JP2019088410A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine achieving a presentation capable of effectively enhancing expectation degree for a winning.SOLUTION: During an easy ball entrance state, in a case of a final symbol variation before reaching the end time of the state, a variation pattern with a relatively long variation time is selected. During the easy ball entrance state, in a situation where reserved lottery values are a plurality of pieces at a time point when a final symbol variation before reaching the end time of the state is started, a display of a special variation presentation is determined that is a presentation content indicating whether or not a winning is included in the plurality of pieces of lottery values, and that is a presentation content for causing an appearance of being viewed as one symbol variation presentation over a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the plurality of pieces of lottery values. Further, if a new ball entrance occurs to a start port after a display start of the special variation presentation, a determination can be made for a replacement to a special variation presentation for indicating whether or not a winning is included in the plurality of pieces of lottery values over a plurality of symbol variation periods related to a plurality of pieces of lottery values including a new lottery value (caused by the new entrance).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 33

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a game area where game balls are fired.

  Conventionally, among various types of ball and ball game machines, the so-called first-class pachinko game machines have changed a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided approximately at the center of the game board. Display (Hereafter, such a display is called "pattern fluctuation" or "variation display", etc.). This gaming machine shifts to a so-called big hit special game in which more prize balls are obtained than in the normal game when the combination of symbols when stopping the symbol variation in a plurality of rows becomes a specific mode It is known as a thing. The fluctuation display of symbols in the display area is not only the fluctuation display of a plurality of symbols, but also the time of the fluctuation display in the state of big hit if one more symbol is aligned as in the state called so-called reach screen It is designed to increase the player's expectation, for example, to make it longer than that. In addition, the player's sense of expectation is also enhanced by the effect of giving a story to the variable display by using the character in the image of the symbol or the like, and the notice effect which predicts the height of the transition expectation to the special game in advance. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2003-230714 JP, 2016-150060, A

  While game machines of various specifications are developed, depending on the specification, there may be a situation where the probability of appearance of the next big hit is increased, and depending on the situation, the player's expectation for the big hit can be more effectively enhanced There was no design or was being explored.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine which realizes an effect capable of effectively enhancing the expectation of hitting.

  In order to solve the above problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided at a predetermined position of a game area where a game area is formed and a game area, and entry of game balls is a trigger for lottery A starting opening, a pass / fail judgment means for executing a judgment on the basis of a lottery value acquired on the basis of entering a ball to the starting opening, and a special symbol display device in which a special symbol for indicating the result of the judgment of winning is variably displayed. The fluctuation pattern determination means selects any of the fluctuation patterns of the special symbol from the plurality of fluctuation patterns, each of which is determined based on the result of the judgment, and the lottery value until the fluctuation display of the symbol corresponding to the judgment of the judgment Hold control means for temporarily storing a predetermined number as the upper limit number, special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than a normal game when the result of the judgment of success is a big hit, Special Gaming The specific game control means to shift to the specific game state where the ease of acquiring a hit in the normal game is more advantageous than the normal state from the end to the predetermined end, the effect display device in which the effect contents are displayed, and the effect The system further comprises: an effect determination means for determining the effect contents to be displayed on the display device; and an effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display the effect contents determined by the effect determination means. Judgment means, fluctuation pattern determination means, special game control means, and hold control means are provided in the main control device that controls the basic operation of the game, and the effect determination means and effect display control means control the game operation The main control unit transmits information on the lottery value to the sub-control unit when entering the starting opening, and the variation pattern determination unit suspends control when the result of the determination of acceptance or rejection is out. Using a table according to the number of lottery values stored by the means, one of a normal out-of-out fluctuation pattern having a relatively long fluctuation time and a shortened fluctuation pattern having a relatively short fluctuation time is selected In the case of the last symbol variation reaching its end in the state, a variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected, and the effect determining means determines that the end is reached in the specific gaming state. Under the situation that the lottery value stored by the suspension control means is plural at the time when the symbol fluctuation is started, one symbol fluctuation effect over plural symbol fluctuation periods corresponding to plural lottery values Determine the display of the special variation effect that is the effect content that is shown in the show content and indicates whether or not the hit is included in the plurality of lottery values, and after the display of the special variation effect is started, the ball is newly entered to the starting opening If there is a hit, whether or not the hit is included in the plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the plurality of lottery values including the lottery value corresponding to the new entry A decision may be made to replace the special variation effect to indicate.

  Note that any combination of the above-described components, or any of the components and expressions of the present invention replaced by a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium storing a computer program, a data structure, etc. Is effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the ball and ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to realize an effect capable of effectively enhancing the expectation of hitting.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure showing a functional block of a pachinko game machine. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of a main board | substrate. It is a figure which shows the success / failure determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success / failure determination table referred by the prior success / failure determination. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a sub board | substrate. It is a figure which shows the outline of a portable cooperation system typically. FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of a main substrate and a sub substrate. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of a presentation control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the main board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main process of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of interruption processing. It is a flowchart which shows the control start process of the sub board | substrate in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main processing of S518 in FIG. 16 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing at the time of receiving a command from a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when the timer interruption for production display control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when a sub CPU receives a command from control CPU. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption processing when the timer interruption for various device control generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a decorative symbol variation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a special game. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a small hit game. It is a time chart which shows typically the correspondence of the symbol change period of a special symbol, and special change production. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the presence or absence of execution of special fluctuation production in a definite change state, and the number of pending. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen which displays a fluctuation production in a definite change state. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the decision processing of the special variation production in 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of the pachinko game machine which concerns on an Example. It is a figure showing a functional block of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows typically the success / failure determination table which concerns on an Example. It is a time chart which shows typically the relation of the special change production which straddles a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods, and each symbol fluctuation period from the last period of a ball entering easy state to a normal state. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the decision processing of the special variation production in 2nd Example. It is a time chart which shows typically the relation of the special change production which straddles a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods, and each symbol fluctuation period from the last period of the ball entering easy state in the 1st modification to a normal state. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the determination process of the special fluctuation production in a 1st modification. It is a time chart which shows typically the relation of the special change production which straddles a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods, and each symbol fluctuation period from the last period of the ball entering easy state in the 2nd modification over a normal state.

(Prerequisite technology)
In the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment, a plurality of games corresponding to the conventional first pachinko gaming machine are mixed. The second game is preferentially executed so that the first game and the second game as the plurality of games are not simultaneously executed. In addition, in order to make these game characteristics compatible, a plurality of start winning opening, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of holding lamps are provided. It is designed such that the jackpot in the second game is substantially greater than the jackpot in the first game. For example, there is a high probability that the second game will be a big hit with a definite change, and the number of unit games constituting a special game when the second game is a big hit is large (the opening time of the big winning opening A long open unit game and a short open unit game with a short open time are mixed in one special game, and the second game has a longer open unit game than the first game even with the same unit game number The second game is designed to be relatively higher in profit than the first game, such as when the number of players is large. On top of that, first the game is aimed at the first hit in the first game, and after the time reduction is awarded in the big game in the first game, the game characteristic of repeatedly aiming the second game and gaining many balls is obtained. To realize.

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

  The transparent plate 103 is formed of glass or the like, and is supported by the door 104. The door 104 is openably and closably attached to the front frame 102 by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 105 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, removing the game balls from the lower ball tray 106, and the like. The lower ball tray 106 has a mechanism for storing and removing game balls. At the upper part of the door 104, speakers 108 are provided on the left and right, and means for controlling the effect output sound of sound effects and music according to the game state and effects. Most of the resin members that make up the appearance of the door 104 are translucent, and the decorative lamp 111 is provided inside the transparent member. The decoration lamp 111 is an LED that emits light in various colors according to the game state, the effect, and the like by means for controlling the effect, and plays a role by causing blinking and the like.

  The game board 80 has a first start port 11, a second start port 12, a special winning port 20, a first operating port 31, a second operating port 32, and a general winning port 33 on the game area 81 divided by the rails 82. , An out port 34, an effect display device 60, and a center decoration 64. The center decoration 64 is a decorative resin member provided to form a screen frame of the effect display device 60 over substantially the central portion of the game area 81 and the upper and right portions thereof. It has 60 functions such as protection and decoration. A stage 65 is formed on the lower part of the center decoration 64, and the falling direction from the stage 65 enters the first starting opening 11 and the first starting opening 11 depending on how it rolls. It is distributed to the side direction that does not enter the ball. At the upper part of the center decoration 64, a movable character 66 which is driven along the effect contents to perform an effect operation is provided. In the game area 81, mechanisms such as a plurality of game nails and a windmill (not shown) for forming flow paths of game balls are installed. In addition, in this specification, "ball entering", "winning", and "dropping" may be mutually synonymous. In addition, each winning opening and each entrance may be configured by a type of "passing opening" (also called "gate" or "through chucker", etc.) through which the game ball passes. "Paid", "dropped in" and "passing" may also be synonymous with each other.

  The first starting opening 11 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to a first game, and the second starting opening 12 is provided as a starting winning opening corresponding to a second game. The first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12 are configured to be able to aim for entering one of the balls according to the strength of the game ball firing according to the player's intention. The first start opening 11 is provided at a lower central portion of the game area 81, and the second start opening 12 is provided immediately below the first start opening 11. If the player strikes against the left, that is, it aims to flow to the left passage of the center decoration 64 and hits relatively weakly, it is possible or easier to enter the first start opening 11 and the second start opening 12 while hitting the right In other words, if the ball is aimed to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64 and the ball is hit relatively strongly, it is possible or impossible to enter the second starting opening 12 but not allowed to enter the first starting opening 11 Or, a flow path is formed by the arrangement of the game nail so as to make it difficult to enter the ball. However, since the upper side of the opening of the second start opening 12 is normally covered by the first start opening 11 and the inflow of gaming balls is prevented, the second start opening unless the expansion mechanism of the second start opening 12 is opened. It is impossible to enter or difficult to enter 12 The success or failure lottery is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game which is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and is executed each time the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12 is entered. Ru.

  In addition, the first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12 may be provided at positions separated from each other to such an extent that a target can be hit by the strength of the game ball. The first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12 may be installed separately on the left side and the right side of the game area 81, and it may be difficult for the game ball aiming at one to hardly enter the other. For example, the first starting port 11 is provided at a position where it can enter or easily enter when hitting relatively weakly by aiming to flow to the left passage of the left side, that is, the center decoration 64. The second starting opening 12 is provided at a position where it is possible to enter or easily enter the ball when striking relatively strongly by aiming to flow to the right passage of the center decoration 64, that is, to strike the right.

  The first start opening 11 includes a first start winning detection device 16. The first start winning detection device 16 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the first starting opening 11, and generates, when entering the ball, first start winning information indicating the entering of the ball. The second start opening 12 includes a second start winning detection device 17, an ordinary electric combination 90 (so-called electric tulip) which is an expansion mechanism, and an ordinary combination electric solenoid 91 for opening and closing the ordinary combination 90. Prepare. The second start winning detection device 17 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the second starting opening 12, and generates second start winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered.

  The first operation opening 31 is provided on the left side of the game area 81 and includes a first passage detection device 36. The first passage detection device 36 is a sensor that detects the passage of the gaming ball to the first operation opening 31, and generates passage information indicating the passage when passing. The second operation port 32 is provided at the right side position of the game area 81 and includes a second passage detection device 37. The second passage detection device 37 is a sensor that detects the passage of the gaming ball to the second operation opening 32, and generates passage information indicating the passage when passing. The passage of the game ball to the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32 is an opportunity for an open lottery to determine whether or not the ordinary motorized jack 90 is to be expanded. When the gaming ball passes through the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32, an ordinary symbol, which is a symbol indicating the determination result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the ordinary symbol display unit 45. Therefore, the open lottery is also called "normal symbol lottery". After a predetermined time has passed from the start of the fluctuation, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is stopped. When the ordinary symbol stops at the symbol of the hit, the ordinary electric symbol 90 is expanded by the driving force of the ordinary electric symbol solenoid 91, and the possibility of entering the second starting opening 12 is increased. As a modification, the number of operation openings may be one, and may be provided on the left side of the game area 81.

  The three general winning openings 33 each include a general winning detection device 38 for detecting entry of the gaming ball. The general winning detection device 38 is a sensor that detects the entry of the gaming ball into the general winning opening 33, and generates general winning information indicating the entry when entering the ball.

  The special winning opening 20 includes a special winning detection device 25 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a special winning opening solenoid 92 for opening and closing the special winning opening 20. The big winning detection device 25 is a sensor that detects the entry of the gaming ball into the big winning opening 20, and generates the winning entry winning information indicating the entry when the ball is entered. The special winning opening 20 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a "big hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined manner. The special winning opening 20 is provided at the upper right position of the out opening 34. Note that, as a modification, one more large winning opening may be provided above the lower center of the game area 81 or above or below the large winning opening 20, and a plurality of large winning openings may be provided. The out port 34 is a discharge port through which gaming balls that do not enter any of the winning ports are discharged, and includes an out detection device 39. The out detection device 39 is a sensor that detects gaming balls discharged through the out port 34, and generates discharge information indicating the detection at the time of detection. The out port 34 is provided at the lowermost end of the center of the game area 81 so that all game balls that have not entered any of the winning ports can be induced and pass. A plurality of out detection devices 39 may be provided side by side while securing a game ball passage having a sufficient width to prevent clogging of the out port 34.

  Below the outside of the game area 81 in the game board 80, a symbol etc. display unit 120 is disposed. The first special symbol display unit 41, the second special symbol display unit 42, the first special view reserve display unit 71, the second special view reserve display unit 72, the normal symbol display unit 45, and the common figure display unit 120 Each display unit such as the hold display unit 75, the game state display unit 76, and the abnormality notification unit 77 is provided. Specifically, a first special symbol display unit 41 corresponding to the first game and a second special symbol display unit 42 corresponding to the second game are juxtaposed left and right at the lower left position, and the first special symbol is displayed. The variation of 51 and the second special symbol 52 is displayed.

  The first special symbol 51 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the first hit / lottery drawing triggered by the entry of the gaming ball into the first starting opening 11, and when it is stopped in a predetermined hitting mode, it is a special game As a big hit occurs. The second special symbol 52 is a symbol corresponding to the determination result of the second acceptance lottery with the game ball entering the second starting opening 12 as a trigger, and the special game when stopped in a predetermined hitting mode As a big hit occurs. The first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42 are, for example, eight segments consisting of seven segments forming "eight of eight" and eight segments of one segment representing "dot". Is a display device of The 8-segment LED can express an 8-bit numerical value by combining eight segments. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 represented by a combination of segments may not necessarily be letters or numbers, but may be generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments. . These symbols are sequentially switched at high speed and displayed on the first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42, or a predetermined display (for example, "-") and a non-display (for example, all off) By displaying symbols corresponding to the determination result after being repeated for a predetermined time, symbol variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is realized. The first special symbol display unit 41 and the second special symbol display unit 42 are not the 8-segment LED but use a LED dot array, and a plurality of types of first special symbol 51 and a second special symbol depending on the combination of lighting patterns and lighting colors. The special symbol 52 may be expressed.

  In addition, since the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 do not necessarily need to have a rendering role, in the present embodiment, the first special symbol display portion 41 and the second special symbol in the lower left of the game area 81 The display unit 42 displays the display in an unobtrusive size. However, when adopting a method of expressing without using a decorative symbol by giving a special role to a special role itself, the special symbol is not displayed on the 8-segment LED but displayed on another display device such as a liquid crystal display, for example. It may be configured to

  Above the first special symbol display unit 41, a first special view reserve display unit 71 is provided as a reserve lamp for the special symbol variation corresponding to the first game, and above the second special symbol display unit 42 a second A second special view reserve display unit 72 is provided as a reserve lamp for the special symbol variation corresponding to the game of. The first special view reserve display unit 71 is made up of two lamps, and the number of pending or false lottery values in the first game according to the number of lights or blinks (hereinafter referred to as the number of pending lottery values It simply displays "the number of pending". The number of reservations in the first special view reservation display unit 71 is the number (number) of lottery values acquired based on winning in the first starting opening 11 during the movement of the first special symbol 51 or during the execution of the special game. Yes, indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The second special view reserve display unit 72 also includes two lamps, and displays the number of reservations in the second game according to the number of lights or blinks. The number of reservations in the second special view reservation display unit 72 is the number (number) of lottery values acquired based on winning in the second starting opening 12 during the movement of the second special symbol 52 or during the execution of a special game. Yes, indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The number of pending lottery values is also displayed in the lower part of the screen of the effect display device 60 in the form of the number of lighting of the pending lamp image.

  On the right side of the symbol display unit 120, a normal symbol display unit 45 is provided. The normal symbol display unit 45 is composed of two lamps for the sake of convenience, and the display state of the normal symbol is expressed by the lighting combination thereof. First, the variation of the normal symbol is expressed by making the first lamp and the second lamp blink simultaneously, and finally the stop symbol of the normal symbol in the combination of the lighting state of the first lamp and the second lamp Is expressed. For example, turning off of the first lamp and turning off of the second lamp represent a stop symbol of disengaging, and turning off of the first lamp and turning on of the second lamp represents a first collision aspect, and The lighting of both the lamp and the second lamp represents a second hit mode.

  Further, on the right side of the normal symbol display unit 45, a common view suspension display unit 75 is provided as a suspension lamp for normal symbol variation. The common view reservation display unit 75 also includes two lamps, and displays the number of reserved symbol variations normally according to the number of lights or blinks. The number of reserved normal symbol variations is the number of gaming balls that have passed through the first operation opening 31 or the second opening 32 during the normal symbol variation, and the number of normal symbol lottery in which the variation of the normal symbol has not been executed yet Indicates

  The symbol display unit 120 is provided with a game state display unit 76 and an abnormality notification unit 77. The game state display unit 76 is a display unit for displaying a display corresponding to a game state such as a specific game state to be described later, and includes, for example, one lamp and one 7-segment LED. For example, each game state is notified by lighting the lamp when in probability fluctuation, blinking when in the ball entry easy state, and turning off when in the normal state, and the 7-segment LED during special game execution The number of unit games to be executed in the special game (the number of rounds) is displayed. The abnormality notification unit 77 is a display unit that notifies a partial abnormality of the gaming machine. The abnormality notification unit 77 includes, for example, a plurality of lamps, and notifies the abnormality with a lighting pattern according to the type of the abnormality. In addition, these display parts may not be collectively arranged on the display unit 120 such as a symbol, and each display part may be configured individually, or may be divided into a plurality of display devices appropriately summarized. Further, the notification of the gaming state such as the specific gaming state may be configured to be limited to a predetermined period, for example, a predetermined period of time after the power is restored.

  At approximately the center of the game area 81, the effect display device 60 is provided so that the screen is exposed from the screen frame formed by the center ornament 64, and the decorative symbol 61 interlocked with the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is Display the variation of the effect image including. Such a display is hereinafter referred to as "symbol variation" or "variation display".

  The effect display device 60 is a display device configured with a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 61 in a manner interlocked with the variable display of the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52. The decorative symbol 61 is a symbol for visually presenting the determination result display of the lottery indicated by the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 61, for example, a moving image in which symbols of a plurality of rows imitating a game of a slot machine are varied in the central region of the screen. In the present embodiment, the symbols composed of the numbers “0” to “9” are displayed in three columns and varied, and a hit or a drop is shown by the three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of a plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 61 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols with color or pattern decoration. A pattern or symbol common to all the symbols for the numbers, characters, or symbols. It may be configured to be integrated by adding a different pattern for each. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or presentation set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is drawn, and may be, for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn. In the decorative pattern 61, the case where the pattern including the pattern is variably displayed and the case where the pattern is separated and only the portion of numerals, characters, and symbols are variably displayed are switched along the development of the effect May be configured. On the background of the variable display of the decorative symbol 61, a moving image having an effect related to the theme of the decoration or effect set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol change.

  The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display which is a high definition dot matrix type display device, but the width of the display area may be about half of the width of the game area, or a large size exceeding half. It may be. In the case of a large size, the game ball passage on the right side of the effect display device is formed with a passage width enough to allow one game ball to pass, and the player almost certainly strikes the right passage if hit with maximum strength as so-called "right strike". The game ball can be passed through, and so-called "left-hand strike" can be made. The effect display device 60 may be configured not only by a single display device but also by a combination of a plurality of display devices. In the case of a plurality of displays, displays of different sizes such as a combination of main liquid crystal and sub liquid crystal may be combined, the sub liquid crystal may be disposed at a position adjacent to the main liquid crystal, or a position other than the game board, for example, a launch handle It may be installed in the vicinity (upper bowl, right decoration lamp, etc.). When installed in the vicinity of the launch handle, the player may be configured in the form of a touch panel that can be operated. The effect display device 60 is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be configured by a display device such as an organic EL display, or may be configured by a mechanical display unit such as a drum rotation type or a display unit such as an LED matrix type. .

  The effect button 109 is an operation input unit pressed by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine according to the effect content, and the effect content or the like is changed according to the pressing mode. The effect button 109 is provided on the front frame 102. Although the effect button 109 is normally stored in the front frame 102, a rod-like member is attached to the back of the effect button 109, and the rod-like member and the effect button 109 are in a direction substantially perpendicular to the board. It is provided so that it can be made to project. The rod-like member and the effect button 109 function as the lever 112 in a state of projecting to the outside, and the player can hold the effect button 109 and pull the lever 112 downward. Also by this, the player can input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The cross key 110 is an operation input means for the player to input a direction instruction to the gaming machine, and is provided on the left outer wall surface of the upper ball tray 105.

  The flow of the method and control of gaming performed in the gaming machine configured as described above will be outlined. When the player turns the firing handle 107 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 105 are guided one by one to the rail 82 at a strength corresponding to the rotation angle and are shot to the game area 81. . When the player manually fixes the pivot position of the firing handle 107, the firing of the game ball is repeated at regular time intervals. The game balls fired to the upper part of the game area 81 hit a plurality of game nails, a windmill, a center decoration 64 and the like and fall in a direction according to the hit manner. When the game ball falls into each winning opening of the general winning opening 33, the first starting opening 11, the second starting opening 12, and the large winning opening 20, the winning balls corresponding to the type of the winning opening are the upper ball tray 105 or lower. It is paid out to the bowl 106. The game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 33 is treated as a safe ball, and the game ball dropped into the out hole 34 is treated as an out ball. The discharge of the safe ball may be a specification not to be detected by the out detection device 39, or the safe ball may be guided to the area where the out detection device 39 is provided and the discharge detection may be detected by the all out detection device 39. It may be Alternatively, the guidance of the safe sphere and the detection of the safe sphere by the out detection device 39 may not be performed, but the sum of the detection sphere number of the safe sphere and the detection sphere number of the out sphere may be set as the discharge sphere number.

  Further, when the gaming ball passes through the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32, the normal symbol is variably displayed on the normal symbol display unit 45, and is stopped and displayed after the variation display time determined prior to the display. When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hit mode or the second hit mode, the normal motorized role 90 is expanded based on the hit mode of the stopped symbol and the gaming state when the stop is displayed. . That is, when the gaming state at the symbol stop is the normal gaming state and the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hitting manner, the short opening for 0.1 second is executed as the opening of the normal motorized role 90. Also, when the normal symbol is stopped and displayed in the first hitting mode during the specific gaming state (for example, the easy entering state), the normal symbol is in the second hitting mode during the normal time and the specific gaming state (for example, the easy entering state). In the case of the stop display, a long opening for 6 seconds is executed as the opening of the normal motorized workpiece 90. Here, the winning probability of the normal symbol and the execution probability of the long opening are set to be different depending on the gaming state. Specifically, in the open lottery in the normal state, the normal symbol hits with a probability of 1/100, and the execution probability of short opening in that case (probability of selecting the first hit pattern) is 1/0. 3. The execution probability of the long opening (probability of selecting the second hit pattern) is set to 2/3. Also, in the open lottery in the specific gaming state (for example, entering the ball easy state), the normal symbol hits with a probability of 99/100, and the selection probability of the first hitting mode and the second hitting mode does not change from the normal gaming state However, even if the player wins in any manner, the long opening is set to be executed. Thus, in the easy-to-enter state, the function of changing the probability of hitting the symbol normally (probability fluctuation from 1/100 to 99/100) and the function of extending the opening time (opening time when stopping display in the first hitting mode) 0 The ease of entering the second starting opening 12 is enhanced by the extension from 1 second to 6.0 seconds). In addition, the function (long open) which extends the operation period of the normal motor-operated part 90 may be called "open extension."

  In addition, as mentioned above, the probability that the long opening will be in the normal state is higher than the probability of the short opening, so that when the normal symbol is won, the long opening will be executed at a constant rate even in the normal state . As a modification, in the normal state, the probability of being short open may be higher than the probability of long opening, or the specification of making the probabilities of the two equal may be the same, or it may be short open necessarily Good. Further, when the ball is in the ball entry easy state, the ease of ball entry into the second starting opening 12 may be enhanced by using three functions to which the function of shortening the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is further added. The variation time of the normal symbol in that case is, for example, 10 seconds in the normal state, and is 2 seconds in the easy ball entering state. In addition, the hit probability of the open lottery in the normal state may be set to zero (0/100), and the specification may be such that the ordinary motorized prize 90 can be expanded only when the open lottery is made in the ball entry easy state. Furthermore, when the ordinary motorized role 90 is expanded, that effect may be notified in advance, and the suspension of the normal symbol variation may be read ahead and the notification may be made before the start of the variation of the normal symbol, or the ordinary symbol You may alert | report during a fluctuation | variation.

  As a modification of the opening mode when opening the normal motorized part 90 of the second start opening 12 for a long time, the total opening time is extended to about 6 seconds by repeating the opening for 2 seconds longer than that for the short opening three times. It is good also as an aspect. Further, a plurality of combinations of the open time and the open number may be prepared, and one of them may be selected. For example, in the case of three 2-second releases, the total open time is the same as in the case of one 6-second release, but the former is longer than the latter if the interval period is also included. Therefore, particularly in the configuration of the modification in which the second start opening 12 is arranged in the right-handed direction, the player who noticed the opening starts from the time when the former matches the second start opening 12 with the hitting direction. It can be said that the chance is long. In addition, it is possible to configure so that there are a plurality of hit types of normal symbols, and the open mode of the spread mechanism may be different according to the type. For example, when the normal design is the first hit, the open state is 0.1 second in the normal state, 1 second in the easy ball entry state is 3 times the open, and the second state is the normal state. In this case, the opening for 6 seconds may be performed once, and the opening for two seconds may be performed twice in the ball entry easy state.

  On the other hand, when entering the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12, the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52 in the first special symbol display portion 41, the second special symbol display portion 42 and the effect display device 60. , And the decorative symbol 61 is displayed in a variable manner. The variable display of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is stopped after the elapse of the variable display time determined prior to the display. The first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed in accordance with the variation pattern in which the variation mode from the variation start to the stop is defined. The decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed in accordance with the variation production pattern in which the variation mode from the variation start to the stop is defined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation representation patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are variably displayed in accordance with the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 61 is variably displayed in accordance with the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the fluctuation pattern, the fluctuation display time is determined for each pattern as the termination condition of the symbol fluctuation, and the fluctuation of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 at the passage of the fluctuation display time It is stopped. Hereinafter, the variation display of the decorative symbol 61 displayed according to the variation presentation pattern will be exemplified, and the variation presentation pattern will be briefly described. The details of the fluctuation pattern and the method of determining the fluctuation effect pattern will be separately described.

  As an example of the variation display of the decorative symbol 61, first, the symbol is changed in all three rows like the reel rotation of the slot machine with the start of the variation, and the final stop mode by stopping one row at a time when the variation end timing is approached. Display the symbol combination as. In addition, as operation at the time of the change stop of the decorative symbol 190, it may be controlled to stop simultaneously in a plurality of columns instead of one by one, and attention may be paid to effect display other than the decorative symbol during the change display. Design variations may be displayed. In addition, as the operation at the start of the change of the decorative symbol 190, it is controlled to delay the start of the change of some columns according to the subsequent development (the type of effect pattern etc.) in the change, so as to produce a sense of expectation You may

  Next, the variation production pattern will be briefly described. The fluctuation effect pattern usually includes an off effect pattern, an off reach effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a normal off symbol combination. The out-of-reach effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a symbol combination out of reach through a reach state in which one more symbol is aligned, which is a big hit. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying the jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, patterns when passing through reach states include patterns with long and short variation times, and reach patterns with relatively short variation times are referred to as "normal reach" and reach patterns with long variation times are "super reach". ". The out-of-normal effect pattern, the out-of-reach effect pattern, and the reach jackpot effect pattern each have a normal pattern displayed in the normal state and a time-saving pattern displayed in the time-short state. However, even in the normal state, if it is the second symbol variation corresponding to the ball entering the second starting opening 12, the probability that the big hit is accompanied by a definite change or the probability that the number of unit games of special games will increase Since it can be said that it is a chance state higher than the 1st change corresponding to the 1 ball entry to starting opening 11, it may use the pattern for the chance presentation which displays that it is the chance that a relatively advantageous big hit occurs. In the embodiment, although the time-shortening pattern is used in the time-shortening state, since the time variation is involved in the positive variation state, the time-shorting pattern is also used in the positive variation state. However, in the modification, the specification may be made using a pattern for probability variation different from that for time saving in the probability variation state. Alternatively, a specification may be made that uses a common pattern for time reduction and for probability variation, or a pattern for probability variation may be used in a positive variation state without using a time shortening pattern in particular.

  In addition, when the number of reservations for the winning or losing lottery reaches a predetermined number (for example, three), the symbol variation time in the case of the disconnection is shortened than usual (hereinafter, also referred to as “shortened variation”) in order to enhance gaming efficiency. Similarly, when the number of pending lottery prizes is four, the symbol variation time in the case of the disconnection is further shortened than in the case of the above three to further increase the gaming efficiency (hereinafter referred to as "super shortening variation" as well). ). If the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 at the time of stopping become the stop mode indicating a big hit through the above-mentioned symbol variation, the gaming state is more advantageous to the player than the normal game. It shifts to the special game, opening and closing operation of big winning a prize mouth 20 is started. The stop aspect of the decorative symbol 61 indicating a big hit is, for example, a combination aspect in which three symbol types coincide.

  There are two types of special games, the special game and the shortened special game, and there is a big difference in the profit from the winning balls. The special game is usually started by the display of an effect screen called start demonstration time. After the screen display of the start demonstration time, the big winning opening 20 is opened, and it is closed after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. From opening to closing of such a big winning opening 20 is basically referred to as a unit game, but may be repeated opening of a plurality of short times during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special winning opening 20 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, four times or sixteen times, the special game is usually ended by the display of the effect screen called end demonstration time. In the special game, you can expect 9 balls or more to enter the ball per unit game sufficiently, and you can get enough prize balls (also referred to as “out balls”) by 16 unit games, which is a big profit Is obtained. The special game in which 16 unit games are repeated is appropriately referred to as "16R big hit", and the special game in which 4 unit games are repeated is also referred to as "4R big hit". Although unit games are repeated 16 times, a few unit games have been repeated substantially by opening the large winning opening 20 for a shorter time than usual (for example, 1.6 seconds) in some unit games. A special game similar to the one (sometimes referred to as "real nR big hit") may also be realized.

  On the other hand, in the shortened special game, the start demonstration time and the end demonstration time are short or almost none (for example, 0.1 second), and the big winning opening 20 is opened for only 1.6 seconds in one unit game. This unit game is repeated twice and the shortening special game is ended. In the shortened special game, since the opening of the special winning opening 20 for a very short time is only repeated twice, it is almost impossible to enter the large winning opening 20, and it is a special game in which the payout substantially equals zero is there. The special game in which two unit games are repeated is also referred to as "2R big hit" as appropriate. In addition, although the number of unit games is the same as that of the special game, the shortened special game can also be realized by opening the big winning opening 20 for a shorter time than usual in all the unit games.

  In addition, through the above-mentioned symbol fluctuation, when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 at the time of stop and the decorative symbol 61 are the predetermined small hitting mode, the small hitting game which is formed by one unit game , And the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 20 is executed. In one unit game constituting a small hit game, the large winning opening 20 is opened for about 1.6 seconds, and the appearance is an operation mode similar to a 2R big hit.

  When a special game is generated and the hit stop symbol at that time is a specific mode (for example, "777"), the definite change which is one of the specific games is further started after the end of the special game. During the definite change, a chance lottery with a higher probability of hitting than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game may occur relatively early. In addition, it is good also as a latent probability change state which does not announce explicitly on the external appearance that the determination result of the success or failure lottery is a specific big hit, ie, a big hit with a definite change, as a decoration symbol or an effect content. In that case, the effect display device 60 does not indicate clearly whether the change is a definite change or a non-determinate change. It should be noted that the effect display device 60 may clearly indicate whether the variation is positive or negative when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

  In the normal game after the special game is over, the easy-to-enter ball state which is one of the specific game states is started. In the easy-to-place ball entry state, the hit probability of the opening lottery is increased more than usual, and the opening extension is performed, in which the opening time of the ordinary motorized jack 90 is long opening. The number of hits on the regular symbol per fixed time can be increased, and the ease of entering the second starting opening 12 is also increased, so the number of balls entering the second starting opening 12 is also likely to be increased. Therefore, as a chance to obtain a winning ball by entering the second starting opening 12 is increased, it is possible to keep playing with little or few balls.

  In the ball entry easy state, a so-called time saving is further executed as one of the specific gaming states, in which the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened than in the normal state. The fluctuation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is returned to the original fluctuation time after the predetermined number of fluctuation, for example, 100 times of fluctuation display is made, but the fluctuation frequency reaches If a big hit occurs before, time will be closed once. Since the variation time of the first special symbol 51, the second special symbol 52, and the decorative symbol 61 is shortened in the short time, until a big hit occurs compared to the case of the normal state in which the symbol variation is made with the normal variation time The time required for the big hit can be relatively improved. In a modification, it is good also as a specification which does not carry out time saving of a special symbol in a ball entering easy state.

  FIG. 2 shows the basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 150 is a switch for turning the pachinko gaming machine 100 on and off. The main substrate 200 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100, and processes all game operations such as lottery when winning to the first starting opening 11 and the second starting opening 12, in particular. The sub substrate 300 includes a liquid crystal unit 151, controls the display content of the effect display device 60, and changes the dramatic display content according to the determination result of the main substrate 200. The back setting mechanism 152 includes a winning ball tank 153, a flow path of the winning balls, a dispensing device 154 for dispensing the winning balls, and the like. The payout device 154 pays out the gaming balls supplied from the prize ball tank 153 to the upper bowl plate 105 in accordance with the winning on each winning opening. The payout control board 155 controls the dispensing operation by the dispensing device 154. The launcher 156 launches the storage balls of the upper bowl 105 into the game area 81 one ball at a time. The launch control board 157 controls the launch operation of the launcher 156. The power supply substrate 158 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 100. A performance display unit 159 is provided on the main substrate 200. The performance display unit 159 is configured of four seven-segment LEDs that display the ratio of the total number of winning balls to the total number of firing balls, which is the sum of safe balls and out balls, for example, four-digit numbers.

<Function block>
FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The functions implemented using each configuration will be described below, but in the present specification, in order to match the physical configuration and the functional configuration, for example, the physical configuration such as the main substrate 200, the payout control substrate 155, the emission control substrate 157, etc. The term may be used as it is for convenience for the part already described as.

  The pachinko game machine 100 is a main control device that controls the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game, and a power supply substrate 158 that generates a power supply to be used in the game machine based on AC power (AC24V etc.) supplied from the outside of the game machine. The main substrate 200 as a game, the payout control substrate 155 as a frame control device for controlling the winning balls, the firing control substrate 157 for controlling the firing of the gaming balls to the game area, and the effect operation and the process are controlled It is configured in a form in which the function is shared by the sub substrate 300 as the sub control device.

  The main substrate 200 has a first start opening 11, a second start opening 12, a special winning opening 20, a first operating opening 31, a second operating opening 32, and a general winning opening group (a first general winning opening 33a, a second general winning combination) It is electrically connected to the port 33b), the out port 34, the symbol display unit 120, and the external information output terminal 160, and transmits and receives various control signals with each other. The dispensing control substrate 155 is electrically connected to the main substrate 200, the emission control substrate 157, and the dispensing device 154. The payout control substrate 155 transmits a firing permission signal to the firing control substrate 157 based on a signal indicating the winning balls payout transmitted from the main substrate 200, a control state of the main substrate 200, etc., and the firing control substrate 157 indirectly. And the payout of the winning balls by the payout device 154. Dispensing device 154 includes a dispensing motor 166 and a ball counting sensor 167. The launch control board 157 is electrically connected to the payout control board 155, the launcher 156, and the ball feeder 164, and the ball feeder 164 and the launch are based on the launch permission signal transmitted from the payout control board 155 and the like. The device 156 is controlled to fire the gaming ball. The sub substrate 300 is electrically connected to the effect display device 60, the movable object 66 (drive motor 67, position detection sensor 68), the speaker 108, the effect input operation device 115 (effect button 109, cross key 110), and the decoration lamp 111. Are connected to each other, and transmit and receive various control signals with each other.

  Data transmission and reception between the main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300 is performed in one direction such that the entire configuration can be realized by transmitting and receiving data in one direction from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300. It is disposed on the sub substrate 300. Since unidirectionality of data transmission from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 is maintained, data can not be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub substrate 300 to the configuration included in the main substrate 200. It can not be requested. Therefore, the sub-substrate 300 can not refer to the information generated by the main substrate 200 unless the information is transmitted. Further, between the main substrate 200 and the delivery control substrate 155, data is transmitted and received bidirectionally between the delivery control substrate 155 and the emission control substrate 157. However, as in the case between the main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300, the configuration for transmitting / receiving data in one direction from the main substrate 200 to the delivery control substrate 155, or in one direction from the delivery control substrate 155 to the emission control substrate 157. Data may be transmitted and received.

  The respective functional blocks included in the main substrate 200, the delivery control substrate 155, the emission control substrate 157, and the sub substrate 300 described below are merely examples, and some functional blocks may be used as another substrate as a modification. It may be mounted. For example, the functional blocks included in the main substrate 200 may be mounted on the sub substrate 300, or the functional blocks included in the emission control substrate 157 may be mounted on the payout control substrate 155. Good. Further, for example, a part of the functional blocks included in the main board 200 may be configured to be mounted on the main board 200, and the remaining part may be mounted on the payout control board 155, or the like. May be divided and provided on a plurality of substrates so that one functional block is constituted as a whole.

<Main board 200>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the main substrate 200. As shown in FIG. The main board 200 is a ball entry judging means 201, a performance display unit 159, a random number generating means 202, a first lottery means 211, a second lottery means 212, a prior judgment means 235, a common drawing lottery means 213, a holding control means 240, a main Display control means 250, special game control means 260, small hit game control means 265, specific game control means 270, opening / closing control means 275, special view adjustment means 276, main initial processing execution means 280, main power off processing execution means 282, A main error detection unit 284 and a command communication unit 205 are provided.

<Ball entering judging means 201>
Entry determination means 201 determines entry of the game ball to each winning opening. The ball entering judging means 201 determines that the gaming ball has won the first starting opening 11 when the first starting winning information is received, and the gaming ball has won the second starting opening 12 when the second starting winning information is received. to decide. The entering judgment means 201 determines that the gaming ball has won the special winning opening 20 when receiving the special winning opening winning information, and judges that the gaming ball has won the general winning opening 33 when receiving the general winning information. When the ball entry determination means 201 receives the passage information, it determines that the gaming ball has passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32. The ball entry determination means 201 determines that the gaming ball has passed through the out port 34 when the discharge information is received. The entering judgment means 201 calculates the ratio of the total number of winning balls to the total number of launched balls, which is the sum of the safe ball and the out ball, and displays the ratio on the performance display unit 159.

<Random number generation means 202>
The random number generation unit 202 generates random numbers to be used for various determinations by the first lottery unit 211, the second lottery unit 212, and the common drawing lottery unit 213. Specifically, the random number generation unit 202 uses “0” to “65535” as a random number (also referred to as “a / c lottery value”) to be used in the lottery by the first / circumstances determination unit 221 and the second Random numbers in the range are generated by predetermined means. Further, the random number generation means 202 is from "0" to "255" as a random number (also referred to as a "symbol determination lottery value") used in symbol determination (symbol lottery) by the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227. Random numbers in the range up to are generated by predetermined means. In addition, the random number generation unit 202 uses “0” to “255” as random numbers (also referred to as “variation pattern determination lottery value”) used in determination of fluctuation patterns by the first fluctuation pattern determination unit 231 and the second fluctuation pattern determination unit 232. The random number in the range of “to” is generated by a predetermined means. Further, the random number generation unit 202 generates a random number in the range of “0” to “99” by the predetermined unit as a random number to be used in the lottery by the common drawing lottery unit 213. Further, the random number generation means 202 generates a random number in the range of “0” to “2” by the predetermined means as a random number to be used in determination of a normal symbol. The “random number” mentioned here is a pseudo random number such as a software random number using a random number generating algorithm or a random number using a 16-bit counter as well as a physical random number generated by a random number generating circuit or a true random number in a mathematical sense. May be. Alternatively, it may be a random number generated by combining hardware random numbers and software random numbers. The random numbers acquired by the first lottery means 211 and the second lottery means 212 may acquire the random numbers generated by the same generation means, or may acquire the random numbers generated by another generation means .

<Puzzle lottery means 213>
When the game ball passes the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32, the common drawing lottery means 213 is a random number generation means for using the random number used for the regular lottery for the normal symbol and the random number used for determining the stop symbol of the normal symbol. Acquire from 202 and execute the lottery. The common figure lottery means 213 is an ordinary symbol judgment table (not shown) which is referred to for judging whether or not the normal symbol is normal, and an ordinary symbol judgment which is referred to for determining the stop symbol of the ordinary symbol which is displayed on the ordinary symbol display section 45. Hold the table. The correspondence relationship between the lottery value for winning or not and the hit is determined in the normal symbol acceptance determination table, and the correspondence relationship between the lottery value for determining the stop symbol and the normal symbol is defined in the normal symbol determination table, respectively. Based on the hit probability and the selection probability of the symbol, the success or failure of the normal symbol is determined. The regular drawing lottery means 213 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol with reference to the normal symbol determination table when the lottery value for the normal lottery of the normal symbol corresponds to the hit, and the lottery value for the normal lottery of the normal symbol is When falling out, always determine the aspect of the outlying design of 1. If the result of the normal symbol judgment result falls under a hit, and the normal symbol is stopped with a predetermined symbol (the first hit mode or the second hit mode), the open / close control means 275 described later will stop the pattern aspect and the game state In accordance with the above, the ordinary motorized jack 90 of the second starting opening 12 is expanded. The expansion time is 0.1 seconds at the short opening time and 6 seconds at the long opening time. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily suspended by the suspension control means 240 described later. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined holding upper limit number held by the holding control means 240 is not exceeded.

<First lottery means 211 and second lottery means 212>
The first lottery means 211 has a first lottery value acquiring means 216, a first success / failure judging means 221, a first symbol determining means 226, and a first fluctuation pattern determination as a function of executing a first lottery relating to a first game. Means 231 is included, and a first on-off lottery is executed as a on-off lottery corresponding to the entry of the ball into the first starting opening 11. Based on the various lottery results by the first lottery means 211, the main display control means 250 causes the first special symbol display part 41 to perform variable display of the first special symbol 51. Further, based on the information transmitted from the command communication means 205, variation display of the decorative symbol 61 is made in the display area of the effect display device 60. The second lottery means 212 includes a second lottery value acquisition means 217, a second success / failure determination means 222, a second symbol determination means 227, and a second variation pattern determination means 232, and corresponds to entering the second starting opening 12 The second success or failure lottery is executed as the success or failure lottery. Based on the various lottery results by the second lottery means 212, the main display control means 250 causes the second special symbol display portion 42 to perform variable display of the second special symbol 52. Further, based on the information transmitted from the command communication means 205, variation display of the decorative symbol 61 is made in the display area of the effect display device 60.

<First lottery value acquisition means 216 and second lottery value acquisition means 217>
The first lottery value acquisition means 216 acquires random numbers for various kinds of lottery and determination by the first lottery means 211 from the random number generation means 202 when entering the first starting opening 11 as a trigger. Specifically, a first success or failure lottery value for judging success or failure by the first success or failure judging means 221, a first symbol lottery value for judging the stop mode of the first special symbol 51 by the first symbol judging means 226, a first fluctuation pattern The first pattern lottery value for determining the fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the first special symbol 51 by the determination means 231 is acquired from the corresponding random number generation means. The second lottery value acquisition means 217 acquires random numbers for various kinds of lottery and determination by the second lottery means 212 from the random number generation means 202 when entering the second starting opening 12 as a trigger. Specifically, a second success / failure lottery value for judging success or failure by the second success / failure determination means 222, a second symbol lottery value for determination of the stop mode of the second special symbol 52 by the second symbol determination means 227, a second variation pattern The second pattern lottery value for determining the fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the second special symbol 52 by the determination means 232 is acquired from the corresponding random number generation means.

  The first success or failure judgment means 221 carries out a validity or failure judgment to determine whether or not to shift to a special game based on the first success or failure lottery value. The second success / failure determination means 222 executes a determination of whether or not to shift to the special game based on the second success / failure lottery value. More specifically, in the judgment whether or not the "big hit" indicates to shift to the special game, "small hit" indicating to shift to the small hit game, "not to shift to the special game and the small hit game" It is determined which of the two is the "out". The first success / failure determination means 221 and the second success / failure determination means 222 hold a success / failure determination table to be referred to in the determination of success or failure. In addition, in order to distinguish the success / failure determination to be executed when starting the symbol variation from the prior success / failure determination to be described later, it is also referred to as “the determination of success or failure as the main determination”. In the present specification, when "table" or "selection criterion" is used, the correspondence between the first parameter such as the lottery value and the second parameter such as the value indicating the option is strictly defined by the table structure. Not only pointing to data, but also realizing it by a program structure that derives the second parameter from the first parameter as such a correspondence relationship is widely included. They are appropriately referred to as "selection criteria" as the concept substantially equivalent to "table" including them. When a table structure is used, the selection criteria substantially constituting one type may be constituted by a combination of a plurality of structurally subdivided tables, but in the case of “a plurality of selection criteria”, the subdivision thereof is referred to It indicates the number of substantial types of tables, not the number of standardized tables.

  The first pass / fail judgment unit 221 and the second pass / fail judgment unit 222 hold tables corresponding to the respective pass / fail judgments as the pass / fail judgment tables to be referred to in the pass / fail judgment. Specifically, a success / failure determination table (also referred to as a “first success / failure determination table”) for determination of success or failure by the first success / failure determination means 221, and a determination of success or failure for success or failure by the second success / failure determination means 222 (“second (Also referred to as a yes / no decision table), and a table to be referred to is selected according to the yes / no decision to be executed. In the plurality of success / failure determination tables, the determination results of the big hit, the small hit, and the outlier are associated with the success / failure lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined in accordance with the associated big hit range setting.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a success / failure determination table. In the hit / fail judgment table of this figure, the judgment result of big hit, small hit, out of place and the hit / fall lottery value are corresponded, and according to the corresponding range setting, the hit / fail probability or the small hit success probability Is determined. The first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 refer to the determination table of FIG. In any of the first win lottery by the first hit judging means 221 and the second win lottery by the second hit judging means 222, normally, a big hit occurs only when the win lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 299. The range of the big hit is expanded at the time of definite variation, and it becomes a big hit not only when the pass / fail lottery value falls within the range of 0-299, but also when falling within the range of 300-2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the jackpot changes according to the gaming state. In this figure, a single hit / fail determination table shows the big hit ranges for both normal time and positive change, but the good / fail determination table may be prepared separately for normal use and for positive change, or (1) It may be prepared separately for the winning lottery and the second winning lottery.

  In the present embodiment, even if the hit / fall lottery value does not fall within the jackpot range, it will be a small hit if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, it becomes a small hit when the lottery value acquired by the first validity determination means 221 falls within the range of 56500 to 65535, and the lottery value acquired by the second validity determination means 222 is 64000 to 65535. It becomes a small hit when it corresponds to the range. That is, the range corresponding to the small hit is wider in the first good lottery than in the second good lottery, and the small hit is likely to occur. As described above, when it does not correspond to the big hit, it is originally all "off", but in the example of this figure, the winning lot value range when it does not correspond to the small hit among the cases not corresponded to the big hit. Is expressed as "outside". That is, in the case of judging "success or failure" from the viewpoint of "whether it is a big hit or not", "small hit" may be considered to be included in "outside" in a broad sense in the sense of "not big hit". In addition, in the case of “performing or not” from the viewpoint of “whether or not to hit”, “small hit” may be considered to be included in “bounce” in a broad sense together with “big hit”. Although this figure shows an example in which the determination table for big hit or not and the determination table for small hit or not are realized in the form of a single hit / not decision table, even if they are realized as separate tables. Good. The "small hit" may be provided only in one of the first game and the second game, or may not be provided in any game. In that case, the value corresponding to the small hit is not set in the corresponding success / failure determination table.

<First symbol determination means 226 and second symbol determination means 227>
Returning to FIG. 4, the first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 determine the stop symbol at the start of variation of the symbol based on the symbol lottery value acquired from the random number generation means 202 and the result of the judgment of acceptance. . The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 hold a plurality of symbol determination tables to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a special symbol. Specifically, the first symbol determination means 226 holds a plurality of symbol determination tables according to the result of the determination of success or failure by the first success or failure judgment means 221, and the second symbol determination means 227 is success or failure by the second success or failure judgment means 222 A plurality of symbol determination tables according to the determination result are held. The first success / failure determination means 221 holds a big hit first symbol judgment table to be referred to at the big hit, a small hit first symbol judgment table to be referred to at the small hit, and a disengaged first symbol judgment table to be referred to when off. The second success / failure determination means 222 holds a big hit second symbol judgment table to be referred to at the time of big hit, a small hit second symbol judgment table to be referred to at the small hit, and a second time symbol judgment table to refer at off. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 select a symbol determination table to be referred to in accordance with the result of the determination of acceptance or rejection. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination performed when starting symbol variation from the prior symbol determination to be described later, it is also referred to as “symbol determination as main determination” as appropriate.

  FIG. 6 is a view schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 6 (a) is a table to be referred to when the success or failure judgment result is a big hit, and FIG. 6 (b) is a table to be referred to when the success or failure judgment result is out. It is a table to be referred to when the judgment result is a small hit. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 refer to the symbol determination table of this figure in symbol determination as the main determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the numbers "0" to "10" indicating the types of special symbols and the first symbol lottery value or the second symbol lottery value is defined. The types of special symbols are respectively matched with the big or small hit, out of place judgment result, “0” to “4” correspond to the big hit, “5” to “9” correspond to the small hit, "10" corresponds to the release. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of generally meaningless symbols formed by a combination of segments.

  As shown to Fig.6 (a), kind "0"-"4" of special symbols are matched with the presence or absence of the probability fluctuation after a big hit and a big hit. Specifically, the type “0” indicates a 16R big hit with a definite variation as a specific big hit, and is associated with “0 to 99” in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and “0 to 0” in the case of the second symbol lottery value. 144 ". The type “1” indicates a 4R big hit (or “per real 4 R”) with a definite variation as a specific big hit, and is associated with “100 to 149” in the case of the first symbol lottery value, and in the case of the second symbol lottery value. It is matched with "145-149." The type "2" indicates a 2R jackpot with a definite variation, and both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value are associated with the type "2" in "150 to 189". The type "3" usually indicates a 16R big hit without a definite change as a big hit, and both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value are associated with the type "3" in "150 to 189". The type "4" usually indicates a 4R big hit without a definite change as a big hit, and both the first symbol lottery value and the second symbol lottery value are associated with the "230-255" type "4". Thus, the selection probability for each big hit type (ie, the contents of the big hit and the presence or absence of the subsequent probability fluctuation) is determined by the size of the range of the symbol lottery value.

  In addition, it is also possible to provide more kinds of special symbols, and in that case, by configuring so that the big hit kind of 1 is decided corresponding to the kinds of a plurality of special symbols, while increasing the kinds of symbols, the big hit Fewer types can be set. Alternatively, it is possible to subdivide into more jackpot types corresponding to the increased symbol types. Furthermore, it is also possible to provide different symbol types at the time of the first lottery and at the time of the second lottery. In this case, one big hit type is determined to correspond to the type of special symbol selected at the first lottery and the type of special symbol selected at the second lottery. However, it is desirable to set the ratio of probability fluctuation to be the same in the first lottery and the second lottery.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the type “10” is associated with the symbol lottery value of the entire range in the case where the result of the determination of the success or failure is out. Therefore, it is determined that the same special symbol is always displayed in the case of dislodging. In addition, it is also possible to provide a plurality of special symbols to be stopped and displayed in the case of detachment.

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

  In the present embodiment, in order to save the storage area of the main substrate 200, the table of FIG. 6 is also referred to as a prior symbol determination table in the prior symbol determination. The first symbol determination means 226 and the second symbol determination means 227 indicate that the value of “0” to “10” indicating the type of the special symbol as a result of prior symbol determination is that it is the first chance lottery or the second chance lottery It transmits to the effect determination means 303 with the value which shows and the number of suspension. It should be noted that as the prior symbol determination table, it may be possible to use one that can be further subdivided and can perform complicated determination, or one that combines the determination ranges of the big hit symbols that execute the same special game and is simplified . Also, as in the present embodiment, when a symbol is uniformly determined at the time of detachment, a specific symbol is displayed without referring to the acquired symbol lottery value and without preparing a symbol determination table for detachment. You may decide.

<First Variation Pattern Determination Unit 231 and Second Variation Pattern Determination Unit 232>
Returning to FIG. 4, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 acquires from the random number generation unit 202 a variation pattern in which a display process of symbol variation to be displayed on the first special symbol display unit 41 and the effect display device 60 is defined. One of the plurality of variation patterns is determined based on the one-pattern lottery value. The second variation pattern determination means 232 sets the variation pattern in which the display process of the symbol variation to be displayed on the second special symbol display portion 42 and the effect display device 60 is determined to the second pattern lottery value acquired from the random number generation means 202. Based on a plurality of variation patterns are determined. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 respectively determine the variation pattern of the symbol variation with reference to the variation pattern table when starting the symbol variation. In addition, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 execute prior pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value falls under. The first variation pattern determination means 231, the second variation pattern determination means 232, and the control means of the main substrate 200 are referred to in order to determine the variation pattern when the variation start condition is satisfied, It holds or shares prior pattern determination tables used to generate information for determining execution of prefetching processing when the ball is hit. In the fluctuation pattern, the fluctuation time from the fluctuation start to the stop when fluctuation display of the special symbol is determined, and it has various fluctuation time depending on the type. That is, for each fluctuation pattern in which the display process of the symbol fluctuation is defined, the fluctuation display time is substantially determined for each pattern as the termination condition of the symbol fluctuation, and the special symbol is displayed when the fluctuation display time elapses Fluctuation is stopped. In addition, in order to distinguish variation pattern determination to be executed when starting symbol variation, in particular, from prior pattern determination, it is also referred to as "variation pattern determination as main determination" as appropriate. Moreover, in order to contribute to selection of the variation production pattern of the decoration symbol mentioned later, although it is the same variation time, it may be defined as a different kind of variation pattern.

  FIG. 7 is a view schematically showing a fluctuation pattern table. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 refer to the table of FIG. 6A in the normal state, and refer to the table of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, when the result of determination of acceptance is out in the normal state, if the pattern lottery value is 0 to 4, "Super 1" which is the super reach of the pattern range number "0" is selected, If the pattern lottery value is 5 to 9, "Super 2" which is a super reach of the pattern range number "1" is selected. If the pattern lottery value is 10 to 19, "Normal 1" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "2" is selected, and if the pattern lottery value is 20 to 29, the "normal" which is the normal reach of the pattern range number "3" Select 2 ". If the pattern lottery value is 30 to 255, "reach out of reach" of pattern range number "4" is selected. As "reach not out", different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of reservations, and the fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of reservations is 0 to 2, variation pattern of 7 seconds when the number of reservations is 3, the number of reservations When is 4, the variation pattern of 4 seconds is selected respectively.

  In this figure, an example in which five types are mainly classified according to fluctuation time will be described, but a plurality of fluctuation effect patterns are prepared for each of the fluctuation patterns in the sub substrate 300, and several tens of fluctuation expression patterns overall. Is equivalent to being associated with the lottery value range of each classification.

  The range of pattern lottery values assigned to “normal 1”, “normal 2” and “no reach out” also differs according to the number of reservations. When the number of reservations is 0 or 1, it is as shown in the figure (a), but as the number of reservations increases, the lottery value range of “normal 1” and “normal 2” narrows, and the lottery value of “no reach out” The scope is broadened. The smaller the number of reservations, the wider the variation value lottery value range in which the fluctuation time is relatively long, and the higher the probability that the fluctuation pattern with a long fluctuation time is selected. Therefore, the smaller the number of reservations, the longer the average fluctuation time, and the larger the number of reservations, the shorter the average fluctuation time. By using the variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern differs for each number of reservations, it is possible to realize control in which a variation pattern with a long variation time is easily selected when the number of reservations decreases.

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

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

  When the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 transmit the pre-decision result to the effect determination unit 303 as the so-called pre-reading result, the value (0 to 10) of the pattern range number Send along with the value indicating the lottery or the second success or failure lottery and the number of reservations. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the table is illustrated as having a separate determination result as the success or failure in the prior pattern determination. However, regardless of the success or failure lottery result, one random number is approximately 1 using the prior pattern determination table. It is possible to derive only the information related to which range it is located in, and to control on the control means side of the sub-substrate 300 to determine what kind of fluctuation is to be executed together with the preliminary pass / fail judgment result.

  In the variation pattern table of FIG. 7B referred to in the time saving state, pattern lottery values are assigned to all variation patterns for time shortening. However, the correspondence relationship between the range of the pattern lottery value and the fluctuation time is the same as that in FIG. 7A except “shortening without reach” which is selected in the end. “No reach out shortening” is a relatively short change time fluctuation pattern associated with the same lottery value range and pattern range number as “reach no out” in FIG. 7A. Also for “no reach reduction”, different fluctuation patterns are selected according to the number of reservations, and a fluctuation pattern of 10 seconds when the number of reservations is 0 or 1 and a fluctuation pattern of 1 second when the numbers of reservations are 2 to 4 Are selected respectively. The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 may be configured to reference different variation pattern tables, or may be configured to reference different variation pattern tables according to the game state. For example, in a gaming machine in which the second lottery is set to be more advantageous than the first lottery and the second lottery is processed with priority over the first lottery, the second game is processed in spite of the easy entering state. It is not preferable for the player to be in a situation where the hold of the second drawing is exhausted and the first drawing is continuously executed. Therefore, in the out-of-order fluctuation in the first lottery in the entry easy state, reference the fluctuation pattern table such that the fluctuation pattern of a long time (for example 10 seconds) not shortening the fluctuation time is uniformly selected regardless of the number of reservations. You may do it.

<Hold Control Unit 240>
Returning to FIG. 4, the hold control unit 240 includes a special view holding unit 241 and a common view holding unit 242. Special drawing reserve means 241, when the first success or failure lottery value or the second success or failure lottery value is newly obtained, the symbol variation corresponding to the first success or failure lottery value or the second success or failure lottery value that was acquired before that When is displayed, the start of the symbol variation corresponding to the newly acquired first success or failure lottery value or the second success or failure lottery value is suspended, and the success or failure lottery value is stored until the fluctuation display start of the corresponding symbol. Here, the first special lottery value, the first symbol lottery value, and the first pattern lottery value are stored at the upper limit of four for the first special symbol, and the upper limit of four for the second special symbol is stored for each of the second special symbols. The second success lottery value, the second symbol lottery value, and the second pattern lottery value are stored. The common drawing holding means 242 stores the common drawing lottery value acquired by the common drawing lottery means 213 as a holding ball. The number of reservations is represented by the number of lighting or blinking of the first special view reservation display unit 71, the second special view reservation display unit 72, and the common drawing reservation display unit 75, respectively. The number of reservations by the special drawing reservation means 241 is also displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The lottery value of the second acceptance lottery held in the special figure suspending means 241 is preferentially digested over the lottery value of the first acceptance lottery, and the symbol variation is displayed. Therefore, even if the lottery value of the big hit is held as the first success or failure lottery, the symbol variation corresponding to the big hit lottery value of the first success or failure lottery is not displayed as long as the lottery value is held as the second success or failure lottery. Therefore, even if there is a hold of the big hit as the first success or failure lottery, it may be possible to obtain a plurality of consecutive big hits by continuing to hit until the hold of the big hit is entered as the second success or failure lottery.

<Main Display Control Means 250>
The main display control unit 250 includes a first special view control unit 251, a second special view control unit 252, and a common view control unit 254. The first special view control means 251 displays the change of the first special symbol 51 on the first special symbol display portion 41 in accordance with the change pattern determined corresponding to the determination result of the first win / fail lottery by the first lottery means 211 Let The first special view control means 251 sets, as a new symbol change start condition, that variation display of symbols corresponding to the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery made previously is ended. The second special view control means 252 displays the change of the second special symbol 52 on the second special symbol display portion 42 according to the change pattern determined corresponding to the determination result of the second acceptance lottery by the second lottery means 212 Let The second special view control means 252 also sets, as a new symbol change start condition, that variation display of symbols corresponding to the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery performed previously is ended.

  The first special view control means 251 reserves the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first concurrence lottery when the concession lottery value of the second concession lottery is stored by the special view reservation means 241. On the other hand, the second special view control means 252 starts the symbol variation display corresponding to the second yes or no lottery regardless of whether or not the special lottery value of the first yes or no lottery is stored by the special view holding means 241. As a result, when the lottery value is held in both the first and second lotterys, the lottery value held in the second lottery is preferentially read and the symbol variation is displayed. In such a case, the lottery value suspended in the first odds lottery is not read out and the symbol variation is not started either until the number of pendings in the second odds lottery becomes 0.

  The first special view control means 251 and the second special view control means 252 are varied by the command communication means 205, which will be described later, at the timing when the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is started and stopped. The start command and the change stop command are transmitted to the effect determination means 303 (sub main). When transmitting a change start command, a value indicating the success or failure judgment result or stop pattern determined as the main judgment, a stop symbol, a value indicating the fluctuation pattern, and a value indicating which of the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery It transmits to the effect determination means 303 with a change start command. When transmitting the change stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is sent to the effect determination means 303 together with the change stop command. Further, the effect determination means 303 (sub main) transmits a change start command, a change stop command and the like to the effect control means 304 in order to control the variable display of the decorative symbol by the effect control means 304 (sub sub). Thereby, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 (sub sub) is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The common drawing control means 254 causes the normal symbol display portion 45 to display the determination result of the lottery by the common drawing lottery means 213 as the fluctuation display of the normal symbol.

<Special figure adjustment means 276>
The special view adjustment means 276 causes the start of the other variable display to stand by while the one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is variably displayed. The special view adjustment means 276 is a second special symbol based on entering the ball into the second starting hole 12 regardless of the order of which of the first starting hole 11 and the second starting hole 12 the game ball entered the ball. The variable display of 52 is prioritized over the variable display of the first special symbol 51 based on the ball entering the first starting opening 11. For example, when both the first and second lottery values are held, the second lottery value is always preferentially prioritized, and the second special symbol 52 is continuously varied and displayed.

  In addition, the special figure adjustment means 276 in a modification is according to the ball entering order to the 1st starting opening 11 and the 2nd starting opening 12 according to the variation indication of the 1st special symbol 51, and the variation indication of the 2nd special symbol 52. It may be selectively changed and displayed. For example, when the ball is thrown in the order of the first start opening 11, the first start opening 11, and the second start opening 12, the first special symbol 51, the first special symbol 51, and the second special symbol 52 change in order Be done. In this case, the special view adjustment means 276 monitors the hold control means 240 and stores the hold order of the win / loss lottery value. Since which special symbol should be changed is determined in accordance with the order of ball entry, that is, the order of holding the lottery value in the hold control means 240, the player can easily grasp the order of the change visually.

  The special view adjustment means 276 in another modification, even if it displays the variation display of the first special symbol 51 and the variation display of the second special symbol 52 in a predetermined digesting order regardless of the entering order Good. For example, priority may be given to alternately displaying the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the variable display of the second special symbol 52. For example, the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 are alternately displayed while both the first and second lottery values are held. The player can easily grasp the order of the changes in an intuitive manner, since which special symbol is to be changed is simply alternated regardless of the order of entry of the game balls.

  In addition, when one of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is stopped in the hitting mode, the special view adjustment means 276 waits the start of the other variable display. In this case, since the variation display of the special symbol is not started while executing the special game, the player can concentrate on the special game.

<Pre-judgment means 235>
The prior determination means 235 includes a first lottery prior determination means 236 and a second lottery prior determination means 237. The first lottery prior determination means 236 is the various random numbers acquired by the first lottery value acquisition means 216 prior to the execution of the various determinations by the first validity determination means 221, the first symbol determination means 226, and the first variation pattern determination means 231. Before the start of the fluctuation of the first special symbol by the first special drawing control means 251, the information about the fluctuation is determined in advance. The second lottery prior determination means 237 is the various random numbers acquired by the second lottery value acquisition means 217 before execution of the various determinations by the second validity determination means 222, the second symbol determination means 227, and the second variation pattern determination means 232. Before the start of the fluctuation of the second special symbol by the second special drawing control means 252, the information about the fluctuation is determined in advance.

  The first lottery prior determination means 236, as a determination table for prior determination pertaining to the first lottery means 211, includes a first advance acceptance lottery value determination table, a first advance symbol lottery value determination table, and a first advance variation pattern random number value determination. Hold the table. The first lottery prior determination means 236 determines the random number group to which the first success / failure lottery value stored in the special view holding means 241 belongs using the first advance / failed lottery value determination table. The first lottery prior determination means 236 determines a random number group to which the first symbol lottery value stored in the special view holding means 241 belongs using the first prior symbol lottery value determination table. The first lottery prior determination means 236 determines a random number group to which the first variation pattern lottery value stored in the special view holding means 241 belongs using the first advance variation pattern determination table. The determination results are temporarily stored as the preliminary determination results, and information on the preliminary determination results is transmitted to the sub substrate 300 by the command communication unit 205 (sub control command transmission unit 207) described later.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a preliminary success or failure determination table referred to in the preliminary success or failure determination. First lottery predetermination means 236 (preliminary determination regarding the first game) refers to the first prior determination lottery value determination table of FIG. In the case of “0 to 299”, the value of “1” indicating that is set as the preliminary success or failure judgment result. In the case where the lottery value for success or failure is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that is set as the result of the preliminary success or failure judgment. In the case where the lottery value for success or failure is "3000 to 56499", the value of "3" indicating that is set as the result of the preliminary success or failure judgment. When the lottery value for success or failure is "56500 to 65535", the value of "4" indicating that is set as the preliminary success or failure judgment result. Next, with reference to the first prior symbol lottery value determination table (not shown), when the first symbol lottery value is "0 to 99", a value of "0" indicating that is set as the prior symbol determination result . When the first symbol lottery value is "100 to 149", a value of "1" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "150-189", a value of "2" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "190 to 229", a value of "3" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the first symbol lottery value is "230 to 255", a value of "4" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. Furthermore, with reference to the first advance variation pattern random number value determination table (not shown), when the first pattern lottery value is "0 to 9", the value of "A" indicating that is set as the advance pattern determination result . When the first pattern lottery value is "10 to 29", the value of "B" indicating that is set as the preliminary pattern determination result. When the first pattern lottery value is "30 to 255", the value of "C" indicating that is set as the preliminary pattern determination result. As described above, the prior determination information set by the first lottery prior determination means 236 (the first pass / fail determination regarding the first game) is the first starting opening 11 by the command communication means 205 (sub control command transmission means 207) described later. It is transmitted to the effect determination means 303 in accordance with the transmission timing of the information (indicating that it is the first winning lottery), the information indicating the number of reservations, etc.

  The second lottery prior determination means 237 (preliminary determination regarding the second game) refers to the second prior determination lottery value determination table of FIG. When the value is “0 to 299”, the value of “1” indicating that is set as the preliminary success or failure judgment result. In the case where the lottery value for success or failure is "300 to 2999", the value of "2" indicating that is set as the result of the preliminary success or failure judgment. In the case where the lottery value for success or failure is "3000 to 63999", the value of "3" indicating that is set as the result of the preliminary success or failure. In the case where the success or failure lottery value is "64 000 to 65535", a value of "4" indicating that is set as the preliminary success or failure judgment result. Next, with reference to the second prior symbol lottery value determination table (not shown), when the second symbol lottery value is "0 to 144", a value of "0" indicating that is set as the prior symbol determination result . When the second symbol lottery value is "145-149", a value of "1" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "150-189", a value of "2" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "190 to 229", a value of "3" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. When the second symbol lottery value is "230-255", a value of "4" indicating that is set as the preliminary symbol determination result. Furthermore, with reference to the second prior variation pattern random number value determination table (not shown), when the second pattern lottery value is "0 to 9", the value of "A" indicating that is set as the prior pattern determination result . When the second pattern lottery value is "10 to 29", the value of "B" indicating that is set as the preliminary pattern determination result. When the second pattern lottery value is "30 to 255", the value of "C" indicating that is set as the preliminary pattern determination result. As described above, the prior determination information set by the second lottery prior determination means 237 (the prior acceptance / rejection determination regarding the second game) is the second starting opening 12 by the command communication means 205 (sub control command transmission means 207) described later. It is transmitted to the effect determination means 303 in accordance with the transmission timing of the information (indicating the second winning lottery) indicating the entry to the ball, the information indicating the number of reservations, and the like.

  In addition, the various information temporarily stored as the prior determination result by the prior determination means 235 is stored in a predetermined | prescribed prior determination result storage area by making four each into upper limit similarly to the number of pending storage. Note that the preliminary determination result may be stored using the suspension storage area stored by the suspension control unit 240. The information may be deleted based on the fact that the preliminary determination result by the preliminary determination unit 235 is transmitted to the effect determination unit 303 by the command communication unit 205 (sub control command transmission unit 207) described later. As described above, efficient use of the storage area in the main substrate 200 can be expected by sharing the information with another area or erasing information based on the completion of transmission. In addition, as the determination table for the prior determination, the determination table for the main determination may be used without providing a table dedicated to the prior determination, and the prior determination on the first game and the prior determination on the second gaming machine All or part may share a common pre-decision table. As described above, reduction in data capacity in the main substrate 200 can be expected by sharing the other determination table. The content to be transmitted as the determination result of the prior determination means 235 may be appropriately selected, for example, by transmitting only the determination result of the pass / fail. In addition, the value of the random number acquired by the first lottery value acquiring unit 216 and the second lottery value acquiring unit 217 is transmitted to the sub substrate 300 by the above-described command communication unit 205 without the determination by the prior determination unit 235, and the sub substrate The contents of the predetermination may be determined according to 300.

<Special game control means 260>
The special game control means 260 operates the special game when the first special symbol 51 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode, when the first success or failure lottery by the first lottery means 211 results in the transition to the special game. It is determined that the condition is established, and the special game is executed by opening the special winning opening 20. Similarly, when the second special lottery by the second lottery means 212 results in the transition to the special game, the special game control means 260, when the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined jackpot manner It is determined that the special game operation condition is established, and the special game is executed by opening the special winning opening 20.

  The special game is a game in which the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 20 is continued a plurality of times continuously, and is constituted by a plurality of unit games. Special games include a 16R big hit that repeats unit games 16 times, a 4R big hit that repeats unit games four times, and a 2R big hit that repeats unit games that have a shorter opening time than 16R big hits and 4R big hits. The 16R big hit is a big hit in the second hit lottery, and the 4R big hit is a big hit in the first hit lottery. In the 16R big hit and 4R big hit, the large winning opening 20 is opened in principle for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the 2R big hit, the large winning opening 20 is opened for about 1.6 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 260 ends the special game when the set round number of the unit game is digested. Even in the case of the 2R big hit, when the predetermined conditions are satisfied, the big winning opening 20 may be opened in the same manner as the 16R big hit and the 4R big hit.

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

  In the small hit game, a unit game is executed once, and the large winning opening 20 is opened and closed twice in one unit game. The small hit game control means 265 opens the large winning opening 20 for about 1.6 seconds per opening and closing, and then closes the large winning opening 20 to end the small hitting game.

<Specific game control means 270>
The specific game control means 270 controls the normal game in the probability change state, the time saving state, and the easy entry state. The specific game control means 270 shifts the gaming state to a definite change state, a time saving state and an easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game, when the special symbol is a specific big hit symbol with transition to a definite change. The definite change state, the short time state and the easy entry state are continued until the next big hit occurs. In the short time state, the first variation pattern determination means 231 and the second variation pattern determination means 232 select a variation pattern having a short variation time so that the variation display time of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 is substantially shortened. Do. However, in the normal state, the variation pattern table corresponding to the number of pending lottery values by the suspension control means 240 is referred to, and as the number of reservations by the suspension control means 240 decreases, a longer variation pattern of variation time tends to appear. In the ball entry easy state, normally both of the symbol variation and the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 or only the opening extension of the second starting opening 12 is performed. That is, the specific game control means 270 causes the second starting opening 12 to be in the open extension state when it becomes the specific big hit, and further, the hit probability of the open lottery is further limited only when the success lottery is the second success lottery. Transition to a probability change state higher than the normal probability state. During the probability variation state, the probability that the first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 determine the yes or no determination result in a big hit is maintained at a high value.

<Opening and closing control means 275>
The opening and closing control means 275 controls the opening and closing of the normal motorized prize 90 of the second start opening 12 and the large winning opening 20. When the normal symbol is stopped in a specific manner, the opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the normal electric power combination solenoid 91 to open the normal power combination 90 of the second start opening 12. The opening / closing control means 275 opens the second starting opening 12 in the short opening or the long opening opening time according to the result of the opening lottery in the normal state, and in the easy entering state, the long opening opening time 2 Open the start port 12. The entry ease of the second starting opening 12 is enhanced, and the player can continue the game without reducing the number of balls held. In the special game, the opening / closing control means 275 sends an opening instruction to the big winning opening solenoid 92 to open the big winning opening 20.

<Main initial process execution means 280, Main power interruption process execution means 282, Main error detection means 284>
The main initial processing execution means 280 executes control start processing of the main substrate 200 when the pachinko gaming machine 100 is powered on or power is restored. The main power failure process execution means 282 executes an abnormality response process such as a power failure process in the main board 200 when a power failure such as a power failure occurs. The main error detection unit 284 executes an abnormality detection process on the main board 200. The control start processing of the main substrate 200, the abnormality response processing, and the abnormality detection processing will be described later.

<Command transmission means>
The command communication means 205 sends out a delivery control command communication means 206 for transmitting to the delivery control board 155 a control command necessary for executing delivery etc., and a sub control for sending to the sub board 300 a control command necessary for executing presentation control etc. The command transmission means 207 is included. The payout control command communication unit 206 transmits a payout command instructing the payout of the number of winning balls corresponding to each winning opening based on the determination of entering the winning opening by the entering determination unit 201, and the main board 200 Send a command that indicates the status of the error that occurred in. The sub control command transmission means 207 transmits the determination result of the lottery corresponding to the design change to the effect determination means 303 together with the control command of the design change, upon starting the design change.

  The sub control command transmission means 207 changes at the timing when the first special view control means 251 and the second special view control means 252 start the variable display of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52 and when it stops. The start command and the change stop command are transmitted to the effect determination means 303 (sub main). When transmitting a change start command, a value indicating the success or failure judgment result or stop pattern determined as the main judgment, a stop symbol, a value indicating the fluctuation pattern, and a value indicating which of the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery It transmits to the effect determination means 303 with a change start command. When transmitting the change stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is sent to the effect determination means 303 together with the change stop command. Further, the effect determination means 303 (sub main) transmits a change start command, a change stop command and the like to the effect control means 304 in order to control the variable display of the decorative symbol by the effect control means 304 (sub sub). Thereby, the variable display by the main display control means 250 and the effect control means 304 (sub sub) is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. In addition, the sub control command transmission unit 207 transmits the preliminary determination result by the preliminary determination unit 235 to the effect determination unit 303. After the preliminary determination result is temporarily stored in the transmission buffer, the winning opening corresponding to the preliminary determination result regardless of whether or not symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started. The information is transmitted to the effect determination means 303 together with the type information of the mouth 12), the information on the number of reservations, the gaming state, etc., and is deleted from the transmission buffer or overwritten later. As a result, a process called so-called “prefetching” is realized which enables the side of the sub-substrate 300 to presumptively recognize the result of the acceptance or rejection before the order of the start of the symbol variation is reached according to the received prior determination result. In addition, the process based on the prior determination information which the sub board | substrate 300 performs is mentioned later. The sub control command transmission unit 207 transmits information on the special game by the special game control unit 260, information on the small hit game by the small hit game control unit 265, and information on the lottery result by the normal symbol lottery unit to the sub substrate 300. In addition, the sub control command transmission unit 207 transmits various control in the main board 200 or information to the main board 200 such as information related to the initial process by the main initial process execution means 280 and the main error detection means 284 etc. Information on various signals etc. is transmitted to the sub substrate 300 as appropriate.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sub-substrate. The sub substrate 300 includes symbol mode determination means 301, pattern storage means 302, effect determination means 303, effect control means 304, clocking means 307, effect setting means 308, sub initial processing execution means 360, sub power interruption processing execution means 362, A sub error detection unit 364, a command reception unit 370, and a sub side predetermination unit 371 are provided.

  The pattern storage means 302 holds effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative symbol 61 and a plurality of effect patterns in which the display process is defined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of change effect patterns in which the change process from change start to stop and change process in the change display of the decorative symbol 61 are defined, and the change display of the decorative symbol, and the degree of expectation to the big hit And a plurality of preview effect patterns that suggest in advance the height of the variable display before stopping the display.

  The command receiving unit 370 receives various commands transmitted from the command communication unit 205, and the sub-side prior determination unit 371 holds the prior determination result transmitted from the command communication unit 205. The effect determination means 303 includes a normal effect determination means 373 and a pre-reading effect determination means 374. The normal effect determining means 373 displays the effect display means 60 on the effect display device 60 according to the information of the first determination result lottery result or the second determination result result transmitted from the command communication means 205, the speaker 108, the contents of the effect to be output to the decoration lamp 111 and the like are determined. The pre-reading effect determination means 374 causes the effect control means 304 to display on the effect display device 60 according to the prior determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205, and determines the effect contents to be output to the speaker 108, the decoration lamp 111, etc. . The normal effect determination means 373 is determined by the first variation pattern determination means 231 or the second variation pattern determination means 232, and among a plurality of variation effect patterns corresponding to the variation pattern of the special symbol transmitted from the command communication means 205 One of them is selected and read out from the pattern storage means 302. The normal effect determination means 373 sends the information on the read variation effect pattern to the effect control means 304. The normal effect determination means 373 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to select a variation effect pattern. The variation effect pattern may be determined by the normal effect determination means 373 with reference to the prior determination result transmitted from the command communication means 205, and may be combined with the content of the pre-reading effect by the pre-reading effect determination means 374 The presentation pattern may be determined. The pre-reading effect determination means 374 specifies the result of this determination more accurately based on the pre-judgment result from the command communication means 205, the past pre-judgment result held on the sub substrate 300, the game state information, etc. Based on the result, it is determined whether or not the preread effect is to be executed before the main determination, and the content of the execution. Specifically, the pre-reading effect determination means 374 determines whether the current gaming state is in the probability variation game, and then shifts to the normal gaming state based on the prior determination result prior to the pre-determination result received this time. It is determined whether to do. Based on the judgment result, the success / failure result of the main judgment and the variation pattern to be selected according to the currently received prior judgment result are specified, and the performance of the pre-reading effect and the pre-reading effect are determined based on the specifying result . Note that the effect determination means 303 is described as the effect determination means 303 inclusive of both parts except for the particularly necessary part, since there are many parts where the normal effect determination means 373 and the pre-read effect determination means 374 cooperate.

  In each variation presentation pattern, a variation time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determination means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time in accordance with the variation pattern of the special symbol.

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

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 61 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the result of the determination by the first determination unit 221 and the second determination unit 222 indicates a transition to a special game of 4R big hit or 16R big hit Is selected as a specific combination, for example, a combination of three symbols such as "777" and "111". Also in the case of 2R big hit or small hit result of the pass / fail judgment, a specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is selected, but the specific combination thereof is not necessarily a combination of three patterns. It does not have to be. If the result of the judgment is neither a big hit nor a small hit, it is a combination such as “312” or “946” in which the three patterns are not uniform, and it is a specific combination selected when 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. If the result of the judgment is not 4R big hit or 16R big hit, and a variation pattern showing out-of-reach is selected, only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is not aligned Choose

  The variation display mode of the decorative symbol, that is, the display process from the start of the variation of the decorative symbol to the stop of the variation is defined in the variation symbol pattern of the decorative symbol. The fluctuation effect pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-pattern, a pattern for displaying a out-of-pattern through a reach state that becomes a big hit if one more pattern is aligned, and a big hit pattern through a reach state Pattern is included. In particular, the patterns when passing through the reach state include patterns having long and short varying times. In each variation presentation pattern, a variation time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determination means 303 selects a variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol having the same variation time as the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  In the time saving state, when the variation pattern selected by the first variation pattern determining means 231 or the second variation pattern determining means 232 is a pattern for time shortening, the effect determining means 303 is a variation in which the effect contents for time shortening are defined. Select a presentation pattern. The time-shortening effect content is an effect in which a background image or sound is output which impresses the player in an advantageous state by time-shortening or a definite change.

  The advance presentation effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video or the like of a specific character or motif, an effect pattern for operating a character, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the advance effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol change, and it is indicated in advance that the expectation that the symbol change stops in the big hit mode is high. For example, there are a normal advance notice effect in which only one image of a character is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a group of many characters is displayed so as to pass from one end of the screen to the other end. In addition, step-up notice effect is further included, in which the display process of the advance effect is divided into a plurality of steps, the number of displayed steps is variable, and the expectation to the big hit is set higher as the number of steps increases.

  In the notice effect pattern, the effect is executed at the timing after the display mode of the decorative symbol 61 is in the reach state, and a pattern for giving a notice of the final stop mode of the symbol (a notice after reach) and one decorative symbol 61 There is a pattern (pre-reach notice) that simultaneously announces that the rendering will be performed and reach the state at the same time when there is no stop.

  The effect determination means 303 should determine whether or not to display the advance effect on the effect display device 60 according to the determination result of the acceptance lottery or the preliminary determination result by a predetermined advance notice lottery, and set the effect as well as displaying it. Determine the notice effect pattern. The effect determination means 303 holds a notice determination table to be referred to in order to determine whether to display a notice effect, and a notice type table to be referred to when selecting a type of notice effect pattern. The notice determination table is set so that different fields are referred to according to the judgment result of the lottery or the preliminary judgment result, and the notice effect is displayed with a higher probability in the case of the hit lottery than in the case of the omission. As such, the correspondence between the determination result of the acceptance lottery and whether to display the notice effect is determined. As a result, the display of the preview effect can indicate the degree of expectation to the jackpot by itself.

  The effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image including the decorative pattern 61 in accordance with the selected change effect pattern data. The effect control unit 304 sets the reception of the change start command of the decorative symbol 61 as the start condition of the new variable display of the decorative symbol. When the effect determination means 303 determines that the advance effect is to be displayed, the effect control means 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display the advance effect according to the selected advance effect pattern on the effect of the symbol variation. Let

  Whether the effect control means 304 holds the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the first false lottery when the false lottery value of the second false lottery is stored, does the first lottery false lottery value stored? The symbol variation display corresponding to the second acceptance lottery is started regardless of whether or not it is not. Thus, when the lottery value is held for both the first and second lotterys, the lottery value held in the second lottery is preferentially read and the variation of the decorative symbol is displayed. . In such a case, the lottery value suspended in the first odds lottery is not read out and the variation of the decorative symbol is not started either until the number of pendings in the second odds lottery becomes 0. As described above, the effect control unit 304 causes the effect display device 60 to display a symbol change effect including the change display of the decorative symbol 61.

  The effect control means 304 further controls the lighting and extinguishing of the decoration lamp 111 and the operation of the movable part 66. The effect control unit 304 has an effect display control unit 305, an audio control unit 306, and a lamp control unit 309. The effect display control means 305 controls the display on the effect display device 60, and the sound control means 306 controls the sound output from the speaker 108. The lamp control means 309 controls lighting and extinguishing of the decoration lamp 111.

  During the change of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52, the effect display device 60 needs to display an image indicating that the symbol is changing. Usually, the decorative pattern 61 of a normal size having a certain size is variably displayed, but in a mode that hinders the visibility of the fluctuating display of the decorative pattern 61 of the normal size, other than the fluctuation of the decorative pattern 61 You may display a special effect to do. In this case, the player is presented with the fact that symbol variation is in progress by variably displaying an alternative symbol which is a smaller than a normal size symbol. Hereinafter, the term "decorative design" simply refers to a regular size decorative symbol, but the term "normal decorative symbol" or "main decorative symbol" also refers to a regular size decorative symbol when it is distinguished from an alternative symbol.

  The alternative design is usually displayed while the visibility of the decorative design is impaired, for example, while the decorative design is not displayed. The substitute symbol is a form of a decorative symbol for suggestively indicating the result of the judgment, and has a display form simplified (in other words, simplified or simplified) than the normal decorative symbol, and the normal decorative symbol It is displayed in a simplified variation process. The alternative symbol usually has a display form on the appearance corresponding to the part indicating the symbol type of the decorative symbol, and for example, has a display form indicating numbers, letters, and symbols indicating the symbol type. In addition, the alternative symbol is variably displayed in an area narrower than the area where the decorative symbol is variably displayed, and typically, at a position where it is difficult to inhibit the main effect by elements other than the symbol, for example, the corner of the screen of the effect display device 60 Varying display. The alternative symbol is displayed relatively smaller than the decorative symbol, but has a display form in which at least symbol types can be identified in appearance. The alternative design may be a reduction of the normal decorative design as it is, or may be identical to the normal decorative design except for the size.

  The plurality of alternative symbols displayed instead of the plurality of normal decorative symbols indicate the degree of expectation that the result of the winning or losing lottery becomes advantageous to the player by the combination of the stop modes at the end of the fluctuation. For example, the plurality of alternative symbols suggests that the jackpot expectation of the variation is high by reaching a state in which two symbol types out of three alternative symbols are aligned. In addition, it becomes a certain kind of design that suggests that the left and right symbols in reach state are relatively high in expectations such as “3” and “7”, and the expectations in “1” and “2” are By being a symbol of a type that suggests relatively low, it may indicate high or low expectation of the reach state. In addition, the alternative symbol does not have a definite stop condition in appearance, but is in a temporary stop condition in which a slight shake is maintained. After the temporary stop of the alternative symbol, a normal decorative symbol may be displayed instead of the alternative symbol, and the normal decorative symbol may be displayed in the state of the decision stop. Also, instead of exclusively displaying the decorative symbol and the alternative symbol, there may be overlapping display periods. Furthermore, at the time of a predetermined effect in which the visibility of the decorative symbol is impaired normally, the fluctuation display of the ordinary decorative symbol may be continued and the fluctuation of the alternative symbol may be displayed. Unlike the alternative symbol, the special symbol is changing in a predetermined area of the effect display device 60 during movement of the first special symbol 51 and the second special symbol 52, with an image similar to or smaller than the alternative symbol. A simple symbol suggesting that there is a variable may be displayed. The simple symbol may be configured as a variable symbol display of three symbol combinations similarly to the normal decorative symbol, or may be configured as a variable symbol of one symbol, or a simple symbol (such as "o", "x", etc.) May be switched sequentially. The simple symbol usually has no relation with the variation display mode of the decorative symbol or the alternative symbol, and displays a constant change from the start of the change of the special symbol to the end of the change, and the stop display manner of the normal symbol You may make a display. In addition, what is necessary is just a thing in which the result of the special symbol and the indication of the change display of a special symbol and the special symbol are informed at minimum, and a simple symbol can be suitably changed, such as what is displayed by two symbol combinations. In addition, the simple symbol may be called "sub-decorative symbol", "sub-character", "mini-symbol", "mini-character" or the like. You may use the variation display of the decoration symbol called the 4th design which shows the display equivalent to a simple symbol by light emission modes, such as LED separately from the effect display apparatus 60. FIG. The fourth symbol is used to indicate the progress of the game (display during variation of special symbol, result display) when a problem occurs in the effect display device 60 or the like. As an example of the display mode of the 4th pattern, LED lights "white", "blue", "green", "yellow", "orange", "red" one by one (it is possible as blinking including lighting off) Depending on the type of special symbol, it may be displayed in a variable manner, or may blink in a single color to indicate the variable display, and may indicate the type of deviation or jackpot in the light emission color when stopped.

  The clock means 307 is a clock circuit that outputs time information used for playing a game. The clocking means 307 is a timer circuit which measures the time from the time of power on with a counter and outputs it as time information. However, it may be a real time clock circuit which has a built-in battery and can continue to measure the date and time by the battery even when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned off or during a power failure. In the case of the real-time clock circuit, there may be a slight difference in the time of each game console due to individual differences or time shifts, while in the case of the timer circuit, the time differences among multiple game consoles as long as the power is turned on simultaneously. Is unlikely to occur.

  The effect determining means 303 executes the tuning effect starting at a predetermined timing triggered by the fact that the time information output by the clock means 307 indicates a predetermined time. The tuning effect is a effect to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in a tuning effect period which is a period substantially asynchronous to the fluctuation period of the symbol variation or the gaming state. The tuning rendition period extends over several minutes, and its length is longer than one symbol variation time, and may include multiple symbol variation periods. The effect pattern of the tuning effect is stored in the pattern storage means 302, and the predetermined pattern and the reproduction of the video are defined in the effect pattern. A plurality of types of effect patterns of the synchronized effect are prepared, and different types of effect patterns may be selected depending on the date and time such as the month, the date, the day of the week, and the time.

  The tuning effect is executed regardless of whether a normal game or a special game is in progress. Here, "during normal game" also includes display of a so-called standby demo screen. That is, in "normal game", (1) "during normal display during variable display" in which symbols are variably displayed, and (2) not in variable display of symbols nor in standby demonstration screen display And (3) "During standby demo screen displaying normal game", which is not displaying the symbol of the variable but not displaying the standby demo screen. While the entrainment effect can be executed during any of the periods (1) to (3), in the cases of (2) and (3), the output mode for controlling the volume reduction or the brightness reduction in the entrainment effect is (1) It can be different from. In addition, while the standby demo screen is displayed, the player can input information related to the mobile cooperation system described later by operating the effect button 109 and the cross key 110. It is suppressed, and the screen display such as presentation customization by the mobile cooperation system is prioritized.

  The tuning effect is, for example, an effect of reproducing a performance or an image of a predetermined music at a predetermined time (referred to as a “tuning effect start time”). The time to trigger the reproduction of the tuning effect may be the time to reach with a predetermined time interval from when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is turned on, or every hour or half of the hour based on the standard time It may be Alternatively, a time may be set which may differ depending on the date or day of the week, and the interval may be different, such as after 1 hour later, 3 hours later, and so on instead of “every hour”. The interval may be different depending on the date or day of the week. It may be a variable setting that can specify a time by a game shop clerk for each game shop. However, it is preset that the same tuning effect is performed at least at the same time among a plurality of identical models installed in the same game arcade. For example, in the case of a specification in which the time taken to reach a predetermined time interval from the time of turning on the power is used as a trigger, a plurality of game machines are turned on at the same time. As a result, the same tuning effect is performed simultaneously on the plurality of gaming tables upon the predetermined time having been reached. As a result, the effects are simultaneously displayed as if synchronized by a plurality of units, and the same music or video flows simultaneously, so that a live performance or a movie is shown on the spot, and there is a synergetic sense of presence A staging effect is obtained.

  The function of the tuning effect is similarly incorporated in another game console of the same model, and a plurality of game consoles on the same game island are simultaneously powered on by the game clerk on a daily basis. Then, the plurality of game consoles to which power is simultaneously turned on will all arrive at the synchronization effect start time almost simultaneously, and the synchronization effect can be executed simultaneously and simultaneously. This is called two or more synchronous effects. In that case, not only will the display of the image be synchronized with a plurality of units, but the output of sound effects and background music will also be synchronized with a plurality of units, and the synergetic effect by executing rendering simultaneously as the number of units synchronized increases. Increase.

  The effect setting means 308 stores the gaming history of the player. The game history includes a history of game results and a history of effect results. The game result history is the result of the game that leads to the balls being obtained as a result of the game, such as the number of hit balls, the number of winning balls, the number of big hits, the number of definite variations, and the number of time reductions. The history of the rendition result is different from the profit on the game, and the right to be able to change the content and type of the rendition, and the right to be able to easily make the rendition of the specific type be given Information such as the score of For example, in order to score the frequency of appearance of a predetermined effect, the result of a mini game, etc. and give it to a player, encoding information indicating the score and the game history, such as a two-dimensional code, is displayed on the screen. When the player reads and decodes the two-dimensional code with the camera of his portable terminal, information of the score obtained by the decryption and the game history is accumulated in the portable terminal of the player. The cooperation system between the gaming machine and the portable terminal of the player via the two-dimensional code will be described later. In addition, the score said here is needed in order to expand the range of effect customization mentioned later, and a score reaches a predetermined | prescribed accumulation value (for example, reaching 1000 points, every 100 points etc., etc.) The item that can be customized is a specification that is triggered by the

  The effect setting unit 308 stores, as effect customization, setting of which one of a plurality of types of effect contents to be selected as effect customization based on the player's selection instruction and the game history. For example, as the effect pattern to be displayed during the special game, a plurality of effect patterns having different displayed motifs, characters, and music are prepared in the pattern storage unit 302, and the player is allowed to select which effect to be displayed. To be. Alternatively, patterns of a plurality of types of motifs or characters are prepared in the pattern storage means 302 as designs of patterns included in a decorative pattern to be varied, and the player is allowed to select which pattern to display. In those cases, when the player operates the effect button 109 or the cross key 110 while the standby demonstration screen is displayed, and the effect pattern is selected through the operation, the effect setting unit 308 selects the selected content. Remember. The effect determination means 303 selects the type of effect pattern in the special game according to the setting stored by the effect setting means 308.

  The sub initial processing execution means 360 executes control start processing of the sub substrate 300 when the pachinko gaming machine 100 is powered on or power is restored. The sub power failure process execution means 362 executes an abnormal state response process such as a power failure process in the sub substrate 300 when a power failure such as a power failure occurs. The sub error detection unit 364 executes an abnormality detection process on the sub substrate 300. When the sub error detection unit 364 detects a power failure, the sub power failure process execution unit 362 backs up the data of the RAM to the backup RAM as the power failure process.

  FIG. 10 is a view schematically showing the outline of the mobile cooperation system. As a premise of the mobile cooperation system, the player sets the account and password in advance in the game history server 358 provided with the dedicated site by the mobile terminal 354 for user registration. When the player presses the effect button 109 at the start of the game, the effect display control means 305 causes the screen of the effect display device 60 to display a two-dimensional code 350 obtained by encoding the address of the dedicated site of the gaming history server 358, The player is made to read it with the camera of the portable terminal, and the dedicated site of the game history server 358 is accessed. Character information (also referred to as “password information”) obtained by encoding the player's identification information and effect score history from the dedicated site is transmitted to the portable terminal and displayed on the screen of the portable terminal. The effect display control means 305 causes the effect display device 60 to display the input screen of the password information, and causes the player to input via the button operation of the cross key 110 or the like. By the effect setting means 308 decrypting the input password information and registering it as player identification information and effect score history, it is possible to take over the game contents and effect score states of the player up to the previous time. The input of the password information is a recording start instruction of the game history of the player and a start instruction of effect customization for selecting various effect elements. Thereafter, in the pachinko gaming machine 100, along with the progress of the game and the effect, the point which the effect setting means 308 gives to the player as the benefit on the effect is added at any time and accumulated as the effect score history. At any time, it is possible to implement presentation customization and select and set favorite elements as various presentation elements. The point awarding on the presentation is based on addition for each symbol variation, and the higher the expectation type of transition expectation to the special game, the higher the score is given, and the point to the special game is also given a high score.

  As the effect customization, the player uses a part of the points cumulatively obtained, and colors, background, shape, characters, and the like that constitute the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device 60 according to the number of points used. The presentation elements such as music can be changed to the type of preference. The effect setting unit 308 receives an instruction to change an effect element via a button operation by the player, and changes various effect elements according to the instruction. As the effect elements that can be customized, a plurality of types of items are prepared for each of the elements, and different values are set as the number of points required for each item. Therefore, the customizable items increase when the accumulated score reaches the predetermined value, or the chance to increase the customizable items is provided. When the player performs a button operation as an instruction to end the game or effect customization, the effect setting unit 308 generates a two-dimensional code 350 obtained by encoding information such as a benefit on effect or effect score history, and controls this for effect display The means 305 displays on the effect display device 60. The player can read the two-dimensional code 350 with the camera of his portable terminal and decode the read two-dimensional code 352 to obtain information and store it in the portable terminal 354. Further, the information is transmitted from the portable terminal 354 to the gaming history server 358 having a dedicated site via the network 356, linked with its own account information, and managed. In this manner, information such as presentation privilege and presentation score history is transmitted to the portable terminal 354 via the transmission means such as display and reading of the two-dimensional code 350, and is managed by the gaming history server 358, The contents of the game and the effect can be taken over in the next game. In addition, by continuing the game for a long time, points can be obtained as the number of times of symbol variation and the number of effects increase.

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

  The instruction data to be transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the sub substrate 300 has a 2-byte configuration by combining 1-byte instruction type data called so-called MODE data and 1-byte instruction content data called so-called EVENT data. The main board 200 can send an instruction by transmitting the instruction type data and the instruction content data to the sub board 300 in association with each other. The instruction type data is a bit string indicating the type of instruction, and a unique type code is assigned in advance at the development stage for each type of instruction. The instruction content data is a bit string indicating the content of the instruction. The most significant bit of instruction type data and instruction content data is an identification bit indicating which of instruction type data and instruction content data, and when the most significant bit is 1, it indicates that it is instruction type data, and is most significant. When the bit is 0, it indicates that it is instruction content data.

  Communication from the main board 200 to the sub board 300 requires 1 byte of 2 transmissions for transmitting 2 bytes of instruction data because it is a specification to transmit 1 byte of data per data transmission. . The MODE data which is the upper byte is transmitted in the first communication, and the EVENT data which is the lower byte is transmitted in the second communication. In consideration of the possibility of communication failure due to the influence of noise etc., the main board 200 transmits the same data continuously, and determines that the transmission and reception of the data is completed when the same data is read in two consecutive lines by the sub board 300 . The main substrate 200 repeatedly transmits the same data up to five times, until it is read continuously.

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

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the effect control device 313. As shown in FIG. The effect control device 313 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, a display control circuit 326, and an audio control circuit 314. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display, and audio data used for audio output in a compressed state. The effect image data is an image used for variable display or effect display as an effect object indicating a determination result of a lottery or not, for example, a sprite image of a decorative symbol used for decorative symbol fluctuation, a sprite image used for advance notice effect, various effects It is a material image such as a moving image to be used. Motion data is data in which an operation used when adding an effect operation at a predetermined timing to an image used for various effects is defined. The audio data is audio data such as music, background sound, sound effects, and speech of characters that are output during presentation.

  Based on the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310, effect image data or motion data specified in the display pattern data is read from the data ROM 324 to the control RAM 322, and effect display using the effect image data or motion data Is executed by the control CPU 320. As a result, a command relating to effect display, effect image data, and motion data are transmitted from the control CPU 320 to the display control circuit 326, and display control is performed by the display control circuit 326. Similarly, a command relating to audio output and audio data are transmitted from the control CPU 320 to the audio control circuit 314, and the audio control circuit 314 performs audio output control.

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

  The effect image data and the motion data sent from the control CPU 320 are stored in the drawing memory 334, and the compressed data among those data is decoded by the decoder 332. A drawing memory 334 is a VRAM (Video RAM) used as a work area when decoding effect image data and motion data by the decoder 332, or as a work area when drawing processing and image processing by the drawing circuit 336 are performed. ).

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

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

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

  When performing display control based on the “schematic display pattern data” sent from the sub CPU 310, the effect control device 313 reads “detailed display pattern data” necessary for the process from the data ROM 324 and uses both display pattern data. Execute the display process. Therefore, it can be said that the effect control device 313 executes the display control process based on the display pattern data including the “general display pattern data” and the “detail display pattern data”. Therefore, in the present specification, unless explicitly referred to, the "general display pattern data" stored in the sub ROM 312 and the "detail display pattern data" stored in the data ROM 324 are not distinguished from each other. " For example, when the effect control means performs a specific process based on the display pattern data held in the data storage means, the display pattern data includes "general display pattern data" and "detail display pattern data". . In the modification, the display pattern data is not divided into the “schematic display pattern data” and the “detailed display pattern data”, and even if the display pattern data serving as both is held in the sub ROM 312 or the data ROM 324. Good.

  In the present embodiment, a hardware configuration of the effect control device 313 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. In a modification, the control CPU 320, the control RAM 322, the data ROM 324, and the display control circuit 326 may not be configured as separate electronic components, but may be integrated. Also, the processing that has been performed by the display control circuit 326 may be performed by the control CPU 320, the control RAM 322, or the data ROM 324. For example, the control CPU 320 included in the effect control device 313 may execute the processing performed by the decoder 332, the drawing circuit 336, and the display circuit 340 included in the display control circuit 326. Further, the control RAM 322 included in the effect control device 313 may double as the function of the drawing memory 334 and the frame buffer 338. In addition, the hardware configuration may not include the display control circuit 326 in the effect control device 313, and in this case, the processing performed by the display control circuit 326 is performed by the control CPU 320, the control RAM 322 or the data ROM 324. It may be done.

  Further, in this embodiment, as the hardware configuration of the sub substrate 300, a configuration including the effect control device 313 in addition to the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, and the sub ROM 312 is shown. In the modification, the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, the ROM 312, and the effect control device 313 may not be configured as separate electronic components, but may be integrated. Further, the processing that is performed by the effect control device 313 may be performed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, or the sub ROM 312. For example, the sub CPU 310 may execute the processing of the control CPU 320, the sub RAM 311 may have the function of the control RAM 322, or the sub ROM 312 may have the function of the data ROM 324. In addition, the hardware configuration may not include the rendering control device 313 in the sub substrate 300. In this case, the processing performed by the rendering control device 313 is performed by the sub CPU 310, the sub RAM 311, or the sub ROM 312. May be

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing control start processing of the main board 200 in the pachinko gaming machine. Although this control start process is executed by the main initial process execution means 280, it will be described hereinafter as being executed by the main CPU 290 functioning as the main initial process execution means 280. When the power switch 150 is turned on, the main CPU 290 sets a stack pointer (S100), permits access to the main RAM 291 (S102), and performs initial settings regarding hardware such as setting of internal registers of the main CPU 290. (S104).

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

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

  In the power-off recovery process (S114), the power-on normal data indicating that the power-on was normally performed is stored in the power-off information flag, and initialization of various errors and communication initialization with the payout control board 155 are executed. Do. Subsequently, the command request for the unsent part before power-off is cleared, and the command transmission of various information indicating the gaming state is requested. Subsequently, a rendering command corresponding to the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Subsequently, the open / closed state of the second start opening 12 and the special winning opening 20 is restored to the state before the power is turned off. Subsequently, processing for notifying the operating state of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol is executed.

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

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

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the main processing of S120 in FIG. 13 in detail. The main CPU 290 temporarily prohibits the timer interrupt (S200), starts the operation of the watchdog timer (S202), and monitors the power-off (S204). When a drop in the power supply voltage supplied from the power supply substrate 158 is detected in a power supply voltage monitoring circuit (not shown), a power supply disconnection memory is executed by inputting an unconditional interrupt request signal from the power supply voltage monitoring circuit to the main CPU 290 In the process, the power-off confirmation data is stored in the power-off confirmation flag. Therefore, the main CPU 290 monitors the value of the power-off confirmation flag (S204), and executes the processing for power-off when the value of the power-off confirmation flag matches the power-off confirmation data (Y in S206). To advance to step S212. If the value of the power off confirmation flag does not match the power off confirmation data (N in S206), to update the initial value random number per normal symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the software initial value random number per special symbol, The initial value random number updating process is executed (S208), the timer interruption is permitted (S210), and the process returns to S200. Thereafter, S200 to S210 are repeated. If a timer interrupt occurs while the timer interrupt is inhibited (S202 to S208), after the timer interrupt is enabled in S210, an interrupt process to be described later is executed.

  When power-off is detected in S206 (Y in S206), the main CPU 290 restarts the watchdog timer (S212), and confirms the content of the power-off information flag (S214). If the content of the power-off information flag does not match the power-on normal data (N in S214), it is determined that the data at power-on is not properly stored, and the power-off abnormal data is stored in the power-off information flag After that (S216), it proceeds to S222. If the contents of the power-off information flag match the power-on normal data (Y in S214), it is determined that the data at the time of power-on is normally stored, and the power-off normal data is stored in the power-off information flag (S218). Subsequently, when the power is turned on next time, in order to check the data of the main RAM 291 backed up, a checksum of the data stored in the main RAM 291 is calculated and stored in the main RAM 291 (S220). Subsequently, access to the main RAM 291 is inhibited (S222), and looping is performed until the power is turned off. The above-mentioned processing at the time of power-off is executed by the main power-off processing execution means 282 realized by the main CPU 290.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing details of the interrupt processing. When a timer interrupt occurs in the main process (S120), the main CPU 290 executes the interrupt process. First, an interrupt operation condition is set (S300), and the watchdog timer is restarted (S302). Subsequently, in order to manage the gaming machine, input processing (S304), various random number update processing (S306), initial value update type random number update processing (S308), initial value random number update processing (S310), timer subtraction processing (S312) , 2nd starting opening validity period setting process (S314), prize monitoring process (S316), winning ball control process (S318), normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320), normal symbol control process (S322), normal symbol variation start Monitoring processing (S324), starting opening monitoring control processing (S326), special symbol control processing (S328), special electric combination product control processing (S330), special winning opening effective period setting processing (S332), special symbol variation start monitoring control Processing (S334), abnormality detection processing (S336), ball passing time abnormality detection processing (S338), gaming state display processing (S340), handle state signal Inspection process (S342), LED output process (S344), emission control signal output process (S346), test signal output process (S348), solenoid output process (S350), effect control command transmission process (S352), external information output process (S354) is sequentially executed, the next timer interrupt is permitted (S356), and the process returns.

  In the input process (S304), monitor the data of the switch attached to the game board surface, open circuit short circuit power failure detection signal, door / frame open signal, magnetic detection signal, radio wave detection signal, and touch state signal input port The data indicating the input state is created and stored in the main RAM 291. The data indicating the input state includes level data (data of the input port at the time of the current interrupt), rising data or falling data (data of the input port at the time of the current interrupt and the time of the previous interrupt). They are data which show the switch by which the switch was seen by comparing the data of an input port by exclusive OR.

  In various random number updating processes (S306), the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is read out from the main RAM 291 and the value is incremented and stored if the value is less than the predetermined maximum value, and 0 is stored if the value is equal to or more than the predetermined maximum value. Further, the variation pattern random number is read out from the main RAM 291 and the subtraction result is stored if the result of subtracting the predetermined value from the value is 0 or more, and the predetermined maximum value is stored if it is less than 0. Thus, the normal symbol variation pattern random number and the variation pattern random number are updated at each time when the timer interrupt occurs.

  In the initial value update type random number updating process (S308), the random number per normal symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated. The value of each random number, the maximum value, and the initial value are read from the main RAM 291 and the values of the random numbers are incremented. If the incremented result exceeds the maximum value, the random number value is set to 0. If the incremented result matches the initial value, the initial value random number is read from the main RAM 291 and the initial value is updated. Thereby, the random number per symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the soft random number per special symbol are updated at each time when the timer interrupt occurs, and when the value of the random number returns to the initial value, ie, the random number range Then, an initial value is newly set and a random number is generated.

  In the initial value random number updating process (S310), the initial value random number per symbol, the symbol initial value random number per special symbol, and the software initial value random number per special symbol are updated. The initial value random number is read out from the initial value random number update table of the main RAM 291, and the value of the initial value random number is incremented. If the result of the increment exceeds the upper limit value, the value of the initial value random number is set to 0. The same process is performed in the initial value random number update process (S208) in the main process (S120).

  In the timer subtraction process (S312), the 2-byte timer is updated. The values of timers for various controls are read from the main RAM 291 according to the table, respectively, and when the value of the timer is other than 0, the values are sequentially decremented and stored. If the timer value is 0, the timer update is not executed.

  In the second starting opening effective period setting process (S314), the effective period of the second starting opening 12 is set. If the game ball enters the second start opening 12, the payout period of the game ball and the lottery related to the second special symbol will be executed by entering the game ball, and if the game ball enters the ball, the payout of the ball and the second special An invalid period in which the lottery concerning the symbol is not executed is set. As will be described later, in the start opening monitoring control process (S326), since the second start opening winning process monitoring process is not executed during the ineffective period of the second start opening 12, the game ball enters the second start opening 12 Even then, the payout of the winning balls and the lottery relating to the second special symbol are not executed. The same applies to the case where the effective period and the ineffective period are set in the first start port 11, the large winning opening 20, the first operating opening 31, the second operating opening 32, the general winning opening 33, and the like. When the state of the normal symbol is "in ordinary electric combination product operation", data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is the effective period is stored in the second starting opening effective period flag. If the state of the normal symbol is not "normal motor combination in action", if the value of the second start opening effective extension timer is not 0, the second start opening 12 is the effective period in the second start opening effective period flag Is stored, and if the value of the second starting opening valid extension timer is 0, data indicating that the second starting opening is an invalid period is stored in the second starting opening valid period flag.

  In the prize monitoring process (S316), the switch passing of the gaming ball is inspected, and when the gaming ball passes the switch, there is no invalidation period in the switch, or in the case where it is currently the effective period, If there is, the winning counter is updated. In addition, creation of a security output request to be output to the external information output terminal 160 and transmission of a command are requested.

  In the prize ball control process (S318), monitoring of data reception from the payout control substrate 155, command transmission request to the payout control substrate 155, command transmission to the payout control substrate 155, and inspection of received data from the payout control substrate 155 In order.

  In normal symbol operation gate monitoring processing (S320), the passage of the first operation port 31 and the second operation port 32 of the gaming ball is monitored, and it is determined that the gaming ball has passed the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32 If the normal symbol variation hold number is less than the upper limit of 4, then the normal symbol hold number is updated, and a random number relating to the normal symbol is stored in the main RAM 291.

  In the normal symbol control process (S322), the state of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the normal symbol control is being performed, the process related to the normal symbol display portion 45 or the normal motorized role 90 is executed. If the status of the normal symbol is "normal symbol variation", execute the normal symbol variation processing, and if "normal symbol stop symbol display", execute the normal symbol stop symbol display processing, "normal power If the item is in operation, the process is executed during normal motorized item operation, and if it is in the case of “during normal motor event operation end demonstration”, the process during normal motor event completion end is performed. During the normal symbol fluctuation processing, after performing the fluctuation of the normal symbol, monitor the fluctuation time, and when it is determined that the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is ended, the fluctuation stop setting of the normal symbol is performed, and the state of the normal symbol Set to "Stop symbol display". In the normal symbol stop symbol display processing, the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the normal symbol is ended, the operation termination setting of the normal symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a hit, the condition of the normal symbol is set to "in ordinary electric symbol operation in progress", the operation state of the ordinary electric symbol opening extension function at the ordinary electric symbol operation start is stored, and the ordinary electric symbol operation starts The operation setting of the normal electric combination solenoid 91 corresponding to the operation state of the normal combination opening extension function is performed. In the case of detachment, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normal symbol variation standby". In the processing during the normal electric role work, when it is determined that the winning of the winning opening pertaining to the normal electric role 90 of the gaming ball is monitored, and it is determined that the winning number of the winning opening pertaining to the normal electric 90 has reached the maximum winning number Performs the setting of the termination of operation of the ordinary electric service 90 and the setting of the second start opening effective extension time. If it is determined that the number of winnings in the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric role 90 has not reached the maximum winning number, monitoring of the opening / closing time of the entrance to the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric role 90, the ordinary electric role 90 Setting the opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening according to the above, and when it is determined that the opening of the entrance of the series of ordinary electric jacks 90 is finished, the operation termination setting of the ordinary electric jack 90 and the second starting opening is effective Execute extension time setting. When it is determined that the opening / closing time of the entrance of the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric jack 90 is not completed, the setting of opening / closing of the entrance of the winning opening pertaining to the ordinary electric jack 90 is not performed. In the processing during the demonstration of the normal motor combination work operation, monitoring the completion time demonstration time of the regular motor combination 90 is carried out, and when it is judged that the operation completion demonstration time cycle of the regular power combination 90 is completed, the state of the normal symbol is "normal symbol Set to "Waiting for change".

  Normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324), the condition of the normal symbol is monitored and it is "under normal symbol variation waiting", and when the value of the normal symbol operation pending ball number is other than 0, the variation of the normal symbol To start. If it is determined to start the variation of the normal symbol, the normal symbol operation holding ball number is decremented and the hit determination, the determination of the stop symbol, the setting of the variation pattern number of the normal symbol, and the setting of the variation time of the normal symbol are executed. . After that, the state of the normal symbol is set to "normally in the state of symbol fluctuation", and the region of the main RAM 291 used for setting the state of the normal symbol, the hit determination, and the fluctuation pattern determination is cleared.

  In the start opening monitoring control process (S326), the first start opening 11 and the second start opening 12 of the game ball are monitored. When winning of the game ball is confirmed when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol is less than 4, a value obtained by acquiring the built-in random number and adding the value of the soft random number per special symbol to the acquired built-in random number is It is stored in the buffer as a random number per special symbol used in the big hit judgment. Also, as random numbers related to special symbols, symbol random numbers and fluctuation pattern random numbers are acquired and stored. If you prefer to reserve the second special symbol with priority over the first special symbol, execute only the update of the suspension pertaining to the winning combination, but if the special symbol withholding sequence is the winning order, In addition to updating the pending status related to the winning combination, updating of the total pending number and storage of the winning sequence are executed. Subsequently, in order to request a notice effect command corresponding to the random number stored at the start opening winning, the state of the gaming machine is confirmed, and when it is determined that the command transmission period, a hit notice effect request, a hit symbol notice effect request, pattern notice Perform rendering requests in order. Here, when (1) is waiting for each and the random number related to the first special symbol is stored while the probability variation function of the normal symbol is not in operation, (2) it is in the waiting and normal symbol When storing the random number according to the second special symbol while the probability variation function is inactive, (3) when corresponding to the case where the random number according to the second special symbol is stored during the big hit medium or small hit , It is determined that it is a command transmission period. Then, it requests the rendering command corresponding to the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol. Thereby, the sub-substrate 300 is notified that the number of operation reserved balls of the special symbol has been updated. As described above, in the pre-reading, four pieces of prior determination information (advance pass / fail determination information, advance symbol determination information, advance pattern determination information) and the number of balls to be reserved are transmitted to the sub-substrate 300 as a set. In the above example, the main CPU 290 controls the transmission of the command for the predetermination processing, but in another example, if there is a ball entering the starting opening, the transmission is uniformly performed and pre-reading is possible. The sub CPU 310 may perform various status determinations such as whether or not it is a period. Subsequently, if the value of the second starting opening effective period flag is data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is the effective period, the value of the second starting opening effective period flag is checked. As in the case, the second start opening winning game monitoring process is executed. When the value of the second starting opening valid period flag is data indicating that the second starting opening 12 is an invalid period, the monitoring processing of the second starting opening winning is not performed. If the game ball is confirmed to have a prize when the number of balls held is 0, the number of balls held is once changed from 0 to 1 here, and control processing relating to the start of fluctuation described later is executed. .

  In the special symbol control process (S328), the waiting state is checked, and the special symbol control process is ended when the special motorized part is in operation, ie, when the big hit or the small hit is in progress. If the special electric role is inactive, the state of the special symbol is inspected, and if it is "waiting for special symbol variation", the special symbol control general-purpose processing is ended, and if it is "variation start", the special symbol variation is The start process is executed, and if "special symbol variation is in progress", the special symbol variation processing is executed, and if "special symbol stop symbol display", the special symbol stop symbol display processing is executed. In the special symbol variation start process, the selection number of the special symbol variation pattern is acquired based on the variation pattern random number, the variation time corresponding to the special symbol variation pattern number is determined, and the sub substrate 300 starts the effect display. Request a command of additional symbol information, variation pattern, and character information, set the state of special symbol to "during special symbol variation", and clear the variation pattern determination area used to determine the special symbol variation pattern to 0 . During special symbol variation processing, after the variation of the special symbol is performed, the variation time is monitored, and when it is determined that the variation time of the special symbol is ended, the variation stop setting of the special symbol is performed, and the special symbol status is "special Set to "Stop symbol display". During special symbol stop symbol display processing, the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is monitored, and when it is determined that the stop symbol display time of the special symbol is ended, the operation termination setting of the special symbol corresponding to the result of the hit determination is executed. In the case of a big hit, in order to end the operation of the special symbol, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol variation", the number of times the special motorized symbol is operated continuously, and the probability of the special symbol The variable function, the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function, the normal symbol probability fluctuation function, the ordinary symbol fluctuation time shortening function, and the ordinary electric character opening extension function are inactivated, and the state of the gaming machine is prepared for the big winning opening opening Set in, set the start start demonstration display time, request the command for start start demonstration effect, and the command request for the launch position specification effect (command request to execute the effect that suggests the recommended launch position such as "right-handed") Run. If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, it performs the operation termination judgment of the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function and the normal symbol probability fluctuation function, updates the fluctuation pattern selection state, makes the game state command request, and carries out the special symbol In order to end the operation of the special symbol state is set to "special symbol change waiting", the state of the gaming machine is set during the small hit start demonstration, setting of the hit start demonstration display time, the hit start demonstration effect Execute a command request and a command request of a launch position designation effect. If the result of the hit judgment is a loss, the operation termination judgment of the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function and the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol is performed, the fluctuation pattern selection state is updated, the command request of the gaming state is made, and the special symbol In order to end the operation, the state of the special symbol is set to "waiting for special symbol variation", and the command request of the launch position designation effect is executed.

  In the special motorized product control process (S330), in order to execute the process related to the special motorized product, the operating condition of the condition device and the special motorized product is checked, and the condition device is operating or the special motorized product is operating. If it is determined, the processing pertaining to the special motorized role is executed. Depending on the operating status of special electric role, processing during special opening special opening processing, processing during special electric special opening processing, processing during special opening special opening processing, processing during big hit ending demonstration, processing during small hitting start demonstration, small hitting special electric power Execute processing during operation, processing during small hit large winning opening closed, processing during small hit end demonstration.

  In the special winning opening valid period setting process (S332), in order to save the result of the effective period judgment of the special winning opening 20, when the value of the special winning opening effective time is 0, the special winning in the special winning opening valid period flag The mouth invalid period data is stored, and when it is other than 0, the special winning opening valid period data is stored in the special winning opening valid period flag.

  In the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334), the operating state of the special symbol is monitored, and it is determined whether or not the special symbol can start to be varied. (1) If the digestion sequence of the special symbol holding balls is priority digestion of the second special symbol, (1) not being in the middle or small jackpot, (2) that the first special symbol is waiting for fluctuation, (3 ) Special symbol is in the state where it can start the fluctuation when all of the second special symbol is waiting for fluctuation and (4) the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol is other than 0. It is determined that In addition to the above (1) to (3), (5) the total number of balls reserved for special symbols is other than 0 if the order for digesting the balls for special symbols is the winning order, (6) It is determined that the special symbol can start changing when the determination is satisfied that all of the determination order matches the winning order.

  If it is determined that the special symbol can start changing, the number of operation pending balls of the special symbol is subtracted, and the rendering command corresponding to the number of pending balls of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is requested. Thereby, the sub-substrate 300 is notified that the number of balls reserved for special symbols has been updated.

  Then, the hit determination of the special symbol is executed. In the hit determination, it is determined by the random number per special symbol whether it is a big hit, a small hit, or an off, and the determination result is stored in the special symbol determination flag. Continue to determine the symbol. In the determination of the symbol, if the hit determination is a big hit, a big hit symbol is determined based on the symbol random number per special symbol, if it is a small hit, a small hit symbol is determined, if it is out, it is out Is determined.

  If the result of the hit determination is a big hit, based on the value of the group determination number indicating the type of the hit symbol determined in the symbol determination process, determine the operation content of the probability variation function of the special symbol, of the special symbol The game state after the big hit is set, such as setting the operation contents of the fluctuation time shortening function and the winning easy state of the normal symbol. Subsequently, the setting during the big hit is executed such as the number of times the special motorized product operates in succession and the content of the opening time of the big winning opening. Subsequently, the content of the variation pattern selection state is set by selecting the variation pattern table to be referred to after the big hit ends based on the result of the hit determination and the operating state of the probability variation function of the normal symbol. Subsequently, the start demonstration time and the end demonstration time are set with reference to the table selected based on the game state and the value of the group judgment number indicating the type of the hit symbol. Subsequently, the area of the main RAM 291 used for hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

  If the result of the hit judgment is a small hit, select the fluctuation pattern table to be referred to after the small hit, set the contents of the fluctuation pattern selection state, set the start demonstration time and end demonstration time, Clear the area of the main RAM 291 used for determination and symbol determination, and set the state of the special symbol to "variation start". If the result of the hit determination is a release, the area of the main RAM 291 used for the hit determination and symbol determination is cleared, and the state of the special symbol is set to "variation start".

  In the abnormality detection process (S336), the main CPU 290 functioning as the main error detection means 284 inspects the magnetic detection signal, the open / short power supply abnormality detection signal, the radio wave detection signal, and the open signal of the door and frame, and changes the error state. If there is an error condition, the sub substrate 300 is requested to display an error condition effect of the gaming machine. At this time, the light emission mode of the light emitting means such as the LED mounted on the control substrate may be controlled according to the error state. If there is no change in the error state, the storage of the error state and the display request of the error state effect are not executed.

  In the entrance passage passing time abnormality detection processing (S 338), the main CPU 290 functioning as the main error detection means 284 monitors the continuous on time of each switch level in order to detect the entrance passage passing time abnormality. For example, when it is determined that the value of the counter incremented at each interrupt when the switch is on is an abnormal value, the setting of the ball passing time abnormality, the command transmission request, and the security output to the external information output terminal 160 Execute creation of output requests in order. At this time, the light emission mode of the light emitting means such as the LED mounted on the control substrate may be controlled in accordance with the entering passage time abnormality. If it is determined that the continuous on time is not abnormal, creation of a security output request is not executed.

  In the gaming state display process (S340), to display the number of times the special electric character works continuously, error state, the number of operation suspension balls of normal symbol, and the number of operation suspension balls of special symbol, each display Create data

  In the handle state signal inspection process (S 342), in order to monitor the touch state of the handle, the state of the handle is inspected, and as a result of the inspection, when it is determined that the handle state changes, subtraction of the handle state monitoring timer is performed. The update, the setting of the steering wheel state monitoring timer, and the command transmission request of the steering wheel state effect are executed. If it is determined that the steering wheel state does not change as a result of the inspection, the setting of the steering wheel state monitoring timer is executed. If the result of decrementing the value of the handle state monitoring timer is other than 0, it is determined that the timer is under subtraction, and the subsequent processing is not executed.

  In the LED output process (S344), the display of the special symbol, the display of the normal symbol, the display of the number of operation reserved balls of the special symbol, the display of the number of operation suspended balls of the normal symbol, the display of the game state, the special electric role is continuous Of the number of activations, display of the operation status of the special motorized part when the product continuous activation device is not activated, display of the separate display, display of the error, display of the prize ball ratio, initialization of the display , Acquiring and outputting display data in order.

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

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

  In the solenoid output process (S350), in order to output the output data of the normal motorized combination product solenoid 91 and the big winning opening solenoid 92, acquisition of the output data of the common power combination solenoid 91, of the output data of the big winning combination solenoid 92 Execute acquisition and output data output. The operation flag and operation timer of each solenoid are acquired, and output data corresponding to the acquired solenoid operation flag and solenoid operation timer are acquired. Subsequently, the solenoid operation timer is updated, and output data is output to the solenoid output port.

  In the effect control command transmission process (S352), the presence or absence of a transmission request for a command to be transmitted to the sub substrate 300 is checked, and when it is determined that a transmission request is made, the command data to be requested is acquired. Clear and execute acquisition of MODE data corresponding to acquired command data, output of MODE data, holding of MODE data, acquisition of EVENT data corresponding to acquired command data, and output of EVENT data.

  In the external information output process (S354), a signal to be output to the external information output terminal 160 is created, and the created signal is output to the external information output port.

  The random numbers used in the operation process of the main substrate 200 described above will be described in more detail. The random numbers used in the main board 200 mainly include a random number per symbol and a normal symbol variation pattern random number as a random number according to a normal symbol, and a random number per special symbol (hard random number) as a random number according to a special symbol. There are soft random numbers per special symbol, special symbol random number per pattern, and random pattern random number. In addition, as an initial value update type random number, a random number per normal symbol, a random number per symbol, a symbol random number per special symbol, and a soft random number per special symbol as a random number for giving an initial value per soft symbol There are a random number and a software initial value random number per special symbol.

  The random symbol per symbol is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. When the game ball is judged to have passed through the first operation port 31 or the second operation port 32 in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interrupt processing, the number of normal symbol variations is usually held per random number per symbol Is less than the upper limit of 4, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol random number is used for determination of a hit determination and a stop symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that normal symbol variation is to be started.

  The normal symbol variation pattern random number takes, for example, a value of 0 to 232, is updated in the various random number updating process (S306) of the interrupt process, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number, when it is determined that the gaming ball has passed the first operation opening 31 or the second operation opening 32 in the normal symbol operation gate monitoring process (S320) of the interruption processing, the normal symbol variation suspension If the number is less than 4, which is the upper limit value, it is acquired from a predetermined position of the main RAM 291 and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The normal symbol variation pattern random number is used to determine the variation pattern of the normal symbol when it is determined in the normal symbol variation start monitoring process (S324) that the variation of the normal symbol is to be started.

  The special symbol random number, when the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326) of the interruption processing when it is confirmed winning of the game ball The value of the soft random number per built-in random number and the special symbol is acquired, generated by adding the two, and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The special symbol per random number is used to execute the big hit determination and the small hit determination in the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt process.

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

  The symbol random number per special symbol takes, for example, a value of 0 to 999 (0 to 255 in the example of FIG. 6), and is updated in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) of the interrupt process. Stored. A special symbol per symbol random number is the main RAM 291 when it is confirmed that the game ball wins when the number of operation reserved balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). And is stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The symbol random number per special symbol is used to determine the jackpot symbol if the hit determination is a big hit in the special symbol variation start monitoring control process (S334) of the interrupt processing.

  The fluctuation pattern random number takes, for example, a value of 0 to 49999 (0 to 255 in the example of FIG. 7), is updated in various random number update processing (S306) of interrupt processing, and is stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. The fluctuation pattern random number is a predetermined number of the main RAM 291 when the winning of the gaming ball is confirmed when the number of operation pending balls of the first special symbol or the second special symbol is less than 4 in the starting opening monitoring control process (S326). It is acquired from the position and stored in another area of the main RAM 291. The variation pattern random number is used to determine a special symbol variation pattern in the special symbol control process (S328) of the interrupt process.

  Normal per symbol initial value random number, special symbol per symbol initial value random number, and special symbol per software initial value random number are the same range of values as per random symbol per random symbol, special symbol per symbol random number and special symbol per program special symbol random number respectively The update process is performed in the initial value random number update process (S208) of the main process (S120) and the initial value random number update process of the interrupt process (S310), and stored in a predetermined position of the main RAM 291. Normal pattern initial value random number, special symbol pattern initial value random number, and special symbol soft initial value random number, in the initial value update type random number update process (S308), normal pattern random number, special symbol per pattern random number, special When updating soft random numbers per symbol, it is used as the initial value of each random number.

  Since interrupt processing is executed at fixed time intervals by timer interruption, various random number update processing (S306) and initial value update type random number update processing (S308) included in interrupt processing are also executed at fixed time intervals. Ru. That is, the random number per normal symbol, the normal symbol variation pattern random number, the random number per special symbol, the soft random number per special symbol, the symbol random number per special symbol, and the variation pattern random number are updated at regular intervals. On the other hand, in the main process (S120), the time from the predetermined time measured by the timer to the interrupt process is taken from the end of the interrupt process until the next timer interrupt occurs. It is repeated for the reduced time. Since the time required for the interrupt processing varies depending on the gaming state etc., the initial value random number update processing (S208) in the main processing (S120) is various random number update processing (S306) and initial value update type random number update processing (S308) Unlike), it is not necessarily performed at regular intervals. Thereby, the initial value random number acquired when setting the initial value in the initial value update type random number update process (S308) can be made random each time.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing control start processing of the sub substrate 300 in the pachinko gaming machine. The control start process is executed by the sub initial process execution unit 360, and hereinafter, it will be described as being executed by the sub CPU 310 functioning as the sub initial process execution unit 360. When control of sub board 300 is started, sub CPU 310 sets a stack pointer (S500), prohibits all interrupts until various initial settings are completed (S 502), and performs register setting and port initialization of sub CPU 310, etc. The hardware initialization is executed (S504). The control program is read out from the sub ROM 312 and arranged in the sub RAM 311. Among various variables in the control program, an initial value is set for a variable having an initial value, and data of zero clear is set for a variable having no initial value. As a result, the sub RAM 311 is initialized (S506). The interrupt process in the sub-substrate 300 includes, as the interrupt process to be executed with the highest priority, a process at power on and a reset process at the occurrence of various abnormalities when the watchdog function is enabled. Next, as priority level 7 interrupt processing with high execution priority, there is command processing to be received from the main board 200, and CPU runaway detection by the watchdog timer as priority level 3 interrupt processing with the next highest priority. There is a time reset process. Next, priority level 2 interrupt processing is processing related to commands transmitted to and received from the control CPU 320. Communication processing with the real time clock is performed as priority level 1 interrupt processing with the lowest priority. There are various device control processes such as lamps, solenoids, and motors. If interrupts relating to the above-described various processes occur temporarily at the same time, the process is executed with priority given to the types of interrupts with the highest priority. It should be noted that the process shown in the figure includes the process at power-on which is the interrupt of the highest priority level, the reset process at the occurrence of various abnormalities, and the reset process at the CPU overrun detection which is the interrupt of priority level 3. Including.

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

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing in detail the main processing of S518 in FIG. In S506 of FIG. 16, in order to check whether or not the control program arranged in the sub RAM 311 is correctly arranged in the main process of this figure, the top address to start the check is obtained (S530) All interrupts are permitted (S532), and the initialization operation of devices such as motors and solenoids is executed (S534).

  If the setting is to use the watchdog timer, the watchdog timer is cleared (S 536), and the counter of the decorative symbol is updated so that the combination of the decorative symbol out is a random combination (S 540). Monitor (S 542). In addition, since S540 is a process in the method of determining the outlying pattern of the decorative symbol using the counter, in the case of the method of determining the outlying symbol of the decorative pattern using the lottery sheet incorporating all the symbol combinations that become the outlying symbol. Does not execute the process of S540. The process of determining the out-of-order symbol of the decorative symbol using the lottery sheet is executed when a command indicating the stop symbol of the special symbol is received from the main substrate 200 as described later in S552. The sub CPU 310 functioning as the sub error detection means 364 monitors an error state, and when various errors are detected, notifies the error (S544), and executes processing according to the input state of the effect button 109 (S546), A preliminary lottery is executed (S548). In addition, since the notice lottery in S548 transmits the command of the notice effect to be made to appear immediately after the start of the symbol change to the effect control device 313 as early as possible, the lottery process is not processed in a single loop but plural times. It divides into a loop and it draws the notice effect to be made to appear immediately after the start of symbol fluctuation in the previous loop. If there is an operation request for a device such as a real time clock, a lamp, a motor, or a solenoid, the operation is executed (S550), the command stored in the command buffer is analyzed (S552), and if the command is analyzed immediately, the process proceeds to S536. If it returns (Y of S554) and it is not immediately after the command analysis (N of S554), the software random numbers for drawing are updated as processing of low priority which may be performed in idle time (S556), and the processing returns to S536. In S552, if the command to be analyzed indicates the variation pattern of the special symbol, the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is determined in the process of S552, and if the command to be analyzed indicates the stop symbol of the special symbol, the lottery sheet If it is a method of determining the outlying design of the decorative design by using it, the stop design of the decorative design is determined in the process of S552.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a command is received from the main board 200. The main command received from the main board 200 is a priority level 7 interrupt instruction having the highest priority next to the reset interrupt and the error interrupt. The data received from the main board 200 is read to the input port, and when the same data is read twice consecutively, the data is determined as a new command (Y in S600), and the determined command is the first command. If it is (MODE data) (Y in S602), the first command is stored in the temporary storage area (S604). Hard random numbers are obtained for subsequent processing (S606), and the original routine is returned to. As described above, by acquiring the hard random number every time the main command is interrupted from the main board 200, the randomness of the value is enhanced without generating the periodicity in the acquisition timing of the random number. If the data read in S600 does not match twice in a row (up to 5 times can be read), S602 is skipped and the original routine is returned (N in S600).

  In S602, if the confirmed command is not the first command but the second command (N in S602), if it can be confirmed that the first command has already been properly received (Y in S608), the command buffer (command data The command write pointer, which is the reading position in the ring buffer for (S610), is acquired (S610), and the first command and the second command are stored in the command buffer (S612). The command data stored in the command buffer is analyzed in S552 of FIG. The command write pointer is updated (S 614), the first command stored in the temporary storage area is cleared (S 616), and the process returns to the original routine. If the first command has not been received at S608, the process skips S610 and thereafter (N at S608), and returns to the original routine.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for effect display control occurs. The timer interrupt is a priority level 2 interrupt for transmitting a command related to effect display from the sub CPU 310 to the control CPU 320, and occurs at a cycle of 500 μs. In this interrupt, the buffer is checked (S620), and if there is command data for transmission (Y in S622), the command data is read (S624) and transmitted to the control CPU 320 (S626). In addition, transmission of command data to the control CPU 320 tries transmission up to three times at predetermined time intervals until the sub CPU 310 receives from the control CPU 320 a command indicating normal reception on the control CPU 320 side. After transmission, the setting of the buffer read address is updated (S 628), and the original routine is returned to. If there is no data for transmission in the buffer (N in S 622), S 624 and subsequent steps are skipped to return to the original routine.

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

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process when a timer interrupt for controlling various devices is generated. The timer interrupt is an interrupt for lamp control of the decoration lamp 111 or the like, control of a solenoid or motor for driving the movable part 66, and management control of various timers, and occurs in a cycle of 1 ms. Since it is the interrupt of priority level 1 with the lowest priority, the interrupt of priority level 2 or higher is permitted (S 640), a signal indicating input from effect button 109, a signal indicating error detection, and a signal indicating power failure The input / output of a port for inputting / outputting a drive signal to a control target device such as a motor or a solenoid is processed (S642). At this time, when a signal indicating power failure is input, the process immediately shifts to backup processing. Update data related to device control such as count processing based on control pattern of device such as motor and solenoid, on / off control of buffer for writing data to port in S642 (S644), timer for timing of effect Update (S646), update timer for managing effective input time of effect button 109 (S648), update task control counter for lighting switching control of decoration lamp 111, runaway monitoring control of control CPU 320, etc. Then, a 16 ms cycle is created (S650).

  The minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 is 16 ms. By setting one frame of image display control to 16 ms or 32 ms and setting the integral multiple thereof as the minimum unit of lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111, it is possible to easily synchronize lamp control and image display control. In addition, when counting a relatively long time period, for example, an error notification of 30 seconds, if the count of one interruption (1 ms) cycle is used, the count value becomes longer than necessary, but 16 ms The count value can also be shortened by using the count value of the cycle.

  The task control includes 16 types of tasks 0-15, one of which is lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111, and the two tasks are runaway monitoring control of the control CPU 320. Lighting switching control of the decoration lamp 111 implements switching in a cycle of 16 ms by executing once every 16 interrupts in accordance with the count value of the task control counter. The runaway monitoring control of the control CPU 320 is assigned, for example, to the processing 0 and the processing 8, and when the count value of the task control counter is 0 and 8, that is, monitoring toggle signals from the control CPU 320 once for 8 interrupts (S652) By doing this, monitoring with an 8 ms cycle is realized.

  Note that the control CPU 320 outputs a toggle signal that is turned on / off in each frame, and it is determined that the control CPU 320 has runaway if the toggle signal does not change continuously for the same value for 1600 ms. Transmits a reset signal to the control CPU 320, and the control CPU 320 that has received the reset signal executes the reset. Since the toggle signal is received from the control CPU 320 in one frame (16 ms or 32 ms) cycle, monitoring is performed in an 8 ms cycle shorter than that cycle. Finally, a timer for managing a relatively long error notification period such as the above-described error notification of 30 seconds is subtracted (S 654), and the error notification ends at the time-out.

  FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing the process of the special symbol variation display. When the second success or failure lottery value is reserved (Y in S700), the second success or failure judgment means 222 reads the second success or failure lottery value and judges the success or failure of the second special symbol 52 (S702). The determination means 222 determines the stop symbol of the second special symbol 52 (S704), the second variation pattern determination means 232 determines the variation pattern of the second special symbol 52 (S706), and the variation start command together with the determination result It transmits to the sub-substrate 300 to start symbol variation of the second special symbol 52 (S716).

  If the second hit lottery value is not held (N in S700) and the first hit lottery value is held (Y in S708), the first hit judging means 221 is the first hit lottery The value is read again and it is determined whether the first special symbol 51 is good or bad (S710), and the first success or failure judging means 221 determines the stop symbol of the first special symbol 51 (S712), and the first variation pattern determining means 231 is the first (1) The variation pattern of the special symbol 51 is determined (S714), and the variation start command is transmitted to the sub substrate 300 together with the determined result, and symbol variation of the first special symbol 51 is started (S716). If the first hit lottery value is not held, the processing from S710 to S722 is skipped (N in S708).

  The symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S 718), S 718 is repeated until a predetermined variation time elapses and the symbol display stop timing is reached (N of S 720), the predetermined variation time elapses and the symbol display is stopped When the timing is reached (Y in S720), the fluctuation stop command is transmitted to the sub substrate 300, and the fluctuation in symbols during display is stopped at the predetermined stop symbol (S722), and the fluctuation display of the special symbols is ended. Do.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the process of decorative symbol variation display. The effect determining means 303 of the sub substrate 300 receives a command indicating the start of fluctuation and the effect display content from the main substrate 200 (S750), and stops the decorative symbol according to the stop symbol of the special symbol received, the fluctuation pattern, and the result of the pass / fail judgment. An aspect is determined (S752), and a fluctuation representation pattern corresponding to the fluctuation pattern is determined (S754). Here, when the precursor setting is turned on in advance by determination (Y in S756), a pattern in which the previously determined fluctuation effect pattern includes a specific effect content that should be prevented from being superimposed on the advance effect. If it is not (N in S758) and it is not a symbol change that is the trigger for turning on the precursor setting (N in S760), the setting to display a predetermined advance effect is executed (S764), and the precursor setting is If it is a symbol change that is an opportunity to be turned on (Y in S760), the precursor setting is turned off (S762). If the precursor setting is not on (N in S756) or if the variation effect pattern includes a specific effect content (Y in S758), the processes in S760 to S764 are skipped.

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

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the special game process. First, the effect display control means 305 starts effect processing for a special game (S800), and the open / close control means 275 opens the special winning opening 20 (S802). If the predetermined opening time has not passed (N in S804) and the number of balls entered into the special winning opening 20 has not reached 9 balls or more, the process returns to S804 (N in S806), whether the predetermined opening time has elapsed ( If the opening number has reached 9 balls or more (Y in S804) but the opening time has not passed (N in S804), the open / close control means 275 controls the large winning opening 20 is closed (S810).

  If the unit game has not reached the final round (N in S810), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the process returns to S802 (S812), and if the unit game has reached the final round (Y in S810), effect display The control means 305 ends the special game effect processing (S 814), the special game control means 260 ends the special game (S 816), and starts executing the specific game, ie, definite change, time reduction, easy entering state (S 818) ).

  FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing the process of the small hit game. In a small hit game, start a unit game to be executed only once (S 819), open the big winning opening 20 (S 820), continue opening until a predetermined opening time has passed (N of S 822), opening If the time has passed (Y in S822), the special winning opening 20 is closed (S824), and if the opening / closing for the set number has not been completed (N in S826), 1 is added to the opening / closing number and the process returns to S820 (S828) If the opening and closing for the set number of times is completed (Y in S826), the small hit game is ended.

  In the base technology, the number of jackpots in the second game is generally greater than the jackpot in the first game, ie, the second game is a single jackpot than the first game Was designed to have a higher expected value for winning a prize ball, but in another example, the first game may be designed to have a greater expected value for winning a ball than a second game. , And may be designed so that the winning ball acquisition expectation values of the first game and the second game are approximately equal. In the latter case, the average of the number of unit games included in the special game performed in the first game and the special game performed in the second game may be designed to be equal. For example, in the first game, a special game in which a unit game is executed 10 times is executed with a probability of 100%, and in a second game, a special game in which a unit game is performed 4 times with a probability of 50% However, a special game in which a unit game is performed 16 times with a probability of 50% may be executed. Also, in any case, when the special winning opening is provided with a specific area, and the gaming ball entered into the special winning opening enters a specific area or enters a specific area, the normal game after the end of the special game is performed. A specific game such as a definite change state may be configured. In this case, the special game executed when the big game in the second game is played is easier to enter the specific area than the special game played when the game is the big game in the first game. , And may be configured to have a high probability that the normal game of the odd change state will be executed after the end of the special game. For example, the first hit where a special game that makes it relatively difficult to enter a specific area is executed, and the second hit where a special game where it is relatively easy to enter a specific area are executed The second game may be provided so that the probability of the second game being the second win is higher than that of the first game. Alternatively, the probability of the second hit in the first game may be less than 100%, but the probability of the second hit in the second game may be 100%.

(Example)
<First aspect>

  The ball game machine of the first aspect is provided with a game board having a game area formed therein, a start winning opening provided at a predetermined position of the game area and entry of the game ball serving as a trigger for drawing, and a start winning opening At the time of entering the ball, the success / failure judgment means executes a judgment of success or failure on the basis of a lottery value for judging whether to shift to a special game which is more advantageous to the player than a normal game. A special symbol display device for displaying special symbols for fluctuation display, a symbol determining means for determining a special symbol to be stopped and displayed on the special symbol display device according to the result of acceptance or rejection, and a variation time of the special symbol A variation pattern determination unit that selects one of the plurality of variation patterns based on the result of the pass / fail determination, a special game control unit that executes a special game when the result of the pass / fail determination is a big hit, and a lottery value Judgment Hold control means for temporarily storing a predetermined number as the upper limit number until the start of variation display of the corresponding symbol, effect display device for displaying the effect content, and effect determination means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device And effect display control means for displaying the effect contents determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device. Validity determination means, symbol determination means, variation pattern determination means, special game control means, and suspension control means are provided in the main control device that controls the basic operation of the game, the effect determination means and effect display control means are The sub control device for controlling the rendering operation is provided, and the main control device transmits information on the lottery value to the sub control device when entering the start winning opening, and the variation pattern determination means is out of the result of the pass / fail judgment In this case, using a table corresponding to the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means, one of a normal out-of-out fluctuation pattern having a relatively long fluctuation time and a shortened fluctuation pattern having a relatively short fluctuation time is selected The effect determining means is configured to change the predetermined shortening variation pattern with respect to the first lottery value among the plurality of lottery values stored in the plurality of state by the hold control unit. When a predetermined condition is satisfied under the situation selected by the fixed means, the display of a special variation effect for showing one symbol variation effect across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values is displayed. When it is indicated in the information on the lottery value that the symbol fluctuation period is included in the plurality of symbol fluctuation periods by the fluctuation pattern other than the predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern while being determined, the plurality of symbols falling below the number before the symbol fluctuation period The display of the special variation effect is determined across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the lottery value.

  Here, the “special variation effect” may be a variation effect pattern that presents an appearance that looks like a single variation effect. The “predetermined condition” may be a condition that the game is in a specific gaming condition, or may be a condition that it becomes a hit in a predetermined lottery relating to the effect determination. Alternatively, the first lottery value of the “plurality of lottery values” corresponds to the “predetermined shortening variation pattern”, and the last drawing value corresponds to the “variation pattern other than the predetermined shortening variation pattern”. It may be a condition. In that case, when the second and subsequent lottery values correspond to the "variation pattern other than the predetermined shortening variation pattern", the display of "special variation effect" is determined, so "a plurality of lottery values" All the values other than the final lottery value may correspond to the “predetermined shortening variation pattern”. In addition, the game may further include specific game control means for shifting to a specific game state in which the ease of acquiring another hit in the normal game after the end of the special game is advantageous over the normal state, in which case the effect determination means The display of the special variation effect may be determined according to whether or not it is in the specific gaming state. That is, the "predetermined condition" may be satisfied in the specific gaming state, or the "predetermined condition" may be satisfied in the specific gaming state and when the predetermined lottery results in a hit. . The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns having different fluctuation times. The “predetermined fluctuation shortening fluctuation pattern” may be any of a plurality of types of shortening fluctuation patterns, and a plurality of types of shortening fluctuation patterns have a fluctuation time of less than or equal to a predetermined time or 1 to 2 seconds. It may be a very short variation pattern. The “variation pattern other than the predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern” may be a fluctuation pattern longer in fluctuation time than the ultrashort fluctuation pattern, for example, a fluctuation pattern of 3 seconds or more. The meaning of "plurality less than the number up to the symbol fluctuation period" means that "the symbol fluctuation period due to fluctuation patterns other than the predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern" is the fourth lottery value, for example, four or less. It is.

  According to this aspect, at least the first symbol variation period (a symbol variation period in which the start command is received as the current variation from the main CPU 290 of the main substrate 200) of the plurality of lottery values is a predetermined shortening variation pattern. When corresponding, a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods corresponding to the plurality of lottery values can be made to appear as one fluctuation effect period by one fluctuation effect display on the appearance. As a result, the number of times of variation of the normal decorative symbol displayed on the effect display device 60 can be made smaller than the number of times of drawing of the special symbol executed on the main substrate 200 side. Gives an impression that it is easy to do, reduces the number of times the fluctuation effect display of the normal decorative pattern corresponds to a reduced fluctuation pattern with less feasible notice effects, and gives an impression that the probability of appearance of fluctuation effects with a high probability of big hit is high be able to. In addition, because it is judged whether or not “a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods includes a symbol fluctuation period according to a fluctuation pattern other than a predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern”, it does not depend on the number of stored lottery values by the holding control means It is easy to determine whether the symbol variation period is to be added to the special variation effect, and the design of the processing flow becomes objective and easy. Moreover, all but the last lottery value among the "plural lottery values" correspond to the "predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern", that is, the fluctuation time becomes constant except for the last lottery value, "the plural lottery Since the number of patterns of the total fluctuation time of value is substantially equal to the number of patterns of fluctuation time of the last lottery value, the number of patterns of “special fluctuation effect” can be reduced to simplify the design.

  The effect determining means determines the display of the special variation effect across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values having the number smaller than the upper limit number as the maximum number, and is predetermined for a plurality of symbol variation periods When the symbol fluctuation period due to the fluctuation pattern other than the shortening fluctuation pattern is included, the display of the special fluctuation effect may be determined over a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods up to the symbol fluctuation period. When the upper limit number of storage of lottery values by the hold control means is, for example, four, the maximum number of "plural lottery values" may be, for example, three. As a result, when "a plurality of lottery values" does not include "a variation pattern other than a predetermined shortening variation pattern" and reaches "a plurality of maximum numbers", all "a plurality of lottery values" It can correspond to "a predetermined shortening variation pattern".

  In the case of determining the display of the special variation effect across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the maximum number of lottery values, all of the plurality of symbol variation periods are variation times among the shortening variation patterns When it corresponds to the ultra-short variation pattern in which is the shortest, the period of the special variation production is equal to the symbol variation period of one time of the shortening variation pattern other than the ultra-short variation pattern, and the production determining means The display of the effect corresponding to the shortening fluctuation pattern other than the short fluctuation pattern may be determined. The “short variation pattern having the shortest variation time among the shortening variation patterns” may be, for example, a “predetermined shortening variation pattern” or a shortening variation pattern of 1 second, for example. The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a fluctuation pattern having a fluctuation time equal to a time obtained by multiplying the fluctuation time of the “very short fluctuation pattern” by the “number of maximum numbers”, and the shortening fluctuation pattern may be specified, for example It may be a shortening variation pattern selected when there are a plurality of gaming states other than the gaming state, that is, the lottery value stored by the hold control means in the normal state.

Second Embodiment

  The ball game machine of the second aspect is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and entry of the game ball serving as a trigger for drawing, and At the time of entering the ball, the success / failure judgment means executes a judgment of success or failure on the basis of a lottery value for judging whether to shift to a special game which is more advantageous to the player than a normal game. A special symbol display device for displaying special symbols for fluctuation display, a symbol determining means for determining a special symbol to be stopped and displayed on the special symbol display device according to the result of acceptance or rejection, and a variation time of the special symbol A variation pattern determination unit that selects one of the plurality of variation patterns based on the result of the pass / fail determination, a special game control unit that executes a special game when the result of the pass / fail determination is a big hit, and a lottery value Judgment Hold control means for temporarily storing a predetermined number as the upper limit number until the start of variation display of the corresponding symbol, effect display device for displaying the effect content, and effect determination means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device And effect display control means for displaying the effect contents determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device. The variation pattern determination means uses a table according to the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means when the result of the pass / fail determination is out, using a table according to the number of lottery values stored relative to the normal outlier variation pattern relatively long. The variation determining means selects one of the shortening variation patterns having a short variation time, and the effect determining means determines that the lottery value stored by the hold control means is predetermined with respect to the first lottery value among the plurality in a plurality of states. When the shortening variation pattern satisfies a predetermined condition under the condition selected by the variation pattern determining means, the number of the plurality of lottery values smaller than the upper limit number is the maximum number, and the plurality corresponding to the number of lottery values The display of the special variation effect to show one symbol variation effect over the symbol variation period is determined.

  The “special variation effect” may be a variation effect pattern that presents an appearance that appears to be a single variation effect. The "predetermined condition" may be a condition that the game is in a specific gaming state, or may be a condition that it will be hit in a predetermined lottery. Alternatively, the condition that the first lottery value among the “plural lottery values” corresponds to the “predetermined shortening variation pattern” and is “multiple” with the number smaller than the “upper limit number” as the maximum number It may be In that case, all of the "plural lottery values" may correspond to the "predetermined shortening variation pattern". In addition, the game may further include specific game control means for shifting to a specific game state in which the ease of acquiring another hit in the normal game after the end of the special game is advantageous over the normal state, in which case the effect determination means The display of the special variation effect may be determined according to whether or not it is in the specific gaming state. That is, the "predetermined condition" may be satisfied in the specific gaming state, or the "predetermined condition" may be satisfied in the specific gaming state and when the predetermined lottery results in a hit. . The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns having different fluctuation times. The “predetermined fluctuation shortening fluctuation pattern” may be any of a plurality of types of shortening fluctuation patterns, and a plurality of types of shortening fluctuation patterns have a fluctuation time of less than or equal to a predetermined time or 1 to 2 seconds. It may be a very short variation pattern. The “variation pattern other than the predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern” may be a fluctuation pattern longer in fluctuation time than the ultrashort fluctuation pattern, for example, a fluctuation pattern of 3 seconds or more.

  Here, if it is a specification that the maximum number of “multiple lottery values” to be subject to “special variation production” can be equal to or greater than the “upper limit number of items”, after starting “special variation production” to start winning opening If there is no new ball entering, there is a possibility that the last symbol fluctuation period spanned by the “special fluctuation effect” may become a long fluctuation pattern of fluctuation time after the fact. In that case, although the production period of “special variation production” should be originally composed of a plurality of ultra-short variation patterns, the last ultra-short variation pattern of the plurality of times is a long variation pattern of different variation time To be executed. Then, the symbol variation period lasts longer than the rendering period executed across the plurality of variations initially determined, and the remaining period after the end of the “special variation effect” is a method such as temporarily stopping the symbol It will be necessary to adjust the time. In addition, it is not limited to the case where the combination of a plurality of fluctuations is constituted only by the ultra-short fluctuation pattern, and the last fluctuation pattern among the plurality of fluctuations straddled by the "special fluctuation effect" does not newly occur. The same problem arises when it changes. In order to reduce the need for such time adjustment, the maximum number of "plural lottery values" to be subjected to "special variation effect" is set to a number smaller than the "upper limit number". This makes it possible to suppress the possibility that the symbol variation period will continue even if the "special variation effect" ends. In addition, when at least the first symbol variation period of the plurality of lottery values corresponds to a predetermined shortening variation pattern, a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the plurality of lottery values are displayed as one variation effect on the appearance It can be shown during one fluctuation presentation period. As a result, it is possible to reduce the number of appearance variations up to the big hit and give an impression that the big hit is easy, or give an impression that the appearance probability of the fluctuation presentation with a high expectation of the big hit is high.

  The fluctuation pattern determination means selects a predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern when the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means is a predetermined number or more, and when the number is smaller than the predetermined number, the fluctuation time is determined according to the predetermined shortening fluctuation pattern. A long change pattern is selected, and the effect determination means makes the lottery value stored by the hold control means smaller than the predetermined number at the start of the last symbol change period among the plurality of symbol change periods over which the special change effect is straddling Thus, if the last symbol variation period continues even after the end of the special variation effect, the minute variation for making the decorative symbol appear to be stopped in the remaining effect period from the end of the special variation effect to the end of the last symbol variation period It may be in the state. The “short variation pattern having the shortest variation time among the shortening variation patterns” may be, for example, a “predetermined shortening variation pattern” or a shortening variation pattern of 1 second, for example. The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a fluctuation pattern having a fluctuation time equal to a time obtained by multiplying the fluctuation time of the “very short fluctuation pattern” by the “number of maximum numbers”, and the shortening fluctuation pattern may be specified, for example It may be a shortening variation pattern selected when there are a plurality of gaming states other than the gaming state, that is, the lottery value stored by the hold control means in the normal state.

Third Embodiment
The ball and ball game machine of the third aspect is provided with a game board in which a game area is formed, a starting opening provided at a predetermined position of the game area and entering the game ball as a trigger for drawing, and entering the starting opening The special symbol display device to which the special symbol to indicate the result of the yes or no judgment is variably displayed and the fluctuation time of the special symbol are respectively determined. A fluctuation pattern determination unit that selects one of the plurality of fluctuation patterns based on the result of the pass / fail judgment, and temporarily stores the lottery value as the upper limit number of predetermined numbers until the fluctuation display of the symbol corresponding to the pass / fail judgment is started. Holding control means, special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, and from the end of the special game to a predetermined end, Normal game The specific game control means to shift to the specific gaming state where the ease of acquiring the hit is more advantageous than the normal state, the effect display device for displaying the effect content, and the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device are determined And an effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display the effect contents determined by the effect determining means. The variation pattern determination means uses a table corresponding to the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means when the result of the pass / fail determination is out, relative to the normal deviation variation pattern having a relatively long variation time. In the case of the last symbol variation that reaches its end in the special gaming state, select one of the shortening variation patterns whose variation time is short, select the variation pattern whose relative variation time is relatively long, and the effect determination means, A plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values under the condition that the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means is plural at the time when the last symbol variation reaching the end in the specific gaming state is started Or, if any lottery value satisfies a predetermined condition, a performance that is shown as one symbol fluctuation effect across a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values up to the lottery value A content determines the display of special variation effect is effect content indicating whether contain per a plurality of the lottery value.

  Here, the "predetermined end" of the specific gaming state may be defined by the number of symbol variations in the specific gaming state, and the end timing of the last symbol variation period reaching the number of symbol variations may be "end". The “special variation effect” may be a variation effect pattern that presents an appearance that appears to be a single variation effect. The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns having different fluctuation times. The “relatively long fluctuation time fluctuation pattern” may be a pattern having a long fluctuation time as in the reach fluctuation pattern, or may be a pattern having a fluctuation time longer than a normal out-of-order fluctuation pattern. A guide prompting entry to the starting opening may be displayed in the symbol variation period based on the “variation pattern having a relatively long variation time”, and the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means reaches the upper limit number during that time Alternatively, the display of guidance prompting entry to the starting opening may be continued until the specific gaming state reaches the “predetermined end”. In the "special variation effect", "indication content indicating whether or not a plurality of lottery values includes a hit" is the first symbol variation period among a plurality of symbol variation periods over which the "special variation effect" crosses. It may be determined to be displayed, and may be determined to be a temporary stop in the remaining symbol variation period.

  According to this aspect, if any of the "plural lottery values" includes the big hit, the "special variation effect" indicates the big hit, so the lottery values included in the "plural lottery values" It is possible to increase the probability that the "special variation effect" will indicate a big hit by the number of the This can increase the player's expectation for the "special variation effect".

  The starting opening is provided at a position different from the first starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area and the first starting opening in the gaming area, and it is relatively easy and relatively difficult to enter the game ball And a second starting port having an expansion mechanism that can change between states. Judgment means executes the judgment based on the first lottery value acquired triggered by entering the first starting opening or the second lottery value acquired triggered by entering the second starting opening. The suspension control means temporarily stores the first lottery value and the second lottery value as the upper limit number of the predetermined number until the variable display start of the symbol corresponding to the determination of the success or failure, and the ball game machine has a special symbol When one of the symbol variation corresponding to the first lottery value and the symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value is displayed while controlling the variation display, the other is made to stand by, while the symbol variation start corresponding to the second lottery value When timing comes, display control means that prioritizes and executes symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value even if the first lottery value is stored, and is provided at a predetermined position in the game area Is opened accordingly, and the player enters the game ball A small winning game control means for executing a small hitting game with the opening of the big winning opening, and a predetermined position of the gaming area, when the big winning opening serving as a trigger for giving a profit and the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hitting. Operation lottery provided to execute the operation lottery for determining whether or not to operate the expansion mechanism triggered by entering the operation opening and the ball into the operation opening, and the result of the operation drawing was hit And an operation control means for expanding the expansion mechanism. The special game control means is a special game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, or when the game ball entered in the large winning opening during the small hit game passes a specific area provided therein. The probability of being a small hit may be higher than the probability of being a small hit in the pass / fail determination based on the first lottery value.

  The variation pattern determination means shortens the shortening variation pattern as the symbol variation other than the last symbol variation among the lottery values stored by the holding control means at the time when the last symbol variation reaching its end is started in the specific gaming state You may choose. Here, the “shortened fluctuation pattern” may be any of a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns, and a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns have a fluctuation time of less than or equal to a predetermined time or a minimum of 1 to 2 seconds. It may be a short variation pattern. This makes it possible to shorten the time from the end of the specific gaming state to the end of the special variation production, so when it comes to a hit in the special variation production, the ball hitting method (for example, so-called right hitting) in the special game You can quickly switch to That is, it is possible to quickly shift from the specific gaming state to the special game by shortening the temporary period for returning to the normal hitting method (for example, so-called left hitting) in the normal game as short as possible.

<Fourth aspect>
The ball game machine of the fourth aspect is provided with a game board having a game area formed therein, a start opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and entry of the game ball as a trigger for drawing, and entry of the start opening The special symbol display device to which the special symbol to indicate the result of the yes or no judgment is variably displayed and the fluctuation time of the special symbol are respectively determined. A fluctuation pattern determination unit that selects one of the plurality of fluctuation patterns based on the result of the pass / fail judgment, and temporarily stores the lottery value as the upper limit number of predetermined numbers until the fluctuation display of the symbol corresponding to the pass / fail judgment is started. Holding control means, special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, and from the end of the special game to a predetermined end, Normal game The specific game control means to shift to the specific gaming state where the ease of acquiring the hit is more advantageous than the normal state, the effect display device for displaying the effect content, and the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device are determined And an effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display the effect contents determined by the effect determining means. The variation pattern determination means uses a table corresponding to the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means when the result of the pass / fail determination is out, relative to the normal deviation variation pattern having a relatively long variation time. In the case of the last symbol variation that reaches its end in the special gaming state, select one of the shortening variation patterns whose variation time is short, select the variation pattern whose relative variation time is relatively long, and the effect determination means, Under the condition that the number of lottery values stored by the suspension control means is plural at the time when the last symbol fluctuation to reach the end in the specific gaming state is started, in a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values While determining the display of the special variation effect which is the effect content which is effect content showing one symbol variation effect across stride and which indicates whether or not a hit is included in a plurality of lottery values, If there is a new entry into the starting opening after the display of the special variation effect is started, they will extend over a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values including the lottery value corresponding to the new entry. A decision may be made to replace it with a special variation effect to indicate whether a plurality of lottery values include a hit.

  Here, the "predetermined end" of the specific gaming state may be defined by the number of symbol variations in the specific gaming state, and the end timing of the last symbol variation period reaching the number of symbol variations may be "end". The “special variation effect” may be a variation effect pattern that presents an appearance that appears to be a single variation effect. The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns having different fluctuation times. The “relatively long fluctuation time fluctuation pattern” may be a pattern having a long fluctuation time as in the reach fluctuation pattern, or may be a pattern having a fluctuation time longer than a normal out-of-order fluctuation pattern. A guide prompting entry to the starting opening may be displayed in the symbol variation period based on the “variation pattern having a relatively long variation time”, and the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means reaches the upper limit number during that time Alternatively, the display of guidance prompting entry to the starting opening may be continued until the specific gaming state reaches the “predetermined end”. In the "special variation effect", "indication content indicating whether or not a plurality of lottery values includes a hit" is the first symbol variation period among a plurality of symbol variation periods over which the "special variation effect" crosses. It may be determined to be displayed, and may be determined to be a temporary stop during the remaining symbol variation period.

  According to this aspect, if any of the "plural lottery values" includes the big hit, the "special variation effect" indicates the big hit, so the lottery values included in the "plural lottery values" It is possible to increase the probability that the "special variation effect" will indicate a big hit by the number of the This can increase the player's expectation for the "special variation effect". In addition, when a lottery value is newly acquired after the start of the special variation presentation, the entire special variation presentation is replaced by performing a short presentation showing a big hit in the symbol variation period corresponding to the newly acquired lottery value. It is possible to show a big hit in a longer rendering time, and to avoid losing the consistency and appearance of the rendering.

  The starting opening is provided at a position different from the first starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area and the first starting opening in the gaming area, and it is relatively easy and relatively difficult to enter the game ball And a second starting port having an expansion mechanism that can change between states. Judgment means executes the judgment based on the first lottery value acquired triggered by entering the first starting opening or the second lottery value acquired triggered by entering the second starting opening. The suspension control means temporarily stores the first lottery value and the second lottery value as the upper limit number of the predetermined number until the variable display start of the symbol corresponding to the determination of the success or failure, and the ball game machine has a special symbol When one of the symbol variation corresponding to the first lottery value and the symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value is displayed while controlling the variation display, the other is made to stand by, while the symbol variation start corresponding to the second lottery value When timing comes, display control means that prioritizes and executes symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value even if the first lottery value is stored, and is provided at a predetermined position in the game area Is opened accordingly, and the player enters the game ball A small winning game control means for executing a small hitting game with the opening of the big winning opening, and a predetermined position of the gaming area, when the big winning opening serving as a trigger for giving a profit and the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hitting. Operation lottery provided to execute the operation lottery for determining whether or not to operate the expansion mechanism triggered by entering the operation opening and the ball into the operation opening, and the result of the operation drawing was hit And an operation control means for expanding the expansion mechanism. The special game control means is a special game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, or when the game ball entered in the large winning opening during the small hit game passes a specific area provided therein. And the probability of being a small hit in the determination of the qualification based on the second lottery value is higher than the probability of becoming a small hit in the determination of the qualification based on the first drawing value.

  The variation pattern determination means selects the shortening variation pattern as the symbol variation corresponding to a plurality of lottery values from the last symbol variation reaching its end in the specific gaming state to the upper limit number stored by the hold control means. Good. Here, the “shortened fluctuation pattern” may be any of a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns, and a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns have a fluctuation time of less than or equal to a predetermined time or a minimum of 1 to 2 seconds. It may be a short variation pattern. This makes it possible to shorten the time from the end of the specific gaming state to the end of the special variation production, so when it comes to a hit in the special variation production, the ball hitting method (for example, so-called right hitting) in the special game You can quickly switch to That is, it is possible to quickly shift from the specific gaming state to the special game by shortening the temporary period for returning to the normal hitting method (for example, so-called left hitting) in the normal game as short as possible.

<Fifth aspect>
The ball game machine according to the fifth aspect is provided with a game board having a game area formed therein, a starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and entry of the game ball serving as a trigger for drawing, and entry into the starting opening The special symbol display device to which the special symbol to indicate the result of the yes or no judgment is variably displayed and the fluctuation time of the special symbol are respectively determined. A fluctuation pattern determination unit that selects one of the plurality of fluctuation patterns based on the result of the pass / fail judgment, and temporarily stores the lottery value as the upper limit number of predetermined numbers until the fluctuation display of the symbol corresponding to the pass / fail judgment is started. Holding control means, special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, and from the end of the special game to a predetermined end, Normal game The specific game control means to shift to the specific gaming state where the ease of acquiring the hit is more advantageous than the normal state, the effect display device for displaying the effect content, and the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device are determined And an effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display the effect contents determined by the effect determining means. The variation pattern determination means uses a table corresponding to the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means when the result of the pass / fail determination is out, relative to the normal deviation variation pattern having a relatively long variation time. In the case of the last symbol variation that reaches its end in the special gaming state, select one of the shortening variation patterns whose variation time is short, select the variation pattern whose relative variation time is relatively long, and the effect determination means, A plurality of symbol variations corresponding to a plurality of lottery values under a situation where the plurality of lottery values stored by the hold control means are a plurality across the specific gaming state and the normal state across the end of the specific gaming state The display of the special variation effect which is the effect content that shows one symbol variation effect over a period and indicates whether or not a hit is included in a plurality of lottery values is determined.

  Here, the "predetermined end" of the specific gaming state may be defined by the number of symbol variations in the specific gaming state, and the end timing of the last symbol variation period reaching the number of symbol variations may be "end". The “special variation effect” may be a variation effect pattern that presents an appearance that appears to be a single variation effect. The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns having different fluctuation times. The “relatively long fluctuation time fluctuation pattern” may be a pattern having a long fluctuation time as in the reach fluctuation pattern, or may be a pattern having a fluctuation time longer than a normal out-of-order fluctuation pattern. A guide prompting entry to the starting opening may be displayed in the symbol variation period based on the “variation pattern having a relatively long variation time”, and the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means reaches the upper limit number during that time Alternatively, the display of guidance prompting entry to the starting opening may be continued until the specific gaming state reaches the “predetermined end”. In the "special variation effect", "indication content indicating whether or not a plurality of lottery values includes a hit" is the first symbol variation period among a plurality of symbol variation periods over which the "special variation effect" crosses. It may be determined to be displayed, and may be determined to be a temporary stop during the remaining symbol variation period.

  According to this aspect, if any of the "plural lottery values" includes the big hit, the "special variation effect" indicates the big hit, so the lottery values included in the "plural lottery values" It is possible to increase the probability that the "special variation effect" will indicate a big hit by the number of the This can increase the player's expectation for the "special variation effect".

  The starting opening is provided at a position different from the first starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area and the first starting opening in the gaming area, and it is relatively easy and relatively difficult to enter the game ball And a second starting port having an expansion mechanism that can change between states. Judgment means executes the judgment based on the first lottery value acquired triggered by entering the first starting opening or the second lottery value acquired triggered by entering the second starting opening. The suspension control means temporarily stores the first lottery value and the second lottery value as the upper limit number of the predetermined number until the variable display start of the symbol corresponding to the determination of the success or failure, and the ball game machine has a special symbol When one of the symbol variation corresponding to the first lottery value and the symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value is displayed while controlling the variation display, the other is made to stand by, while the symbol variation start corresponding to the second lottery value When timing comes, display control means that prioritizes and executes symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value even if the first lottery value is stored, and is provided at a predetermined position in the game area Is opened accordingly, and the player enters the game ball A small winning game control means for executing a small hitting game with the opening of the big winning opening, and a predetermined position of the gaming area, when the big winning opening serving as a trigger for giving a profit and the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hitting. Operation lottery provided to execute the operation lottery for determining whether or not to operate the expansion mechanism triggered by entering the operation opening and the ball into the operation opening, and the result of the operation drawing was hit And an operation control means for expanding the expansion mechanism. The special game control means is a special game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, or when the game ball entered in the large winning opening during the small hit game passes a specific area provided therein. And the probability of being a small hit in the determination of the qualification based on the second lottery value is higher than the probability of becoming a small hit in the determination of the qualification based on the first drawing value.

  The variation pattern determination means shortens the shortening variation pattern as the symbol variation other than the last symbol variation among the lottery values stored by the holding control means at the time when the last symbol variation reaching its end is started in the specific gaming state You may choose. Here, the “shortened fluctuation pattern” may be any of a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns, and a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns have a fluctuation time of less than or equal to a predetermined time or a minimum of 1 to 2 seconds. It may be a short variation pattern. This makes it possible to shorten the time from the end of the specific gaming state to the end of the special variation production, so when it comes to a hit in the special variation production, the ball hitting method (for example, so-called right hitting) in the special game You can quickly switch to That is, it is possible to quickly shift from the specific gaming state to the special game by shortening the temporary period for returning to the normal hitting method (for example, so-called left hitting) in the normal game as short as possible.

<Sixth aspect>
The ball game machine according to the sixth aspect of the present invention is a game board having a game area formed therein, a starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, where entry of the game ball is a trigger for drawing, and entry into the starting opening The special symbol display device to which the special symbol to indicate the result of the yes or no judgment is variably displayed and the fluctuation time of the special symbol are respectively determined. A fluctuation pattern determination unit that selects one of the plurality of fluctuation patterns based on the result of the pass / fail judgment, and temporarily stores the lottery value as the upper limit number of predetermined numbers until the fluctuation display of the symbol corresponding to the pass / fail judgment is started. Holding control means, special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, and from the end of the special game to a predetermined end, Normal game The specific game control means to shift to the specific gaming state where the ease of acquiring the hit is more advantageous than the normal state, the effect display device for displaying the effect content, and the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device are determined And an effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display the effect contents determined by the effect determining means. The variation pattern determination means uses a table corresponding to the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means when the result of the pass / fail determination is out, relative to the normal deviation variation pattern having a relatively long variation time. In the case of the last symbol variation that reaches its end in the special gaming state, select one of the shortening variation patterns whose variation time is short, select the variation pattern whose relative variation time is relatively long, and the effect determination means, Under the condition that the number of lottery values stored by the suspension control means is plural at the time when the last symbol fluctuation to reach the end in the specific gaming state is started, in a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values While determining the display of the special variation effect which is the effect content which is effect content showing one symbol variation effect across stride and which indicates whether or not a hit is included in a plurality of lottery values, In the situation where there were a plurality of balls entering the starting opening after the display of the special fluctuation production was decided, the special fluctuation production ended with the production showing the deviance and when the predetermined condition was satisfied, the new plural drawing A display of a new special variation effect to indicate whether or not a hit is included in the plurality of lottery values across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the value is determined.

  Here, the "predetermined end" of the specific gaming state may be defined by the number of symbol variations in the specific gaming state, and the end timing of the last symbol variation period reaching the number of symbol variations may be "end". The “special variation effect” may be a variation effect pattern that presents an appearance that appears to be a single variation effect. The “shortened fluctuation pattern” may include a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns having different fluctuation times. The “relatively long fluctuation time fluctuation pattern” may be a pattern having a long fluctuation time as in the reach fluctuation pattern, or may be a pattern having a fluctuation time longer than a normal out-of-order fluctuation pattern. A guide prompting entry to the starting opening may be displayed in the symbol variation period based on the “variation pattern having a relatively long variation time”, and the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means reaches the upper limit number during that time Alternatively, the display of guidance prompting entry to the starting opening may be continued until the specific gaming state reaches the “predetermined end”. In the "special variation effect", "indication content indicating whether or not a plurality of lottery values includes a hit" is the first symbol variation period among a plurality of symbol variation periods over which the "special variation effect" crosses. It may be determined to be displayed, and may be determined to be a temporary stop during the remaining symbol variation period.

  According to this aspect, if any of the "plural lottery values" includes the big hit, the "special variation effect" indicates the big hit, so the lottery values included in the "plural lottery values" It is possible to increase the probability that the "special variation effect" will indicate a big hit by the number of the This can increase the player's expectation for the "special variation effect". In addition, when a plurality of lottery values are obtained after the start of the special variation production, displaying a new special variation production in a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods corresponding to the plurality of lottery values newly acquired. Thus, the process can be simplified rather than replacing the entire special variation production.

  The starting opening is provided at a position different from the first starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area and the first starting opening in the gaming area, and it is relatively easy and relatively difficult to enter the game ball And a second starting port having an expansion mechanism that can change between states. Judgment means executes the judgment based on the first lottery value acquired triggered by entering the first starting opening or the second lottery value acquired triggered by entering the second starting opening. The suspension control means temporarily stores the first lottery value and the second lottery value as the upper limit number of the predetermined number until the variable display start of the symbol corresponding to the determination of the success or failure, and the ball game machine has a special symbol When one of the symbol variation corresponding to the first lottery value and the symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value is displayed while controlling the variation display, the other is made to stand by, while the symbol variation start corresponding to the second lottery value When timing comes, display control means that prioritizes and executes symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value even if the first lottery value is stored, and is provided at a predetermined position in the game area Is opened accordingly, and the player enters the game ball A small winning game control means for executing a small hitting game with the opening of the big winning opening, and a predetermined position of the gaming area, when the big winning opening serving as a trigger for giving a profit and the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hitting. Operation lottery provided to execute the operation lottery for determining whether or not to operate the expansion mechanism triggered by entering the operation opening and the ball into the operation opening, and the result of the operation drawing was hit And an operation control means for expanding the expansion mechanism. The special game control means is a special game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, or when the game ball entered in the large winning opening during the small hit game passes a specific area provided therein. And the probability of being a small hit in the determination of the qualification based on the second lottery value is higher than the probability of becoming a small hit in the determination of the qualification based on the first drawing value.

  The variation pattern determination means shortens the shortening variation pattern as the symbol variation other than the last symbol variation among the lottery values stored by the holding control means at the time when the last symbol variation reaching its end is started in the specific gaming state You may choose. Here, the “shortened fluctuation pattern” may be any of a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns, and a plurality of types of shortened fluctuation patterns have a fluctuation time of less than or equal to a predetermined time or a minimum of 1 to 2 seconds. It may be a short variation pattern. This makes it possible to shorten the time from the end of the specific gaming state to the end of the special variation production, so when it comes to a hit in the special variation production, the ball hitting method (for example, so-called right hitting) in the special game You can quickly switch to That is, it is possible to quickly shift from the specific gaming state to the special game by shortening the temporary period for returning to the normal hitting method (for example, so-called left hitting) in the normal game as short as possible.

(First embodiment)
The special variation production of this embodiment is originally to be displayed as a plurality of symbol variation productions, and the symbol variation productions for a plurality of times are collectively displayed as one pattern variation production, as a so-called "summarized variation production" It is an effect to be displayed. First, the functions of the main substrate 200 and the sub substrate 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 9.

  When it is a big hit with a definite change, the specific game control means 270 shifts to a definite change state and an easy-to-enter state, which are continued until the next big hit, as a specific game state to shift after the special game ends. If it is a normal big hit without a definite change, it shifts to the easy-to-enter state until the next big hit comes out or until the number of times of symbol variation reaches 100 times after the end of the special game. A variation pattern table that the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 refer to when transitioning to the definite variation state and the entry easy condition and when transitioning to the entry easy condition without definite variation. Is different. In addition, the effect mode of the effect determined by the effect determining unit 303 differs between the transition to the definite change state and the easy entry state and the transition to the easy entry state without a definite change. The special variation effect is an effect that can be selected only while transitioning to a definite change state and an easy-to-enter state, and the player is given an impression that the number of pattern variations on the appearance until the appearance of the next big hit is reduced. Can be given. In addition, the ultra-short fluctuation pattern (shortened fluctuation pattern of 1 to 2 seconds) and the special variation effect may be selected only for the lottery value of the second hit lottery, while the ultra-short for the first hit lottery lottery value. Variation pattern and special variation presentation are not selected. In the modified example, the specification may be such that the ultra-short variation pattern and the special variation effect can be selected even in the ball entry easy state without definite variation, and in another modified example, the lottery value of the first hit lottery In addition to this, ultra-short variation patterns and special variation effects may be selected. In still another modification, the present invention may be applied to a gaming machine such as ST10000 times, in which a definite change state and an easy-to-enter-ball state will continue substantially until the next big hit occurs.

  The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 relatively use a table corresponding to the number of reserved lottery values stored by the suspension control unit 240 when the result of the determination of acceptance is out. One of a normal outlier fluctuation pattern having a long fluctuation time and a shortened fluctuation pattern having a relatively short fluctuation time is selected. In other words, when the number of pending items is more than one, the result of determination of acceptance is out, the shortening fluctuation pattern whose fluctuation time is short is selected, and when the result of determination of acceptance is out of few when the number of suspension is small, variation time Selects a long variation pattern. For example, when the number of reservations is one (that is, when the number of reservations becomes zero after the start of design fluctuation), a normal out-of-order variation pattern is selected, and when the number of reservations is two or more, a shortened variation pattern is selected. In addition, the second variation pattern determination unit 232 enables selection from among options including the ultrashort variation pattern whose variation time is particularly short among the shortened variation patterns when the number of reservations is two or more. The ultrashort variation pattern is, for example, a variation pattern of 1 second, 1.5 seconds, and 2 seconds. The second variation pattern determination means 232 is a variation pattern of a long time so that, when the number of held pieces is one, it is easy to obtain the lottery value of the second winning lottery before the lottery of the first winning lottery is executed. Is selected with a relatively high probability. Thus, the ultra-short variation pattern is a variation pattern that can be selected only while transitioning to the definite variation state and the easy entry state, and is not selected in the easy entry state without definite variation.

  In the effect determination means 303, the lottery values of the second acceptance lottery stored by the hold control means 240 are in a plurality of states, and the lottery value of which the fluctuation is first started corresponds to the symbol fluctuation due to the very short fluctuation pattern. (In other words, when the command of the variation pattern transmitted from the main substrate 200 at the start of the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery value to be first absorbed among the plurality of lottery values indicates the ultrashort variation pattern), A lottery is performed to determine whether or not to display a special variation effect for showing one symbol variation effect over a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values. However, the number of lottery values to be subject to special variation effects is set to a maximum of three, which is less than four, which is the upper limit value of the number of reservations by the suspension control means 240. In addition, when the display of the special variation production is determined, as a result of prefetching a plurality of lottery values summarized by the special variation production, if the symbol variation period due to the variation pattern other than the ultra-short variation pattern is included, until the symbol variation period The display of the special variation effect is determined across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to a plurality of lottery values which are equal to or less than the number of characters. For example, when the last lottery value is a normal fluctuation pattern as a result of prefetching the three lottery values which is the maximum number, a special in which the three lottery values up to the lottery value are summarized by one fluctuation effect It decides on the contents of the fluctuation production. For example, as a result of prefetching three lottery values, if the second lottery value is a normal fluctuation pattern, the special fluctuation effect of the two lottery values up to the lottery value put together in one fluctuation effect Determine the content. Then, when all the results of prefetching the three lottery values are the ultra-short fluctuation, it is determined that the contents of the special fluctuation effect are summarized by one fluctuation presentation of the three lottery values. As described above, in the display determination of the special variation effect, it is easy to determine to what extent symbol variation is summarized in one effect, without depending on the number of held items. In addition, although it expressed as "the result of prefetching three lottery values", since the first lottery value of the three lottery values is the lottery value for which the variation pattern has already been determined, "three lottery values The “prefetched result” is synonymous with “a lottery value for which the variation pattern has been determined and a result of referring to information on up to two subsequent reserved lottery values”. In addition, in the determination of the content of the special variation presentation, the variation presentation content (variation presentation pattern ID) is determined based on the information (the variation pattern ID) that can identify the variation time, similarly to the determination of the variation presentation for one variation. Ru. That is, based on “the result of prefetching 3 (or 2) lottery values”, the presentation time information of the special variation effect corresponding to the total of the fluctuation time for the 3 (or 2) lottery values is determined The change presentation content is determined by changing the presentation time information into information that can identify the fluctuation time.

  In the determination of whether or not the lottery value corresponds to the ultrashort variation pattern, for example, the variation pattern numbers are assigned to the plurality of variation patterns so that each variation time is in ascending order, and the ultrashort variation pattern It is determined to be within the predetermined number. Then, it may be determined whether or not the variation pattern number is a variation pattern other than the ultra-short variation pattern depending on whether or not the variation pattern number is larger than a predetermined number. In that case, as information on the pre-read lottery value, the information (ID number) of the prior determination result on the fluctuation pattern includes an ID number that can be distinguished from the ultrashort fluctuation pattern, and the fluctuation time is in ascending order. Assign to each variation pattern. Thereby, it is possible to determine whether or not the lottery value which can be the target of the special variation effect is the ultra-short variation pattern. Note that, as a modification, the maximum number of lottery value numbers to be subjected to special variation effects may be “two”, which is two less than the upper limit number of reservations.

  Here, temporarily, among the plurality of symbol variation periods that the special variation effect spans, if it is a specification that the symbol variation period due to the variation pattern other than the ultra-short variation pattern can be included as the symbol variation period on the way not last An ultra-short variation pattern may remain as a symbol variation period. In that case, in the final stage of the special variation production, the player may be aware that the special symbol or the simple symbol moves out before the result is displayed by one normal decorative symbol in appearance. (The simple symbol and the fourth symbol can be notified of the progress of the actual game so that the variable display and the stop display can be made a plurality of times even during the special variation effect in accordance with the change of the special symbol. That is, even if the special symbol or the simple symbol is stopped earlier even though the effect is not finished in the final stage of the long-time effect as the special variation effect, only a short time remains until the end of the effect, and the special symbol There is also a possibility that some players realize that only the out-of-order ultra-short variation pattern is displayed as a simple symbol. In this way, the simple symbol and the special symbol are stopped in the final stage of the production to make it pay attention to whether the subsequent development advantageously proceeds with success or failure of the production (reach development or big hit, pseudo continuous variation production is executed) If this is done, it may be perceived that there is no development that is advantageous for the subsequent production, and the interest of the production may be lowered. In addition, if it is a specification that may include a variation pattern other than the ultra-short variation pattern, such as a symbol variation period due to a reach variation pattern, as a symbol variation period on the way not last, for example, a special game as it is when a big hit occurs in the reach variation pattern Will shift to In that case, it becomes difficult to continuously display the symbol variation due to the subsequent ultra-short variation pattern as part of the special variation effect, so it is specified in consideration of whether or not a big hit is included in the symbol variation on the way It becomes necessary to determine the fluctuation presentation, and the determination process becomes complicated. For such a reason, when special fluctuation effects include a fluctuation pattern other than the ultrashort fluctuation pattern, be sure to be the last symbol fluctuation period and include the ultrashort fluctuation pattern after the fluctuation pattern other than the ultrashort fluctuation pattern I will try not to As a result, it is possible to increase the player's expectation for the big hit by making it difficult for the player to detect the end of the effect by the movement of the special symbol or the simple symbol, and suppressing the complication of the determination process. it can.

  The plurality of symbol fluctuation periods summarized by the special fluctuation effect are, in many cases, one second fluctuation time due to the ultrashort fluctuation pattern, and only the last symbol fluctuation period may be fluctuation time other than the ultrashort fluctuation pattern. That is, the rendering time of the special variation effect is the longest variation time + (the number of variations to be combined−1) × 1 second, and the number of types of variation rendering patterns is substantially equal to the number of types of the longest variation time. This can suppress an increase in the number of types of variation effect patterns. As described above, the ultra-short fluctuation pattern in the present embodiment includes 1.5 second fluctuation and 2 second fluctuation in addition to 1 second fluctuation. In this case, additional notice may be performed such as adding a start action of the normal decorative pattern at the start of the change, or the special symbol stops after all the notice effects of the change effect are finished for the normal decorative pattern. Until then, it may be made to stand by shaking fluctuation. In addition, these 1.5 second and 2 second variations may not be ultra short variations, but only 1 second variations may be ultra short variations.

  In addition, reach variation pattern and the like is not included in 3 lottery values which are maximum number, when it is the ultra-short fluctuation pattern of 1 second which is all the shortest time, it becomes special fluctuation production of 3 seconds in total. On the other hand, if there are a plurality of lottery values of the first success / failure lottery, a shortening variation pattern of 3 seconds is used. Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of types of fluctuation effect patterns by diverting the shortening fluctuation pattern of 3 seconds, which is one shortening fluctuation pattern for the first matching lottery, as the special fluctuation effect of 3 seconds. In a modification, a special variation effect is executed on a variation effect pattern or a notice effect pattern corresponding to a variation pattern of 3 seconds which can be selected in an easy entry state (so-called short time status) without definite variation state in the specific gaming state. The ball may be diverted as a variation effect pattern for the second hit / off lottery in the easy entry state with the possible definite change state.

  In addition, the possibility that the symbol fluctuation period may change depending on the holding situation after the start of presentation can be reduced by setting the maximum number of lottery value numbers summarized as special fluctuation effects to 3 smaller than the holding number upper limit value. That is, if there is no subsequent entry into the second starting opening 12 during the display of the special variation effect, and the number of reserved items becomes zero, the shortening of the last symbol variation period summarized by the special variation effect is canceled It is not a short variation pattern but a normal out-of-range variation pattern. In that case, even if the effect by the special variation rendering pattern already displayed is ended, the symbol variation period does not end, and time remains for several seconds. For example, after starting as a special variation effect of 1 second x 3 pieces = 3 seconds, if the last symbol variation has changed to a variation pattern of 6 seconds, a special figure variation of 8 seconds (1 second, 1 second, 6 The remaining 5 seconds will be no effect due to the fluctuation due to temporary stop. If it is assumed that the maximum number of lotteries to be collected as special variation effects is the same as the maximum number of pending items, four last variation patterns will not be very short variation patterns, for example. If one second, one second, six seconds, and six seconds are left, and it lasts for 11 seconds, it is difficult as a coordination of the presentation to make no effect due to the fluctuation due to the temporary stop. Therefore, by setting the maximum number of lottery value numbers summarized as special variation effects to three smaller than the pending number upper limit value, it is possible to reduce the above non-rendering period as much as possible and keep it at one minimum. preferable.

  The effect determining means 303 does not determine the display of the special variation effect when the number of reserved lottery values in the second winning lottery is 0 or 1, and the number of pending lottery values in the second winning lottery is 2 or more. Determine the display of special variation effects. In addition, special variation production is not executed vis-a-vis the lottery value in the 1st acceptance lottery, but as a specification which decides the display of the special variation presentation even when the drawing value in the 1st admission lottery is 2 or more in the modification It is also good.

  FIG. 26 is a time chart schematically showing the correspondence between the symbol variation period of the special symbol and the special variation effect. The maximum number of symbol variation periods combined into one symbol variation effect by the special variation effect is 3, which is smaller than the upper limit number of holding values of the lottery value in the second matching lottery. When the first lottery value among the plurality of lottery values stored corresponds to the ultrashort variation pattern while the maximum number of symbol variation periods to be summarized is 3, the second and subsequent lottery values other than the ultrashort variation pattern The up to the lottery value corresponding to the fluctuation pattern of is put together into one special fluctuation presentation. Therefore, the third and fourth 1-second ultrashort variation patterns are not added to the special variation representation, and in the special variation representation, the ultrashort variation patterns do not follow the variation patterns other than the ultrashort variation pattern.

  The upper part of FIG. 26 shows the symbol change period of the special symbol, and the lower part shows the period of special change effect. In the figure (a), four pieces of 1 second, 10 seconds, 1 second and 1 second are stored sequentially from the first (left end) of the holding lottery value, and the variation pattern other than the ultrashort variation pattern (10 seconds Because the reach fluctuation pattern of 2) is in the second, a total of 11 seconds up to the second is put together as one special fluctuation effect like the lower stage.

  In the diagram (b), four pieces of 1 second, 1 second, 7 seconds, and 10 seconds are stored sequentially from the first of the hold lottery value, and fluctuation patterns other than the ultrashort fluctuation patterns (reach fluctuation of 7 seconds Since the pattern is the third one, a total of 9 seconds up to the third one is put together as one special variation effect as shown in the lower part. Therefore, the fourth variation pattern of 10 seconds is not added to this special variation effect.

  In the figure (c), four pieces of 1 second, 1 second, 1 second and 10 seconds are stored sequentially from the first of the holding lottery value, and fluctuation patterns other than the ultra-short fluctuation patterns (reach fluctuation of 10 seconds The fourth variation pattern is the fourth, but since the maximum number of lottery values to be grouped into special variation effects is 3, the fourth variation pattern is not added to this special variation effect, and the total of 3 seconds up to the third As shown in the lower part of the figure as a single special variation production.

  In the case of this figure (a), since the 1 second and 1 second ultra-short variation patterns continue after the special variation production, a new hold is made until the third special figure variation in the figure is started. When next occurs, the next new special variation rendition may occur, and a third or more special variation rendition of the variation time corresponding to the next pending lottery value that occurred until that occurrence occurs. obtain. Although the third and fourth variations have been described as one second and one second, if no new hold occurs subsequently, both are not determined as one second variation. In that case, a variation pattern such as 6 seconds is selected, and the variation determining effect corresponding to each variation is determined by the effect determining means 303. On the other hand, in the case of (b) and (c) of the present invention, even if a 1-second hold occurs as the next hold during special variation effects, the fourth 10 second symbol variation remains, so the special variation effects At the end of the next new special change effect does not occur.

  When determining the display of the special change effect, the effect determining means 303 specifies the effect time based on the number of lottery values stored in the special view holding means 241 in order to determine the contents of the special change effect, and The variation presentation pattern is selected based on the presentation time. The effect determining means 303 skips the determination of a new effect since the special change effect is being executed even if a command indicating a change pattern or the like is received from the main substrate 200 from the start to the end of the special change effect. For example, when it is determined that the display of the special variation effect across the symbol variation period for three times is determined, the command is still received even if the command is received at the variation start timing of the remaining two special symbols after the end of the first symbol variation period. Since a change effect is being executed, no new change effect is determined.

  FIG. 27 is a diagram showing the relationship between the presence / absence of execution of special variation effects and the number of reserved items in the probability change state. In the table of this figure, the relationship between the presence or absence of execution of special variation effects and the number of pending items is shown in correspondence with eight types of variation effect patterns. Of the eight types of variation effect patterns, six types are special variation effect patterns. The effect determination means 303 selects one of the variation effect patterns in accordance with the variation time based on the variation pattern of the special symbol and the number of reserved items. In particular, when the number of reserved pieces is 2 or more and the first lottery value corresponds to the ultra-short variation pattern, the display of the special variation effect is determined, and in that case, a plurality of symbols grouped together by one special variation effect One of the special variation presentation patterns is selected according to the combination of variation patterns of variation. In the example of this figure, it is assumed that the pattern numbers “1” to “8” are assigned to each of the fluctuation presentation patterns, and only a fluctuation pattern of 1 second is selected as the ultrashort fluctuation pattern, and other than the ultrashort fluctuation A description will be given on the assumption that a fluctuation pattern of 6 seconds is selected as the shortening fluctuation pattern.

  The pattern number “1” is a special variation effect pattern of 2 seconds, and is selected when the plurality of lottery values stored are a combination of two ultra-short variation patterns (1 second). The special variation presentation based on the special variation presentation pattern is performed only when the number of holdings is two, and is not performed when the number of holdings is zero or one or three or four. The pattern number “2” is a special variation effect pattern of 3 seconds, and is selected when the plurality of lottery values stored are a combination of three ultra-short variation patterns (1 second). The special variation presentation based on the special variation presentation pattern is performed only when the number of reservations is three to four, and is not performed when the number of reservations is zero to two. The variation pattern of the pattern number “2” may be substituted by a 3-second shortening variation pattern used in the easy entry state without a definite variation. The pattern number “3” is a shortening variation effect pattern of 6 seconds. If the next pattern variation is a shortening variation pattern of 6 seconds, it is not an ultra-short variation pattern, and no special variation effect is executed regardless of the number of reserved items, so this shortening variation effect pattern will be selected .

  The pattern number “4” is a special variation effect pattern of 7 seconds, and is selected when the plurality of stored lottery values is a combination of a very short variation pattern (1 second) and a shortening variation pattern (6 seconds) . The special variation presentation based on the special variation presentation pattern is executed corresponding to the first two lottery values in the case where the reserved number is 2 or more, and is not executed in the case where the reserved number is 0 to 1. The pattern number “5” is a special variation effect pattern of 8 seconds, and the plurality of stored lottery values are a combination of two ultra short variation patterns (1 second) and one shortened variation pattern (6 seconds). It is selected when there is one. The special variation presentation based on the special variation presentation pattern is executed corresponding to the first 3 lottery values in the case where the reserved number is 3 or more, and is not executed in the case where the reserved number is 0 to 2. The pattern number "6" is a normal variation effect pattern of 10 seconds. If the next pattern variation is a normal variation pattern of 10 seconds, it is not an ultra-short variation pattern, and no special variation effect is executed regardless of the number of reserved items, so this normal variation effect pattern will be selected .

  The pattern number “7” is a special variation effect pattern of 11 seconds, and is selected when a plurality of stored lottery values is a combination of a very short variation pattern (1 second) and a normal variation pattern (10 seconds) . The special variation presentation based on the special variation presentation pattern is executed corresponding to the first two lottery values in the case where the reserved number is 2 or more, and is not executed in the case where the reserved number is 0 to 1. The pattern number “8” is a special variation effect pattern of 12 seconds, and the plurality of stored lottery values are a combination of two ultra short variation patterns (1 second) and one normal variation pattern (10 seconds). It is selected when there is one. The special variation presentation based on the special variation presentation pattern is executed corresponding to the first 3 lottery values in the case where the reserved number is 3 or more, and is not executed in the case where the reserved number is 0 to 2.

  If the next new hold does not occur during execution of the special variation production, and the remaining number of held items becomes zero in the symbol variation period corresponding to the lottery value to be settled at the end of the special variation production, in the last lottery value Instead of the ultrashort variation pattern, a normal outlier variation pattern or a conventional shortened variation pattern having a relatively long variation time is selected. In this case, as a result, the remaining symbol variation period continues even after the special variation effect is finished. That is, for example, although the ultra-short variation pattern of 1 second, such as pattern number “2”, starts the special variation effect of 3 seconds in 3 minutes, the third lottery value is shortened by 6 seconds instead of 1 second. If the variation pattern has been selected, a 5-second pattern variation period remains. In that case, in the remaining symbol fluctuation period, the symbol is temporarily stopped and the fluctuation fluctuation is displayed to wait until the complete stop timing. During this time, as a display for prompting the player to hit the right (a hitting ball aiming to enter the second start opening 12), a right hitting notification emphasized more than usual may be displayed on the screen, or the swing fluctuation When a new hold occurs during the process, a string such as "waiting" may be displayed on the screen. Although not shown in FIG. 27, the variation time of the final variation in the special variation production is not limited to 1 second, 6 seconds, and 10 seconds, and the variation with reach (for example, variation exceeding 15 seconds) is the final variation May be included. Also, when preparing a long special variation effect including reach effect, preparing plural patterns with a difference of about one second may increase the amount of effect data. Therefore, the response pattern is increased by responding using measures such as the addition of advance notice effects before reaching, the extension of fluctuation at the end of changes, and the extension of screen whiteout time and title display time during reach development. It is preferable not to let it go.

  FIG. 28 is a view schematically showing an example of a screen for displaying a fluctuation effect in the probability change state. In a definite change state, special variation effects may be displayed as a single symbol change display by grouping together symbol change effects that are originally multiple times, so the effect control means 304 originally displays separately from the special change effects. Rather than displaying the decorative symbol to be displayed in a large variation at the center of the screen, it is reduced to the corner of the screen and displayed as a simple symbol 503 in a simplified manner. Instead, the effect control means 304 largely changes and displays three effect symbols 501 as symbols for special change effects at the center of the screen. As a result, the player is made to pay attention to the change effect of the larger effect pattern 501, and the appearance is such that one pattern change is executed. As the simple symbol 503, one symbol is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. As a detachment aspect of the simple symbol 503, a plurality of types are not prepared, but always represented by the same detachment aspect, for example, a symbol such as "H". The big hit form of the simple symbol 503 is represented by the same numeral symbol as the big hit form of the effect pattern 501, for example, by the numbers "0" to "9".

  In the definite change state, the screen center is the same as the original reserved object area 504 so that there is no unnaturalness in the effect due to the special change effect that displays a plurality of symbol change effects collectively at one time. In the prominent position at the lower part, a pending object indicating the pending number of lottery values is not displayed. Instead, a symbol or a number such as a simple holding symbol 506 indicating the number of holdings of the lottery value is displayed in a simple and small manner at a position not noticeable on the screen corner, such as near the simple symbol 503. The simplified holding symbol 506 is a symbol separately representing the number of holdings of the first lottery value and the number of holdings of the second lottery value depending on the number of “−”.

  In the modification, the simple symbol 503 or the simple holding symbol 506 may be displayed in a reduced size at the screen corner only while the special variation effect is displayed. However, in this case, by displaying the simple symbol 503 and the simple hold symbol 506, the player can easily understand that the special variation effect is being performed. Therefore, it is preferable to set it as the specification which displays the simple symbol 503 and the simple holding symbol 506 continuously in a definite change state regardless of whether special variation production is under execution.

  If power is lost in the pachinko gaming machine 100 during the execution of the special variation production, all the pre-read information sent from the main board 200 and stored in the sub board 300 will be lost. In that case, although the main board 200 can restore the lottery value itself stored in the special view holding means 241 from the backup, the preread information is not backed up. Therefore, the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery value stored before the power-off is executed as a single symbol variation, and the special variation effect is not executed until the prefetching information of a plurality of lottery values held thereafter is acquired. .

  For example, the effect determination unit 303 can not receive only the first command out of the set of the first command and the second command, and can not receive the second command, if the prefetch information is abnormal due to some reason such as communication failure. , Or up to a lottery value having normal prefetching information as a target of special variation presentation, or a lottery value or later corresponding to abnormal prefetching information as a target of special variation presentation (even if the prefetching information is abnormal, the lottery Information on a normal variation pattern is transmitted from the main board 200 when the variation start point corresponding to the value is reached).

  FIG. 29 is a flow chart showing the process of determining the special variation effect in the first embodiment. The process of this flow corresponds to the process of the submodule executed in S754 of FIG. The effect determining means 303 is a case where the number of pending lottery values is 2 or more (Y in S900), and the first pending lottery value to be the next variation target corresponds to the ultra-short variation pattern of 1 second. In the case where a command indicating that the current variation is a one second variation is received from the main substrate 200 (Y in S902), it is randomly determined whether or not the special variation effect is to be displayed (S904). If the pending lottery value is not two or more (N in S900), or if the first pending lottery value is not the lottery value corresponding to the very short variation pattern (N in S902), the processing after S904 is skipped and this flow is End the decision process of If it is determined in S904 that the display of the special variation effect is determined (Y in S906), and if the second pending lottery value corresponds to a variation pattern other than the ultra-short variation pattern (Y in S908), the pattern number “FIG. A special variation presentation pattern in which an ultrashort variation pattern such as 4 "and" 7 "and a shortened or normal variation pattern are put together is selected (S910), and this flow determination processing is ended. If the second pending lottery value corresponds to the ultrashort variation pattern (N in S 908) and there is no third pending lottery value (N in S 912), two superimposing operations such as the pattern number “1” in FIG. A special variation presentation pattern in which short variation patterns are grouped is selected (S914), and this flow determination processing is ended. If there is a third pending lottery value in S912 (Y in S912) and the third pending lottery value corresponds to a variation pattern other than the ultrashort variation pattern (Y in S916), the pattern in FIG. A special variation presentation pattern in which two ultra-short variation patterns such as the numbers "5" and "8" and the shortened or normal variation patterns are put together is selected (S918), and this flow determination processing is ended. If the third reserve lottery value is the ultrashort variation pattern in S916 (N in S916), select a special variation effect pattern that combines three ultrashort variation patterns such as the pattern number “2” in FIG. Then (S920), the process of determining the flow ends. If it is determined in S904 that the display of the special variation effect is not determined (N in S906), the processing of S908 and subsequent steps is skipped, and the processing of this flow ends.

  In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the maximum number of pending lottery values to be collected as special variation effects is three, but as a modification, the maximum number of pending lottery values is not set, and four pending lottery values May be organized as a special variation effect. In that case, it is determined whether or not there is a fourth pending lottery value after “N in S916” in FIG. 29, and if there is no fourth pending lottery value, the pattern number “2” in FIG. Select a special variation presentation pattern that summarizes the ultra-short variation patterns of If there is a fourth pending lottery value, and the pending lottery value corresponds to a variation pattern other than the ultra-short variation pattern, a special variation effect that combines three ultra-short variation patterns and shortening or normal variation patterns Choose a pattern. When the 4th reservation lottery value is an ultra-short variation pattern, a special variation presentation pattern in which four ultra-short variation patterns are put together is selected. Further, although not shown in FIG. 29, the processing of the present flow is omitted when the special variation effect is already determined by the preceding fluctuation and is being executed. Further, in the next determination of the presence / absence of a hold, if there is an abnormality in the prefetch information corresponding to the hold, even if there is actually a hold, processing equivalent to the case without the hold is performed.

Second Embodiment
The special change effect in this embodiment is common to the first embodiment in that the symbol changes are combined into a single effect in a plurality of times, but the first symbol change period is relatively compared among the multiple symbol changes to be combined It is different from the first embodiment in that the symbol variation is made longer and the remaining symbol variation is made to be an ultra-short variation pattern. In addition, the special variation production in this embodiment is a form that straddles a plurality of gaming states including an easy-to-enter state and a normal state, and also brings together a plurality of symbol variations straddling a plurality of gaming states in one production. This is different from the one embodiment. The special variation effect of this embodiment is the last symbol variation reaching the end of the easy-to-enter state (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the “final change”), and the hold lottery value of the second hit / off lottery at the end of the easy-to-enter state. It is the effect which put together the following symbol fluctuation (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “residual fluctuation”) corresponding to the one or a plurality of subsequent held lottery values remaining as one at a time. As will be described later, the second hit or draw value held at the end of the entry easy state is higher in probability of occurrence of small hits than the first hit draw value even after the end of the entry easy state, By combining the final period variation and the residual variation into one special variation effect, it is possible to produce an effect with a higher degree of expectation per hit than the effect corresponding only to the final period variation. Similar to FIG. 28 of the first embodiment, in the special variation effect, the simplified symbol 503 is displayed small at the corner of the screen.

  In the present embodiment, in addition to the basic technology described above as the basic configuration, there are various characteristic configurations. Hereinafter, differences from the base technology and the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the description of the common points will be omitted. The pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of start winning openings, a plurality of special symbol display devices, and a plurality of holding lamps. When the game ball enters the first starting winning opening or the second starting winning opening, the first hit lottery or the second hit lottery is executed, and when the determination result of the lottery becomes a big hit, the big winning opening (described later) A special game in which the special winning opening 21) repeats opening is started. On the other hand, when the determination result of the first success or failure lottery or the second success or failure lottery is a predetermined result called "small hit", the short opening of the big winning opening (second large winning opening 22 described later) A small hit game is played. This small hit game is distinguished from a "big hit" because it has only one unit game repeated several times in the case of a big hit. If the game ball entered into the second big winning opening 22 enters a specific area called "V zone" in the second big winning opening 22 (also referred to as "V entering ball"), "big hit" to "big hit" The special game in which the first large winning opening 21 is opened is executed. Therefore, the small hit game has substantially the same operation as the second type pachinko game referred to in the past. During the small hit game, the second big winning opening 22 is configured in position, structure, and operation so as to almost certainly enter V as long as it keeps hitting with so-called right hitting.

  When the special game ends, it shifts to a specific game called fluctuation time shortening game (hereinafter referred to as "time saving") at a predetermined probability. In the case of a hit in the first success or failure lottery, there is a 65% probability with transition to time saving, and in the case of a second success or failure lottery with a probability of 100% with transition to time saving. However, if there is a hit in the first hit lottery during the short time, it will shift to the short time with a probability of 100%. The time saving is easy to enter the second starting winning opening using two functions of not only the special symbol fluctuation time shortening function but also the extension time of the ordinary electric character and the shortening of the normal symbol fluctuation time. The probability of being determined to be a small hit is set high in an acceptance lottery that is also triggered by entering the second starting winning opening, which also serves to increase the ease of entering the ball. As a result, in the easy-to-enter state, it is easy to generate a small hit triggered by the entrance to the second starting winning opening, a big hit that develops from the small hit ("small hit development big hit" or "small hit V" The possibility of occurrence is also high. Time saving state or easy entering state is the ending condition that the number of times the variation of the special symbol from the end of the special game reaches a predetermined number of times, and when the symbol changing reaching its end is time saving state to easy entering state Also ends. In the present embodiment, the number of times of variation due to the ball entering the first starting port 11 is five, the number of times of variation due to the ball entering the second starting port 12 is nine times, and the number of times of variation due to entering the first starting port 11 The end condition is that the total of the number of times of variation due to the entry into the second starting opening 12 reaches any one of 13 times.

  In such a configuration, since the ease of entering the second starting winning opening is low in the normal state, first, the first starting winning entry is allowed to enter the special game, and once it is shifted to the easy entering state . And in the easy-to-enter state, the small hit development big hit or big hit is obtained, and the easy-to-enter state continues even after the end of the special game, thereby achieving the game characteristic of aiming the small hit development big hit or the big hit continuous.

  FIG. 30 shows a basic structure on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment. The pachinko gaming machine 500 differs from the above-described base technology in that the pachinko gaming machine 500 includes the first large winning opening 21 and the second large winning opening 22 as large winning openings. The first large winning opening 21 is a large winning opening that functions in the same manner as the above-mentioned large winning opening 20, and as a "big hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined mode. It is a horizontal rectangular shaped winning opening that is open. The first big winning opening 21 is provided at the upper right position of the out port 34. The first large winning opening 21 includes a first large winning detection device 26 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a first large winning opening solenoid 93 for opening and closing the first large winning opening 21. The first big prize detection device 26 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the first big winning opening 21 and generates the first big winning opening winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered.

  On the other hand, the second large winning opening 22 is provided as a large winning opening corresponding to a small hit game, and is opened by the occurrence of a small hit. The second large winning opening 22 is provided with a second large winning detection device 27 for detecting entry of the game ball, and a second large winning opening solenoid 94 for opening and closing the lid of the second large winning opening 22. . The second big prize detection device 27 is a sensor that detects the entering of the gaming ball into the second big winning opening 22, and generates second winning prize winning information indicating the entering when the ball is entered. The second special winning opening 22 is opened as "small hit" when the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode. The second big winning opening 22 is provided in the right passage of the center decoration 64 and attached to the right position of the lower right display area of the effect display device 560. When the second large winning opening 22 is so-called right-hit to substantially maximize the firing strength when it is opened during a small hit game, the game ball will be entered with a very high probability. The second large winning detection device 27 is provided inside the second large winning opening 22.

  The second large winning opening 22 has a box shape, and has a front shape that is trapezoidal or parallelogram so that the right end is higher than the left end. Therefore, when the gaming ball is placed on the upper surface of the box-shaped second large winning opening 22, it rolls by gravity in the direction from right to left. A sliding lid is provided on the upper surface, and when the lid slides and the opening is exposed, the game balls flowing from the right to the left almost completely fall into the opening, entering the second large winning opening 22 Become a sphere. Conversely, while the opening is closed by the sliding lid, the gaming ball rolls and passes over the lid, and between the center decoration 64 located on the left of the second big winning opening 22 The game ball is guided to the second operation opening 32, the second start opening 12, or the first large winning opening 21 through the passage. Since a member is provided between the second large winning opening 22 and the outer periphery of the game area so that the gaming ball can not pass through, almost all of the right-handed gaming balls are guided to the second large winning opening 22. . When the second large winning opening 22 is closed, it is designed such that the gaming ball rolled on the second large winning opening 22 falls downward from the passage immediately to the left.

  A specific area is provided inside the second big winning opening 22. A distribution mechanism (not shown) for distributing game balls to either a specific area or a non-specific area is provided in the second large winning opening 22. When the game ball enters the second large winning opening 22 and the second large winning detection device 27 detects this, a winning ball is awarded as a winning to the large winning opening. When entering the specific area is detected, it is decided to shift to the special game. If entry into the specific area is not detected, the game returns to the normal game after the end of the small hit game.

  In the present embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 and the sorting mechanism function as a "variable ball entry device". Here, the variable ball entry device is a device operable to change to a state capable of entering a ball, and is a device in which a specific region is provided in the inner space thereof. In this embodiment, the second large winning opening 22 operates to be able to enter the ball, and the ball can enter the specific area only when the distribution mechanism operates to guide to the specific area. Be done. In the modification, the sorting mechanism may not be provided, and the second big winning opening 22 may be configured to function as a variable ball entry device, and the second big winning opening 22 and the sorting mechanism The variable ball entry device may be configured by different movable members.

  In the special game according to the present embodiment, the first special game to be executed when the stop symbol becomes a big hit, and the small hit develops into a big hit after the stop symbol becomes a small hit And there is a second special game to be executed. The first special game is the same as the special game shown in the above-described base technology.

  The second special game is executed triggered by the passage of a specific area in the small hit game (V entering ball). When the first special symbol 51 or the second special symbol 52 is stopped in a predetermined small hit mode, it shifts to a small hit game composed of one unit game, and the opening / closing operation of the second big winning opening 22 is executed Be done. In one unit game constituting a small hit game, the second large winning opening 22 is opened only for a time less than a predetermined reference time (for example, 1.8 seconds). When the player enters a specific area provided inside the second large winning opening 22 during the small hit game, the development from the small hit to the big hit is determined, and the second special game is executed. In the second special game, as in the first special game described above, after the first large winning opening 21 is opened and the opening lasts for about 30 seconds which is equal to or longer than a predetermined reference time, or nine or more game balls are It is closed once after falling. After the opening / closing of the first large winning opening 21 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, eight times, the second special game is ended. Therefore, when the second special game is executed, after the second large winning opening 22 is opened, the opening of the first large winning opening 21 is made multiple times. In addition, if it is a specification that lasts for 1.8 seconds in the open state by opening one of the second large winning opening 22 in the small hit game, a special game that should be obtained is obtained by the delay of the launch by the player Can easily occur. Therefore, the total of the opening time is less than 1.8 seconds by repeating the short time opening (eg 0.2 second opening) and the short time closing (eg 1 second closing) several times, for a total of about 10 seconds In the meantime, it is preferable to make it possible to expect entry to the second big winning opening 22.

  At the outer lower right position of the game area 81, a state display lamp 502 for indicating the game state of the gaming machine 500 is provided. The status display lamp 502 is constituted by, for example, two lamps, the first lamp indicates whether or not the time saving state is in progress, and the second lamp indicates whether or not the game state in which the right strike is to be performed. The first lamp is turned on in the case of the normal game in the time saving state, and is turned off in the case of the normal game in the normal state. The second lamp lights up when it is in the gaming state to be hit to the right, that is, when it is in the time saving state, the small hitting gaming state or the special gaming state, and goes out when it is in the normal state. Therefore, the second lamp of the state display lamp 502 functions as a so-called "right-handed display light", and displays whether or not it is a gaming state in which the right-handed game should be performed in a fixed display mode.

  FIG. 31 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 500. The pachinko gaming machine 500 includes the first large winning opening 21 and the second large winning opening 22 instead of the large winning opening 20 as compared with the functional block of FIG. 3 described above, and the state display lamp controlled by the main substrate 200 The functional block is different from the above-described functional block in that it includes 502.

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

  The main substrate 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 500 has the same functional configuration as the block diagram shown in FIG. The ball entry determination means 201 determines that the game ball has won the first large winning opening 21 when the first large winning opening winning information is received, and the game ball receives the second large winning opening winning information when the second large winning opening winning information is received. It is determined that the mouth 22 has been won. When the specific area passing information is received, the entering judgment means 201 determines that the gaming ball has passed the specific area.

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

  The first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 select a variation pattern with reference to a dedicated variation pattern table in principle in the easy entry state. When referring to the fluctuation pattern table for the ball entry easy state, as described above, the period of the ball entry easy state is as short as about 9 fluctuations (only the second special symbol fluctuates), and the small hitting probability described later Since it is a situation where it is easy to obtain a special game by setting the symbol, unlike the first embodiment or the base technology, the symbol fluctuation time is not related to the number of reserved lottery values stored by the special view holding means 241 Choose The symbol variation time in the easy-to-place ball condition (in particular, the symbol variation time of the second special symbol designed as the main player of the game) is 5 seconds, 10 seconds or less, as the high expectation variation is repeated every one variation. Select a variation time, such as seconds, in which some advance notice effects may appear. However, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 switch to a dedicated variation pattern table in the final period reaching the end of the entry easy state. As a result, the first variation pattern determination unit 231 and the second variation pattern determination unit 232 have a relatively long variation time for displaying the reach variation regardless of the success or failure result based on the variation pattern table for the final period variation. For example, a reach fluctuation pattern of 60 seconds is selected as the fluctuation pattern.

  FIG. 32 schematically shows a success / failure determination table according to the embodiment. In the present embodiment, when the winning lottery value acquired by the first success or failure judging means 221 falls within the range of 65405 to 65535, it becomes a small hit, and the winning or falling lottery value obtained by the second success or failure judging means 222 is within the range of 58982 to 65535 It becomes a small hit when it corresponds to. That is, while the small hitting probability due to entering the first starting opening 11 is about 1/500, the small hitting probability due to entering the second starting opening 12 is about 1/10, the first starting opening 11 A small hit is more likely to occur in the second starting opening 12 than entering the second opening. This increases the probability of becoming a small hit development big hit in the second game. In addition, the jackpot probability of both the first game and the second game is about 1/320, and the hit in the second game is almost a small hit. In the present embodiment, no probability fluctuation state in which the range of the big hit is expanded from the normal state is not provided, and a yes / no determination table for the probability change state is not prepared. However, in the modification, there is no small hit development big hit, and it is a specification to shift to a definite change state as a specific gaming state when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the hit for the positive change state where the big hit range is expanded from the normal state. A determination table may be provided.

  Here, as one of the ending conditions of the entry easy state, the number of times of symbol fluctuation concerning the second hit / fall lottery is nine times, and the probability that a small hit occurs in the symbol fluctuation of nine times is about 61% (The probability of not hitting a small hit in all nine times is 0.9 9 = about 39%). In addition, a small hit does not occur until the end of the entry easy state, and a small hit occurs due to the symbol variation of the maximum 4 pending lottery values (also referred to as “residual entry value”) remaining at the end of the entry easy state. The probability of making a small hit (to generate a small hit again after the end of the easy-to-enter state and return to the easy-to-enter state is also referred to as "pull back") is about 13% 39% × 4 small hits within the probability of about 34%). Therefore, the probability that a small hit will occur in the total period of the easy-to-enter ball state and the four subsequent pattern variations is about 61% + about 13% = about 74%.

  On the other hand, although a specific example of the special variation production in the present embodiment will be described later, the probability that a small hit occurs in the maximum of five symbol variations summarized as the special variation production is about 40% (5 small hits at all The probability of failure is 0.9 ^ 5 = about 60%). Therefore, by displaying symbol fluctuation periods of up to five times as special fluctuation effects together and displaying them as one fluctuation effect, appearance can be displayed as symbol fluctuation effects with a small hitting probability increased to about 40%. Can increase the player's expectation for small hit.

  The effect determination means 303 displays the special variation effect according to whether or not there is a remaining lottery value at the start timing of the final change in the easy-to-enter state, the result of the final change, and the prefetched result of the remaining draw value. decide. In other words, if there is one or more remaining lottery values, the display of special variation effects that will be the effect period that combines two or more symbol variations into one is determined, but there is no remaining lottery value or the last variation is a hit. Determines the variation presentation pattern for the final variation only, not the special variation presentation. In addition, if any of the remaining lottery value is a hit, a special change presentation is determined which is a presentation period in which the symbol variation period up to the lottery value of the hit and the final variation are put together. However, in the modification, the effect determination unit 303 may determine the display of the special change effect regardless of the presence or absence of the remaining lottery value at the start timing of the final change in the ball entry easy state.

  In the present embodiment, the information that can be read ahead is a specification limited to the result of the hold lottery value, and the determination of the fluctuation pattern is a specification that is not read ahead. The specification is such a specification that a small hit occurs with high probability and it is determined whether the player will develop into a small hit development big hit depending on the operation by the player at the small hit, and the fluctuation pattern of the pending lottery value Even if pre-reading is performed, if the gaming state changes due to the occurrence of a small hit before reaching the fluctuation of the holding lottery value, it changes to a fluctuation pattern different from the pre-reading result. Therefore, since the presentation time of the special variation presentation is not determined according to the result of the change pattern pre-reading, a variation pattern dedicated to the remaining lottery value in order to make the symbol variation time relative to the remaining lottery value constant. Prepare a table. In addition, since changes due to the occurrence of small hits after pre-reading are likely to occur also with pre-reading of the pattern, it is also assumed that the pre-reading of the pattern is not. The variation pattern table for the residual lottery value is a table referred to with respect to the lottery value of the second winning lottery, and is not referred to for the lottery value of the first winning lottery. Only the fluctuation pattern of one second is defined in the fluctuation pattern table for the remaining lottery value, and the fluctuation pattern of one second is always selected regardless of the result of the determination of the result. As a result, the effect time of the special change effect is the change time of the final change of the entry easy state + 1 second × the number of remaining lottery values. For example, in the case where the final fluctuation is 60 seconds and the number of remaining lottery values is 4, 60 + 1 × 4 = 64 seconds, and the time of the special fluctuation effect of 60 to 64 seconds is determined according to the number of remaining lottery values. In this case, the success or failure result is notified within 60 seconds corresponding to the final fluctuation in the special fluctuation effect presentation period, and the symbol is kept in a temporary fluctuation with the temporary stop while remaining for 4 seconds. For example, even if one of the remaining lottery values falls under the small hit, the result of the pass / fail is notified during the first 60 seconds corresponding to the final fluctuation. It is easier to design an effect if it is reported on the result at a certain timing regardless of which of the plurality of pending lottery values summarized in the special variation effect falls under the small hit, and the result is notified stably Can.

  In addition, if notification of the result of the success or failure by the special fluctuation effect is displayed as the fluctuation as 60 seconds fluctuation other than the first hold temporarily, the simple symbol 503 is in the corner of the screen in the middle of the effect scolding the success or failure Etc., and the player may be aware of the behavior of the simple symbol 503 and may decrease the expectation. According to the above specification (specification that sets the first suspension subject to special variation effects to a specific variation time), the degree of expectation by the behavior of the simplified symbol 503 is to be notified of the result of the pass / fail in the first 60 seconds. Can be avoided. In addition, even if the remaining lottery value after the end of the easy-to-enter state becomes a hit, the easy-to-place-to-ball state is ended and the left strike is performed to notify success or failure before the end of the easy to enter state. It is possible to inform the player at an early stage that it is necessary to immediately return to the right after switching to the desired situation, and to prompt the player to perform an appropriate operation.

  By securing a relatively long time as a symbol change period of the final change of the easy-to-enter state, the player is allowed to enter the second starting opening 12 during that time to increase the number of remaining lottery values to the upper limit of four. Is fully possible. By fixing the symbol variation corresponding to the residual lottery value with the 1-second ultra-short variation pattern, it is possible to quickly digest up to four symbol variations after the easy-to-enter ball condition has ended, and either includes a hit You can shorten the period between the entry easy state and the special game. Since the period between the ball entry easy state and the special game is just a normal state, immediately after that, even if the possibility of shifting to the special game again is high, it is not possible to display the guidance prompting a right strike There is also a possibility that a guide to return to the left may not be displayed, and it may be unclear as to which one to aim at, which may confuse the player. Temporarily, if it is long between the entry easy state and the special game, the special game will occur immediately because the player may hit the left and enter the first starting hole 11 during that time. It is preferable for the player to be as short as possible between the ball entry state and the special game in order to prevent the player from striking the left as much as possible.

  In addition, within the effect display period of 60 seconds which is the final change of the easy-to-enter state, the firing position is specified so that the remaining lottery value will be four within the period excluding the predetermined fixed time maintaining the stop state of the special symbol. Perform the production and keep the special symbol stopped at the fixed time. Also, by entering the easy entry state at the start of the fixed time, and closing the normal motorized part 90 of the second starting opening 12 during the fixed time, the following changes from the end of the entry easy state It is difficult to enter the second starting opening 12 before the start of the fluctuation of In this way, it is avoided that the ordinary electric jack 90 spreads out during symbol fluctuation with respect to the residual lottery value after entering the non-entering ball easy state, and the second starting port 12 enters the ball and the number of residual lottery values To avoid being inadvertently increased. The fixed time is, for example, 6 seconds, and in this case, the launch position designation effect is executed during 54 seconds of the final fluctuation. In the launch position specification effect, a guidance for prompting the player to hit the right and the number of reservations pertaining to the current second special symbol are displayed on a screen or the like, and the number of remaining lottery values reaches the upper limit of four, The guidance display is continued until the final fluctuation ends (more precisely, until the fixed time in the final fluctuation starts and the normal motorized jack 90 is closed). As a modification, after the fixed time has elapsed, the normal motorized part 90 of the second starting opening 12 is closed to end the easy-to-enter-ball state, and the stop display of the special symbol is extended (in other words, the following special It may be a specification for executing the process of delaying the start of fluctuation of the symbol.

  In addition, as a modification, when any of the remaining lottery values corresponds to a hit, referring to the normal fluctuation pattern table without using the fluctuation pattern table for the remaining lottery value with respect to the remaining lottery value. , And may be configured to select a fluctuation pattern of fluctuation time (for example, 10 seconds) longer than one second. When selecting the fluctuation pattern of fluctuation time longer than 1 second, based on the information of the hit symbol transmitted from the main substrate 200 to the effect determining means 303 at the start of the symbol change with respect to the remaining lottery value of the hit A promotion effect or the like may be executed.

  FIG. 33 is a time chart schematically showing the relationship between special variation effects straddling a plurality of symbol fluctuation periods and each symbol fluctuation period from the end of the entry easy state to the normal state. As shown in the figure (a), the effect determining means 303 is a plurality of plural lottery values stored by the hold control means 240 which straddle the specific gaming state and the normal state across the final period of the specific gaming state. If it is, the display of the special variation effect straddling the plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the plurality of lottery values is determined. In this embodiment, when the next hit does not occur while the symbol variation is displayed nine times in the ball entry easy state, the state is returned to the normal state. A plurality of symbol variation periods are shown along the horizontal axis (time axis) of the figure, and the numbers attached to each symbol variation period indicate the number of symbol variations from the start of the entering game state. For the first to eighth symbol variations, an ultra-short variation pattern of 1 second is selected based on the variation pattern table "A" for the entry easy state. In the ninth symbol variation, that is, the final variation, the reach variation pattern of 60 seconds is selected based on the variation pattern table "B" for the final variation. After termination of the easy entry state, the symbol variation for the maximum 4 remaining lottery values (10 to 13 symbol variations) is 1 second ultra-short based on the variation pattern table "C" for the remaining lottery values. A variation pattern is selected. Thereafter, the normal fluctuation pattern table "D" is referred back to, and the normal fluctuation pattern is selected for the 14th and subsequent symbol fluctuation. The fluctuation pattern tables “C” and “D” may be configured as tables having the same content.

  Here, since the lottery value corresponding to the final variation is not digested until the ninth symbol variation, ie, the variation pattern of the final variation, is determined, the number of lottery values that can be retained as the residual lottery value is not shown in FIG. As shown in), it is 3 at the maximum (10 to 12 symbol variation). Therefore, as shown in the figure (b), there are 2 to 4 symbol variations summarized as special variation effects at the start of the final period variation. If there is a new entry to the second starting opening 12 after the start of the display of the special variation effect, the effect determination means 303 corresponds to a plurality of lottery values including the lottery value corresponding to the new entry. A decision may be made to replace the special variation effect for indicating whether or not a hit is included in the plurality of lottery values across the symbol variation period. That is, since 60 seconds are secured as the final fluctuation period after the start of the special fluctuation effect, there is a high possibility that the remaining lottery value will reach the upper limit of four, entering the second starting opening 12 during that period. For example, at the start of the special variation production, when the hit is not included in the holding lottery value and the residual lottery value is added after the start of the special variation production, the shaking after the end of the easy entering state in the special variation production Increase the time of change by an additional residual draw value. However, as a result of the pre-reading, when the additional residual lottery value includes a hit, the time of the fluctuation fluctuation is increased by an amount up to the lottery value corresponding to the hitting among the additional residual lottery values, The pattern is changed from an effect showing a gap to an effect showing a hit. As described above, it is preferable to notify the hit in the 60 second symbol fluctuation period related to the final fluctuation, as the appearance effect, rather than informing the 1 second symbol fluctuation period related to the additional residual lottery value. In addition, until a predetermined timing at the presentation time of 60 seconds is reached (for example, until 30 seconds of the start, the first half part end, yes or no) so that the flow of the multiple announcements executed after the start of the special variation production and the contents of the production do not contradict It may be possible to determine replacement only for a new residual lottery value generated for the button operation in the button effect to notify, etc.). For the new residual lottery value after that, the replacement of the effect is not performed, and only when the new residual lottery value is a hit, the period such as the start demonstration period, the small hitting game period, the first round of the big hit etc. The type of hit may be notified by using.

  As shown in the figure (c), when there are two remaining lottery values at the start of the special variation production, the remaining lottery value to be added to the second starting opening 12 after the start of the special variation production is 12 to It is a maximum of 2 lottery values concerning the 13th symbol variation. Also in this case, the time of the swing fluctuation after the end of the entry easy state in the special variation effect is increased by the amount of the additional remaining lottery value, and when the hit is included, the effect pattern of the special variation effect is removed Switch from the shown effect to a directed effect. However, there is a risk that the consistency of the presentation will be affected if a substitution of the presentation occurs in the late stage of the reach that is displayed in the period corresponding to the final variation in the special variation presentation. Therefore, based on the special variation pattern table “C ′ ′”, the variation pattern for reaching the end of the game is selected based on the special variation pattern table “C ′ ′” to select the variation pattern for the tenth symbol variation immediately after the end of the entry easy state Shift the late stage of the reach to the 10th period of symbol variation. By this, the normal electric role 90 of the second starting opening 12 is surely closed before the production of the late reaching stage, and by avoiding entering the second starting opening 12 at the late reaching stage, the directing is performed at the late reaching stage To prevent the occurrence of

  Here, since the effect determination means 303 can not pre-read until the hitting aspect even if the residual lottery value falls under the result of the pre-reading, the reach in the highest profit aspect unless the final fluctuation is hitting. For example, it is preferable not to determine the special variation effect indicating the reach at symbol "7". In that case, the variation period due to the 1-second ultra-short variation pattern corresponding to the remaining lottery value corresponding to the hit is not sufficient time to execute the promotion effect, so the small hit V start demonstration screen or the small hit game It is good also as a specification which performs promotion production in round production. However, this is not the case in the case of a specification in which the symbol variation period corresponding to the case where the remaining lottery value is a hit is longer than one second.

  In addition, as a result of prefetching a plurality of residual lottery values, when it is possible to foresee that a plurality of hits are included, a special effect may be executed in which the expectation of the hit is higher than that of the normal special variation effect. For example, a plurality of objects suggesting hits may be displayed in the form of being stored (stocked) in the screen, or when the lottery value corresponding to the final fluctuation corresponds to a hit with many balls, a normal jackpot An expression such as "super jackpot" which means that there are more balls will be used to suggest multiple hits. However, if it is unclear at what kind of hit timing you can get or the amount of balls that can be obtained at the timing of the hit that occurs earlier among multiple hits, from the first hit to the last touch, the suggestion of the hit type A presentation may be performed using an appearance motif that may be postponed. For example, in the period from the end demonstration production of the previous hit to the symbol stop of the later fluctuation of the hit, the presentation such as opening the treasure box is executed, and the presentation is changed based on the actual hit symbol information (the appearing treasure An effect such as changing the type may be performed. In this case, since the later hit lottery value is highly likely to be digested at the first to fourth change in the easy entry state, the fluctuation pattern table of the first to fourth change in the easy entry state (not shown) is also shortened By making a table easy to select patterns, it is possible to smoothly advance a plurality of hit effects.

  FIG. 34 is a flow chart showing the process of determining special fluctuation effects in the second embodiment. In the processing of this flow, in the determination processing flow of the decorative symbol variation display content shown in FIG. 23, the variation pattern serving as an execution trigger of the special variation effect (for example, variation based on the variation pattern table "B" of FIG. (Determination process) executed upon reception of a command related to the pattern). First, when it is the start timing of the final period change in the entry easy state (Y in S930), the second change pattern determination means 232 selects the reach change pattern from the change pattern table for the final period (S932) If the number of pending lottery values is 2 or more (Y in S934), the effect determining means 303 reads in advance the success or failure of the final variation lottery value and the success or failure of the remaining lottery value (S935), and the outcome of these plurality of lottery values The display of the special variation effect and the contents thereof are decided according to which the symbol variation is summarized a plurality of times (S936). When it is not the start timing of the final change in S930, the processing after S932 is skipped and this flow is ended (N of S930). If the number of pending lottery values is not two or more in S934, it is not a target of special variation effects, so the processing after S936 is skipped and this flow is ended (N in S934), and the effect determination processing for each normal symbol variation Transition to

  Special variation production is started (S937), and when a new hold occurs (Y in S938), the pattern of special variation production is replaced (S940). However, the replacement process of S 940 may be executed only when it is previously determined that the new hold corresponds to the hit by the pre-reading. If a new hold has not occurred, S940 is skipped (N in S938). The processes of S938 and S940 are repeated (N in S942) until the end timing of the final fluctuation, and when the end timing of the final fluctuation (Y in S942), the ordinary electric power role 90 is closed to end the easy entering state (S944). In the flow of this figure, in the case where there is no lottery value (prefetched information in the effect determining means 303) which is suspended after the lottery value which is two or more reservations at S934, that is, the final change of the easy entering state. It is assumed that the special variation production is not performed. However, reach appearance that can be displayed in the final change of the ball entry easy state is the same on the appearance regardless of the presence or absence of the special change production (there is a difference of the pattern by the difference of the degree of expectation according to the success or failure), The replacement process may be executed when a new hold, that is, a remaining lottery value occurs during the fluctuation effect determined based on only one fluctuation of the final period fluctuation.

  In addition, at the time of determination of special variation production, when there is no pre-reading information concerning residual lottery value due to command communication abnormality or clearing at power failure return, which residual lottery value is a hit or all residual lottery values It becomes unclear whether or not Therefore, the effect determination means 303 executes the reach effect similar to the special change effect in the out-of-pattern, when the final change of the entry easy state is not a hit. Then, while the variation pattern for the remaining lottery value is being sent, the presentation at the end of the entry variation is continued to be displayed as an effect on the screen, and if there is a hit within the remaining lottery value, the hit starts During the demonstration period and small hit game, the revival effect is executed using the first round of the big hit and the like.

  In addition, if it can be determined that all of the pre-read information pertaining to the residual lottery value is not abnormal but only a part, for example, only the residual lottery value of 1, is abnormal and at least the other lottery values include a hit, Since only the number of one-second fluctuations (in the screen, the fluctuation is executed) after the notification is changed, the special fluctuation effect may be executable. In addition, when the promotion time etc. are executed according to the time of fluctuation with the fluctuation time when the remaining lottery value is hit other than one second, the lottery value for which the prefetch information is abnormal is also normal at the start of the fluctuation. Since the information of the fluctuation pattern is sent, the effect (e.g., promotion effect) at the time of the fluctuation can be executed as usual.

First Modification of Second Embodiment
In the first modified example, even if an additional residual lottery value occurs after the start of the special variation production, the content of the special variation production is not replaced. For example, for additional residual lottery values, another variation pattern which is not an ultrashort variation pattern is selected by referring to a dedicated variation pattern table.

  FIG. 35: is a time chart which shows typically the relationship of the special fluctuation production which straddles a several symbol fluctuation period, and each symbol fluctuation period from the last term of the ball entering easy state in a 1st modification to a normal state. In the example of this figure (a), the residual lottery value concerning the symbol change of 10th-12th is suspended at the start time of the final period change of the ball entry easy state, and the residual concerning the 13th symbol change after start of special change production When the lottery value is additionally suspended, the variation pattern table "C '" for the remaining lottery value added after the start of the special variation effect is referred to. Based on this fluctuation pattern "C '", a fluctuation pattern of fixed time such as 5 seconds or 10 seconds, which has a fluctuation time longer than that of the ultrashort fluctuation pattern, is selected. In this case, the special variation effect that is already displayed is not replaced, and the variation pattern of the fixed time is selected based on the variation pattern table dedicated to the additional remaining lottery value. For example, as the effect relating to the additional residual lottery value, the effect determination means 303 selects the resurrection rotation effect with a probability of 100% when the lottery value is hit and with a probability of 50% if the lottery value is out. In the probability of remaining 50% in the case of, the out-number-of-calls notification effect is selected. The revival turn production is a production to ask whether or not to revive from hit in the symbol change period pertaining to this additional residual lottery value, after being suggested by the special change production, and is actually made by the revival turn production The probability of revival is around 55%. The payout number notification effect is an effect of displaying the number of winning balls obtained by continuous big hit or small hit on a screen or the like. In addition, when revival 演出 production is executed in the case of out of place, it does not execute the withdrawal number notification production as fluctuation production, after the fluctuation of fluctuation pattern table “C '” ends, it affects the production etc which shows game circumstance etc A mode may be used in which a certain period of time is notified in a mode (for example, displaying a strip in the form of a strip at the top of the screen, etc.).

  In the first modified example, it is preferable that the remaining lottery value has reached the upper limit number of items by the start time of the special variation presentation as much as possible, since the effect is not replaced with the additional remaining lottery value. Therefore, you may display the guidance which urges a right-handed by the start of special variation production. On the other hand, the fluctuation pattern selected when hit in the fluctuation pattern table for the remaining lottery value is fixed to the fluctuation pattern of about 10 seconds, in the case where the remaining lottery value does not reach the upper limit number by the start of the special fluctuation effect. Do. When any of the 1 to 3 remaining lottery values at the start of the special variation production is a hit, the variation is regarded as a fluctuation pattern of about 10 seconds, and the revival production is displayed to produce a hit. Do. In this case, if the remaining lottery value reaches the upper limit number at the start of the special variation effect, a variation pattern with a variation of about 10 seconds is also selected for the lottery value related to the lottery value among the four remaining lottery values. The promotion effect is displayed in the fluctuation time.

  In the example of this figure (b), it is a case where the number of remaining lottery values at the start of the special variation production is two, and the remaining lottery value entered after entering the second starting opening 12 after the start of the special variation production Is a maximum of two lottery values according to the 12th to 13th symbol variations. Instead of replacing special variation effects according to additional residual lottery values, a plurality of added residual lottery values are combined into one new special variation effect, and additional residual lottery values are hit by the new special variation effects. Indicates whether or not it is included. In this case, referring to the variation pattern table "C '" for the fourth remaining lottery value as in this figure (a), a variation pattern of about 10 seconds is selected, and whether or not a new special variation effect is hit or not Secure enough time for presentation. Also in this effect time, as in the example of this figure (a), the revival turning effect is selected with a probability of 100% when the lottery value is hit and with a probability of 50% in the case of loss, The payout number notification effect may be selected with a probability of 50% remaining in the case.

  FIG. 36 is a flow chart showing a process of determination processing of special variation production in the first modified example. S950 to S957 in this figure are similar to S930 to S937 in FIG. 34 of the second embodiment. After the start of the special variation production (S957), when a plurality of new reservations occur (Y in S958), the display and content of the new special variation production that summarizes the new plurality of design variations are additionally determined ( S960). However, the additional determination process of S 960 may be executed only when it is determined in advance that the new hold corresponds to the hit by the pre-reading. If a plurality of new reservations have not occurred, S960 is skipped (N in S958). The processing of S958 and S960 is repeated until the end timing of the final fluctuation (N in S962), and when the final timing of the final fluctuation comes (Y in S962), the ordinary motorized symbol 90 is closed to end the easy entering state (S964).

Second Modification of Second Embodiment
The second modification is a specification for selecting a long reach fluctuation pattern as a symbol fluctuation in any of the remaining lottery values, instead of selecting a long reach fluctuation pattern as the final fluctuation.

  FIG. 37: is a time chart which shows typically the relationship between the special fluctuation production which straddles a several symbol fluctuation period, and each symbol fluctuation period from the last term of the ball entering easy state in a 2nd modification over a normal state. In the example of this figure (a), it is the specification which does not set the first of several times of symbol variation put together as special variation production as the longest variation time, but makes other symbol variation as the longest variation time. That is, the last remaining lottery value among a plurality of times of symbol variation put together as a special variation effect, that is, the dedicated variation pattern table "B" for the 12th symbol variation from the start of the easy-to-enter state, 60 seconds Select reach variation pattern. For the final period fluctuation, a 1 second ultra-short fluctuation pattern is selected with reference to the fluctuation pattern table "C" like the other residual lottery values. The special variation effect in this case is, for example, the 12th reach variation after displaying the effect whether or not three characters defeat the enemy character in turn at a timing corresponding to the 9th to 11th three symbol variations. Content may be produced to indicate whether all the characters defeat the enemy at the timing corresponding to the pattern. However, the fluctuation time of the fluctuation pattern selected with reference to the fluctuation pattern table “C” is 1 second so that the second starting port 12 can enter the ball during the final fluctuation as much as possible and the remaining lottery value reaches the upper limit number. It may be longer (and shorter than the fluctuation time of the “B” reach fluctuation pattern). In addition, a guidance may be displayed prompting a user to make a right-hand drive so that the remaining lottery value reaches the upper limit number before the final period fluctuation. Alternatively, referring to the fluctuation pattern table “A ′” for the fluctuation before the final fluctuation, for example, the eighth pattern fluctuation, select a reach fluctuation pattern having a fluctuation time longer than the normal outlier fluctuation pattern, The starting lot 12 may be allowed to enter the ball so that the remaining lottery value reaches the upper limit number. In that case, the reach fluctuation pattern is not selected except for the case of the hit until the seventh symbol fluctuation, and by selecting the fluctuation pattern of the short fluctuation time, the pending lottery value reaches the upper limit number early and rather the stop strike Avoid triggering them.

  In the example of this figure (b), it is the specification which puts together only a plurality of pattern changes concerning a residual lottery value as special change production, without including final change in special change production. The first remaining lottery value among multiple symbol variations summarized as a special variation effect, that is, a symbol variation immediately after the entry easy state is over, and a dedicated variation for the 10th symbol variation from the entry easy state start Referring to the pattern table "B", the reach variation pattern of 60 seconds is selected. In this case, it is a special variation effect that brings together only the remaining lottery value, and is summarized at the time when the entry easy state ends, that is, the timing when the remaining lottery value does not increase any further. It becomes unnecessary. As the effect for the fluctuation of the fluctuation pattern table “A ′”, for example, when the fluctuation of “A ′” is out, this is an effect that suggests the aspect of the special fluctuation effect executed in “B” and “C” thereafter. The roulette effect may be such that the options increase as the residual lottery value increases and a certain option is finally selected. On the other hand, when the fluctuation of the fluctuation pattern table "A '" is a hit, a longer fluctuation time than in the case of out-of-range is selected, a pattern in which the hit is determined from the options of roulette effect is selected, and a hit notification image corresponding to it is selected. An effect to be displayed may be executed.

(Third Modification of Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment described above, an example has been described in which the special variation effect is realized in the specification for providing the small hit development big hit. The third modification is a specification that does not have a small hit development big hit, and the configuration of the starting opening and the big winning opening is the same as that of the first embodiment, and shifts to a specific gaming state such as a definite change or time reduction after the end of the special game. It can. However, the definite variation and the time reduction in the third modified example are the specifications which shift over the predetermined number of symbol variations after the special game, and the final variation and the short time of the symbol variation frequency have reached the predetermined number. In that case, if the number of pending lottery values at the time of starting the last symbol variation (referred to as "final variation") when the number of symbol variations in the definite variation state or the time shortening state reaches the final number The display of one special variation effect is determined across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to the value. In the special variation production in the third modification, the first half of reach production is displayed in the period corresponding to the final fluctuation, and the second half of the reach production is displayed in the period corresponding to the symbol variation related to the first remaining lottery value. . Also, the special fluctuation presentation replacement is determined according to the pre-read result of the new residual lottery value generated up to the first half of the reach. Alternatively, with respect to a plurality of new remaining lottery values generated after the start of the special variation presentation, only the new residual drawing value may be summarized as a new special variation presentation.

  As another modification, the final change may not be included in the special change rendition, but may be a specification in which only a plurality of remaining lottery values are combined as the special change rendition.

  The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that this embodiment is merely an example, and that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such a modification is also within the scope of the present invention. is there. Hereinafter, modified examples will be described.

  As a modification, it is a specification having a function capable of executing the opening extension of the ordinary electric jackpot 90 by the regular drawing lottery even in the normal state, and the opening extension of the ordinary electric jackpot 90 during the symbol variation related to the first acceptance lottery A plurality of second hit / lottery values when entering the second starting opening 12 may be displayed together with special variation effects to indicate the pass / fail. During the special variation production, when entering the second starting opening 12 by the opening extension of the normal motorized role 90, the plurality of second success or failure lottery values that entered the ball together in the following special variation production You may display the effect which shows.

  In another variation, the specific game state at the time of the initial transition is 100 times in the final period, and in the specification in which the final period is one symbol change in the specific game state for the second and subsequent consecutive games, You may perform the special change production which summarized the batch. In the case of a big hit, the number of special game rounds is determined according to the type of big hit symbol. In the case of a small hit, there is only one type of small hit symbol, but the number of rounds is determined by lottery triggered by V prize. And end the specific game by the number of small hits. In the case of adopting a mode in which the special variation effect is executed by the variation based on the final variation of the specific gaming state and the residual lottery value described above, the player wants to recognize that the continuous chanting state is continuing. In each embodiment, in the symbol variation display of the second lottery value (residual lottery value) in the non specific game state after the end of the specific game, continue the signal indicating the specific game in progress as an output signal of the external terminal from during the specific game Output.

  In another modification, a small hit development big hit is provided, and after shifting to the entry easy state, the number of times of symbol variation becomes 5 times is the end of the entry easy state, and the remaining lottery value is up to 4 It may be a specification. The final stage of the entry easy state is 5 times both at the first hit and at the continuous channel, and the continuous channel is not guaranteed at the first hit. During the round at the first hit, perform the effect to ask about the presence or absence of the continuous chan mode entry, and during the round during the continuous chan, execute the on-hold continuous effect which asks about the presence or absence of the in-hold consecutive chan (small hit with the remaining lottery value). The special variation effect can be executed in any effect mode during the consecutive chan, and during the continuous game, if the pending continuous effect occurs during the special game, the easy entering state after the special game is designated as the special variation effect. Perform the production. In this effect, only the small hit fluctuation is long, and the other fluctuation is short. When the holding series effect does not occur during the special game, a predetermined effect is executed as a special variation effect in the entry easy state after the special game. In this effect, the symbol fluctuates in a relatively short fluctuation time fluctuation pattern in the fluctuation period other than the last fluctuation (first to fourth fluctuation), and the fluctuation pattern in a relatively long fluctuation time in the last fluctuation period Make an appearance to beat the success or failure. If it is a small hit at the fifth lottery value, the resurrection effect is performed in which the hit is restored in the last fluctuation period. After the end of the entry easy state, it is informed whether or not there is a hit in the hold at the first change point immediately after. When the 1st fluctuation | variation after immediately after is a deviation, 3 fluctuation part which is subsequent suspension is returned to a normal screen, and is variably displayed by simple symbol 503 grade | etc.,. However, as the resurrection effect, it may be an effect such as the completion of the feature by showing the normal screen return with the last one change (fourth change on hold). Furthermore, as a modification, it is possible to show an easy-to-enter-to-be-entered state in which a predetermined number of times of symbol variation ends as a three-stage easy-to-enter-of-balls state. For example, in the case of eight entering ball states and four pending types, the first stage is from the special game effect to the fourth symbol variation, and the second stage is from the fifth symbol variation to the eighth symbol variation. And, from the 9th symbol variation after the end of the entry easy state to the 12th symbol variation is the third stage, and so on. Each of these steps may be summarized as a special variation effect.

  11 1st starting opening, 12 2nd starting opening, 60 effect display devices, 80 gaming board, 81 gaming area, 210 lottery means, 213 common drawing lottery means, 220 pass / fail judgment means, 230 fluctuation pattern determination means, 260 special game control Means, 275 opening / closing control means, 303 effect determination means, 304 effect control means.

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A game board in which a game area is formed,
A starting opening provided at a predetermined position of the game area, and entry of game balls is a trigger for lottery
Pass / fail determination means for executing a pass / fail determination based on a lottery value acquired triggered by entering the starting opening.
A special symbol display device in which a special symbol is variably displayed to indicate the result of the success or failure determination;
Variation pattern determination means for selecting any one of a plurality of types of variation patterns in which the variation time of the special symbol is respectively determined, based on the result of the determination of acceptance or rejection;
Holding control means for temporarily storing the predetermined number as the upper limit number until the variable value display of the symbol corresponding to the determination of the lottery value is started;
Special game control means for executing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit;
Specific game control means for shifting to a specific gaming state in which the ease of acquiring a new hit in the normal game is more advantageous than the normal state from the end of the special game to the end of the predetermined period;
An effect display device in which the effect content is displayed;
Effect determining means for determining the content of the effect to be displayed on the effect display device;
Effect display control means for displaying the effect contents determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device;
Equipped with
The success / failure determination means, the variation pattern determination means, the special game control means, and the hold control means are provided in a main control device that controls basic operations of the game,
The effect determining means and the effect display control means are provided in a sub control device that controls the effect operation of the game,
The main control device transmits information on the lottery value to the sub control device when entering the start opening.
The fluctuation pattern determination means uses a table corresponding to the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means when the judgment result of the success or failure is out, a normal deviation fluctuation pattern having a relatively long fluctuation time. And select one of the shortened fluctuation patterns whose fluctuation time is relatively short, and in the case of the last symbol fluctuation reaching its end in the specific gaming state, select the fluctuation pattern whose relative fluctuation time is relatively long,
The effect determining means is configured to select the plurality of lottery values under the condition that the number of lottery values stored by the hold control means is plural at the time when the last symbol variation to reach the end in the specific gaming state is started. Display of special variation effect which is effect content which shows one symbol variation effect across a plurality of symbol variation periods corresponding to and which indicates whether or not a hit is included in the plurality of lottery values And when there is a new entry into the starting opening after the display of the special variation effect starts, a plurality of symbol variations corresponding to a plurality of lottery values including a lottery value corresponding to the new entry A bullet ball game machine capable of making a decision to replace with a special variation effect for indicating whether or not a hit is included in the plurality of lottery values over a period. The starting opening is provided at a first starting opening provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, and at a position different from the first starting opening in the gaming area, and it is relatively difficult to enter the gaming ball relatively A second starting port having an expansion mechanism that can be changed between a state easy to perform and
The success or failure judgment means judges on the basis of a first lottery value acquired triggered by entering the first starting opening or a second lottery value acquired triggered upon entering the second starting opening. Run
The suspension control means temporarily stores each of the first lottery value and the second lottery value as the upper limit number of predetermined numbers until the variable display start of the symbol corresponding to the determination of the acceptance or rejection,
The ball game machine is
When controlling one of the symbol variation corresponding to the first lottery value and the symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value while controlling the variation display of the special symbol, the other is made to stand by, while the second lottery is performed. Display control means for preferentially executing symbol variation corresponding to the second lottery value even when the first lottery value is stored, when the symbol variation start timing corresponding to the value is reached;
A special winning opening provided at a predetermined position of the gaming area, opened according to the result of the judgment of acceptance or rejection, and entering a game ball as a trigger for giving a profit to the player,
A small hit game control means for executing a small hit game with the opening of the big winning opening when the result of the success or failure judgment is a small hit.
An operation opening provided at a predetermined position of the game area;
Operation lottery means for executing an operation lottery for determining whether or not the expansion mechanism is operated in response to entry of the ball into the operation opening;
Operation control means for expanding the expansion mechanism when the result of the operation lottery is a hit;
And further
The special game control means, when the result of the success or failure judgment is a big hit, or when the game ball entered in the big winning opening during the small hit game has passed a specific area provided therein To perform the special game,
2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the probability of being a small hit in the determination of success or failure based on the second lottery value is higher than the probability of becoming a small hit in the determination of success or failure based on the first lottery value.   The fluctuation pattern determination means is the reduced fluctuation pattern as a symbol fluctuation corresponding to a plurality of lottery values up to the upper limit number stored by the suspension control means after the last symbol fluctuation reaching its end in the specific gaming state The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2 to select.

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