 124 are analyzed. In the following step S702, it is determined based on the analysis result in step S701 whether or not a new command has been received. If a new command has been received, command corresponding processing is executed in step S703.

  In the command handling process, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 17, it is first determined in step S801 whether a stop result command and a pattern command have been received. When an affirmative determination is made in step S801, the pattern data table corresponding to the combination of the stop result command and the pattern command is read out from the display side ROM 123 and written to the display side RAM 124 in step S802. End the process.

  The pattern data table is required to display an image of one frame at each update timing of the image when displaying a moving image corresponding to the present game turn effect on the display surface G of the symbol display device 31 Processing is defined information group. That is, in the pattern data table, an information group corresponding to each frame (the frame update cycle is 20 msec) from the start timing to the end timing in the current game circulation effect is defined.

  The pattern data table will be more specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is an example of a pattern data table that can be selected in the case of a high probability jackpot result.

  As shown in FIG. 18, in the pattern data table, pointer information for the number of frames corresponding to the display continuation time of the target game is set, and the task contents are made to correspond to each pointer information. Information, information on presence / absence of command output, and information on additional data are set.

  The information of the task content is information set to display a moving image corresponding to the current game run, and unless information such as not reflecting the information of the task content is set as additional data, An image corresponding to the information of the task content is displayed in the frame. In the information of the content of the task, information of parameters necessary for giving a drawing instruction to the VDP 125 in order to display an image of one frame at the corresponding update timing is set.

  Specifically, in the pattern data table shown in FIG. 18, data at the start of fluctuation is set in the pointer information of "0", and data at the start of the notice effect start is set in the pointer information of "200". The data at the end of the notice effect is set in the pointer information of "300", the data at the start of normal reach is set in the pointer information of "400", and at the start of super reach in the pointer information of "700" The data of is set, the data at the start of the fixed effect is set in the pointer information of "1000", and the data at the end of the change is set in the pointer information of "1400". Each piece of pointer information corresponds to a break timing such as the start of the effect, the switching of the effect, and the end of the effect. Further, in the pointer information other than these, data for enabling moving image display during the division timing is set.

  The information on the presence or absence of the command output is information indicating the presence or absence of the output of the command from the display MPU 122 to the sound light side MPU 112 and the type of the command. The display-side MPU 122 outputs a command to the sound-side MPU 112 at a predetermined timing according to the contents of the moving image to emit light from the first light-emitting unit group 71, the second light-emitting unit group 72, the third light-emitting unit group 73, etc. It is possible to execute the production of light according to the content of the image in the unit, and perform the production of sound output according to the content of the image in the speaker unit 45, and further, the movable plate unit 51 and the disk movable unit 61a , 61b, etc., enables execution of effects according to the content of the image.

  Specifically, in the pattern data table shown in FIG. 18, command data is set to pointer information of "0" in which data at the start of fluctuation is set in the contents of the task. Therefore, at the start of variation of the game time, based on the command transmission from the display MPU 122 to the sound light MPU 112, light emission control and sound output control are started in the sound light MPU 112. In addition, in the contents of the task, from the data at the start of the notice effect start, the data at the start of the normal reach, the data at the start of the super reach, the data at the start of the confirmed effect start and the data at the end of the change Also, for pointer information of timing before the number of frames for pre-transmission (number of pointers), specifically, for each pointer information of “198”, “398”, “698”, “998”, “1398” , Command data is set. Therefore, the command transmission from the display MPU 122 to the sound light MPU 112 is performed in advance for the division timing other than the variation start time of the game times, and the display contents of the symbol display device 31 and the light emission control at these division timings. It is possible to completely synchronize the contents of the sound output control and the drive control of the movable object.

  The information of the additional data is set as blank as the initial setting of the pattern data table, and the writing process to the additional data is executed when an instruction to execute notification is given. When writing to the additional data is performed, the information written to the additional data is prioritized over the information originally set to the content of the task. For example, when additional data corresponding to displaying a predetermined character as an image is set as notification, the image display is performed as if the character image is added on the image corresponding to the content of the task. Is done.

  If a negative determination is made in step S801, it is determined in step S803 whether a final stop command has been received. If the final stop command has been received, the setting process for the final stop is executed in step S804, and then the command handling process is ended. In the setting process for the final stop, the process of reading out the data table for displaying still the stop symbol corresponding to the current game time until the period during the final stop elapses from the display side ROM 123 and writing it in the display side RAM 124 Run.

  If a negative determination is made in step S803, it is determined in step S805 whether an opening command has been received. If the opening command has been received, then in step S806 the data table for opening corresponding to the opening command is read out from the display side ROM 123 and written to the display side RAM 124, followed by terminating the command corresponding process.

  The data table for opening is to display an image of one frame at each update timing of the image when displaying a moving image corresponding to the effect for the opening / closing execution mode on the display surface G of the symbol display device 31. The required processing is a set of defined information. The data configuration of the opening data table is basically the same as the pattern data table. That is, in the data table for the opening, not only the information group in which the processing necessary for displaying the image for one frame at each update timing of the image is defined, but also the sound corresponding to the division timing of the presentation Data for transmitting a command to the light side MPU 112 is set.

  However, in the data table for opening, the contents of effects during each round game and during the interval period between round games are defined from the start of the opening effect. In this case, the data in the round game is set to hold the image of the loop or the last update timing until the corresponding round game is over, and similarly, the data in the interval ends the corresponding interval. It is set to hold the image of the loop or the last update timing. Then, in response to the reception of the release command or the close command, the range of pointer information to be referred to in the data table for opening is switched.

  If a negative determination is made in step S805, it is determined in step S807 whether or not any one of an open command and a close command has been received. If one of the commands has been received, at step S808, the setting process at the time of opening and closing is executed, and then this command handling process is ended. In the setting processing at the time of opening and closing, the range of pointer information to be referred to in the data table for opening is switched according to the content of the received command.

  If a negative determination is made in step S807, it is determined in step S809 whether an ending command has been received. If the ending command has been received, the data table for ending corresponding to the ending command is read out from the display side ROM 123 and written to the display side RAM 124 in step S810, and then the command corresponding process is ended.

  The data table for ending is necessary to display an image for one frame at each update timing of the image when displaying a moving image corresponding to the effect for ending this time on the display surface G of the symbol display device 31 Processing is defined information group. The data configuration of the ending data table is basically the same as the pattern data table. That is, in the ending data table, not only the information group in which the processing necessary for displaying the image for one frame at each update timing of the image is defined, but also the sound corresponding to the division timing of the effect Data for transmitting a command to the light side MPU 112 is set.

  If a negative determination is made in step S809, another handling process is performed in step S811, and the command handling process is finished.

  In the separate handling process, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 19, first, in step S 901, it is determined whether a notification command is received. If the notification command has been received, the process for setting notification data is executed in step S902, and the present correspondence processing is finished. In the process of setting notification data, notification data corresponding to the content of the notification included in the notification command of this time is written as additional data (see FIG. 18) of the data table currently set. Thereby, when updating the next image, the content of the notification data is reflected, and for example, a character image corresponding to the type of notification target event is added to the effect image for the game session or the effect image for the opening / closing execution mode .

  If a negative determination is made in step S901, it is determined in step S903 whether or not a release command has been received. If the release command has been received, at step S904, after the notification data clear process is executed, the present correspondence process is ended. In the process of clearing the notification data, of the notification data currently set in the additional data of the data table, the notification corresponding to the type of notification target event set as the cancellation target of the notification in the cancellation command received this time Execute processing to clear the application data. As a result, when the image is updated next time, the notification of the type to be canceled is canceled.

  If a negative determination is made in step S903, it is determined in step S905 whether an operation generation command has been received. The operation generation command is a command transmitted from the sound light side MPU 112 to the display side MPU 122 when the performance operation device 48 is operated during the effective period of the operation of the performance operation device 48, as described above. When the operation generation command is received, the timing at which the operation generation command is received is referred to in the data table by referring to the data table currently set in step S906. It is determined whether the operation of the device 48 is in effect. If a negative determination is made in step S906, the present correspondence processing ends, and if a positive determination is made in step S906, then in step S907, the operation presence flag provided in the display RAM 124 is " After setting “1”, the present correspondence processing ends. The operation presence flag is a flag for specifying by the display MPU 122 whether or not the effect operating device 48 is operated during the effective period of the operation of the effect operating device 48.

  If a negative determination is made in step S905, it is determined in step S908 whether an execution permission command has been received. The execution permission command is sent from the sound / light MPU 112 to the display MPU 122 in order to permit the execution of the effect corresponding to the operation when the operation device 48 is operated during the effective period of the operation of the operation operation device 48. Will be sent. If the execution permission command has been received, in step S909, the operation effect data corresponding to the content of the current operation effect is written as additional data (see FIG. 18) of the currently set data table. As a result, the operation effect is started after the next image update timing.

  It should be noted that in the data table for the game use or opening / closing execution mode where effects according to the operation of the effect operating device 48 can be executed, data of contents when the operation operating device 48 is not operated is set as the task contents. ing. Therefore, when the rendering operation device 48 is not operated during the effective period, display control is performed according to the content of the task as it is, whereby rendering at the time of non-operation is performed. In addition, although the content of the operation effect is specifically arbitrary, for example, a configuration in which at least one of an effect image, a character, and a moving image that does not appear in the effect when not operated is displayed.

  After executing the processing of step S909, in step S910, after setting "1" to the operation effect flag provided in the display RAM 124, the present correspondence processing is finished. The operation effect flag is a flag for specifying in the display MPU 122 whether or not the operation effect should be performed.

  If a negative determination is made in step S 908, other correspondence processing is executed in step S 911, and the present correspondence processing is finished. In the other handling processing, for example, it is determined whether or not the demo start command is received, and when the demo start command is received, the data table for performing the demo display is read from the display side ROM 123 and the display side RAM 124 Execute processing to write to.

  Returning to the description of the V interrupt process (FIG. 16), when the determination in step S702 is negative, or after the process of step S703, the pointer update process is performed in step S704. In the pointer updating process, the pointer information set in the data table is updated to advance by one frame. This makes it possible for the display MPU 122 to grasp the processing required to display an image of one frame corresponding to the current update timing.

  In the following step S705, task processing is performed. In task processing, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 20, first, in step S1001, it is determined whether additional data exists in the area corresponding to the information of the current pointer in the data table. If there is no additional data, the task data of the current pointer is read from the data table in step S1002, and in the subsequent step S1003, according to the read task data, one frame corresponding to the current update timing In order to display a minute image, calculation of parameters necessary for instructing the VDP 125 to draw is performed. Thereafter, the task processing ends.

  On the other hand, if additional data exists in the area corresponding to the information of the current pointer in the data table, it is determined in step S1004 whether the additional data is additional data to the image of task data. . If it is additional data, the task data and additional data of the current pointer are read from the data table in step S1005, and in the subsequent step S1006, the current update timing is handled according to the read task data and additional data. In order to display the image for one frame, the calculation of parameters necessary for instructing the VDP 125 to draw is performed. Thereafter, the task processing ends. In addition, as a case where the process of step S1005 and step S1006 is performed, the case where the character image of alerting | reporting is added is mentioned.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1004, additional data of the current pointer is read from the data table in step S1007, and in accordance with the read additional data in subsequent step S1008, 1 corresponding to the current update timing In order to display an image for a frame, calculation of parameters necessary for instructing VDP 125 to draw is performed. Thereafter, the task processing ends. In addition, as a case where the process of step S1007 and step S1008 is performed, the case where operation presentation is performed is mentioned.

  Returning to the description of the V interrupt processing (FIG. 16), after executing the task processing in step S705, in step S706, the command data is stored in the data table in the area for the presence or absence of command output corresponding to the information of the current pointer. Determine if it exists. If the command data exists, it is the output timing of the command, so the command setting process is executed in step S 707.

  In the command setting process, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 21, it is first determined in step S1101 whether or not it is a timing corresponding to the execution of the fixed effect in the symbol display device 31. The confirmed effect is an effect for notifying that the game result of the current game play is a big hit result, at a timing before the timing of displaying the stop result. A plurality of types of execution timings of the fixed effect in the symbol display device 31 exist, and there are, for example, a timing during execution of the advance notice, a timing during execution of the normal reach, and a timing during execution of the super reach. In the data table of FIG. 18, the fixed effect in the symbol display device 31 is set as the timing during execution of the super reach.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S1101, a setting execution command is transmitted to the sound light side MPU 112 in step S1102, and the setting process ends. The confirmation execution command includes information indicating that the fixed effect is performed in the symbol display device 31. Further, the confirmation execution command includes information indicating how many frames after the output timing of the command should start the confirmation effect. Thereby, even if the confirmation execution command is transmitted at the timing before the start timing of the confirmation effect, the sound light side MPU 112 synchronizes with the start of the confirmation effect in the symbol display device 31, and the various light emitting unit groups 71 to It becomes possible to start the fixed effect in 73 and the speaker unit 45.

  The decision execution command is set such that the output trigger is at most one in the one pattern data table. As a result, it is prevented that the fixed effect is generated a plurality of times by the symbol display device 31 in one game round. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the confirmation execution command may be output a plurality of times in one pattern data table.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1101, it is determined in step S1103 whether or not it is a start timing of the operation valid period. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1103, an operation valid start command is transmitted to the sound light side MPU 112 in step S1104, and then the setting process ends. The operation valid start command includes information indicating that the operation of the rendering operation device 48 should be validated.

  If a negative determination is made in step S 1103, it is determined in step S 1105 whether “1” is set in the operation presence flag of the display RAM 124. If “1” is set in the operation presence flag, an operation valid command is transmitted to the sound side MPU 112 in step S1106, and this setting process is ended. The operation valid command includes information indicating that the operation of the rendering operation device 48 is an operation within a valid period. When an affirmative determination is made in step S1105, the operation presence flag is cleared to "0".

  If a negative determination is made in step S1105, it is determined in step S1107 whether "1" is set in the operation effect flag of the display RAM 124 or not. If “1” is set in the operation effect flag, the operation effect command is transmitted to the sound side MPU 112 in step S1108, and this setting process is ended. The operation effect command includes information indicating that the operation effect corresponding to the operation of the effect operation device 48 is to be performed, and information on the type of the operation effect. Further, the operation effect command includes information indicating how many frames after the output timing of the command should start the operation effect. Thereby, even if the operation effect command is transmitted at a timing before the start timing of the operation effect, the sound light side MPU 112 synchronizes with the start of the operation effect in the symbol display device 31, and various light emitting unit groups 71 to It becomes possible to start the operation effect in 73 and the speaker part 45.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1107, another command transmission process is performed in step S1109, and this setting process is ended. In the other command transmission process, a command indicating that the presentation of the game times should be started, a command indicating that the advance notice display should be started, a command indicating that the normal reach should be started, and that super reach should be started A command indicating that the variation should be ended, a command indicating that the effect of the opening / closing execution mode should be started, a command indicating that the effect of round game should be started, an effect of an interval between round games is started A command indicating that the command should be performed, a command indicating that the rendering of the ending should be started, and a command indicating that the demonstration display should be started are transmitted to the sound side MPU 112 according to the respective timings.

  In this case, a command indicating that the advance notice display should be started, a command showing that the normal reach should be started, a command showing that the super reach should be started, a command showing that the presentation of the open / close execution mode should be started, round The command indicating that the effect of the game should be started, the command showing that the effect of the interval between round games should be started, and the command showing that the effect of ending should be started have contents of the type of the effect include.

  In addition, a command indicating that the advance notice display should be started, a command showing that the normal reach should be started, a command showing that the super reach should be started, a command showing that the variation should be ended, and an effect of the round game The command indicating that it should start includes information indicating how many frames after the output timing of the command that the target effect should be started. As a result, even if each command is transmitted at a timing before the start timing of the target effect, the sound light side MPU 112 synchronizes the start of the target effect in the symbol display device 31 with various light emitting units. It becomes possible to start the target effects in the groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45.

  Returning to the description of the V interrupt process (FIG. 16), when a negative determination is made in step S706, or after the process of step S707 is performed, the V list process is performed after the drawing list output process is performed in step S708. Finish.

  In the drawing list output process, a drawing list for displaying an image of one frame corresponding to the update timing of the current processing cycle is created, and the created drawing list is transmitted to the VDP 125. In this case, in the drawing list, an image grasped in the immediately preceding task processing is a drawing target, and information of parameters updated in the task processing is also set. The VDP 125 creates drawing data in the frame area of the video RAM 127 according to the drawing list. The VDP 125 outputs a signal to the symbol display device 31 in accordance with the drawing data created in the frame area. Thus, an image of one frame is displayed on the symbol display device 31.

<Display-side command correspondence processing of the sound side MPU 112>
Next, the display-side command correspondence process executed in step S504 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) in the sound-light side MPU 112 will be described. FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing display side command correspondence processing.

  First, in step S1201, a command indicating that the effect of the game play should be started, a command indicating that the effect of the opening / closing execution mode should be started, a command indicating that the effect of the interval between round games should be started, ending It is determined whether any one of a command indicating that the rendering of B. should be started and a command indicating that the demonstration display should be started has been received. If any one of these commands has been received, light emission data read processing is executed and sound output data read processing is executed in step S1202. In this case, since the process for starting the image display of the corresponding effect is already executed in the symbol display device 31, the execution control of the effect using the light emission data and the sound output data read in step S1202 is , Will be started immediately. The light emission data readout process and the sound output data readout process will be described in detail later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1201, it is determined in step S1203 whether a confirmation execution command has been received from the display MPU 122 or not. If the confirmation execution command has been received, in step S1208, the process of reading out the light emission data at the time of the confirmation effect and the process of reading the sound output data at the time of the confirmation effect are executed. The contents of these read processes will be described in detail later. As described above, when the light emission data and the sound output data are read out, finalized effects in the various light emission unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45 are subsequently executed.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1203, it is determined in step S1204 whether a command to start super reach has been received from the display MPU 122 or not. If a positive determination is made in step S 1204, the game result information stored in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114 is confirmed in step S 1205, and a big hit result occurs in the current game run It is determined whether to do. If the jackpot result occurs, in step S1206, a lottery process is performed to determine whether or not to generate a fixed effect. In the lottery process, if it is a low probability jackpot result, the decision effect will be won with a probability of 1/20, and if it is a high probability jackpot result, the lottery process will be a winning effect with a probability of 1/5. Run. The present invention is not limited to this, and in the lottery process of the fixed effect, not only the lottery whether or not to execute the fixed effect, but also the type thereof is determined by the lottery when the fixed effect is performed. Good. Thereafter, in step S1207, it is determined whether or not the fixed effect is won, and if the fixed effect is selected, the process of reading out the light emission data in the fixed effect in step S1208 and the sound output data in the fixed effect Execute read processing. The contents of these read processes will be described in detail later. As described above, when the light emission data and the sound output data are read out, finalized effects in the various light emission unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45 are subsequently executed.

  On the other hand, when a command indicating that super reach should be started is not received, a negative determination is made in step S1204 and the process of step S1208 is not executed. Further, even if a command indicating that super reach should be started is received, if the current game play is not a big hit result, a negative determination is made in step S1205 and the process of step S1208 is performed. Do not run Further, even if the current game round is a big hit result, if the lottery process of the fixed effect is out, even if it is out in the lottery process of the determined effect, a negative determination is made in step S1207 and the process of step S1208 is not executed.

  Here, when the fixed effect is executed by the symbol display device 31, while the command data of the fixed execution command is set in the pattern data table, the fixed effect is executed by the symbol display device 31. If the fixed effect can be executed in the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45, the command data of the corresponding command is not set in the pattern data table. Instead, the timing at which the finalization effect is performed is set as the start time of the super reach only in the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45, and a command indicating that the super reach should be started is displayed. In response to the transmission from the side MPU 122, the sound light side MPU 112 determines whether or not to execute the determined effect. With this configuration, it is not necessary to set command data indicating the execution timing of the fixed effect not executed by the symbol display device 31 in the pattern data table, so the data capacity of the pattern data table is reduced. And the design can be facilitated.

  On the other hand, when a command indicating that super reach should be started is transmitted from the display MPU 122, the sound / light MPU 112 determines whether or not the current game is a big hit result, at least this time The symbol display device 31 determines the execution of the selective determination effect that is not interlocked on condition that the game play is a big hit result. As a result, in the configuration in which the data capacity of the pattern data table is reduced and the setting is facilitated as described above, it is possible to prevent the fixed effect from being executed in the game round where the big hit result is not obtained.

  In addition, even if it is a game turn that results in a jackpot, the execution of the selective confirmation effect in which the symbol display device 31 is not interlocked is not determined unless the decision effect is won in the lottery process of the confirmation effect. Thereby, in the above-mentioned composition, it becomes possible to give irregularity about execution of decision production.

  Furthermore, when the fixed effect is executed in the symbol display device 31, the execution of the fixed effect in the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45 is determined without executing the lottery process of the fixed effect. Thereby, it is suppressed that a shift | offset | difference arises regarding execution of a fixed effect between the symbol display apparatus 31, and the various light emission part groups 71-73 and the speaker part 45. FIG.

  If a negative determination is made in step S 1204, a negative determination is made in step S 1205, a negative determination is made in step S 1207, or if the process of step S 1208 is performed, the movable object is selected in step S 1209. It is determined whether it corresponds to the operation start timing. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1209, movable object data corresponding to the current operation start timing is read out from the movable object data group 153 of the sound light side ROM 113 in step S1210, and the movable object of the sound light side RAM 114 is Write to data area 164. Although detailed description is omitted, by reading out the movable object data, the movable object control process (step S507) on and after the next time in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) is referred to FIGS. The processing for causing the various movable objects to perform the operation as described above is performed.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1209, or after the process of step S1210 has been executed, it is determined in step S1211 whether it is time to update light emission data. When an affirmative determination is made in step S1211, in step S1212, a process of reading light emission data is executed. In this case, since the process of starting the image display of the effect corresponding to the update timing has not been executed yet, the execution control of the effect using the light emission data read in step S1212 is the image display of the corresponding effect It will be started in synchronization with the start of the The process of reading the light emission data will be described in detail later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1211, or after the process of step S1212 is performed, it is determined in step S1213 whether it is time to update sound output data. When an affirmative determination is made in step S1213, a process of reading out sound output data is executed in step S1214. In this case, since the process of starting the image display of the effect corresponding to the update timing is not yet executed, the execution control of the effect using the sound output data read in step S1214 is the image of the corresponding effect It will be started in synchronization with the start of display. The process of reading the sound output data will be described in detail later.

  If the process of step S1202 has been executed, if the determination in step S1213 is negative, or if the process of step S1214 has been executed, it is determined in step S1215 whether or not an operation rendering system command has been received. . If the operation rendering system command has not been received, the main display command handling process is terminated. If the operation rendering system command has been received, the operation system corresponding process is executed in step S1216, and then the main display side command corresponding process is ended.

  The operation system corresponding process of step S1216 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S1301, it is determined whether an operation valid start command has been received. If the operation valid start command has been received, the operation valid period is set in step S1302, and the operation system corresponding process is ended. Accordingly, an affirmative determination is made in step S508 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) of the sound light side MPU 112.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1301, it is determined in step S1303 whether or not an operation valid command has been received. If the operation valid command has been received, an execution permission command is transmitted to the display MPU 122 in step S1304, and after the operation valid period is canceled, the operation system handling process is ended. When the operation effective period is canceled, a negative determination is made in step S508 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) of the sound light side MPU 112.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1303, it is determined in step S1305 whether an operation effect command has been received. If the operation effect command has been received, in step S1306, the process of reading out the light emission data and the process of reading the sound output data are performed, and then the operation system response process is ended. The reading process will be described in detail later.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1305, this means that the operation valid end command has been received. In this case, after the operation valid period is canceled in step S1307, the operation system handling process is finished.

<Content of communication when operation presentation is executed>
Next, the contents of communication in the case where the operation effect is performed will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG.

  FIG. 24 (a) shows a period in which the operation of the rendering operation device 48 is set as valid in the pattern data table read by the display MPU 122, and FIG. 24 (b) shows the rendering operation in the sound light MPU 112. FIG. 24 (c) shows the operation situation of the effect operating device 48, and FIG. 24 (d) shows the presence or absence of execution of the operation effect. Shows the contents of the command transmitted from the display MPU 122 to the sound light MPU 112, and FIG. 24 (f) shows the contents of the command transmitted from the sound light MPU 112 to the display MPU 122.

  As shown in FIG. 24 (a) at the timing of t1, the start timing of the operation effective period set in the pattern data table causes the sound from the display MPU 122 to be generated as shown in FIG. 24 (e). An operation valid start command is transmitted to the light side MPU 112. Thereby, at the timing of t2, as shown in FIG. 24B, the sound light side MPU 112 becomes an operation effective period of the effect operation device 48.

  Thereafter, in both the pattern data table and the sound light side MPU 112, the operation of the effect operating device 48 is started at the timing of t3 during the effective period of the effect operating device 48. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 24F, the sound generation side MPU 112 transmits an operation generation command to the display side MPU 122. Since the operation generation command is transmitted during the effective period of the rendering operation device 48 in the pattern data table, the display MPU 122 to the sound light MPU 112 at timing t4 as shown in FIG. 24 (e). An operation valid command is sent. Thus, the effective period of the operation of the effect operating device 48 is canceled in the sound light side MPU 112. Then, as shown in FIG. 24F, an execution permission command for permitting execution of the operation effect is transmitted from the sound light side MPU 112 to the display side MPU 122 at time t5.

  By receiving the execution permission command, the display MPU 122 starts an operation effect as shown in FIG. 24 (d) at time t6, and sounds the operation effect command as shown in FIG. 24 (e). Transmit to the light side MPU 112. After that, as shown in FIG. 24C, the operation of the rendering operation device 48 is finished at the timing of t7, and as shown in FIG. 24A, the rendering in the pattern data table is performed at the timing of t8. The end timing of the operation effective period of the operation device 48 is reached.

  As described above, the start timing and the end timing of the operation effective period of the rendering operation device 48 are specified by the display MPU 122 based on the data table read by the display MPU 122, and the respective timings from the display MPU 122 Each timing is specified in the sound light side MPU 112 by the command corresponding to being transmitted to the sound light side MPU 112. With this configuration, the sound light side MPU 112 does not have to have a data table that can uniquely identify the effective operation period of the effect operating device 48, and data capacity can be reduced.

  In the display side MPU 122, the display control of the moving image display in the symbol display device 31 is performed, while in the sound light side MPU 112, the light emission control of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the sound output control of the speaker unit 45 are performed. The processing load of the sound light side MPU 112 is relatively light as compared with the display side MPU 122 because of the presence. In this case, the processing load can be distributed by performing monitoring of whether or not the rendering operation device 48 has been operated in the sound light side MPU 112.

  The sound light side MPU 112 does not monitor the operation signal from the rendering operation device 48 until the operation valid start command is received from the display MPU 122, but receives the operation valid start command to monitor the operation signal. It is a configuration to be performed. As a result, in the sound light side MPU 112, there is no need to constantly monitor the operation signal from the rendering operation device 48, and the burden of monitoring can be reduced.

  The sound light side MPU 112 transmits an operation generation command when the rendering operation device 48 is operated during the operation valid period, and the display side MPU 122 refers to the pattern data table when the operation generation command is received. Then, it is determined whether the timing at which the operation generation command is received is within the operation valid period defined in the pattern data table. As a result, it is determined whether or not the operation of the rendering operation device 48 is in the operation valid period, not only in the sound light side MPU 112 but also in the display side MPU 122, and the rendering operation device 48 is operated during the operation valid period. It becomes possible to monitor correctly whether it was operated.

  When the display MPU 122 receives an operation generation command from the sound light MPU 112 during the operation valid period, the display MPU 122 transmits, to the sound light MPU 112, an operation valid command indicating that the operation is valid. Then, the sound light side MPU 112 cancels the monitoring of the presence or absence of the operation of the effect operating device 48 by receiving the operation valid command. Thus, the sound light side MPU 112 can cancel the monitoring of the presence or absence of the operation of the rendering operation device 48 without waiting for the start of the operation effect, and the monitoring burden on the sound light side MPU 112 can be reduced.

  When the sound light side MPU 112 receives the operation valid command from the display side MPU 122, the sound light side MPU 112 transmits an execution permission command to the display side MPU 122. Then, the display MPU 122 starts an operation effect by receiving the execution permission command. As a result, after confirming that the operation valid command has been properly received by the sound light MPU 112, the display MPU 122 can start the operation effect.

  The display MPU 122 transmits an operation effect command to the sound light MPU 112 when the operation effect is started, and the sound light MPU 112 receives the operation effect command, thereby supporting the operation effect executed in the symbol display device 31. Then, the operation effect is performed also in the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45. As a result, these operation effects can be reliably synchronized.

<Light emission control in the sound side MPU 112>
Next, the contents of the light emission control of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 executed by the sound light side MPU 112 will be described.

  The sound light side MPU 112 uses the light emission data group 151 stored in advance in the sound light side ROM 113 when performing light emission control of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73. In addition, when using this, a part of the light emission data group 151 is read out to the light emission data area 162 provided in the display side RAM 124 and used. The light emission data group 151 and the light emission data area 162 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 25 (a) is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration of the light emission data group 151, and FIG. 25 (b) is an explanatory diagram for explaining a configuration of the light emission data area 162. 26 (a) to 26 (d) and FIG. 27 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the contents of each data included in the light emission data group 151. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 25A, the light emission data group 151 includes a pallet data group 151a, a start position data group 151b, a total time data group 151c, a duration data group 151d, and a list data group 151e. , A group data group 151f, and a data selection table 151g.

  In the pallet data group 151a, a large number of pallet data indicating a switching pattern of light emission color is present. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 26 (a), in the pallet data 0, switching patterns of two emission colors are defined. Specifically, a pattern for switching to a white emission color next to the blue emission color is defined, and further, when the palette data 0 continues to be selected, blue emission follows the white emission color. It will return to the color. Therefore, in the pallet data 0, a switching pattern of luminescent colors of blue → white → blue → white → blue →... Is defined.

  Further, in the pallet data 1, switching patterns of five light emission colors are defined, and in the pallet data 2, switching patterns of three light emission colors are defined. However, while in pallet data 1 one cycle of the switching pattern is defined as a pattern for displaying the set five light emission colors one by one, in pallet data 2, 1 of the switching pattern is selected. The circumferential division is defined as a pattern for displaying at least one of the set three light emission colors twice or more. Specifically, in pallet data 1, a switching pattern of light emission colors of red → blue → green → yellow → white → red → blue → green → ... is defined. In pallet data 2, red → blue → A switching pattern of light emission colors of red → green → blue → green → blue → red → blue → red →... Is defined. In addition, many pallet data exist besides the said pallet data 0-2.

  In each pallet data, serial number identification information is defined in a one-to-one manner with respect to each light emission color data to be switched. The identification information corresponds to start position data indicating which light emission color is to be used to start light emission control when light emission control of one of the LEDs 71a to 73a is started using pallet data.

  The start position data group 151b is a target when the emission color is switched using any of the pallet data for each of the LEDs 71a to 73a included in the light emission unit groups 71 to 73 to be subjected to the light emission control. There is a large number of start position data indicating which light emission color is to be started from among the series of light emission colors defined in the pallet data. Here, when the sound light side MPU 112 controls the light emission of each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73, basically, the pallet data and the start position data are set in units of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73. In this case, the start position data is data indicating the start position of the light emission color individually for each of the LEDs 71a to 73a included in the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73, while the start position data of the LEDs 71a to 73a among the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 The numbers are different. Therefore, the start position data is individually set for the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 having different numbers of LEDs 71 a to 73 a.

  The start position data will be specifically described with reference to FIG. 26 (b). The start position data 0 and the start position data 1 shown in FIG. 26B are examples of start position data applied to the second light emitting unit group 72 in which 16 LEDs 72 a exist. In each of the start position data 0 and the start position data 1, the start position number is determined in a one-to-one correspondence with each of bit 0 to bit 15. In this case, each of bit 0 to bit 15 corresponds to any one of the first LED 72a to the sixteenth LED 72a among the sixteen LEDs 72a. Then, when the effect of switching the light emission color is started in each LED 72a, the light emission color in the order corresponding to the start position number set in the corresponding bit is specified from the pallet data to be used, and the specified light emission color The emission color is switched sequentially from the above.

  For example, when the start position data 0 is applied to the pallet data 0, the first LED 72a to the eighth LED 72a of the second light emitting unit group 72 start from white, and the ninth LED 72a to the sixteenth LED 72a Starts from blue. On the other hand, when the start position data 1 is applied to the pallet data 0, the first LED 72a to the eighth LED 72a of the second light emitting unit group 72 start from blue, and the ninth LED 72a to the sixteenth LED 72a Starts from white.

  In the total time data group 151c, there are a large number of total time data that can specify the total time in which one pallet data is used. For example, if the time required for the selected pallet data switching pattern to make one revolution is shorter than the total time, the switching pattern is repeated until the total time elapses.

  In the duration data group 151d, there are a lot of duration data which make it possible to specify the duration of the state in which one luminescent color is lit when switching the luminescent color according to the selected pallet data. For example, when 2 sec duration data is selected in a state where pallet data 0 in FIG. 26 (a) is selected, the state where the emission color is maintained blue for 2 sec in one LED and the emission color is white And the state maintained for 2 seconds is repeated.

  A large number of list data exist in the list data group 151e. With the exception that one pallet data is used for one light emitter group 71 to 73, in the case of simultaneously using a plurality of pallet data for one light emitter group 71 to 73 as an exception. The types of the plurality of palette data are defined in one list data. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 26C, in the list data 0, pallet data 0, pallet data 1 and pallet data 2 are set as pallet data to be used. In the list data 1, pallet data 10, pallet data 11, pallet data 12, and pallet data 13 are set as pallet data to be used.

  In each list data, a serial number list number is defined in one to one with respect to pallet data to be used. In the case of selecting the pallet data to be used for each of the LEDs 71a to 73a included in one light emitting unit group 71 to 73 using the list data, the list number uses any of the pallet data for each of the LEDs 71a to 73a. It corresponds to the specified data that indicates the

  A large number of group data exist in the group data group 151f. When using list data for one light emitting unit group 71 to 73 for group data, each pallet set in the list data for each LED 71 a to 73 a included in one light emitting unit group 71 to 73 Data indicating which of the data to use is set. Here, the group data is data individually indicating pallet data to be used for each of the LEDs 71a to 73a included in the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73, while the number of LEDs 71a to 73a is between the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 It is different. Therefore, the group data is individually set for the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 having different numbers of LEDs 71 a to 73 a.

  The group data will be specifically described with reference to FIG. 26 (d). Group data 0 and group data 1 shown in FIG. 26D are examples of group data applied to the second light emitting unit group 72 in which 16 LEDs 72 a exist. In each of the group data 0 and the group data 1, the list numbers are determined in a one-to-one correspondence with the bits 0 to 15, respectively. In this case, each of bit 0 to bit 15 corresponds to any one of the first LED 72a to the sixteenth LED 72a among the sixteen LEDs 72a. And when selecting the pallet data to be used for each LED 72a, the pallet data of the order corresponding to the list number set to the corresponding bit is specified from the list data to be used, and the specified pallet data is used Do.

  For example, when group data 0 is applied to list data 0, pallet data 0 is selected for use from the first LED 72a to the eighth LED 72a of the second light emitting unit group 72, and the ninth LED 72a to 16 Pallet data 1 is selected for use up to the second LED 72a. On the other hand, when the group data 1 is applied to the list data 1, the pallet data 10 is selected for use from the first LED 72a to the fourth LED 72a of the second light emitting unit group 72, and the fifth LED 72a to 8 The pallet data 11 is selected to be used up to the second LED 72a, the pallet data 12 is selected to be used from the ninth LED 72a to the twelfth LED 72a, and the pallet data 13 is selected from the thirteenth LED 72a to the sixteenth LED 72a. Is selected for use.

  The data selection table 151 g is data in which a combination of data used for light emission control of each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 is determined. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 27, in the data selection table 151g, request numbers used when specifying a combination of data to be used are set for the number of types of the combination, and each request number is Correspondingly, the type of pallet data, the type of start position data, the type of total time data, the type of continuous time data, the type of list data, and the type of group data are set.

  However, as already described, one pallet data is used for one light emitting part group 71 to 73, except that a plurality of pallets for one light emitting part group 71 to 73 are used as an exception. Data is simultaneously used. In the data selection table 151g, the request number corresponding to the basic combination and the request number corresponding to the exception combination are individually set. Specifically, request numbers 0 to 10 correspond to basic combinations, and the basic combinations include types of pallet data, types of start position data, types of total time data, and duration data The type is defined, and the type of list data and the type of group data are not defined. On the other hand, the request numbers 120 to 130 correspond to exceptional combinations, and the exceptional combinations include types of start position data, types of total time data, types of duration data, and types of list data, The type of group data is defined, and the type of pallet data is not defined.

  Next, the light emission data area 162 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the light emission data area 162, each data included in the combination specified using the request number is read out from the data selection table 151g, and light emission data is created using the respective data. The said light emission data respond | corresponds to the one part production | presentation of one game time, when utilized as game circulation, When it is utilized for the opening / closing execution mode, it is carried out to one part production | generation of one opening / closing execution mode It corresponds. On the other hand, when it is used for notification, it corresponds to the whole of the notification.

  Although various types of light emission data are created in the light emission data area 162, these light emission data are stored in different areas in the light emission data area 162 for each predetermined section. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 25B, the light emission data area 162 is provided with a base area 162a, an interrupt area 162b, and a notification area 162c.

  In the base area 162a, light emission data for normal effect is stored. As the situation where the light emission data for the normal effect is used, for example, a situation where the advance notice display or the reach display is not performed when the game play is performed by the symbol display device 31 can be mentioned. In the base area 162a, an area corresponding to the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73 on a one-to-one basis is provided to correspond to each light emitting unit group 71-73. The light emission data for the normal effect are separately stored.

  In the base area 162a, for example, if it is light emission data for game circulation, only one piece of light emission data is stored for each of the light emitting portion groups 71 to 73 in one game circulation, and one game rotation In the above, the execution of the light emission color switching pattern using the one piece of light emission data is repeated. Further, for example, in the case of the light emission data for the open / close execution mode, only one piece of light emission data is stored for each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 in one open / close execution mode. Execution of the light emission color switching pattern using the one piece of light emission data is repeated. In these cases, in the combination data for creating the light emission data, data having no time limit is selected as the total time data.

  However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a configuration in which a plurality of light emission data of the normal effect can be set, such as the light emission data of the normal effect on the first half and the light data of the normal effect on the second half The light emission data of the normal effect other than the notice display and the reach display, the light emission data of the normal effect for the notice display, the light emission data of the normal effect for the reach display, and the light emission data of the normal effect for the final stop display And may be set. As described above, a configuration may be applied to the open / close execution mode in which a plurality of light emission data of the normal effect may be set during the series effect.

  In the area for interruption 162 b, data used for light emission control for interruption effect which is prioritized over light emission control for normal effect is stored. As a situation where the light emission data for the interruption production is used, for example, a situation where a notice display or a reach display is being performed when the game play is being performed by the symbol display device 31 can be mentioned. Further, the situation in which the light emission data for the interruption effect is used includes the situation in which the fixed effect is performed. Furthermore, in the open / close execution mode, there is a situation where a promotion effect is performed. The interrupt area 162b is provided with an area corresponding to the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73 on a one-to-one basis, and corresponds to each light emitting unit group 71-73. The light emission data for the interruption effect is separately stored.

  In the interrupt area 162b, for example, in the case of light emission data for game circulation, a plurality of light emission data that can be stored for each of the light emitting portion groups 71 to 73 exist in one game turn, and one game During the operation, the plurality of light emission data is appropriately rewritten in each of the light emitting portion groups 71 to 73. Further, for example, in the case of light emission data for the open / close execution mode, the plurality of light emission data may be appropriately rewritten in each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 in one open / close execution mode. These rewritings are performed according to the priority between the light emission data. The contents of the rewriting priority will be described in detail later.

  In the notification area 162c, data used for light emission control for notification which is prioritized over light emission control for interrupt effect production is stored. The situation where the light emission data for notification is used is the case where occurrence of a notification target event in the pachinko machine 10 is detected and a notification command is transmitted from the main MPU 92. The notification area 162c is provided with an area corresponding to the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73 on a one-to-one basis, and corresponds to each light emitting unit group 71-73. The light emission data for notification are separately stored.

  In the notification area 162c, only one piece of light emission data is stored for each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 upon occurrence of a notification target event, and in the situation where the notification target event occurs, the one light emission The execution of the light emission color switching pattern using data is repeated. In this case, in the combination data for creating the light emission data, data having no time limit is selected as the total time data. The status of using the light emission data for notification is continued until the release command is received from the main MPU 92.

<Reading process of light emission data of the sound side MPU 112>
Next, the light emission data readout process of step S1202, step S1208 and step S1212 in the display side command correspondence process (FIG. 22) of the sound side MPU 112 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The light emission data readout process is individually performed on each of the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73. In the following description of the light emission data readout process, the process for the second light emitting unit group 72 will be described as an example, but the process is basically the same for the first light emitting unit group 71 and the third light emitting unit group 73.

  First, in step S1401, it is determined whether the area to which light emission data is to be written is the notification area 162c. If it is the notification area 162c, in step S1402, the type of combination of various data corresponding to the request number included in the notification command received this time is specified from the data selection table 151g, and the specified combination type is Various corresponding data are read from the sound side ROM 113. Then, in step S1403, data development processing is executed using the various data read out, and the light emission data is written to the notification area 162c. In this case, since the same type of data is read out regardless of the content of the notification command being received, the same light emission data will be written. That is, the notification is performed in the same manner in the second light emitting unit group 72 regardless of the notification target event.

  Thereafter, in step S 1404, 1 is set to the notification setting flag on the light emission side provided in the sound light side RAM 114, and the present read processing is ended. The notification setting flag on the light emission side is a flag for specifying in the sound light side MPU 112 whether or not the light emission data exists in the notification area 162c. The state in which 1 is set to the notification setting flag of the light emitting side is cleared by the release setting process of step S627 of the main side command corresponding process (FIG. 15) by receiving the release command from the main side MPU 92. At this time, the light emission data stored in the notification area 162c is cleared.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1401, it is determined in step S1405 whether the area to which the light emission data is to be written is the base area 162a. If it is the base area 162a, the type of combination of various data corresponding to the request number included in the command received this time is specified from the data selection table 151g in step S1406, and the specified combination type is supported. The various data are read out from the sound side ROM 113. Then, in step S1407, data development processing is executed using the various data read out, and the light emission data is written to the base area 162a. Thereafter, the present reading process is ended.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1405, it is determined in step S1408 whether the light emission data to be written this time corresponds to a fixed effect. If it corresponds to the determined effect, in step S1409, the type of combination of various data corresponding to the required number for the determined effect this time is specified from the data selection table 151g, and the type of the specified combination is supported. The various data are read out from the sound side ROM 113. Then, in step S1410, data development processing is executed using the various data read out, and the light emission data is written in the area for interrupt 162b. Thereafter, in step S1411, the interrupt setting flag provided in the sound side RAM 114 is set to 1, and the light emission side priority data corresponding to the light emission data for the fixed effect is read out from the sound side ROM 113 After writing to the RAM 114, the present reading process is ended.

  The interrupt setting flag is a flag for specifying in the sound light side MPU 112 whether or not the light emission data exists in the interrupt area 162b. Further, the light emission side priority data is already present when light emission data is already present in the interrupt area 162b and there is a write instruction of new light emission data to the interrupt area 162b. It is data for determining the priority when it is determined whether to use the light emission data as it is as the light emission data for interrupt or to use the light emission data for which the writing is newly instructed as the light emission data for interrupt. Regarding the light emission side priority data, the light emission data corresponding to the determined effect has the highest priority, and thereafter, with regard to the effect for the game turn, the light emission data with higher expectation of the jackpot result of the target effect is prioritized The degree is set to be high, and the effect for the open / close execution mode is set such that the light emission data corresponding to the promotion effect has a higher priority.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1408, in step S1412, the light emission side priority data P1 corresponding to the light emission data set in the current interrupt area 162b is read, and in the subsequent step S1413, the current writing is performed The light emission side priority data P2 corresponding to the designated light emission data is read out. Then, in step S1414, it is determined whether P2> P1 or not, the light emission data to which the writing instruction is made this time has priority over the light emission data set in the current interrupt area 162b. It is determined whether the degree is high.

  If light emission data is not set in the current interrupt area 162b, an affirmative determination is made in step S1414, and the light emission data to which the writing instruction is made this time is written in the interrupt area 162b.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1414, it means that the light emission data set in the current interrupt area 162b has a higher priority. Therefore, the present reading process is ended without writing the light emission data to which the writing instruction is made this time to the interrupt area 162b.

  On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in step S1414, it means that the light emission data to which the writing instruction is made this time has a higher priority. Therefore, in step S1415, the type of combination of various data corresponding to the request number contained in the command received this time is specified from data selection table 151g, and various data corresponding to the specified type of combination is ROM 133 Read from Then, in step S1416, data development processing is executed using the various data thus read out, and the light emission data is written in the interrupt area 162b. Thereafter, in step S 1417, 1 is set in the interrupt setting flag provided in the sound light side RAM 114, and light emission side priority data corresponding to the light emission data newly written this time is read out from the sound light side ROM 113. After writing to the side RAM 114, the present reading process is ended.

  FIG. 29 is a flow chart showing data expansion processing activated in the case of step S1403, step S1407, step S1410 and step S1416.

  First, in step S1501, it is determined whether data to be expanded is a basic combination. In the case of the basic combination, in step S1502, the value of the creation target bit provided in the sound light side RAM 114 is set to "0". As a result, the first LED 72a of the second light emitting unit group 72 becomes a light emission data creation target.

  In the following step S1503, the start position number of the creation target bit is acquired from the start position data read in association with the request number. Then, in step S1504, the switching pattern is read based on the start position number acquired in step S1503 by referring to the pallet data read in association with the request number.

  In the subsequent step S1505, the continuous time data is converted into pointer information and set, and in step S1506, the total time data is converted into pointer information and set. Here, the sound light side MPU 112 is configured to execute the light emission control process in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) activated in a cycle of 4 msec, and the pointer information of the light emission data is 1 in each process of the light emission control process. Update. Therefore, in steps S1505 and S1506, conversion to pointer information is performed such that the value of the quotient obtained by dividing the duration data and the total time data by 4 msec becomes the respective final pointer information.

  Incidentally, when data without time restriction is set as total time data, it is assumed that there is no total time data, and data for one cycle of the light emission color switching pattern is created as light emission data. On the other hand, when data other than data having no time limit is set as total time data, that is, data in which a time limit exists, final pointer information and a time corresponding to the total time data have elapsed. In such a manner, the switching pattern of the light emission color is set for the total time data. In this case, if the total time data exceeds the time for one cycle of the emission color switching pattern in relation to the duration data, the emission color switching pattern for one cycle is set. It becomes.

  By executing the processes in steps S1503 to S1506, the light emission data for the LED corresponding to the value of the current generation target bit is generated. After that, the value of the generation target bit is added by 1 in step S1507 to update the generation target of the light emission data to the next LED. Then, in step S 1508, it is determined whether the value of the creation target bit exceeds the number of LEDs included in the second light emitting unit group 72.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1508, the processing of steps S1503 to S1506 is performed on the LED corresponding to the updated value of the generation target bit to generate light emission data. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1508, each of the light emission data created this time is written in the area to be written among the base area 162a, the interrupt area 162b, and the notification area 162c in step S1509. Thereafter, the data expansion processing is ended.

  On the other hand, when a negative judging is carried out at Step S1501, it progresses to Step S1510. In step S1510, the value of the creation target bit of the sound light side RAM 114 is set to "0". As a result, the first LED 72A of the second light emitting unit group 72 becomes a light emission data creation target.

  In the subsequent step S1511, the list number of the generation target bit is acquired from the group data read in association with the request number. Then, in step S1512, the pallet data corresponding to the list number acquired in step S1511 is read out from the sound side ROM 113 by referring to the list data read in association with the request number.

  After that, in step S1513, the start position number of the generation target bit is acquired from the start position data read corresponding to the request number, and in step S1514, the pallet data read in step S1512 is referred to The switching pattern is read based on the start position number acquired in step S1513. In the subsequent step S1515, the continuous time data is converted into pointer information and set, and in step S1516, the total time data is converted into pointer information and set.

  By executing the processes in steps S1511 to S1516, light emission data for the LED corresponding to the value of the current generation target bit is generated. In particular, in this case, the combination data read out corresponding to the request number is an exceptional combination, and light emission data is created using group data and list data. Therefore, each LED 72 a of the second light emitting unit group 72 It is possible to create light emission data based on different pallet data for each, and diversification of the light emission pattern is achieved.

  Thereafter, by adding 1 to the value of the creation target bit in step S1517, the creation target of the light emission data is updated to the next LED. Then, in step S 1518, it is determined whether the value of the creation target bit exceeds the number of LEDs included in the second light emitting unit group 72.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1518, light emission data is created by executing the processing in steps S1511 to S1516 for the LED corresponding to the value of the updated creation target bit. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1518, each light emission data created this time is written in the area to be written among the base area 162a, the interrupt area 162b, and the notification area 162c in step S1519. Thereafter, the data expansion processing is ended.

  An example of the light emission data created when the data expansion process is performed will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 30 shows light emission data created when pallet data 0 of FIG. 26 (a) and start position data 0 of FIG. 26 (b) are applied to each LED 72a of the second light emitting portion group 72, It is an example of the light emission data stored in the area 162a for bases of the light emission data area 162. FIG. In this case, since the setting of the light emission color is performed twice in the pallet data 0, the pointer information is set by the serial number so that the number corresponding to twice the time corresponding to the duration data becomes the final pointer information. Be done. More specifically, since the switching pattern of the light emission color of blue → white is set in the pallet data 0 and 4 sec is set as the continuous time data, the final pointer information is set to "1999". The pointer information is set by serial numbers. Further, after the LED 72a corresponding to bit 0 to bit 7 continues the blue emission color for 4 seconds, emission data for continuing the white emission color for 4 seconds is created, and the LED 72a corresponding to bit 8 to bit 15 is white After the light emission color is continued for 4 seconds, light emission data for continuing the blue light emission color for 4 seconds is created.

<Light emission control processing of the sound side MPU 112>
Next, the light emission control process of step S505 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) of the sound side MPU 112 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The light emission control process is individually performed on each of the first light emitting unit group 71, the second light emitting unit group 72, and the third light emitting unit group 73. In the following description of the light emission control process, the process for the second light emitting unit group 72 will be described as an example, but the description is basically the same for the first light emitting unit group 71 and the third light emitting unit group 73.

  First, in step S1601, it is determined whether "1" is set in the notification setting flag of the sound light side RAM 114 or not. If “1” is set in the notification setting flag, in step S1602, each LED 72a of the second light emitting unit group 72 is lighted based on the data corresponding to the current pointer information in the light emission data of the notification area 162c. Control.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1601, it is determined in step S1603 whether "1" is set in the interrupt setting flag of the sound light side RAM 114 or not. If “1” is set in the interrupt setting flag, each LED 72 a of the second light emitting unit group 72 is lit based on the data corresponding to the current pointer information in the light emission data of the interrupt area 162 b in step S 1604. Control.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1603, light emission control of each LED 72a of the second light emitting unit group 72 is performed in step S1605 based on data corresponding to the current pointer information in the light emission data of the base area 162a.

  That is, although light emission data may be simultaneously stored in each of the base area 162a, the interrupt area 162b and the notification area 162c of the light emission data area 162, the base area 162a, the interrupt area 162b and the notification area 162c Among them, the light emission data stored in the notification area 162c has the highest priority in light emission control. This makes it possible to give priority to notification over execution of effects, and enables the game hall manager to recognize that notification target events such as abnormalities have occurred in the pachinko machine 10. In addition, when light emission data is not stored in the notification area 162c, the light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b is prioritized next in light emission control. Accordingly, priority is given to the execution of the determined effect and the effect having a high degree of expectation, and it is possible to increase the degree of attention to the effects in the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73.

  After the processing in step S1602, step S1604 or step S1605, in step S1606, the pointer information is the final pointer among the light emission data stored in the base area 162a, the interrupt area 162b and the notification area 162c. It is determined whether the light emission data as information exists. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1606, it is determined in step S1607 whether the area serving as the final pointer information is the base area 162a or the notification area 162c. If it is the base area 162a or the notification area 162c, the pointer information of the light emission data, which is the final pointer information, is restored to the start pointer information in step S1608. By executing the return processing, the update of the pointer information of the light emission data which is the return target is repeated.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1607, in step S1609, the interrupt setting flag in the sound light side RAM 114 is cleared to "0", and the processing for clearing the interrupt area 162b is executed. That is, the light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b is cleared by becoming final pointer information.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1606, or if the process of step S1608 is executed or if the process of step S1609 is executed, then in step S1610, base area 162a of light emission data area 162, interrupt area 162b, and The update processing of pointer information is executed for each of the notification areas 162c. Thus, at the next processing cycle of the light emission control process, the light emission control is executed based on the data corresponding to the new pointer information. However, in the update processing of the pointer information, the light emission data that has been the target of the return processing to the start pointer information in step S1608 is excluded from the processing target. Thereafter, the light emission control process ends.

<Lighting control is performed>
Next, how the light emission control is performed will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 32 (a) shows the execution situation of the normal effect, FIG. 32 (b) shows the execution situation of the reach effect, FIG. 32 (c) shows the execution situation of the fixed effect, and FIG. FIG. 32E shows the state of execution of light emission, and FIG. 32E shows the presence or absence of reception of a command (hereinafter referred to as an interrupt setting command) indicating that light emission data is to be stored in the interrupt area 162b. In the following description, light emission effects in the second light emitting unit group 72 will be described. Further, in FIG. 32, the light emission control mode which is actually selected is indicated by an encircling line.

  Since the light emission data is stored in the base area 162a at the timing of t1, the normal effect is started in the second light emitting unit group 72 as shown in FIG. 32 (a). Then, by receiving a command for interrupt setting as shown in FIG. 32 (e) at the timing of t2 which is a situation where the normal effect is being executed, the light emission data corresponding to the reach effect is stored in the area for interrupt 162b. The normal effect is stopped as shown in FIG. 32 (a), and the reach effect is started in the second light emitting unit group 72 as shown in FIG. 32 (b). However, even in a situation where reach effect is being performed by performing light emission control using light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b, a pointer of the light emission data stored in the base area 162a Updates will continue.

  After that, at the timing of t3 which is a situation where the reach effect is being executed, as shown in FIG. 32 (e), the interrupt setting command corresponding to the fixed effect is received. Since the light emission data corresponding to the determined effect has the highest priority among the light emission data stored in the area for interrupt 162b, the light emission data corresponding to the determined effect is overwritten on the area for interrupt 162b, as shown in FIG. In the second light emitting unit group 72, the determined effect is started as shown in FIG. In this case, the light emission data corresponding to the reach effect stored in the interrupt area 162 b is deleted. In addition, even in a situation where the effect is determined by performing light emission control using the light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b, a pointer of the light emission data stored in the base area 162a Updates will continue.

  After that, at the timing of t4 which is a situation where the fixed effect is being executed, the command for interrupt setting is received as shown in FIG. 32 (e). However, since the priority of the light emission data corresponding to the effect instructed by the interrupt setting command is lower than the priority of the light emission data corresponding to the fixed effect, the overwrite for the interrupt area 162b is not performed, and the fixed effect is performed. The light emission data corresponding to is used as it is.

  Thereafter, at timing t5, which is a state in which the fixed effect is being executed, by receiving the notification command, light emission data corresponding to the notification is stored in the notification area 162c. As a result, as shown in FIG. 32C, the fixed effect is stopped, and as shown in FIG. 32D, the notification is started in the second light emitting unit group 72. However, even if the notification is performed by performing the light emission control using the light emission data stored in the notification area 162c, the pointer update of the light emission data stored in the base area 162a The pointer update of the light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b is continued.

  Thereafter, by receiving the release command at the timing of t6, the notification area 162c is cleared and the notification setting flag on the light emission side is cleared to "0". As a result, the notification is ended as shown in FIG. 32 (d), and the fixed effect using the light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b is resumed as shown in FIG. 32 (c). In this case, even if the notification is being performed, pointer updating of the light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b is continued, so the light emission mode of the definite effect at the resumed timing is the notification interruption. It becomes the same as the light emission mode of the definite effect in the said timing in case there was no. Therefore, even if an interruption of notification occurs, the light emission mode of the fixed effect in the second light emitting unit group 72 and the display mode of the fixed effect in the symbol display device 31 can be synchronized after the timing when the notification is canceled. It becomes possible.

  Thereafter, at the timing of t7, when the end effect of the fixed effect comes, the interrupt area 162b is cleared and the interrupt setting flag is cleared to “0”. As a result, the determined effect is ended as shown in FIG. 32C, and the normal effect using the light emission data stored in the base area 162a is resumed as shown in FIG. 32A. Then, the normal effect is ended at the timing of t8.

<Sound output control in the sound side MPU 112>
Next, the contents of the sound output control of the speaker unit 45 executed by the sound light side MPU 112 will be described.

  When the sound output control of the speaker unit 45 is performed, the sound light side MPU 112 uses the sound output data group 152 stored in advance in the sound light side ROM 113. In addition, when using this, a part of the sound output data group 152 is read out to the sound output data area 163 provided in the sound light side RAM 114 and used. The sound output data group 152 and the sound output data area 163 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 33 (a) is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration of the sound output data group 152, and FIG. 33 (b) is an explanatory diagram for explaining a configuration of the sound output data area 163.

  As shown in FIG. 33 (a), the sound output data group 152 includes a variation base data group 152a, a preliminary presentation start time data group 152b, a preliminary production end data group 152c, and a normal reach time data group 152d. Super reach data group 152e, confirmed effect data group 152f, variation end data group 152g, notification occurrence data group 152h, opening data group 152i, round data group 152j, interval data At least a group 152k, an ending data group 1521, and a promotion effect data group 152m are present.

  In the variation base data group 152a, there are a plurality of sound output data for outputting music that is repeated in a situation where advance notice display or reach display is not performed during a game run. A plurality of sound output data for outputting music from the start of the advance notice display to the end of the advance notice display exist in the data group 152b at the start of the advance notice effect. A plurality of sound output data for outputting music when the advance notice display is ended exist in the data group 152c at the end of the advance presentation effect. In the normal reach time data group 152d, there are a plurality of sound output data for outputting music repeated in a situation where normal reach is being performed. A plurality of sound output data for outputting music or voice in a situation where super reach is being performed exists in the super reach time data group 152 e. A plurality of sound output data for outputting music or voice in a situation where the fixed effect is being performed exists in the fixed effect data group 152f. A plurality of sound output data for outputting music when variation display of a symbol is ended during the game is present in the variation end data group 152g. A plurality of sound output data for outputting a notification sound or a sound for performing a notification exist in the notification generation data group 152 h. In the opening data group 152i, there are a plurality of sound output data for outputting music in a situation where the opening effect is performed in the open / close execution mode. In the round data group 152j, there are a plurality of sound output data for outputting music in a situation where effects during a round game are being performed in the open / close execution mode. In the interval data group 152k, a plurality of sound output data for outputting music in a situation where effects during the interval are performed in the open / close execution mode are present. The ending data group 1521 includes a plurality of sound output data for outputting music or voice in a situation where the ending effect is performed in the open / close execution mode. A plurality of sound output data for outputting music or voice in a situation where the promotion effect is performed in the opening / closing execution mode is present in the promotion effect data group 152m.

  That is, the sound output data group 152 does not have sound output data of the entire series of effects started at predetermined timings such as effects for game circulation and effects for opening / closing execution mode set as it is, In a state where the sound output data of the entire part of the series effect is divided for each range in which the progression mode of the effect is different in the series effect (for example, the range in which the type of appearing character differs or the range in which the variation display of the symbol changes) It is set. Then, a plurality of types of sound output data are set for each divided data. Therefore, when performing effects for the game run and effects for the open / close execution mode, the divided data corresponding to the command transmitted from the main MPU 92 or the display MPU 122 is read, and sound output control is performed according to the read divided data. It will be done.

  By the way, in the state where the sound output data is expanded in the sound light side RAM 114, pointer information corresponding to the output duration time of one cycle of the music, voice or notification sound set in the sound output data, and And output content data corresponding to the pointer information on a one-to-one basis. While outputting a signal corresponding to the output content data set corresponding to the pointer information to the speaker unit 45, changing the content of the signal output in accordance with it each time the pointer information is updated, sound output The music, voice or alarm sound corresponding to the data is output.

  Next, the sound output data area 163 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The sound output data area 163 is provided with a plurality of sound output areas 171 to 186 so that a plurality of sound output data can be simultaneously read out to be a control target. Specifically, sixteen of the first sound output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186 are provided. As a result, even if a new sound output data readout command is generated in a situation where sound output control is performed using predetermined sound output data, the state in which the predetermined sound output data is read out to the sound light side RAM 114 , And the new sound output data can be read out to the sound side RAM 114. Further, the number of sound output areas 171 to 186 is set to be equal to or more than the maximum number of sound output data in which a read command can be generated simultaneously.

<Reading process of sound output data of the sound side MPU 112>
Next, the process of reading out sound output data in step S1202, step S1208 and step S1214 in the display-side command correspondence process (FIG. 22) of the sound light side MPU 112 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S1701, it is determined whether the read process is performed at the time of notification command reception. When an affirmative determination is made in step S1701, in step S1702, sound output data corresponding to the content of the received notification command is output from the data generation time data group 152h in the sound output data group 152 of the sound side ROM 113. Read from inside. Then, in step S 1703, the read sound output data is selected from among the first sound output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186 in the sound output data area 163 among the sound output areas where the sound output data is not stored. Write in the upper area. Thereafter, in step S1704, the sound output side priority data for notification corresponding to the sound output data read this time is read out from the sound light side ROM 113, and the correspondence with the sound output area targeted for writing in step S1703. Is written to the sound light side RAM 114 in a state where it can be specified.

  The sound output side priority data is a sound output data stored in a plurality of sound output areas 171 to 186, the sound output data stored in which sound output data is to be sounded It is data for determining the priority when it is determined by the light side MPU 112. With regard to the sound output side priority data, the sound output data corresponding to the notification has the highest priority, and the sound output data corresponding to the determined effect has the next higher priority, and thereafter, the effect for the game circulation is The sound output data is set to have higher priority as the expectation of the jackpot result of the target effect is higher, and the sound output data corresponding to the promotion effect is prioritized for the effect for the open / close execution mode. The degree is set to be high.

  Incidentally, the sound output side priority data corresponds to the priority between the base area 162a, the interrupt area 162b and the notification area 162c in the light emission data area 162, and the light emission side priority data, and priority is given to light emission control. The event being executed is configured to be the same as the event being preferentially executed in the sound output control. Therefore, the contents of execution of the light emission control and the sound output control coincide with each other.

  In the following step S1705, it is determined whether the sound output side priority data for notification has already been set in the sound side RAM 114 or not. If the setting has not been made, the present reading process ends. If the setting has already been made, the process of adjusting the output start timing is executed in step S1706, and the present reading process is ended.

  Here, in the notification in the speaker unit 45, a notification sound or a notification sound corresponding to each event being a notification target is output. That is, sound output data is set in the notification occurrence data group 152h in a one-to-one correspondence with the event being the notification object, and the event being the notification object occurs in duplicate. In this case, sound output data for notification corresponding to each event is stored in different sound output areas. In this case, for the sound output data for each notification, the sound output side priority data is set to have the same priority, and in step S1706, the output start timings of the sound output data are shifted to set them. All of the sound output data are subjected to sound output control. Specifically, the start pointer information is adjusted so that the newly-set notification sound output data becomes the target of sound output control following the already-set notification sound output data. In addition, in a situation where the notification state of the pachinko machine 10 is not canceled, the notification will be repeated, but when multiple sound output data for notification are set, the notification for different events is continuous The output state is repeated.

  The sound output data for notification is cleared when a release command indicating that the notification target event corresponding to the sound output data has been released is received from the main MPU 92. At this time, the sound output side priority data for notification is also cleared.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1701, in step S1707, it is determined whether there is a plurality of sound output data that is the target of the reading process this time. The speaker unit 45 outputs a sound according to the contents of the moving image in the symbol display device 31. However, when the notice display is performed in the presentation for the game cycle, the start of the notice display and the notice display Different sounds are output at the end of the session. On the other hand, the display MPU 122 does not output a command to the sound MPU 112 at each timing, but outputs a command corresponding to the preliminary display only at the timing corresponding to the start of the preliminary display. Therefore, when the command corresponding to the notice display is received, the sound side MPU 112 reads the sound output data corresponding to the start of the notice display and the sound output data corresponding to the end of the notice display.

  Specifically, in step S1708, the previous sound output data is read out from the sound output data group 152 of the sound side ROM 113, and the read sound output data is read in step S1709 in the sound output data area 163. Of the first sound output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186, the sound output data is written in the highest area among the sound output areas not stored. Thereafter, in step S1710, sound output side priority data corresponding to the sound output data read this time is read from the sound light side ROM 113, and in step S1709, the correspondence with the sound output area to be written can be specified. It writes in sound side RAM114 in the state which it did.

  Thereafter, in step S1711, the sound output data on the rear side is read out from the sound output data group 152 of the sound side ROM 113, and the read sound output data is read in step S1712, the first sound in the sound output data area 163. Of the output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186, the sound output data is written in the highest area among the sound output areas not stored. Thereafter, in step S1713, the sound output side priority data corresponding to the sound output data read this time is read from the sound light side ROM 113, and the correspondence with the sound output area to be written can be specified in step S1712. It writes in sound side RAM114 in the state which it did.

  In the subsequent step S1714, the output standby flag provided in the sound light side RAM 114 is set to "1", and the output standby area setting process is executed. The output standby flag is a flag for specifying with the sound light side MPU 112 that there is sound output data that is to be a target of sound output control, and in the output standby area setting process, While setting the data for specifying the sound output area in which the sound output data waiting is stored, the output start timing of the sound output data waiting is set. Thereafter, the present reading process is ended.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1707, the sound output data corresponding to the current reading process is read out from the sound output data group 152 of the sound side ROM 113 in step S1715, and the read sound output data is In step S1716, of the first sound output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186 in the sound output data area 163, the sound output data is written in the highest area among the sound output areas not stored. Thereafter, in step S1717, the sound output side priority data corresponding to the sound output data read this time is read from the sound light side ROM 113, and the correspondence with the sound output area to be written can be specified in step S1716. It writes in sound side RAM114 in the state which it did.

  In the subsequent step S1718, the output standby flag provided in the sound light side RAM 114 is set to "1", and the output standby area is set. The output standby flag is a flag for specifying with the sound light side MPU 112 that there is sound output data that is to be a target of sound output control, and in the output standby area setting process, While setting the data for specifying the sound output area in which the sound output data waiting is stored, the output start timing of the sound output data waiting is set. Thereafter, the present reading process is ended.

<Sound output control processing of the sound side MPU 112>
Next, the sound output control process of step S506 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 14) of the sound light side MPU 112 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S 1801, among the sound output areas to be updated of the first sound output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186 in the sound output data area 163 of the sound side RAM 114, the upper (the first sound output area 171 is the highest That is, the 16th sound output area 186 is the lowest side) and each sound output side priority data set in the 2 sound output areas is read out. Here, the sound output area to be updated is a sound output area in which sound output data is stored, and the sound output area for which the output start timing is not set, that is, not in a standby state for sound output control It refers to the sound output area. In the following step S1802, it is specified which priority of each of the read sound output side priority data is high, and in step S1803, a sound output area with a higher priority is set as an output area.

  In the following step S1804, the sound output side priority data of the sound output area on the upper side is read out next for the sound output area to be updated, and in step S1805, the sound output side priority data of the output area is read out. Then, in step S1806, it is specified which priority of each of the read sound output side priority data is high, and in step S1807, the sound output area on the high priority side is set as the area for output Do.

  Thereafter, in step S1808, it is determined whether the comparison process of the sound output side priority data is completed for all of the sound output areas to be updated. If a negative determination is made in step S1808, the processes in steps S1804 to S1807 are repeated, and if a positive determination is made in step S1808, the process proceeds to step S1809.

  In step S1809, in the sound output data stored in the sound output area set in the output area, sound output control is performed on the speaker unit 45 based on data corresponding to the current pointer information. In this case, only one sound output data is subjected to sound output control in one sound output control process, and sound output data stored in another update target sound output area is not subjected to sound output control. That is, the sound output data is set to mute.

  In the subsequent step S1810, it is determined whether sound output data in which pointer information is the final pointer information exists among sound output data stored in the sound output area to be updated. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1810, it is determined in step S1811 whether the sound output data that is the final pointer information is base data or data when notification occurs. If it is the base data or the data at the time of notification occurrence, the pointer information of the sound output data which is the final pointer information is restored to the start pointer information in step S1812. By executing the recovery process, the update of the pointer information of the sound output data that is the recovery object is repeated.

  The identification of either the base data or the notification generation data is performed using the sound output side priority data. That is, the sound output side priority data can be used not only for comparing the priorities but also for specifying the type of sound output data.

  When a negative determination is made in step S1811, in step S1813, the process of clearing the sound output data that is the final pointer information is executed, and the sound output of the sound output area in which the sound output data is stored is output. Execute the side priority data clear process. That is, sound output data other than the base data and the notification generation data is cleared by being the final pointer information.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1810, or if the process of step S1812 is performed, or if the process of step S1813 is performed, the first sound output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186 are selected in step S1814. The pointer information update process is executed for each of the areas to be updated. Thus, at the next processing cycle of the sound output control process, the sound output control is executed based on the data corresponding to the new pointer information. However, as for the processing for updating the pointer information, the sound output data that is the target of the return processing to the start pointer information in step S 1812 is not the processing target, and the sound output data that is waiting to be the update target is also It will not be processed.

  After that, in step S1815, it is determined whether sound output data whose output start timing is present exists in the sound output data waiting to be updated. When a negative determination is made in step S1815, the main sound output control process is ended, and when a positive determination is made in step S1815, the sound output data at the output start timing is updated in step S1816. After the sound output data of the target is added, the main sound output control process is ended.

  According to the embodiment described above, the following excellent effects can be obtained.

  The sound light side MPU 112 controls execution of effects in the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45 based on the command transmitted by the display side MPU 122, and the display side MPU 122 designs symbols based on the command transmitted by the sound light side MPU 112 The execution of the effect in the display device 31 is controlled. Thereby, when rendering is performed in the same period in each of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73, the speaker unit 45, and the symbol display device 31, deviation in each rendering is less likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to preferably perform the rendering using a plurality of types of rendering means.

  In particular, when the sound side MPU 112 is present on the upstream side of the communication with the display side MPU 122 based on the main side MPU 92, the display side MPU 122 transmits a command in the sound side MPU 112. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of a deviation in each effect in the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73, the speaker unit 45, and the symbol display device 31, since the effect is executed after waiting for It becomes.

  In a configuration in which when the rendering operation device 48 is operated, the corresponding rendering is executed by each of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73, the speaker unit 45, and the symbol display device 31, the display MPU 122 is the sound light MPU 112 After transmitting the operation generation command, the effect display corresponding to the operation is performed by the symbol display device 31, and in addition, the sound light side MPU 112 transmits the operation effect command by the display MPU 122, and then various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73. And the effect corresponding to the operation is performed by the speaker unit 45. As described above, in the configuration in which the signal indicating whether the rendering operation device 48 has been operated is input to the sound light side MPU 112, the sound light side MPU 112 waits for the display side MPU 122 to transmit the operation effect command before waiting for operation Since the effect of is performed, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of deviation in each effect corresponding to the operation.

  The processing load is lower in the sound output control of the speaker unit 45 and the light emission control of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 compared to the display control of the symbol display device 31. In this case, the signal of the effect operating device 48 is input to the sound side MPU 112. As a result, it is not necessary to monitor the rendering operation device 48 in the display MPU 122 having a relatively high processing load, and the processing load of the display MPU 122 can be reduced.

  Since the sound side MPU 112 may start monitoring whether or not the rendering operation device 48 has been operated when the display side MPU 122 transmits the operation valid start command, the sound light side MPU 112 independently starts the monitoring start timing. There is no need to identify. As a result, in the configuration in which a shift does not easily occur in the effect corresponding to the operation, the processing load of the sound light side MPU 112 can be reduced. In addition, since the main constituent of determining the start timing of various processing in the sound light side MPU 112 is concentrated on the display side MPU 122, the processing configuration can be simplified.

  The determination as to whether or not the operation of the effect operating device 48 is during the effective period is performed not only by the sound light side MPU 112 but also by the display side MPU 122. Thereby, the possibility that the effect corresponding to the operation will be executed is reduced although the operation to the effect operating device 48 is not performed during the effective period.

  When the sound light side MPU 112 receives the operation valid command from the display side MPU 122, the sound light side MPU 112 transmits an execution permission command to the display side MPU 122. Then, the display MPU 122 starts an operation effect by receiving the execution permission command. As a result, after confirming that the operation valid command has been properly received by the sound light MPU 112, the display MPU 122 can start the operation effect.

  Since the sound light side MPU 112 may perform execution control of the effects of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45 in accordance with the execution timing of the effect determined in the display side MPU 122, the sound light side MPU 112 uniquely executes the effect execution time There is no need to identify As a result, in the configuration in which deviations in the effects are less likely to occur, the processing load is reduced compared to the case where the execution timing of effects can be uniquely identified by each of the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122. Be

  The sound light side MPU 112 not only follows the execution timing of the effect determined in the display side MPU 122, but also the content of the effect to be performed may follow the contents determined in the display side MPU 122. The processing load can be reduced compared to the configuration in which the content is determined.

  In a configuration in which the sound light side MPU 112 specifies the execution timing of the effect according to the command transmitted from the display side MPU 122, the display side MPU 122 does not transmit the command each time the control execution timing comes, but performs predetermined control. Since the command is transmitted when the execution timing comes, it is possible to reduce the transmission frequency of the command in the display MPU 122. Thus, the processing load of the display MPU 122 can be reduced.

  The table data corresponding to the whole of the effects to be executed in the game times and the opening / closing execution mode is read out by the display MPU 122. On the other hand, the sound and light side MPU 112 does not read out the table data corresponding to the whole, and during the period according to the command transmitted from the display side MPU 122 at each timing in the game time and the opening / closing execution mode. Control data for a part of the effect to be executed is read out. As a result, compared to the configuration in which the control light is read out corresponding to the whole by the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122, it is possible to reduce the storage capacity required to read out the control data.

  In particular, since the table data corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the game times and the opening / closing execution mode is read out by the display MPU 122 on the side that controls display of the symbol display device 31, even if some communication abnormality occurs. , It becomes possible to continue the update of the display in the symbol display device 31. Since the effect in the symbol display device 31 is easily noticed by the player, the update of the display in the symbol display device 31 is continued to reduce the influence when a communication abnormality occurs.

  A series of effects in the game times and opening / closing execution mode may include a plurality of effect ranges having different modes of effects, and the control data of the part is set in correspondence with the plurality of effect ranges. . As a result, it becomes possible to suppress that the unit of control data becomes too fragmentary, and it becomes possible to appropriately suppress the reading frequency of control data in the sound light side MPU 112.

  By referring to the data table at each control execution timing in the display side MPU 122, it is possible to perform execution control of a series of effects in the game play or opening / closing execution mode, and also the transmission timing of commands directed to the sound side MPU 112 It is possible to identify. Therefore, the information to be referred to in the display MPU 122 is aggregated, and the processing load can be reduced.

  In a configuration in which the sound light side MPU 112 exists upstream of the communication with respect to the display side MPU 122 with reference to the main side MPU 92, and the execution contents of those effects are determined in the sound light side MPU 112 at the start of game play or opening / closing execution mode, Since the display MPU 122 is configured to read the data table corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the game times and the opening / closing execution mode, the processing load can be dispersed.

  In the configuration in which the sound light side MPU 112 specifies the start trigger of the effect of the game turn and the opening / closing execution mode, the sound light side MPU 112 waits for the display side MPU 122 to transmit the command and waits for the effect corresponding to the series of effects. Since the configuration is made to be started by the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of deviation in the start timing of the effect.

  At the start of a series of effects in the game play or opening / closing execution mode, while waiting until a command is transmitted from the display MPU 122, when an abnormality occurs, it waits until a command is transmitted from the display MPU 122 In the sound light side MPU 112, the notification is independently started. Thus, the notification can be started early, and even if a communication error occurs between the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122, notification is made in the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45. It is possible to start

  In a configuration in which the display MPU 122 performs reading of the data table corresponding to the entire effect performed in the game run, the sound light side MPU 112 information of the game result (information about whether the jackpot result or not, the jackpot Result type information) is stored. Thus, in the configuration in which the sound light side MPU 112 performs execution control of the effect according to the command transmitted by the display side MPU 122, it is possible to take account of the game result when controlling the execution of the effect.

  Since the display side MPU 122 may transmit the command to the sound side MPU 112 without considering the information on the game result, the configuration for transmitting the command can be optimized. Further, the sound light side MPU 112 stores and holds information of the game result, and determines whether the contents of the effect to be executed corresponding to the command transmitted by the display side MPU 122 correspond to the game result or not. In order to perform the execution control of the effect, when the configuration for transmitting the command to the display side MPU 122 is optimized as described above, the execution control of the effect corresponding to the game result may be performed in the sound side MPU 112 It becomes possible.

  When the fixed effect is performed in the symbol display device 31, the sound and light side MPU 112 executes the effect corresponding to the content of the fixed effect regardless of whether or not the content of the fixed effect corresponds to the game result. Control is performed. This makes it possible to give priority to matching of the contents of the effects among the various light emitting portion groups 71 to 73, the speaker portion 45, and the symbol display device 31, and it becomes possible to make it difficult to cause a shift in the effects.

  The sound-light side MPU 112 can read out control data corresponding to effects of start timings different from one another during a game, from one command transmitted by the display-side MPU 122. As a result, it is possible to suppress the transmission frequency of the command in the display MPU 122.

  The sound light side MPU 112 can derive a plurality of light emission data for controlling the light emission of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 in a predetermined period by applying different start position numbers and durations to the pallet data. It is. As a result, compared to the configuration in which light emission data different for each type of effect performed in the light emission unit groups 71 to 73 is stored in the sound light side ROM 113 at the manufacturing stage of the pachinko machine 10, storage required in the sound light side ROM 113 It is possible to reduce the capacity.

  Since the light emission data is derived by applying at least the start position number and the duration to the pallet data, the light emission data derived from one pallet data can be diversified. In this case, a data selection table 151g is previously stored in the sound side ROM 113. The data selection table 151g defines the correspondence between the pallet data to be used and the type of start position number applied to the pallet data and the type of duration. Because of this, the process for identifying the correspondence between the pallet data and the parameter data applied thereto can be simplified.

  A plurality of palette data are stored, and a plurality of start position numbers are also stored. As a result, diversification of light emission data can be realized while suppressing the required storage capacity in the sound side ROM 113. In this case, start position data in which the correspondence between the pallet data and the start position number is defined is stored in advance. This simplifies the process for identifying the correspondence between the pallet data and the start position number.

  The contents of the emission color of the switching destination when the emission colors of the LEDs 71a to 73a are sequentially switched are defined in the pallet data, and the start position number applied to the pallet data is defined in the pallet data It is a parameter which shows which light emission control in LED71a-73a is started from which luminescent color of the switching destination among several switching destination luminescent color. With this configuration, it is possible to derive a plurality of light emission data from one pallet data by a simple method of making the start position numbers different, and it is possible to reduce the storage capacity of the sound side ROM 113 Diversification can be realized while facilitating design.

  The contents of the light emission color of the switching destination when the light emission colors of the LEDs 71a to 73a are sequentially switched are defined in the pallet data, and the duration to be applied to the pallet data is the cutting time defined in the pallet data. It is a parameter indicating the duration in the case of continuing the emission color of the destination. With this configuration, it is possible to derive a plurality of light emission data from one pallet data by a simple method of varying the duration, and various kinds of light emission data while suppressing the storage capacity of the sound side ROM 113 Can be realized while facilitating design.

  The light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 are provided with a plurality of LEDs 71a to 73a, and start position numbers or continuation applied to a part of the LEDs 71a to 73a while using the same pallet data for the plurality of LEDs 71a to 73a. By varying the time, it is possible to derive different light emission data for the plurality of LEDs 71a to 73a while using the same pallet data. As a result, even when different effects are performed among the plurality of LEDs 71a to 73a, the same pallet data can be used, so diversification of effects can be achieved while suppressing the storage capacity.

  There are cases where the same pallet data is used for one light emitting unit group 71 to 73, and cases where different pallet data are used. As a result, it is possible to switch between a simple light emission effect mode and a complicated light emission effect mode simply by changing the number of pallet data applied to the light emitting portion groups 71 to 73.

  When different pallet data is applied to one light emitting unit group 71 to 73, list data and group data indicating the type of pallet data corresponding to each LED 71a to 73a included in the light emitting unit group 71 to 73 are used Configuration. Thereby, the process for applying the pallet data corresponding to each of the LEDs 71a to 73a can be simplified.

  The light emission data area 162 is provided with a base area 162a, an interrupt area 162b, and a notification area 162c. The light emission data can be stored in each of the areas 162a to 162c. Thus, in the situation where the light emission control of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 is performed using one light emission data, it is necessary to perform the light emission control of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 using the other light emission data Even in this case, it is possible to store the other light emission data separately from the one light emission data. Thereby, it is possible to generate various light emission patterns according to the situation in one of the light emitting portion groups 71 to 73. Furthermore, since it is possible to leave light emission data corresponding to the former light emission pattern when switching from one light emission pattern to the next light emission pattern, the processing load upon returning to the former light emission pattern is reduced. It is possible.

  When the use of other light emission data is started after stopping the use of the light emission data used previously, the use of the other light emission data is terminated and the light emission data used previously is used. In the case of recovery, at the recovery timing, the same light emission mode as in the case where the light emission data previously used is continuously used is performed in the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73. As a result, even if interrupt use of other light emission data occurs, it is possible to cause the light emission unit groups 71 to 73 to perform the light emission mode according to the elapsed time. In particular, in the configuration in which the light emission mode of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 is performed in association with the display content of the symbol display device 31, the correspondence with the display content in the symbol display device 31 can be secured.

  In the light emission data, the priority in the case where the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 are to be used is defined, and in the case where one light emission data is used when a plurality of light emission data are stored simultaneously, the priority is high. It is a configuration that uses light emission data. As a result, in a configuration in which a plurality of light emission data are simultaneously stored, light emission data with high priority is to be used, so that it is possible to make the light emission operation generated in the light emission unit groups 71 to 73 appropriate. Further, even when a plurality of light emission data are stored simultaneously, it is possible to easily select the light emission data to be used by comparing the priorities. Therefore, the process for selecting the light emission data to be used can be simplified.

  In the light emission data area 162 of the sound side RAM 114, a base area 162a, an interrupt area 162b, and a notification area 162c are provided, and the priority of the light emission data is set in units of these areas. As a result, when selecting light emission data to be used, it is not necessary to compare the priorities for each of the light emission data. Therefore, the process for selecting the light emission data to be used can be simplified.

  The interrupt area 162b has a configuration in which storage instruction of new light emission data can be generated in a situation where light emission data is already stored in the interrupt area 162b, and the light emission data stored in the interrupt area 162b When the light emission side priority for storing in the interrupt area 162b is determined and light emission data is already stored in the interrupt area 162b, a new light emission data storage instruction is issued. If the stored light emission data has a higher light emission side priority than the new light emission data, the state in which the light emission data already stored is stored without executing the new light emission data storage processing The new light emission data is maintained for interruption if the new light emission data has a higher light emission side priority than the light emission data already stored. It is overwritten in the rear 162b.

  With this configuration, light emission control of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 is performed using other light emission data in a situation where light emission control of the light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 is performed using one light emission data When the need arises, it can switch to light emission control using the other light emission data. This makes it possible to perform various operations according to the situation in one light emitting unit group 71-73. Also, in a configuration where new light emission data can be overwritten even if light emission data is already stored in the interrupt area 162b, light emission data having a high light emission side priority is stored in the interrupt area 162b. Therefore, it is possible to make the light emission operation in the light emission part groups 71 to 73 appropriate. Furthermore, in the case of determining the light emission data to be stored in the interrupt area 162b, it is only necessary to compare the light emission side priorities, so that processing in the case of storing the light emission data in the interrupt area 162b can be simplified. .

  The first sound output area 171 to the sixteenth sound output area 186 are provided in the sound output data area 163, and sound output data can be stored in each of the areas 171 to 186. Thus, in the situation where sound output control of the speaker unit 45 is performed using one sound output data, it is necessary to perform sound output control of the speaker unit 45 using other sound output data. Even if there is, the other sound output data can be stored separately from the one sound output data. As a result, the speaker unit 45 can output various sounds according to the situation. Furthermore, since it is possible to leave sound output data corresponding to the former sound output pattern when switching from one sound output pattern to the next one, it is possible to return to the former sound output pattern. Processing load can be reduced.

  When the use of other sound output data is started after stopping the use of the sound output data used previously, the use of the other sound output data is ended and the sound output data used in the above is used When returning to the state to be used, at the return timing, the same sound output as that in the case where the sound output data used previously is continuously used is performed by the speaker unit 45. As a result, even if interrupt use of other sound output data occurs, it is possible to cause the speaker unit 45 to perform a sound output mode according to the elapsed time. In particular, in the configuration in which the sound output mode of the speaker unit 45 is performed in association with the display content of the symbol display device 31, the correspondence with the display content of the symbol display device 31 can be secured.

  In the sound output data, the sound output side priority when the speaker unit 45 is to be used is defined, and when a plurality of sound output data are stored simultaneously, the sound output data is used when one sound output data is used. The configuration is such that sound output data with high output side priority is used. As a result, in the configuration in which a plurality of sound output data are simultaneously stored, sound output data having a high priority on the sound output side can be used, so that the sound output operation generated in the speaker unit 45 can be made appropriate. It becomes. Further, even when a plurality of sound output data are stored simultaneously, it is possible to easily select the sound output data to be used by comparing the sound output side priorities. Therefore, the process for selecting the sound output data to be used can be simplified.

Second Embodiment
In this embodiment, the variation display of symbols in the symbol display device 31 is a predetermined mode (specifically, the variation display of symbols is started at a high speed in all the symbol rows Z1 to Z3) as the effect for game use. Since the variable display is ended after the start of the unit display, a unit variable display in which a predetermined stop symbol is stopped and displayed can be generated a plurality of times. Along with that, the processing contents of the main side command corresponding processing and the display side command corresponding processing in the sound light side MPU 112 are different from those of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, each corresponding process will be described. In the following description, an effect in which a unit change display is performed a plurality of times in one game time is referred to as a simulated game time effect, and each unit change display time in the simulated game time effect is referred to as a simulated game time.

  FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing main-side command correspondence processing in the present embodiment.

  First, in step S1901, it is determined whether or not the variation command and type command have been received from the main MPU 92. When these commands are received, storage processing of the game result and the display continuation time is executed in step S1902. Information on the game result is specified from the type command as in the first embodiment, and information on the display duration time is specified from the change command.

  In the following step S1903, it is determined whether or not the current display continuation time corresponds to the execution of the simulated game play effect. That is, whether or not to execute the simulated game play effect is uniquely determined by the display duration time. In this case, in the main MPU 92, the display continuation time corresponding to the simulated game times effect is easier to select in the case of the game times as the big hit result and the game times as the off reach display than the game times other than these. It is a structure. In addition to the execution presence or absence of the simulated game times effect, the number of simulated game times executed in the simulated game times effect is also uniquely determined by the display duration time. In this case, the number of simulated game times is either 2, 3 or 4 times, and the game times that result in the jackpot result and the game times that result in the outreach display with high expectation of the jackpot result are the jackpot The number of simulated game times is greater than the game times when the degree of expectation of the result is low and the outreach display is performed.

  In the following step S1904, the number of times of simulated game play is stored in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114. Thereafter, in step S1905, the advance lottery process is executed. The contents of the process are the same as step S603 in the first embodiment.

  In the following step S1906, the first stop symbol determination process is executed. In the stop symbol determination process, the combination of the same symbol is not established on all the effective lines L1 to L5, and the combination of reach symbols is not established on all the effective lines L1 to L5. Information that is the result of the stop corresponding to the pseudo game times other than the final one (for example, the information of the stop result in which a predetermined symbol combination such as “3.4.1” is established on any valid line), We decide as information of this stop result. Further, in step S1907, the first effect pattern determination process is executed. In the processing, an effect pattern of the first pseudo game cycle corresponding to the display continuation time of the current game cycle is selected. Incidentally, the display continuation time of the first simulated game play is shorter than the display continuation time of the current game play.

  In the following step S1908, the information of the type of effect pattern selected in step S1907 and the type of stop symbol determined in step S1906 is written in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114. Thereafter, in step S1909, as in step S607 in the first embodiment, the stop result command and pattern command are transmitted to the display MPU 122, and in step S1910, step S608 in the first embodiment and Similarly, update processing of the number of games is executed.

  If a negative determination is made in step S1903, the same processing as step S605 to step S608 in the first embodiment is executed as processing at the time of non-winning in step S1911. In addition, if a negative determination is made in step S1901, or if the process of step S1910 is performed, or if the process of step S1911 is performed, the step in the first embodiment is performed as another process at step S1912. The same processing as S609 to step S629 is executed.

  FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing display side command correspondence processing in the present embodiment.

  First, in step S2001, it is determined whether a change end command has been received from the display MPU 122 or not. The variation end command is transmitted from the display MPU 122 to the sound light MPU 112 when display control using the pattern data table read when the display MPU 122 receives the stop result command and the pattern command is completed. Command. Further, in step S2002, it is determined whether or not the simulated game play effect is being executed in the current game play. In step S2003, it is determined whether or not the number of simulated game times stored in the sound light side RAM 114 in step S1904 of the main command corresponding process is greater than the number of times of simulated game cycles completed in the current game cycle. judge.

  When affirmation determination is carried out in all of step S2001-step S2003, it progresses to step S2004. In step S2004, the current game result and display duration time stored in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114 are read out. Thereafter, in step S2005, the type of effect pattern of the simulated game play so far of the present game play is read out.

  In the subsequent step S2006, stop symbol determination processing corresponding to the number of times of execution is executed. In the stop symbol determination process, if the current simulated game run is not the final run, the same stop result information as the first stop symbol decision process is selected, and the current simulated game run is the final run. In the same manner as step S604 in the first embodiment, the information of the stop result corresponding to the game result of the current game is selected.

  In the subsequent step S2007, the effect pattern determination process corresponding to the number of times of execution is executed. In the process of determining the effect pattern, if the current simulated game cycle is not the final game cycle, the effect pattern corresponding to the display duration time of the current game cycle and the corresponding frequency of execution of the current simulated game cycle is selected. If the current simulated game run is the final run, an effect pattern is selected in which a type of reach display corresponding to the current display continuation time is executed. Further, in the process of determining the effect pattern, the effect pattern is selected such that a common effect is executed in each pseudo game time by referring to the information read in step S2005. Specifically, when the notice display is performed in the first pseudo game cycle, the notice display is also performed in the pseudo game cycle to be executed later in the current game time. In this case, a notice display may be performed on the rear side of the pseudo game times in which the degree of expectation of the jackpot result is high.

  In the following step S2008, the information on the type of effect pattern selected in step S2007 and the type of stop symbol determined in step S2006 is written in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114. After that, in step S2009, as in step S607 in the first embodiment, the stop result command and the pattern command are transmitted to the display MPU 122, and in step S2010, the number of executions provided in the sound light side RAM 114 Add 1 to the counter value.

  If a negative determination is made in any of step S2001, step S2002 and step S2003, or if the process of step S2010 is executed, the display side command in the first embodiment is performed as another process in step S2011. The processing of step S1201 to step S1216 of the corresponding processing (FIG. 22) is executed.

  According to the present embodiment described above, even when the simulated game times effect is performed, the data table for the entire simulated game times is read out by the display MPU 122 and the sound light MPU 112 is displayed The control data is set according to a command transmitted from the MPU 122 during the simulated game, and the light emission control of the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the sound output control of the speaker unit 45 are performed. This makes it possible to reduce the storage capacity required to set the control data even when the simulated game effect is performed.

  Further, at the start of each simulated game play, the effect pattern is determined based on the game result of the corresponding game play in the sound and light side MPU 112 and the contents of the simulated game played so far. Thus, in the configuration in which the effect pattern of the simulated game times is determined based on the game result of the game times and the contents of the simulated game times digested up to that point, the processing load for performing the determination is the sound light side MPU 112 It is possible to assign to Thus, the processing load can be distributed.

Other Embodiments
In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, A various deformation | transformation improvement is possible within the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, it may be changed as follows. Incidentally, the configurations of the following different embodiments may be applied individually to the configuration of the above embodiment, or may be applied in combination.

  (1) At the start of a series of effects such as game times and opening / closing execution modes, the sound light side MPU 112 does not receive a command corresponding to the start of a series of effects from the display MPU 122, and various light emitting unit groups 71-73. Alternatively, the light emission control of the above and the sound output control of the speaker unit 45 may be started. In particular, when a winning is generated in the upper operation opening 23 or the lower opening 24 in a state where the holding information RE is not stored in the holding area RE and the game turn is started, the start timing of the game turn is arbitrary timing Therefore, the display MPU 122 can not transmit in advance the command corresponding to the start of the game play. In this case, at the start of the series of effects as described above, the light emission control of the various light emission unit groups 71 to 73 and the sound output control of the speaker unit 45 are performed without receiving a command from the display MPU 122 These effects are less likely to be delayed with respect to the start timing of the game.

  (2) The display-side MPU 122 only outputs a command indicating that it is the timing corresponding to the switching of the rendering content to the sound-side MPU 112, and the timing corresponding to the switching corresponds to any rendering content The sound light side MPU 112 may be configured to specify whether or not For example, in the sound light side MPU 112, the number of transmission commands of the display side MPU 122 after the start of the game play or opening / closing execution mode is counted, and from the measurement result, the command transmitted by the display side MPU 122 is to any effect content A configuration can be considered that specifies whether switching is supported. Specifically, in the situation where the data table shown in FIG. 18 is read out by the display MPU 122, the sound light side MPU 112 specifies that the first command reception corresponds to the start of fluctuation, and the second time It specifies that the command reception of has corresponded at the start of the notice effect start. According to this configuration, the contents of the command transmitted from the display MPU 122 can be simplified, and, for example, the period required for command transmission can be shortened.

  (3) As data for executing a series of effects in the game play or opening / closing execution mode, the target for which relatively long data is set in the RAM is not the display MPU 122 but the sound light MPU 112 Good. In this case, the entire flow of the series of effects is controlled according to the data table set in the sound side MPU 112, and when it becomes the execution timing of each effect range included in the series effect, the display side MPU 122 from the sound side MPU 112 The command is sent to the display MPU 122, and the display MPU 122 receives the command to read out data for control of the rendering range corresponding to the command, and performs execution control of the rendering range.

  (4) The sound light side MPU 112 may constantly monitor whether or not the effect operating device 48 has been operated. In this case, when the rendering operation device 48 is operated, an operation generation command is transmitted from the sound light side MPU 112, and in response to that, the display side MPU 122 determines whether the operation is in the operation valid period or not. To be done. In this configuration, the display MPU 122 does not have to transmit the operation valid start command or the operation valid end command.

  (5) When the operation generation command of the rendering operation device 48 is transmitted from the sound-light side MPU 112, and the operation generation command is in the operation valid period of the rendering operation device 48, the display side MPU 122 Instead of transmission, an operation effect may be started to transmit an operation effect command to the sound light side MPU 112. In this configuration, the display MPU 122 does not need to transmit the operation valid command, and the sound light MPU 112 does not need to transmit the execution permission command.

  (6) When the operation valid command is received from the display MPU 122, reading of data for light emission control and data for sound output control corresponding to the operation effect is started in the sound light side MPU 112, and the operation effect is displayed from the display MPU 122 When a command is received, light emission control or sound output control may be performed in the sound light side MPU 112 using data of which reading has been completed.

  (7) The effect operation device 48 may be configured to output an operation signal to control means other than the sound side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122, for example, the main side MPU 92. Even in this case, in the configuration in which the information as to whether or not the rendering operation device 48 has been operated is transmitted to the sound-side MPU 112 prior to the display-side MPU 122, the configuration as described in the above embodiments. It is preferable to apply

  Further, the effect operation device 48 may be configured to output an operation signal to the display MPU 122 instead of the sound light MPU 112. In this case, when the sound light side MPU 112 is configured to determine the content of the operation effect, it is necessary to perform the operation effect after performing bidirectional communication between the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 Will occur.

  (8) The timing at which the display MPU 122 transmits a command to the sound MPU 112 is not limited to the timing for indicating the change of the effect content, and each time the predetermined number of frames is digested, that is, the display MPU 122 In this case, the command may be transmitted from the display MPU 122 to the sound light MPU 112 each time the number of times the control execution timing of the symbol display device 31 reaches the predetermined number. In this case, data corresponding to the current pointer information of the data table read by the display MPU 122, for example, the type of the symbol displayed on the symbol display device 31, the content of the background image, and the symbol The frame content such as the type of the character and the action content of the character may be set. Then, the sound light side MPU 112 may be configured to specify light emission data, sound output data, etc. to be set from the frame contents included in the command. According to this configuration, the display-side MPU 122 only needs to transmit a command periodically, and only needs to set the frame contents for that command. Therefore, the processing contents of each time for transmitting the command are routinely executed. It is possible to simplify the processing.

  It should be noted that the command transmission is performed by transmitting the command once to a specific number of frames, such as 10 frames and 100 frames, instead of setting the timing for periodically transmitting the command to each frame. It is possible to reduce the frequency.

  Further, in this configuration, since the command for setting the light emission data and the sound output data in advance is not transmitted to the sound light side MPU 112, the light emission data and the sound output data are transmitted at the timing when the command is received. Setting will be started.

  (9) The timing at which the display MPU 122 transmits a command to the sound MPU 112 is not limited to the timing for indicating the turning point of the effect content, and the effect period of the data table read by the display MPU 122 The command is sent from the display side MPU 122 to the sound side MPU 112 at each timing corresponding to the start of the division range evenly, and the control side data corresponding to the division range is set in the sound side MPU 112 The configuration may be For example, when the rendering period of the data table is divided into the first half and the second half, the command is transmitted at the timing corresponding to the start of the first half divided range, and the command is performed at the timing corresponding to the second half divided range start Will be sent. According to the configuration, the process for specifying the transmission timing of the command in the display MPU 122 can be simplified.

  (10) The display MPU 122 does not read out the entire data table corresponding to a series of effects in the game play or opening / closing execution mode at one time, but from light emission data and sound output data set at one time in the sound side MPU 112 Although the data table corresponding to the long period is read out, it may be configured to correspond to the period shorter than the whole corresponding to the series effect. For example, when a command is transmitted from the sound light side MPU 112 to the display side MPU 122 in response to reception of a command from the main side MPU 92, the display side MPU 122 may read the data table for each command.

  In this case, during the game, when the main MPU 92 transmits the change command and the type command, the display MPU 122 reads out the data table from the start of the game to the timing immediately before the final stop display of the symbol. When the main MPU 92 transmits a final stop command, the display MPU 122 may read out the data table for the period of the final stop display of the game play.

  Further, in the opening / closing execution mode, when the main MPU 92 transmits the opening command, the display MPU 122 displays a data table from the start of the opening / closing execution mode to the start of the first opening of the special electric winning device 22. When read and the main MPU 92 transmits the release command, the display MPU 122 reads the data table corresponding to the release number, and when the main MPU 92 transmits the close command, the display MPU 122 When the data table corresponding to the interval is read and the main MPU 92 transmits the ending command, the display MPU 122 reads the data table from the start of the ending effect to the end of the open / close execution mode.

  Even with this configuration, in the sound light side MPU 112, according to the command transmitted each time from the display side MPU 122, the light emission data and sound output data corresponding to a shorter period than the data table read out by the display side MPU 122 With the configuration to be set, it is possible to reduce the required storage capacity. In this configuration, the correspondence period of the light emission data and the sound output data read by the sound light side MPU 112 also corresponds to the correspondence period of the data table read by the display side MPU 122 for a part of the effect range. Good.

  (11) The command transmitted from the main MPU 92 may be received not only by the sound light MPU 112 but also by the display MPU 122. In this case, when a command is transmitted from the main MPU 92, the sound light MPU 112 transmits a command to the effect that the command from the main MPU 92 has been received normally to the display MPU 122, and the display MPU 122 When the command is received from the sound side MPU 112, a data table corresponding to the command received from the main MPU 92 may be read. In this case, the sound light side MPU 112 may read out the data table corresponding to the command received from the main side MPU 92, but as in the above embodiments, the data table corresponding to the command should be set. Instead, by setting the light emission data and the sound output data corresponding to the partial effect range according to the command transmitted from the display MPU 122, the required storage capacity can be reduced. Further, in the configuration, when a notification target event such as an abnormality occurs in the pachinko machine 10, a notification command is transmitted to both the sound side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122, and these sound side MPU 112 and When the display MPU 122 receives a notification command, the notification from the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45 and the notification from the symbol display device 31 are started without waiting for command transmission from the other party. It is also good.

  (12) In the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114, the number of times a predetermined advance notice display or a predetermined reach display may be performed may be measured. In this case, for example, in the case where the predetermined advance notice display is not executed although the predetermined number of game times have been digested, the selection notice probability of the predetermined advance notice display may be increased, and the predetermined advance notice display may be performed. May be selected forcibly.

  (13) When information on the game result of the game is stored and held in the held data area 161 of the sound light side RAM 114 and the sound light side MPU 112 receives from the display side MPU 122 a command corresponding to the execution possible timing of the fixed effect. Although the determination as to whether or not to execute the fixed effect is performed by referring to the game result information stored and held in the held data area 161, the present invention is not limited to this. By transmitting a command based on the information on the game result, the sound light side MPU 112 may be configured to perform execution control of the fixed effect when the command corresponding to the execution of the fixed effect is received from the display side MPU 122.

  (14) Even in the case of receiving the confirmation execution command from the display MPU 122, the sound light side MPU 112 refers to the information of the game results of the game times stored and held in the holding data area 161, thereby confirming the effect It may be configured to determine whether or not to execute. In this case, even if some abnormality occurs and the finalized effect is executed by the symbol display device 31 despite the fact that it is not a big hit result, the execution of the finalized effect by the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 or the speaker unit 45 It is possible to block. At this time, the various light emitting unit groups 71 to 73 and the speaker unit 45 may notify that the determined effect in the symbol display device 31 is not the normal operation.

  (15) The configuration for reading a plurality of control data in response to one command from the display MPU 122 in the sound side MPU 112 is added to or instead of the sound output data reading process for the light emission data reading process It may apply. Further, the number of control data read for one command is not limited to two, and may be three or more.

  (16) The display MPU 122 reads control data corresponding to a longer period than the control data set at one time in the sound MPU 112, and the sound MPU 112 transmits a command from the display MPU 122 In the case where control data corresponding to a part of the effect range is set according to the above, the sound light side MPU 112 is focused on the effect that reduction of storage capacity for setting control data can be achieved. It is not necessary for the communication method between the and the display MPU 122 to be bi-directional communication. For example, when the main MPU 92 is used as a reference, the display MPU 122 is located upstream of the sound light MPU 112 in the communication direction, and the display MPU 122 responds to a command transmitted from the main MPU 92. When the data table for the entire effect is read out and the sound light side MPU 112 is configured to set control data corresponding to a partial effect range according to the command transmitted from the display side MPU 122 The communication method between the light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 may not be bi-directional communication.

  (17) Because the communication method between the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 is bi-directional communication, the effect between the sound light side MPU 112 and the effect performed and controlled by the display side MPU 122 In the case where attention is paid to the effect that the shift is hard to occur, a data table corresponding to the entire series effect may be read out in both the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122. In this case, for example, one of the sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 determines whether or not execution control of a predetermined effect range should be started according to a command transmitted from the other, and it is the start timing. The pointer information on the entire data table that has already been read out may be updated to the information corresponding to the start timing of the predetermined effect range when it is specified.

  (18) The configuration for deriving the control information group by applying the setting information to the original information may be applied to the sound output data in addition to or instead of the light emission data; It may be applied to drive data. For example, in the case of application to drive data for movable object drive control, source data for which the operation content of the switch destination is determined when the operation content of the movable object is sequentially switched, and a plurality of cuttings defined in the source data In the case of continuing the start reference data indicating which of the operation contents of the switching destination is to start the operation of the movable object among the operation contents of the switching destination and the case of continuing the operation contents of the switching destination defined in the original data At least continuation reference data indicating time may be prepared, and a combination of them may be configured to be able to derive a larger number of drive data than the number of original data, start reference data, and continuation reference data.

  (19) In the light emission data group 151, the list data group 151e and the group data group 151f may be defective. In this case, the process for creating the light emission data can be simplified.

  (20) The sound output side priority may be set also between sound output data for notification. In this case, only the sound output data for notification having the highest priority may be output target, and the sound output data for notification may be sequentially output in the order according to the priority on the sound output side. It may be a target configuration. In the present configuration, for example, among various events to be notified, a notification that the lower plate 47a is full or a notification that the lower plate 47a is full is opened, or a notification regarding the act of attempting to receive a benefit improperly is released. It becomes possible to execute prior to the state notification of the pachinko machine 10 such as the notification of being done, etc., and it becomes possible to urge to cope with the fraud early.

  (21) Instead of the notification area 162c of the light emission data area 162, an abnormality notification area for notifying an abnormality when an event corresponding to a fraudulent action on the pachinko machine 10 occurs, and a state of the pachinko machine 10 It is also possible to separately provide a status notification area for performing status notification when an event other than the event corresponding to the fraudulent activity occurs. In this case, by setting the light emission side priority of the abnormality notification area higher than the light emission side priority of the status notification area, it becomes possible to execute the abnormality notification with the highest priority. Further, by setting the light emission side priority of the state notification area higher than the light emission side priority of the base area 162a and the interrupt area 162b, the state notification can be executed with priority over the effect. .

  (22) The display-side MPU 122 is limited to the configuration in which the command is transmitted to the sound-side MPU 112 according to the pattern data table at each timing during the period in which the effect according to the pattern data table is being executed. Instead, after reading out the pattern data table, the command may be transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 112 before the effect according to the pattern data table is started. For example, a command for reading out control data when starting an effect corresponding to the pattern data table is transmitted in advance before execution control of the effect is started in the display MPU 122, and thereafter, The command may be transmitted again at a predetermined timing during a period in which the effect corresponding to the pattern data table is being executed.

  (23) The sound light side MPU 112 and the display side MPU 122 may be provided on the same substrate. In this case, the VDP 125, the character ROM 126, and the video RAM 127 may be provided on the same substrate, or may be provided on another substrate.

  (24) While the special power prize device 22 is configured to be completely closed while the special power prize device 22 is closed, a part of the special power prize device 22 may be configured not to be closed. In this case, the game ball may be able to win the special power winning device 22 even though it is closed through a part of the area, and the part of the area is closed due to the area being narrower than the game ball. In the above, the special game winning device 22 may not be able to win a game ball.

  (25) Instead of a configuration in which the game ball can not be won in the lower operating port 24 during closing of the commercial electronic part 24a, even when the commercial electronic part 24a is closing, gaming in the lower operating port 24 A configuration may be made in which ball winning may occur. However, the easiness of winning is required to be lower than that during the opening of the commercial item 24a.

  (26) The hold information acquired as a result of the winning of the upper operation opening 23 and the hold information obtained as a result of the occurrence of the winning of the lower operation opening 24 are stored separately, and the lower operation opening On the other hand, a configuration may be applied in which the hold information on the upper operation port 23 is preferentially digested, or may be applied on the other hand. The configuration to be digested in the order of acquisition may be applied regardless of whether it is the port 23 or the lower operation port 24.

  Further, in the above configuration, the plurality of operating ports are not vertically arranged side by side, but the first operating port corresponding to the upper operating port 23 and the second operating port corresponding to the lower operating port 24 are on the left and right It is good also as a structure arranged in parallel, and it is good also as a structure which these both operation ports were arranged in parallel diagonally. Furthermore, depending on the operation mode of the firing handle 41, both operation ports may be arranged apart from each other so as to aim for winning only to the first operation port or only to winning to the second operation port.

  Further, in the above configuration, based on the first display area for displaying the result of the pass / fail judgment of the suspension information acquired based on the winning of the upper operation opening 23 on the special view display unit 33 You may provide the 2nd display area which displays the result of the yes-no decision of the acquired pending | holding information. In this case, the variation display of the pattern in the first display area is performed prior to or on the basis of the fact that the suspension information acquired based on the winning of the upper operation port 23 is the object of the acceptance or rejection determination. At the same time as the game start is started, the stop result corresponding to the determination of the success or failure is displayed, and the variable display of one game time is ended. In addition, the variation display of the pattern in the second display area is performed prior to or on the basis of the fact that the suspension information acquired based on the winning of the lower operation port 24 is the object of the acceptance determination. At the same time as it is started, the stop result corresponding to the judgment of success or failure is displayed, and the variable display of one game time is ended.

  (27) When the hold information acquired by the winning of the upper operation opening 23 becomes a target of the determination of adequacy, and the hold information acquired by the occurrence of the winning of the lower operation opening 24 is the success or failure The profit obtained by the player may be different depending on whether the judgment is made. For example, when the hold information on the upper operation opening 23 side is a target of the judgment of acceptance, the distribution of the game result as described in the above embodiment is performed, but the hold information on the lower operation opening 24 side is an object of the judgment on acceptance If the jackpot is won, it may be distributed to either the most advantageous jackpot result, the explicit high probability jackpot result or the low probability jackpot result.

  Moreover, in the structure which provides multiple operating ports like the said embodiment, the number of operating ports is not limited to two, Three or more may be sufficient. In addition, only one operation opening may be provided.

  (28) Instead of the configuration in which the voice emission control device 103 exists upstream of the display control device 120 in the communication direction with respect to the main control device 90, the display control device 120 is the voice emission control device 103. It may be configured to exist on the upstream side in the communication direction rather than in the communication direction. Further, instead of the configuration in which the sound emission control device 103 and the display control device 120 are separately provided, both control devices may be provided as one control device, and one function of the both control devices may be provided. May be integrated into the main control unit 90, and both functions of both control units may be integrated into the main control unit 90. Further, the configuration of the command output from the main control device 90 to the sound emission control device 103 and the configuration of the command output from the sound emission control device 103 to the display control device 120 are also arbitrary.

  (29) The device on which the effect for the game run is executed is not limited to the symbol display device 31, and the configuration for which the effect for the game run is executed by operating the decorative member provided movable It is good also as composition which an effect for game circulation is performed by making a predetermined light emission part turn on, and an effect of game circulation is performed by combination of all or a part of the above-mentioned each mode Good.

  (30) In the above embodiments, the special result display unit 33 displays the stop result corresponding to each game result. However, instead of this, the special view display unit 33 may be defective, either of which Even if it is a game result of a special stop display may be displayed in the special view display unit 33, the special view display unit 33 may be displayed by displaying the stop result at random in the special view display unit 33. It may be configured such that it is not possible to identify which game result from the display of 33.

  (31) Other types of pachinko machines and the like different from the above embodiments, for example, pachinko machines in which a common utility player opens a predetermined number of times when gaming balls enter a specific area of a special device The present invention can be applied to a pachinko machine that becomes a jackpot when a ball enters and becomes a jackpot, a pachinko machine equipped with other features, an arrange ball machine, a game machine such as a ball ball, etc.

  A non-ball-ball type game machine, for example, a plurality of reels having a plurality of kinds of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts the rotation of the reels by inserting medals and operating the start lever, and the stop switch is operated. If a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on an effective line visible from the display window after the reel is stopped by the passage of a predetermined time, a bonus such as payout of medals is given to the player The present invention can also be applied to slot machines.

  In addition, the gaming machine main body supported in an openable and closable manner by the outer frame is provided with the storage section and the loading device, and the start lever is operated after the predetermined number of gaming balls stored in the storage section are loaded by the loading device. The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are integrated by starting to rotate the reels.

<About the invention group extracted from each of the above embodiments>
Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiments will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for ease of understanding, the corresponding configurations in the above-described embodiments are appropriately shown in parentheses, but the present invention is not limited to the specific configurations shown in parentheses.

<Feature A group>
Features A1. First control means (sound light side MPU 112) for controlling the first effect means (speaker unit 45, curtain plate movable unit 51, disk movable units 61a, 61b, light emitting unit groups 71 to 73);
Second control means (display side MPU 122) for controlling the second effect means (symbol display device 31);
Equipped with
Bidirectional communication is possible between the first control means and the second control means,
The first control means is a first side execution means (in the sound light side MPU 112 that causes the first effect means to execute the effect for a predetermined period based on the transmission information transmitted by the second control means. Emission control processing, sound output control processing and movable object control processing)
The second control unit is configured to cause the second effect unit to execute an effect in a period overlapping with at least a part of the predetermined period based on the transmission information transmitted by the first control unit. A game machine characterized by comprising side execution means (a function of executing task processing in the display MPU 122).

  According to the feature A1, the first control means controls execution of the effect in the first effect means based on the transmission information transmitted by the second control means, and the second control means transmits the transmission information to be transmitted by the first control means Based on the execution of the effect in the second effect means is controlled. Thereby, when performing rendering in the same period in each of the first rendering means and the second rendering means, a gap between the two renderings is less likely to occur. As described above, in the configuration using a plurality of control means, it is possible to perform control favorably.

Feature A2. An operation receiving unit (rendering operation device 48) for receiving an input operation of the player;
The information as to whether or not the input operation has been accepted by the operation accepting means is configured to be input to the first control means,
The first control means can transmit operation corresponding transmission information (operation generation command) corresponding to the input operation being accepted by the operation receiving means,
The second side operation corresponding execution means (the second side operation corresponding execution means) causes the second corresponding effecter to execute the corresponding effect after the first control unit transmits the operation corresponding transmission information. Function to execute the processing of step S909 in the display MPU 122,
The second control means, when the effect corresponding to the input operation being accepted by the operation receiving means is executed by the second effect means, the execution transmission information (operation effect command) corresponding thereto Can be sent,
The first side operation corresponding execution means (sound according to the first side operation means for causing the first effect means to execute the corresponding effect after the second control means transmits the execution transmission information A game machine according to feature A1, characterized in that the light-side MPU 112 has a function of executing the process of step S1306.

  According to the feature A2, in the configuration in which the rendering corresponding to the input operation is received by the operation receiving unit is performed by each of the first rendering unit and the second rendering unit, the second control unit is configured to After the control means transmits the operation corresponding transmission information, the second effect means performs the effect corresponding to the operation, and in addition, the first control means transmits the execution transmission information after the second control means transmits the first information. Perform the operation corresponding to the operation means. As described above, in the configuration in which the information as to whether or not the input operation has been accepted by the operation accepting means is inputted to the first control means, the first control means waits for the second control means to transmit the execution transmission information. Since the effect corresponding to the operation is executed from the above, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of deviation in each effect corresponding to the operation.

  Feature A3. The first control means starts to monitor whether the input operation is accepted by the operation receiving means when the second control means transmits the operation monitoring transmission information (operation valid start command). The gaming machine according to the feature A2, wherein the operation corresponding transmission information can be transmitted when the input operation is accepted by the operation receiving unit during the monitoring period.

  According to the feature A3, since the first control means may start monitoring whether the input operation is accepted by the operation receiving means when the second control means transmits the operation monitoring transmission information, the first control It is not necessary to independently specify the start timing of the monitoring in the means. As a result, in the configuration in which a shift is unlikely to occur in the effect corresponding to the operation, the processing load of the first control means can be reduced. In addition, the main body for determining the start timing of various processes in the first control means is concentrated on the second control means, so that the processing configuration can be simplified.

Feature A4. When the first control means transmits the operation corresponding transmission information, the second control means receives the input operation in the operation receiving means corresponding to the operation corresponding transmission information during the effective period of the input operation. The validity determination means (function to execute the processing of step S906 in the display MPU 122) for determining whether or not
The effect corresponding to the input operation being accepted by the operation receiving means after the second side operation corresponding execution means is determined to be effective by the validity determination means is the second effect means The gaming machine according to feature A3, which is to be executed.

  According to the feature A4, the determination as to whether or not the acceptance of the input operation in the operation receiving means is during the valid period of the input operation is performed not only in the first control means but also in the second control means. As a result, the possibility of the effect corresponding to the operation being performed is reduced, although the input operation to the operation receiving means is not performed during the effective period.

Feature A5. The second control means can transmit valid transmission information (operation valid command) when it is determined that the valid determination means is valid.
The first control means can transmit permission transmission information (execution permission command) when the second control means transmits the valid transmission information.
The second side operation corresponding execution means, when the first control means transmits the permission transmission information, the effect corresponding to the input operation being accepted by the operation reception means to the second effect means The gaming machine according to feature A4, which is to be executed.

  According to the feature A5, the effect corresponding to the operation is started under a clear condition that the two-way communication between the first control means and the second control means is normal. Although the input operation to the operation receiving means is not performed, the possibility that the effect corresponding to the operation is performed is reduced.

  Feature A6. The game according to any one of the features A1 to A5, wherein the second control means can transmit transmission information that can specify the timing for performing the effect of the predetermined period in the first effect means. Machine.

  According to the feature A6, since the first control means may perform execution control of the effects of the first effect means according to the execution timing of the effects determined in the second control means, the execution timing of effects independently in the first control means There is no need to identify As a result, in the configuration in which the difference between the two effects is less likely to occur, the processing load is reduced compared to the case where the execution timing of the effects can be uniquely identified by each of the first control means and the second control means. Is taken.

Feature A7. In the first effect means, any of the effect contents of a plurality of types of effect contents can be executed as effects of the predetermined period,
The game machine according to Feature A6, wherein the second control means can transmit the transmission information in a mode that can specify the type of effect content to be executed as the effect of the predetermined period.

  According to the feature A7, the first control means not only follows the execution timing of the effect determined in the second control means, but also the content of the effect to be executed may follow the content determined in the second control means. Compared with the structure which determines the content of presentation independently in 1 control means, processing load is reduced.

Feature A8. The second side execution means performs execution control of the effect in the second effect means each time the control execution timing is reached,
The second control means does not transmit the transmission information to the first control means each time the control execution timing comes, but transmits the transmission information to the first control means at a timing corresponding to a predetermined control execution timing. A game machine according to feature A6 or A7, characterized in that it transmits information.

  According to the feature A8, in the configuration in which the execution timing of the effect is specified by the first control unit according to the transmission information transmitted from the second control unit, the second control unit transmits the transmission information each time the control execution timing is reached. The transmission information is transmitted when predetermined control execution timing comes, instead of transmitting H. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the transmission frequency of the transmission information in the second control means. Thereby, the processing load of the second control means can be reduced.

Feature A9. The first control means is provided with a lottery execution means for executing a lottery process (a function for executing the process of step S603 to step S605 in the sound light side MPU 112),
In the first effect means, effects in the predetermined period are performed with contents corresponding to the result of the lottery process,
In any one of the features A1 to A8, the second effect means has a configuration in which an effect in a period overlapping with at least a part of the predetermined period is performed with contents corresponding to a result of the lottery process. The gaming machine described.

  According to the feature A9, although the first control means performs the lottery process, the first control means waits for the second control means to transmit the transmission information and then performs the rendering. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of deviation in each effect in the first effect means and the second effect means.

Feature A10. It has progress control means (main side MPU 92) to control the progress of the game,
The gaming machine according to feature A9, wherein the lottery execution means executes the lottery process based on the content of the transmission information transmitted by the progress control means.

  According to the feature A10, although the first control means is present on the upstream side of the communication with respect to the second control means when the progress control means is the reference, the first control means is the second control means Is configured to be executed after waiting to transmit transmission information, so that it is possible to suppress the occurrence of deviation in each of the effects in the first effect means and the second effect means It becomes.

Characteristics A11. The system further includes a progress control unit (main MPU 92) that transmits transmission information to the first control unit and does not transmit to the second control unit.
In the first effect means, effects in the predetermined period are performed with contents corresponding to transmission information transmitted by the first control means,
The game according to any one of the features A1 to A10, wherein the second effect means is configured to perform effects in the predetermined period with contents corresponding to transmission information transmitted by the first control means. Machine.

  According to the feature A11, the first control means is located on the upstream side of the communication with respect to the second control means when based on the progress control means, but the first control means is the second control means Is configured to be executed after waiting to transmit transmission information, so that it is possible to suppress the occurrence of deviation in each of the effects in the first effect means and the second effect means It becomes.

Feature A12. The second side execution means performs the second effect means in a specific continuation period (during game play, in open / close execution mode) which is a period overlapping with at least a part of the predetermined period when the predetermined start trigger is given. In the specific range effect (effect for game circulation, effect for opening and closing execution mode) is to be executed,
The second control means is a group of specific control information (pattern data table, data for opening, used for causing the second effect means to execute the specific range effect when the predetermined start trigger is given. A second side setting unit (a function to execute the processing of step S802 and step S806 in the display MPU 122) for setting the table;
The first side execution means causes the first effect means to execute an effect corresponding to the specific range effect during the specific duration period,
First side setting means (sound light to set a control information group (light emission data, sound output data) used for causing the first effect means to execute the effect during the specific continuation period Function to execute reading processing of light emission data and reading processing of sound output data in the side MPU 112,
The first side setting means does not set a group of control information corresponding to the whole of the effects to be executed during the specific continuation period at one time, and the second control means does not set each part during the specific continuation period. Means for setting a control information group corresponding to a part of the effect to be executed during the specific duration period in response to the transmission information being sent at the timing (set the light emission data in the interrupt area 162b in the sound side MPU 112 The gaming machine according to any one of the features A1 to A11, comprising a function and a function of setting sound output data from the final effect time data group 152f.

  According to the feature A12, the control information group corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the specific continuation period is set on the second control means side. On the other hand, on the first control means side, the control information group corresponding to the whole is not set, and the specific continuation is performed according to the transmission information transmitted from the second control means at each timing during the specific continuation period. A control information group of a part of the effect to be executed during the period is set. Thus, the storage capacity required for the storage means for setting the control information group is reduced, as compared with the configuration in which the control information group corresponding to the whole is set on each of the first control means side and the second control means side. Is possible.

Feature A13. The specific range effect may be configured to include a plurality of effect ranges (for example, a notice display and a reach display) in which the effects of the effects are different.
The gaming machine according to feature A12, wherein the control information group corresponding to the part is set corresponding to the plurality of effect ranges.

  According to the feature A13, it is possible to suppress the unit of the control information group from becoming too small, and to appropriately suppress the setting frequency of the control information group in the first control means.

  Feature A14. The specific control information group includes information that can specify the control content at each control execution timing during the specific continuation period, and in response to these control execution timings, toward the first control means A game machine according to feature A12 or A13, characterized in that transmission timing of transmission information to be transmitted is included.

  According to the feature A14, by referring to the specific control information group at each control execution timing in the second control means, it is possible to perform the execution control of the specific range effect, and the transmission information directed to the first control means It is also possible to specify the execution timing of Therefore, the information to be referred to in the second control means is aggregated, and the processing load can be reduced.

Feature A15. The second side execution means executes the specific range effect by the second effect means during the specific continuation period when the first control means transmits the transmission information when the predetermined start trigger is given. It is
The second side setting means sets the specific control information group when the first control means transmits the transmission information when the predetermined start trigger is generated. To the gaming machine according to any one of A14.

  According to the feature A15, in the configuration in which the predetermined control trigger is specified on the first control means side, the setting of the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is performed second With the configuration performed on the control means side, the processing load can be dispersed.

Feature A16. The first side setting means transmits the transmission information corresponding to the start of the specific range effect with respect to the transmission of the transmission information by the first control means having become the predetermined start trigger. 2) Means for setting a predetermined control information group (light emission data at the start of fluctuation, sound output data at the start of fluctuation) corresponding to the start of the specific range effect when the control means transmits (step S1202 in the sound side MPU 112 Function to execute the processing of
The game according to the feature A15, wherein the first side execution means starts the effect corresponding to the specific range effect after the first side setting means sets the predetermined control information group. Machine.

  According to the feature A16, in the configuration in which the first control means determines that the predetermined start trigger has been made, the first control means waits for the second control means to transmit the transmission information before waiting for the specific range effect Since the effect corresponding to is performed, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a shift in the start timing of the specific range effect.

Feature A17. The first control means is
Notification specifying means for specifying an occurrence of a notification target event (a function of executing the processing of step S 622 in the sound light side MPU 112);
Informing transmitting means for transmitting informing occurrence information to the second control means when the occurrence of the notification target event is specified in the informing specifying means (function to execute the processing of step S625 in the sound side MPU 112 )When,
Notification execution means for causing the first effect means to perform notification regardless of whether or not the second control means has sent the transmission information when occurrence of a notification target event is specified in the notification specifying means (Function of executing the processing of step S623, step S624, step S1602 and step S1809 in the sound light side MPU 112)
The gaming machine according to feature A16, comprising:

  According to the feature A17, when the specific range effect starts, the second control means waits until the transmission information is transmitted, whereas when the notification target event occurs, the second control means transmits the transmission information The first control means independently starts the notification without waiting until it is done. Thereby, it is possible to start the notification early, and to start the notification on the side of the first effect means even if the communication abnormality occurs between the first control means and the second control means. It becomes possible.

Feature A18. It has a bonus lottery execution means (function to execute the processes of step S301 and step S403 in the main side MPU 92) for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player,
The predetermined start trigger is a case where the benefit lottery process is executed, and the specific range effect is executed when the benefit lottery process is executed as a trigger.
Feature A12 to A17 characterized in that the first control means stores and holds information of the result of the benefit lottery process which has triggered execution of the specific range effect of the specific continuous period in the specific continuous period. The gaming machine according to any one of the above.

  According to the feature A18, in the configuration in which the setting of the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is performed by the second control unit, the first control unit Information is stored and kept. Thus, in the configuration in which the execution control of the effect is performed in accordance with the transmission information transmitted by the second control means in the first control means, it is possible to take the result of the bonus lottery process into consideration also in the execution control of the effect.

Features A19. The second control means transmits transmission information to the first control means when a predetermined output timing of the specific duration comes, regardless of the result of the benefit lottery process.
Correspondence judging means (sound light judging means for judging whether or not executing the benefit corresponding effect (decision effect) corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery process when the first control means receives the transmission information Function in the side MPU 112 to execute the process of step S1205),
Means for setting the control information group corresponding to the benefit corresponding presentation when it is determined that the first side setting unit corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery processing in the correspondence determination unit (sound light side MPU 112 The gaming machine according to the feature A18, characterized in that it has a function of performing an affirmative determination in step S1207 in step S1208 and executing the processing of step S1208.

  According to the feature A19, since the second control means only needs to transmit the transmission information to the first control means without considering the result of the benefit lottery process, the configuration for transmitting the transmission information can be optimized. Be In the first control means, information on the result of the bonus lottery process is stored and held, and it is determined whether the transmission information transmitted by the second control means corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process. In the case where the configuration for transmitting the transmission information of the second control means is optimized as described above in order to control the execution of the effect, the first control means side of the effect corresponding to the result of the bonus lottery process Execution control can be performed.

Feature A20. The second control means can transmit transmission information corresponding to the contents of the effect to be performed by the second effect means,
The first side setting means, when transmitting the transmission information corresponding to the second control means causing the second effect means to perform the specific effect (finalized effect), the execution of the effect corresponding to the specific effect Means for setting a control information group corresponding to the transmission information regardless of whether or not the result corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process (an affirmative determination is made in step S1203 in the sound side MPU 112 and step S1208 A game machine according to feature A19, characterized in that it has a function of executing the processing of

  According to the feature A20, when the specific effect is performed by the second effect means, the first control means does not matter whether or not the content of the specific effect corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process. Execution control of the effect corresponding to the content of the specific effect is performed. This makes it possible to give priority to matching of the contents of the effect between the first effect means and the second effect means, and it becomes possible to make it difficult to cause a shift in the effect.

  Feature A21. The first side setting means can set a control information group corresponding to effects of different start timings during the specific continuation period from the content of one transmission information transmitted by the second control means. A game machine according to any one of features A12 to A20, characterized in that

  According to the feature A21, it is possible to suppress the transmission frequency of the transmission information in the second control means.

  Feature A22. The game machine according to any one of the features A1 to A21, wherein the second effect means is display means (symbol display device 31) having a display surface.

  In the configuration in which the effect is performed by the display means having the display surface, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

  In particular, when the configuration of the feature A12 is provided, the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is set in the second control means on the side of display control of the display means. Therefore, even if any communication abnormality occurs, it is possible to continue the update of the display on the display means. Since the effect on the display means is easily noticed by the player, by continuing the update of the display on the display means, the influence when the communication abnormality occurs is reduced.

  Feature A23. The game machine according to Feature A22, wherein the first effect means is at least one of a sound output means (speaker unit 45) and a light emitting means (light emitting unit groups 71 to 73).

  In the configuration in which the effect is executed by the display means having the display surface and the effect is executed by at least one of the sound output means and the light emitting means, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

  Here, the processing load is lower in the sound output control of the sound output means or in the light emission control of the light emitting means, as compared with the display control of the display means. In this case, in the configuration provided with the feature A2, information as to whether or not the input operation has been received by the operation receiving unit is input to the first control unit that controls at least one of the sound output unit and the light emitting unit. . As a result, it is not necessary to monitor the operation receiving means in the second control means having a relatively high processing load, and the processing load of the second control means can be reduced.

<Feature B group>
Feature B1. First control means (sound light side MPU 112) for controlling the first effect means (speaker unit 45, curtain plate movable unit 51, disk movable units 61a, 61b, light emitting unit groups 71 to 73);
Second control means (display side MPU 122) for controlling the second effect means (symbol display device 31);
Equipped with
The second control means is
When a predetermined start opportunity is reached, a specific range effect (effect for game circulation, effect for opening / closing mode) is executed by the second effect means during a specific continuation period (during game turn, during opening / closing execution mode) Second side execution means (function to execute task processing in the display side MPU 122)
A second group of specific control information (a pattern data table, an opening data table) used to cause the second effect unit to execute the specific range effect when the predetermined start trigger is generated. Side setting means (function of executing the processing of step S802 and step S806 in the display MPU 122);
Equipped with
The first control means is
The first side executing means (the light emission control process in the sound light side MPU 112, the sound output control process and the movable object control process are executed by the first effect means to execute the effect corresponding to the specific range effect in the specific continuation period Function),
First side setting means (reading of light emission data in the sound light side MPU 112) for setting a control information group (light emission data, sound output data) used to execute the effect in the first effect means during the specific continuation period Processing and a function of reading out sound output data),
Equipped with
The first side setting means does not set a group of control information corresponding to the whole of the effects to be executed during the specific continuation period at one time, and the second control means does not set each part during the specific continuation period. Means for setting a control information group corresponding to a part of the effect to be executed during the specific duration period in response to the transmission information being sent at the timing (set the light emission data in the interrupt area 162b in the sound side MPU 112 A gaming machine characterized by comprising a function and a function of setting sound output data from a data group for determination effect 152f.

  According to the feature B1, since the first control means is configured to perform execution control of the effects of the first effect means in accordance with the transmission information outputted each time from the second control means, the first effect means and the second effect means When performing rendering in the same period in each, a gap between the renderings of the two is less likely to occur.

  In this case, a control information group corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the specific continuation period is set on the second control means side. On the other hand, on the first control means side, the control information group corresponding to the whole is not set, and the specific continuation is performed according to the transmission information transmitted from the second control means at each timing during the specific continuation period. A control information group of a part of the effect to be executed during the period is set. Thus, the storage capacity required for the storage means for setting the control information group is reduced, as compared with the configuration in which the control information group corresponding to the whole is set on each of the first control means side and the second control means side. Is possible.

  As described above, in the configuration using a plurality of control means, it is possible to perform control favorably.

Feature B2. The specific range effect may be configured to include a plurality of effect ranges (for example, a notice display and a reach display) in which the effects of the effects are different.
The gaming machine according to feature B1, wherein the control information group corresponding to the part is set corresponding to the plurality of effect ranges.

  According to the feature B2, it is possible to suppress that the unit of the control information group becomes too thin, and it is possible to appropriately suppress the setting frequency of the control information group in the first control means.

  Feature B3. The specific control information group includes information that can specify the control content at each control execution timing during the specific continuation period, and in response to these control execution timings, toward the first control means The gaming machine according to feature B1 or B2, characterized in that it includes transmission timing of transmission information to be transmitted.

  According to the feature B3, by referring to the specific control information group at each control execution timing in the second control means, it is possible to perform execution control of the specific range effect, and the transmission information directed to the first control means It is also possible to specify the execution timing of Therefore, the information to be referred to in the second control means is aggregated, and the processing load can be reduced.

Feature B4. The second side execution means executes the specific range effect by the second effect means during the specific continuation period when the first control means transmits the transmission information when the predetermined start trigger is given. It is
The second side setting means sets the specific control information group when the first control means transmits the transmission information upon becoming the predetermined start trigger. The gaming machine according to any one of B3.

  According to the feature B4, in the configuration in which the first control means side identifies the predetermined start trigger, the setting of the control information group corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the specific continuation period is performed second With the configuration performed on the control means side, the processing load can be dispersed.

Feature B5. The first side setting means transmits the transmission information corresponding to the start of the specific range effect with respect to the transmission of the transmission information by the first control means having become the predetermined start trigger. 2) Means for setting a predetermined control information group (light emission data at the start of fluctuation, sound output data at the start of fluctuation) corresponding to the start of the specific range effect when the control means transmits (step S1202 in the sound side MPU 112 Function to execute the processing of
The game according to the feature B4, wherein the first side execution means starts the effect corresponding to the specific range effect after the first side setting means sets the predetermined control information group. Machine.

  According to the feature B5, in the configuration in which the first control means side identifies the predetermined start trigger, the first control means waits for the second control means to transmit the transmission information before waiting for the specific range effect Since the effect corresponding to is performed, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a shift in the start timing of the specific range effect.

Feature B6. The first control means is
Notification specifying means for specifying an occurrence of a notification target event (a function of executing the processing of step S 622 in the sound light side MPU 112);
Informing transmitting means for transmitting informing occurrence information to the second control means when the occurrence of the notification target event is specified in the informing specifying means (function to execute the processing of step S625 in the sound side MPU 112 )When,
Notification execution means for causing the first effect means to perform notification regardless of whether or not the second control means has sent the transmission information when occurrence of a notification target event is specified in the notification specifying means (Function of executing the processing of step S623, step S624, step S1602 and step S1809 in the sound light side MPU 112)
The gaming machine according to feature B5, comprising:

  According to the feature B6, when the specific range effect starts, the second control means waits until the transmission information is transmitted, whereas when the notification target event occurs, the second control means transmits the transmission information The first control means independently starts the notification without waiting until it is done. Thereby, it is possible to start the notification early, and to start the notification on the side of the first effect means even if the communication abnormality occurs between the first control means and the second control means. It becomes possible.

Feature B7. It has a bonus lottery execution means (function to execute the processes of step S301 and step S403 in the main side MPU 92) for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player,
The predetermined start trigger is a case where the benefit lottery process is executed, and the specific range effect is executed when the benefit lottery process is executed as a trigger.
The first control means stores and holds information of the result of the benefit lottery process that has triggered execution of the specific range effect of the specific continuous period in the specific continuous period. Features B1 to B6 The gaming machine according to any one of the above.

  According to the feature B7, in the configuration in which the setting of the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is performed by the second control unit, the first control unit Information is stored and kept. Thus, in the configuration in which the execution control of the effect is performed in accordance with the transmission information transmitted by the second control means in the first control means, it is possible to take the result of the bonus lottery process into consideration also in the execution control of the effect.

Feature B8. The second control means transmits transmission information to the first control means when a predetermined output timing of the specific duration comes, regardless of the result of the benefit lottery process.
Correspondence judging means (sound light judging means for judging whether or not executing the benefit corresponding effect (decision effect) corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery process when the first control means receives the transmission information Function in the side MPU 112 to execute the process of step S1205),
Means for setting the control information group corresponding to the benefit corresponding presentation when it is determined that the first side setting unit corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery processing in the correspondence determination unit (sound light side MPU 112 The gaming machine according to the feature B7, characterized in that it has a function of performing an affirmative determination in step S1207 in step S1208 and executing the processing of step S1208.

  According to the feature B8, since the second control means may transmit the transmission information to the first control means without considering the result of the benefit lottery process, the configuration for transmitting the transmission information is optimized Be In the first control means, information on the result of the bonus lottery process is stored and held, and it is determined whether the transmission information transmitted by the second control means corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process. In the case where the configuration for transmitting the transmission information of the second control means is optimized as described above in order to control the execution of the effect, the first control means side of the effect corresponding to the result of the bonus lottery process Execution control can be performed.

Feature B9. The second control means can transmit transmission information corresponding to the contents of the effect to be performed by the second effect means,
The first side setting means, when transmitting the transmission information corresponding to the second control means causing the second effect means to perform the specific effect (finalized effect), the execution of the effect corresponding to the specific effect Means for setting a control information group corresponding to the transmission information regardless of whether or not the result corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process (an affirmative determination is made in step S1203 in the sound side MPU 112 and step S1208 A game machine according to feature B8, characterized in that it has a function of executing the processing of

  According to the feature B9, when the specific effect is performed by the second effect means, the first control means side does not matter whether the content of the specific effect corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process or not Execution control of the effect corresponding to the content of the specific effect is performed. This makes it possible to give priority to matching of the contents of the effect between the first effect means and the second effect means, and it becomes possible to make it difficult to cause a shift in the effect.

  Feature B10. The first side setting means can set a control information group corresponding to effects of different start timings during the specific continuation period from the content of one transmission information transmitted by the second control means. The gaming machine according to any one of features B1 to B9, which is characterized in that

  According to the feature B10, it is possible to suppress the transmission frequency of the transmission information in the second control means.

  Feature B11. The gaming machine according to any one of the features B1 to B10, wherein the second effect means is display means (symbol display device 31) having a display surface.

  In the configuration in which the effect is performed by the display means having the display surface, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

  In particular, since the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is set in the second control means on the side of display control of the display means, even if some kind of communication abnormality occurs, It is possible to continue updating the display on the display means. Since the effect on the display means is easily noticed by the player, by continuing the update of the display on the display means, the influence when the communication abnormality occurs is reduced.

  Feature B12. The gaming machine according to feature B11, wherein the first effect means is at least one of a sound output means (speaker unit 45) and a light emitting means (light emitting unit groups 71 to 73).

  In the configuration in which the effect is executed by the display means having the display surface and the effect is executed by at least one of the sound output means and the light emitting means, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

<Feature C group>
Feature C1. First control means (sound light side MPU 112) for controlling the first effect means (speaker unit 45, curtain plate movable unit 51, disk movable units 61a, 61b, light emitting unit groups 71 to 73);
Second control means (display side MPU 122) for controlling the second effect means (symbol display device 31);
Equipped with
The first control means is a first side execution means (sound light that causes the first effect means to execute the effect during the specific continuation period (during game play, in the opening / closing execution mode) when the predetermined start timing is triggered. Light emission control processing, sound output control processing, and movable object control processing in the side MPU 112)
The second control means is
Second side setting means (display side MPU 122) for setting a specific control information group (pattern data table, opening data table) used for causing the second effect means to execute the effect during the specific continuation period A function of executing the processing of step S802 and step S806);
A second side execution means for causing the second effect means to execute an effect during the specific continuation period by using information corresponding to the control execution timing in the specific control information group every time the control execution timing comes. (Function to execute task processing in display side MPU 122),
The second side transmission means (the command setting process in the display side MPU 122 is executed to transmit the transmission information to the first control means in accordance with the progress of the effect during the specific continuation period in the second effect means Function),
Equipped with
The first side execution means utilizes the transmission information transmitted by the second side transmission means, and the content of the effect to be executed by the first effect means during the specific continuation period is the effect of the second effect means It is possible to correspond to the content,
The second side transmission means does not transmit transmission information to the first control means each time the control execution timing comes, but transmits information to the first control means at a timing corresponding to a predetermined control execution timing. A game machine characterized by transmitting

  According to the feature C1, the first control means utilizes the transmission information transmitted from the second control means, and the content of the effect to be executed by the first effect means during the specific continuation period is the content of the effect in the second effect means Since it is the structure made to respond to, when performing presentation in the same period by each of the 1st presentation means and the 2nd presentation means, it becomes difficult to produce a gap in presentation of both.

  In this case, the second control means does not transmit the transmission information every time the control execution timing comes, but transmits the transmission information when the predetermined control execution timing comes, so the second control means It is possible to reduce the transmission frequency of transmission information in Thereby, the processing load of the second control means can be reduced.

  As described above, in the configuration using a plurality of control means, it is possible to perform control favorably.

  Feature C2. The specific control information group includes information that can specify the control content at each control execution timing during the specific continuation period, and in response to these control execution timings, toward the first control means The gaming machine according to feature C1, comprising transmission timing of transmission information to be transmitted.

  According to the feature C2, by referring to the specific control information group in each control execution timing in the second control means, it is possible to perform execution control of the effect during the specific continuation period, and toward the first control means It is also possible to specify the execution timing of the transmission information. Therefore, the information to be referred to in the second control means is aggregated, and the processing load can be reduced.

Feature C3. A plurality of effect ranges (notice display, reach) are different in the specific range effect (effect for game circulation, effect for opening / closing execution mode) executed during the specific continuation period in the second effect means. Display etc.), and
The game according to the feature C1 or C2, wherein the second side transmission means transmits the transmission information so that the start timing of each of the effect ranges can be specified by the first control means. Machine.

  According to the feature C3, since the second control means may transmit the transmission information according to each effect range, it is possible to suppress the transmission frequency of the transmission information. In addition, in the first control means, in the case where the contents of the effect to be executed by the first effect means correspond to the contents of the effect in the second effect means according to the transmission information transmitted by the second control means, each effect range The adjustment can be easily performed because the adjustment may be performed in units.

  Feature C4. From the transmission information transmitted by the second side transmission means, the first side execution means grasps the contents of the effect to be performed during the specific continuation period, any one of the features C1 to C3 The gaming machine according to 1 or 2.

  According to the feature C4, according to the transmission information transmitted by the second control means, the first control means not only causes the content of the effect to be executed by the first effect means to correspond to the content of the effect in the second effect means, but Since the content of the effect to be executed may be in accordance with the content determined in the second control means, the processing load can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the content of the effect is uniquely determined in the first control means.

  Feature C5. The first control means does not set a group of control information corresponding to the whole of the effects to be executed during the specific continuation period at one time, but the second control means determines each timing during the specific continuation period. The first side setting unit (an interruption area 162b in the sound side MPU 112 sets light emission data) which sets a control information group corresponding to a part of the effect to be executed during the specific continuation period in response to the transmission information being transmitted in The game machine according to any one of the features C1 to C4, characterized in that it has a function of setting and a function of setting sound output data from the data group for determination effect 152f.

  According to the feature C5, the control information group corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the specific continuation period is set on the second control means side. On the other hand, on the first control means side, the control information group corresponding to the whole is not set, and the specific continuation is performed according to the transmission information transmitted from the second control means at each timing during the specific continuation period. A control information group of a part of the effect to be executed during the period is set. Thus, the storage capacity required for the storage means for setting the control information group is reduced, as compared with the configuration in which the control information group corresponding to the whole is set on each of the first control means side and the second control means side. Is possible.

Feature C6. A plurality of effect ranges (notice display, reach) are different in the specific range effect (effect for game circulation, effect for opening / closing execution mode) executed during the specific continuation period in the second effect means. Display etc.), and
The gaming machine according to feature C5, wherein the control information group corresponding to the part is set in correspondence with the plurality of effect ranges.

  According to the feature C6, it is possible to suppress that the unit of the control information group becomes too thin and it is possible to appropriately suppress the setting frequency of the control information group in the first control means.

Feature C7. The second side execution means causes the second effect means to execute the specific range effect in the specific continuation period when the first control means transmits the transmission information due to the predetermined start trigger. And
The second side setting means sets the specific control information group when the first control means transmits transmission information due to the predetermined start trigger. Characteristic C5 Or the gaming machine described in C6.

  According to the feature C7, in the configuration in which the first control means side identifies the predetermined start trigger, the setting of the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is performed in the second With the configuration performed on the control means side, the processing load can be dispersed.

Feature C8. The first side setting means transmits the transmission information corresponding to the start of the specific range effect with respect to the transmission of the transmission information by the first control means having become the predetermined start trigger. 2) Means for setting a predetermined control information group (light emission data at the start of fluctuation, sound output data at the start of fluctuation) corresponding to the start of the specific range effect when the control means transmits (step S1202 in the sound side MPU 112 Function to execute the processing of
The game according to the feature C7, wherein the first side execution means starts the effect corresponding to the specific range effect after the first side setting means sets the predetermined control information group. Machine.

  According to the feature C8, in the configuration in which the first control means side identifies the predetermined start trigger, the first control means waits for the second control means to transmit the transmission information before waiting for the specific range effect Since the effect corresponding to is performed, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a shift in the start timing of the specific range effect.

Feature C9. The first control means is
Notification specifying means for specifying an occurrence of a notification target event (a function of executing the processing of step S 622 in the sound light side MPU 112);
Informing transmitting means for transmitting informing occurrence information to the second control means when the occurrence of the notification target event is specified in the informing specifying means (function to execute the processing of step S625 in the sound side MPU 112 )When,
Notification execution means for causing the first effect means to perform notification regardless of whether or not the second control means has sent the transmission information when occurrence of a notification target event is specified in the notification specifying means (Function of executing the processing of step S623, step S624, step S1602 and step S1809 in the sound light side MPU 112)
The gaming machine according to feature C8, comprising:

  According to the feature C9, when the specific range effect starts, the second control means waits until the transmission information is transmitted, whereas when the notification target event occurs, the second control means transmits the transmission information The first control means independently starts the notification without waiting until it is done. Thereby, it is possible to start the notification early, and to start the notification on the side of the first effect means even if the communication abnormality occurs between the first control means and the second control means. It becomes possible.

Feature C10. It has a bonus lottery execution means (function to execute the processes of step S301 and step S403 in the main side MPU 92) for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player,
The predetermined start trigger is a case where the benefit lottery process is executed, and the effect is performed during the specific continuation period when the benefit lottery process is executed.
The first control means stores and holds information of the result of the bonus lottery process that has triggered execution of the effect of the specific continuous period in the specific continuous period, any of the features C5 to C9 The gaming machine according to 1 or 2.

  According to the feature C10, in the configuration in which the setting of the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is performed by the second control unit, the first control unit Information is stored and kept. Thus, in the configuration in which the execution control of the effect is performed in accordance with the transmission information transmitted by the second control means in the first control means, it is possible to take the result of the bonus lottery process into consideration also in the execution control of the effect.

Feature C11. The second control means transmits transmission information to the first control means when a predetermined output timing of the specific duration comes, regardless of the result of the benefit lottery process.
Correspondence judging means which judges whether or not the first control means, when receiving the transmission information, corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery process to execute the benefit corresponding effect (decision effect) Function of executing the processing of step S1205 in the sound light side MPU 112,
The control information corresponding to the transmission information when it is determined that the content corresponding to the effect of the transmission information corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process in the correspondence determination unit. The gaming machine according to the feature C10, comprising means for setting a group (a function for making an affirmative determination in step S1207 of the sound light side MPU 112 and executing the process of step S1208).

  According to the feature C11, since the second control means only needs to transmit the transmission information to the first control means without considering the result of the bonus lottery process, the configuration for transmitting the transmission information can be optimized. Be In the first control means, information on the result of the bonus lottery process is stored and held, and it is determined whether the transmission information transmitted by the second control means corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process. In the case where the configuration for transmitting the transmission information of the second control means is optimized as described above in order to control the execution of the effect, the first control means side of the effect corresponding to the result of the bonus lottery process Execution control can be performed.

Feature C12. The second control means can transmit transmission information corresponding to the contents of the effect to be performed by the second effect means,
The first side setting means, when transmitting the transmission information corresponding to the second control means causing the second effect means to perform the specific effect (finalized effect), the execution of the effect corresponding to the specific effect Means for setting a control information group corresponding to the transmission information regardless of whether or not the result corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process (an affirmative determination is made in step S1203 in the sound side MPU 112 and step S1208 A game machine according to feature C11, characterized in that it has a function of executing the processing of

  According to the feature C12, when the specific effect is performed by the second effect means, the first control means does not matter whether or not the content of the specific effect corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process. Execution control of the effect corresponding to the content of the specific effect is performed. This makes it possible to give priority to matching of the contents of the effect between the first effect means and the second effect means, and it becomes possible to make it difficult to cause a shift in the effect.

  Feature C13. The first side setting means can set a control information group corresponding to effects of different start timings during the specific continuation period from the content of one transmission information transmitted by the second control means. The gaming machine according to any one of features C5 to C12, which is characterized in that

  According to the feature C13, it is possible to suppress the transmission frequency of the transmission information in the second control means.

  Feature C14. The gaming machine according to any one of the features C1 to C13, wherein the second effect means is display means (symbol display device 31) having a display surface.

  In the configuration in which the effect is performed by the display means having the display surface, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

  In particular, when the configuration of the feature C5 is provided, the control information group corresponding to the entire effect performed in the specific continuation period is set in the second control means for performing display control of the display means. Therefore, even if any communication abnormality occurs, it is possible to continue the update of the display on the display means. Since the effect on the display means is easily noticed by the player, by continuing the update of the display on the display means, the influence when the communication abnormality occurs is reduced.

  Feature C15. The gaming machine according to the feature C14, wherein the first effect means is at least one of a sound output means (speaker unit 45) and light emitting means (light emitting unit groups 71 to 73).

  In the configuration in which the effect is executed by the display means having the display surface and the effect is executed by at least one of the sound output means and the light emitting means, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

<Feature D group>
Feature D1. First control means (sound light side MPU 112) for controlling the first effect means (speaker unit 45, curtain plate movable unit 51, disk movable units 61a, 61b, light emitting unit groups 71 to 73);
Second control means (display side MPU 122) for controlling the second effect means (symbol display device 31);
Equipped with
The second control means transmits the predetermined transmission information to the first control means as the effect being executed by the second effect means progresses. Function to execute command setting processing in
The first control means is
Specifying means for specifying that the predetermined timing is reached when the second side transmission means transmits the predetermined transmission information (function of executing the process of step S1204 in the sound / light MPU 112);
When the specifying means specifies that the predetermined timing is reached, at least using information different from the information included in the predetermined transmission information (information of the game result stored in the held data area 161), the predetermined effect (Content determination means (function to execute the processing of step S1205 and step S1206 in the sound side MPU 112) for determining whether or not to execute (finalized effect) and at least one of the contents of the predetermined effect (finalized effect);
A game machine characterized by comprising:

  According to the feature D1, in the first control means, the predetermined timing is set by the predetermined transmission information transmitted from the second control means in accordance with the progress of the effect being executed in the second effect means. Is specified to execute the execution control of the effect of the first effect means, when the effect is executed in the same period in each of the first effect means and the second effect means, there is a gap in the effects of both It becomes difficult to occur.

  In this case, when the first control means specifies that the predetermined timing has been reached, whether or not the predetermined effect is to be executed using at least information different from the information included in the transmission information, and Determine at least one of the content. Thus, the predetermined transmission information may include information for causing the first control means to recognize that it is a predetermined timing, and includes information as to whether or not the predetermined effect is to be executed, and information as to the content of the predetermined effect. There is no need. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the data volume of the predetermined transmission information, reduce the processing load of the second control means, and facilitate the design while making the contents of the effect in the first effect means appropriate. .

  As described above, in the configuration using a plurality of control means, it is possible to perform control favorably.

Feature D2. It has a bonus lottery execution means (function to execute the processes of step S301 and step S403 in the main side MPU 92) for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player,
The information different from the information included in the predetermined transmission information includes the information of the result of the benefit lottery process (the information of the game result stored in the held data area 161) described in the feature D1. Of gaming machines.

  According to the feature D2, in the configuration in which the first control means determines whether or not to execute the predetermined effect in response to transmission of the transmission information from the second control means, and at least one of the contents of the predetermined effect, It is possible to take account of the result of the bonus lottery process when controlling the execution of the effect.

Feature D3. The content determination means
Correspondence judging means for judging whether or not executing the benefit corresponding effect (decision effect) as the predetermined effect corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery process when the specifying means specifies that the predetermined timing is reached. (Function to execute the process of step S1205 in the sound side MPU 112)
A first side setting means (step S1208 in the sound light side MPU 112) for setting a control information group corresponding to the benefit corresponding rendering when it is determined in the corresponding response determining unit that it corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery processing Function to execute processing),
A first side execution means (a light emission control process in the sound side MPU 112, a sound output control process and a movable object) which performs execution control of the effect of the first effect means using the control information group set by the first side setting means Function to execute control processing),
The gaming machine according to feature D2, comprising:

  According to the feature D3, since the second control means may transmit the transmission information to the first control means without considering the result of the benefit lottery process, the configuration for transmitting the transmission information is optimized. Be In addition, since the first control means determines whether or not the transmission information transmitted by the second control means corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery process, the execution control of the effect is performed as described above. When the configuration for transmitting transmission information is optimized for the control means, it is possible to perform execution control of effects corresponding to the result of the bonus lottery process on the first control means side.

  Feature D4. When the first side setting means transmits transmission information corresponding to the second side transmission means performing the specific effect (confirmed effect) by the second effect means, the effect corresponding to the specific effect Means for setting a control information group corresponding to the transmission information regardless of whether the execution corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process (affirmative determination is made in step S1203 in the sound side MPU 112 The gaming machine according to the feature D3, comprising a function of executing the processing of S1208.

  According to the feature D4, when the specific effect is performed by the second effect means, the first control means side does not matter whether the content of the specific effect corresponds to the result of the bonus lottery process or not Execution control of the effect corresponding to the content of the specific effect is performed. This makes it possible to give priority to matching of the contents of the effect between the first effect means and the second effect means, and it becomes possible to make it difficult to cause a shift in the effect.

  Feature D5. From the content of the predetermined transmission information, the specifying means can specify that the timing corresponding to the execution of the effect different from the predetermined effect can be specified according to any one of the features D1 to D4. Gaming machine.

  According to the feature D5, it is possible to integrate information into one predetermined transmission information, and it is possible to suppress the transmission frequency of the predetermined transmission information.

Feature D6. The second control means is
When a predetermined start opportunity is reached, a specific range effect (effect for game circulation, effect for opening / closing mode) is executed by the second effect means during a specific continuation period (during game turn, during opening / closing execution mode) Second side execution means (function to execute task processing in the display side MPU 122)
A second group of specific control information (a pattern data table, an opening data table) used to cause the second effect unit to execute the specific range effect when the predetermined start trigger is generated. Side setting means (function of executing the processing of step S802 and step S806 in the display MPU 122);
Equipped with
The specific control information group includes information that can specify the control content at each control execution timing during the specific continuation period, and in response to these control execution timings, toward the first control means A game machine according to any one of the features D1 to D5, including a transmission timing of transmission information to be transmitted.

  According to the feature D6, by referring to the specific control information group at each control execution timing in the second control means, it is possible to perform execution control of the effect during the specific continuation period, and toward the first control means It is also possible to specify the execution timing of the transmission information. Therefore, the information to be referred to in the second control means is aggregated, and the processing load can be reduced.

Feature D7. The specific range effect performed during the specific continuation period in the second effect means may include a plurality of effect ranges (for example, a notice display and a reach display) in which the effects of the effect are different.
The gaming machine according to the feature D6, wherein the second side transmission means transmits the transmission information so that the start timing of each effect range can be specified by the first control means.

  According to the feature D7, since the second control means may transmit the transmission information according to each effect range, it is possible to suppress the transmission frequency of the transmission information. In addition, in the first control means, in the case where the contents of the effect to be executed by the first effect means correspond to the contents of the effect in the second effect means according to the transmission information transmitted by the second control means, each effect range The adjustment can be easily performed because the adjustment may be performed in units.

  Feature D8. The first control means does not set a group of control information corresponding to the whole of the effects to be executed during the specific continuation period at one time, but the second control means determines each timing during the specific continuation period. First setting means (sound light side MPU 112) for setting a control information group (light emission data, sound output data) corresponding to a part of the effect to be executed during the specific continuation period, triggered by transmission of the transmission information at A game machine according to feature D6 or D7, characterized in that it has a function of setting light emission data in the interrupt area 162b and a function of setting sound output data from the final effect time data group 152f.

  According to the feature D8, the control information group corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the specific continuation period is set on the second control means side. On the other hand, on the first control means side, the control information group corresponding to the whole is not set, and the specific continuation is performed according to the transmission information transmitted from the second control means at each timing during the specific continuation period. A control information group of a part of the effect to be executed during the period is set. Thus, the storage capacity required for the storage means for setting the control information group is reduced, as compared with the configuration in which the control information group corresponding to the whole is set on each of the first control means side and the second control means side. Is possible.

Feature D9. The specific range effect performed during the specific continuation period in the second effect means may include a plurality of effect ranges (for example, a notice display and a reach display) in which the effects of the effect are different.
The gaming machine according to feature D8, wherein the control information group corresponding to the part is set in correspondence with the plurality of effect ranges.

  According to the feature D9, it is possible to suppress that the unit of the control information group becomes too thin, and it is possible to appropriately suppress the setting frequency of the control information group in the first control means.

Feature D10. The second side execution means causes the second effect means to execute the specific range effect in the specific continuation period when the first control means transmits the transmission information due to the predetermined start trigger. And
The second side setting means sets the specific control information group when the first control means transmits the transmission information in response to the predetermined start trigger. Characteristic D8 Or the game machine as described in D9.

  According to the feature D10, in the configuration in which the first control means side identifies the predetermined start trigger, the setting of the control information group corresponding to the whole of the effects performed in the specific continuation period is performed second With the configuration performed on the control means side, the processing load can be dispersed.

Feature D11. The first side setting means transmits the transmission information corresponding to the start of the specific range effect with respect to the transmission of the transmission information by the first control means having become the predetermined start trigger. 2) Means for setting a predetermined control information group (light emission data at the start of fluctuation, sound output data at the start of fluctuation) corresponding to the start of the specific range effect when the control means transmits (step S1202 in the sound side MPU 112 Function to execute the processing of
The game according to the feature D10, wherein the first side execution means starts the effect corresponding to the specific range effect after the first side setting means sets the predetermined control information group. Machine.

  According to the feature D11, in the configuration in which the first control means side identifies the predetermined start trigger, the first control means waits for the second control means to transmit the transmission information before waiting for the specific range effect Since the effect corresponding to is performed, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a shift in the start timing of the specific range effect.

Feature D12. The first control means is
Notification specifying means for specifying an occurrence of a notification target event (a function of executing the processing of step S 622 in the sound light side MPU 112);
Informing transmitting means for transmitting informing occurrence information to the second control means when the occurrence of the notification target event is specified in the informing specifying means (function to execute the processing of step S625 in the sound side MPU 112 )When,
Notification execution means for causing the first effect means to perform notification regardless of whether or not the second control means has sent the transmission information when occurrence of a notification target event is specified in the notification specifying means (Function of executing the processing of step S623, step S624, step S1602 and step S1809 in the sound light side MPU 112)
The gaming machine according to feature D11, comprising:

  According to the feature D12, when the specific range effect starts, the second control means waits until the transmission information is transmitted, whereas when the notification target event occurs, the second control means transmits the transmission information The first control means independently starts the notification without waiting until it is done. Thereby, it is possible to start the notification early, and to start the notification on the side of the first effect means even if the communication abnormality occurs between the first control means and the second control means. It becomes possible.

  Feature D13. The gaming machine according to any one of the features D1 to D12, wherein the second effect means is display means (symbol display device 31) having a display surface.

  In the configuration in which the effect is performed by the display means having the display surface, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

  In particular, when the configuration of the feature D6 is provided, the control information group corresponding to the whole of the effects to be executed in the specific continuation period is set in the second control means for performing display control of the display means. Therefore, even if any communication abnormality occurs, it is possible to continue the update of the display on the display means. Since the effect on the display means is easily noticed by the player, by continuing the update of the display on the display means, the influence when the communication abnormality occurs is reduced.

  Feature D14. The gaming machine according to the feature D13, wherein the first effect unit is at least one of a sound output unit (speaker unit 45) and a light emitting unit (light emitting unit group 71 to 73).

  In the configuration in which the effect is executed by the display means having the display surface and the effect is executed by at least one of the sound output means and the light emitting means, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above.

  The invention of the above-mentioned feature A group, the above-mentioned feature B group, the above-mentioned feature C group and the above-mentioned feature D group can solve the following problems.

  Pachinko machines, slot machines and the like are known as a type of gaming machine. A configuration is known in which effects are produced using a plurality of types of effect devices as these gaming machines.

  For example, a configuration is known in which effects are produced using at least a display device such as a liquid crystal display device and a speaker. In this case, a sound corresponding to the display content on the display device is output from the speaker. Further, for example, a configuration is known in which effects are produced using at least a light emitting unit such as an LED and a speaker, and in this case, the light emitting unit is controlled by a lighting pattern according to the content of sound output from the speaker . Further, for example, a configuration is known in which effects are produced using at least the display device and the movable object, and in this case, the operation of the movable object is started according to the display content on the display device.

  In the configuration in which effects are produced using a plurality of types of effect devices as in the above example etc., the processing load is dispersed by making control means for performing effect execution control different between a predetermined effect device and a specific effect device. It becomes possible. In this case, in a configuration that uses a plurality of control means, a configuration that can perform control well is required.

<Feature E group>
Feature E1. Effect means (light emitting unit groups 71 to 73) capable of executing effects;
An information setting unit (in the sound light side MPU 112) that sets a control information group (light emission data) used to execute a rendering in the rendering unit so that it can be used when performing the rendering control of the rendering unit A function of reading out light emission data),
The execution means (the sound light side MPU 112 causes the effect means to execute the effect during the predetermined period by using the information corresponding to the control execution timing in the control information group when the control execution timing comes. Function to execute light emission control processing),
Equipped with
The information setting means
Source information reading means (Step S1402, Step S1406, Step S1409 and Step S1415 in the sound side MPU 112) for reading out from the storage means (the sound side ROM 113) the source information (pallet data) used to set the control information group Function to execute processing),
Deriving means for deriving the control information group by applying setting information (start position information, duration data) to the original information read by the original information reading means Function),
Equipped with
A game machine characterized in that the deriving means can derive different control information groups by applying different setting information to the original information.

  According to the feature E1, different control information groups are derived by applying different setting information to the original information. Thereby, the storage capacity required in the storage unit is reduced as compared with a configuration in which a control information group different for each type of effect executed during a predetermined period is stored in the storage unit at the game machine manufacturing stage. Is possible. As mentioned above, it becomes possible to perform execution control of production suitably.

Feature E2. The derivation means is
A unit for applying first setting information (start position number) to the original information (a function of executing the processing of step S1504 in the sound light side MPU 112);
A unit for applying second setting information (duration data) to the original information (a function of executing the processing of step S1505 in the sound light side MPU 112);
Equipped with
The storage means includes type relationship information (data selection table) that defines the correspondence between the source information to be used, the type of the first setting information to be applied to the source information, and the type of the second setting information. The gaming machine according to the feature E1, wherein 151 g) is stored.

  According to the feature E2, since at least the first setting information and the second setting information are applied to the original information to derive the control information group, the control information derived from the one piece of original information It is possible to diversify groups. In this case, type relationship information that defines the correspondence between the original information to be used and the type of first setting information and the type of second setting information applied to the original information is stored in advance in the storage unit. Because of the configuration, the process for identifying the correspondence between the original information and each setting information can be simplified.

Feature E3. A plurality of pieces of the original information are stored in the storage unit,
The gaming machine according to feature E1 or E2, wherein the setting information applicable to one piece of the original information is plural.

  According to the feature E3, it is possible to realize diversification of the control information group while suppressing the storage capacity required in the storage means.

  Feature E4. The storage means stores correspondence relationship information (start position data group 151b) that defines the correspondence relationship between the original information to be used and the setting information to be applied to the original information. The gaming machine described in E3.

  According to the feature E4, the process for specifying the correspondence between the original information and the setting information can be simplified.

Feature E5. In the original information, the content of the switching destination when the rendering content in the rendering means is sequentially switched is defined,
The derivation means indicates, as the setting information, a start reference indicating which one of the switching destination contents among the plurality of switching destination contents defined in the original information starts the effect in the rendering means The gaming machine according to any one of the features E1 to E4, further comprising means for applying information (starting position number) (a function of executing the processing of step S1504 in the sound light side MPU 112).

  According to the feature E5, a plurality of control information groups can be derived from one piece of original information by a simple method of making the start reference information different, thereby diversifying the control information groups while suppressing the storage capacity. This can be realized while facilitating design.

Feature E6. In the original information, the content of the switching destination when the rendering content in the rendering means is sequentially switched is defined,
A means for applying, as the setting information, continuation reference information (duration time data) indicating a continuation period when continuing each content of the switching destination determined in the original information as the setting information (sound light side A game machine according to any one of features E1 to E5, comprising the function of executing the process of step S1505 in the MPU 112.

  According to the feature E6, a plurality of control information groups can be derived from one piece of original information by a simple method of making the continuation reference information different, and diversification of the control information groups while suppressing the storage capacity, This can be realized while facilitating design.

Feature E7. The effect means includes a plurality of unit effect means (LEDs 71a to 73a),
The derivation unit is configured to use the same original information for the plurality of unit effect units, and for at least the first unit effect unit and the second unit effect unit that are different among the plurality of unit effect units. It is characterized by including a first derivation unit (a function of executing the processing of step S1502 to step S1508 in the sound light side MPU 112) for deriving different control information groups by applying information. The gaming machine according to any one of E1 to E6.

  According to the feature E7, it is possible to derive different control information groups in a plurality of unit effect means while using the same original information. As a result, even when different effects are performed among a plurality of unit effect means, the same original information can be used, so diversification of effects can be achieved while suppressing the storage capacity.

Feature E8. The effect means includes a plurality of unit effect means (LEDs 71a to 73a),
The derivation means is
First deriving means (function of executing processing of step S1502 to step S1508 in the sound light side MPU 112) using the same original information for the plurality of unit effect means;
Second deriving means (a function of executing the processing of step S1510 to step S1518 in the sound / light MPU 112) using different pieces of original information for some of the plurality of unit effect means;
The gaming machine according to any one of the features E1 to E7, comprising:

  According to the feature E8, it is possible to switch between a simple effect mode and a complex effect mode simply by changing the number of pieces of original information used for a plurality of unit effect means.

  Feature E9. The second deriving unit is a unit that applies application target information (list data, group data) indicating the type of the original information to be applied to each of the plurality of unit effect units as the setting information (sound light side MPU 112 A game machine according to Feature E8, characterized in that it has a function of executing the processing of step S1511 and step S1512 in

  According to the feature E9, in the case of applying different original information among a plurality of unit rendering means, it is only necessary to refer to the application target information, so that the application processing can be simplified.

Feature E10. The effect means is a light emitting means,
The control information group is for determining a light emission pattern of the light emitting means during the predetermined period,
The game machine according to any one of the features E1 to E9, characterized in that contents of switching destination when light emission contents in the light emitting means are sequentially switched are determined in the original information.

  According to the feature E10, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above regarding the light emission control of the light emitting means.

  In addition, the invention of the above-mentioned feature E group can solve the following problems.

  Pachinko machines, slot machines and the like are known as a type of gaming machine. These game machines are provided with a control device having a CPU, a ROM, or one formed of a CPU, a ROM, etc. in one chip, and the control device displays a display device (for example, a liquid crystal display device) and a light emitting unit There is known a configuration in which an effect is performed by controlling an effect device such as a speaker or the like.

  The control device reads out data that determines the content of the effect, and controls the execution of the effect by executing a process corresponding to the read data. Specifically, in display control of the display device, for example, data corresponding to the contents of the effect to be executed by the control device is read, and the display device is caused to perform predetermined display using the read data. The composition which controls display production is considered. In addition, in the light emission control of the light emitting unit, for example, data corresponding to the contents of the effect to be executed in the control device is read, and the light emitting unit is made to emit light in a predetermined pattern using the read data. A configuration to control can be considered. Further, in the sound output control of the speaker, for example, data corresponding to the contents of the effect to be executed in the control device is read, and a predetermined sound is output from the speaker using the read data, thereby producing sound output effect. A configuration to control can be considered.

  Here, it is preferable that there are many types of effects to be executed by a predetermined effect device, and there is room for improvement in the control method in increasing the types of effects.

<Feature F group>
Feature F1. Output means (speaker unit 45, light emitting unit groups 71 to 73) capable of executing at least one of presentation and notification;
Information setting means (sound source side MPU 112 for setting control information group (sound output data, light emission data) used to operate the output means to be available when output control of the output means is performed A function of reading out sound output data, a function of reading out light emission data in the sound light side MPU 112, and
Execution means for operating the output means by using information corresponding to the control execution timing in the control information group when the control execution timing comes (function to execute sound output control processing in the sound side MPU 112 , A function of executing light emission control processing in the sound light side MPU 112),
Equipped with
A plurality of storage areas (a first sound output area 171 to a sixteenth sound output area 186, a base area 162a, an interrupt area 162b and a notification area 162c) in which the control information group can be set,
When the control information group is stored in a plurality of the storage areas, the execution means operates the output means by using a part of the control information group among the control information groups. A gaming machine characterized by having a certain feature.

  According to the feature F1, in a situation where output control of the output means is performed using one control information group, it is necessary to perform output control of the output means using another control information group. Also, the other control information group can be stored separately from the one control information group. Thereby, it is possible to perform various operations according to the situation in one output means. Further, since it is possible to leave the control information group corresponding to the former operation when switching from one operation to the next operation, it is possible to reduce the processing load when returning to the former operation. From the above, it becomes possible to preferably use the output means.

Feature F2. The control information group includes designation information (pointer information) that enables identification of information corresponding to each control execution timing,
The execution means operates the output means in a mode corresponding to the control information group by reading out and using information corresponding to the designation information from the control information group,
Among the control information groups stored in the plurality of storage areas, the designation information of the control information group not used by the execution means is also the control information group of the control information group being used. A feature F1 characterized by including updating means (a function of executing the processing of step S1610 in the sound light side MPU 112, a function of executing the processing of step S1814 in the sound light side MPU 112) to be updated when updating is performed. The gaming machine described in.

  According to the feature F2, when the use of the control information group which has been used previously is discontinued and the use of another control information group is started, the use of the other control information group is ended and the first use is made. When returning to the state where the control information group has been used, at the return timing, the same operation as in the case where the control information group used previously is continuously used is performed by the output means. As a result, even if interrupt use of another control information group occurs, it is possible to cause the output unit to perform an operation according to the elapsed time.

  In particular, in the configuration in which the operation of the output unit is performed in association with the other output unit, it is possible to secure the correspondence with the operation in the other output unit.

Feature F3. In the control information group stored in the plurality of storage areas, the priority in the case of using the output means is determined,
When the control information group is stored in a plurality of the storage areas, the execution means targets the control information group having the high priority when using a part of the control information group. The gaming machine according to feature F1 or F2, characterized in that

  According to the feature F3, in the configuration in which a plurality of control information groups are simultaneously stored, the control information group having a high priority is to be used, so that the operation in the output means can be made appropriate. In addition, even when a plurality of control information groups are stored simultaneously, it is possible to easily select a control information group to be used by comparing the priorities. Therefore, the process for selecting the control information group to be used can be simplified.

  Feature F4. The gaming machine according to feature F3, wherein the plurality of storage areas are provided in correspondence with the priorities.

  According to the feature F4, since the priority is set in units of storage areas, there is no need to compare the priorities for each control information group when selecting the control information group to be used. Therefore, the process for selecting the control information group to be used can be simplified.

Feature F5. The execution means is
Notification execution means (function of executing processing of step S1602 in the sound side MPU 112) that causes the output means to execute notification when the control information group for notification is to be used;
Effect executing means for causing the output means to execute an effect when the control information group for effect is to be used (function to execute the processing of step S1604 and step S1605 in the sound side MPU 112) When,
Equipped with
The gaming machine according to feature F3 or F4, wherein the control information group for notification has a higher priority than the control information group for effect.

  According to the feature F5, execution of the notification can be prioritized over the execution of the effect, and in the case where priority is given to the execution of the notification, only comparison of the priorities may be performed, thereby simplifying the process.

Feature F6. The execution means is
A base execution unit (a function of executing the processing of step S1605 in the sound light side MPU 112) that causes a base operation to be performed by the output unit when the control information group for base is to be used;
Interrupt execution means (function of executing the processing of step S1604 in the sound side MPU 112) that causes the output means to perform an interrupt operation when the control information group for interrupt is to be used;
Equipped with
The gaming machine according to any one of features F3 to F5, wherein the control information group for interrupt has a higher priority than the control information group for the base.

  According to the feature F6, the interrupt operation can be prioritized and executed relative to the base operation, and the design of the operation in the output means can be facilitated. In addition, when priority is given to the interrupt operation, it is only necessary to compare the priorities, so that the processing can be simplified.

Feature F7. Among the plurality of storage areas, at least the specific storage area (interrupt area 162b) is configured such that a storage instruction of a new control information group can be generated in a situation where the control information group is already stored in the specific storage area. Yes,
In the control information group stored in the specific storage area, a storage priority (light emission side priority) in storing the specific storage area is determined.
When an instruction to store a new control information group is generated in a situation where the control information group is already stored in the specific storage area, the control information group that is already stored has the new control information group rather than the new control information group. When the storage priority is high, the state in which the control information group already stored is stored is maintained without executing the storage process of the new control information group, and the new control information group is the above-described one. Writing means for overwriting the new control information group on the specific storage area when the storage priority is higher than the control information group already stored (Execute the processing of step S 1412 to step S 1416 in the sound side MPU 112 The gaming machine according to any one of the features F1 to F6, characterized in that

  According to the feature F7, when determining the control information group to be stored in the specific storage area, it is only necessary to compare the storage priorities, so simplification of the process in the case of storing the control information group in the specific storage area is It is possible.

Feature F8. It has a bonus lottery execution means (function to execute the processes of step S301 and step S403 in the main side MPU 92) for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player,
The execution means is
A confirmation execution unit that causes the output unit to execute an effect for determining the occurrence of a benefit when the control information group for determining the occurrence of a benefit is to be used;
Expectation execution means for causing the output means to execute effects for expectation of benefit occurrence when the control information group for benefit occurrence expectation is to be used;
Equipped with
The gaming machine according to Feature F7, wherein the storage priority of the control information group for determining the bonus occurrence is higher than that of the control information group for the bonus generation expectation.

  According to the feature F8, it is possible to give priority to the execution of the effect for the bonus generation determination. Further, in the case of giving priority to the execution of the effect for determining the bonus occurrence, it is only necessary to compare the storage priorities, so that the processing in the case of storing the control information group in the specific storage area can be simplified.

Feature F9. The effect means is a light emitting means,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features F1 to F8, wherein the control information group is for determining a light emission pattern of the light emitting means during the predetermined period.

  According to the feature F9, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above regarding the light emission control of the light emitting means.

<Feature G group>
Feature G1. Output means (light emitting unit groups 71 to 73) capable of executing at least one of presentation and notification;
Information setting means for storing a control information group (light emission data) used to operate the output means in a specific storage area (interrupt area 162b) so that it can be used when performing output control of the output means (Function to execute readout processing of light emission data in the sound side MPU 112)
Execution means for operating the output means by using information corresponding to the control execution timing in the control information group set in the specific storage area when the control execution timing is reached (sound light side MPU 112 Function to execute the light emission control process in
Equipped with
In the control information group stored in the specific storage area, a storage priority (light emission side priority) in storing the specific storage area is determined.
When an instruction to store a new control information group is generated in a situation where the control information group is already stored in the specific storage area, the control information group that is already stored has the new control information group rather than the new control information group. When the storage priority is high, the state in which the control information group already stored is stored is maintained without executing the storage process of the new control information group, and the new control information group is the above-described one. Writing means for overwriting the new control information group on the specific storage area when the storage priority is higher than the control information group already stored (Execute the processing of step S 1412 to step S 1416 in the sound side MPU 112 Game machine characterized by having the following functions.

  According to the feature G1, when it is necessary to perform output control of the output means using another control information group in a situation where output control of the output means is performed using one control information group Can be switched to output control using the control information group of This makes it possible to perform various operations according to the situation in one output means.

  Further, in a configuration where a new control information group can be overwritten even in the situation where the control information group is already stored in the specific storage area, a state in which the control information group having high storage priority is stored in the specific storage area Therefore, the operation of the output means can be made appropriate. Furthermore, in the case of determining the control information group to be stored in the specific storage area, it is only necessary to compare the storage priorities, so that the processing in the case of storing the control information group in the specific storage area can be simplified. From the above, it becomes possible to preferably use the output means.

Feature G2. It has a bonus lottery execution means (function to execute the processes of step S301 and step S403 in the main side MPU 92) for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player,
The execution means is
A confirmation execution unit that causes the output unit to execute an effect for determining the occurrence of a benefit when the control information group for determining the occurrence of a benefit is to be used;
Expectation execution means for causing the output means to execute effects for expectation of benefit occurrence when the control information group for benefit occurrence expectation is to be used;
Equipped with
The gaming machine according to feature G1, wherein the control information group for determining the bonus occurrence has a higher storage priority than the control information group for expecting the bonus generation.

  According to the feature G2, it is possible to give priority to the execution of the effect for confirmation of the bonus occurrence. Further, in the case of giving priority to the execution of the effect for determining the bonus occurrence, it is only necessary to compare the storage priorities, so that the processing in the case of storing the control information group in the specific storage area can be simplified.

Feature G3. The output means is a light emitting means,
The gaming machine according to feature G1 or G2, wherein the control information group is for determining a light emission pattern of the light emitting means during a predetermined period.

  According to the feature G3, it is possible to obtain the excellent effects as described above with respect to the light emission control of the light emitting means.

  The invention of the above-mentioned feature F group and the above-mentioned feature G group can solve the following problems.

  Pachinko machines, slot machines and the like are known as a type of gaming machine. These game machines are provided with a control device having a CPU, a ROM, or one formed of a CPU, a ROM, etc. in one chip, and the control device displays a display device (for example, a liquid crystal display device) and a light emitting unit There is known a configuration in which an effect or notification is executed by controlling an output device such as a speaker or the like.

  In the said control apparatus, the data which decide the content of a production | presentation or alerting | reporting are read, and execution of a production | presentation or alerting | reporting is controlled by performing the process corresponding to the read-out data. Specifically, in display control of the display device, for example, data corresponding to the contents of presentation or notification to be executed by the control device is read, and the display device is caused to perform predetermined display using the read data. Thus, a configuration is conceivable in which the execution of the display effect and the notification display is controlled. In addition, in the light emission control of the light emission unit, for example, data corresponding to the contents of presentation or notification to be executed in the control device is read, and light emission is performed by emitting light in a predetermined pattern using the read data. A configuration may be considered to control the execution of the effect and the notification light. In addition, in the sound output control of the speaker, for example, data corresponding to the contents of presentation or notification to be executed in the control device is read, and a predetermined sound is output from the speaker by using the read data. A configuration is conceivable in which the execution of presentation and notification sound output is controlled.

  Here, a suitable control method is required for execution of presentation and notification.

  The basic configuration of the gaming machine to which each of the above features can be applied or applied to each of the features is described below.

  Pachinko gaming machine: operation means operated by a player, game ball firing means for firing game balls based on the operation of the operation means, a ball passage for guiding the fired game balls to a predetermined game area, and a game A gaming machine comprising: each gaming component arranged in an area, and providing a bonus to a player when a gaming ball passes through a predetermined passing portion of the gaming components.

  Throttle type gaming machines such as slot machines: A pattern display device for variably displaying a plurality of patterns, variable display of the plurality of patterns is started due to the operation of the start operation means, and the cause is due to the operation of the stop operation means And / or a variable display of the plurality of symbols is stopped when a predetermined time elapses, and a game machine which provides a bonus to the player according to the symbols after the stop.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 31 ... symbol display apparatus, 45 ... speaker part, 48 ... production operation apparatus, 51 ... curtain board movable unit, 61a, 61b ... disk movable unit, 71-73 ... light emission part group, 71a-73a ... LED , 92: sound side MPU, 113: sound side ROM, 122: display side MPU, 151 b: start position data group, 151 g: data selection table, 161: holding data area, 162 a: for base Area 162b ... area for interruption, 162c ... area for notification, 171 to 186 ... sound output area.

Claims (1)

First control means for controlling the first effect means;
Second control means for controlling the second effect means;
Bonus lottery execution means for executing bonus lottery processing of whether or not to award the bonus to the player;
Equipped with
In a gaming machine on which, after variation display of a pattern is started, a stop result of the variation display of the pattern corresponding to the result of the bonus lottery process is displayed,
The second control means includes a second side transmission means for transmitting predetermined transmission information to the first control means in accordance with the progress of the effect being executed by the second effect means.
The first control means is
An identifying unit that identifies that the predetermined timing is reached when the second transmission unit transmits the predetermined transmission information;
It is a case where it specifies that the said specific means is a predetermined timing, and it is performed when a result of the above-mentioned bonus lottery processing is a winning result, and is not performed when a result of the above-mentioned bonus lottery processing is a out result Means for executing a predetermined process in a situation where executing the step corresponds to the result of the benefit lottery process;
A first side setting unit configured to set a control information group corresponding to the benefit corresponding presentation when the predetermined process is executed;
Execution of the effect of the first effect means so that the privilege corresponding effect is executed before the stop result of the fluctuation display of the pattern is displayed using the control information group set by the first side setting means First side execution means for performing control;
A game machine characterized by comprising:

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