JP2019187497A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of confirming setting information (setting value) in a simple manner.SOLUTION: A big winning game is executed on the basis of the fact that it is determined to be a big winning in a win/lose determination, and the probability set as the determination probability determined to be a big winning can be changed to a different probability on the basis of a predetermined changing operation. A game machine includes a setting confirmation mode for confirming the setting information that identifies the currently set determination probability that is terminated upon completion of a confirmation termination process, a setting change mode for changing the determination probability to a different determination probability that is terminated upon completion of a change process, and setting information display means for displaying the setting information that identifies the currently set determination probability during the setting change mode and the setting confirmation mode that terminates display on the basis of the termination of each mode. The setting information display means terminates display of the setting information immediately after the setting confirmation mode is terminated, and it is performed when a predetermined period has elapsed since the termination of the setting change mode.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 26

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine and can be applied to a so-called “ball game machine” and a so-called “rotating-type game machine”. In particular, the present invention is preferably applied to a “ball game machine”.

Conventional ball game machines typified by pachinko machines are provided with set values that are set to different probabilities for the jackpot lottery probability (big hit determination probability) (for example, Patent Document 1). Here, the set value is information (setting information) indicating which probability the jackpot lottery probability is currently set.
In this type of ball game machine, a configuration is also known in which it is possible to arbitrarily change such a set value and to check which set value the current set value after the change is set to. ing.

  For example, for pachinko halls that operate by installing multiple pachinko machines, it is desirable to accurately grasp the set values of each pachinko machine in order to ensure sound sales activities. Conceivable.

JP 2003-205160 A

  However, according to this configuration, the set value can be confirmed only when the power is turned on. For this reason, when trying to confirm which set value has been changed, it is necessary to once turn off the power and start it up again, which is cumbersome.

  The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine that can easily check setting information.

The gaming machine according to claim 1,
A validity determination execution means for performing a determination of the validity based on the game ball entering the start opening;
A jackpot game executing means for executing a jackpot game based on being determined to be a jackpot in the hit determination,
A gaming machine capable of changing a probability set as a determination probability determined to be a big hit in the determination of success or failure to a different probability based on a predetermined change operation,
A setting confirmation mode that is a mode for confirming the setting information that identifies the currently set determination probability, and ends when the confirmation end process is completed,
A setting change mode that is a mode for changing the determination probability to a different determination probability and ends when the change process is completed,
Setting information display means for displaying the setting information for specifying the determination probability currently set during the setting change mode and the setting confirmation mode, and ending the display based on the end of each mode;
With
The setting information display means ends the display of the setting information after the end of the setting confirmation mode and before the elapse of the first predetermined period, and after the end of the setting change mode, 2. It is performed when a predetermined period has elapsed.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a gaming machine in which the setting information (setting value) can be easily confirmed. In other words, in the setting change mode, after the change process is completed, the display of the current set value is maintained for a while after the end of the setting change mode (that is, the second predetermined period). I can confirm. In order to confirm the change made immediately before, there is no need to bother to shift to the change confirmation mode.
In addition, when the setting confirmation mode for confirming the setting is finished, the display of the current setting value is finished in a shorter time (before the first predetermined period elapses) than the second predetermined period elapses. It is possible to display setting information (for example, setting values indicated by mathematical numbers or alphabet symbols) that is kept as secret as possible for a short time (shorter time than the second predetermined period).

Here, the first predetermined period is a period (time) shorter than the second predetermined period. For example, as the first predetermined period, a time of “1/3 or less” of the second predetermined period (including “0 hours”), preferably a period of “1/5 or less” (including “0 hours”). It can be illustrated. More specifically, the first predetermined period may be 1 second or less (including 0 seconds), preferably 0.5 second or less (including 0 seconds). In addition, “first predetermined period = 0” may be set, and in this case, the display of the current setting value is ended simultaneously with the end of the setting confirmation mode.
In addition, since the employee of the pachinko hall usually sets the “hit lottery probability (hit determination probability)” before the start of the pachinko hall, etc., it is the player who determines the setting information (setting value). The player plays the game while guessing the setting information (setting value) set in the gaming machine.

The gaming machine according to claim 2 is:
A validity determination execution means for performing a determination of the validity based on the game ball entering the start opening;
A jackpot game execution means for executing a jackpot game based on being determined to be a jackpot in the determination of hitting,
A gaming machine capable of changing a probability set as a determination probability determined to be a big hit in the determination of success or failure to a different probability based on a predetermined change operation,
A setting confirmation mode that is a mode for confirming the setting information that identifies the currently set determination probability, and ends when the confirmation end process is completed,
A setting change mode that is a mode for changing the determination probability to a different determination probability and ends when the change process is completed,
Setting information display means for displaying the setting information for specifying the determination probability currently set during the setting change mode and the setting confirmation mode, and ending the display based on the end of each mode;
With
The setting information display means immediately ends the display of the setting information after the end of the setting confirmation mode and when a predetermined period has elapsed from the end of the setting change mode.

The invention of claim 2 is an invention which limits the invention of claim 1, and immediately ends the display of the current set value when the setting confirmation mode is ended.
That is, according to the second aspect of the invention, in the setting change mode, after the change process is completed, the display of the current setting value is maintained for a predetermined period from the end of the setting change mode. Can be confirmed. Therefore, it is not necessary to go into the change confirmation mode in order to confirm the change made immediately before.
Further, when the setting confirmation mode for confirming the setting is completed, the display of the current setting value is immediately terminated, so that the setting information desired to be kept secret can be displayed for the shortest necessary time.

The gaming machine according to claim 3 is:
In the gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2,
A performance display device that displays the performance of the gaming machine based on the calculated data,
The setting information display means displays the setting information on the performance display device.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is not necessary to provide a unique device for displaying the setting information (setting value), and the cost can be reduced. The setting information (setting value) is information that is preferably concealed from the player, as is the gaming performance described later. And since the performance display apparatus which displays game performance is provided in the back surface side, it is suitable to use this apparatus also for setting value display.

The gaming machine according to claim 4 is:
In the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The setting information display unit is characterized in that a display mode of the setting information is changed before and after the end of the setting change mode.

  According to the invention of claim 4, it is possible to visually determine whether the setting change mode is in progress or whether the setting is confirmed and during a predetermined period after the setting change mode ends by changing the display mode of the set value. It can be clearly recognized.

The gaming machine according to claim 5 is:
In the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
It is provided with operation means arranged so that a player who is playing is inoperable,
The setting information display means ends the display of the setting information without waiting for the elapse of the predetermined period, based on the fact that the predetermined operation of the operation means has been performed before the elapse of the predetermined period. And

According to the invention of claim 5, since the performance display device is used for both the performance display and the display of the set value, if the confirmation after the change of the set value has been completed, the set value should not be displayed more than necessary. In addition, the hall employee can arbitrarily terminate the display.
If the display related to the set value that should be kept secret from the player is no longer necessary, the risk of leakage of the set value information can be avoided by terminating the display at an early stage.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a gaming machine in which setting information can be easily confirmed can be obtained.

It is a front view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a front view of the game board of the gaming machine. It is a rear view of the gaming machine. It is an electric block diagram of the gaming machine. It is a block diagram inside MPU of a main controller. It is a general | schematic block diagram inside a random number generation circuit. It is a schematic block diagram explaining the structure and function of a power supply board (power supply device). It is explanatory drawing which shows the game specification of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the starting process performed with the said main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the interruption (INT) process performed with the said main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the fraud monitoring process performed with the said main control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the special figure start winning confirmation process performed with the said main controller. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control content of the special figure success / failure determination process performed with the said main controller. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the control content of the said special figure determination processing. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the control content of the said special figure determination processing. It is a 4th flowchart which shows the control content of the said special figure determination process. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control content of the special game process performed with the said main controller. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the control content of the said special game process. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the control content of the said special game process. It is a 4th flowchart which shows the control content of the said special game process. It is a figure which shows an example of the effect display aspect displayed during the fluctuation | variation of the special symbol of the said gaming machine, and an example of the warning display aspect displayed at the time of winning frequency abnormality. It is explanatory drawing regarding the display mode which shows the 1st game performance of the said gaming machine, and the 1st game performance. It is explanatory drawing regarding the game performance which can be calculated with the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart 1 which shows the control content of the initial setting process performed with the said main controller. It is a flowchart 2 which shows the control content of the initial setting process performed with the said main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the setting state confirmation process performed with the said main controller. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the LED output process performed with the said main controller. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state transition and transition condition which are performed with the said main controller.

[First Embodiment]
A pachinko machine 1 according to a first embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 is a gaming machine that is installed in a gaming store and is capable of being played by a player. The pachinko machine 1 has a structure in which each part of the configuration is held by an outer frame 10 that forms a vertically long fixed outer frame. The outer frame 10 is provided with a front frame (glass frame) 11 into which a glass plate 110 is fitted and an inner frame (also referred to as a game frame) that can be opened and closed via a hinge 101 provided on the upper left and right positions. It has been. The front frame 11 and the inner frame are closed and locked to the outer frame 10 by a cylinder lock 18 so that a predetermined key is inserted into the cylinder lock 18 and the key is operated clockwise to open the inner frame. None, the front frame 11 can be opened by a counterclockwise operation.
A game board 2 (FIG. 2) held by the inner frame is provided behind the plate glass 110 of the front frame 11.

  Speakers 112 are respectively installed on the left and right sides of the upper portion of the front frame 11, and game sounds are thereby output, thereby improving the game taste. In addition to the frame-side decorative lamp 113 that emits light according to the gaming state, the front frame 11 is provided with LEDs that notify the gaming abnormality.

In the lower half of the front frame 11, an upper plate 12 and a lower plate 13 are arranged in the vertical direction. A firing handle 14 is disposed on the right side of the lower plate 13 in the lower half of the front frame 11. By operating the firing handle 14 clockwise, the launching device is activated, and the game ball supplied from the upper plate 12 is launched toward the game board 2. Also, prize balls are paid out to the upper plate 12.
The lower tray 13 is configured to receive an award ball overflowing from the upper tray 12, and the game balls accumulated in the lower tray 13 can be moved to another box (dollar box) provided in the game store by operating the ball removal lever. .

  The pachinko machine 1 is a so-called CR machine, and a prepaid card unit (CR unit) 60 for reading and writing a prepaid card is provided adjacent to the pachinko machine 1. The pachinko machine 1 is provided with a lending button 171, a settlement button 172 and a settlement display device 173 on the right side of the upper plate 12. Further, an effect button 15 that can be operated by the player and a jog dial 16 are disposed at the center position of the upper plate 12 so as to surround the outer periphery thereof.

The game board 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular gaming area 20 surrounded by an outer rail 201 and an inner rail 202 is formed on the game board 2. A large number of game nails are planted in the game area 20.
A center case 200 is disposed at the center of the game area 20. The center case 200 is provided with an LCD panel of the effect symbol display device 21 (not shown in its entirety) in the center. In addition, the center case 200 is provided with a warp inlet, a warp rod, a stage, and the like, as is well known.

At the left lateral position of the center case 200 in the game area 20, there is provided a normal figure operation gate 22 through which a game ball can pass and a lottery of a normal symbol (hereinafter simply referred to as a normal figure) is executed. .
A game ball can always be entered at a position directly below the center of the center case 200, and a first special symbol (hereinafter referred to as a first special diagram) is determined whether or not the first special symbol (hereinafter, referred to as a first special diagram) is executed. A starting port 23 is arranged. Further, a second special figure starting port 24 for determining whether or not a second special symbol (hereinafter referred to as a second special figure) is determined due to the entry of the ball is installed immediately below the position. The second special figure starting port 24 is configured to be openable by a tulip type opening member. The second special figure start opening 24 is won in the lottery of the above-mentioned drawing, and when the ordinary electric accessory is activated, the opening member is opened in a predetermined opening mode for a predetermined time, and is entered only when the opening member is opened. A ball (winning) is possible.

  In the position directly below the second special figure starting port 24, there is provided a large winning port 25 that is openable and closable by an opening / closing plate and is opened to the big hit game. The special winning opening 25 is operated in such a manner that the open / close plate is opened in a predetermined open state for a predetermined time by operating a special electric accessory, and can be entered (winning) only when the open plate is opened. In addition, when a big hit is made in the determination of whether the first special figure or the second special figure is true, the accessory continuous operation device is operated, and the special accessory combination is operated by operating the accessory continuous operation device. Thereby, the big winning opening 25 is continuously opened.

  A plurality (four) of general winning ports 26 are arranged at positions on the left side of the first special figure starting port 23 to the big winning port 25 at a diagonally lower left position of the center case 200. In addition, an out port 203 is provided at the bottom of the board surface immediately below the special winning port 25. Out of the game balls that have been fired, the first special figure starting port 23, the second special figure starting port 24, the big winning port 25, and the general winning port 26 do not enter (win) the out port 203. Game balls are taken in.

  At the lower right corner of the game board 2, a first special figure display device 27A, a second special figure display device 27B, a first special figure reservation number display device 271 and a second special figure reservation number display are displayed outside the outer rail 201. A device 272, a universal map display device 28, and a universal map hold number display device 281 are arranged.

  FIG. 3 shows the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, an inner frame 30 for detachably attaching the game board 2 is accommodated. As with the front frame 11, the inner frame 30 is installed so that the vertical position of one side edge (the right side in FIG. 3) is hinged to the outer frame 10 and can be opened and closed. The inner frame 30 is formed with a game ball flow-down passage. A ball tank 31, a tank rail 32, and a payout unit 33 are provided from above (upstream), and a payout mechanism is provided in the payout unit 33. . With this configuration, when a game ball wins the winning opening of the game board 2, a predetermined number of game balls (prize balls) are passed from the ball tank 31 via the tank rail 32 by the payout unit 33 through the payout ball flow path and the upper plate. 12 is paid out. Further, the payout unit 33 for paying out the prize balls also pays out the balls to be paid out by operating the lending button 171.

On the back side of the pachinko machine 1, a main control device 40, a payout control device 41, a sub integrated control device 42, an effect symbol control device 43, a launch control device 44, and a power supply board 45 are provided.
The main control device 40, the sub integrated control device 42, and the effect symbol control device 43 are provided on the game board 2, and the payout control device 41, the launch control device 44, and the power supply board 45 are provided on the inner frame 30. Although the launch control device 44 is not depicted in FIG. 3, it is provided under the payout control device 41.

  Further, an external connection terminal plate 38 is provided on the right side of the ball tank 31, and a signal indicating a game state and a game result is sent to the hall computer (not shown) by the external connection terminal plate 38. Conventionally, the external connection terminal board for transmitting signals to the hall computer is divided into a board (terminal for outputting a signal output from the game board side) and a frame side (outer frame 10, front Although the two types of terminals for outputting signals output from the frame 11 and the inner frame 30 to the hall computer are used, in this embodiment, the game state and the game result via one external connection terminal plate 38 are used. Is transmitted to the hall computer.

  The main controller 40 on the back side of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a performance display device 48. The performance display device 48 is arranged at a position where the player cannot visually recognize the game. The performance display device 48 displays the calculated gaming performance. The performance display device 48 has a configuration in which four 7-segment LED displays are arranged side by side, and is configured to be able to display 4-digit simple letters and numbers.

  In the performance display device 48 of the present embodiment, the game performance is displayed, and at the same time, the stage setting value (hereinafter simply referred to as “setting” or “setting value” at the time of setting change or setting confirmation of the pachinko machine 1 is displayed. ”,“ Setting information ”, etc. Also, in the present embodiment, more specifically, a so-called value indicating setting 1 to setting 6 may be indicated). Yes.

  The main control device 40 includes a setting key SW47 immediately below the performance display device 48, as shown. The setting key SW47 has a well-known configuration that can be switched to the ON state when the setting key SW47 is turned 90 degrees clockwise, for example, from the illustrated OFF state in which the setting key is inserted. In this embodiment, as will be described in detail later, at least when the setting key SW47 is turned on, it is possible to make a transition to the setting change state and the setting confirmation state. It is the composition to do.

Further, as shown in the figure, main controller 40 includes a RAM (RWM) clear switch 46 immediately below setting key SW47. The RAM clear switch 46 is a switch for executing the RAM clear by pressing the RAM clear switch 46 and turning on the power switch 86 to turn on the power.
The RAM clear switch 46 of this embodiment also has a function as an operation means for changing the step set value to an arbitrary value when changing the setting. The function of the RAM clear switch 46 will be described in detail later.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. The pachinko machine 1 is mainly composed of a main controller 40 that controls the game progress and the like, and a payout control device 41 and a sub integrated control device 42 as sub control devices. And the effect symbol control apparatus 43 is comprised. In this block diagram, a so-called relay board and power supply circuit for merely relaying signals are not described.

In the main control device 40, the payout control device 41, the sub integrated control device 42, and the production symbol control device 43, all include a CPU, ROM, RAM (hereinafter also referred to as RWM), an input port, an output port, and the like. Each of these control devices is started by a CPU and a program consisting of a main routine and a subroutine mounted in the ROM is caused by an interrupt signal having a 2 ms cycle or a 4 ms cycle, and various controls are executed. The main controller 40 also includes a random number counter that extracts (generates) various random numbers. In the main controller 40 of the present embodiment, a so-called hard random number is adopted as the random number to be generated and used. This configuration will be described in detail later.
On the other hand, the launch controller 44 is not provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, or the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the launch controller 44 may be provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like.

The pachinko machine 1 includes a backup power source and is configured to hold at least the contents of the RAM provided in the main control device 40 and the payout control device 41. In the pachinko machine 1, the contents of the RAM provided in the sub integrated control device 42 are not retained.
The power supply of the pachinko machine 1 will be described. The pachinko machine 1 converts electric power supplied from an AC power source provided outside by a power supply board 45 to generate a DC voltage. And the pachinko machine 1 supplies electric power to each part which comprises the pachinko machine 1 by operating the power switch 86 provided in the power supply board 45. FIG. The pachinko machine 1 generates a backup power supply (also referred to as a backup power supply) by a backup power supply generation circuit (also referred to as a backup power supply circuit) configured from a capacitor or the like. The backup power supply stores DC voltage power in the capacitor during power supply from the AC power supply, and supplies power to the main control device 40 and the like (for example, the RAM of the main control device 40) in the event of a power failure. Thereby, even after the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is stopped, the contents of the RAM of the main controller 40 immediately before the power supply is stopped for a certain time (for example, the first special figure start port 23, the second special figure start) It is configured to hold the total number of winning balls to be paid out by winning in the mouth 24, the big winning opening 25, and the general winning opening 26 (the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1).
On the other hand, the backup power generated by the power board 45 of this embodiment is not supplied to the sub integrated control device 42. For this reason, after the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is stopped, the memory held in the RAM of the sub integrated control device 42 is cleared.

The backup power supply may be provided in the main control device 40 or may be provided in a device other than the power supply board 45. Further, when the power supply from the AC power supply is stopped, the power supply board 45 outputs a power failure signal (also referred to as a power failure detection signal) to the main control device 40 and supplies power from the AC power source. When the operation is performed, a supply signal is output to the main controller 40.
The power supply board 45 including the backup power supply will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

When the pachinko machine 1 is turned on with the RAM clear switch 46 (hereinafter simply referred to as SW) 46 (disposed in the main controller 40 in the illustrated example) pressed, the pachinko machine 1 The area excluding the part is cleared and the RAM is initialized.
Of the data stored in the RAM of the main control unit 40, the following predetermined data is not cleared even when the power is turned on while the RAM clear SW 46 is pressed. It is desirable to store in the storage area of the RAM. For example, data necessary for determining whether or not a condition for executing a predetermined calculation for calculating game performance to be described later is satisfied is not cleared. That is, data such as “total number of shot balls” described later, “normal game shot number” described later, “total payout ball number” described later, and “out ball number” described later are not cleared. Further, data for calculating game performance in a predetermined performance evaluation period for calculating game performance described later is not cleared. That is, the “normal game launching ball number” described later, the “paid-out ball number A” to be paid out by the operation of the later-described ordinary electric accessory or the special electric accessory, and the special electric accessory are continuously provided. Thus, data such as “the number B of payout balls” that has been paid out by the operation is not cleared. Further, when the execution condition of the predetermined operation is satisfied, the data calculated for the gaming performance of the pachinko machine 1 in the predetermined performance evaluation period is not cleared.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the step set values (so-called values indicating settings 1 to 6) are not erased by the RAM clear. Specifically, the RAM clear process is configured so that an area related to the step set value is not to be erased among the RAM areas erased by the RAM clear.

  The main controller 40 is electrically connected to the hall computer 500 of the game facility via the back wiring relay terminal board 530 and the external connection terminal board 38. The main controller 40 also includes a glass frame opening SW 501 for detecting whether or not the front frame (glass frame) and the inner frame are closed via the back wiring relay terminal plate 530 and the game board relay terminal plate 531, and the inner frame. Open SW 502, first special figure start port SW503 for detecting a ball entering the first special figure start port 23, second special figure start port SW504 for detecting a ball entering the second special figure start port 24, normal operation Detection signals such as a general operation SW 505 for detecting entry into the gate 22, a general winning opening SW 506 for detecting entry into the plurality of general winning openings 26, and a count SW 507 for detecting entry into the big winning opening 25 are provided. Entered.

  The main control device 40 operates in accordance with the installed program, generates various commands related to the progress of the game based on the above-described detection signals, and the like, via the payout control device 41 and the production relay terminal board 532. The first special figure display device 27A, the second special figure display device 27B, and the first special figure are outputted via the output of commands to the sub integrated control device 42 and the production symbol control device 43, and the symbol display device relay terminal board 533. The display control of the hold number display device 271, the second special figure hold number display device 272, the universal map display device 28, the universal figure hold number display device 281 and the like is performed.

Further, the main control device 40 is connected to a special prize opening solenoid 508 and a general electric utility solenoid 509 via a game board relay terminal board 531. The main control device 40 operates the special winning combination to control the special prize opening solenoid 508 to operate the opening / closing plate to open the special prize opening 25. In addition, the main control device 40 activates the ordinary electric accessory, thereby controlling the universal electrification solenoid 509 to operate the opening member to open the second special figure starting port 24.
The output signal from the main controller 40 is also output to the test signal terminal, and a management signal such as symbol variation and special figure jackpot is sent to the hall computer 500 through the external connection terminal plate 38.

  In the pachinko machine 1, a RAM clear SW 46 is provided in the main control device 40 in order to erase information stored in the RAM. The RAM clear SW 46 may be provided in the payout control device 41 or the power supply board 45. The performance display device 48 is provided in the main controller 40 and is controlled by the main controller 40.

  Further, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a setting key SW47 used in the main control device 40 for setting change and setting confirmation as described above.

The main control device 40 and the payout control device 41 are capable of bidirectional communication.
The payout control device 41 includes a glass frame opening SW501, an inner frame opening SW502, a ball break SW520 for detecting that the ball tank is empty, and a game ball via the back wiring relay terminal plate 530 and the payout relay terminal plate 534. Detection signals such as a payout SW 522 for detecting that the game ball has been paid out and a full SW 523 for detecting that the game ball storage tray is full are input. Further, the payout motor 521 is operated in accordance with a command sent from the main controller 40 to pay out the game ball.
The payout control device 41 receives a signal indicating that the lower tray 13 is full from the full SW 523 and a signal indicating that there are few or no game balls in the ball tank by the ball short SW520. The payout motor 521 is stopped, and the payout operation of the prize ball is stopped. Note that the ball break SW 520 and the full SW 523 continue to output signals until the state is cleared, and the payout control device 41 drives the payout motor 521 because the signals are not output. To resume.

Also, the payout control device 41 is connected to the CR unit 60 and the payment display device 173 via the CR unit terminal plate 535 so as to be capable of bidirectional communication. The payment display device 173 is connected to a ball rental SW 171 for requesting rental of game balls and a payment SW 172 for requesting payment. When an operation signal for a lending request by the ball lending SW 171 is input to the CR unit 60 via the settlement display device 173, a lending request is made from the CR unit 60 to the dispensing control device 41, and the dispensing control device 41 is connected to the dispensing motor 41. 521 is activated to pay out the rental balls. The paid-out lending ball is detected by the payout SW 522, and the detection signal is input to the payout control device 41.
On the other hand, when the settlement request operation signal from the settlement SW 172 is input to the CR unit 60 via the settlement display device 173, the CR unit 60 performs settlement according to the settlement request, and the balance display of the prepaid card is displayed in the settlement display device 173. Is done. The balance display of the prepaid card is controlled by the CR unit 60.

In addition, the payout control device 41 transmits information relating to the winning ball, information indicating the open / closed state of the frame (inner frame, front frame), etc. to the hall computer 500 via the external connection terminal board 38, and also to the launch control device 44. In response to this, a fire stop signal is transmitted.
The pachinko machine 1 is configured to pay out game balls. In recent years, a game machine that collects the launched game balls inside the game machine, fires it again with the launcher, and manages the number of balls of the player as data using a storage medium such as an IC card (enclosed game) The pachinko machine 1 may be configured as an enclosed game machine.

  The firing control device 44 receives detection signals such as a firing stop SW 524 that stops firing and a touch SW 525 that detects that a player is in contact (operating) with the firing handle 14. A firing motor based on a command sent from the main control device 40 via the payout control device 41 (which reflects the signal of the touch SW 525 and the game situation), the rotation signal of the firing handle 14 and the signal of the firing stop SW 524 The game ball is fired and stopped by controlling 526.

The sub integrated control device 42 has a volume control SW, and receives operation signals for the effect button 15 and the jog dial 16.
Then, the sub integrated control device 42 drives the speaker 112 to output sound, and controls lighting and extinguishing of various LEDs and various lamps (frame side decorative lamp 113). Furthermore, the command of the display mode of the effect which displays a character etc. to the effect symbol control apparatus 43, or the pseudo effect symbol of a special figure is transmitted.

  The effect symbol control device 43 constitutes the effect symbol display device 21 together with the LCD panel unit and the accessory unit. The effect symbol control device 43 controls the display of the LCD panel of the effect symbol display device 21 in accordance with a command sent from the sub integrated control device 42.

Here, with reference to FIG. 5, the content of MPU (Micro Processing Unit) in the main controller 40 will be described in more detail. FIG. 5 is a block diagram inside the MPU of the main controller 40. The MPU is an ultra-compact processing device including at least the CPU of the main control device 40. In the MPU, a CPU 300, a built-in ROM 301, a built-in RAM 302, a random number circuit 303, a counter circuit 304, a timer circuit 305, and an external bus interface 306 are configured and connected to each other via an internal bus 307.
In this embodiment, the first special symbol variation pattern 301a, the first special symbol symbol data 301b, the first special symbol determination table 301c, and the second special symbol are stored in the built-in ROM 301 in order to execute each process described later. The symbol variation pattern 301d, the second special symbol design data 301e, and the second special symbol determination table 301f are respectively written.

  In the internal RAM 302, a first special symbol reserved storage area 302a, a second special symbol reserved storage area 302b, a probability variation counter 302d, and a time reduction counter 302e are set to be stored in dedicated storage areas, respectively. Yes. The timer circuit 305 includes a variable time timer 305a. The first and second special figure start port switches 503 and 504 mentioned above are connected to the internal bus 307 via the external bus interface 306, and the necessary processing is related to the internal ROM 301, the internal RAM 302, etc. The required output is performed from the external bus interface 306 to the sub integrated control device 42 via the internal bus 307. Although not shown in FIG. 5, the universal (ordinary symbol) display device 28, the universal (ordinary symbol) reserved number display device 281 and the first and second special (special symbol) display devices 27A and 27B. The first and second special figures (special symbols) on-hold number display devices 271 and 272 are also connected to the external bus interface 306, and output is made to them.

In the first special symbol reserved storage area 302a and the second special symbol reserved storage area 302b of the present embodiment, hardware random numbers (also referred to as hardware random numbers) generated by the random number circuit 303 are stored. Is done.
More specifically, in the first special figure extraction random number hold storage process (S252) of the special figure start winning confirmation process (see FIG. 12), which will be described later, due to the winning at the first special figure start opening 23, The extracted hardware random number is stored in the first special symbol reserved storage area 302a, and the second special drawing start winning confirmation process (see FIG. 12) of the second special figure starting winning confirmation process (see FIG. 12) is also performed. In the special figure extracted random number storage process (S256), the hardware random number extracted is stored in the second special symbol storage area 302b.

  An overview of the random number circuit 303 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of the inside of the random number generation circuit. The random number circuit 303 includes a random number generation circuit 350 therein, which is activated almost simultaneously with the energization of the pachinko machine 1 (more specifically, the MPU of the main controller 40), and from the timer circuit 305 (see FIG. 5). The random number value is updated at a timing obtained by appropriately dividing the system clock signal (SCLK). The random number circuit 303 includes random number registers 351 to 353, and the hard random number generated by the random number generation circuit 350 is stored in any one of these random number registers 351 to 353. The register to be stored is designated by setting a value corresponding to the random value fetch register 354 in advance. Specifically, when it is desired to store a random value in the random value register 1, 1 is set in the random value fetch register 354, and when it is desired to be stored in the random value register 2, 2 is set in the random value fetch register 354. If it is desired to store the value in the numerical value register 3, 3 is set in the random value fetch register 354. The random number latch flag register 355 indicates whether or not a random number value has been taken into each of the random value registers 351 to 353. When a random number value is taken into the random value registers 351 to 353, a corresponding flag is set. Set to 1. Therefore, by referring to the random number latch flag register 355, it is possible to know which random number value register is in use (a random number value is stored). This flag is reset to 0 when the stored random number value is read.

  Note that the random number generated by the random number generation circuit 350 of the present embodiment is a “hit determination random number” used for lottery of the normal symbol display device, that is, whether or not to win the normal symbol, "Random number for determining a special symbol" used to select a winning symbol, "Random number for determining a big hit" used for drawing a special symbol display device, that is, whether to win a special symbol, or a special symbol display device Used to select the special pattern display random number for the special symbol display device and the special pattern display random number for the special symbol display device, which is used for selection of the special symbol determination random number 1 and the special symbol determination random number 2 3 types of “random number for determining a special pattern fluctuation pattern”, “random number for determining a special figure fluctuation pattern 2”, and “random number for determining a normal figure fluctuation pattern” used for selecting a fluctuation pattern of a normal symbol display device. Disturbances used for gaming The it includes. The random numbers generated by the random number generation circuit 350 of the present embodiment are the types described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be configured by other random number types.

The configuration of the power supply board (power supply device) 45 of the above-described embodiment will be further described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the configuration and functions of the power supply board (power supply device) 45 of this embodiment.
The power supply board 45 of this embodiment includes a power supply circuit 95, a power failure detection circuit 96, a backup power supply circuit 97, a power reception circuit 98, and a power switch 86.

  The power supply circuit 95 generates and supplies operating power for each control device, actuator, and the like based on the main power AC24V supplied via the power receiving circuit 98. The power receiving circuit 98 is connected to a power switch 86 configured to be able to switch the supply of the main power AC 24V from the power receiving circuit 98 to the power circuit 95 to conduction or non-conduction.

  The backup power supply circuit 97 charges DC5V generated by the power supply circuit 95 and supplies it to the backup target as backup power supply (DC5V). The power failure detection circuit 96 sets the power failure detection signal 111 to a high level (ON) to the main control device 40 and the payout control device 41 when the voltage (24V) of the main power supply drops below a predetermined voltage. When the voltage of the main power source rises above a predetermined voltage, the power failure detection signal 111 is set to a low level (OFF).

  In the present embodiment, the power failure detection signal 111 is transmitted to the main control device 40 and the payout control device 41. However, this configuration is not necessarily required. The main controller 40 may transmit only to the main controller 40, and the main controller 40 may transmit a power failure command to the payout controller 41, or the reverse configuration may be considered.

An outline of the playability of the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above will be described below.
When the game ball enters the normal operation gate 22, the pachinko machine 1 starts the variable display on the general display display device 28, and if it is a win, according to the mode of the general map stopped after a predetermined time. Normally, an electric accessory works. When the ordinary electric accessory is activated, the universal electrification solenoid 509 is driven, and the opening member is opened to allow entry into the second special figure starting port 24. In the pachinko machine 1, the opening time of the second special figure starting port 24 is normally 0.2 seconds (once), and 2 seconds (once) in the short time state (open extension) advantageous for the player. It is. In addition, the second special figure starting port 24 is configured such that a game ball cannot enter unless the ordinary electric accessory is activated.

  When a game ball enters the first special figure starting port 23, a plurality of types of random numbers relating to whether or not the first special figure is determined are extracted, and a predetermined number is stored as reserved storage of the first special figure. Then, the determination of success / failure is made based on the random number stored in the hold memory, and accordingly, the first special figure starts to change in the first special figure display device 27A and stops after a predetermined time. In addition, when a game ball enters the second special figure starting port 24, a plurality of types of random numbers related to the determination of whether or not the second special figure is appropriate are extracted and stored in a predetermined number as the reserved storage of the second special figure. Then, the determination of success / failure is made based on the random number stored in the hold, and accordingly, the second special figure starts variable display on the second special figure display device 27B, and stops after a predetermined time.

  Note that whether or not the first special figure and the second special figure are true or false is given priority regardless of the order of entering the first special figure start port 23 and the second special figure start port 24. carry out. Specifically, when there is a reserved memory of the first special figure, when the fluctuation of the second special figure stops and there is no reserved memory of the second special figure, the amount of the reserved memory of the first special figure Make a pass / fail decision.

  Since the variation display and final display of the first special figure and the second special figure are only displayed small in the corners of the game board 2, the first symbol display device 21 provided in the center of the game area 20 is used for the first display. A pseudo effect display using a pseudo effect design corresponding to the special figure or the second special figure is performed, and the result of the determination of success or failure is notified to the player through the pseudo effect display. For example, the pseudo effect display is configured such that three pseudo effect symbols are changed and a big hit is obtained when the three symbols stop at the same symbol. As the pseudo effect display, a reach effect in which two symbols stop at the same symbol is performed, and the player's expectation is enhanced by whether or not the remaining changing symbols stop at the same symbol.

  If it is a big win (winning) according to the final display of the first special figure and the second special figure, the special winning opening 25 is opened in a predetermined opening manner, and the game ball enters the big winning opening 25 A big hit game that will be possible. In addition, as the big hit game, any one of the 4R big hit game for 4 rounds, the 8R big hit game for 8 rounds, and the 10R big hit game for 10 rounds that open the big winning opening 25 in a predetermined release mode. Is selected.

  The pachinko machine 1 is configured as a stochastic machine. Specifically, games by the pachinko machine 1 are roughly classified into a game state in which the big prize opening 25 is closed and a big hit game state in which the big prize opening 25 is opened. Further, the gaming state with the closed prize opening 25 closed is roughly classified into a normal probability state (hereinafter referred to as a normal probability gaming state) and a state advantageous to the player compared to the normal probability gaming state (the probability of being a big hit). There is a high-probability gaming state (hereinafter also referred to as a probability variation gaming state) that is high and easy to win.

  The jackpot symbols of the first special chart and the second special chart include a probability variation symbol and a non-probability variation symbol, and the probability variation gaming state is set so as to be able to shift after the jackpot game is finished with the probability variation symbol. If a big hit is made in the probability variation game state in either the normal probability game state or the probability variation game state with a probability variation symbol, the game shifts to the probability variation game state after the big hit game ends. Similarly, the normal probability gaming state is set so as to be able to shift after the big hit game with the non-probable variation symbol. The normal probability gaming state transitions after the big hit game is over if the big probability is a non-probable variation symbol in any of the normal probability gaming state and the probability variation gaming state.

  After the transition to the normal probability gaming state, the variation time of the first special figure, the second special figure, and the usual figure is shortened by a specified number of times (for example, 100 times), and the opening member of the second special figure starting port 24 is opened. When the is extended, it becomes short. When the variation time (the time from the start of variation until the result is displayed) is shortened, the number of times the variation display is performed within a certain time is increased.

  More specifically, in the short time state, the time of the normal map displayed on the general map display device 28 is shortened along with the reduction of the fluctuation time of the first special figure and the second special figure. By shortening, the fixed figure is displayed many times within a certain time. Accordingly, the number of times that the normal map is hit within a certain time increases, and the number of times the second special figure starting port 24 is opened increases accordingly. In addition, since the opening time of the second special figure starting port 24 is set to be long (opening extension function), it becomes easy to win a large number of game balls. By making it easy for a large number of game balls to win in this manner, the number of times of display of the second special figure is further increased, and the player's possession ball can be obtained by a prize ball obtained by winning the second special figure starting port 24. It becomes difficult to reduce, and an advantageous game can be performed.

  In the probability variation gaming state, the first special figure, the second special figure, and the usual figure change time is shortened similarly to the time reduction state, and the opening extension function of the second special figure starting port 24 is activated. The settings related to the shortening of various symbols and the opening extension function of the second special figure starting port 24 are the same as the short-time state, but the probability variation gaming state has a higher probability of hitting the special figure in addition to the short-time state (a state where it is easy to hit big) Therefore, the gaming state is further advantageous to the player.

Next, basic specifications of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The jackpot probability when the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 is the normal probability gaming state (low probability) is set to 1/300, and the jackpot probability when the gaming state is the probability variation gaming state (high probability) is set to 1/30. The probability of rushing into the probable gaming state after the big hit game is finished is set to 60%.

  The number of winning balls will be described. When one game ball enters the first special figure start port 23 and the second special figure start port 24, three game balls are set to be paid out as prize balls. Further, it is set so that when one game ball enters each general winning opening 26, 10 game balls are paid out as prize balls. Note that the prize balls of each general winning opening may be different. When one game ball enters the big prize opening 25, 15 game balls are paid out as prize balls. In addition, the prescribed number of winnings of the second special figure starting port 24 is set to four, and the prescribed number of winnings of the large winning port 25 is set to ten.

  Explain the probability of winning the usual figure. The normal win probability is set to 1/6. On the other hand, the probability of winning a normal extension of the opening extension is set to 5/6. The opening time of the normal second special figure starting port 24 is set to once for 0.2 seconds, and once for 2 seconds for opening extension.

The contents of the jackpot game and the gaming state after the jackpot game will be described.
There are three types of jackpot games that are executed when the jackpot symbol is confirmed and displayed in the first special figure. One is a 10R jackpot game. After the jackpot game is over, the game shifts to a probabilistic gaming state and also shifts to a time-saving state. In addition, the probability variation number is given 10,000 times, and the time reduction number is given 10,000 times. When the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed in the first special figure, the 10R big hit game is executed, and after the big hit game is finished, the probability of shifting to the probable game state and the short time state is 30%.
The other is an 8R jackpot game, which shifts to a probabilistic gaming state after the jackpot game ends and also shifts to a short-time state. In addition, the probability variation number is given 10,000 times, and the time reduction number is given 10,000 times. When the jackpot symbol is confirmed and displayed in the first special figure, the 8R jackpot game is executed, and after the jackpot game is finished, the probability of shifting to the probability change gaming state and the short-time state is 30%.
The other is a 4R jackpot game, in which a short-time state is given 100 times after the jackpot game ends. When the jackpot symbol is confirmed and displayed in the first special figure, the 4R jackpot game is executed, and the probability of shifting to the short-time state after the jackpot game ends is 40%.

There are three types of jackpot games that are executed when the jackpot symbol is confirmed and displayed in the second special chart. One is a 10R jackpot game. After the jackpot game is over, the game shifts to a probabilistic gaming state and also shifts to a time-saving state. In addition, the probability variation number is given 10,000 times, and the time reduction number is given 10,000 times. When the jackpot symbol is confirmed and displayed in the second special figure, the 10R jackpot game is executed, and after the jackpot game is finished, there is a 40% probability of shifting to the probable gaming state and the short-time state.
The other is an 8R jackpot game, which shifts to a probabilistic gaming state after the jackpot game ends and also shifts to a short-time state. In addition, the probability variation number is given 10,000 times, and the time reduction number is given 10,000 times. When the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed in the second special figure, the 8R big hit game is executed, and the probability of shifting to the probable gaming state and the short time state after the big hit game is finished is 20%.
The other is a 4R jackpot game, in which a short-time state is given 100 times after the jackpot game ends. When the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed in the second special figure, the 4R big hit game is executed, and the probability of shifting to the short-time state after the big hit game ends is 40%.

The pachinko machine 1 has a game performance indicating the degree of gambling of the pachinko machine 1 during a predetermined performance evaluation period based on the result of the game when the game progresses and a predetermined calculation execution condition is satisfied. It has a function to calculate. The game performance is calculated by the main controller 40. Then, the contents of the gaming performance are displayed on the performance display device 48 based on the calculation result.
The pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes “setting 1” having the highest jackpot probability from “setting 1” having the lowest jackpot probability as six kinds of step set values (so-called settings) having different jackpot probabilities. Yes. Incidentally, the basic specifications of the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 8 described above exemplify the case where the big hit is unlikely to occur and the step set value is “setting 1”.
The jackpot probability for each stage set value will be described in detail. The jackpot probability in the normal probability gaming state and the jackpot probability in the probability variation gaming state are 1/300 and 1/30 for “Setting 1”, 1/290 for “Setting 2” and 1/29, “Setting 3” is 1/280 and 1/28, “Setting 4” is 1/270 and 1/27, “Setting 5” is 1/260 and 1/26, “Setting 6” is 1 / 250 and 1/25. Thus, in this embodiment, in each setting, the jackpot probability at the time of probability change is configured to be 10 times the jackpot probability at the normal time.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, both the jackpot probability in the normal probability gaming state and the jackpot probability in the probability variation gaming state can be changed for each set value. However, unlike the present embodiment, the jackpot probability in the probability variation gaming state may be constant regardless of the set value, or the jackpot probability in the normal gaming state may be constant regardless of the set value. In the present embodiment, the probability of jackpot occurrence increases as the set value increases. However, the probability of jackpot occurrence may decrease as the set value increases.

Further, in the present embodiment, a configuration is provided in which, for example, a hall employee can change to any stage setting value among the above-described six kinds of stage setting values.
In addition, a configuration is also provided in which the current stage setting value can be confirmed.
In addition, a stage setting value display means for displaying the current stage setting value so as to be visible when the stage setting value is changed or confirmed is provided.
In this embodiment, the stage setting value display means is realized by using the above-described performance display device 48 for displaying the gaming performance. Note that a display device dedicated to the step set value may be provided as the step set value display means.
Further, when the step set value is changed to an arbitrary value, the RAM clear SW 46 is also used as an operation means for changing the step set value every time the operation is performed. Note that a dedicated operation means may be provided as an operation means for changing the step set value.
As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of types of step setting values are provided, and any one of the plurality of types of step setting values is changed to any step setting value, and the current step setting value is confirmed. In addition, the current stage setting value can be visually confirmed.

Further, in the present embodiment, there is provided processing for determining whether or not the step set value is an appropriate value in S40 of activation processing (FIG. 9) described later and S615 of setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26). In such processing, the following determination values and the like are set in advance for reference of determination.
That is, as the determination value of this process, the step set value is 1, that is, 0 for setting 1, 1 for setting 2, 2 for setting 3, 3 for setting 4, 4 for setting 5, And for setting 6, 5 is set. Furthermore, 6 is set as the “step set value maximum value”. As a result, if a determination value (0 to 5) corresponding to any of the settings 1 to 6 originally set is set, it is determined that the value is less than 6 which is the “stage setting value maximum value”. Is done. On the other hand, if any judgment value of 6 or more is set, there is a risk that an unplanned step set value has been set due to some fraud or a risk that the data has been destroyed for some reason This is the basis for determining “RWM abnormality”. In the present embodiment, with such a configuration, it is monitored whether an appropriate step set value is set. As will be described later, the determination value corresponding to the step set value is stored (set) in the “step set value storage area”. The “stage set value storage area” is a storage area that is not erased even by the RWM clear process.

Further, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment has at least a “RWM clear” state, a “backup recovery” state, a “setting confirmation” state, a “setting change” state, a “game stop” state, as shown in FIG. , A power-on state, and a state transition to a power-off (also called power-off) state.
The setting state flag is a flag indicating a state in which the pachinko machine 1 is transitioned, and a different flag value is set in the setting state flag in accordance with each transition state. That is, 0 is set in the “RWM clear” state and “backup recovery” state, 1 is set in the “setting confirmation” state, 2 is set in the “setting change” state, and 3 is set in the “game stop” state. The case where the setting state flag is 0 is either a “RWM clear” state or a “backup return” state, that is, a state in which a normal game is possible.

  In addition, this “a state in which a normal game is possible” is a state in which the player can execute a normal game, and the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 is a “non-time-short state and a normal probability gaming state”. Regardless of whether it is a “short-time state and a normal probability gaming state” or a “high probability gaming state”, it means a state in which a player can execute a game using the pachinko machine. This “state in which normal game is possible” may be referred to as “normal game executable state”.

As described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment has functions such as change, confirmation, and display regarding such so-called settings, and also has a transition function to a state such as a “setting confirmation” state and a “setting change” state. I have. How the pachinko machine 1 specifically realizes such a function will be described later with reference to FIGS. 9, 10, and 24 to 28, that is, executed by the main controller 40. The program processing will be described in detail.
First, a basic control process and a performance display function related to a normal game (a normal game executable state) of the pachinko machine 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The activation process of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
When power is turned on to the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, when the main control device 40 starts this processing, the main control device 40 first sets the stack pointer to the stack address in S0 and shifts the processing to S5. To do.
In S5, main controller 40 sets the interrupt vector address of the interrupt vector table in the corresponding register, and proceeds to S10. The interrupt vector address is for designating a start address relating to an interrupt (INT) processing program to be described later in the address space (memory space).
In S10, main controller 40 sets a built-in register, and proceeds to S15.
S0 to S10 executed by the main control device 40 are CPU initial setting processes that are executed first by the main control device 40 as preparation for subsequent processing when the pachinko machine 1 is powered on.

In S15, main controller 40 reads the input port register, and proceeds to S20.
In S20, main controller 40 determines whether or not power failure detection signal 111 is OFF (output stopped) based on the value of the input port register read in advance. If the determination is affirmative (S20: yes), If the process proceeds to S25 and a negative determination is made (S20: no), the process proceeds to S15.
The input port register read process of S15 is repeatedly executed until an affirmative determination is made in this step. The power failure detection signal 111 is regarded as ON when the voltage of the main power supply drops below a predetermined voltage at the time of power interruption, and is considered OFF when the voltage rises above the predetermined voltage. Reference) is a generated signal. That is, in S20, that the power failure detection signal 111 is OFF means that the voltage has risen after the power is turned on and is in a stable state.
If the determination is affirmative in S20, main controller 40 permits writing to RWM (also referred to as RAM) in S25, and proceeds to S30.

In S30, main controller 40 obtains the checksum, and proceeds to S35.
In S35, main controller 40 determines whether or not the checksum acquired in S30 is abnormal. If the determination is affirmative (S35: yes), the process proceeds to S55, and if the determination is negative (S35: no), the process proceeds to S40.

In S40, main controller 40 determines whether or not the currently set step set value is less than the “step set value maximum value”. If the determination is affirmative (S40: yes), the process proceeds to S45. If the determination is negative (S40: no), the process proceeds to S55.
In this step, whether or not the stage setting value that has been set is an abnormal value, that is, for example, an unauthorized person who is trying to obtain an unfair gain has not been prepared with an unauthorized stage setting value, Determine.

In S45, main controller 40 determines whether or not a backup flag is set. If the determination is affirmative (S45: yes), the process proceeds to S47, and if the determination is negative (S45: no). , The process proceeds to S55.
In this step, whether or not the backup flag indicating that the backup of the data related to the state of the pachinko machine 1 has been completed is set at the time of the previous power failure, that is, the information backup at the time of the power failure is performed without any problem. It is determined whether or not.
In addition, as will be described in detail later in the power failure detection signal monitoring process (S105) of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10), the power was interrupted when the setting state flag is 3, that is, in the “game stop” state. In some cases, the backup flag is not set, and the checksum is not calculated and stored. Therefore, when the state before the power interruption is the “game stop” state, a negative determination (determination of RWM abnormality) is made in either step S45 or S35, and the process proceeds to S55.

In S47, main controller 40 sets the value of the setting state flag in the general-purpose register, and proceeds to S50.
In the present embodiment, when it is not determined that “RWM abnormality” has occurred in S35, S40, and S45, the data related to the setting state flag is stored. For example, if the state before the power interruption is the “setting change” state, information related to the setting state flag indicating this is set in the general-purpose register, so that the RWM clear process (S60) described later can be performed. Without being affected, it is possible to determine in the initial setting process (S65) to be executed later that the setting change state was before power interruption. That is, even if the RWM clear SW 46 is turned on when the power is turned on again in the setting change state, the information related to the setting state flag indicating the “setting change” state is maintained. It is configured so as to be able to reliably return to the “setting change” state.

In S55, main controller 40 sets a result indicating “RWM abnormality” in the general-purpose register, and proceeds to S60.
In this embodiment, it is determined that the checksum is abnormal, the set step set value is not less than the “step set value maximum value”, or the backup flag is not set. Is processed as “RWM abnormality”.

In S50, main controller 40 determines whether or not RWM clear SW 46 is ON. If the determination is affirmative (S50: yes), the process proceeds to S60, and if the determination is negative (S50: no), The process proceeds to S65.
This step is a process that shifts when it is determined that there is no RWM abnormality in any of the determination processes of S35, S40, and S45 described above. Therefore, even if it is determined that there is no abnormality in the three types of determination steps, if the RWM clear SW 46 is in the ON state, the process proceeds to S65 after performing the RWM clear process in the next S60. If the RWM clear SW 46 is in the OFF state, the process proceeds to S65 without performing the RWM clear process.

In S60, main controller 40 executes RWM clear processing for clearing and initializing RWM to 0, and proceeds to S65.
In the present embodiment, in the RWM clear process, as described above, the RWM area excluding the area related to the step set value is cleared. As a result, the stage setting value that has been changed to a new value in the setting change process (S610) of the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26) described later is not deleted even if the RWM clear process is executed. The changed step set value is maintained. However, at least in the initial setting process (FIGS. 24 and 25) and the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26) to be described later, the setting state flag set before power interruption is deleted.
However, if the value of the setting state flag is set in the general-purpose register in S47 before the RWM clear process (S60), it is retained so that it can be referred to later. The general-purpose register for setting the value of the setting state flag in S47 is a register that can be confirmed later without erasing the set result even when the RWM clear process (S60) is executed. In S515 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24) described later, the determination is made by referring to the result set in S47 in the general-purpose register.
In addition, the general-purpose register for setting a result indicating “RWM abnormality” in S55 can be confirmed later without erasing the set result even when the RWM clear process (S60) is executed. Register. In S500 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24) described later, the determination is made by referring to the result set in S55 in the general-purpose register.
As described above, in this embodiment, even when the RWM clear process (S60) is executed, the area related to the stage setting value, the general-purpose register in which the value of the setting state flag is set, and the result of “RWM abnormality” are set. The state of the general-purpose register is maintained without being erased.

Furthermore, if it is found that “RWM abnormality” is found in any of S35, S40, or S45 when the power is turned on this time, the RWM is initialized in the RWM clear process (S60), so that “RWM abnormality” The determined cause is immediately resolved. However, the result of “RWM abnormality” set in the general-purpose register is maintained even after the RWM clear process.
Therefore, if a negative determination is made in either S575 or S580 in an initial setting process (FIG. 25) described later, 3 is set in the setting state flag. If the power is cut off with the setting state flag set to 3, the backup flag is not set as described above. Thus, when the start-up process is started again when the power is next turned on, even if it is determined in S35 and S40 that it is not “RWM abnormality”, it is always determined that “RWM abnormality” in S45. ing. That is, once it is determined that the “RWM abnormality” has occurred, in this embodiment, unless the power is turned on in a state where a transition condition (4) described later (see FIG. 28) is satisfied, the “game stop” state (setting state flag) In a state in which 3 is set to 3).

When the RWM clear process (S60) is executed, the process proceeds to the initial setting process (S65) with the value of the setting state flag set before power interruption being erased. If the negative determination, that is, the RWM clear SW 46 is not turned on, the RWM clear process (S60) is not executed, so the information such as the setting state flag set before the power interruption remains maintained after the power recovery. Then, the process proceeds to the initial setting process (S65).
Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the value of the setting state flag is set in the general-purpose register in S47, it is possible to refer to the value set in the general-purpose register regardless of whether or not the RWM clear process (S60) is executed. It is possible to check the value of the setting state flag that was set before power interruption.

In S65, main controller 40 executes an initial setting process, and proceeds to S70.
The initial setting process transitions to any state from the state before power interruption (especially the “game stop” state at power interruption) and the input value at power-on (the state of the setting key SW47 and the RWM clear SW 46). This is a process to set whether to do. In this embodiment, any of the “setting change” state, the “setting confirmation” state, the “game stop” state, the “RWM clear” state, and the “backup return” state can be transitioned when the power is turned on. (See FIG. 28 described later). Note that both the “RWM clear” state and the “backup return” state are “normal game executable state” in which a normal game is possible. The initial setting process will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS.

In S70, main controller 40 sets a timer interrupt register, and proceeds to S75.
In this step, the corresponding timer interrupt register is set in preparation for execution of the subsequent interrupt (INT) processing.

  In S75, main controller 40 prohibits the timer interruption, and proceeds to S80.

In S80, main controller 40 determines whether or not the setting state flag is 0. If the determination is affirmative (S80: yes), the process proceeds to S85, and if the determination is negative (S80: no), The process proceeds to S97.
Therefore, when the setting state flag is not 0, that is, in the “setting confirmation” state, the “setting change” state, and the “game stop” state, the subsequent processes of S85 to S95 are not performed. In other words, the performance display totaling division processing of S90 is executed only in a state where normal game is possible (normal game executable state) such as “RWM clear” state and “return to backup” state, and “setting confirmation” state, “setting” This process is not executed in the “change” state and the “game stop” state.

The main control device 40 executes the corresponding register saving process in S85, performs the performance display totaling division process in S90, executes the register restoration process in S95, and shifts the process to S97. .
The performance display aggregation division process is a process of calculating the result by aggregating data in order to display the performance of the pachinko machine 1 described later on the performance display device 48.

In S97, main controller 40 permits timer interruption, and proceeds to S75. The main controller 40 performs a loop process from S75 to S97. Every time a predetermined interrupt cycle (for example, 4 ms) generated based on the system clock occurs until the timer interrupt is permitted in S97 and the timer interrupt is prohibited in S75, an interrupt (INT) process to be described later Is executed. When the interrupt (INT) process is completed, RETI (Return from Interrupt) is executed, and the process waits until the timer interrupt is prohibited in S75.
The above is the starting process of the present embodiment.

An interrupt (INT) process according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As described above, the interrupt (INT) process is a process executed until the timer interrupt is permitted in S97 of the activation process (FIG. 9) and the timer interrupt is prohibited in S75.
When the main control device 40 starts this process, first, in S100, various timers and a watchdog timer (WDT) are set, and the process proceeds to S105.
In this step, various timer settings and watchdog timer clear and restart are executed.

In S105, main controller 40 executes a power failure detection signal monitoring process and proceeds to S110.
In this step, the power failure detection circuit 96 (see FIG. 7) monitors whether or not the power failure detection signal 111 is turned on (output) on condition that the voltage of the main power supply drops below a predetermined voltage when the power is interrupted. And monitor the occurrence of power outage. In addition, when the occurrence of a power failure is detected in this step, a power interruption process (not shown) is executed.
That is, if the “game is stopped” state (the setting state flag is 3), access to the built-in RWM is prohibited to prepare for power down. If the game is not stopped, a backup flag is set, a checksum is calculated and stored, and access to the built-in RWM is prohibited to prepare for power down.
That is, as described above, at the time of power interruption, it is confirmed whether or not the setting state flag is not 3, that is, whether or not it is in the “game stop” state. If the setting status flag is not 3, a backup flag is set. However, when the setting status flag is 3, the backup flag is not set and the checksum is not calculated and stored.
If it is in the “setting change” state (setting state flag is 2), it is not in the “game stop” state as described above, so a backup flag is set, a checksum is calculated and stored, and built-in Prepare for power down by prohibiting RWM access. At this time, the flag value 2 of the setting state flag is also stored and maintained, and when the power is turned on again, the flag value is referred to and set in the general-purpose register in S47 of the startup process (FIG. 9). Is possible.

In S110, main controller 40 determines whether or not the setting state flag is a value indicating “a state in which a normal game is possible (a state in which a normal game can be executed)”. If the determination is affirmative (S110: yes), S115 If the determination is negative (S110: no), the process proceeds to S190.
In this step, whether or not the setting state flag set in the initial setting process (S65) of the start-up process (FIG. 9) described above is 0, that is, either the “RWM clear” state or the “backup return” state. It is determined whether or not it is in a state.

In S115, main controller 40 executes timer update processing, and proceeds to S120.
In this step, various timers are updated.

In S120, main controller 40 performs an input determination process, and proceeds to S125.
In this step, input data is input from the input port, and the start port switch and count switch monitoring process and the abnormal winning monitoring process are executed.
That is, confirming the entry (winning) of the first special figure starting port 23, confirming the entering (winning) of the second special figure starting port 24, confirming the entering (winning) of the large winning port 25, and the normal operation gate 22 Confirmation of the passing of the game ball, confirmation of the winning (winning) of the general winning opening 26, input processing of each switch connected to the main control device 40, and the like are executed.
A fraud monitoring process (FIG. 11), which will be described later, is one module of the input determination process. The fraud monitoring process (FIG. 11) is a process for monitoring whether the general winning opening 26 is fraudulent. This process determines whether or not the number of game balls that have entered the general winning opening 26 within a predetermined time (for example, 60 seconds) is greater than a predetermined number (for example, 10), If there are many, it is determined to be illegal, and this is a process of notifying that effect. The fraud monitoring process will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

  The input determination process and the fraud monitoring process are not limited to the configuration of the present embodiment as described above, and may be configured as follows. That is, in the input determination process, confirmation of winning (winning) at the second special figure starting port 24 and confirmation of winning (winning) at the big winning opening 25 are performed, and fraud monitoring which is one module of the input determining process. The process may be configured as a process for monitoring whether the second special figure starting port 24 and the big prize winning port 25 are fraudulent. Specifically, it is determined whether or not each of the number of winnings to the second special figure starting port 24 and the large winning port 25 outside the winning period is greater than a predetermined number. It may be a process for notifying that effect. This is based on the assumption that a valid period for validating a prize is set for ordinary and special electric instruments. There is a case. In addition, there may be cases where a number of winnings are generated by an unauthorized person by an unauthorized person even if the validity period ends. A configuration that realizes monitoring whether or not fraud has been performed by assuming that a predetermined number (for example, one) is exceeded after the expiration of the valid period, and that a prize exceeding this number is regarded as an illegal prize. It is possible to adopt it.

In S125, main controller 40 executes special figure special electricity processing, and proceeds to S130.
In this step, the state of the special symbol and the special electric accessory is updated. In order to control the special figure and special electricity, the entrance detection process to the first special figure start port SW503 and the second special figure start port SW504 is performed, the special symbol display control process, and the special electric accessory related to the big hit game The control process is executed.
The special figure start winning confirmation process (FIG. 12), the special figure success / failure determination process (FIGS. 13 to 16), and the special game process (FIGS. 17 to 20), which will be described later, are modules of the special figure special electricity process.
In the special figure start winning confirmation process (FIG. 12), which will be described later, when a game ball wins the first special figure start opening 23 and the second special figure start opening 24, "big hit determination random number", "special figure determination random number 1" ”,“ Special figure determination random number 2 ”,“ Special figure variation pattern determination random number 1 ”, and“ Special figure variation pattern determination random number 2 ”, and the like. However, the maximum number of reserved memories of the first special figure based on the entrance of the first special figure starting port 23 and the second special figure based on the entrance of the second special figure starting port 24 can be up to 4 respectively. Even if the game ball enters the first special figure starting port 23 or the second special figure starting port 24 when the reserved memory is full, the award ball is only paid out and stored. It is not configured.

In S130, the main control device 40 executes a normal power transmission process, and proceeds to S135.
In this step, the state of the normal symbol and the ordinary electric accessory is updated. In order to perform control of the ordinary figure and ordinary electricity, the entrance detection process to the ordinary figure operation SW 505 is performed, and the display control process of the normal symbol, the control process of the ordinary electric accessory related to the winning game, and the like are executed.
When a prize is awarded to the ordinary figure operation gate 22, a plurality of random numbers such as “random number for hit determination”, “random number for ordinary figure determination”, and “random number for ordinary figure variation pattern determination” are acquired.

In S135, main controller 40 executes a game state setting process, and proceeds to S140.
In this step, the game state is updated. The game state is updated by executing a clear process such as a normal power operation state or a special power operation state.

In S140, main controller 40 executes a prize ball command transmission process, and proceeds to S145.
In this step, a prize ball command is transmitted to the payout control device 41 with respect to the prize balls generated based on the balls entered into the various prize openings.

In S145, main controller 40 executes an error monitoring process, and proceeds to S150.
In this step, each error such as a radio wave error and a vibration error is monitored.

In S150, main controller 40 executes an information output process, and proceeds to S155.
In this step, output to the external terminal board is performed by executing various information creation processing and information data output processing.

In S155, main controller 40 executes solenoid output processing, and proceeds to S160.
In this step, output to the solenoid is performed by executing creation processing of solenoid data and information data output processing. In accordance with the progress of the game, the main control device 40 executes output processing for the special prize opening solenoid 508, the universal utility solenoid 509, and the like.
In addition, in the present embodiment, a process of outputting a security signal from the external connection terminal board 38 is also executed at S155 in order to notify that the pachinko machine 1 is in error when there is an abnormality.

Main controller 40 saves the corresponding register in S160, executes out-of-region processing in S165, restores the register in S170, and proceeds to S175.
In step S165, out-of-region processing is performed as control processing of the performance display device 48, output processing of trial test data, and the like. That is, based on the result calculated in the performance display totaling division process (S90) of the activation process (FIG. 9), the display control data and the trial test data using the performance display device 48 are out of the RWM area. Process to create.

In S175, main controller 40 executes the segment data setting process, and proceeds to S180.
In this step, an LED data setting table is acquired, and segment data creation processing for performing light emission control for each LED common (8-bit unit display area related to the LED segment) is performed. That is, the data created outside the RWM area in the out-of-area process (S165) is moved into the RWM area, and segment data to be output in the LED output process (S180) described later is set. .

The main controller 40 determines whether or not the setting state flag is a value indicating that it is in the “game stop” state in S190 that is shifted in the case of a negative determination in S110. If the determination is affirmative (S190: yes) If the determination is negative (S190: no), the process proceeds to S195.
In this step, it is determined whether or not the setting state flag set in the initial setting process (S65) of the startup process (FIG. 9) described above is 3. When the setting state flag is 3, the process proceeds to S180 immediately without executing S195, and when the setting state flag is not 3, that is, when it is 1 or 2, the process proceeds to S180 via S195.

In S195, main controller 40 executes a setting state confirmation process, and proceeds to S180.
This step is a process for confirming the setting and changing the setting. That is, at the time of setting change or setting confirmation, based on input values (detection signals related to the setting key SW47 and the RWM clear SW 46), the change of the stage setting value, the “setting change” state, and the “setting confirmation” state Processing related to termination is performed.
The setting state confirmation process will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

In S180, main controller 40 executes LED output processing, and proceeds to S185.
In this step, information for light emission control related to the performance display device 48 and various LEDs is output.
That is, the information for performance display using the performance display device 48 or information for light emission control related to the step set value, and the first special figure display provided in a collective manner on the lower right side of the surface of the game board 2 (see FIG. 2) LED emission of the device 27A, the first special figure hold number display device 271, the second special figure display device 27B, the second special figure hold number display device 272, the universal map display device 28, the universal figure hold number display device 281, etc. Outputs information for control.

In S185, main controller 40 permits the interrupt, ends the interrupt process, and returns to the start process S75.
The above is the interrupt (INT) processing of this embodiment.

Here, the fraud monitoring process, which is one module of the input determination process (S120) in the interrupt (INT) process described above, will be described with reference to FIG. In the “fraud monitoring process”, first, in S200, it is determined whether or not fraud due to a winning frequency abnormality has been performed. Note that fraud due to abnormal winning frequency is when the number of game balls entering the general winning opening 26 within a predetermined period (for example, 60 seconds) exceeds a predetermined number (for example, 10). is there. If it is illegal (S200: yes), an unauthorized notification process is performed in S201, followed by an unauthorized notification command transmission process (S202), and this process is terminated.
If it is determined in the process of S200 that fraud has not been performed (S200: no), the fraud monitoring process is terminated and the process returns.

  The prescribed number in the fraud monitoring process is the total number of game balls that have entered the four general winning openings 26. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration may be adopted in which a predetermined number is set for each general winning opening 26.

In the fraud notification process (S201), the main control device 40 transmits a fraud command indicating that the winning frequency is abnormal to the payout control device 41. The payout control device 41 that has received the illegal command turns on the LED of the abnormality display device 49 (see FIG. 4).
Further, in the fraud notification command transmission process (S202), the main control device 40 transmits a fraud notification command to the sub integrated control device. The sub integrated control device 42 that has received the fraud notification command displays on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21 the number of game balls detected by the general winning opening SW 506 within a predetermined period (for example, 60 seconds). In addition, a warning display indicating that an abnormal fraud of the winning frequency has been performed is displayed, and an error notification is performed by the frame-side decorative lamp 113 of the front frame 11.
The fraud monitoring process is not limited to the configuration of this embodiment. In other words, it does not monitor the prize winning abnormality at the general prize opening, and determines whether or not fraud has occurred depending on whether or not the number of winnings outside the winning validity period of ordinary electric or special electric winnings exceeds a predetermined number. May be configured to be monitored.

Next, as a module of the special figure special power process (S125) in the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10), the following “special figure start winning confirmation process”, “special figure win / fail judgment process” and “special game process” will be described. explain.
The “special drawing start winning confirmation process” shown in FIG. 12 includes various random numbers such as random numbers used for determining whether or not a game ball has entered the first special figure start port 23 and the second special diagram start port 24. The random number is stored in the main controller 40 as a hold storage. Then, various commands resulting from entering the first special figure starting port 23 and the second special figure starting port 24 are transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42. In the present embodiment, the number of reserved memories that can be stored due to entering the first special figure starting port 23 and the number of reserved memories that can be stored due to entering the second special figure starting port 24 are as follows. There are four.

  In the “special drawing start winning confirmation process”, first, it is determined whether or not a ball entering the first special figure starting port 23 is detected by the first special drawing starting port SW503 (S250). If there is no entry (S250: no), the process proceeds to S254. If there is a ball entering the first special figure starting port 23 (S250: yes), it is determined whether or not the number of the first special figure holding memory stored in the main controller 40 is full in the process of S251. (Determining whether the upper limit has been reached). If it is full (S251: yes), the process proceeds to S254.

If the reserved memory is not full (S251: no), in the process of S252, the first special figure jackpot determination random number, the special figure determination random number 1, the special figure determination random number 2, the special figure variation pattern determination random number 1, The random number for determining the special figure variation pattern 2 is extracted. Then, the various extracted random numbers are stored in the reserved storage area of the main controller 40 as reserved storage. The various extracted random numbers may be temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the main controller 40 and then stored in the reserved storage area. It should be noted that even if the number of reserved memories in the first special figure is “0”, various random numbers such as success / failure random numbers extracted when the game ball enters the first special figure start opening 23 are less than the maximum value. It is stored in the same way as when there is a storage number.
Thereafter, a reserved memory counter indicating the number of reserved memories of the first special figure is added, and a first special figure reserved number command indicating the value of the added reserved memory counter is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 (S253).
Although not shown in the drawings, it may be determined in advance whether or not there is a possibility of a big hit or a reach with respect to the stored storage of the first special figure. When there is a possibility of a big hit or a reach due to the prefetch determination, it is desirable to transmit a prefetch command indicating that to the sub integrated control device 42.

  Subsequently, in the process of S254, it is determined whether or not a ball entering the second special figure starting port 24 is detected by the second special figure starting port SW504. If there is no entry (S254: no), this process is terminated. If there is a ball entering the second special figure starting port 24 (S254: yes), it is determined in the process of S255 whether or not the number of the second special figure hold memory stored in the main controller 40 is full. (Determining whether the upper limit has been reached). If it is full (S255: yes), the process returns.

If the reserved memory of the second special figure is not full (S255: no), the big hit determination random number, the special figure determining random number 1, the special figure determining random number 2, and the special figure variation pattern of the second special figure in the process of S256 A random number for determination 1, a random number for determining a special figure variation pattern 2, etc. are extracted. Then, the various extracted random numbers are stored in the reserved storage area of the main controller 40 as reserved storage. The various extracted random numbers may be temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the main controller 40 and then stored in the reserved storage area. Note that even if the number of reserved memories in the second special figure is “0”, various random numbers such as success / failure random numbers extracted when the game ball enters the second special figure start opening 24 are less than the maximum value. It is stored in the same manner as when there is a storage number.
Thereafter, a hold memory counter indicating the number of reserved memories in the second special figure is added, and a second special figure hold number command indicating the value of the added hold memory counter is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 42 (S257). Then return.
Although not shown in the drawings, it may be determined in advance whether or not there is a possibility of a big hit or a reach with respect to the stored storage of the second special figure. When there is a possibility of a big hit or a reach due to the prefetch determination, it is desirable to transmit a prefetch command indicating that to the sub integrated control device 42.

  Next, FIG. 13 to FIG. 16 are flowcharts of the “special figure win / fail determination process”. In this process, whether or not the first special figure is determined and whether or not the second special figure is determined are executed. In this case, the success / failure determination of the second special figure is executed with priority over the determination of the success / failure of the first special figure. It should be noted that whether or not the first special figure and the second special figure are determined is almost the same process, and in the following description, the two are distinguished if necessary. Otherwise, the first special figure and the second special figure are distinguished. Instead, simply “special drawing”.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the “special drawing determination process”, first, it is determined whether the special electric accessory is not in operation and whether or not the big hit game or the small hit game is being played (S300). If the special electric accessory is operating (S300: no), the process proceeds to “special game processing” (see FIG. 14). If the special electric accessory is not activated and is not in the big hit game or the small hit game (S300: yes), it is determined whether or not the first special figure or the second special figure is in a variable stop (S301). If the change is stopped (S301: yes), it is determined whether or not the confirmed symbol of the first special figure or the second special figure is not displayed (S302).

  If the confirmed symbol of the first special figure or the second special figure is not displayed in the process of S302 (S302: yes), it is determined whether or not there is a pending storage of the second special figure (S303). If there is a hold memory of the second special figure (S303: yes), the hold memory number of the second special figure is subtracted and a shift process of the hold memory is performed (S304). As a result of the shift processing, the oldest stored memory among the stored memories of the second special figure becomes the target of the determination.

If there is no second special figure hold memory in the process of S303 (S303: no), it is determined whether there is a first special figure hold memory (S305). If there is a holding memory of the first special figure (S305: yes), the holding memory number of the first special figure is subtracted, and the holding memory is shifted (S306). By the shift process, the oldest reserved memory among the reserved memories of the first special figure becomes the target of the determination of success / failure.
If there is no storage for the first special figure (S305: no), the process proceeds to "special game processing".

Following the process of S304 or the process of S306, in the process of S310 shown in FIG. 14, the probability change flag is confirmed to determine whether or not the current game state is the special change probability game state. If the probability change is in progress (S310: yes), the determination is made by comparing the success / failure determination table at the time of the probability change with the jackpot determination random number of the reserved storage that is the target of the determination (S311).
If it is not under certainty in the process of S310 (S310: no), the determination is made by comparing the normal probability determination table with the jackpot determination random number of the stored memory that is the target of the determination (S312).

Subsequently, in the process of S313, it is determined whether or not the determination of whether or not the process of S311 or S312 is a big hit.
If it is a big hit (S313: yes), in the process of S314, a big hit symbol is determined based on the special figure determining random number 1 and the special figure determining random number 2 of the pending storage that is the object of the success / failure determination.
Subsequently, a variation pattern such as the variation time of the special symbol jackpot symbol is determined based on the random number 1 for determining the special diagram variation pattern and the random number 2 for determining the special diagram variation pattern of the reserved storage that is the object of the determination (S315). ).

  After determining the variation pattern, a big hit setting process is performed (S316). In this process, based on the determined jackpot symbol, for example, whether the 10R probability variable big hit game, the 8R probability variable big hit game, or the 4R normal big hit game, the content of the big hit game, the big hit game After the end, a transition to a probability change game, a transition to a short time, a time setting for a big hit start effect of a big hit game executed by the effect symbol display device 21, a time for a big hit end effect, etc. are set.

  In the process of S313, if it is not a big hit but a loss (S313: no), a change pattern such as a change time of a special symbol lose pattern is determined in the process of S317. Next, a loss setting process is performed (S318). In the loss setting process in S318, if the number of time reductions or the number of probability changes is positive, -1 is respectively set.

After the process of S316 or the process of S318, the process of transmitting the information of the reserved memory after the determination of the success / failure (for example, the information indicating the decrease of the reserved storage after the execution of the determination of the correctness / failure) is performed (S319). ).
In the subsequent process of S320, the symbol variation start control of the first special symbol display device 27A or the second special symbol display device 27B is performed, and the symbol variation start command and the symbol designation command are transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42. Move to “Process”. The variation start command and the symbol designation command include a variation pattern of a special figure, a determination result of whether or not the special figure is appropriate.

  In the process of S301 of FIG. 13, when the special figure is changing (S301: no), as shown in FIG. 15, when the change time of the symbol has elapsed (S330: yes), in the confirmed symbol display process of S331, Control is performed to display the fixed symbol after finishing the display of the fluctuation of the special figure on the first special figure display device 27A or the second special figure display device 27B. Thereafter, the process proceeds to “special game processing”.

If the fixed symbol of the special figure is being displayed in the process of S302 of FIG. 13 (S302: no), the process proceeds to S340 of FIG. 16 to determine whether or not the fixed symbol display time has ended. If the fixed symbol display time has not ended (S340: no), the process proceeds to "special game processing".
On the other hand, if the fixed symbol display time has ended (S340: yes), the fixed symbol display of the special symbol of the first special symbol display device 27A or the second special symbol display device 27B is performed by the finalized symbol display end process of S341. The control to be ended is performed, and a command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 so as to end the fixed display of the pseudo effect design corresponding to the special figure.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the symbol of the special figure is a combination that is a big hit (S342). If the combination is a big hit (S342: yes), the probability variation flag indicating the probability variation gaming state is “1”. If there is (S343: yes), the probability variation flag is reset to “0” (S344). Subsequently, if the time reduction flag indicating the time reduction state is “1” (S345: yes), the time reduction flag is reset to “0” (S346). By these processes, the game state relating to the probability change state and the short time state in the big hit game (special game) is reset to the normal state.

  Subsequently, the operation of the condition device is started (S347). In addition, the condition device is activated when the determination of whether or not the special figure is a big hit and the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed, and the start condition of the big hit game is established. Necessary equipment. Furthermore, the operation of the accessory continuous operation device is started (S348), and a big hit start effect process is performed (S349), and the process proceeds to "special game process".

If the combination is not a big hit in the process of S342 (S342: no), it is determined whether or not the value of the probability variation flag is “1” (S350), and it is determined that the probability variation flag is “1”. In the case (S350: yes), it is determined whether or not the probability variation number is 0 (S351). If the probability variation number is 0 (S351: yes), the process proceeds to S352, the value of the probability variation flag is set to “0”, and the process proceeds to S353. That is, if a negative determination is made in the process of S350 or S351, or if the process of S352 is executed, the process proceeds to S353.
In the process of S353, it is determined whether or not the value of the time reduction flag is “1”. If it is “1” (S353: yes), the process proceeds to S354, and it is determined whether or not the number of time reductions is 0. (S354). If the number of time reductions is “0” (S354: yes), the process proceeds to S355, the value of the time reduction flag is set to “0”, and the process proceeds to S356. If a negative determination is made in S353 or S354, the process proceeds to S356 as it is.
In the subsequent state designation command transmission process of S356, a state designation command including information on a probability change flag indicating a gaming state and a time reduction flag is transmitted to the sub integrated control device. Thereafter, the process proceeds to “special game processing”.

  In the high-probability gaming state, since the number of probability changes and the number of time reductions are originally set to “10000” times, even if the special symbol variation display is repeated until a big hit occurs, an affirmative determination is made in the processing of S351 and S354. Never. Further, in this embodiment, when the number of times of probability change and the number of times are positive, every time the change of the special symbol starts, the number of times of change of probability and the number of time reduction is decremented by 1 (refer to the processing of S318 in FIG. 14), and the change of the special symbol It was determined whether or not the number of probability changes and the number of time reductions became “0” when ending. However, unlike the present embodiment, when the number of time reductions and probability changes is positive, the number of times of probability change and time reductions is decremented by 1 when the change of the special symbol is finished, and the number of times of probability change and time reductions becomes “0”. The probability variation flag value may be set to “0” when the probability variation count becomes “0”, and the time shortening flag value may be set to “0” when the time variation count becomes “0”.

As shown in FIG. 17, in the “special game processing”, first, it is determined whether or not the accessory continuous operation device is operating (S400). If it is operating (S400: yes), the processing of S401 is large. It is confirmed whether or not the winning opening 25 is open. If the accessory continuous operation device is not in operation (S400: no), this process is terminated.
If the big winning opening 25 is not open in the process of S401 (S401: no), it is determined in the process of S402 whether or not it is during the big hit game interval. If it is not during the interval (S402: no), it is determined in the process of S403 whether or not the special figure big hit end effect is being performed. If it is not during the big hit end effect (S403: no), it is determined whether or not the big hit start effect time has elapsed in the process of S404. If the big hit start effect time has elapsed (S404: yes), the big winning opening 25 of the first round is opened in the big winning opening releasing process and the process returns (S405).

  If the big winning opening is being opened in the process of S401 (S401: yes), as shown in FIG. 18, it is determined whether or not there are ten winning prizes in the big winning opening 25 (regular winning number) (S410). Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the opening time of the special winning opening 25 has ended (S411), and if either is affirmative (S410: yes or S411: yes), the special winning opening 25 is set in the processing of S412. It closes, a big hit interval process is executed (S413), and the process returns.

If it is during the jackpot interval in the process of S402 (S402: yes), as shown in FIG. 19, it is determined whether or not the jackpot interval time has passed (S420), and if it has passed (S420: yes). In step S421, it is determined whether or not the final round (for example, the 10R jackpot game is the 10R, the 8R jackpot game is the 8R, the 4R jackpot game is the 4R). If it is the final round (S421: yes), the process of the big hit end effect of S422 is executed, and the big hit end command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 and the production symbol control device 43 in this process, and the big hit game is ended. And return.
On the other hand, if it is not the final round (S421: no), the opening of the big winning opening 25 of the next round is executed by the opening process of the big winning opening 25 in S423, and the process returns.

  If the jackpot end effect is being performed in the process of S403 (S403: yes), as shown in FIG. 20, it is determined whether or not the jackpot end effect time has passed (S430). If the elapse of the big hit end effect time is confirmed (S430: yes), the process of stopping the operation of the accessory continuous action device in S431 is executed, and then the process of stopping the operation of the condition device is executed (S432).

  Subsequently, in the process of S433, it is determined whether or not there is a setting to be surely changed after the big hit game according to the big hit symbol or the like. If there is a probability variation setting (S433: yes), the number of repetitions of the probability variation state (10000 times) is set in the processing of S434, and “1” is set to the probability variation flag in the processing of S435. As a result, the probability variation state is given after the big hit game ends.

  Next, in the process of S436, it is determined whether or not there is a setting to shorten the time according to the jackpot symbol or the like. If there is a time reduction setting (S436: yes), the number of repetitions of the time reduction state (10000 times or 100 times) is set (S437), and the time reduction flag is set to “1” (S438). As a result, a time-short state is given after the big hit game ends. Thereafter, a special jackpot end command transmission process (S439) is executed. In this process, a big hit end command is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 42 and the effect symbol control apparatus 43, and the big hit game is terminated and the process returns.

FIG. 21 shows an example of an effect display mode displayed while the first special figure or the second special figure is fluctuating, and an example of a warning display that is displayed when fraud due to an abnormal winning frequency is performed.
As shown in FIG. 21A, when the symbol variation of the first special diagram or the second special diagram is started, the display screen of the production symbol display device 21 surrounded by the center case 200 is almost centered. A pseudo effect design 700 composed of a three-digit numerical value corresponding to the first special figure or the second special figure is variably displayed. In addition, a first special figure hold display 701 indicating the hold of the first special figure is displayed in the lower left part of the display screen of the effect symbol display device 21, and the second special figure is stored in the lower right part of the display screen. A second special figure hold display 702 is displayed.

In the fraud monitoring process (see FIG. 11), when a game ball exceeding a predetermined number (for example, 10) determined in advance within a predetermined period (60 seconds) is detected by the general winning opening SW506. The fraud notification command is transmitted from the main control device 40 to the sub integrated control device 42. When receiving the fraud notification command, the sub integrated control device 42 causes the effect symbol display device 21 to display the warning display shown in FIG.
The warning display is displayed at the center position of the display screen of the effect symbol display device 21 as “An abnormal number of winnings has been detected within a predetermined period”. During the warning display, the pseudo effect design 700 is displayed in a small variation at the lower right position of the display screen of the effect design display device 21.

When the winning frequency is abnormal, a warning is displayed on the effect symbol display device 21 and an error is notified by the frame side decorative lamp 113 of the front frame 11 or the like. Further, an error notification by voice saying “An abnormal number of winnings has been detected” is performed from the speaker 112.
Further, when the winning frequency is abnormal, the main control device 40 transmits an illegal command indicating that the winning frequency is abnormal to the payout control device 41. The payout control device 41 that has received the illegal command turns on the LED of the abnormality display device 49 (see FIG. 4) provided in the payout control device 41.

  The warning display on the effect symbol display device 21 and the error notification by the frame side decorative lamp 113 of the front frame 11 are finished 5 minutes after the occurrence of the abnormality. Note that the error notification by the speaker 112 ends 30 seconds after the abnormality occurs.

Next, the calculation of the game performance and the display of the game performance executed by the main control device 40 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The main control device 40 calculates the “base” of the “normal gaming state” as the gaming performance. Here, the “normal gaming state” is a state in which the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 is not in any advantageous state (normal gaming state at the time of shipment from the manufacturer). It is a "non-short game state".
When the “total number of shots” of the game balls launched toward the game area 20 reaches a predetermined number, the main control device 40 performs normal games until the total number of shots reaches the predetermined number. The ratio of the “normal payout ball number” of the winning ball that was paid out in the normal game state to the “normal game shot ball number” of the game ball fired in the state (non-probable, non-short-time state) ( Normal game payout ball number / normal game shot ball number × 100) is calculated.

The total number of shot balls is usually the sum of the number of shot balls of all the game balls that have been launched toward the game area 20 regardless of the game state such as probability change or short time. The total number of shot balls is stored in a predetermined area of the main controller 40 RAM. The main controller 40 preferably accumulates the total number of shot balls as follows.
For example, an out port sensor that detects a game ball taken into the out port 203 is provided. The number of out balls based on the detection signal of the out port sensor, the number of balls entering the first special figure starting port 23, the number of balls entering the second special figure starting port 24, and the number of balls entering the big winning port 25 , And the total number of shot balls is accumulated by adding the balls to the general winning opening 26.
The total number of shot balls is configured not to be cleared even when the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is shut off, and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed. When the game is started again, accumulation of the total number of shot balls from before the game is interrupted is resumed.

Other methods for accumulating the total number of balls to be fired include, for example, a game ball that has entered (wins) a first special figure starting port 23, a second special figure starting port 24, a big winning port 25, and a general winning port 26, and A discharge path is provided for collecting games taken into the out port 203 in one place and discharging them from the game board 2. A discharge sensor for detecting the passage of the game ball is provided in the discharge path. Based on the detection signal of the discharge sensor, all the numbers of shot balls may be accumulated.
Further, for example, the game board 2 is provided with a launch sensor that detects the passage of the game ball at a game ball launch port provided between the outer rail 201 and the inner rail 202. Then, all the numbers of shot balls may be accumulated based on the detection signal of the launch sensor.
Furthermore, for example, the game board 2 is provided with one or a plurality of left flow sensors for detecting all the game balls flowing down the flow path on the left side of the center case 200. Further, the game board 2 is provided with one or a plurality of right flow sensors for detecting all game balls flowing down the right channel of the center case 200. Then, based on the detection signals of the left flow sensor and the right flow sensor, the total number of game balls fired on the game board 2 may be accumulated.

  For the number of normal game shots, the number of shot balls in the normal game state is accumulated using the same method as the accumulation of the total number of shot balls. The number of normal game shots does not include the number of shots shot during a big hit game. The number of normal game shots is stored in a predetermined area of the main controller 40 RAM. The number of normal game shots is configured not to be cleared even if the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is shut off, and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed. When the game is started again, accumulation of the number of normal game shots from before the game is interrupted is resumed.

The number of normal payout balls in the normal game state is a ball entering the first special figure starting port 23 (winning), a ball entering the second special figure starting port 24 (winning), a ball entering the general winning port 26 ( This is the cumulative number of balls that have been paid out according to (winning). The number of normal game payout balls does not include the number of prize balls in the big hit game. That is, it does not include the number of prize balls to be paid out by entering the big prize opening 25 during the big hit game, and is paid out when the game ball enters the general prize opening 26 during the big hit game. Does not include the number of prize balls.
The number of normal game payout balls is stored in a predetermined area of the main controller 40 RAM. The normal game payout ball number is configured not to be cleared even if the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is shut off, and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed. When the game is started again, the accumulation of the number of normal game payout balls from before the game is interrupted is resumed.

  As shown in FIGS. 22 (a) and 22 (b), the main control device 40 is based on the condition that the total number of shot balls has reached 60000 as a condition for executing the “base” calculation in the normal gaming state. This condition is due to the following reason. That is, pachinko machines are manufactured based on rules for customs business, etc., and the rules for customs business, etc., define the game performance when a test-fire test of a game ball is conducted for 10 hours. However, it is not easy for a game store to continue to play for 10 hours continuously. Therefore, a result similar to that of the test fire test can be obtained.

  When accumulating the total number of fired balls, the main control unit 40 calculates the A section having a total number of fired balls of less than 300 from the first power-on as the period during which it is not substantially operating due to a test shot or the like. It is excluded from.

  When the total number of shot balls reaches 300 and the A section ends, the main control device 40 sets the B section from here to 60000 as the target period for the first calculation. When the total number of shot balls reaches 60000 and the B section ends, the calculation of the “base” in the first normal gaming state with the B section as the target period is executed. That is, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls in section B to the number of normal game shots in section B is calculated.

  Next, the main controller 40 sets the C section from the end of the B section to 60000 pieces as the target period for the second calculation. Then, when the total number of shot balls reaches 60000 and the C section ends, the calculation of the “base” in the second normal gaming state with the C section as the target period is executed. That is, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls in the C section to the number of normal game shot balls in the C section is calculated.

Subsequently, the main control apparatus 40 sets the D section from the end of the C section to 60000 pieces as the target period for the third calculation. Then, when the total number of shot balls reaches 60000 and the D section ends, the calculation of the “base” in the third normal gaming state with the D section as the target period is executed. That is, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls in D section to the number of normal game shots in D section is calculated.
After that, the main controller 40 repeatedly executes the “base” calculation in the normal gaming state every time the total number of shot balls reaches 60000.
The calculated result of the “base” of the normal gaming state is stored in a predetermined area of the main controller 40 RAM. In this case, it is desirable to store the results of a plurality of operations in the RAM. When the memory reaches a predetermined number, the oldest memory is deleted and updated to a new memory according to the calculation of the result of the new operation. Further, the result of the operation is a configuration in which the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is shut off, and the RAM clear operation of the main control device 40 is not cleared.

Next, the performance display device 48 will be described. When the calculation of the “base” in the first normal gaming state is completed, the performance display device 48 displays the result of the calculation. The performance display device 48 including a 4-digit display has an identification display unit in which the upper two digits indicate the type of performance, and the lower two digits are a performance display unit in which the calculation result (performance) is indicated.
The performance display device 48 displays “AA.” Indicating that the performance to be displayed is “base” in the normal gaming state in the identification display section of the upper two digits (see FIG. 22C). In this case, since the performance is not calculated in the A section that is not the calculation target and the B section that is the first calculation target, the upper two-digit identification display unit blinks “AA.”. Thereafter, when the calculation of the “base” in the normal gaming state after the first time is completed (from the section C), “AA.” Is lit.

The performance display unit of the lower two digits of the performance display device 48 blinks “-” in the A section and B section that are not subject to calculation, because the performance is not calculated. Then, after the “base” of the first normal gaming state in the B section is calculated, the performance display unit displays the calculation result as a two-digit numerical value (see FIG. 22C, “32” in the example). ). The display of the calculation result of the “base” in the first normal gaming state is continued until the calculation of the next calculation result, that is, in the C section.
Thereafter, the performance display device 48 displays the calculation result in the lower two-digit performance display unit every time the total number of shot balls reaches 60000 and the “base” of the normal gaming state is calculated.
The display of the performance display device 48 is controlled by the main control device 40. And even if the power supply of the pachinko machine 1 is cut off and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed, the display contents of the performance display device 48 are not cleared. When power is supplied again, the display before shutting down is resumed.

The performance display device 48 is not limited to the configuration in which the calculation result is displayed as a numerical value in the performance display unit. For example, the performance display device 48 may display whether the calculation result is higher or lower than a predetermined performance value. In this case, it is desirable to display “up” if the calculation result is higher than the predetermined performance value, and “Lo” if it is lower.
The performance display device 48 may display the calculation result as a numerical value and display whether the calculation result is higher or lower than a predetermined performance value. For example, when the calculation result is higher than a predetermined performance value, the numerical value of the calculation result may be lit and displayed, and when the calculation result is lower than the predetermined performance value, the numerical value of the calculation result may be displayed blinking.

  According to the present embodiment, an operator who investigates game performance, for example, has completed calculation of game performance by achieving a predetermined calculation execution condition for the first time, or has achieved a predetermined calculation execution condition for the second time (next time). It becomes possible to grasp whether the calculation of the gaming performance by is completed. The first calculation result and the second calculation result can be easily compared.

The pachinko machine 1 preferably stores a plurality of past calculation results of game performance. It is desirable to provide a display change switch or the like in the performance display device 48 so that the calculation result of the gaming performance displayed on the performance display device 48 can be switched to the past result according to the operation of the display change switch.
In addition, in the calculation of the “base” in the normal game state, the total number of shot balls is replaced with the “total number of out balls” taken into the out port 203, and the number of normal game shots is taken into the out port 203 in the normal game state It may be replaced with the “number of normal game out balls”. That is, when the total number of out balls reaches a predetermined number of balls, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls to the number of normal game out balls until the total number of out balls reaches the predetermined number of balls is calculated. It may be. In this case, the out port 203 is provided with an out port sensor that detects the number of game balls taken in.

In addition, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls with respect to the number of normal game shots accumulated until the achievement of the condition (“base” in the normal game state) on the condition that the total number of shot balls has reached 60,000. It is also possible to calculate and display the “base” of the normal gaming state in real time as “immediate performance”. As a result, a plurality of types of game performance such as game performance and immediate performance of the basic configuration can be understood, so that the game performance of the pachinko machine can be grasped in detail.
In addition, any one condition can be set from the execution conditions of a plurality of types of computations with different conditions, and the computation execution conditions may be changed to other conditions. For example, as the execution condition of the calculation to be changed, when the number of normal game shots in the normal game state reaches a predetermined number, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls to the number of normal game shots is calculated. Also good. As a result, the gaming performance corresponding to a plurality of types of predetermined calculation execution conditions is known, so that the gaming performance of the gaming machine can be grasped in detail. Since it can be known which calculation of the game performance according to which calculation execution condition is completed, the investigation work can be performed efficiently.
Also, any one condition can be set from the execution conditions of multiple types of operations with different conditions, and any one performance evaluation period can be set from multiple types of performance evaluation periods with different periods. A plurality of types of game performance may be calculated according to the combination of the execution condition of the calculation and the set performance evaluation period. As a result, a plurality of types of game performance are known, so that the game performance of the gaming machine can be grasped in detail. Since it is known which game performance calculation has been completed, the investigation work can be performed efficiently.

In addition to the gaming performance of the present embodiment described above, gaming performance that can be calculated by the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko machine 1 may calculate a plurality of types of game performances shown in FIG. 23 in addition to the “base”, “combination ratio”, and “continuous combination ratio” in the normal gaming state.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate a “short-time ball-out rate” as a gaming performance, that is, a ratio of the total number of payout balls in the last hour to the total number of balls released in the last hour.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate a “medium-time ball-out rate” as a gaming performance, that is, a ratio of the total number of paid-out balls in the latest 10 hours to the total number of balls released in the latest 10 hours.
The pachinko machine is configured to calculate the ratio of the total number of payout balls in the advantageous state (high probability and short time state) to the total number of shot balls in the advantageous state (high probability and short time state) as the gaming performance. But you can.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate “the number of winnings per winning mouth” as the gaming performance, that is, the ratio of the winning numbers to the total number of shot balls (per winning hole).
The pachinko machine may have “the number of payout balls (for base calculation)” as the game performance, that is, the number of payout balls for a certain time.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate the ratio of the number of paid-out balls in the normal gaming state to the total number of shot balls multiplied by a “base approximate value”, that is, a predetermined coefficient 1, as the gaming performance.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate the ratio of the number of payout balls in the advantageous state (high probability and short-time state) to the total number of shot balls multiplied by a predetermined coefficient 2 as the game performance, ie, “high base approximate value”. .
In addition, it is desirable for the pachinko machine to be able to calculate these multiple types of game performance. The pachinko machine may be provided with a changeover switch or the like in the main control device so that the gaming performance calculated in accordance with the operation of the changeover switch may be selected. A plurality of game performances may be selected. In addition, a plurality of types of game performance calculations are executed (simultaneously), and a display changeover switch or the like is provided in the performance display device to display the necessary game performance calculation results according to the operation of the display changeover switch. You may do it. Further, in FIG. 23, “the number of balls that are normally paid out” indicates “the number of balls that are normally paid out”, and “the total number of balls that are normally emitted” indicates the “number of balls that are normally emitted”.

The above is the description of the basic control processing, performance display function, and the like related to the normal game (normal game executable state) in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment.
Next, as other functions provided in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, various functions such as a function for changing, confirming, displaying, etc. relating to so-called setting, and a function for transitioning to a “setting confirmation” state, a “setting change” state, etc. A description will be given with reference to FIGS.

The initial setting process of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The initial setting process is one module executed in S65 of the above-described activation process (see FIG. 9). As described above, the state before power interruption (particularly, when the power interruption occurs is the “game stop” state, This is a process for setting to which state (transition) the transition is made from the input value at power-on (the state of the setting key SW47 and the RWM clear SW 46).

When the main control device 40 starts this process, first, in S500, it is determined whether or not the RWM is abnormal when the power is turned on this time. If the determination is negative (S500: no), the process proceeds to S515.
In this step, if it is determined in S55 of the above-described activation process (see FIG. 9) that “RWM abnormality” has occurred, the determination is made with reference to a general-purpose register that sets the result. That is, it is determined whether or not “RWM abnormality” is determined in any of steps S35, S40, or S45 when the power is turned on.

  The main control device 40 is set after referring to the general-purpose register for setting the result when it is determined as “RWM abnormality” in S55 of the startup process (see FIG. 9) in this step. Reset the result. In other words, the result set in S55 in the general-purpose register is maintained only until S500 of the initial setting process in the same interrupt is executed, and otherwise, the reset state is not always “RWM abnormality”. State). Therefore, if S55 is not executed, a negative determination is made in the determination process of S500.

In S515, the main control device 40 determines whether or not the state before the power interruption is the “setting change” state. If the determination is affirmative (S515: yes), the main control device 40 proceeds to S535 and determines that the determination is negative. If (S515: no), the process proceeds to S520.
In this step, the determination is made with reference to the general-purpose register that sets the value of the setting state flag in S47 of the above-described activation process (see FIG. 9). Since the data stored in the general-purpose register is stored and maintained without being erased even when the RWM is initialized in the RWM clear process in S60 in the startup process, the data stored in the general-purpose register is stored in the general-purpose register. By determining, it is possible to determine whether or not the value of the setting state flag before power interruption is 2. If the determination is affirmative, 2 is already set in the setting state flag, and the process proceeds directly to S535 without going through S530.
In this step, it is determined whether or not a transition condition (5) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 28).
With this configuration, when a power interruption occurs during the “setting change” state, that is, when a power interruption occurs before the “setting change” state ends by turning off the setting key SW47, Whenever is entered, the state changes again to the “setting change” state. As a result, regardless of the state (ON / OFF) of the RWM clear SW 46 when the power is turned on, the “normal game” such as the “RWM clear” state or the “restore backup” state can be forcibly shifted to the “setting change” state. Transition to a state in which the game is possible (normal game executable state).

  Main controller 40 resets the set flag value after referring to the general-purpose register that sets the flag value of the setting state flag in S47 of the startup process (see FIG. 9). In other words, the flag value set in S47 in the general-purpose register is maintained only until S515 of the initial setting process in the same interrupt is executed, and otherwise it is always in the reset state (both flag values are set). Is not done). However, any of the setting state flags from 0 to 3 is always set unless it is determined as “RWM abnormality” in any of S35, S40, and S45 of the activation process (see FIG. 9). Even in the reset state, in such a case, the result of “abnormal RWM” is set in S55, and an affirmative determination is made in S500 and the process does not shift to S515. Does not occur.

  In S520, main controller 40 determines whether or not RWM clear SW 46 is ON. If the determination is affirmative (S520: yes), the process proceeds to S525, and if the determination is negative (S520: no), The process proceeds to S540.

In S525, main controller 40 determines whether or not setting key SW47 is ON. If the determination is affirmative (S525: yes), the process proceeds to S530, and if the determination is negative (S525: no), The process proceeds to S555.
In this step, it is determined which transition condition (2) or (4) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 28).

In S530, main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 2, and in subsequent S535, executes a setting change notification process, and ends this process.
The setting change notification process is a process of transmitting a predetermined command to the sub-integrated control device 42 in order to execute notification that the state changes to the “setting change” state.

In S555, main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 0. In subsequent S560, main controller 40 executes the RWM clear notification process and ends this process.
In the RWM clear notification process, a predetermined command is sub-integrated in order to execute a notification that a transition to the “RWM clear” state is made and that the RWM clear process (S60) of the startup process (FIG. 9) has already been completed. This is processing to be transmitted to the control device 42.

In S540, main controller 40 determines whether or not setting key SW47 is ON. If the determination is affirmative (S540: yes), the process proceeds to S545, and if the determination is negative (S540: no), The process proceeds to S565.
In this step, it is determined whether a transition condition (1) or (3) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 28).

In S545, main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 1, and in subsequent S550, executes a setting confirmation notification process, and ends this process.
The setting confirmation notification process is a process of transmitting a predetermined command to the sub-integrated control device 42 in order to execute notification that the state is changed to the “setting confirmation” state.

In S565, main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 0, and in subsequent S570, executes backup recovery notification processing, and ends this processing.
The backup recovery notification process performs a notification that the transition to the “backup recovery” state and the notification that the backup to the state prior to the power interruption has already been completed are performed, so that a predetermined command is sent to the sub integrated control device. 42 is a process to transmit to 42.

The main controller 40 shifts to an affirmative determination (S500: yes) in S500. In S575 of FIG. 25, it is determined whether or not the RWM clear SW 46 is ON. If the determination is affirmative (S575: yes). If the determination is negative (S575: no), the process proceeds to S505.
In this step, it is determined whether or not there is a possibility of satisfying a transition condition (4) described later (see FIG. 28).
This step is not only due to the RWM abnormality being determined for the first time when the power is turned on this time, but also because the game was stopped due to an RWM abnormality before the power interruption and the backup flag was not set at the time of power interruption. Even when it is determined that the RWM abnormality continues even when the power is turned on this time, the process is shifted (S45 in the startup process (FIG. 9) and the power failure detection in the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) Signal monitoring process (see S105).

In S580, main controller 40 determines whether or not setting key SW47 is ON. If the determination is affirmative (S580: yes), the process proceeds to S585, and if the determination is negative (S580: no), The process proceeds to S505.
In this step, it is determined whether or not a transition condition (4) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 28). If both steps S575 and S580 are positive, the transition condition (4) is satisfied.

In S585, main controller 40 sets 2 in the setting state flag, and in subsequent S590, executes a setting change notification process and ends this process.
The setting change notification process is a process of transmitting a predetermined command to the sub-integrated control device 42 in order to execute a notification that the state changes to the “setting change” state, as in S535.

In S505, which shifts to a negative determination in S575 or S580, that is, when the transition condition (4) is not satisfied, the main control device 40 sets the setting state flag to 3, and proceeds to S510.
This step is configured not to perform this step when the setting state flag is already set to 3. However, it is not limited to this, and it may be reset.

In S510, main controller 40 executes a game stop promotion process and ends this process.
In order to execute the notification that the RWM is abnormal and the player promptly stop the game, and also prompt the hall employee to take appropriate measures, the game stop promotion process sends a predetermined command to the sub integrated control device. 42 is a process to transmit to 42.

With this configuration, for example, the initial setting process of the present embodiment is determined to be “RWM abnormality” in any of the steps S35 to S45 in the startup process (see FIG. 9) before power interruption. After the RWM clear process is performed by shifting to S60 via S55, the setting state flag is set to 3 in S505 of the initial setting process and the state is changed to the “game stop” state, and the game stop promotion process is performed. Done. For example, when the power is cut off by a hall employee by the promotion, the setting state flag is 3 as described above, so that the backup flag and the checksum calculation result are not set at the time of power interruption. After that, when the power is turned on, even if it is determined that the checksum calculation result is not abnormal, the backup flag is not set, so a negative determination is made in S45, and the result of RWM abnormality in S55 is general-purpose. In step S500 of the initial setting process, the result is referred to as an affirmative determination, and the process proceeds to step S575. When this power-on is executed in a state where both the RWM clear SW 46 and the setting key SW 47 are not ON, that is, when the transition condition (4) (see FIG. 28) is not satisfied, the subsequent S575 or S580 is performed. Thus, a negative determination is made, and the process proceeds to S505 again.
As described above, it is impossible to escape from the “game stop” state (the state of the setting state flag = 3) unless the transition condition (4) is satisfied when the power is turned on. That is, it is impossible to escape from the loop of transition conditions (7), (8), and (9).
Once the loop is entered, the loop cannot be exited even if the transition condition (1), (2), or (3) is satisfied when the power is turned on. That is, since the RWM clear SW 46 is OFF for both of the transition conditions (1) and (3), a negative determination is made in S575, and the process proceeds to S505. In the transition condition (2), the setting key SW47 is OFF. Therefore, a negative determination is made in S580, and the flow proceeds to S505. Therefore, in order to exit from the loop, it is necessary to satisfy the transition condition (4) (both RWM clear SW 46 and setting key SW 47 are ON) when the power is turned on.

  As described above, the initial setting process according to the present embodiment is configured so as not to be able to escape from the “game stop” state (the state of the setting state flag = 3) unless the transition condition (4) is satisfied when the power is turned on. The following effects are obtained. More specifically, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is shipped from a factory after passing a predetermined inspection before shipment. Even if the game information at the time of the inspection is stored in the RWM, the information is generally volatilized after shipment until it is installed in the hall. The instruction manual provided to the hall in conjunction with the delivery of the pachinko machine 1 satisfies the transition condition (4) when the power is first applied to the installed pachinko machine 1 (the RWM clear SW 46 and the setting key SW 47). Both are in the ON state) A procedure for turning on the power and transitioning to the “setting change” state is recommended. However, if this procedure is not followed and the transition condition (4) is not satisfied when the power is turned on, it is determined as “RWM abnormality” in any of steps S35 to S45 in the startup process (see FIG. 9). The loop of the transition conditions (7), (8), and (9) described above is entered. In order to get out of the loop and make the pachinko machine 1 ready for operation, the hall employee turns on the power while satisfying the transition condition (4), and performs “RWM clear” via the “setting change” state. It is necessary to transition to a state. As a result, it is unclear whether or not the stored information of the RWM is securely held when the power is turned on for the first time after shipment, or when the power is turned on again without being turned on for a long time due to movement of the installation location, etc. Even in such a state, a transition to a state in which a game can be performed is ensured by ensuring that the employee of the hall changes or confirms the setting value in the “setting change” state. Therefore, the hall can operate the pachinko machine 1 based on the stage setting value that is reliably managed by itself.

  Further, the initial setting process of the present embodiment is configured such that, for example, when a power interruption occurs in the “setting change” state (the setting state flag is 2), the power failure of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10). In the detection signal monitoring process (S105), a backup flag is set. After that, when the power is turned on and it is determined in S35 and S40 that there is no “RWM abnormality”, the backup flag is set in the subsequent S45. The flag value (2 in this case) of the status flag is set in the general purpose register. Regardless of whether the RWM clear SW 46 is ON or OFF when the power is turned on this time (regardless of whether or not the RWM clear process in S60 is executed), the information set in the general-purpose register is maintained and is initialized. The process proceeds to the setting process (S65). In S500 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24), the result indicating "RWM error" is not set in the general-purpose register, so a negative determination is made. In S515, the general-purpose register is in the "setting change" state before power interruption. Since the flag value indicating is set, an affirmative determination is made, and the setting change notification process (S535) is executed. Thus, when a power interruption occurs in the “setting change” state, it is configured to transition to the “setting change” state again whenever it is not “RWM error” after the power is turned on. Unless the setting key SW47 is turned from ON to OFF (transition condition (6)) and the state is changed to the “RWM clear” state, the loop of the transition conditions (5), (8), and (9) cannot be escaped. It has become.

As described above, each time the power is turned on, the pachinko machine 1 initially sets which state is to be changed by setting any value in the setting state flag in the initial setting process.
The above is the initial setting process of the present embodiment.

The setting state confirmation process of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The setting state confirmation process is one module executed in S195 of the above-described interrupt (INT) process.
When the main control device 40 starts this process, first, in S600, it is determined whether or not the setting state flag is 2. If the determination is affirmative (S600: yes), the process proceeds to S605, and if the determination is negative. (S600: no), the process proceeds to S645.
This process is shifted to only when the setting state flag is 1 or 2 by S110 and S190 of the interrupt (INT) process described above. Therefore, in this step, it is determined whether the setting state flag is 2 (“setting change” state) or 1 (“setting confirmation” state).
Although not shown, the main control device 40 displays data for displaying the current step set value on the performance display device 48 until the process proceeds to S645 in a negative determination (S600: no). (Segment data) setting processing is performed.

The main control device 40 shifts to the “setting change” state. In S605, the main control device 40 determines whether or not the setting SW detection signal has been received. If the determination is affirmative (S605: yes), the process proceeds to S610. If the determination is negative (S605: no), the process proceeds to S630.
In this step, it is determined whether or not a detection signal related to the RWM clear SW 46 that is also used as the setting SW is generated.

In S610, main controller 40 executes setting change processing, and proceeds to S615. In this step, every time the detection signal of the setting SW is received in S605, a process for changing to a new step setting value and confirming this is performed.
First, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the information related to the current stage setting value is not erased even if the RWM clear process (S60) of the start process (FIG. 9) is executed. It is stored and saved in an area (stage setting value storage area) unique to the stage setting value in the RWM area.
In this step, when a detection signal related to the setting SW (also used in the RWM clear SW 46) is generated in the state where the setting state flag is 2, the current stage setting value stored in the above stage setting value storage area is Process to rewrite to the new step set value. The stage setting value is rewritten as a new stage setting value when the current state is any one of setting 1 to setting 5, and the stage setting value having a high jackpot lottery probability is increased by one stage. A process of rewriting setting 1 having a low jackpot lottery probability as a new step set value is performed. Therefore, in this embodiment, every time the RWM clear SW 46 is pressed, the level is increased by one step up to setting 6, and the level is decreased to setting 1 when pressed at setting 6. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and conversely, a loop may be provided in which the level is lowered step by step up to setting 1 and the level is increased to setting 6 when pressed in setting 1.
In this step, the main controller 40 updates display data (segment data) for displaying a new step set value on the performance display device 48 every time the RWM clear SW 46 is pressed.

The main control device 40 determines whether or not the step set value newly set (saved) in the step set value storage area in S615 is less than the “step set value maximum value”, and if the determination is affirmative (S615). : Yes), the process proceeds to S625. If the determination is negative (S615: no), the process proceeds to S620.
In this step, the same process as S40 in the above-described activation process (FIG. 9) is performed. That is, it is monitored whether an appropriate step set value is set.

In S620, main controller 40 executes a process of rewriting the stage setting value to 0 to make it the lowest setting, and proceeds to S625. In this step, if a negative determination is made in S615, the current step setting value is rewritten and changed to the step setting value with the smallest gain, and a process of determining this is performed.
In this step, when the step setting value in the step setting value storage area is rewritten, if it is determined in S615 that an unscheduled inappropriate step setting value is set, setting 1 having the lowest jackpot probability is set. The process of rewriting to 0, which is the step set value corresponding to the. As a result, for example, even if a fraudulent person tries to obtain a gain unreasonably, even if a stage setting value that is not planned is set, it can be rewritten to the setting with the smallest gain in this step, so fraud is prevented in advance. it can. In addition, the pachinko machine 1 can be put into a playable state because it is rewritten to the scheduled regular stage setting value while preventing fraud. That is to say, even if the pachinko machine 1 is harmed by rewriting of an illegal setting value, it is possible to prevent an illegal act without lowering the operation rate.
Even in this step, display data (segment data) for displaying a new step set value is updated on the performance display device 48.

In S625, main controller 40 executes a step set value update command transmission process, and proceeds to S630.
In this step, a process of transmitting a stage setting value update command indicating the contents of the newly updated stage setting value in S610 or S620 to the sub integrated control device 42 is performed.
The sub integrated control device 42 that has received the command stores data indicating the updated stage setting value in a predetermined stage setting value buffer, and refers to the stored data, so-called “setting notification (suggestion). When performing “) production” etc., it is possible to carry out a variety of productions according to the stage setting values.

In S630, main controller 40 determines whether or not a detection signal indicating that setting key SW47 has been switched from ON to OFF is received. If the determination is affirmative (S630: yes), the process proceeds to S632. If the determination is negative (S630: no), this process ends.
In this step, it is determined whether or not the hall employee has finished changing the setting by turning the setting key SW47 from ON to OFF.
In this embodiment, the determination to the new step set value has already been completed in S610 and S620 described above. This step is a process for simply determining whether or not to end the setting change state based on whether or not the setting key SW47 is turned off. Further, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the present embodiment. For example, a new stage setting value that has been changed in S610 and S620 is a predetermined stage provided separately from the stage setting value storage area. A step set value is stored in the setting value buffer and maintained in an indeterminate state, together with a process for terminating the “setting change” state based on the setting key SW 47 being turned OFF in this step. It is also possible to refer to a new step setting value stored in the buffer and execute a process of determining the step setting value in the step setting value storage area using the step setting value.

  If the main control device 40 obtains a positive determination in the processing of S630 (switches the setting key SW47 from ON to OFF and ends the setting change state), it shifts to the processing of S632. In the processing of S632, 1 is set to the change time maintenance flag. Here, the change time maintenance flag is a flag indicating that “setting value display” is maintained after the “setting change” state ends, and while the flag is set to “1”, Maintain the "display".

  When 1 is set in the change display maintenance flag in this way, the process proceeds to S633, and a count value corresponding to the maintenance period (for example, 3 s) is set in the change display maintenance counter. Here, the change display maintenance counter is a period for maintaining the display of the current stage setting value, for example, the “new stage setting value” changed in the process if the process of S610 or S620 is performed (maintenance). This is a counter for measuring (period), and is subtracted in the process of S720 of the LED output process (FIG. 27) described later. In the process of S633, if the execution period of the LED output process (FIG. 27) is 4 ms, “750” is set as the count value.

Following the process of S633, the process proceeds to S635. In the process of S635, the setting state flag is set by replacing 2 with 0, and in S640, the RWM clear notification process is executed, and this process ends.
In these two steps, processing similar to S555 and S560 of the above-described initial setting processing (FIG. 24) is performed. In the RWM clear notification process, a predetermined command is sub-integrated in order to perform a notification that a transition to the “RWM clear” state is made and that the RWM clear process (S60) in the startup process (FIG. 9) has already been completed. This is processing to be transmitted to the control device 42.

The main control device 40 shifts to a negative determination in S600, that is, when it is in the “setting confirmation” state. In S645, whether or not a detection signal indicating that the setting key SW47 has been switched from ON to OFF is received. If the determination is affirmative (S645: yes), the process proceeds to S650. If the determination is negative (S645: no), the process ends.
In this step, the hall employee or the like turns the setting key SW47 from ON to OFF to determine whether or not the setting confirmation is completed.

In S650, the setting state flag is set to be replaced with 1 to 0, and in S655, a backup recovery notification process is executed, and this process is terminated.
In these two steps, processing similar to S565 and S570 of the above-described initial setting processing (FIG. 24) is performed. The backup recovery notification process is performed in order to execute a notification that a transition to the “backup recovery” state is performed and that the recovery to the state before the backup power interruption in the startup process (FIG. 9) has already been completed. This command is a process for transmitting the command to the sub integrated control device 42.

As described above, the setting state confirmation process is a process that is executed when the setting state flag is 1 or 2, that is, in the “setting confirmation” state or the “setting change” state. When the setting state confirmation processing is executed, that is, when the setting state flag is set to 1 or 2, the main control device 40 performs the current output on the performance display device 48 by the LED output processing (FIG. 27) described later. Displays the step set value.
Here, a display mode example of the step set value using the performance display device 48 will be described with reference to FIG. The performance display device 48 is configured as a 4-digit display device in which each digit is a 7-segment display device. As the original performance display function, the type of performance is indicated by the identification display part (upper two digits), and the result (performance) of the calculation is indicated by the performance display part (lower two digits). When the stage setting value is displayed on the performance display device 48, the upper two digits are always displayed as “-” regardless of the type of the stage setting value. The lower two digits are displayed as “−6” when the step set value is “setting 6”, for example. Similarly, “-5” to “−1” are also displayed in the case of “setting 5” to “setting 1” which are other step set values.
Even if the same step set value is displayed in the “setting confirmation” state or the “setting change” state, it is possible to recognize which state is the current state by using different display modes. That is, in the “setting confirmation” state, for example, “−−− 6” is set to a lighting state (for example, a red lighting state), and in the “setting change” state, “−−− 6” is blinked (for example, Red blinking state). Thereby, it becomes easy to identify both states depending on whether they are lit or blinking. In addition, it is easy to confirm the setting by setting the lighting state in the “setting confirmation” state.

  In any state, the display mode ends when the setting key SW47 is switched from ON to OFF. In other words, when the setting state flag is changed from 1 to 0, the process immediately ends, and when the setting state flag is changed from 2 to 0, a predetermined display maintenance period has elapsed or an operation to end display maintenance has been performed. End at the moment.

The process of updating or setting the display data (segment data) executed in S610 and S620 until the negative determination (S600: no) in S600 and the process proceeds to S645, or in S610 and S620 of the present embodiment. This is the same process as the segment data setting process (S175) in the interrupt (INT) process.
The above is the setting state confirmation processing of the present embodiment.

The LED output processing of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The LED output process is one module executed in S180 of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) described above.
When the main control device 40 starts this process, first, in S700, it is determined whether or not the setting state flag is 1 or 2, and if the determination is affirmative (S700: yes), the process proceeds to S705, and a negative determination is made. If there is (S700: no), the processing of S710 is shifted.
In the process of S700, it is determined whether the current state is either the “setting change” state or the “setting confirmation” state.

  The main controller 40 shifts to the case where the current state is neither the “setting change” state or the “setting confirmation” state. In S710, the main control device 40 determines whether or not the value of the change display maintenance flag is “1”. When a negative determination is made (S710: no), the process proceeds to S745 as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made (S710: yes), the process proceeds to S745 through the processes after S715.

  In the process of S715, which is shifted to a case where an affirmative determination is made in the process of S710, the performance display device (so-called performance display monitor) 48 changes the change result (the “new stage setting value” changed in the process of S610 or S620). ) Is displayed in a display mode different from that in the “setting change” state. Here, a specific example of “different display modes” shown in the process of S715 is illustrated below. For example, (1) when the setting value is “blinking displayed” during the “setting change” state, the setting value is “lit on” during the “display maintenance period” (change display maintenance flag = 1) (Referred to as “1 aspect”), (2) aspects in which the display color is different between the “setting change” state and the “display maintenance period” (for example, one is displayed in red and the other is displayed in blue; hereinafter referred to as the second aspect) 3) The aspect etc. which comprise the 1st aspect and the 2nd aspect simultaneously can be illustrated.

In this way, the display mode of the setting value is different between the “setting change” state and the “display maintenance period”, and it is conspicuous that the step setting value can be changed in the “setting change” state. By displaying (for example, flashing in red), attention can be urged, and setting change work can be performed reliably. And since it lights with a different display mode (for example, blue) during a display maintenance period, the fixed setting value can be reliably shown with respect to an operator (hall employee). Moreover, by turning on the light during the “display maintenance period”, prompt confirmation can be facilitated, and display of the set value to be concealed can be terminated as early as possible.
It should be noted that the display mode of the setting values is all different in the “setting confirmation” state, the “setting change” state, and the “display maintenance period”. It is more desirable to make it easier to grasp at a glance. For example, when the setting value is lit in red in the “Setting Confirmation” state and the setting value is blinking in red in the “Setting Change” state, the setting value is lit in blue during the “Display Maintenance Period”. When blinking in blue, it is easy to grasp at a glance which case it is. In this case, it is useful for employees of pachinko halls to manage (maintenance, etc.) many pachinko machines 50.

The main controller 40 executes the process of S720 following the process of S715. The process of S720 is a process of subtracting the change display maintenance counter. That is, in the process of S720, the value of the change display maintenance counter is decremented by “1” every execution cycle of the LED output process (for example, every 4 ms).
After the process of S720, the process proceeds to the process of S725, and it is determined whether the count value of the change display maintenance counter has become “0”, that is, whether the “display maintenance period” has ended, and an affirmative determination is made. (S725: yes), the process of resetting the change display maintenance counter (S735) and the process of setting the value of the change display maintenance flag to “0” (S740) are performed, and then the process proceeds to S745. .

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in S725 (S725: no), it is determined whether or not the RWM clear switch is ON (S730). If a negative determination is made in the process of S730 (S730: no), the process proceeds to S750. That is, if the “display maintenance period” has not ended and the RWM clear SW is ON (that is, if the operation means is not operated), the process directly proceeds to S750.
On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in the process of S730 (S730: yes), the process proceeds to the process of S745 through the process of S735 and the process of S740, and further proceeds to the process of S750.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, in S740 of the LED output processing, as an opportunity to set the change display maintenance flag to 0, in addition to the positive determination of S725 (expiration of the maintenance period), the positive determination of S730 (ON of the RWM clear SW, That is, the operation means is operated). In other words, if the count value of the change display maintenance counter becomes 0 or the RWM clear SW is turned ON first, the change display maintenance flag is cleared to 0 as a trigger.

  As described above, when a negative determination is made in the process of S710 or when the process of S740 is executed, the process proceeds to S745. And the performance display process for performing the performance display of the pachinko machine 1 is performed by the performance display device (performance display monitor) 48 in the process of S745, and the process proceeds to S750.

  The main controller 40 shifts to the case where the current state is either the “setting change” state or the “setting confirmation” state. In S705, the performance display device (performance display monitor) 48 causes the pachinko machine 1 to A process for displaying the current step set value is executed, and the process proceeds to S750.

  In S750, the main controller 40 displays the first special figure display device 27A, the second special figure display device 27B, the first special figure reservation number display device 271, the second special figure reservation number display device 272, and the universal figure display device 28. And the process for light emission of various LED etc., such as the usual figure number-of-holds display 281, is executed, and this process is terminated.

In addition, although the LED output process of a present Example was set as the structure which can perform a different process according to the value of the present setting state flag as mentioned above, it is not limited to this. In other words, it may be configured simply as a process for performing light emission display based on the set segment data. In that case, it is preferable that the segment data indicates which LED common is caused to emit light in what display mode. Thereby, the performance display device 48 and the light emission display of various LEDs can be performed regardless of the value of the current setting state flag.
The above is the LED output processing of the present embodiment.

In the present embodiment, a unique state transition is enabled by the control processing of FIGS. 9, 10, and 24 to 26 described above. The state transition and transition condition of the present embodiment will be described systematically with reference to FIG.
First, as described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a plurality of types of stage setting values (so-called settings) having a lottery probability different from each other, specifically, setting 1 to setting 6 as jackpots. In addition, it has a “setting change” state in which the step set value can be changed, and a “setting confirmation” state in which the step setting value can be checked.
Further, as shown in FIG. 28A, the pachinko machine 1 has at least a “game stop” state, a “RWM clear” state, and a “backup” in addition to the “setting change” state and the “setting confirmation” state. It is configured to be able to transition to the “return” state.

The outline of each of these states will be described individually.
The “setting change” state is a state in which, for example, a hall employee can change the current stage setting value to another stage setting value with respect to the stage setting value.
The “setting confirmation” state is a state in which, for example, a hall employee can visually confirm which stage setting value the current stage setting value is set in regarding the stage setting value.
The “Game Stop” state is a state in which when the RWM is determined to be abnormal when the power is turned on, the player is prompted to stop the game and, for example, a notification that prompts the hall employee to take appropriate measures can be provided. is there.
The “RWM clear” state is a “state in which normal game is possible (normal game execution possible state)” informing that the RWM clear process for erasing information stored in the RWM is performed when the power is turned on.
The “Return to backup” status informs that processing to restore to the state of the gaming machine that was backed up before power interruption was performed when the power was turned on, and “Normal gaming is possible (normal gaming executable state)” It is.
Note that the “RWM clear” state and the “backup return” state are the same as those provided in the previous gaming machine, and constitute a “state in which normal gaming is possible”.

  The transition between the various states has a certain regularity as shown in FIGS. 28 (a) and 28 (b). In other words, when a specific transition condition is satisfied from a certain state, the transition is possible only in a predetermined state. Hereinafter, each transition will be described with specific reference to the control processes shown in FIGS. 9, 10, and 24 to 26 described above.

First, in the transition condition (4) “in a state where both the RWM (RAM) clear switch 46 and the setting key SW47 are ON”, the power is turned on (from the OFF of the power switch (SW) 86 shown in FIGS. 3 and 7). Transition to the “setting change” state.
The transition is affirmative in S50 of the activation process (FIG. 9), and after the process of S60, S530 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24) is executed, or S585 of the initial setting process (FIG. 25) is also executed. By doing so, it is feasible.
S530 is a transition process to the “setting change” state when there is no RWM abnormality when the power is turned on this time and both the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are ON, that is, there is no abnormality.
S585 is an RWM error when the power is turned on this time (specifically, the backup flag and the checksum calculation value are not set because the game was stopped before the power interruption) And when the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are both ON, the process changes to the “setting change” state, and a transition condition (7 ), (8) and (9) are the only processes that exit the loop.

In addition, when the power is turned on in the transition condition (5) “a state where there is no RWM abnormality and the state before power interruption is a“ setting change ”state”, the state transitions to the “setting change” state. .
This transition occurs during the execution of the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26), after the processing of S625 and before an affirmative determination is made in S630, that is, before the setting key SW47 is switched from ON to OFF. In S35, S40, and S45 of the power-on and startup processing (FIG. 9), it is determined that there is no RWM abnormality. Next, in S47, the value of the setting state flag (2 in this case) is set in the general-purpose register, and S50 If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to S60 via S60. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds directly to the initial setting process of S65. In the initial setting process, the value referred to in the determination in S500 is the value of the general-purpose register set in S55 of the activation process (FIG. 9), and the value referred to in the determination in S515 is The values of the general-purpose registers set in S47 of the startup process (FIG. 9) are all values maintained in the registers that are not erased even if the RWM clear process is executed. By referring to these values, S500 becomes a negative determination, S515 becomes a positive determination, and since the setting state flag is already set to 2, the setting change notification process of S535 is executed without going through S530. It is feasible. By setting the value referenced in S515 to a general-purpose register that is not affected by the RWM clear process, the power switch 86 is turned on while the RWM clear switch 46 remains on when the power is turned on, and an affirmative determination is made in S50. Thus, even if the RWM clear process of S60 is executed, the value of the setting state flag (2 in this case) is maintained until it is referred to in S515 of the initial setting process. As a result, when the power failure occurs in the “setting change” state and the power is turned on again, if there is no abnormality in the RWM, a transition to the “setting change” state is surely made again. Therefore, if the setting is not completed in the “setting change” state, even if the power is turned on again, the “normal game is possible (normal game execution possible state)”, that is, the “RWM clear” state or This is a process for making transition to the “backup recovery” state impossible. That is, it is a control process in which “normal game” cannot be executed when the “setting change” state is not finished.

Further, when the power is turned on in the transition condition (3) “the state in which the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF and the setting key SW 47 is ON”, the state transitions to the “setting confirmation” state.
This transition is negative in S50 of the startup process (FIG. 9), and can be realized by executing S545 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24).

Furthermore, when the power is turned on in the transition condition (7) “a state where it is determined that the RWM is abnormal and at least one of the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 is not ON”, “ Transition to the “Game Stop” state. Specifically, the state that “at least one of the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 is not ON” refers to “the state that both the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are both ON” is not satisfied. In short, the state does not satisfy the transition condition (4) (both the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW47 are both ON).
The transition is determined as an RWM abnormality in any step of S35, S40, or S45 of the startup process (FIG. 9), performs the processes of S55 and S60, and executes S505 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24). It is feasible by. Alternatively, after the execution of S505, the power was cut off (the backup flag and the checksum calculation values were not set because the game was stopped), and then the power was turned on without satisfying the transition condition (4). In this case, a negative determination is made in S45 of the activation process (FIG. 9), a negative determination is made in S575 or S580 of the initial setting process (FIG. 25), and this can be realized by executing S505 again.

  Thus, the “setting change” state, the “setting confirmation” state, and the “game stop” state are transitionable states only when the power is turned on and only when a predetermined transition condition is satisfied. These three types of states cannot be changed from states other than the power-on state.

In the present embodiment, in addition to these three types of states, when the power is turned on, a transition is also made to the “RWM clear” state and the “backup recovery” state.
That is, when the power is turned on in the transition condition (2) “the state where the RWM clear switch 46 is ON and the setting key SW 47 is OFF”, the state transitions to the “RWM clear” state.
The transition is affirmative in S50 of the activation process (FIG. 9), and can be realized by executing S555 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24) after the process of S60. S555 is a transition process to the “RWM clear” state when there is no abnormality in the RWM when the power is turned on this time and the RWM clear switch 46 is ON and the setting key SW47 is OFF, that is, there is no abnormality in particular.

Further, when the power is turned on in the transition condition (1) “the state in which the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF and the setting key SW 47 is OFF”, the state transits to the “return to backup” state.
This transition is negative in S50 of the activation process (FIG. 9), and can be realized by executing S565 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24). S565 is a transition process to the “return to backup” state when there is no RWM abnormality when the power is turned on this time, and the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF and the setting key SW47 is OFF, that is, when there is no abnormality.

In the present embodiment, the “setting change” state transits only to the “RWM clear” state, and the “setting confirmation” state transits only to the “backup recovery” state.
That is, in the “setting change” state, transition to the “RWM clear” state occurs when the transition condition (6) “when the setting key SW 47 changes from the ON state to the OFF state”. That is, when the “setting change” state is ended by turning off the setting key SW47, the state transits to the “RWM clear” state.
This transition can be realized by performing negative determination in S110 and S190 in the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) and executing S635 in the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26).

Further, during the “setting confirmation” state, the same transition condition (6) changes to the “return to backup” state when “the setting key SW 47 changes from the ON state to the OFF state”. That is, when the setting confirmation is completed by turning off the setting key SW47, the state transits to the “restore backup” state.
This transition can be realized by performing negative determination in S110 and S190 in the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) and executing S650 in the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26).

As described above, in this embodiment, the transition to the “RWM clear” state is limited to the case where the transition condition (2) or (4) is satisfied when the power is turned on. That is, regardless of the state of the setting key SW47, when the RWM clear switch 46 is ON, the state transits to the “RWM clear” state.
In the case of an affirmative determination in S520 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24), the transition directly transitions to the “RWM clear” state by executing S555, or S520 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24). In the case of an affirmative determination, by executing S530 once through the “setting change” state, and subsequently executing S635 of the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26), the state is indirectly set to the “RWM clear” state. It can be realized by either transition.

Further, the transition to the “backup recovery” state is limited to the case where the transition condition (1) or (3) is satisfied when the power is turned on. That is, regardless of the state of the setting key SW47, when the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF, the state transits to the “restore backup” state.
In the case of a negative determination in S520 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24), the transition directly transitions to the “backup recovery” state by executing S565, or S520 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24). In the case of negative determination in step S545, once through the “setting confirmation” state, by executing step S650 of the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26), the state is indirectly changed to the “return to backup” state. It can be realized by either transition.

In the present embodiment, the state that can be changed from the “game stop” state is limited to the power-off (power-off) state.
That is, when the game is stopped by the player and the transition condition (8) is “changed from the ON state to the OFF state by the power switch 86” by the hall employee or the like in the “game stop” state, Transition to.
Further, even in the “RWM clear” state and the “return to backup” state, the transition is made to the power-off state when “the power switch 86 changes from the ON state to the OFF state” in the same transition condition (8). In any state, when the power switch 86 is turned off, the power failure detection signal monitoring process in S105 of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) performs the above-described power failure process based on the detection of the power failure detection signal. Execute.
Further, even in the “setting change” state and the “setting confirmation” state, when the power switch 86 changes from the ON state to the OFF state in the same transition condition (8), the state changes to the power-off state. . A state before the setting key SW47 is turned off (ends the setting change state) during the “setting change” state, and a state before the setting key SW47 is turned off (ends the setting confirmation state) during the “setting confirmation” state. In any of the above states, when the power switch 86 is turned off, the power failure detection signal monitoring process in S105 of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) performs the above-described power interruption process based on the detection of the power failure detection signal. Execute.
Then, during the power-off state, the transition is made to the power-on state when the transition condition (9) “the power switch 86 changes from the OFF state to the ON state”.

However, as described above, the backup flag and checksum calculation values are not set and the power is turned on only when a power interruption occurs during the “game stop” state in the transition condition (8). Then, it is configured to determine again that the RWM is abnormal. Therefore, in the present embodiment, once the transition condition (7) to (8) is entered and the power supply is cut off, even if the transition condition (9) transits to the power-on state, the transition condition (4) Unless transition is made to the “setting change” state by satisfying the above, it is impossible to exit from the loop of the transition conditions (7), (8) and (9) and make a transition to another state. Therefore, although it is repeated, the state that can be transited from the loop is limited to the “setting change” state as the state that can be transited by satisfying the transition condition (4) when the power is turned on.
As described above, the transition that becomes the loop is determined as an RWM abnormality in any step of S35, S40, or S45 of the startup process (FIG. 9), and the processes of S55 and S60 are performed, and the initial setting process (FIG. After the setting state flag is set to 3 by executing S505 of 24), if the power is turned off and the power is turned on again, a negative determination is made in S45 of the startup process (FIG. 9), and the transition condition (4 ) Is not satisfied, S575 or S580 is negative in the initial setting process (FIG. 25), S505 is executed again, and the above loop is realized.
On the other hand, if the transition condition (4) is satisfied when the power is turned on again after power interruption, a negative determination is made in S45 of the start-up process (FIG. 9), and after executing S55 and S60, Move on to setting process. Then, S575 and S580 are affirmed in the initial setting process (FIG. 25), and S585 is executed, thereby exiting from the loop.
The above is the configuration related to the state transition and transition conditions of the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment.
In FIG. 28A, “a state in which a normal game is possible (a state in which a normal game can be executed)” is described as a “normal game state”.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, in the setting change mode (“setting change” state), after the change process is completed, the setting change mode is terminated for a predetermined period (3 seconds). The display of the current set value is maintained. Therefore, a pachinko hall clerk can check the change result with a margin. Moreover, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, in order to confirm the changes made immediately before by the pachinko hall clerk etc., it is troublesome work (temporarily turning off the power and turning it on again to shift to the change confirmation mode. There is no need to perform complicated work.

In addition, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, as soon as the setting confirmation mode (“setting change” state) for confirming the setting is finished, the display of the current setting value is immediately finished. The desired setting value can be displayed for the shortest necessary time.
Further, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the performance display device 48 is also used as a device for displaying the set value, and a unique device is not provided, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced. In particular, the game performance is information that is preferably concealed from the player, as is the set value. Therefore, it is preferable to display the information on the performance display device 48 arranged on the back side of the pachinko machine 1. is there.

In addition, since the performance display device 48 changes the display mode of the set value before and after the end of the setting change mode, it is currently in the setting change mode or during a predetermined period after the end of the setting change mode (display maintaining period). The pachinko hall clerk etc. can recognize at first glance.
In addition, if the store clerk of the pachinko hall turns on the RWM clear switch (operating means arranged so that the player who is playing the game cannot operate) on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, even during a predetermined period (display maintenance period) Even so, the display of the set value is terminated without waiting for the elapse of the predetermined period. For example, if the confirmation after changing the set value is completed, the display of the set value will not be continued more than necessary. Can be avoided.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the mode in which the setting information (setting value) is displayed at a position (back side of the pachinko machine 1) that is not visible to the player who is playing the game is illustrated. However, for example, the setting information (setting value) is displayed in the game. By making the display difficult for the player to identify, it may be displayed at a position (for example, the effect symbol display device 21) that is visible to the player who is playing the game. For example, if any setting value is difficult to specify at first glance (“two-dimensional code”, “mosaic pattern consisting of combinations of multiple colors (10 colors or more)”), the player in the game can see The set value information may be displayed at various positions.

  In this embodiment, the RAM clear switch 46 is provided with a function as “setting value changing operation means”. However, other operation means (switches) can function as “setting value changing operation means” Or “setting value changing operation means” may be provided. For example, when an error elimination switch, a game start switch, or the like is provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, the error elimination switch, the game start switch, or the like may function as “setting value changing operation means”.

[Correspondence with Claims]
Next, the correspondence between the terms used in the description of the above embodiment and the terms used in the description of the claims is shown.
The “first special figure starting port 23” and the “second special figure starting port 24” correspond to an example of the “starting port”.
The special figure determination process (FIGS. 13 to 16) corresponds to an example of “a determination determination execution process”.
The special game process (FIGS. 17 to 20) corresponds to an example of “big hit game execution means process”.
A setting, a setting value, a step setting value, and a value indicating any one of the settings 1 to 6 correspond to an example of “setting information”.
The process from S700 to S705 and the process from S700 to S740 in the LED output process (FIG. 27) correspond to an example of “setting information display unit”.
The case where “setting state flag = 1” is set in the processing of S545 of the initialization processing (FIG. 24) corresponds to an example of “setting confirmation mode”, and this mode is S645 of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26). If an affirmative determination is made in this process (when the setting key is turned OFF), the process ends.
The case where “setting state flag = 2” is set in the processing of S530 of the initialization processing (FIG. 24) and the case where an affirmative determination is made in the processing of S515 correspond to an example of “setting change mode”. When an affirmative determination is made in the processing of S630 of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26) (when the setting key is turned OFF), the processing is terminated.
By the processing from S632 and S633 in the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26) and the processing from S710 to S740 in the LED output processing (FIG. 27), “the end of the display of the setting information has elapsed from the end of the setting change mode. Constitutes an example of a process to be performed.
Immediately after the processing of S645 in the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26) (the setting display flag is not set), the processing for setting “setting state flag = 0” Configures an example of “immediately after completion of the process”.

The performance display device 48 in FIG. 3 corresponds to an example of a performance display device.
In the setting status confirmation processing (FIG. 27), the processing of S715 is an example of “processing for changing the display mode of the setting information before and after the end of the setting change mode”.
In the setting status confirmation process (FIG. 27), the process of S730 is “based on the fact that the predetermined operation of the operation means was performed before the predetermined period has elapsed, without waiting for the elapse of the predetermined period. An example of “a process for terminating display” will be described.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can of course be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.
For example, the following method may be used as means for realizing the contents corresponding to the present invention.
That is, the LED output processing is not configured to execute different processing according to the setting state flag as in this embodiment, and is simply a processing for controlling the light emission of the performance display device 48 and various LEDs based on the segment data. This can be realized by configuring the interrupt (INT) process (see FIG. 10) as follows.

  Specifically, in the case where an affirmative determination is made in S110 of FIG. 10, a process for determining whether or not the interrupt is the first interrupt to be executed after exiting the “setting change” state is an affirmative determination. In this case, in order to set the segment data for executing the display related to the set value in the segment data setting process of S175, and to continuously execute the setting of the segment data over the maintenance period in the segment data setting process It is good also as a structure which performs control which sets the counter of this and starts countdown.

In addition, “the enclosed game machine which collects the launched game ball inside the game machine and launches it again by the launcher and manages the number of balls of the player as data using a storage medium such as an IC card” The present invention may be applied.
In addition, the present invention may be applied to a spinning game machine (slot game machine) that plays a game using medals as a value medium. Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a revolving game machine (parrot game machine) that uses a game ball as a value medium and performs a game similar to a slot game machine.

  In the above-described embodiment, the so-called digipachi type pachinko machine 1 is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is a pachinko machine configured as a so-called honey monotype, a mixer (1 type 2 type mixer), a V chare machine or the like. It can also be applied to machines.

2 Game board 22 Normal operation gate 23 First special figure starting port 24 Second special figure starting port 25 Big prize opening 40 Main controller 48 Performance display unit 203 Out port

Claims (5)

A validity determination execution means for performing a determination of the validity based on the game ball entering the start opening;
A jackpot game executing means for executing a jackpot game based on being determined to be a jackpot in the hit determination,
A gaming machine capable of changing a probability set as a determination probability determined to be a big hit in the determination of success or failure to a different probability based on a predetermined change operation,
A setting confirmation mode that is a mode for confirming the setting information that identifies the currently set determination probability, and ends when the confirmation end process is completed,
A setting change mode that is a mode for changing the determination probability to a different determination probability and ends when the change process is completed,
Setting information display means for displaying the setting information for specifying the determination probability currently set during the setting change mode and the setting confirmation mode, and ending the display based on the end of each mode;
With
The setting information display means ends the display of the setting information after the end of the setting confirmation mode and before the first predetermined period elapses, and after the end of the setting change mode, 2. A gaming machine, which is performed when a predetermined period has elapsed. A validity determination execution means for performing a determination of the validity based on the game ball entering the start opening;
A jackpot game execution means for executing a jackpot game based on being determined to be a jackpot in the determination of hitting,
A gaming machine capable of changing a probability set as a determination probability determined to be a big hit in the determination of success or failure to a different probability based on a predetermined change operation,
A setting confirmation mode that is a mode for confirming the setting information that identifies the currently set determination probability, and ends when the confirmation end process is completed,
A setting change mode that is a mode for changing the determination probability to a different determination probability and ends when the change process is completed,
Setting information display means for displaying the setting information for specifying the determination probability currently set during the setting change mode and the setting confirmation mode, and ending the display based on the end of each mode;
With
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the setting information display means immediately terminates display of the setting information after completion of the setting confirmation mode and when a predetermined period has elapsed since the end of the setting change mode. A performance display device that displays the performance of the gaming machine based on the calculated data,
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the setting information display means displays the setting information on the performance display device.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the setting information display means changes a display mode of the setting information before and after the end of the setting change mode. It is provided with operation means arranged so that a player who is playing is inoperable,
The setting information display means terminates the display of the setting information without waiting for the elapse of the predetermined period, based on the fact that the predetermined operation of the operation means has been performed before the elapse of the predetermined period. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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