JP2020010884A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of fairly executing suggestion of a setting value.SOLUTION: Based on detection of game balls by a normal pattern operation SW 505, winning/losing of a normal pattern is determined. A game machine includes a first special pattern start pocket 23 for preventing a ball entry possibility of game balls from changing and a second special pattern start pocket 24 provided in a variable normal electric accessory 24A, and performs winning/losing determination of a special pattern on the basis of entry of game balls into one of the start pockets 23, 24. Either setting value can be set from among plural kinds of setting values having different degrees of advantage to a player on the basis of setting operation. A probability of winning/losing determination of a special pattern resulting in a jackpot is changed to a different value according to a type of the setting value, and a probability of resulting in winning by winning/losing determination of a normal pattern is fixed regardless of a type of the setting value. The type of the setting value is suggested by a performance executed as a result of winning/losing determination of a normal pattern.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 40

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and in particular, the present invention can be suitably applied to a “ball game machine”.

Ball game machines typified by conventional pachinko machines are provided with multiple types of setting values with different probability of big hits, and equipped with a setting function that allows the hall to be set to any setting value and conduct business A known technique is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Basically, the set values are configured so as not to be known to the player, but which set value is a point of great interest to the player. Therefore, there is a technique that suggests a set value to enhance interest.
Many gaming machines that suggest such settings are notified by an effect that is executed in connection with a lottery effect on whether or not a big hit is to be made (an effect accompanying the determination of whether or not to generate a big hit) (for example, Patent Document 2). In such a case, as a result of the internal lottery, even in the case of a big hit or a loss, the probability of occurrence depends on the set value, and as a result, the setting suggestion is generated. Varies depending on the type of the set value.
In addition, some gaming machines may be configured to positively suggest settings under different conditions depending on the set values. Some have been configured.

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  However, in the gaming machine exemplified in Patent Literature 2, in a configuration in which the occurrence rate of setting suggestion differs depending on the set value, the probability of a big hit differs in the first place, and even the probability of enjoying the setting suggestion is different. However, there is a problem that the player may have an unfair feeling that the possibility of estimating the set value should be the same condition at least.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can fairly suggest a set value.

The gaming machine according to claim 1,
Normal symbol hit / fail judgment means for judging the hit of a normal symbol based on the detection of the game ball by the operation detection unit,
Always the first special design opening where game balls can enter,
A predetermined opening time from a closed state in which game balls cannot enter or difficult to enter, to an open state in which game balls can enter more easily than in the closed state, based on the result of the judgment on the success or failure of the ordinary symbol being hit. A second special symbol opening provided on the ordinary electric accessory which can be changed over,
Special symbol hit / fail judgment means for judging the hit of a special symbol based on a game ball entering the first special symbol starting port or the second special symbol starting port,
A jackpot game execution means for executing a jackpot game based on the result of the special symbol hit / fail determination being a jackpot,
Setting means that can be set to any one of a plurality of types of setting values having different degrees of advantage for the player based on a predetermined setting operation;
A gaming machine comprising:
The probability that the result of the hit determination of the special symbol is a big hit is changed to a different value according to the type of the set value, and the probability of hit in the hit determination of the ordinary symbol is constant regardless of the type of the set value. Along with
The type of the set value is suggested by an effect performed based on the result of the determination on the success or failure of the ordinary symbol.

  Usually, in a gaming machine, a normal symbol is provided in addition to a special symbol as identification information for performing a variable display or a fixed display. A special symbol hit / fail judgment is executed based on a game ball entering the special figure starting port, and a normal symbol hit / non-judgment judgment is performed based on the normal symbol operation detecting section detecting a game ball. The probability of a big hit in the special symbol hit / fail determination is changed according to the set value, and the probability of a normal symbol hit / hit determination in the normal symbol hit is fixed regardless of the set value.

  In the present invention, no matter which setting value is set, an effect executed based on the general figure right / wrong determination in which the lottery probability (judgment probability) does not change due to the difference in the setting value (hereinafter, the general figure originating effect) ), The setting value is suggested, so the setting suggestion is always performed at the same frequency. As a result, there is no unfair feeling regarding the enjoyment of the setting suggestion due to the difference in the set value between the players who play the gaming machines set to different set values.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the use of the universal-figure-based effect makes it possible to change the method of suggesting the set value (unconventional device) and give the player a surprise. In addition, by performing the ordinary figure-based effect in connection with the suggestion of the set value, it is possible to increase the interest in the effect for the player who faces the game and to enhance the interest in the game. For example, usually, the effect that the player gazes at is an effect corresponding to a special symbol indicating whether or not a big hit has occurred (a symbol that directly displays the result of the game), and the effect corresponding to the ordinary symbol is not so closely watched. However, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the interest in the effect corresponding to the ordinary symbol and to enhance the interest in the game.

  The “general-effect-based effect” of the present invention includes various effects that are executed based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the ordinary symbol. In other words, (1) the normal symbol hitting game (the normal symbol hitting game in which the ordinary electric accessory is changed from the closed state to the open state) is ended (including the end effect period) after the execution of the normal symbol hit / fail determination. )), As well as the effect performed at a predetermined time selected from the period having the width up to (hereinafter referred to as “general effect”), (2) the effect corresponding to the special symbol, Also included are those that are executed based on the result of the pass / fail determination. For example, the result of the normal symbol hit / fail determination is a hit (the result of the normal symbol hit / fail determination is that the normal electric accessory is changed to the open state in a predetermined mode), or a specific hit. Cause (the result of the determination of the correctness of the ordinary symbol is a specific hit that changes the ordinary electric accessory to a specific open state) also includes an effect executed as an effect corresponding to the special symbol. (See Example 2 described later).

  The "normal symbol operation detection unit" is a detecting means (detection switch or the like) for detecting the entry of a game ball, and is provided at a normal symbol operation gate through which the game ball can pass to detect the passage of the game ball. The normal symbol operation port, into which game balls can enter, is provided to detect entry of game balls.

The gaming machine according to claim 2,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game state specified by the length of the open time of the ordinary electric accessory changed to the open state is a non-open extended state in which the open time is not extended, and the open time is extended. 3. Open extended state,
In the non-open extended state, based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the normal symbol hitting, the normal opening of the ordinary electric accessory to the open state for a first predetermined time; A special opening that sets the open state for a second predetermined time longer than the first predetermined time; and
In the effect performed based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the ordinary symbol,
A notification effect of executing the special opening of the ordinary electric auditorium,
A setting value suggestion effect indicating the type of the setting value,
And at least one of them is included.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is described a gaming machine capable of executing a normal opening or a special opening when a normal symbol hits in a non-open extended state. That is, normally, in the non-open extension state in which the possibility of entering the second special symbol starting port is low, the normal electric accessory can execute the special opening, so that the normal special character can enter the second special symbol starting port. A state where the possibility is increased is provided, and a setting value suggestion effect is to be executed in connection with a notification effect of executing the special opening.

  Then, since the execution of the special opening of the ordinary electric accessory is set to a certain probability irrespective of the set value, the setting suggestion effect is included in the general drawing-based effect including the notification effect of the special opening (general drawing effect). By further including, it is possible to provide a setting suggestion effect under the same condition regardless of the setting value.

  In the invention of claim 2, both the notification effect and the setting value suggestion effect may be performed, or either the notification effect or the setting value suggestion effect may be alternatively performed. In the case of performing the alternative, the player plays the game while paying attention to which one appears as the general-drawing-based effect, so that the interest in the game can be enhanced. When both are performed, the notification effect and the setting value suggestion effect may be performed simultaneously, or one of the notification effect and the setting value suggestion effect may be performed prior to the other.

The gaming machine according to claim 3,
In the gaming machine according to claim 2, in the effect performed based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the normal symbol, the determination of the correctness of the normal symbol is performed, and before the ordinary electric accessory is in the open state. Includes directing before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory to be executed,
The effect before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory includes at least one of the notification effect and the setting value suggestion effect.

In the invention according to claim 3, the public figure-based effect (the public figure effect) is executed “before the ordinary electric auditorium changes to the open state” at the time of the public figure lottery or the like. ).
In other words, the pre-opening effect as the public figure-causing effect (the public figure effect) is at least one of the notification effect that is executed at the timing before the ordinary electric accessory is opened and the setting value suggestive effect. Including. Therefore, the player who faces the pre-opening effect of the public telephone can expect that a suggestion regarding the set value may be made while paying attention to whether or not the special opening is performed.

According to the third aspect, the effect before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory is performed when (a) the determination of the success or failure of the general figure is made (at the start of the change of the general figure and the effect design corresponding to the general figure). (B) may be performed when the ordinary symbol and the effect design corresponding to the ordinary image are changing, or (c) the change of the effect symbol corresponding to the ordinary image and the ordinary image is definitely displayed. It may be done at times.
Moreover, you may perform it in two or more "hours" among "hours" shown to (a)-(c). In this case, the notification effect and the setting value suggestion effect may be performed simultaneously, or may be performed in succession. For example, it is possible to exemplify a case in which a set value suggestion effect is performed during a change in the general figure, and a notification effect is performed when the general figure is confirmed and displayed.

The gaming machine according to claim 4,
The game machine according to claim 2, wherein the effect performed based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the normal symbol is an ordinary electric accessory executed when the ordinary electric accessory is in the open state. Directed during opening is included,
The production during the opening of the ordinary electric accessory,
A special opening notification that the ordinary electric accessory is being special opened,
Incoming ball promotion notification that prompts the user to enter the ordinary electric auditorium,
And performing at least the special opening notification and the ball entry promotion notification.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the public figure-based effect (the public figure effect) is executed during the special opening of the ordinary electric accessory (executed as the effect during the opening of the normal electric power).
In other words, in the production during the opening of the general electric power as the production of the public figure, the execution is performed at the timing of the special opening of the ordinary electric accessory, and the fact that the ordinary electric accessory is being specially opened and the prize are promoted. Notification is performed. In addition, the effect during the opening of the normal electricity may also include a setting value suggestion effect. Therefore, the player can expect that a suggestion regarding the set value will be made while recognizing that the game is specially opened and that it is time to win a prize.

  It should be noted that the effect during the opening of the ordinary electric accessory may be executed only when the effect before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory is not executed, or may be executed in succession. In addition, the setting value suggestion effect that constitutes the effect during the opening of the ordinary electric accessory may be executed only when the setting value suggestion effect is not executed as the effect before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory, or may be executed in succession. May be.

The gaming machine according to claim 5,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the ordinary electric accessory incorporates the second special symbol starting port into which a game ball can enter by being in the open state,
As an effect mode for performing an effect performed based on the result of the determination of the ordinary symbol, when the ordinary electric accessory is in the special opening based on the result of the ordinary symbol, the (2) In addition to having a special effect mode in which a game ball is shifted to when a game ball enters the special symbol starting port,
First holding storage means for storing, as first holding storage, numerical data obtained based on a game ball entering the first special symbol starting port,
Second holding storage means for storing, as second holding storage, numerical data obtained based on the entry of a game ball into the second special symbol starting port,
With
The special symbol hit / fail determination means performs a hit / fail determination of the special symbol based on numerical data related to the first hold storage or numerical data related to the second hold storage,
The special effect mode is an effect mode for performing at least one of a jackpot notification effect for notifying whether or not the result of the special symbol hit determination is a big hit, and the set value suggestion effect,
A first mode for performing a big hit notification effect in a normal mode to notify that the result of the hit determination of the special symbol is stored as a big hit as the second hold storage in the second hold storage means, And a second mode in which a set value suggestion effect is performed in a special mode together with the jackpot notification effect.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the attraction effect is an effect that is executed in a special effect mode in which a transition occurs due to a game ball entering the second special symbol starting port during the special opening of the normal electric accessory. Indicates that it is included.

  In other words, when a game ball enters the second special symbol starting port during the special opening, the mode shifts to the special effect mode, and the first mode for simply notifying whether or not a big hit is made in the normal mode, and the set value. To the second mode in which the suggestion is made in a special mode. For this reason, the player can enjoy whether to be able to receive the suggestion of the set value while enjoying the notification of the big hit.

  Here, in the invention of claim 5, the condition for shifting to the special effect mode may be further weighted. For example, the condition may be that a predetermined number of game balls enter the second special symbol starting port during the special opening (that is, for example, a predetermined number of second hold memories of the upper limit number are stored). In addition, even if the jackpot notification effect is executed when the second hold memory is consumed (during the change display of the second special symbol), the second hold memory becomes a big hit before the second hold memory is consumed. It may be a look-ahead effect that is performed by performing a look-ahead determination as to whether or not the content is a look-ahead.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a gaming machine that can fairly suggest a set value.

It is a front view of the game machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a front view of the game board of the said game 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 control unit. FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the inside of a random number generation circuit. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration and a function of a power supply board (power supply device). It is an explanatory view showing a game specification of the gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the starting process performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the interruption (INT) process performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the fraud monitoring process performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the special figure start winning confirmation processing performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control content of the special figure hit determination processing performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the control content of the said special figure hit / fail judgment processing. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the control content of the said special figure hit determination processing. It is the 4th flow chart which shows the control contents of the special figure hit decision processing. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control content of the special game processing performed by the said main control apparatus. 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 the 4th flowchart which shows the control contents of the special game processing. It is a figure showing an example of an effect display mode displayed during the change of the special symbol of the gaming machine, and an example of a warning display mode displayed when the winning frequency is abnormal. (A) is a flowchart showing the control contents of a general-purpose start winning confirmation process executed by the main control device, and (b) shows a modification of the general-purpose start winning confirmation process executed by the main control device. It is a flowchart. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control content of the general figure right / wrong determination process performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the control content of the general figure right / wrong determination process performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the control content of the general figure right / wrong determination process performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a 4th flowchart which shows the control content of the general figure right / wrong determination processing performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control content of the normal symbol game processing performed by the said main control device. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the control content of the normal symbol game processing performed by the said main controller. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the control content of the normal symbol game processing performed by the said main controller. It is an explanatory view concerning a first gaming performance of the gaming machine and a display mode showing the first gaming performance. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram relating to gaming performance that can be calculated by the gaming machine. 4 is a flowchart 1 showing control contents of an initialization process executed by the main control device. 3 is a flowchart 2 showing control contents of an initialization process executed by the main control device. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the setting state confirmation processing performed by the said main control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the LED output process performed by the said main control apparatus. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing state transitions and transition conditions executed by the main control device. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example 1. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example 2. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example 3 and the specific example 4. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example 5 and the specific example 6. FIG. 7A is a flowchart illustrating the control content of a pending number command receiving process in the first embodiment, and FIG. 6B is a flowchart illustrating the controlling content of the pending number information receiving process in the first embodiment. (A) is a flowchart showing the control contents of the special figure effect determination processing in the first embodiment, and (b) is a flowchart showing the control contents of the special figure effect stop processing in the first embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating control contents of a normal figure fluctuation effect setting process in the first embodiment. 5 is a flowchart showing the control contents of a process during the ordinary figure fluctuation effect in the first embodiment. 5 is a flowchart showing the control contents of a normal figure fluctuation effect ending process in the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the general-purpose game production process in Example 1. (A) is a flowchart which shows the process during a general figure fluctuation | production effect of the modification 1, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the further modification of the modification 1. FIG. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example 7; FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example 8; 12 is a flowchart illustrating control contents of a hold number command reception process in the second embodiment. 13 is a flowchart illustrating control contents of a suspended number information receiving process in the second embodiment. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the control content of a special figure effect determination process in the second embodiment. (A) is a flowchart showing the control contents of the special figure effect stop processing in the second embodiment, and (b) is a flowchart for explaining the second modification. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the normal figure fluctuation effect setting process in Example 2. (A) is a flowchart showing the control contents of the universal figure fluctuation effect ending process in the second embodiment, and (b) is a flowchart showing the control contents of the universal figure game effect processing in the second embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
A pachinko machine 1 according to a first embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as Example 1) 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 game arcade and in which a player can play a game. The pachinko machine 1 has a structure in which each component of the configuration is held by an outer frame 10 that forms a vertically long fixed outer shell holding frame. A front frame (glass frame) 11 into which a plate glass 110 is fitted and an unillustrated inner frame (also referred to as a game frame) are openably and closably provided on the outer frame 10 via hinges 101 provided at upper and lower positions on the left side. Have been. The front frame 11 and the inner frame are closed and locked to the outer frame 10 by the cylinder lock 18, 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 glass plate 110 of the front frame 11.

Loudspeakers 112 are provided at the left and right sides of the upper portion of the front frame 11, respectively, to output a game sound, thereby improving the taste of the game. The front frame 11 is provided with a frame-side decorative lamp 113 which emits light in accordance with a game state, and LEDs for notifying a game abnormality.
An upper plate 12 and a lower plate 13 are vertically arranged in the lower half of the front frame 11. In the lower half of the front frame 11, a firing handle 14 is disposed on the right side of the lower plate 13. By operating the firing handle 14 clockwise, the firing device is operated, and the game balls supplied from the upper plate 12 are fired toward the game board 2. Prize balls are paid out to the upper plate 12.
The lower plate 13 receives prize balls overflowing from the upper plate 12, and the game balls accumulated in the lower plate 13 can be transferred to another box (dollar box) provided in the game store by operating the ball release 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. 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, at the center of the upper plate 12, an effect button 15 which can be operated by a player, and a jog dial 16 are arranged so as to surround the outer periphery thereof.

The game board 2 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 2 has a substantially circular game area 20 surrounded by an outer rail 201 and an inner rail 202. In the game area 20, a large number of game nails are planted.
A center case 200 is arranged at the center of the game area 20. In the center case 200, an LCD panel of the effect design display device 21 (the whole illustration is omitted) is provided in the center. Further, the center case 200 is provided with a warp entrance, a warp gutter, a stage, and the like, similarly to well-known ones.

At the left side position of the center case 200 in the game area 20, a game ball can pass, and at the time of passing, a normal symbol (hereinafter, simply referred to as a general figure) lottery (judgment of the general figure) is executed. A gate 22 is provided.
At the position immediately below the center of the center case 200, a game ball can always enter, and the first special symbol (hereinafter, referred to as a first special map) is judged due to the entry of the first special feature. A starting port 23 is provided. Further, a second special figure starting port 24 is provided at a position directly below the second special figure starting port 24 for determining whether or not a second special symbol (hereinafter, referred to as a second special figure) is accepted due to the entry of the ball. The second special figure starting port 24 is configured to be openable by a tulip-type opening member. That is, the ordinary electric accessory 24A is a variable winning device that is configured to be openable by a tulip-type opening member. Further, the second special figure starting port 24 is provided in the ordinary electric accessory 24A, and hits in the lottery of the ordinary figure (judgment of the ordinary figure), and when the ordinary electric accessory 24A operates, the opening member is opened. Is released in a predetermined opening manner for a predetermined time, and can enter (win) only when the opening member is opened.

At a position directly below the second special figure starting port 24, a big winning opening 25 is provided which is openably and closably provided by an opening / closing plate and is opened in a big hit game. The special winning combination 25 opens the opening / closing plate in a predetermined opening manner for a predetermined time when the special electric accessory is operated, and can enter (win) only when the opening / closing plate is opened. Note that if the hit is determined in the first special map or the second special map to determine whether the special hit occurs, the continuous operation device for the accessory is activated, and the continuous operation device for the accessory is operated, whereby the special electric accessory is continuously operated. Thereby, the special winning opening 25 is continuously opened.
A plurality of (four) general prize holes 26 are arranged on the left side of the first special figure starting port 23 to the large prize port 25 at an obliquely lower position on the left side of the center case 200. Further, an out port 203 is provided at the bottom of the board immediately below the special winning port 25. The out port 203 does not enter (win) any of the first special figure starting port 23, the second special figure starting port 24, the special winning opening 25, and the general winning opening 26 among the fired game balls. Game balls are captured.

  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 provided at the lower right end of the game board 2 outside the outer rail 201. A device 272, a general-purpose display device 28, and a general-purpose reserved number display device 281 are arranged.

  FIG. 3 shows a back surface of the pachinko machine 1, and an inner frame 30 for detachably mounting the gaming board 2 is stored on the back surface side of the pachinko machine 1. Similarly to the front frame 11, the inner frame 30 is hinged at one of its side edges (right side in FIG. 3) to the outer frame 10 and installed so as to be openable and closable. A game ball flow-down passage is formed in the inner frame 30, and 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 at 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 passage and the upper plate. Payout to 12. The payout unit 33 that pays out the prize ball also pays out the lending ball that is paid out by operating the lending button 171.

On the back side of the pachinko machine 1, a main controller 40, a payout controller 41, a sub-integrated controller 42, an effect symbol controller 43, a launch controller 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 firing control device 44 is not shown in FIG. 3, it is provided below the payout control device 41.

  An external connection terminal plate 38 is provided on the right side of the ball tank 31. The external connection terminal plate 38 sends a signal indicating a game state or a game result to a hall computer (not shown). Conventionally, an external connection terminal board for transmitting a signal to a hall computer has a board (a terminal for outputting a signal output from the game board to the hall computer) and a frame side (outer frame 10, front frame). (A terminal for outputting signals output from the frame 11 and the inner frame 30 to the hall computer), but in the present embodiment, the game state and the game result are output via one external connection terminal plate 38. Is transmitted to the hall computer.

  The main control device 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 during the game. The performance display device 48 displays the calculated game 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 simple 4-digit characters and numbers.

  In the performance display device 48 of the present embodiment, the game performance is displayed, and at the same time, the step setting value (hereinafter simply referred to as “setting” or “setting value”) when the setting of the pachinko machine 1 is changed or the setting is confirmed. , "Setting information", etc. Also, in the present embodiment, more specifically, it may be referred to as a value indicating a setting 1 to a setting 6.). I have.

  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 from the OFF state in which the setting key is inserted to the ON state by, for example, turning 90 degrees clockwise from the OFF state shown in the figure. In this embodiment, as will be described in detail later, at least the setting key SW47 is turned on to enable a transition to a setting change state or a setting confirmation state. Configuration.

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

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

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

The pachinko machine 1 has a backup power supply 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 held.
The power supply of the pachinko machine 1 will be described. The pachinko machine 1 converts a power supplied from an externally provided AC power supply by a power supply board 45 to generate a DC voltage. Then, the pachinko machine 1 supplies electric power to each part constituting the pachinko machine 1 by operating the power switch 86 provided on the power supply board 45. 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) including a capacitor and the like. The backup power supply stores DC voltage power in a capacitor while power is being supplied 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 control device 40 (for example, the first special figure starting port 23, the second special figure starting In this configuration, the total number of prize balls to be paid out by winning in the mouth 24, the special winning opening 25, and the general winning opening 26, and the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 are held.
On the other hand, the backup power generated by the power supply board 45 of the present embodiment is not supplied to the sub integrated control device 42. Therefore, 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.

Note that the backup power supply may be provided in the main control device 40 or in another device other than the power supply board 45. 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 supply. When the control is performed, a supply signal is output to main controller 40.
The power supply board 45 including the backup power supply will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

When the pachinko machine 1 is turned on while pressing a RAM clear switch (hereinafter, the switch is simply referred to as SW) 46 (located in the main controller 40 in the illustrated example), one of the RAM areas is turned off. The area excluding the section is cleared, and the RAM is initialized.
Incidentally, among the data stored in the RAM of the main control device 40, the following predetermined data is not cleared even if the power is turned on while the RAM clear SW 46 is pressed. It is desirable to store it in the storage area of the RAM. For example, data necessary for determining whether or not execution conditions for a predetermined calculation for calculating a game performance described later are satisfied is not cleared. That is, data such as the “total number of shot balls” described later, the “normal game shot ball number” to be described later, the “total payout ball number” to be described later, and the “out ball number” to be described later are not cleared. Also, data for calculating the game performance in a predetermined performance evaluation period for calculating the game performance, which will be described later, is not cleared. That is, the "normal game payout ball number" described later, the "payout ball number A" which is paid out by the operation of the ordinary motorized accessory or the special electric accessory described later, The data such as the "number of paid-out balls B" which is paid out by operating the game is not cleared. Further, when the execution condition of the predetermined operation is satisfied, the data for calculating the gaming performance of the pachinko machine 1 during the predetermined performance evaluation period is not cleared.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the step setting values (so-called values indicating the settings 1 to 6) are not erased by the RAM clear. Specifically, the RAM clear processing is configured so that, of the RAM area erased by the RAM clear, the area related to the step setting value is not to be erased.

  The main controller 40 is electrically connected to the hall computer 500 of the game facility via the back wiring relay terminal plate 530 and the external connection terminal plate 38. Further, the main controller 40 has 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; Opening SW 502, first special figure starting port SW 503 for detecting a ball entering the first special figure starting port 23, second special figure starting port SW 504 for detecting a ball entering the second special figure starting port 24, general figure operation Detection signals such as a general operation switch 505 for detecting a ball entering the gate 22, a general winning port SW 506 for detecting a ball entering a plurality of general winning ports 26, and a count SW 507 for detecting a ball entering the large winning port 25 are provided. Is entered.

  Further, the main controller 40 operates according to the installed program, generates various commands related to the progress of the game based on the above-described detection signals and the like, and outputs the various commands via the payout controller 41 and the effect relay terminal board 532. Output of a command to the sub integrated control device 42 and the effect symbol control device 43, and the first special symbol display device 27A, the second special symbol display device 27B, and the first special symbol via the symbol display device relay terminal plate 533. The display control of the reserved number display device 271, the second special figure reserved number display device 272, the general figure display device 28, the general figure reserved number display device 281 and the like is performed.

Further, the main control device 40 is connected to a special winning opening solenoid 508 and a general purpose electric thing solenoid 509 via a game board relay terminal plate 531. The main controller 40 controls the special winning opening solenoid 508 to operate the opening / closing plate to open the special winning opening 25 when the special electric accessory is operated. In addition, the main control device 40 operates the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 509 to operate the opening member to open the second special figure starting port 24 when the ordinary electric accessory is operated.
The output signal from the main control device 40 is also output to a test signal terminal, and a signal for management such as a symbol change or a big hit of a special figure is sent to the hall computer 500 via the external connection terminal plate 38.

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

  In addition, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with the setting key SW47 used in the main controller 40 for changing the setting or confirming the setting as described above.

The main control device 40 and the payout control device 41 can perform two-way communication.
The payout control device 41, via the back wiring relay terminal plate 530 and the payout relay terminal plate 534, a glass frame opening SW501, an inner frame opening SW502, a ball out SW 520 for detecting that the ball tank is empty, a game ball. And a full SW 523 for detecting that the game ball storage tray has become full. The payout motor 521 is operated in response to a command sent from the main control device 40 to pay out game balls.
The payout control device 41 receives a signal indicating that the lower plate 13 is full by the full SW 523 and a signal indicating that there are few or no game balls in the ball tank by the out-of-ball SW 520. The payout motor 521 is stopped to stop the prize ball payout operation. It should be noted that the ball out SW 520 and the full SW 523 are configured to continuously output a signal until the state is eliminated, and the payout control device 41 drives the payout motor 521 because the signal is no longer output. To resume.

Further, the payout control device 41 is connected to the CR unit 60 and the settlement display device 173 via the CR unit terminal plate 535 so as to be capable of two-way communication. The settlement display device 173 is connected with a ball lending SW 171 for requesting lending of game balls and a settlement SW 172 for requesting settlement. Then, when an operation signal of 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 payout control device 41, and the payout control device 41 Actuate 521 to pay out the rental ball. The paid out ball is detected by the payout SW 522, and a detection signal is input to the payout control device 41.
On the other hand, when the operation signal of the settlement request by the settlement SW 172 is input to the CR unit 60 via the settlement display device 173, the CR unit 60 performs the settlement according to the settlement request, and the balance display device 173 displays the balance of the prepaid card. Is performed. The display of the balance of the prepaid card is controlled by the CR unit 60.

In addition, the payout control device 41 transmits, to the hall computer 500, information on the prize ball, information indicating the open / closed state of the frame (the inner frame, the front frame), and the like via the external connection terminal plate 38. A firing stop signal is transmitted.
The pachinko machine 1 is configured to pay out game balls. In recent years, game machines that collect fired game balls inside the game machines, fire them again with a firing device, and manage the number of balls held by the player as data using a storage medium such as an IC card (enclosed game machines) Machine or a management gaming machine), and the pachinko machine 1 may have a configuration of an enclosed gaming machine.

  The firing control device 44 receives detection signals such as a firing stop SW 524 for stopping firing, a touch SW 525 for detecting that a player is touching (operating) the firing handle 14, and the like. The firing motor is controlled based on the command (reflecting the signal of the touch SW 525 and the game situation) sent from the main control device 40 via the payout control device 41, the rotation signal of the firing handle 14 and the signal of the firing stop SW 524. 526 is controlled to fire and stop the game ball.

The sub-integrated control device 42 includes a volume control SW, and receives operation signals of the effect button 15 and the jog dial 16.
The sub-integrated control unit 42 drives the speaker 112 to output sound, and controls lighting and extinguishing of various LEDs and various lamps (frame-side decorative lamps 113). Further, a command for displaying a character or the like or displaying a pseudo effect symbol for a special figure is transmitted to the effect symbol control device 43.

  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 on the LCD panel of the effect symbol display device 21 in accordance with the command sent from the sub integrated control device 42.

Here, with reference to FIG. 5, the contents of the MPU (Micro Processing Unit) in main controller 40 will be described in more detail. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the inside of the MPU of the main control device 40. The MPU is a very small processing device including at least the CPU of the main control device 40. The MPU includes 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, which are connected to each other via an internal bus 307.
In this embodiment, in order to execute each processing to be described later, the built-in ROM 301 stores the first special symbol variation pattern 301a, the first special symbol design data 301b, the first special symbol determination table 301c, and the second special symbol determination table 301c. A symbol variation pattern 301d, a second special symbol data 301e, and a second special symbol determination table 301f are written therein.

  In the built-in 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 so as to be stored in dedicated storage areas, respectively. I have. Further, the timer circuit 305 includes a variable time timer 305a. The first and second special figure starting port switches 503 and 504 mentioned above are connected to the internal bus 307 via the external bus interface 306, and perform necessary processing in relation to the internal ROM 301 and the internal RAM 302. Is performed, and the required output is performed from the external bus interface 306 to the sub integrated control device 42 and the like via the internal bus 307. In addition, although not shown in FIG. 5, the ordinary figure (ordinary symbol) display device 28, the ordinary number (ordinary symbol) reserved number display device 281, the first and second special symbol (special symbol) display devices 27A and 27B. , The first and second special figure (special symbol) reserved number display devices 271 and 272 are also connected to the external bus interface 306, and outputs are made to these.

In the first special symbol reserved storage area 302a and the second special symbol reserved storage area 302b of this embodiment, hardware random numbers (also referred to as hard random numbers) generated by the random number circuit 303 are stored. Is done.
More specifically, due to the winning in the first special figure starting port 23, in the first special figure extracting random number retaining storage processing (S252) of the special figure starting winning confirmation processing (see FIG. 12) described later, The extracted hardware random numbers are stored in the first special symbol holding storage area 302a, and due to winning in the second special figure starting port 24, the second special figure starting winning confirmation processing (see FIG. 12) is also performed. It is configured such that the extracted hardware random numbers are stored in the second special symbol holding storage area 302b in the special figure extraction random number holding storage processing (S256).

  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, and is activated almost simultaneously with energization of the pachinko machine 1 (more specifically, the MPU of the main control device 40), and receives a signal from the timer circuit 305 (see FIG. 5). The random number value is updated at a timing obtained by appropriately dividing the frequency of the system clock signal (SCLK). The random number circuit 303 includes random number value registers 351 to 353, and the hard random number generated by the random number generation circuit 350 is stored in any of the random number value registers 351 to 353. The register to be stored is specified by setting a value corresponding to the random number value register 354 in advance. Specifically, when storing a random value in the random value register 1, 1 is set in the random value register 354, and when storing a random value in the random value register 2, 2 is set in the random value register 354. If it is desired to store the value in the numerical value register 3, 3 is set in the random number value register 354. The random number latch flag register 355 indicates whether or not each of the random number value registers 351 to 353 has a random number value. When the random number value is captured to each of the random number value registers 351 to 353, the 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 (stores a random number value). This flag is reset to 0 when the stored random value is read.

  The random number generated by the random number generation circuit 350 according to the present embodiment is used in a lottery of the normal symbol display device, that is, a lottery for determining whether or not to win a general symbol (that is, a hit determination of a normal symbol). "Random number for normal symbol", "Random number for common symbol determination" used to select a hit symbol of the ordinary symbol display device, lottery of the special symbol display device, that is, a lottery of whether or not to make a big hit of a special symbol (that is, determination of success or failure of special symbol) )), “Special figure determination random number 1”, and “Special figure determination random number 2” used for selection of the big hit symbol and the missing symbol of the special symbol display device. The random number relating to the object operation, the “special figure fluctuation pattern determining random number 1” and the “special figure fluctuation pattern determining random number 2” used for selecting the fluctuation pattern of the special symbol display device, and the fluctuation pattern of the normal symbol display device Use " FIG variation pattern determination random number ", a random number is provided for use in three types of game of provided. The random number generated by the random number generation circuit 350 of the present embodiment has the above-described type, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured by another random number type.

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 a power supply board (power supply device) 45 according to the present 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 receiving circuit 98, and a power switch 86.

  The power supply circuit 95 generates and supplies operation power for each control device, actuator, and the like based on the main power supply 24 V AC supplied via the power reception circuit 98. Further, the power receiving circuit 98 is connected to a power switch 86 configured to be able to switch between supplying or not conducting main power 24 V AC from the power receiving circuit 98 to the power supply circuit 95.

  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 causes the main control device 40 and the payout control device 41 to set the power failure detection signal 111 to a high level (ON) when the voltage (24 V) of the main power supply drops below a predetermined voltage. When the voltage of the main power supply rises above a predetermined voltage, the power failure detection signal 111 is set to a low level (OFF).

  In this 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 command may be transmitted only to the main control device 40, and the main control device 40 may transmit the command for power failure to the payout control device 41, or the reverse configuration may be considered.

An outline of the playability of the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above is described below.
In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball enters the general-purpose operation gate 22, the general-purpose display starts changing display on the general-purpose display device 28, and stops after a predetermined time, according to the mode of the general-purpose (normal symbol). If the winning is achieved (if the result of the ordinary symbol success / failure determination is a hit), the ordinary electric accessory 24A operates. Then, when the normal electric accessory 24A is operated, the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 509 is driven to open the opening member and allow the ball to enter the second special figure starting port 24.

  In the pachinko machine 1 of the first embodiment, the opening time of the second special figure starting port 24 (that is, the time when the ordinary electric accessory 24A is in the open state) is such that the gaming state is in the non-open extended state (non-time saving state). It is longer in the extended open state (time saving state) than in some cases. More specifically, when the gaming state is the non-open extended state, the normal opening for 0.1 second (once) or the special opening for 3.0 seconds (once) is executed. When the game state is an extended open state (time saving state) that is advantageous to the player, a long-time open of 2.2 seconds (twice) (opening for a total of 4.4 seconds) is executed. For this reason, the frequency of game balls entering the second special figure starting port 24 is higher in the open extended state (time saving state) than in the non-open extended state (non-time saving state). Also, in the non-open extended state (non-time saving state), the possibility of game balls entering the second special figure starting port 24 is higher when the normal electric accessory 24A is specially opened than when it is normally opened. Will be higher.

  Here, the normal electric accessory 24A is a variable winning device provided with a tulip-type opening member, as described above. This opening member is mainly composed of a pair of wing pieces t1 and t2 that are tilted about the lower end side, and when the general purpose electric solenoid 509 is driven, the interval between the upper ends of the wing pieces t1 and t2 is enlarged, A ball is allowed to enter the inside (within the normal electric accessory 24A), and a game ball having entered the normal electric accessory 24A can be detected by the second special figure starting port switch 504. The first special figure starting port 23 is arranged right above the upper ends of the wing pieces t1 and t2, and constitutes an obstacle. Since the distance between the upper ends of t1 and t2 is smaller than the diameter of the game ball, the game ball cannot enter the normal electric accessory 24A. On the other hand, when the general-purpose role solenoid 509 is driven, the distance between the obstacle (first special figure starting port 23) and the upper end of each wing piece t1, t2 exceeds the diameter of the game ball. A game ball can enter the inside of. However, the normal electrically-powered accessory 24A is configured such that the game ball becomes difficult to enter in a state where the general-purpose role solenoid 509 is not driven, and the game ball becomes easy to enter when the general-purpose role solenoid 509 is driven. Can also.

  When a game ball enters the first special figure starting port 23, a plurality of types of random numbers (corresponding to an example of the numerical data of the present invention) relating to the determination of the success or failure of the first special figure are extracted and stored as a hold in the first special figure. A predetermined number is stored. Then, a win / fail determination is performed based on the random number stored in the hold memory, and accordingly, the first special figure display device 27A starts to fluctuate and stops after a predetermined time. When a game ball enters the second special figure starting port 24, a plurality of types of random numbers (corresponding to an example of numerical data of the present invention) relating to the determination of success / failure of the second special figure are extracted, and the second special figure is reserved. A predetermined number is stored as storage. Then, a win / fail determination is performed based on the random number stored in the hold storage, and accordingly, the second special figure display device 27B starts to display a variable display on the second special figure display device 27B and stops after a predetermined time.

  In addition, whether the first special map and the second special map are correct or not is determined by giving priority to the second special map whether the first special map or the second special map is irrespective of the order of entering the first special map starting port 23 and the second special map starting port 24. carry out. More specifically, when there is the reserved storage of the first special figure, the change of the second special figure is stopped and there is no reserved storage of the second special figure. Perform a pass / fail decision.

  Since the variable display and the fixed 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 and second special figures are displayed on the effect symbol display device 21 provided in the center of the game area 20. A pseudo effect display using a pseudo effect symbol 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 in the pseudo effect display. For example, in the pseudo effect display, three pseudo effect symbols are changed so that a big hit occurs when the three symbols stop at the same symbol. As a pseudo effect display, a reach effect in which two symbols stop at the same symbol is performed, and the expectation of the player is enhanced based on whether or not the remaining changing symbols stop at the same symbol.

  In the case of a big hit (winning) according to the determined and displayed mode of the first special map and the second special map, the special winning opening 25 is opened in a predetermined opening mode, and a game ball enters the special winning opening 25. The jackpot game that enables the game is implemented. In addition, as the big hit game, any one of a 4R big hit game in which a round game in which the special winning opening 25 is opened in a predetermined opening mode is performed for 4 rounds, an 8R big hit game in which 8 rounds are performed, and a 10R big hit game in which 10 rounds are performed. Is selected.

  The pachinko machine 1 is configured as a probability varying machine. Specifically, the game played by the pachinko machine 1 is roughly classified into a game state in which the special winning opening 25 is closed and a big hit gaming state in which the special winning opening 25 is opened. Further, the gaming state in which the special winning opening 25 is closed is roughly classified into a normal probability state (hereinafter, a normal gaming state) and a state (higher probability of a big hit, which is advantageous to the player than the normal gaming state, There is a high-probability game state (hereinafter, also referred to as a probable change game state) in which a large hit easily occurs.

  The big hit symbols of the first special figure and the second special figure consist of a positive change symbol and a non-positive change symbol, and the positive change game state is set to be able to shift after the big hit game with the positive change pattern. In the probability change game state, if a large hit is made with the probability change symbol in any of the normal probability game state and the probability change game state, the game is shifted to the probability change game state after the end of the big hit game. Similarly, the normal probability game state is set to be able to shift after the end of the big hit game with the non-probable variable symbol. The normal-probability game state is shifted to the normal-probability game state or the probable-variation game state after the end of the big-hit game if a big-hit with a non-probable-variable symbol is achieved.

  After the transition to the normal probability gaming state, the fluctuation time of the first special figure, the second special figure, and the general figure is reduced by a specified number of times (for example, 100 times), and the opening member of the second special figure starting port 24 (normally) An opening extension state (time saving state) in which the opening of the electric accessory 24A) is extended. When the fluctuation time (the time from the start of fluctuation to the time when the result is displayed) of the first special map, the second special map, and the general map is shortened, the number of times of performing the fluctuation display within a certain time increases.

  More specifically, in the time reduction state, the time for the general figure displayed on the general figure display device 28 is reduced along with the reduction of the fluctuation time of the first special figure and the second special figure. Is shortened, and a fixed display of a general figure is performed many times within a certain time. Accordingly, the number of times the regular figure hits within a certain period of time increases, thereby increasing the number of times the second special figure starting port 24 is opened. Further, since the opening time of the second special figure starting port 24 is set to be long (opening extension function), a large number of game balls can be easily won. Since a large number of game balls can be easily won as described above, the number of variable display times of the second special figure is further increased, and the prize balls obtained by winning the second special figure starting port 24 allow the player to hold the ball. Is difficult to reduce, and an advantageous game can be played.

  In the probable change game state, similarly to the time reduction state (open extended state), the fluctuation time of the first special figure, the second special figure, and the general figure is shortened, and the opening extension function of the second special figure starting port 24 operates. . The settings relating to the shortening of various symbols and the opening / extending function of the second special figure starting port 24 are the same as those in the time saving state (open extended state), but in the certainty changing game state, in addition to the time saving state (open extended state), a special figure big hit Since the probability is high (a state in which a big hit is likely to occur), 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 is set to 1/300 when the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 is the normal gaming state (low probability), and to 1/30 when the gaming state is the probable changing gaming state (high probability). The probability of entering the probable change game state after the end of the big hit game is set to 60%.

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

  The winning probability of the ordinary figure will be described. The winning probability of a normal ordinary figure is set to 1/5. On the other hand, the probability of winning the open map extension is set to 4/5. Further, in the non-open extended state (non-time saving state), the opening time of the second special figure starting port 24 is set to once for 0.1 second (at normal opening) or once for 3 seconds (at special opening). In the extended open state (time saving state), 2.2 seconds is set to twice.

The content of the big hit game and the game state after the end of the big hit game will be described.
There are three types of big hit games that are executed when the big hit symbol is fixedly displayed in the first special map. One is a big hit game of 10R. After the big hit game ends, the game shifts to the certain change game state and shifts to the time reduction state. The number of times of change is 10,000 times and the number of times of saving is 10,000 times. When the big hit symbol is fixedly displayed in the first special map, the 10R big hit game is executed, and the probability of transition to the certain change game state and the time saving state (open extended state) after the big hit game is 30%.
The other is a big hit game of 8R. After the big hit game is completed, the game shifts to the positive change game state and also shifts to the time reduction state (open extended state). The number of times of change is 10,000 times and the number of times of saving is 10,000 times. When the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed in the first special map, the 8R big hit game is executed, and after the big hit game is completed, there is a 30% probability of shifting to the certain-variable game state and the time saving state.
The other is a 4R big hit game, in which the time saving state is given 100 times after the big hit game ends. When the big hit symbol is fixedly displayed in the first special map, the 4R big hit game is executed, and the probability of shifting to the time-saving state (open extended state) after the big hit game ends is 40%.

There are three types of big hit games that are executed when the big hit symbol is fixedly displayed in the second special map. One is a big hit game of 10R. After the big hit game ends, the game shifts to the certain-change game state, and also shifts to the time-saving state (open extended state). The number of times of change is 10,000 times and the number of times of saving is 10,000 times. When the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed in the second special map, the 10R big hit game is executed, and the probability of shifting to the certain variable game state and the time saving state after the big hit game is completed is 40%.
The other is a big hit game of 8R. After the big hit game is completed, the game shifts to the positive change game state and also shifts to the time reduction state (open extended state). The number of times of change is 10,000 times and the number of times of saving is 10,000 times. When the big hit symbol is fixedly displayed in the second special map, the 8R big hit game is executed, and the probability of shifting to the certain variable game state and the time saving state after the big hit game is 20%.
The other is a 4R big hit game, in which a time-saving state (open extended state) is given 100 times after the big hit game ends. When the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed in the second special map, the 4R big hit game is executed, and the probability of shifting to the time saving state after the big hit game is 40%.

  When the game progresses and the predetermined calculation execution condition is satisfied, the pachinko machine 1 calculates the 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. It has a function to calculate. The game performance is calculated by the main controller 40. Then, the content of the game performance is displayed on the performance display device 48 based on the calculation result.

In addition, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with “setting 1” having the lowest jackpot probability and “setting 6” having the highest jackpot probability as six types of step setting values (so-called settings) having different jackpot probabilities. I have. Incidentally, the basic specification of the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 8 described above exemplifies a case where the jackpot is hardly generated and the step setting value is “setting 1”.
The jackpot probability in each of the step setting values will be described in detail. The jackpot probability in the normal probability game state and the jackpot probability in the probable change game state are 1/300 and 1/30 in “Setting 1”, and 1/290 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, and “Setting 6” is 1 / 250 and 1/25. As described above, in this embodiment, in each setting, the big hit probability at the time of the probability change is configured to be 10 times the big hit probability at the normal time.
In the present embodiment, as described above, both the big hit probability in the normal probability game state and the big hit probability in the probability change game state can be changed for each set value. However, unlike the present embodiment, the jackpot probability in the probable change game state may be constant regardless of the set value, or the jackpot probability in the normal game state may be constant regardless of the set value. Further, in this embodiment, the larger the set value is, the higher the probability of occurrence of a big hit is. However, the higher the set value is, the lower the probability of occurrence of a big hit may be.

In the present embodiment, the probability (small hit probability) that the result of the special symbol win / fail determination is a big hit is changed to a different value according to the type of the set value (settings 1 to 6). On the other hand, the probability of winning in the determination of the correctness of a normal symbol is constant (“1/5” in the non-open extended state and “4/5” in the open extended state) regardless of the type of the set value.
In addition, there are various probabilities that the opening time is "0.1 seconds once (normal opening)" and the opening time is "3 seconds (special opening)". You can choose. And, the former probability is higher than the latter probability, it may be difficult to cause special opening, the former probability may be lower than the latter probability, the special opening may be easily caused, the former and The latter may occur with the same probability. However, the former and latter probabilities are constant irrespective of the step set value (set value) at that time.

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

Further, in the present embodiment, in S40 of the start-up process (FIG. 9) described later and S615 of the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 34), a process for determining whether or not the step set value is an appropriate value is provided. In such a process, the following determination values and the like are set in advance in order to refer to the determination.
That is, as the judgment values of this processing, the step setting values are 1, that is, 0 for setting 1, 1 for setting 2, 2 for setting 3, 3 for setting 4, and 4 for setting 5. And 5 for setting 6. Further, 6 is set as the “maximum step setting value”. Accordingly, if the determination value (0 to 5) corresponding to any of the originally set settings 1 to 6 is set, it is determined that the value is less than the “step setting value maximum value” of 6. Is done. On the other hand, if any judgment value of 6 or more is set, there is a risk that an unintended step setting value is set due to some wrongdoing, or a risk that data is destroyed due to some cause. Is the basis for determining that the RWM is abnormal. In the present embodiment, with such a configuration, it is monitored whether an appropriate step setting value is set. As described later, the determination value corresponding to the step setting value is stored (set) in the “step setting value storage area”. The “stage setting value storage area” is a storage area that is not erased even by the RWM clear processing.

Further, the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment has at least a “RMW clear” state, a “backup restoration” state, a “setting confirmation” state, a “setting change” state, and a “game stop” state, as shown in FIG. , Power-on state, and power-off (also referred to as power-off) state.
The setting state flag is a flag indicating a state to which the pachinko machine 1 makes a transition, and a different value is set as a flag value set in the setting state flag according to each state to which the pachinko machine 1 makes a transition. That is, 0 is set in the "RMW clear" state and "backup restoration" 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. Note that the case where the setting state flag is 0 is one of the “RWM clear” state and the “backup restoration” state, that is, a state in which a normal game is possible.
The “state in which a normal game can be played” is a state in which a player can execute a normal game, and whether the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 is a “non-time saving state and a normal probability gaming state” Regardless of whether it is the "time saving state and the normal probability gaming state" or the "high probability gaming state", it indicates a state in which the player can execute a game using the pachinko machine. This “state in which a normal game is possible” may be referred to as a “normal game executable state”.

As described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment has functions of changing, confirming, and displaying such a so-called setting, and has a function of transitioning to a state such as a “setting confirmation” state or a “setting change” state. Have. In the pachinko machine 1, how such a function is specifically realized will be described later with reference to FIGS. 9, 10, and 32 to 36, that is, by the main control device 40. This will be described in detail by describing the program processing.
First, a basic control process and a performance display function related to the normal game (normal game executable state) of the pachinko machine 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS.

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

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

Main controller 40 acquires the checksum in S30, and shifts the processing to S35.
In S35, the main control device 40 determines whether or not the checksum obtained 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 moves to S40.

In S40, main controller 40 determines whether or not the currently set stage set value is less than “maximum stage set 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 the set step set value is not an abnormal value, that is, for example, by a fraudster trying to obtain an improper gain, whether an illegal step set value is prepared, Is determined.

Main controller 40 determines in S45 whether or not the backup flag is set. If the determination is affirmative (S45: yes), the process proceeds to S47, and if the determination is negative (S45: no). , S55.
In this step, whether or not the backup flag indicating that the backup of the data relating to the state of the pachinko machine 1 has been completed at the time of the previous power failure is set, that is, the information backup at the time of the power failure is performed without any problem. Is determined.
As will be described later in detail in the power failure detection signal monitoring process (S105) of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10), when the setting status flag is 3, that is, when the game is in the "game stop" status, the power is cut off. Only in this case, the backup flag is not set, and the calculation and storage of the checksum are not performed. Therefore, if 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.

Main controller 40 sets the value of the setting state flag in the general-purpose register in S47, and shifts the processing to S50.
In the present embodiment, when it is not determined that the RWM is abnormal in S35, S40, and S45, data relating to the setting state flag is stored. For example, when the state before the power interruption is the “setting change” state, information relating to the setting state flag indicating this is set in a general-purpose register, so that the RWM clear processing (S60) described later can be performed. Without being affected, it is possible to determine that the setting was changed before the power interruption in the initial setting process (S65) executed later. That is, even if the power is cut off in the setting change state and the RWM clear SW 46 is turned on when the power is turned on again, the information on the setting state flag indicating the “setting change” state is maintained in the general-purpose register. Therefore, it is configured to be able to surely return to the “setting change” state.

In S55, main controller 40 sets a result indicating “RWM abnormality” in the general-purpose register, and shifts the processing to S60.
In this embodiment, it is determined that the check sum 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".

Main controller 40 determines in S50 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 moves to S65.
This step is processing to be performed when it is determined that there is no RWM abnormality in any of the above-described determination processing of S35, S40, and S45. 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 RWM clear processing is performed in the next S60, and the process proceeds to S65. When the RWM clear SW 46 is in the OFF state, the process shifts to S65 without performing the RWM clear processing.

In S60, the main control device 40 executes RWM clear processing for clearing and initializing the RWM to 0, and shifts the processing to S65.
In the present embodiment, as described above, the RWM area excluding the area related to the step setting value is cleared in the RWM clear processing. As a result, the step setting value changed to a new value in the setting change processing (S610) of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 34) described later is not deleted even if the RWM clear processing is executed. The changed stage setting is maintained. However, at least in the initial setting processing (FIGS. 32 and 33) and the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 34) described later, the setting state flag set before the power interruption is deleted.
However, if the value of the setting status flag is set in the general-purpose register in S47 before the RWM clearing process (S60), it is held 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 checked later without erasing the set result even if the RWM clear processing (S60) is executed. In S515 of the initialization processing (FIG. 32) described later, the determination is made by referring to the result set in S47 in the general-purpose register.
Further, even if the RWM clear processing (S60) is executed, the general-purpose register for setting the result indicating “RWM abnormality” in S55 can be confirmed later without deleting the set result. Register. In S500 of the initialization processing (FIG. 32) 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 processing (S60) is executed, the area related to the step 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.

Further, when it is determined that “RWM is abnormal” in any of the above S35, S40, or S45 when the power is turned on this time, the RWM is initialized in the RWM clearing process (S60). The determined cause is immediately eliminated. However, the result of the "RMW abnormality" set in the general-purpose register is maintained even after the RWM clear processing.
Therefore, if a negative determination is made in either S575 or S580 in the initialization processing (FIG. 33) described later, 3 is set to the setting state flag. If a power failure occurs while the setting state flag is 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 turned on next time, even if it is determined in S35 and S40 that it is not “RWM abnormality”, it is always determined in S45 that “RWM abnormality” is determined. ing. In other words, once it is determined that the “RMW abnormality” has occurred, in the present embodiment, unless the power is turned on while satisfying a transition condition (4) described later (see FIG. 36), the “game stop” state (setting state flag (3) is not able to escape from the state.

When the RWM clearing process (S60) is executed, the process proceeds to the initial setting process (S65) in a state where the value of the setting status flag set before the power interruption is erased. If a negative determination is made, that is, if the RWM clear SW 46 is not turned on, the RWM clear processing (S60) is not executed, and the information such as the setting state flag set before the power failure is maintained after the power recovery. The processing shifts to the initial setting processing (S65).
Further, in the present embodiment, the value of the setting state flag is set in the general-purpose register in S47. Therefore, regardless of whether the RWM clear processing (S60) has been executed, the value set in the general-purpose register can be referred to. It is possible to check the value of the setting state flag set before the power interruption.

Main controller 40 performs an initial setting process in S65, and shifts the process to S70.
The initial setting process is a transition (transition) from a state before the power interruption (particularly a “game stop” state at the time of the power interruption) or an input value at power-on (the state of the setting key SW 47 and the RWM clear SW 46) to any state. This is a process for setting whether or not to perform. In the present embodiment, the state that can be transitioned when the power is turned on is any one of a “setting change” state, a “setting confirmation” state, a “game stop” state, a “RWM clear” state, and a “backup restoration” state. (See FIG. 36 to be described later). Note that the “RMW clear” state and the “backup return” state are both “normal game executable states” in which normal games can be performed. The initial setting process will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS.

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

  Main controller 40 prohibits the timer interruption in S75, and shifts the processing to S80.

In S80, the main control device 40 determines whether or not the setting state flag is 0. If the determination is affirmative (S80: yes), the process proceeds to S85; if the determination is negative (S80: no), The process moves 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 steps S85 to S95 are not performed. That is, the performance display tallying / dividing process in S90 is executed only in a state where a normal game can be performed (a normal game executable state) such as a “RMW clear” state and a “backup return” state, and the “setting confirmation” state, the “setting This process is not executed in the "change" state and the "game stop" state.

In S85, the main control device 40 executes a save process of the corresponding register, in S90, executes a performance display totaling / division process, in S95, executes a restore process of the register, and shifts the process to S97. .
The performance display totaling division process is a process of totalizing data and calculating a result in order to display the performance of the pachinko machine 1 described later on the performance display device 48.

Main controller 40 permits the timer interrupt in S97, and shifts the processing to S75. Main controller 40 performs a loop process from S75 to S97. Every time a predetermined interrupt cycle (for example, 2 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 described below is performed. Is executed. When the interrupt (INT) processing is completed, RETI (Return from Interrupt) is executed, and the process stands by until the timer interrupt is prohibited in S75.
The above is the startup processing of the present embodiment.

An interrupt (INT) process according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As described above, the interrupt (INT) process is a process that is 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 timers are set, and the watchdog timer is cleared and restarted.

Main controller 40 executes a power failure detection signal monitoring process in S105, and shifts the process 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 at the time of power failure. Monitor the occurrence of a power outage. In this step, when the occurrence of a power failure is detected, a process at the time of power failure (not shown) is executed.
That is, if the game is stopped (the setting state flag is 3), the 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 failure, it is checked whether or not the setting state flag is 3 or not, that is, whether or not the game is stopped. If the setting state flag is not 3, a backup flag is set. However, when the setting state flag is 3, the backup flag is not set, and the calculation and storage of the checksum are not executed.
In addition, if the state is in the “setting change” state (the setting state flag is 2), as described above, it is not in the “game stop” state, so the backup flag is set, the checksum is calculated and saved, and the Prevent RWM access and prepare for power down. 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 can be performed (a state in which a normal game can be executed)”. If the determination is affirmative (S110: yes), S115 The process proceeds to S190. If the determination is negative (S110: no), the process proceeds to S190.
In this step, it is determined whether or not the setting state flag set in the initial setting processing (S65) of the above-described booting processing (FIG. 9) is 0, that is, any one of the “RWM clear” state or the “backup restoration” state It is determined whether it is in the state.

Main controller 40 executes a timer update process in S115, and shifts the process to S120.
In this step, various timers are updated.

Main controller 40 executes an input determination process in S120, and shifts the process to S125.
In this step, the input data is input from the input port, and the monitoring process of the starting port switch and the count switch and the monitoring process of the abnormal winning are executed.
That is, the first special figure starting port 23 is checked for a ball (winning), the second special figure starting port 24 is checked for a ball (winning), the big winning port 25 is checked for a ball (winning), and the general figure operation gate 22 is checked. Confirmation of the passing of the game ball, confirmation of the entry of the general winning port 26 (winning), input processing of each switch connected to the main controller 40, and the like are executed.
In addition, a fraud monitoring process (FIG. 11) described later is one module of the input determination process. The fraud monitoring process (FIG. 11) is a process for monitoring whether or not fraud has been performed on the general winning opening 26. This processing determines whether the number of game balls that have entered the general winning opening 26 within a predetermined time (for example, 60 seconds) is larger than a predetermined number (for example, 10), and If there are too many, it is determined to be fraudulent, and this is a process for notifying that fact. The fraud monitoring process will be described later in detail 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, but may be configured as follows. That is, in the input determination process, the ball entry (prize) confirmation of the second special figure starting port 24 and the ball entry (prize) confirmation of the special winning port 25 are performed, and the fraud monitoring which is one module of the input determination process is performed. The process may be configured as a process of monitoring whether the second special figure starting port 24 and the special winning port 25 have been tampered with. More specifically, it is determined whether or not the number of winnings in the second special figure starting port 24 and the special winning opening 25 outside the winning period is larger than a predetermined number. Then, a process for notifying that may be performed. This is based on the premise that the validity period for which a prize is valid for a regular electric specialty or a special electric specialty is presumed to be unique. May be. In addition, there are cases where a large number of winnings are generated by illegal means even after the validity period has expired. A configuration is realized in which the monitoring of whether or not fraud has occurred is realized by limiting a predetermined number (for example, one) after the expiration of the validity period and determining that a prize exceeding this limit is an illegal prize. Adoption is also conceivable.

In S125, main controller 40 executes the special figure special power processing, and shifts the processing 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 the special electric power, the first special figure starting port SW 503 and the second special figure starting port SW 504 are subjected to the ball detection processing, and the special symbol display control processing and the special electric accessory related to the big hit game are performed. And the like.
The special figure start winning confirmation processing (FIG. 12), the special figure right / wrong determination processing (FIGS. 13 to 16), and the special game processing (FIGS. 17 to 20), which are described later, are modules of the special figure special power processing.
In the special figure start winning confirmation processing (FIG. 12) described later, when the game ball wins the first special figure start port 23 and the second special figure start port 24, the "big hit determination random number" and the "special figure determination random number 1" , "Special figure determining random number 2", "Special figure changing pattern determining random number 1", and "Special figure changing pattern determining random number 2". However, the maximum storage of the first special figure holding memory based on the entry of the first special figure starting port 23 and the second special figure holding memory based on the entering of the second special figure starting port 24 is four. Even if a game ball enters the first special figure starting port 23 or the second special figure starting port 24 when the reservation memory is full, only the prize ball is paid out and the reservation memory is stored. Is not configured.

In S130, main controller 40 executes the ordinary map ordinary power process, and shifts the process to S135.
In this step, the state of the ordinary symbol and the ordinary electric accessory is updated. In order to control the normal figure and the normal electric power, a ball entry detection process to the normal figure operation SW 505 is performed, and a normal symbol display control process, a control process of a normal electric accessory related to a hit game, and the like are executed.
When the player enters the general-purpose operation gate 22, a plurality of random numbers such as a "random number for hit determination", a "random number for determining a general-purpose figure", and a "random number for determining a general-purpose change pattern" are obtained.

In S135, the main control device 40 executes a game state setting process, and shifts the process to S140.
In this step, the state of the game is updated. The game status is updated by executing a clearing process such as a normal power operating status or a special power operating status.

The main control device 40 executes a prize ball command transmission process in S140, and shifts the process to S145.
In this step, a prize ball command is transmitted to the payout control device 41 for the prize ball generated based on the ball entry into various winning ports.

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

Main controller 40 executes an information output process in S150, and shifts the process to S155.
In this step, by performing various information creation processing and information data output processing, output to an external terminal board is performed.

Main controller 40 executes a solenoid output process in S155, and shifts the process to S160.
In this step, the output to the solenoid is performed by executing a process of creating solenoid data and the like and a process of outputting information data. In accordance with the progress of the game, the main control device 40 executes output processing for the special winning opening solenoid 508, the general-purpose accessory solenoid 509, and the like.
In addition, when the pachinko machine 1 has an abnormality, a process of outputting a security signal from the external connection terminal board 38 to notify that the pachinko machine 1 is in error is also executed in step S155 in this embodiment.

Main controller 40 saves the corresponding register in S160, executes out-of-area processing in S165, restores the register in S170, and shifts the processing to S175.
In the step of S165, out-of-area 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 totalization division process (S90) of the start-up process (FIG. 9), data for display control using the performance display device 48 and test shooting test data are set outside the RWM area. Perform the process of creating.

Main controller 40 executes a segment data setting process in S175, and shifts the process 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 (display area in units of 8 bits per LED segment) is performed. That is, in the out-of-area processing (S165), data created outside the RWM area is moved into the RWM area, and segment data to be output in the LED output processing (S180) described later is set. .

The main control device 40 determines whether or not the setting state flag is a value indicating the “game stop” state in S190, which shifts to a negative determination in S110, and if the determination is affirmative (S190: yes). , And shifts the process to S180. If the determination is negative (S190: no), the process shifts to S195.
In this step, it is determined whether or not the setting state flag set in the initial setting process (S65) of the above-described activation process (FIG. 9) is three. If the setting status flag is 3, the process proceeds to S180 immediately without executing S195. If the setting status flag is not 3, that is, 1 or 2, the process proceeds to S180 via S195.

Main controller 40 executes a setting state confirmation process in S195, and shifts the process to S180.
This step is a process for performing setting confirmation and setting change. That is, at the time of changing the setting or at the time of confirming the setting, based on the input value (detection signal related to the setting key SW 47 and the RWM clear SW 46), the step setting value is changed, and the “setting change” state and the “setting confirmation” state are changed. Perform processing related to termination.
The setting state confirmation processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Main controller 40 executes an LED output process in S180, and shifts the process to S185.
In this step, information for light emission control relating to the performance display device 48 and various LEDs is output.
That is, information for light emission control relating to the performance display or the step set value using the performance display device 48, and the first special figure display collectively provided on the lower right side of the front side of the game board 2 (see FIG. 2). LED light emission of the device 27A, the first special figure reservation number display device 271, the second special figure display device 27B, the second special figure reservation number display device 272, the general figure display device 28, the general figure reservation number display device 281, etc. Outputs information for control.

In S185, the main controller 40 permits the interruption, terminates the interruption processing, and returns to S75 of the activation processing.
The above is the interrupt (INT) processing of the present embodiment.

Here, a fraud monitoring process, which is one module of the input determination process (S120) in the above-described interrupt (INT) process, will be described with reference to FIG. In the “fraud monitoring process”, first, in S200, it is determined whether or not fraud has occurred due to a winning frequency abnormality. It should be noted that the irregularity due to the winning frequency abnormality is a case where the number of game balls entering the general winning opening 26 within a predetermined period (for example, 60 seconds) is larger than a predetermined number (for example, 10). is there. If it is illegal (S200: yes), an irregularity notification process is performed in S201, then an irregularity notification command transmission process (S202) is performed, and this process ends.
When it is determined in the process of S200 that the fraud has not been performed (S200: no), the fraud monitoring process ends 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. The present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which a predetermined number is provided for each general winning opening 26 may be employed.

In the fraudulent notification processing (S201), the main control device 40 transmits a fraudulent command indicating that the winning frequency is abnormal to the payout control device 41. The payout control device 41 that has received the unauthorized command turns on the LED of the abnormality display device 49 (see FIG. 4).
In the fraudulent notification command transmission process (S202), the main control device 40 transmits a fraudulent notification command to the sub integrated control device 42. The sub-integrated control device 42 that has received the fraudulent notification command displays the number of game balls detected by the general winning opening SW 506 within a predetermined period (for example, 60 seconds) on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21 in a prescribed number (for example, 10). ), A warning display indicating that an abnormal fraudulent winning frequency has been performed is displayed, and an error is notified by the frame-side decorative lamp 113 of the front frame 11.
The fraud monitoring process is not limited to the configuration of the present embodiment. In other words, it does not monitor the prize abnormality in the general prize port, but determines whether or not fraud has occurred based on whether or not the number of prizes out of the prize validity period of the ordinary electric auditorium or the special electric auditorium exceeds a predetermined number. It may be configured to monitor by monitoring.

Next, as a module of the special figure special power processing (S125) in the interrupt (INT) processing (FIG. 10), the following "special figure start winning confirmation processing", "special figure success / failure determination processing", and "special game processing" explain.
The “special figure start winning confirmation processing” shown in FIG. 12 includes various kinds of random numbers and the like, which are extracted when a game ball enters the first special figure starting port 23 and the second special figure starting port 24, and are used for determining whether or not the game ball is hit. The random number is stored in the main control device 40 as a hold storage. Then, the process is to transmit to the sub-integrated control device 42 various commands caused by entering the first special figure starting port 23 and the second special figure starting port 24. In the present embodiment, the number of retained storages that can be stored due to entering the first special figure starting port 23 and the number of retained storages that can be stored due to entering the second special figure starting port 24 are each There are four.

  In the "special figure start winning confirmation processing", first, it is determined whether or not the first special figure starting port SW503 detects a ball entering the first special figure starting port 23 (S250). If there is no ball 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 reserved storage of the first special figure stored in the main controller 40 in the process of S251 is full. (It is determined whether or not the upper limit number has been reached). If it is full (S251: yes), the process proceeds to S254.

If the hold storage is not full (S251: no), in the process of S252, the first special figure big hit 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 2 for determining the special figure fluctuation pattern is extracted. Then, the extracted various random numbers are stored in the reserved storage area of the main controller 40 as the reserved storage. The extracted various random numbers may be temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the main control device 40 and then stored in the reserved storage area. Note that even if the number of stored reserves of the first special figure is “0”, various random numbers such as the pass / fail random numbers extracted when a game ball enters the first special figure starting port 23 are less than the maximum value. It is stored in the same way as when there is a storage number.
After that, the reservation storage counter indicating the reserved storage number of the first special figure is added, and the first special figure reserved number command indicating the value of the added reservation storage counter is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 (S253).
Although not shown, a pre-read determination may be made as to whether there is a possibility of a big hit, a reach, or the like for the stored reserved storage of the first special map. When there is a possibility of a big hit, a reach, or the like 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 ball entry (S254: no), this processing ends. If there is a ball entering the second special figure starting port 24 (S254: yes), it is determined whether or not the number of the second special figure reserved storages stored in the main controller 40 in the process of S255 is full. (It is determined whether or not the upper limit number has been reached). If it is full (S255: yes), return.

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

  Next, FIGS. 13 to 16 show flowcharts of the “special figure hit / fail judgment processing”. In this processing, the first special figure hit / fail judgment and the second special figure hit / fail judgment are executed. In this case, the determination as to whether the second special map is correct or not is given priority over the determination as to whether the first special map is correct. It should be noted that the determination as to whether or not the first special figure is the same as the second special figure is substantially the same processing. In the following description, both are distinguished if necessary, but otherwise the first special figure and the second special figure are distinguished. Instead, simply use "Tokuzu".

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the “special figure hit / fail determination process”, first, it is determined whether or not the special electric auditors are not operating to determine whether a big hit game or a small hit game is being performed (S300). If the special electric accessory is in operation (S300: no), the processing shifts to “special game processing” (see FIG. 14). If the special electric accessory is not operated 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 fluctuation stop (S301). If the fluctuation is stopped (S301: yes), it is determined whether the fixed 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 processing of S302 (S302: yes), it is determined whether or not the second special figure is on hold (S303). If there is a reserved storage of the second special figure (S303: yes), the number of reserved storages of the second special figure is subtracted, and a shift processing of the reserved storage is performed (S304). Due to the shift processing, the oldest hold storage among the hold storages of the second special figure becomes a target of the validity determination.

If there is no reserved storage of the second special figure in the processing of S303 (S303: no), it is determined whether or not there is the reserved storage of the first special figure (S305). If there is a reserved storage of the first special map (S305: yes), the number of reserved storages of the first special map is subtracted, and a shift process of the reserved storage is performed (S306). Due to the shift processing, the oldest hold storage among the hold storages of the first special figure becomes a target of the validity determination.
If there is no hold storage of the first special figure (S305: no), the processing shifts to "special game processing".

Subsequent to the processing of S304 or the processing of S306, in the processing of S310 shown in FIG. 14, the probable change flag is checked to determine whether or not the current game state is the probable change game state of the special figure. If the probability change is being performed (S310: yes), the determination is made by comparing the hit / failure determination table at the time of the probability change with the random number for the hit determination in the hold storage to be determined (S311).
When the probability is not being changed in the process of S310 (S310: no), the determination is made by comparing the hit / fail judgment table of the normal probability with the random number for the hit determination of the hold storage to be judged (S312).

Subsequently, in the process of S313, it is determined whether the determination of the success or failure of 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 hold storage to be determined as the hit / failure.
Subsequently, a variation pattern such as a variation time of a big hit symbol of the special figure is determined based on the special figure variation pattern determining random number 1 and the special figure variation pattern determining random number 2 in the hold storage which are the target of the success / failure determination (S315). ).

  After the determination of the fluctuation pattern, a big hit setting process is performed (S316). In this process, based on the determined jackpot symbol, for example, the content of the jackpot game, such as whether to be the 10R probability variable jackpot game, the 8R probability variable jackpot game, or the 4R normal jackpot game, After the game is over, the game is shifted to a probable change game or time saving, the time of the big hit start effect of the big hit game executed by the effect symbol display device 21, the time of the big hit end effect, and the like are set.

  In the process of S313, if it is not a big hit but a loss (S313: no), in the process of S317, a variation pattern such as a variation time of a lost symbol of a special figure is determined. Next, loss setting processing is performed (S318). In the loss setting process of S318, if the number of times of saving time or the number of times of change in probability is positive, each is decremented by one.

After the process of S316 or the process of S318, a process of transmitting the information of the pending storage after the validity determination (for example, information indicating a decrease in the pending storage after the execution of the validity determination) to the sub integrated control device 42 is performed (S319). ).
In the subsequent process of S320, the symbol variation start control of the first special figure display device 27A or the second special figure display device 27B is performed, and a symbol variation start command and a symbol designating command are transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 42. Processing ”. Note that the fluctuation start command and symbol designating command include a fluctuation pattern of a special figure, a determination result of a special figure whether or not the figure is correct, and the like.

  When the special figure is changing in the processing of S301 in FIG. 13 (S301: no), as shown in FIG. 15, when the changing time of the symbol elapses (S330: yes), in the confirmed symbol display processing of S331, The control for ending the variable display of the special figure on the first special figure display device 27A or the second special figure display device 27B and displaying the fixed symbol is performed. After that, the processing shifts to “special game processing”.

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

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the combination of the special figure is a big hit (S342). If the combination is a big hit (S342: yes), the probability change flag indicating the probability change game state is "1". If there is (S343: yes), the probability change flag is reset to "0" (S344). Subsequently, if the time saving flag indicating the time saving state is "1" (S345: yes), the time saving flag is reset to "0" (S346). Through these processes, the game state related to the probability change state and the time saving 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 used to determine whether the special figure is a big hit and the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed, and is operated to establish the start condition of the big hit game. Necessary equipment. Further, the operation of the accessory continuous operation device is started (S348), and at the same time, a jackpot start effect process is performed (S349), and the process shifts to a "special game process". After that, the processing shifts to “special game processing”.

  At the time of operating the condition device, a state designation command including information on a probability change flag and a time reduction flag indicating a game state (a state designation command specifying that the probability variation flag and the time reduction flag are released) is set as a sub-command. It is transmitted to the integrated control device 42. In the pachinko machine 1, the gaming state is in the non-open extended state for the big hit game (special game), and when the big hit game (special game) is ended, the time reduction flag is set to "1", and the gaming state is opened and extended. State (see FIG. 20).

If the combination is not a jackpot in the process of S342 (S342: no), it is determined whether or not the value of the probability change flag is "1" (S350), and it is determined that the probability change flag is "1". In this case (S350: yes), it is determined whether or not the number of probable changes is 0 (S351). If the number of probable changes is 0 (S351: yes), the process proceeds to S352, the value of the probable change flag is set to “0”, and the process proceeds to S353. That is, when a negative determination is made in the processing of S350 or S351, or when the processing of S352 is executed, the processing shifts to the processing of S353.
In the process of S353, it is determined whether or not the value of the time reduction flag is “1”. If the value is “1” (S353: yes), the process proceeds to S354, and it is determined whether or not the number of time reductions is zero. (S354). If the number of time savings is "0" (S354: yes), the process proceeds to S355, the value of the time saving flag is set to "0", and the process proceeds to S356. If a negative determination is made in S353 or S354, the process directly proceeds to S356.
In the subsequent state designation command transmission processing of S356, the state designation command including information on the probability change flag and the time saving flag indicating the game state is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42. After that, the processing shifts to “special game processing”. Therefore, when the process of S356 is performed after the process of S355, the information indicating that the game state is the non-open extended state (the information that the open extended state has been changed to the non-open extended state) is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42. Is transmitted.

  In the high-probability game state, since the number of times of change and the number of times of shortening are originally set to “10000” times, even if the change display of the special symbol is repeated until a big hit occurs, the affirmative determination is made in the processing of S351 and S354. Never. In the present embodiment, when the number of times of change and the number of times of change are positive, the number of times of change and the number of time savings are decremented by 1 each time the change of the special symbol is started (see the process of S318 in FIG. 14), and the change of the special symbol is changed. It was determined whether or not the number of probable changes and the number of reductions in working hours were "0" when ending. However, unlike the present embodiment, when the number of times of saving and the number of times of change are positive, the number of times of change and the number of times of time saving are decremented by 1 when terminating the change of the special symbol, and the number of times of change and the number of times of time saving become “0”. It is also possible to determine whether or not the value of the probability reduction flag is set to “0” when the number of times of probability change becomes “0”, and to set the value of the time reduction flag to “0” when the number of times of time reduction becomes “0”.

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

  If the special winning opening is being opened in the processing of S401 (S401: yes), as shown in FIG. 18, it is determined whether or not ten winnings have been made in the special winning opening 25 (specified winning number) (S410). Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the opening time of the special winning opening 25 has ended (S411), and if any of them is affirmative (S410: yes or S411: yes), the special winning opening 25 is set in the process of S412. It closes, executes a big hit interval process (S413), and returns.

If it is during the big hit interval in the process of S402 (S402: yes), as shown in FIG. 19, it is determined whether the big hit interval time has elapsed (S420), and if it has passed (S420: yes). In the process of S421, it is determined whether or not the final round (for example, the 10R for a 10R jackpot game, the 8R for an 8R jackpot game, and the 4R for a 4R jackpot game). If it is the last round (S421: yes), the big hit end effect processing of S422 is executed, and in this processing, the big hit end command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 and the effect symbol control device 43, and the big hit game ends. And return.
On the other hand, if it is not the last round (S421: no), the opening process of the special winning opening 25 in the next round is executed by the opening process of the special winning opening 25 in S423, and the process returns.
If the big hit end effect is being performed in the process of S403 (S403: yes), it is determined whether the big hit end effect time has elapsed as shown in FIG. 20 (S430). If it is confirmed that the big hit end production time has elapsed (S430: yes), the process of stopping the operation of the accessory continuous operation device of 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 make a certainty change after the end of the big hit game according to the big hit symbol or the like. If the probability change is set (S433: yes), the number of repetitions of the probability fluctuation state (10000 times) is set in the process of S434, and the probability change flag is set to "1" in the process of S435. As a result, a probability variation state is provided after the end of the big hit game.
Next, in the process of S436, it is determined whether or not there is a setting for reducing the time according to the big hit symbol or the like. If there is a time saving setting (S436: yes), the number of repetitions of the time saving state (10000 or 100 times) is set (S437), and "1" is set in the time saving flag (S438). Thereby, the time saving state is given after the big hit game ends. After that, the process of transmitting the big hit end command of the special figure (S439) is executed, and the big hit end command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42 and the effect symbol control device 43 in this process.

  In the subsequent state designation command transmission processing of S400, a state designation command including information on a probability change flag and a time saving flag indicating a game state is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 42, and the big hit game ends and returns. That is, after the big hit game is ended, information indicating that the game state is the open extended state (information that the non-open extended state during the big hit game has been changed to the open extended state) is sent to the sub integrated control device 42. Sent.

FIG. 21 shows an example of an effect display mode displayed while the first special figure or the second special figure fluctuates, and an example of a warning display displayed when an illegal operation due to an abnormal winning frequency is performed.
As shown in FIG. 21 (a), when the symbol change of the first special figure or the second special figure is started, the display screen of the effect symbol display device 21 surrounded by the center case 200 has a substantially centered A pseudo effect symbol 700 consisting 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 reservation display 701 indicating reservation storage of the first special figure is displayed in a lower left portion of the display screen of the effect symbol display device 21, and a reservation storage of the second special figure is displayed in a lower right part of the display screen. 2 is displayed.

Then, in the fraud monitoring process (see FIG. 11), when a game ball exceeding a predetermined number (for example, 10) is detected by the general winning opening SW 506 within a predetermined period (60 seconds). Then, an irregularity notification command is transmitted from the main control device 40 to the sub integrated control device 42. Upon receiving the fraudulent notification command, the sub-integrated control device 42 causes the effect symbol display device 21 to display a warning display shown in FIG.
The warning is displayed at the center position of the display screen of the effect symbol display device 21 as follows: "An abnormal number of winnings has been detected within a predetermined period." During the warning display, the pseudo effect symbol 700 is fluctuated and displayed at a lower right position on the display screen of the effect symbol display device 21.

Further, when the winning frequency is abnormal, an error notification is given by the frame side decorative lamp 113 of the front frame 11 and the like, together with the warning display of the effect symbol display device 21. Further, an error notification is given by voice from the speaker 112 stating "An abnormal winning number has been detected."
Further, when the winning frequency is abnormal, the main control device 40 transmits an illegal command to the payout control device 41 indicating that the winning frequency is abnormal. The payout control device 41 that has received the unauthorized command turns on the LED of the abnormality display device 49 (see FIG. 4) provided in the payout control device 41.

  The warning display of the effect symbol display device 21 and the error notification by the frame-side decorative lamp 113 of the front frame 11 end five minutes after the occurrence of the abnormality. The error notification by the speaker 112 ends 30 seconds after the occurrence of the abnormality.

  Next, as a module of the normal figure start winning processing (S130) in the interrupt (INT) processing (FIG. 10), the following will be referred to as "normal figure start winning confirmation processing (hereinafter referred to as normal figure start winning confirmation processing)", "normal" The symbol win / fail determination process (hereinafter referred to as a general symbol win / fail determination process) and the "normal symbol game process (hereinafter referred to as a general symbol game process)" will be described.

  In the normal symbol start winning confirmation process (normal symbol start winning confirmation process) shown in FIG. 22A, it is determined whether or not there is a ball in the normal symbol operation gate 22 (S800). S800: Yes), it is determined whether or not the hold storage of the ordinary symbols is full (S802). In the case of a negative determination (S802: no), in the process of S804, various random numbers such as a hit random number for a normal symbol and a hit symbol determining random number (a random number for a normal symbol) are extracted. It is stored in the memory of the main controller 40 as a hold storage (this is a hold storage process for ordinary drawings provided in the built-in RAM and is not shown in FIG. 5) (maximum four). Then, the display control of the normal symbol hold number display device 281 and the normal symbol hold number command transmission process to the effect symbol display device 21 and the sub-integrated control device 42 are performed (S806), and this process ends (return).

  In addition, when it is determined that the game ball has not entered the normal symbol operation gate 22 in the process of S800 (S800: no), and when the reserved storage of the normal symbol is full (S802: yes), In this case, the return is made.

  When performing the normal symbol prefetching determination, as shown in FIG. 22B, the normal symbol prefetching determination process (S805) is performed after the process of S804. Then, after performing the normal symbol prefetch determination command transmission process (S807), the sub-integrated control of the normal symbol prefetch command indicating “result of the normal symbol prefetch” and “the number of reserved ordinary symbols after the process of S804” is performed. It may be transmitted to the device 42. In this case, in the ordinary symbol pre-reading determination process of S805, whether or not the random number for collision determination stored in the reserved storage of the ordinary symbol corresponds to the winning, and the random number for the winning symbol determination corresponds to the winning symbol 1 or the winning symbol 2 Can be determined.

  In the normal symbol hit / fail judgment process shown in FIG. 23 (ordinary symbol hit / fail judgment process), it is determined whether or not the normal electric accessory 24A for opening the second starting port 24 is operating (S810). If the normal electric accessory 24A is operating (S810: yes), the process directly proceeds to the normal symbol game process. If the ordinary electric accessory 24A is not operating (S810: no), it is determined whether or not the ordinary symbol is changing (S812). If it is not fluctuating (S812: no), it is determined whether a confirmed symbol is displayed (S814).

  If the fixed symbol is not being displayed (S814: no), it is determined whether or not the ordinary symbol is on hold (S816). If the ordinary symbol is on hold (S816: yes), the ordinary symbol is on hold. The number is decremented (S818), and the process proceeds to S820. If there is no storage of the ordinary symbol (S816: no), the process directly proceeds to the ordinary symbol game process.

  In S820, the oldest storage in the hold storage is read (the hold storage is erased), and it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is set (that is, 1). Here, when the time reduction flag is 1, it means that the current pachinko machine 1 is in a gaming state in which the normal symbol probability variation function operates. If the determination is affirmative (S820: yes), the read random number for determining the hit of the ordinary symbol is collated with the hit value recorded in the probability change table (S822), and the flow shifts to S826 in FIG. When a negative determination is made (S820: no), the random number for hit determination is collated with the hit value recorded in the normal table in S824, and the flow shifts to S826 in FIG. In this embodiment, the normal symbol probability in the normal probability gaming state is set to 1/5, and the normal symbol probability in the extended open state in which the normal symbol probability changing function is activated is set to 4/5. Therefore, when the state is shifted to the extended open state in which the normal symbol probability changing function is activated, it is configured to be highly likely to win (see FIG. 8).

In S826 of FIG. 24, it is determined whether or not the hit is a normal symbol. If the hit is a hit (S826: yes), a hit symbol is determined based on the hit symbol determining random number (S828), and a variation pattern is determined (S830). ). In S828 of the present embodiment, the winning symbol 1 or the winning symbol 2 shown in FIG. 8 is determined based on the winning symbol determining random number (see FIG. 8).
Thereafter, a normal symbol hit setting process is performed (S832). On the other hand, if the normal symbol does not hit (S826: no), the loss variation pattern is determined (S836). In addition, the fluctuation time of the ordinary symbol of the present embodiment is determined by the normal gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 irrespective of whether it is determined as a hit or a loss in the lottery of the ordinary symbol, and irrespective of the hit symbol. This is always 12 seconds in the (non-open extended state), and is always 2 seconds in the pachinko machine 1 in the open extended state.

After that, the flow shifts to S838, where the normal symbol display device (ordinary symbol display device) 28 starts changing and the normal symbol change start command is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 42 (S838), and shifts to the normal symbol game process. In the normal symbol hit setting process (S832) of the present embodiment, when the hit symbol 1 is determined in S828 during the non-open extension state, the normal electric accessory 24A sets one open pattern in 0.1 second. I do. In the present embodiment, the opening time of once × 0.1 second constitutes a specific example of “first predetermined opening time”, and the normal electric accessory 24A is opened for “first predetermined opening time”. By doing so, “normal opening” is realized.
Further, when the symbol 1 is determined in S828 during the opening extension state, the opening pattern of the normal electric accessory 24A is set twice in 2.2 seconds.

On the other hand, when the symbol 2 is determined in S828 during the non-open extension state, one open pattern is set for the ordinary electric accessory 24A in 3.0 seconds. In the present embodiment, the opening time of once × 3.0 seconds constitutes a specific example of the “second predetermined opening time”, and the normal electric accessory 24A is opened over the “second predetermined opening time”. By doing so, "special opening" is realized.
In the case where the symbol 2 is determined in S828 during the opening extension state, the opening pattern of the normal electric accessory 24A is set twice in 2.2 seconds.

The normal symbol change start command includes data indicating the result of the above-described general symbol pass / fail determination. Specifically, it includes data indicating any one of a hit and a miss, and data of a fluctuation pattern designating a fluctuation time. In addition, when the result of the ordinary symbol approval / disapproval determination is a hit, the normal symbol variation start command includes a hit type (a hit for determining and displaying the hit symbol 1 or a hit 2 for determining and displaying the hit symbol 2). ) Is also included.
Therefore, when the gaming state is the non-open extended state, the sub-integrated control device 42 receives the ordinary symbol change start command including “data indicating that a hit for confirming and displaying the hit symbol 2” is included. , The occurrence of “a hit that triggers the execution of the special opening in the ordinary figure determination” can be detected.
It should be noted that the sub-integrated controller 42 determines whether the game is to be played based on the state designation command transmitted from the main controller 40 through the processing of S355 in FIG. 16 and the state designation command transmitted from the main controller 40 in the processing of S347. It can be detected that the state has shifted to the non-open extended state.

  In S812 of FIG. 23, when the ordinary symbol is changing (S812: yes), the process proceeds to S840 shown in FIG. In S840, it is determined whether or not the symbol variation time has elapsed. In the case of an affirmative determination (S840: yes), a fixed symbol display process of a corresponding normal symbol is performed (S844), and the process proceeds to a normal symbol game process. In the confirmed symbol display process, a command (design confirmation command) for displaying the confirmed symbol is output to the sub-integrated control device 42, and a command is output to the ordinary symbol display device (ordinary symbol display device) 28 to make the final symbol. To stop. If the symbol variation time has not elapsed (S840: no), the process directly proceeds to the normal symbol game process.

  In S814 of FIG. 23, when the fixed symbol is being displayed (S814: yes), the process proceeds to S850 shown in FIG. In S850, it is determined whether or not the fixed symbol display time has ended. If the fixed symbol display time has ended (S850: yes), the display of the fixed symbol is ended (S852), and it is determined whether or not the combination is a normal symbol hit (S854). If the combination of the ordinary symbols is a win (S854: yes), a normal symbol hit start effect process is performed (S856), and the process shifts to an ordinary symbol game process. When the fixed symbol display time has not ended (S850: no), and when the combination of the ordinary symbols is a loss (S854: no), the process directly proceeds to the ordinary symbol game processing.

The normal symbol game process will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in S860 of FIG. 27, it is determined whether or not the normal electric accessory 24A is operating (S860). If the ordinary electric accessory is operating (S860: yes), it is determined whether the ordinary electric accessory 24A is being opened (S862). On the other hand, when the normal electric accessory 24A is not in operation (S860: no), this processing ends (return).
If the normal electric accessory 24A is not open (S862: no), it is determined whether the end effect per normal symbol is in progress (S864). If not the end effect per normal symbol (S864: no), the start effect per normal symbol It is confirmed whether or not the time has elapsed (S866). If the start effect time per normal symbol has elapsed (S866: yes), the process proceeds to the normal electric accessory opening process (S868) and ends.
In the normal electric auditors product opening process (S868) of the present embodiment, the normal electric auditors product 24A is opened based on the opening pattern of the ordinary electric auditors product 24A set in S832 (from the closed state to the open state).

  If the ordinary electric accessory is being opened in the processing of S862 in FIG. 27 (S862: yes), the flow shifts to S870 in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not there are four (specified number) balls in the normal electric accessory 24A (S870). If the specified number has been reached (S870: yes), the normal electric accessory closing process (S874) is performed, and the end effect per normal symbol is executed (S876), and the process ends. On the other hand, when there are no four (specified number) balls in the ordinary motor-operated accessory (S870: no), it is determined whether or not the opening time of the ordinary motor-operated accessory has ended (S872). In the case of an affirmative determination (S872: yes), the flow shifts to S874. In the case of a negative determination (S872: no), the process ends.

  If the end effect per normal symbol is being performed in the process of S864 in FIG. 27 (S864: yes), the process shifts to S878 shown in FIG. 29 to check whether or not the end effect time per normal symbol has elapsed (S878). If the end effect time per normal symbol has elapsed (S878: yes), the process of transmitting the end command per normal symbol (S880) is executed, and the end command per normal symbol is transmitted to the sub integrated controller 42 in this process. , Finish the normal symbol game. In addition, when the end effect time per normal symbol has not elapsed (S878: no), the normal symbol game process is ended as it is.

Next, the calculation of the game performance and the display of the game performance executed by the main controller 40 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The main control device 40 calculates the “base” of the “normal game state” as the game 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 (a normal gaming state at the time of shipment from a manufacturer). Non-hours playing state ".
When the “total number of fired balls” of the game balls fired toward the game area 20 reaches the predetermined number of balls, the main controller 40 controls the normal game until the total number of fired balls reaches the predetermined number of balls. The ratio of the "normal number of balls" of the prize balls to be paid out in the normal game state to the "normal number of game balls" of the game balls fired in the state (non-probable, non-time saving state) ( The number of normal game payout balls / the number of normal game launch balls × 100) is calculated.

The total number of fired balls is generally the cumulative number of fired balls of all the game balls fired toward the game area 20 irrespective of the game state such as probability change and time saving. The total number of shot balls is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM of main controller 40. It is desirable that main controller 40 accumulate the total number of shot balls as follows.
For example, an out mouth sensor that detects a game ball taken into the out mouth 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 special winning opening 25 , And the total number of shot balls are accumulated by adding the number of shots to the general winning opening 26.
The total number of shot balls is not cleared even if the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is cut off, and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed. When the game is started again, the accumulation of the total number of shot balls before the game is interrupted is restarted.

As another method of accumulating the total number of shot balls, for example, game balls that have entered (winned) the first special figure starting port 23, the second special figure starting port 24, the large winning opening 25, the general winning opening 26, and A discharge path is provided for discharging the game taken into the out port 203 from the game board 2 at one place. Then, a discharge sensor for detecting the passage of the game ball is provided in the discharge path. The number of all shooting balls may be accumulated based on the detection signal of the ejection sensor.
Further, for example, the game board 2 is provided with a launch sensor for detecting the passage of a game ball at a game ball launch port provided between the outer rail 201 and the inner rail 202 or the like. Then, the number of all shooting balls may be accumulated based on the detection signal of the firing sensor.
Furthermore, for example, the game board 2 is provided with one or a plurality of left-down sensors for detecting all 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-down sensors for detecting all game balls flowing down the flow path on the right side of the center case 200. Then, based on the detection signals of the left downflow sensor and the right downflow sensor, the number of all the shooting balls fired on the game board 2 may be accumulated.

  The normal game launch ball count accumulates the launch ball count in the normal game state using the same method as the accumulation of the total launch ball count. The normal game launch ball count does not include the launch ball count fired during the jackpot game. The number of normal game launch balls is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM of main controller 40. The normal game launching ball count is not cleared even when the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is cut 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 shooting balls before the game is interrupted is restarted.

The number of normal payout balls is, in the normal gaming state, 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 ( The number of paid out balls of the prize balls to be paid out according to the (winning). The number of normal game payout balls does not include the number of prize balls during a jackpot game. That is, the number of prize balls paid out by entering the big winning opening 25 during the big hit game is not included, and the game ball is paid out when a game ball enters the general winning opening 26 during the big hit game. It does not include the number of awarded balls.
The number of normal game payout balls is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM of main controller 40. The normal game payout ball count is not cleared even if the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is cut off, and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed. When the game is started again, the normal game payout ball count before the game is interrupted is restarted.

  As shown in FIGS. 30 (a) and 30 (b), the main control device 40 has a condition that the total number of fired balls reaches 60000 as a condition for executing the calculation of the “base” in the normal game state. This condition is based on the following reasons. That is, the pachinko machine is manufactured based on the rules of customs business, etc., and the rules of customs business, etc. stipulate the game performance when a test shot test of a game ball is performed for 10 hours. However, a state where a game is continuously played for 10 hours at a game store does not easily occur. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the same result as that of the test shot test.

  When accumulating the total number of fired balls, the main control device 40 sets the section A in which the total number of fired balls is less than 300 from the first power-on as a period in which the operation is not substantially performed due to a test shot or the like. Has been excluded.

  When the total number of shot balls reaches 300 and the section A ends, the main controller 40 sets the section B from here to 60000 pieces as a target period of the first calculation. When the total number of fired balls reaches 60000 and the section B ends, the calculation of the “base” of the first normal game state with the section B as a 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 launch balls in section B is calculated.

  Next, main controller 40 sets the C section from the end of the B section until reaching 60,000 as the target period of the second calculation. Then, when the total number of fired balls reaches 60000 and the C section ends, the calculation of the “base” of the second normal game state with the C section as a target period is executed. That is, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls in section C to the number of normal game launch balls in section C is calculated.

Subsequently, main controller 40 sets the section D from the end of section C to the time when the number reaches 60,000 as the target period of the third calculation. Then, when the total number of fired balls reaches 60000 and the D section ends, the calculation of the “base” of the third normal game state with the D section as a target period is executed. That is, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls in the D section to the number of normal game launch balls in the D section is calculated.
After that, the main controller 40 repeatedly executes the calculation of the “base” in the normal game state each time the total number of fired balls reaches 60000.
The result of the calculation of the “base” of the normal game state is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM of the main control device 40. In this case, it is desirable to store the results of a plurality of calculations in the RAM. When the storage reaches a predetermined number, the oldest storage is deleted and updated to a new storage according to the calculation of the result of the new operation. The result of the calculation is not cleared even if the game is interrupted, the power of the pachinko machine 1 is cut off, and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed.

Next, the performance display device 48 will be described. When the first calculation of the “base” in the normal game state is completed, the performance display device 48 displays the result of the calculation. In the performance display device 48 composed of a four-digit display, the upper two digits are an identification display unit indicating the type of performance, and the lower two digits are a performance display unit indicating the result (performance) of the operation.
The performance display device 48 displays “AA.” Indicating that the performance to be displayed is “base” in the normal gaming state in the upper two digits of the identification display section (see FIG. 30C). In this case, the identification display unit of the upper two digits blinks “AA.” In the section A not to be calculated and the section B to be calculated for the first time because the performance has not been calculated. Thereafter, when the calculation of the “base” in the normal game state for the first time or later is completed (from section C), “AA.” Is lit and displayed.

The performance display unit of the lower two digits of the performance display device 48 blinks “-−” in the A section and the B section which are not calculation targets because the performance is not calculated. Then, after the “base” of the first normal gaming state in section B is calculated, the performance display unit displays the calculation result as a two-digit numerical value (see FIG. 30C, “32” in the example of the figure). ). The calculation result of the "base" in the first normal game state is continuously displayed until the next calculation result is calculated, that is, in the C section.
After that, the performance display device 48 displays the calculation result on the lower two digits of the performance display unit every time the total number of fired balls reaches 60000 and the “base” in the normal game state is calculated.
The display of the performance display device 48 is controlled by the main controller 40. Then, even if the power of the pachinko machine 1 is cut off and the RAM clear operation of the main controller 40 is performed, the contents displayed on the performance display device 48 are not cleared. When the power is supplied again, the display before the interruption is restarted.

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

  According to the present embodiment, the worker who investigates the game performance determines whether the calculation of the game performance has been completed by, for example, achieving the first predetermined calculation execution condition, or the achievement of the second (next) predetermined calculation execution condition. It is possible to grasp whether the calculation of the game performance by the game has been completed. Then, the first calculation result and the second calculation result can be easily compared.

It is desirable for the pachinko machine 1 to store calculation results of a plurality of past game performances. It is desirable to provide a display changeover switch or the like on the performance display device 48 so that the operation result of the game performance displayed on the performance display device 48 can be switched to a past result according to the operation of the display changeover switch.
In addition, the calculation of the “base” in the normal game state replaces the total number of shot balls with the “total number of out balls” captured in the out port 203, and captures the number of normal game fire balls in the out port 203 in the normal game state. It may be replaced with the “normal game out ball count”. That is, at the time when the total out ball count reaches the predetermined ball count, the ratio of the normal game payout ball count to the normal game out ball count until the total out ball count reaches the predetermined ball count is calculated. It may be. In this case, the out mouth 203 is provided with an out mouth sensor for detecting the number of game balls taken in.

The pachinko machine has a ratio of the number of normal game payout balls to the number of normal game fireballs accumulated until the condition is satisfied, provided that the total number of launch balls reaches 60,000 ("base" in the normal game state). The main function is to calculate and display the “base” of the normal gaming state in real time as “immediate performance”. Thereby, since a plurality of types of game performance such as the game performance and the immediate performance of the basic configuration are known, the game performance of the pachinko machine can be grasped in detail.
Further, any one condition can be set from a plurality of types of calculation execution conditions having different conditions, and the calculation execution condition may be changed to another condition. For example, as the execution condition of the calculation to be changed, when the number of normal game launch balls in the normal game state reaches a predetermined number of balls, the ratio of the number of normal game payout balls to the number of normal game launch balls is calculated. Is also good. As a result, the game performance corresponding to a plurality of types of predetermined calculation execution conditions is known, so that the game performance of the gaming machine can be grasped in detail. Then, since it is possible to know which calculation execution condition the calculation of the game performance has been completed, it is possible to carry out the investigation work efficiently.
Further, any one condition can be set from execution conditions of a plurality of types of operations having different conditions, and any one performance evaluation period can be set from a plurality of types of performance evaluation periods having different periods. A plurality of types of game performance may be calculated according to a combination of a calculation execution condition and a set performance evaluation period. As a result, a plurality of types of game performances can be understood, so that the game performance of the gaming machine can be grasped in detail. Then, since it is known which game performance calculation has been completed, the investigation work can be performed efficiently.

A game performance that can be calculated by the pachinko machine 1 other than the game performance of the present embodiment described above will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko machine 1 may calculate a plurality of types of game performances shown in FIG. 23 as the game performances, in addition to the “base”, “accessory ratio”, and “continuous accessory ratio” in the normal game state.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate the “short-time pitching rate” as the game performance, that is, the ratio of the total number of shot balls in the last hour to the total number of shot balls in the last hour.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate the “middle-time pitching rate” as the game performance, that is, the ratio of the total number of shot balls in the last 10 hours to the total number of shot balls in the last 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 time-saving state) to the total number of launch balls in the advantageous state (high-probability and time-saving state) as the game performance, that is, the “high base”. May be.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate “the number of winnings per winning opening” as the game performance, that is, the ratio of the winning number to the total number of shot balls (for each winning opening).
The pachinko machine may use the number of payout balls (for calculating the base) as the game performance, that is, the number of payout balls in a certain period of time.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate the “approximate base value” as the game performance, that is, the ratio of the number of payout balls in the normal game state to the total number of fire balls multiplied by a predetermined coefficient 1.
The pachinko machine may be configured to calculate a “high base approximate value” as a game performance, that is, a ratio of the number of payout balls in an advantageous state (high probability and time saving state) to the total number of fire balls multiplied by a predetermined coefficient 2. .
It is desirable that the pachinko machine be capable of calculating these plural types of game performance. In the pachinko machine, a changeover switch or the like may be provided in the main control device to select a game performance calculated in accordance with the operation of the changeover switch. A plurality of game performances may be selected. Further, a plurality of types of game performance calculations are respectively executed (simultaneous progress), a display switch is provided on the performance display device, and a required game performance calculation result is displayed according to the operation of the display switch. You may do so. In FIG. 31, “normal number of balls to be paid out” indicates “normal number of balls to be paid out”, and “total number of shot balls to be normal” indicates “normal total number of shot balls”.

The above is an explanation of the basic control processing and the performance display function, etc., of 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 related to so-called settings, such as functions of change, confirmation, display, etc., and a transition function to a “setting confirmation” state, a “setting change” state, and the like. This will be described with reference to FIGS.

The initialization process according to 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 the power interruption (particularly, when the power interruption occurs, the “game stop” state, This is a process for setting which state is to be changed (shifted) from the input value at power-on (the state of the setting key SW 47 and the RWM clear SW 46) at the time of “setting change” state.

When starting the present process, the main controller 40 first determines in S500 whether or not the RWM is abnormal when the power is turned on this time. If the determination is affirmative (S500: yes), the process proceeds to S575 (see FIG. 33). If the determination is negative (S500: no), the process proceeds to S515.
In this step, when it is determined in step S55 of the above-described startup processing (see FIG. 9) that the “RWM error” has occurred, the determination is performed with reference to a general-purpose register in which the result is set. That is, when the power is turned on, it is determined whether or not it has been determined that “RWM is abnormal” in any one of steps S35, S40, and S45.

  The main controller 40 refers to a general-purpose register for setting the result when it is determined that the RWM is abnormal in S55 of the start-up process (see FIG. 9) in this step, and then sets the general-purpose register. Reset the result. In other words, the result set in the general-purpose register in S55 is maintained only until S500 of the initial setting process in the same interrupt is executed, and the rest is always in the reset state (not in the “RWM abnormality” state). This is a state indicating that). Therefore, if S55 is not executed, a negative determination is made in the determination processing of S500.

Main controller 40 determines in S515 whether the state before the power interruption was the “setting change” state. If the determination is affirmative (S515: yes), the process proceeds to S530, and if the determination is negative. If no (S515: no), the process proceeds to S520.
In this step, the determination is made with reference to the general-purpose register for setting the value of the setting state flag in S47 of the above-described activation processing (see FIG. 9). The data stored in the general-purpose register is retained without being erased even if the RWM is initialized in the RWM clearing process of S60 in the start-up process. By making the determination, it is possible to determine whether or not the value of the setting state flag before the power interruption is 2. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to S535 via S530.
In this step, it is determined whether a transition condition (5) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 36).
With this configuration, when a power failure occurs during the “setting change” state, that is, when a power failure occurs before the “setting change” state ends by turning off the setting key SW47, the power supply Is always turned on again, the state changes to the "setting change" state. Thereby, regardless of the state (ON / OFF) of the RWM clear SW 46 when the power is turned on, the state is forcibly shifted to the “setting change” state, so that the “regular game” state such as the “RMW clear” state or the “backup return” state is achieved. (A normal game executable state) ".

  The main controller 40 refers to the general-purpose register for setting the flag value of the setting state flag in S47 of the start-up process (see FIG. 9) in this step, and then resets the set flag value. 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 the reset state (all the flag values are set) Has not been done). However, a setting status flag of any of 0 to 3 is always set unless it is determined that “RWM is abnormal” in any of S35, S40, or S45 of the start-up process (see FIG. 9). Even in the reset state, in such a case, the result of "RWM abnormality" is set in S55, and an affirmative determination is not 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 moves 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; if the determination is negative (S525: no), The process moves to S555.
In this step, it is determined whether the transition condition (2) or (4) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 36).

Main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 2 in S530, executes a setting change notification process in S535, and ends the process.
The setting change notification process is a process of transmitting a predetermined command to the sub-integrated control device 42 in order to perform notification of transition to the “setting change” state.
In step S530 of this embodiment, when the value of the setting state flag is maintained at 2, the process of setting the setting state flag to 2 is not executed, and the process proceeds to step S535, and the setting state flag is set to a value other than 2. Is set, or 2 is set when no value is set. However, without being limited to this configuration, even if 2 has already been set, a configuration may be adopted in which 2 is overwritten again and set again.

Main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 0 in S555, executes RWM clear notification processing in S560, and ends the processing.
In the RWM clear notification processing, a predetermined command is sub-integrated in order to execute notification that the state transits to the “RWM clear” state and that the RWM clear processing (S60) of the activation processing (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; if the determination is negative (S540: no), The process moves to S565.
In this step, it is determined whether any of transition conditions (1) and (3) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 36).

Main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 1 in S545, executes a setting confirmation notification process in S550, and ends the process.
The setting confirmation notifying process is a process of transmitting a predetermined command to the sub-integrated control device 42 in order to perform notification that the state transits to the “setting confirmation” state.

Main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 0 in S565, and in S570, executes a backup restoration notification process and ends the process.
The backup restoration notification processing is performed by issuing a predetermined command to the sub-integrated control device in order to notify that the state has transitioned to the “backup restoration” state and that the restoration to the backup state before the power failure has already been completed. 42.

The main control device 40 determines whether or not the RWM clear SW 46 is ON in S575 of FIG. 33, which shifts to an affirmative determination in S500 (S500: yes). If the affirmative determination is made (S575: yes) , S580, and if the determination is negative (S575: no), the process proceeds to S505.
In this step, it is determined whether there is a possibility of satisfying a transition condition (4) described later (see FIG. 36).
This step is performed not only when it is determined that the RWM is abnormal for the first time when the power is turned on this time, but also when the game is stopped due to the RWM abnormality before the power failure and the backup flag is not set at the time of the power failure. Even when it is determined that the RWM is abnormal even when the power is turned on this time, the process is shifted (S45 in the start-up process (FIG. 9) and power failure detection in the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10)). Signal monitoring processing (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; if the determination is negative (S580: no), The process moves to S505.
In this step, it is determined whether or not a transition condition (4) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 36). If both steps S575 and S580 result in a positive determination, the transition condition (4) is satisfied.

Main controller 40 sets the setting state flag to 2 in S585, executes a setting change notification process in S590, and ends the 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 of transition to the “setting change” state, as in S535.

When a negative determination is made in S575 or S580, that is, when the transition condition (4) is not satisfied, the main control device 40 sets 3 to the setting state flag, and shifts the processing to S510.
In this step, if 3 is already set in the setting state flag, this step is not performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be reset.

In S510, the main control device 40 executes a game stop promotion process, and ends the process.
In the game stop promotion process, a predetermined command is issued to the sub-integrated control device in order to execute notification that the RWM is abnormal and to prompt the player to immediately stop the game and to prompt the hall employee to take appropriate action. 42.

In the initial setting process according to the present embodiment, for example, if it is determined that “RWM is abnormal” in any of steps S35 to S45 in the start-up process (see FIG. 9) before the power failure due to such a configuration. After the RWM clear processing is performed by moving to S60 via S55, 3 is set in the setting state flag in S505 of the initial setting processing, and the state transits to the “game stop” state, and the game stop promotion processing is performed. Done. When the power is cut off by the hall employee due to the promotion, for example, the setting flag is 3 as described above, so that the calculation result of the backup flag and the checksum is not set when the power is cut off. Thereafter, when the power is turned on, even if it is determined that the calculation result of the checksum is not abnormal, since the backup flag is not set, a negative determination is made in S45, and the result of the RWM abnormality is generalized in S55. The result is set in the register, and the result is referred to in the subsequent initial setting process in S500 to make an affirmative determination, and the flow shifts to S575. If the power is turned on this time when both the RWM clear SW 46 and the setting key SW 47 are not ON, that is, if the transition condition (4) (see FIG. 36) is not satisfied, the process proceeds to the subsequent S575 or S580. Thus, a negative determination is made, and the process returns to S505 again.
As described above, unless the transition condition (4) is satisfied when the power is turned on, it is impossible to escape from the “game stop” state (the state of the setting state flag = 3). That is, it is not possible to escape from the loop of the transition conditions (7), (8), and (9).
Once in the loop, even if the transition condition (1), (2), or (3) is satisfied when the power is turned on, the loop cannot be exited. In other words, in the transition conditions (1) and (3), since the RWM clear SW 46 is OFF, the 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 process proceeds to S505. Therefore, in order to get out of the loop, it is necessary to satisfy the transition condition (4) (the RWM clear SW 46 and the setting key SW 47 are both ON) when the power is turned on.

  As described above, if the transition condition (4) is not satisfied when the power is turned on, the initial setting process of the present embodiment is configured to be unable to escape from the “game stop” state (setting state flag = 3). The following effects are obtained. More specifically, the pachinko machine 1 of this 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 and before being installed in the hall. The instruction manual provided to the hall upon delivery of the pachinko machine 1 satisfies the transition condition (4) when the installed pachinko machine 1 is first powered on (the RWM clear SW 46 and the setting key SW 47). It is recommended that the power be turned on and the state be changed to the “setting change” state. However, if the transition condition (4) is not satisfied when the power is turned on without following this procedure, it is determined that the RWM is abnormal in any of the steps S35 to S45 in the start-up process (see FIG. 9). The process enters the above-mentioned loop of the transition conditions (7), (8), and (9). In order to get out of the loop and put the pachinko machine 1 into an operable state, the hall employee turns on the power while satisfying the transition condition (4), and “clears the RWM” via the “change setting” state. Need to transition to state. This makes it unclear whether the stored information of the RWM is reliably retained, for example, 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. In this state, the hall employee always changes or confirms the set value in the "setting change" state by himself / herself as a security, and transitions to a state in which a game can be played. Therefore, the hall can operate the pachinko machine 1 on the basis of the step set values managed by itself.

  Further, in the initial setting process of the present embodiment, if power is interrupted during the “setting change” state (setting state flag is 2), for example, the power failure of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) is performed. In the detection signal monitoring process (S105), a backup flag is set. Thereafter, when the power is turned on and it is determined that there is no "RWM abnormality" in S35 and S40, the backup flag is set in subsequent S45, so that an affirmative determination is made. 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 was in the ON state or the OFF state when the power was turned on this time (regardless of whether or not to execute the RWM clear processing of S60), the information set in the general-purpose register is maintained, and The process proceeds to the setting process (S65). In S500 of the initial setting process (FIG. 32), a negative determination is made because the result indicating "RWM abnormality" is not set in the general-purpose register, and in S515, the general-purpose register was in the "setting change" state before the power failure. Is set, the determination is affirmative, and the setting change notification process (S535) is executed. In this way, if a power failure occurs during the “setting change” state, the power supply is always switched to the “setting change” state unless the “RWM abnormality” occurs after the power is turned on. Unless the setting key SW47 is changed from ON to OFF (transition condition (6)) and the state transits to the “RMW clear” state, the loop of the transition conditions (5), (8), and (9) cannot be exited. It has become.

In this way, each time the pachinko machine 1 is turned on, the pachinko machine 1 initially sets which state to transition to by setting any value to the setting state flag in the initial setting process.
The above is the initial setting process of the present embodiment.

The setting state confirmation processing of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The setting state confirmation processing is one module executed in S195 of the above-described interrupt (INT) processing.
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; (S600: no), the process proceeds to S645.
The processing shifts to this processing only when the setting state flag is 1 or 2 by the above-described interrupt (INT) processing of S110 and S190. 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, in a negative determination (S600: no), the main controller 40 displays display data for displaying the current step setting value on the performance display device 48 until the process proceeds to S645. (Segment data) is set.

The main controller 40 determines whether or not a detection signal of the setting SW has been received in S605, and shifts to the “setting change” state. If the determination is affirmative (S605: yes), the process proceeds to S610. And if the determination is negative (S605: no), the process proceeds to S630.
In this step, it is determined whether or not a detection signal relating to the RWM clear SW 46 provided also as the setting SW has been generated.

Main controller 40 executes a setting change process in S610, and shifts the process to S615. In this step, every time the detection signal of the setting SW is received in S605, the process is changed to a new step setting value, and a process of determining this is performed.
First, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the information related to the current step setting value is not deleted even if the RWM clear processing (S60) of the start-up processing (FIG. 9) is executed. It is stored and stored in an area (step setting value storage area) unique to the step setting value in the RWM area.
In this step, when the detection signal related to the setting SW (also used for the RWM clear SW 46) is generated in the state where the setting state flag is 2, the current step setting value stored in the step setting value storage area is changed to A process of rewriting to a new step setting value is performed. If the current setting is any one of the settings 1 to 5, the step setting value whose jackpot lottery probability is higher by one step is rewritten as a new step setting value. A process of rewriting the setting 1 with a low jackpot lottery probability as a new step setting value is performed. Therefore, in the present embodiment, each time the RWM clear SW 46 is pressed, the level is raised by one step up to the setting 6, and when the setting 6 is pressed, the level is lowered to the setting 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Conversely, a loop in which the level is lowered one step at a time up to the setting 1 and the level is raised to the setting 6 when pressed in the setting 1 may be adopted.
In this step, the main controller 40 updates display data (segment data) for displaying a new step setting value on the performance display device 48 every time the RWM clear SW 46 is pressed.

Main controller 40 determines in S615 whether the step setting value newly set (stored) in the step setting value storage area is less than “step setting value maximum value”, and if the determination is affirmative (S615). : Yes), the process proceeds to S625, and if the determination is negative (S615: no), the process proceeds to S620.
In this step, the same processing as that in S40 of the above-described activation processing (FIG. 9) is performed. That is, it is monitored whether an appropriate step setting value is set.

In S620, main controller 40 executes a process of rewriting the step setting value to 0 and setting it to the minimum setting, and shifts the process 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 for determining this is performed.
In this step, as a result of rewriting the step setting value in the step setting value storage area, if it is determined in S615 that an unplanned improper step setting value has been set, the setting 1 with the lowest jackpot probability is set. Is rewritten to 0, which is the step setting value corresponding to. As a result, even if the wrongdoer tries to gain an unfair advantage and sets some unscheduled step setting value, the step is rewritten to the setting with the least gain in this step, thereby preventing fraud. it can. In addition, since the illegal pachinko machine 1 is rewritten to a predetermined regular step setting value while preventing fraud, the pachinko machine 1 can be brought into a playable state. In other words, even if the pachinko machine 1 is harmed by illegal rewriting of set values, it is possible to prevent improper behavior without lowering the operation rate.
Also in this step, the performance display device 48 updates display data (segment data) for displaying a new step set value.

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

Main controller 40 determines in S630 whether or not a detection signal indicating that setting key SW47 has been switched from ON to OFF has been received. If the determination is affirmative (S630: yes), the process proceeds to S635. If a negative determination is made (S630: no), the present process is terminated.
In this step, by changing the setting key SW47 from ON to OFF by the hall employee or the like, it is determined whether or not the setting change has been completed.
In the present 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 has been turned off. Also, without being limited to the configuration of the present embodiment, for example, a new step setting value changed in S610 and S620 may be stored in a predetermined step provided separately from the step setting value storage area. It is stored in the setting value buffer and is maintained in an undetermined state, and the step setting value is added together with the processing of terminating the “setting change” state based on the fact that the setting key SW 47 is turned off in this step. It is also possible to execute a process of referring to a new step set value stored in the buffer for use and determining the step set value in the step set value storage area with the step set value.

In S635, main controller 40 replaces the setting state flag with 2 from 0 and sets it. In S640, RWM clear notification processing is executed, and this processing ends.
In these two steps, processing similar to S555 and S560 of the above-described initial setting processing (FIG. 32) is performed. In the RWM clear notification processing, a predetermined command is sub-integrated in order to execute notification that the state transits to the “RWM clear” state and that the RWM clear processing (S60) in the start-up processing (FIG. 9) is already completed. This is processing to be transmitted to the control device 42.

The main controller 40 shifts to the negative determination in S600, that is, to the “setting confirmation” state. In S645, it is determined whether or not a detection signal indicating that the setting key SW47 has been switched from ON to OFF has been received. Is determined (S645: yes), the process proceeds to S650, and if negative (S645: no), the process ends.
In this step, the hall employee or the like changes the setting key SW47 from ON to OFF, thereby determining whether or not the setting confirmation has been completed.

In S650, the setting status flag is replaced with 1 to 0 and set, and in S655, a backup restoration notification process is executed, and this process ends.
In these two steps, processing similar to S565 and S570 of the above-described initialization processing (FIG. 32) is performed. The backup restoration notification process is performed to notify that the state has transitioned to the “backup restoration” state and that the restoration to the backed-up state before the power failure in the start-up process (FIG. 9) has already been completed. Is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 42.

As described above, the setting state confirmation process is a process executed when the setting state flag is 1 or 2, that is, when the setting state flag is in the “setting confirmation” state or the “setting change” state. When the setting status confirmation process is executed, that is, while the setting status flag is set to 1 or 2, the main control device 40 uses the LED output process (FIG. 35) described later to display the current status on the performance display device 48. Displays the step setting.
Here, an example of a display mode of the step setting value using the performance display device 48 will be described with reference to FIG. The performance display device 48 is configured as a four-digit display in which each digit is a seven-segment display device. As the original performance display function, the type of the performance is indicated by the identification display section (upper two digits), and the result (performance) of the operation is indicated by the performance display section (lower two digits). When displaying the step setting value on the performance display device 48, “−−” is always displayed in the upper two digits regardless of the type of the step setting value. The lower two digits are displayed as “−6” when the step setting value is, for example, “setting 6”. Similarly, in the case of “Setting 5” to “Setting 1” which are other step setting values, “−5” to “−1” are displayed.
It should be noted that even if the same step setting value is displayed depending on 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 turned on, and in the “setting change” state, “−−− 6” is turned on and off. This makes it easy to identify whether the two states are the lighting state or the blinking state. In addition, by setting the lighting state in the “setting confirmation” state, it is easy to confirm the setting.
The display mode ends in any state when the setting key SW47 is switched from ON to OFF. That is, when the setting state flag is changed from 1 to 0, the operation ends immediately. When the setting state flag is changed from 2 to 0, a predetermined display maintenance period elapses or an operation for ending the display maintenance is performed. End at the point.

The process of updating or setting the display data (segment data) to be executed in the present embodiment until a negative determination is made in S600 (S600: no) and the process shifts to S645, or in S610 and S620, is performed. 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 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The LED output process is one module executed in S180 of the above-described interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10).
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; if the determination is affirmative (S700: yes), the process proceeds to S705, and If there is (S700: no), the process proceeds to S745.
In this step, it is determined whether or not the current state is a “setting change” state or a “setting confirmation” state.

  The main controller 40 shifts to a case where the current state is neither the “setting change” state nor the “setting confirmation” state. In S745, the performance display device (performance display monitor) 48 displays the performance of the pachinko machine 1. A performance display process for performing display is performed, 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 A process for displaying the current stage set value is executed, and the process proceeds to S750.

  In S750, the main control device 40 displays the first special figure display device 27A, the second special figure display device 27B, the first special figure reserved number display device 271, the second special figure reserved number display device 272, and the general figure display device 28. Then, a process for emitting light from various LEDs or the like of the general-use reserved number display device 281 or the like is executed, and the process ends.

Note that the LED output processing according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which different processing can be executed according to the current value of the setting state flag as described above, but is not limited thereto. That is, it may be configured as a process of simply performing light emission display based on the set segment data. In such a case, it is preferable that the segment data indicate which LED common is to emit light and in what display mode. This allows the performance display device 48 and various LEDs to emit light 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, an unusual state transition is enabled by the control processes of FIGS. 9, 10, and 32 to 34 described above. The state transitions and transition conditions of this embodiment will be systematically described with reference to FIG.
First, as described above, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment sets a plurality of types of step setting values (so-called settings) having different lottery probabilities in the jackpot, specifically, six types from setting 1 to setting 6. In addition, a “setting change” state in which the step setting value can be changed and a “setting check” state in which the setting can be confirmed are provided.
Further, as shown in FIG. 36A, the pachinko machine 1 further includes at least a "game stop" state, a "RWM clear" state, and a "backup" state in addition to the "setting change" state and the "setting confirmation" state. It is configured to be able to transition to the “return” state.

These various states will be outlined individually.
The “setting change” state is a state in which, for example, a hall employee can change the current step setting value to another step setting value with respect to the step 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 with respect to the stage setting value.
The “game stop” state is a state in which, when it is determined that the RWM is abnormal when the power is turned on, it is possible to prompt the player to stop the game and, for example, to notify the hall employee of an appropriate action. is there.
The “RMW clear” state indicates that a RWM clear process for erasing information stored in the RWM has been performed when the power is turned on, and is a “normal game possible state (normal game executable state)”.
The “backup restoration” state notifies that the processing of restoring the state of the gaming machine backed up before the power failure has been performed when the power is turned on, and “a state in which a normal game can be performed (a state in which a normal game can be executed)”. It is.
Note that the “RMW clear” state and the “backup return” state are the same states as those provided in a conventional gaming machine, and constitute a “normal gaming state”.

  Transitions between the various states have a certain regularity as shown in FIGS. 36 (a) and (b). That is, when a specific transition condition is satisfied from a certain state, transition is possible only in a predetermined state. Hereinafter, each transition will be described with specific reference to the control processing of FIGS. 9, 10, and 32 to 34 described above.

First, in the transition condition (4), the power is turned on (when the power switch (SW) 86 shown in FIGS. 3 and 7 is turned off) under the condition that both the RWM (RAM) clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are ON. (Switching to ON), the state transits to the “setting change” state.
This transition is affirmative in S50 of the start-up process (FIG. 9), and after the process of S60, execution of S530 of the initialization process (FIG. 32) or execution of S585 of the initialization process (FIG. 33) is also performed. This makes it feasible.
Step S530 is processing for shifting to the "setting change" state in the case where the RWM is not abnormal and the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are both ON when the power is turned on this time, that is, when there is no abnormality.
In S585, when the RWM is abnormal at the time of turning on the power this time (specifically, since the game was stopped before the power interruption, the calculated values of the backup flag and the checksum are not set. If the RWM is abnormal when the power is turned on), and if the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are both ON, the process transits to the “setting change” state. ), (8) and (9).

Further, when the power is turned on in the transition condition (5) “there is no RWM abnormality and the state before the power failure is the“ setting change ”state”, the state transits to the “setting change” state. .
In the transition, during the execution of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 34), after the processing of S625 and before the affirmative determination is made in S630, that is, before the setting key SW47 is switched from ON to OFF, the power interruption occurs. It is determined that the RWM is not abnormal in S35, S40, and S45 of the startup processing (FIG. 9) when the power is turned on. Then, in S47, the value of the setting state flag (in this case, 2) is set in the general-purpose register, and S50 If the determination is affirmative, the process shifts to the initial setting process of S65 via S60, and if the determination is negative, the process directly proceeds 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 startup process (FIG. 9), and the value referred to in the determination in S515 is , Are the values of the general-purpose registers set in S47 of the start-up process (FIG. 9), and are values maintained in registers that are not erased even if the RWM clear process is executed. By referring to these values, a negative determination is made in S500 and an affirmative determination is made in S515, and 2 is already set and maintained in the setting state flag, or 2 is set in the RWM clear processing. Irrespective of whether or not has been deleted, the processing is shifted to S530, the setting state flag is set to 2, and then the setting change notification processing in S535 is executed, thereby realizing the processing. By setting the value referred to in S515 in a general-purpose register that is not affected by the RWM clear processing, the power switch 86 is turned on while the RWM clear switch 46 is turned on when the power is turned on, and an affirmative determination is made in S50. As a result, even if the RWM clear processing in S60 is executed, the value of the setting state flag (2 in this case) set in the general-purpose register is maintained until it is referred to in S515 of the initial setting processing. As a result, a power failure occurs in the “setting change” state, and when the power is turned on again, if there is no abnormality in the RWM, a transition is always made to the “setting change” state again. For this reason, if the setting is not completed in the “setting change” state, even if the power is turned on again, the “normal game can be performed (normal game executable state)”, that is, the “RWM clear” state, This is a process for disabling transition to the “backup restoration” state. In other words, the control process disables the “normal game” when the “setting change” state is not completed.

When the power is turned on under the transition condition (3) “the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF and the setting key SW 47 is ON”, the state transits to the “setting confirmation” state.
This transition can be realized by performing a negative determination in S50 of the startup process (FIG. 9) and executing S545 of the initialization process (FIG. 32).

Further, when the power is turned on in the transition condition (7) in 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, The state transits to the "game stop" state. More specifically, the state where "at least one of the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW47 is not ON" means that "the state where both the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW47 are ON" is not satisfied. This is a state in which the transition condition (4) (both the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are both ON) is not satisfied.
The transition is determined to be an RWM abnormality in any of the steps S35, S40, or S45 of the start-up process (FIG. 9), the processes of S55 and S60 are performed, and the step S505 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24) is executed. , Which makes it feasible. Alternatively, after the execution of S505, the power is turned off (the backup flag and the calculated value of the checksum are not set because the game is stopped), and then the power is turned on without satisfying the transition condition (4). In this case, the determination can be made by making a negative determination in S45 of the startup processing (FIG. 9), making a negative determination in S575 or S580 of the initialization processing (FIG. 33), and executing S505 again.

  As described above, 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. In these three types of states, transition from any state other than the power-on state is impossible.

In this embodiment, in addition to these three types of states, when the power is turned on, the state transits to the “RWM clear” state and the “backup restoration” state.
That is, when the power is turned on under the transition condition (2) “the RWM clear switch 46 is on and the setting key SW 47 is off”, the state transits to the “RWM clear” state.
This transition can be realized by performing an affirmative determination in S50 of the startup processing (FIG. 9) and executing S555 of the initialization processing (FIG. 32) after the processing of S60. Step S555 is a process for shifting to the “RWM clear” state when the RWM clear switch 46 is ON and the setting key SW 47 is OFF when there is no RWM abnormality when the power is turned on this time, that is, when there is no particular abnormality.

If the power is turned on under the transition condition (1) “the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF and the setting key SW 47 is OFF”, the state transits to the “backup recovery” state.
This transition can be realized by performing a negative determination in S50 of the startup process (FIG. 9) and executing S565 of the initial setting process (FIG. 32). S565 is a transition process to the “backup restoration” state when the RWM is not abnormal and the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF and the setting key SW 47 is OFF when the power is turned on this time, that is, when there is no particular abnormality.

In the present embodiment, the state changes from the “setting change” state only to the “RMW clear” state, and the state changes from the “setting confirmation” state only to the “backup restoration” state.
That is, during the “setting change” state, the transition to the “RWM clear” state is made when “the setting key SW 47 changes from the ON state to the OFF state” in the transition condition (6). 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 executing negative determinations in both S110 and S190 of the interrupt (INT) processing (FIG. 10) and executing S635 of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 34).

In addition, in the “setting confirmation” state, when the setting key SW 47 changes from the ON state to the OFF state in the transition condition (6), the state transits to the “backup restoration” state. That is, when the setting confirmation is completed by turning off the setting key SW47, the state transits to the “backup restoration” state.
This transition can be realized by performing a negative determination in both S110 and S190 of the interrupt (INT) process (FIG. 10) and executing S650 of the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 34).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the transition to the “RWM clear” state is limited only when the transition condition (2) or (4) is satisfied when the power is turned on. In other words, 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. 32), the transition directly transitions to the “RWM clear” state by executing S555, or S520 of the initial setting process (FIG. 32). In the case of an affirmative determination, by executing S530, the state is temporarily changed to the “RMW clear” state by executing the setting change confirmation state (FIG. 34) through S635. It can be realized by either of the transitions.

The transition to the “backup restoration” state is limited only when the transition condition (1) or (3) is satisfied when the power is turned on. That is, when the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF regardless of the state of the setting key SW47, the state transits to the “backup restoration” state.
In the case of a negative determination in S520 of the initialization processing (FIG. 32), the transition directly transitions to the “backup restoration” state by executing S565, or S520 of the initialization processing (FIG. 32). In the case of a negative determination in step S545, by executing S545, the state once goes through the "setting confirmation" state, and then, by executing S650 of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 34), the state is indirectly brought into the "backup restoration" state. It can be realized by either of the transitions.

In the present embodiment, the state in which transition from the “game stop” state is possible is limited to the power-off (power-off) state.
That is, during the “game stop” state, when the game is stopped by the player and the transition of the transition condition (8) “the power switch 86 is changed from ON to OFF” is performed by the hall employee or the like, the power is turned off. Transitions to.
Also, in the “RWM clear” state and the “backup recovery” state, when the transition condition (8) “the power switch 86 has changed from ON to OFF”, the state transitions to the power-off state. In any state, when the power switch 86 is turned off, in the interruption (INT) processing (FIG. 10) in the power failure detection signal monitoring processing in S105, the above-described processing at the time of the power failure based on the detection of the power failure detection signal is performed. Execute.
Also in the "setting change" state and the "setting confirmation" state, when the transition condition (8), "when the power switch 86 changes from ON to OFF", the state transits to the power-off state. . A state before the setting key SW47 is turned off (end of the setting change state) during the “setting change” state, a state before the setting key SW47 is turned off (end of the setting check state) during the “setting check” state, In any of the states, when the power switch 86 is turned off, in the interruption (INT) processing (FIG. 10) in the power failure detection signal monitoring processing in S105, the above-described power failure processing based on the detection of the power failure detection signal is performed. Execute
Then, during the power-off state, when the transition condition (9) “the power switch 86 changes from the OFF state to the ON state”, the state transitions to the power-on state.

However, only when the power interruption occurs during the “game stop” state in the transition condition (8), as described above, the calculated values of the backup flag and the checksum are not set, and the power is turned on. Then, it is configured that the RWM abnormality is determined again. Therefore, in the present embodiment, once the power is turned off through the transition conditions (7) to (8), even if the transition to the power-on state is made by the transition condition (9), the transition condition (4) is used. Unless the condition is satisfied and the state transits to the “setting change” state, it is impossible to exit the loop of transition conditions (7), (8) and (9) and transit to another state. Therefore, again, the state in which transition from the loop is possible is limited to the “setting change” state as a state in which transition is possible by satisfying the transition condition (4) at power-on.
As described above, the transition that forms the loop is determined to be an RWM abnormality in any one of steps S35, S40, and S45 of the start-up processing (FIG. 9), and the processing of S55 and S60 is performed. If the power is turned off and the power is turned on again after the setting state flag is set to 3 by executing S505 of 33), a negative determination is made in S45 of the startup processing (FIG. 9), and the transition condition (4 ) Is not satisfied, a negative determination is made in S575 or S580 in the initial setting process (FIG. 33), so that S505 is executed again, and the above loop is realized.
On the other hand, when the power is turned on again after the power interruption, if the transition condition (4) is satisfied, a negative determination is made in S45 of the start-up process (FIG. 9), and after the execution of S55 and S60, an initial Move to setting process. Then, in the initial setting process (FIG. 33), S575 and S580 are affirmatively determined, and by executing S585, it is possible to get out of the loop.
The above is the configuration relating to the state transition and transition conditions of the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment.

  In the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, the setting change notification processing (S535), the RWM clear notification processing (S560), the backup restoration notification processing (S570), the setting confirmation notification processing (S550) in FIG. 32, and the setting change notification in FIG. When performing the process (S590), the RWM clear notification process (S640) in FIG. 34, and the backup restoration notification process (S655) in FIG. 34, the data indicating the stage setting value at that time is transmitted from the main control device 40 to the sub-integrated control. Sent to device 42. Therefore, the sub-integrated control device 42 can detect the stage setting value at that time based on the data. However, the probability of winning in the ordinary symbol success / failure determination and the selection probability of the symbol (the winning symbol 1 or the winning symbol 2) in the case of the winning (the winning symbol lottery probability) are irrelevant to the stage setting value at that time. , Regardless of the stage setting value at that time.

Next, a display example (effect example) of the effect (general effect) executed in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, its display control (effect control), and the like will be described.
First, a display example of a general drawing effect will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, with reference to FIGS. 37 to 40, a specific example of the effect mode on the effect symbol display device 21 when the gaming state is the non-open extended state will be described.
37 to 40 show an effect symbol (decorative symbol) display area 7A corresponding to a special symbol on the upper side of the screen of the effect symbol display device 21. 9 shows a state in which a display area 8A of a rendering symbol corresponding to a normal symbol is made to appear, and holding storage display areas 9A and 9B of holding symbols are made to appear on both sides of the display area 8A.

Here, a left effect symbol 7L, a middle effect symbol 7C, and a right effect symbol 7R are displayed in the display area 7A. The display area 8A is an area for effect display of whether or not the normal electric accessory 24A is in a special open state (long open), and is hereinafter referred to as a roulette area 8A. The roulette area 8A is displayed in a state where the game ball does not pass through the general-purpose gate 22, and in a case where the result of the general-purpose approval / disapproval determination is out of the range even when the game ball passes, the cat character 8C is stopped. You. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if the game ball does not pass through the general-purpose gate 22 and the result of the general-purpose approval / disapproval determination is out of the range even if the game ball does pass, the display area 8A should not appear. It may be.
In the following description, the state in which the special opening (long opening) is performed is referred to as “chance time”.

In addition, in the reserved storage display area 9A on the left side of the roulette area 8A (hereinafter, referred to as a first reserved storage display area), the first reserved storage (acquired based on the ball entering the first special figure starting port 23). A maximum of four hold symbols (white circles) corresponding to the hold memory can be displayed. Furthermore, a second hold memory (hereinafter, referred to as a second hold memory display area) 9B on the right side of the roulette area 8A is acquired based on a ball entering the second special figure starting port 24. A maximum of four hold symbols (black circles) corresponding to (hold memory) can be displayed.
In the present embodiment, as described above, in the case where the first hold storage and the second hold storage are provided, the second hold storage is digested prior to the first hold storage (the determination of whether the second special map is correct or not, and The display is performed prior to the determination of the correctness of the first special map and the change display.

FIG. 37 illustrates a display example according to the first specific example.
FIG. 37 (a) shows a case where the first reserved storage is stored in the reserved storage area 302a for special figure 1 (FIG. 5) in a full state (four storages). In other words, a state in which the effect symbol corresponding to the special figure 1 is fixedly displayed as “123” while four holding symbols corresponding to the first holding memory are displayed in the first holding memory display area 9A.
Then, in this state, when the game ball passes through the general figure gate 22 and the result of the general figure right / wrong determination is a hit, scroll display is started in the roulette area 8A as shown in FIG. 37 (b). . That is, when the sub-integrated control device 42 determines that the result of the general symbol pass / fail determination is a hit based on the received normal symbol change start command, the normal symbol (normal symbol) on the general symbol display device 28 is used. With the start of the variable display, the scroll display is started in the roulette area 8A.

  In this case, the cat character 8C displayed in the roulette area 8A moves to the outside of the roulette area 8A on the screen of the effect design display device 21, and a predetermined identification symbol (for example, a cross symbol, A variable display (scroll display) in which alphabetic characters are alternately and continuously displayed) is horizontally scrolled. Further, as a line of the cat character 8C that has moved to the outside of the roulette area 8A, "comment 8D indicating that a chance time is started when the V character is stopped and displayed when the scroll display is stopped" is displayed. You.

FIG. 37 (b) shows the effect of scrolling in the roulette area 8A and digesting the oldest holding memory (first holding memory stored first) of Toku-zu 1 This shows a case in which the symbol display is started. Note that the start timing of the scroll display in the roulette area 8A and the start timing of the variable display of the effect symbols in the display area 8A do not always coincide.
FIG. 37 (c) shows a case in which the result of the general figure approval / disapproval determination is not a hit that causes special opening (hereinafter, referred to as special opening disengagement). In other words, the scroll display in the roulette area 8A is stopped, and the "cross symbol" is stopped and displayed in the roulette area 8A, so that the "special opening off" is notified. At this time, a "comment 8D2 indicating that the chance time has not been started and that is unfortunate" is displayed as a line of the cat character 8C that has moved to the outside of the roulette area 8A.

  In the roulette area 8A, not only the possibility of execution of the special opening but also the result of the general drawing approval / disapproval determination may be displayed. For example, not only when the result of the general figure approval / disapproval decision does not become a hit symbol corresponding to special opening (long opening), but also when the result does not become a hit symbol corresponding to normal opening (short opening). When the result of the determination is incorrect, a “cross symbol” may be displayed in the roulette area 8A. In addition, the result of the general figure approval / disapproval is a hit corresponding to the special opening (hit for confirming and displaying the hit symbol 2) and a hit corresponding to normal opening (hit for confirming and displaying the hit symbol 1). (For example, one is “V” and the other is “W”), and when the result of the general figure approval / disapproval is completely out of the ordinary, a different display (for example, , "X symbols" are displayed).

FIG. 38 illustrates a display example according to the second specific example.
In FIG. 38 (a), a predetermined number (for example, four) of reserved symbols corresponding to the first reserved storage are displayed in the first reserved storage display area 9A, and the second reserved storage display area 9B corresponds to the second reserved storage. This shows a state in which the effect symbol corresponding to the special figure 1 is definitely displayed as a stop symbol (for example, “123”) indicating that the effect symbol corresponding to the special figure 1 has come off when the suspended symbol to be executed is not displayed.
In this state, when the game ball passes through the general figure gate 22 and the result of the general figure right / wrong determination is a hit, as shown in FIG. The scroll display (roulette effect) is started.
Then, as shown in FIG. 38 (b), the oldest stored memory (first reserved memory corresponding to the reserved symbol 91A indicated by the arrow) in the reserved memory of the special figure 1 generates a big hit. It shall be suspended (hereinafter referred to as jackpot suspension).
Further, as shown in FIG. 38 (c), the jackpot hold is exhausted (special figure approval / disapproval determination is executed), and a change display (hereinafter, referred to as a jackpot change) in which the big hit symbol is confirmed and displayed in the effect symbol starts. Shall be done. In this case, it is assumed that when the change of the effect symbol related to the hold storage is started, it is internally determined that the stop symbol notifying the occurrence of the big hit is definitely displayed.

In this specific example 2, when the scroll display (roulette effect) is performed in the roulette area 8A, the big hit change starts, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the scroll display is changed to “display indicating the occurrence of a big hit ( Hereinafter, it will be referred to as a hit display effect). Specifically, the character 8E of “this” indicating the occurrence of the big hit is displayed in the roulette area 8A. At this time, a "comment of super lucky (comment that a big hit occurs) 8F" is displayed as a line of the cat character 8C that has moved to the outside of the roulette area 8A.
Then, after the reach display is performed in the display area 7A as shown in FIG. 38 (e), the big hit display is performed as shown in FIG. 38 (f). In the specific example 2, at the timing of performing the reach display in the display area 7A, the cat character 8C that has moved to the outside of the roulette area 8A is returned to the roulette area 8A, and the hit display effect is ended. In addition, when the win display effect is finished, if the normal symbol variation display is continued, the cat character 8C is stopped and displayed in the roulette area 8A until the normal symbol variation display ends. However, when the hit display effect ends, the scroll display (roulette effect) may be restarted in the roulette area 8A until the normal symbol ends the variable display (until the normal variable display ends).

Here, in the specific example 2, the timing of executing the hit display effect is set to a predetermined time after the start of the big hit change, but the execution time of the hit display effect is not limited to this. For example, the hit display effect may be executed at the same time as the start of the big hit change, or the hit display effect may be executed at the timing of performing the reach display in the display area 7A.
Although not shown in FIG. 38, when the big hit change is started when the scroll display (roulette effect) in the roulette area 8A is started, the timing of starting the normal figure change display suddenly occurs. A display effect may be executed.

FIG. 39 shows display examples according to specific examples 3 and 4.
Also in FIG. 39 (a), a predetermined number (for example, three) of the reserved symbols corresponding to the first reserved storage are displayed in the first reserved storage display area 9A, and the second reserved storage display area 9B corresponds to the second reserved storage. This shows a state in which the effect symbol corresponding to the special figure 1 starts to fluctuate in the display area 7A and the scroll display is being executed in the roulette area 8A when no pending symbol is displayed.
FIG. 39B showing Specific Example 3 shows a case where the scroll display is stopped at the character “V” in the roulette area 8A. That is, the case where the execution of the special opening is determined (the start of the chance time is determined) is notified. At this time, “comment 8G indicating that the start of the chance time has been determined” is displayed as a line of the cat character 8C that has moved to the outside of the roulette area 8A.

  In FIG. 39 (d), the special opening is started, and the reserved memory of the special figure 2 (second reserved memory, that is, the reserved memory acquired based on the ball entering the second special figure starting port 24) is full ( 4). Further, at the point in time when the character "V" is stopped and displayed, the effect symbol corresponding to the special figure 1 which has been variably displayed in the display area 7A is fixedly displayed as a stopped symbol (for example, "723") indicating the departure. Shall be. Since the pachinko machine 1 is a special figure 2 priority variable machine in which the second holding storage is processed prior to the first holding storage, as shown in FIG. The storage is processed (digested), and the variation display of the effect symbol corresponding to the special figure 2 is started.

Also in the specific example 4, it is assumed that the display mode is shifted from the display mode shown in FIG. 39A to the display mode shown in FIG. 39C.
FIG. 39C shows a case where the scroll display in the roulette area 8A is stopped and displayed with a numerical value indicating the set value. For example, when the stage setting value at that time is “6”, a numerical value “6” indicating the stage setting value at that time is displayed as shown in FIG. Also, "comment 8H for displaying or suggesting the set value at that time" is displayed as a line of the cat character 8C that has moved outside the roulette area 8A.

In each of the specific examples described above, before the general-purpose game (before the opening of the normal electric accessory 24A), a mode in which the determination regarding the execution of the special opening is displayed or a setting value is suggested is illustrated. I have. In other words, an example is shown in which a normal electric accessory pre-opening effect (notification effect, set value suggestion effect) is performed when the variation display of the general position is confirmed and displayed on the general position display device 28. However, in the present invention, the effect (opening effect, setting value suggestion effect) before the opening of the normal electric accessory is performed during the fluctuation display of the ordinary figure (during scroll display in the roulette area 8A), and the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is determined. It may be performed both during the display and during the fluctuation display of the ordinary figure (during the scroll display in the roulette area 8A).
Further, unlike each specific example, the notification effect (notification of whether or not the special opening is performed) and the setting value suggestion effect may be performed one after another or simultaneously.

FIG. 40 shows display examples according to the specific examples 5 and 6.
As shown in FIG. 40 (a), it is related to a general drawing effect that is executed during the special opening by winning the lottery of the execution of the special opening.
In the specific example 5 shown in FIG. 40 (b), when the special opening of the normal electric accessory 24A is started, the display by the cat character 8C or the like outside the roulette area 8A is notified of the start of the special opening (special opening). (Medium notification) and notification that prompts a prize to the normal electric accessory 24A (second special figure starting port 24) (ball entry promotion notification). Specifically, the cat character 8C is changed to the rabbit character 8J, whereby the player is notified that the special opening has started. In addition, a “comment 8K for urging a prize to the ordinary electric accessory 24A” is displayed as a line of the rabbit character 8J.

  In the specific example 6 shown in FIG. 40C, when the special opening of the normal electric accessory 24A is started, the display by the cat character 8C or the like outside the roulette area 8A is displayed as "Notification of the special opening start (special opening). (Medium notification) "," promotion of winning to the ordinary motorized accessory 24A (ball entry promotion notification) ", and" set value suggestion (setting value suggestion effect) ". Specifically, the cat character 8C is changed to the tiger character 8T, whereby the player is notified that the special opening has started and that the step setting value is set to a high value. In addition, as a line of the tiger character 8T, a "comment 8U (ball entry promotion notification) urging a prize to the normal electric accessory 24A" is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the display of the tiger character 8T is a rare case, and the appearance of the tiger character 8T indicates that the stage setting value at that time is set to a high value. Will be notified. In this case, for example, a value “6” indicating the “stage setting value” at that time is displayed on the meat ball 81T of the tiger character 8T, and the “stage setting value” is notified “sneakly” and specifically. Good. Further, in the specific example 6, when the step setting value is set high, a specific example suggesting the step setting value is illustrated. However, even when the step setting value is set low, the step setting value is suggested. You may. Specifically, characters other than tigers, for example, elephants (characters suggesting setting 5), bears (characters suggesting setting 4), dogs (characters suggesting setting 3), sheep (characters suggesting setting 2) ), A mouse (a character suggesting the setting 1) may be displayed. Further, a character suggesting a wide “stage setting value” may be displayed. For example, a character indicating that the “step setting value” is high (a character indicating setting 5 or 6) and a character indicating that the “step setting value” is an intermediate value (setting 3 or 4 is indicated) Alternatively, a character (a character indicating setting 1 or 2) indicating that the “stage setting value” is low may be displayed alternatively.

  Further, in the present invention, when the set value is suggested during the normal figure change display or when the change display of the normal design is confirmed (that is, before the opening of the normal electric accessory 24A), the normal electric character 24A is displayed. The setting value may not be suggested after opening, or the setting value may be suggested after opening the normal electric accessory 24A. Further, the setting value may not be suggested before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory 24A, but may be suggested only after the opening of the ordinary electric accessory 24A.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 41 to 46, effects performed by the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment (effect control corresponding to a special symbol and display control (effect control) of an effect corresponding to a normal symbol) will be described.
In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the sub integrated control device 42 controls the effect symbol display device 21 and the like based on each command transmitted from the main control device 40, and performs a display effect performed on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21. , The sound effect emitted from the speaker 112 is controlled, and the light emitting mode of the LED lamp 113 for illumination is controlled. Note that the suggestion of the step setting value may be made not only by display but also by sound or emission color.

First, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 41A, the pending number command receiving process executed by the sub integrated control apparatus 42 will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When this processing is started, it is determined whether or not a hold number command has been received (S1000). If a negative determination is made in the processing of S1000 (S1000: no), the process returns. If an affirmative determination is made (S1000: yes), the holding number counter of the sub-integrated controller 42 is incremented by one (S1005), and the effect symbol control is performed. A reservation number display instruction signal is transmitted to the device 43 (S1030), and the process returns. The value of the hold number counter is decremented each time a hold information command is received in a hold information receiving process described later. Thereby, the same number as the number of pending storages stored in main controller 40 is constantly managed.

  Here, the pending number command received by the sub-integrated controller 42 in the processing of S1000 is “first special figure pending number command transmission processing” in S253 of FIG. 12 or “second special figure pending number command transmission processing” of S257 in FIG. It is transmitted from main controller 40 by the “transmission process”. When the sub-integrated controller 42 receives the number-of-reservations command transmitted in the “first special-figure-reservation-number command transmission process”, the first reservation storage display area 9 </ b> A that appears on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21. , The reserved symbol is incremented. When the sub-integrated control device 42 receives the number-of-reservations command transmitted in the “second special-figure reservation number command transmission process”, the second reservation storage display area 9 </ b> B that appears on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21. , The reserved symbol is incremented.

Next, with reference to FIG. 41 (b), the hold number report receiving process executed by the sub integrated control apparatus 42 will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When the process is started, it is determined whether or not the hold information (hold information command) has been received (S1100). If a negative determination is made in the process of S1100 (S1100: no), the process returns, and if an affirmative determination is made (S1100: yes), a process of decrementing the hold number counter provided in the sub integrated control device 42 by -1 is performed ( (S1110), and transmits a reservation number display instruction signal to the effect symbol control device 43 (S1150), and returns.

  Here, the hold number display instruction signal transmitted to the effect symbol control device 43 in the process of S1150 is a signal for instructing that the number of the interrupt symbols is reduced by one from the screen of the effect symbol display device 21. Further, the hold information command received by the sub integrated control device 42 in the process of S1100 is transmitted from the main control device 40 in the “hold information transmission process” of S319 in FIG. If the “hold information” transmitted from the main control device 40 is transmitted when the first number of reservations is decremented (when the special figure 1 starts to change), the effect symbol display device 21 Is decremented by one in the first hold storage display area 9A appearing on the screen. In addition, when the “hold number information” transmitted from the main control device 40 is transmitted when the second hold number is decremented (when the special figure 2 starts to change), the effect symbol display device In the second hold storage display area 9B appearing on the screen 21, the hold symbol is decremented by one.

Next, using the flowchart of FIG. 42 (a), a process of determining an effect (hereinafter referred to as a special figure effect) using an effect symbol corresponding to the special symbol executed by the sub-integrated control device 42 (hereinafter, a special figure effect) The process will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
The special figure effect determination process is a process of determining the mode of the special figure effect and starting the special figure effect.
When the special figure effect determination processing is started, it is determined whether or not the sub integrated control device 42 has received a special figure change start command (S1210). Here, the special figure change start command is a command transmitted from the main control device 40 when starting the change of the special figure (refer to the processing of S320 in FIG. 14). The special figure change start command includes data indicating the result of the special symbol determination (special figure determination). Specifically, it includes data indicating either a big hit or a miss, and data of a fluctuation pattern designating a fluctuation time. When the result of the special figure approval / disapproval determination is a big hit, a symbol designating command (data indicating a big hit type) for designating a big hit symbol is also transmitted as the special figure change start command.

Then, in the case of a negative determination in the processing of S1210 (S1210: no), the special figure effect determination processing is terminated as it is, and in the case of an affirmative determination (S1210: yes), processing for extracting a random number for distribution is performed ( S1215), and proceeds to the processing of S1220.
In the processing of S1220, it is determined whether or not a big hit (that is, a special figure hit) has occurred based on the data included in the special figure change start command. That is, in the variation display of the effect design corresponding to the special figure (hereinafter, referred to as the special figure effect design) started by receiving the special figure change start command in the process of S1210, whether or not the big hit is definitely displayed is determined. Is determined. That is, it is determined whether or not the above-mentioned big hit fluctuation is started.

  Then, in the case of a negative determination in the process of S1220 (S1220: no), the process directly proceeds to the process of S1250, and in the case of an affirmative determination in the process of S1220 (S1220: yes), the value of the special figure hit flag is set to “1”. Thereafter, the flow shifts to the process of S1250. Here, when the value of the special figure hit flag is set to “1”, it indicates that the change of the special figure effect symbol that has been started indicates that the big hit symbol is definitely displayed (generating a big hit). This flag is a flag, and when the value of the special figure effect symbol is “1” at the end of the change of the special figure effect symbol, the value is set to “0” (the special figure effect flag is released). . Then, as will be described later, a “hit display effect” is executed in the roulette display area 8A based on the value of the special figure hit flag being set to “1”.

  In the process of S1250, an effect pattern (effect mode) of a special figure effect is determined using the distribution random numbers extracted in the process of S1215 and the effect pattern table (for big hit or miss) (S1250). Then, the process shifts to the process of S1260, and starts “the special figure effect based on the effect pattern” (change of the effect symbol starts) (S1260), and ends the special figure effect determination process. In addition, when the effect pattern for the big hit is set in the process of S1250, the execution timing of the reach effect and the like are also specified.

Next, the special figure effect stop processing executed by the sub-integrated control device 42 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
This special figure effect stop processing is processing for stopping the changing special figure effect.
When the special figure effect stop processing is started, it is determined whether or not the sub integrated control device 42 has received a special figure change stop command (S1300). Here, the special figure change stop start command is a command transmitted from the main control device 40 when the change of the special figure is stopped and the confirmed symbol is displayed (see the processing of S331 in FIG. 15).
If a negative determination is made in the processing of S1300 (S1300: no), the special figure effect stop processing is terminated as it is, and if a positive determination is made (S1300: yes), the processing shifts to the processing of S1305.

In the process of S1305, it is determined whether or not the value of the special figure hit flag is “1” (S1305). In the case of an affirmative determination (S1305: yes), the value of the special figure effect flag is set to "0" (S1310), and the process proceeds to S1315.
When the special figure effect symbol is confirmed and displayed in the process of S1315, the special figure effect stop process is ended.

  In the above-described special figure effect stop processing, in S1300, the processing after S1305 is executed based on the reception of the special figure change stop command. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Based on the command relating to the fluctuation time received in the processing of S1210, it is determined in S1300 whether or not the fluctuation time has expired. If the determination is affirmative, the processing of S1305 and subsequent steps may be executed. .

Next, display control of the general figure effect executed based on the result of the general figure right / wrong determination will be described with reference to FIGS. 43 to 46. Here, the ordinary symbol effect according to the first embodiment is executed during a period from the execution of the normal symbol hit / fail determination to the end of the ordinary symbol hitting game.
First, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 43, a general-purpose variation effect setting process executed by the sub-integrated control device 42 will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
This normal figure fluctuation effect setting process is a process of determining (setting) the mode of the general figure effect and starting the fluctuation of the effect symbol corresponding to the general figure.
Here, the mode of the general figure effect set in FIG. 43 is a mode of the effect performed in the roulette area 8A when the game state is the non-open extended state and the result of the general figure right / wrong determination is a hit. The display mode in the case where the game state is the extended open state or the result of the general figure right / wrong determination is out of range is not particularly limited. For example, a predetermined form of stop display (stop display of the above-described cat character) is performed on the screen of the effect design display device 21 in the roulette area 8A, or the roulette area 8A is not displayed on the screen of the effect design display device 21. May be. In addition, even in the case of the extended open state or the result of the general symbol right / wrong determination, the roulette area 8A appears on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21, and the normal symbol change display, the fixed display, the normal symbol A general drawing effect may be performed when the electric accessory 24A is opened.

When the sub-integrated control device 42 starts the ordinary figure variation effect setting process, it determines whether or not a normal symbol variation start command has been received (S2000). In the case of a negative determination in the processing of S2000 (S2000: no), the ordinary figure fluctuation effect setting processing is terminated (returned) as it is, and when the ordinary symbol fluctuation start command is received (S2000: yes), the lottery random number An extraction process (S2005) is performed. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state of the pachinko machine 1 is in the extended open state (S2010).
Here, the sub-integrated control device 42 uses the status designation command output from the main control device 40 (S356 in FIG. 16, S440 in FIG. 20, and the status designation command output in the process of S347 in FIG. 16) to execute the pachinko machine. It is possible to detect whether the gaming state of the machine 1 is the open extended state or the non-open extended state.

  If the determination in S2010 is affirmative (S2010: yes), the process directly returns. On the other hand, when it is determined that the vehicle is in the non-open extended state (S2010: no), based on the ordinary symbol change start command, it is determined whether or not the result of the ordinary symbol approval / disapproval is a hit (for the ordinary symbol lottery). (S2015). Then, when the result of the general figure approval / disapproval determination is out of place (when the loss is caused by the lottery of the ordinary symbols) (S2015: no), the process directly returns.

On the other hand, if the result of the general symbol win / fail determination is a hit (when it is determined that the normal symbol lottery has been won) (S2015: yes), the process proceeds to S2020.
In the process of S2020, it is determined based on the normal symbol change start command received in the process of S2000 whether or not the hit is a hit for performing a special opening of the normal electric accessory 24A (hereinafter, a special opening hit). I do. That is, based on the normal symbol change start command, it is determined whether or not the winning symbol of the ordinary symbol is determined to be "hit symbol 2".

If a negative determination is made in the process of S2020 (S2020: no), the process directly proceeds to the process of S20203, and if a positive determination is made in the process of S2020 (S2020: yes), the special opening flag is determined in the process of S2020. After setting the value of “1” to “1”, the flow shifts to the processing of S2030. Here, the special opening flag is a flag indicating that the opening mode executed in the game per ordinary drawing is a special opening.
In S2030, after performing a process of determining whether or not to execute the suggested effect (hereinafter referred to as a suggested effect lottery process) using the random number extracted in S2005 (S2030), it is determined whether or not the proposed effect has been won. Is determined (S2035).
Here, the suggestion effect is an effect that suggests the stage setting value at that time along with the general-purpose effect. In addition, the hit determination probability of the general figure approval / disapproval determination is constant regardless of the step setting value at that time, and the suggestion effect lottery is also constant regardless of the step setting value at that time. Therefore, the suggested effect appears at the same frequency regardless of the stage setting value at that time. In the present embodiment, when the result of the hit determination is a hit, the suggested effect lottery is performed. However, in the present invention, when the result of the determination is a hit, a suggestion effect may be always performed, or a suggestion effect may be performed at a predetermined probability (for example, a probability of 10%). Even with such a configuration, the appearance rate of the suggested effect is constant without being affected by the type of the stage setting value at that time.

If a negative determination is made in the processing of S2035 (S2035: no), the process directly proceeds to the processing of S2045, and if a positive determination is made in the processing of S2035 (S2035: yes), the suggestion effect flag is set in the processing of S2040. After setting the value to “1”, the flow shifts to the processing in S2045. Note that the suggestion effect flag is a flag indicating that a suggestion effect is to be executed in a general-purpose effect.
Here, various winning probabilities in the suggested effect lottery process of S2030 can be set. For example, the winning probability is set higher or lower in the case where the special opening hit is not performed (hereinafter referred to as the normal opening hit) than in the case where the special opening hit is executed. Can be. More specifically, if the probability of winning in the suggested effect lottery is higher in the case where the execution for the normal opening is determined than in the case where the execution for the special opening is determined, the player will Although discouraged from being unable to execute the hit (missing a chance to acquire the second hold memory), on the other hand, it is possible to obtain a high probability of knowing the step setting value at that time.

In the process of S2045, it is determined whether or not the value of the special map hit flag is “1”, that is, whether or not the big hit change is being executed.
Then, when an affirmative determination is made (S2045: yes), a process of setting an effect pattern of a hit display effect is performed (S2060), and the process proceeds to S2065. In the process of S2065, the process of starting the hit display effect (the process of setting the value of the hit display effect flag to "1") and the process of setting the value of the special figure hit flag to "0" are performed. In this case, it is a case in which the big hit change is started before the start of the normal figure change effect. In such a case, the roulette area 8A appears on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21 and once the scroll display (roulette effect) is started. Displaying characters) is performed. Then, when the processing of S2065 is executed, the ordinary figure fluctuation effect setting processing ends (return).

Here, the hit display effect is a process of displaying, in the roulette area 8A, the character "hit" indicating that the result of the special symbol hit determination is a big hit (for example, the effect shown in (d) of FIG. 38). ), Until a predetermined end timing (for example, whether a predetermined time has elapsed after the start) or until the ordinary figure variation effect ends (until a positive determination is obtained in the process of S2215 in FIG. 45). Note that, in the specific example 2 described above with reference to FIG. 38, a case where the big hit variation starts at a predetermined timing after starting the scroll display (roulette effect) is described (described later with reference to FIG. 44).
Note that the execution mode of the hit display effect is not limited to this (a mode in which a “hit character” is displayed after scroll display is performed for a predetermined time). When the time elapses, the “hit character” may be stopped and displayed, or the “hit character” may flash, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the flashing may be stopped and the display may be finalized.

If a negative determination is made in the process of S2045 (S2045: no), a process of setting a roulette effect (S2050) and a process of starting a roulette effect (S2055) are executed. That is, the process of setting the value of the roulette effect in-progress flag to “1” is performed (S2055), and the normal figure fluctuation effect setting process ends (return).
Here, the roulette effect is a horizontal scroll display performed in the roulette area 8A (for example, FIG. 37). The roulette effect flag is a flag indicating that a roulette effect is being performed.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 44, a process of performing a general-purpose variation effect performed by the sub-integrated control device 42 will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When the sub-integrated control device 42 starts the in-floor variation production process, it determines whether or not the value of the roulette performance flag is “1” (S2100). If the determination in S2100 is negative (S2100: no), the process proceeds to S2130, and if the determination is affirmative (S2100: yes), the value of the special figure hit flag becomes “1”. It is determined whether or not (S2105). That is, it is determined whether or not the big hit change is started during the scroll display (during the roulette effect) (S2105).
Then, if a negative determination is made in the processing of S2105 (S2105: no), the processing during the ordinary figure fluctuation effect is once returned. Then, while repeatedly executing the process during the ordinary figure fluctuation effect, after the affirmative determination in S2100, if the affirmative determination is made in the process in S2105 (S2105: yes), the process shifts to the process in S2110, and the scroll display (roulette effect) It is determined whether the remaining time is sufficient (S2110).

In the process of S2110, the sub-integrated control device 42 determines and detects the execution time (execution time of scroll display) of the variation display of the ordinary figure being executed based on the received normal symbol variation start command. The remaining time of the scroll display (roulette effect) when the value of the special map hit flag becomes “1” can be detected. Then, if the remaining time is sufficient, a process of switching the roulette effect to the display effect is performed (S2115). In other words, if there is sufficient remaining time to execute the hit display effect, a process of switching the roulette effect to the hit display effect is performed (S2115), and the process during the normal figure fluctuation effect is temporarily returned.
On the other hand, if the remaining time is not enough (S2110: no), the routine returns once during the normal figure fluctuation effect.

Here, in the “process of switching the roulette effect to the hit display effect” in S2115, a process of canceling the roulette effect in progress flag, a process of setting the hit display effect flag, and a process of canceling the special figure hit flag are performed. Then, the hit display effect flag is set, and the hit display effect is started. In this case, the scroll display (roulette effect) is continued for a while, but after a predetermined time has elapsed, the hit display effect is executed (see (d) of FIG. 38). And it continues until it becomes the end timing of the hit display effect or the end of the normal figure fluctuation effect. Note that, in the specific example 2 of FIG. 38, the case where the reach display is started with the big hit fluctuation and the end timing of the hit display effect is reached is shown.
It should be noted that the processing after S2105 is omitted in the normal figure fluctuation effect processing (even if the special figure hit flag is set during the normal figure fluctuation, this is ignored) and the roulette fluctuates until the normal figure fluctuation time ends. The production may be continued.

As described above, if the roulette effect flag is not set (S2100: no) after the start of the normal figure change effect process, the process proceeds to S2130. In the process of S2130, it is determined whether or not the hit display effect flag is set (whether or not the value is “1”). It should be noted that the hit display effect flag is set when the universal figure variation effect is started (see the processing of S2065 in FIG. 43) or when the universal figure variation effect is set (see FIG. 43). 44 (see the processing of S2115).
Then, if a negative determination is made in the processing of S2130 (S2130: no), the routine returns to the normal figure fluctuation effect processing. In this case (the case in which the roulette effect flag and the hit display effect flag are released), as will be described later, the end timing of the hit display effect comes during the normal figure fluctuation effect (S2135: yes), and the hit display effect flag Is canceled.

When an affirmative determination is made in the process of S2130 (S2130: yes), the process shifts to the process of S2135, and it is determined whether or not the end timing of the hit display effect has been reached (S2135). If a negative determination is made in the process of S2135 (S2135: no), the process returns to the once-period variation effect process. If the affirmative determination is made in the process of S2135 (S2135: yes) while repeatedly executing the process during the normal figure fluctuation effect, a process of ending the hit display effect (a process of canceling the hit display effect flag) is performed ( In step S2140, the process returns to the normal-floor variation production process.
Here, as the end timing of the hit display effect, it is possible to exemplify that the big hit change becomes the timing at which the reach display is performed (see (e) of FIG. 38). , The character "C" is deleted from the roulette area 8A, and the cat character 8C that has moved to the outside of the roulette area 8A is returned to the roulette area 8A. That is, a process of returning the cat character 8C to the roulette area 8A and performing standby for subsequent scroll display (roulette effect) or the like can be exemplified.
As will be described later, when the end timing of the hit display effect has not arrived and the general-purpose stop command is ended, the hit display effect is forcibly ended (see the process of S2260 in FIG. 45).

Next, with reference to FIG. 45, a general-purpose variation effect ending process executed by the sub integrated control device 42 will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When starting the universal figure variation effect ending process, the sub-integrated control device 42 determines whether or not a universal figure stop command has been received (S2200). In the case of a negative determination in the process of S2200 (S2200: no), this process ends (return) as it is, and in the case of a positive determination (S2200: yes), the process proceeds to S2205.

In S2205, it is determined whether or not the roulette effect flag is set (whether or not the value is “1”) (S2205). Then, when an affirmative determination is made (S2205: yes), a process of canceling the roulette effect in-progress flag is performed (S2220), and the process proceeds to S2225.
On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in S2205 (S2205: no), it is determined whether or not the hit display effect flag is set (whether or not the hit display effect is continued) (S2215). If a negative determination is made in the process of S2215 (S2215: no), the process proceeds to S2225. If the determination in S2215 is affirmative (S2215: yes), a process of ending the hit display effect (a process of canceling the hit display effect flag) is performed (S2260), and the normal figure change effect end process is returned. I do. In this case, the cat character 8C is returned to the roulette area 8A, and the ordinary figure fluctuation effect is ended. In such a case, the processing after S2225 is not executed, that is, the notification effect as the effect before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory is not executed. However, when the hit display effect is continued, the process may shift to the process of S2225 via the process of releasing the hit display effect flag. For example, the processing of S2230, S2240 or S2250 may be performed without returning the cat character 8C to the roulette area 8A.

In the processing of S2225, it is determined whether or not the special release flag is set (whether or not the value is “1”) (S2225). If an affirmative determination is made (S2225: yes), a special opening display is performed (for example, the effect shown in FIG. 39 (b)), and the routine for changing the normal figure effect is returned. In other words, the notification effect as the effect before the opening of the ordinary electric auditors product is executed, and the normal figure fluctuation effect ending process is returned.
On the other hand, when it is determined in S2225 that the special release flag is not set (S2225: no), it is determined whether or not the suggestion effect flag is set (whether or not the value is “1”) (S2235). ).
If an affirmative determination is made in the process of S2235 (S2235: yes), the process of displaying the stage setting value at that time (for example, the effect shown in FIG. 39 (c)) and (S2240), the suggestive effect flag (A process of setting the value to “0”) is performed (S2245), and the normal figure fluctuation effect ending process is returned. On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in the processing of S2235 (S2235: no), the normal open display is performed (for example, the effect shown in FIG. 37 (c)), and the normal figure fluctuation effect ending process is returned. . That is, in 2240, a set value suggestion effect as an effect before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory is performed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, at the end of the variation display of the ordinary map, the special opening display (S2230), the normal opening display (S2250), and the setting suggestion display (S2240) are executed alternatively. In this case, the player can watch the end of the roulette production by drinking a saliva and effectively enhance the entertainment of the game. In particular, even a discouraged player who cannot encounter the special opening display (S2230) can get a chance to encounter the setting suggestion display (S2240). As a result, it is possible to obtain a criterion for determining whether or not to continue the game, prevent the game from being immersed, and secure the soundness of the game.
In this embodiment, when the special opening display (notification effect) is performed, the setting value suggestion effect (suggestion effect) as the effect before the opening of the normal electric accessory is not executed. The effect) and the setting value suggesting effect (suggesting effect) may be performed simultaneously or sequentially.

Next, with reference to FIG. 46, a general-purpose game effect process executed by the sub integrated control device 42 will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When starting the general-purpose game rendering process, the sub-integrated control device 42 determines whether or not a general-purpose game start command has been received (S2300). In the case of a negative determination in the process of S2300 (S2300: no), the present process is terminated (return) as it is, and in the case of an affirmative determination (S2300: yes), the process proceeds to S2305.

In the process of S2305, it is determined whether the special release flag is set (whether the value is “1”) (S2305). If a negative determination is made (S2305: no), the present process is terminated (return), and if an affirmative determination is made (S2305: yes), the process proceeds to S2310 and subsequent processes.
In the processing of S2310, processing of releasing the special release flag (processing of setting the value to “0”) is performed. Then, after the process of S2310, the process shifts to the process of S2315, and it is determined whether or not the suggested effect flag is set (whether or not the value is “1”) (S2315).
If a negative determination is made in the processing of S2315 (S2315: no), the processing shifts to the processing of S2320, and the notification that the special opening is being performed is displayed without displaying the step setting value at that time, and the second processing is performed. A display prompting a prize to the special figure starting port 24 (hereinafter referred to as a no-suggestion promotion display) is performed (for example, the effect shown in FIG. 40 (b)).
In other words, as a normal electric bonus release effect, a special opening notification and a ball entry promotion notification are performed. In addition, the notification during special opening and the notification of ball entry promotion may be performed simultaneously, or may be performed in succession. Then, after performing the processing of S2320, the general-purpose game effect processing ends.

On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in the process of S2315 (S2315: yes), the process shifts to the process of S2325, informing that the special opening is being performed while displaying the stage set value at that time, and the second feature. A display for prompting a prize to the start port 24 (hereinafter referred to as a promotion display with a suggestion) is performed (for example, the effect shown in FIG. 40 (c)).
In other words, as the effect during the opening of the normal electric accessory, a notification during the special opening, a ball entry promotion notification, and a setting value suggestion effect are performed. In this case, also in this case, the special opening notification, the ball entry promotion notification, and the set value suggestion effect may be performed simultaneously or sequentially.
Then, when S2325 is performed, the suggested effect flag is reset (the value is “0”), and then the general-purpose game effect process is returned.

  In the pachinko machine 1 according to the first embodiment, no matter what the step setting value is set, regardless of the step setting value, the effect that the judgment probability is executed based on the result of the fixed figure pass / fail judgment is constant. Suggests step setting. Therefore, the setting suggestion is always performed at the same frequency. That is, irrespective of the level of the step set value, a hit occurs in the ordinary figure right / wrong determination under the same conditions at all times, and a deviation occurs. Therefore, between the players who play the pachinko machine 1 set to different step set values, the set value is not changed. Don't create an unfair feeling about the enjoyment of setting suggestions due to differences. For example, a guideline regarding whether or not the game can be continued in the pachinko machine 1 can be imparted to any player fairly, and it is possible to prevent the game from being immersed, thereby contributing to soundness of the game.

Further, in the pachinko machine 1 of the first embodiment, the execution of the special opening of the normal electric accessory 24A is set to a certain probability irrespective of the set value. By further including a suggestion effect, a setting suggestion effect can be provided under the same condition regardless of the step setting value.
Further, in the pachinko machine 1 of the first embodiment, the general-purpose effect is performed at the time of the general-purpose lottery (before the general-purpose opening) (to be performed as the general-purpose opening effect). In other words, the production before the opening of the public telephone as the production of the public figure includes at least one of the notification production performed at the timing before the normal electric accessory 24A is opened and the production suggestion of the set value. The player who faces the problem can expect that the suggestion regarding the set value may be made while paying attention to whether or not the special opening is performed.
In addition, in the pachinko machine 1 of the first embodiment, at the timing when the normal electric accessory 24A is being specially opened, the fact that the ordinary electric accessory is being specially opened and a notification for promoting a prize are issued. In addition, since the set value suggestion effect may be performed at the same time during the opening of the normal electric power, the player recognizes that it is specially opened and that it is time to win a prize. It can be expected that suggestions regarding the value may be made.

  Next, a first modified example of the first embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as modified example 1) will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment, the suggestion effect is performed at the end of the roulette effect. However, as illustrated in the first modification, the suggestion effect may be performed during the roulette effect. In addition, in the first modification, the hit display effect is performed even if the big hit change is started during the roulette effect. However, when the big hit change is not executed when the roulette effect is started, the hit display effect is performed. Not to run. However, even in the first modification, even if the big hit variation starts during the roulette effect, the hit display effect may be performed.

In the first modification, when the suggestion effect flag is set during the roulette effect (S2100: yes, S2106: yes), after the start of the roulette effect, it becomes a predetermined suggestion effect timing (S2108: yes). After performing the setting suggestion display process and the process of canceling the suggestion effect flag (S2112), the process returns to the normal-floor variation effect process. In this case, the suggestion effect is performed during the roulette effect (for example, the suggestion effect is performed 2 seconds after the roulette effect starts). In the first modification, the suggestion effect (set value suggestion effect) is not performed in the ordinary figure fluctuation effect ending process.
However, unlike the first modification, even when the suggestion effect (setting value suggestion effect) is executed during the roulette effect, the suggestion effect (setting value suggestion effect) is executed repeatedly when the ordinary figure fluctuation effect ends. Good. In particular, when the suggestion effect (setting value suggestion effect) is performed repeatedly during the roulette effect and when the ordinary figure fluctuation effect ends, the degree of the suggestion is changed between the former suggestion effect and the latter suggestion effect, and the effect is accented. May be given. For example, as shown in the upper column of the chart of FIG. 47B, an effect that gives notice of the execution of the effect that suggests the former (setting value suggesting effect) (for example, an effect that displays a comment that there is a setting suggestion?). ), A character suggesting a setting or a numerical value indicating a setting value may be displayed to complete the setting suggestion. In addition, even if this notice is a true notice (the one that surely performs the setting suggestion after the notice), it is a false notice (a so-called gaseous notice that does not perform the setting suggestion 100% after the notice). ).
Also, as shown in the lower column of the chart of FIG. 47B, the former is set by the type of effect that the player needs to imagine to understand the set value (for example, the type of the displayed thing (animal, food, etc.)). The effect that indicates the set value may be performed in the latter with a “small” numerical value.

  Although illustration is omitted, in the first embodiment, when the big hit change is started at the start of the ordinary figure change effect or during the roulette effect (when the value of the special figure hit flag is “1”), the hit display effect (Only the hold storage during the fluctuation display is hit and the display effect is performed), but the big hit is held in the hold storage area (a big hit occurs when the special figure right / wrong determination is made). ) May be announced if present. In this case, it is determined in advance whether or not there is a possibility of occurrence of a jackpot in the hold storage stored in the special figure start winning confirmation processing, and a prefetch command indicating occurrence of the jackpot is transmitted to the sub integrated controller 42. Therefore, when the sub integrated control device 42 receives the prefetch command, for example, it is possible to notify that a big hit is to occur in the roulette area 8A.

[Second embodiment]
Next, a pachinko machine 1 according to a second embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as Example 2) to which the present invention is applied will be described.
In the pachinko machine 1 according to the first embodiment, the suggestion effect is performed during the execution of the ordinary figure effect, but in the pachinko machine 1 according to the second embodiment, the suggestion effect is performed during the execution of the special figure effect. However, also in the second embodiment, the execution is performed when the result of the general figure approval / disapproval determination is a specific hit (a hit for which the hit symbol 2 is definitely displayed), and the special figure effect (the effect resulting from the general figure) is performed. Execute the suggestion effect during execution. The probability (big hit probability) of performing the jackpot determination display in the special figure effect is affected by the step setting value. Therefore, the appearance rate of the suggested effect is not affected by the step setting value.
In other words, the suggestion effect of the second embodiment is executed in a general-figure-based effect that is executed starting from the result (a specific hit) generated in the general-figure determination.

Next, a display example of the effect of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the specific example 7 shown in FIG. 48 as well, when the game state is the non-open extended state, the effect mode on the effect symbol display device 21 will be described.
Also in the specific example 7, on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21, the effect symbol display area 7A corresponding to the special symbol, the effect symbol display area 8A corresponding to the normal symbol, and the hold storage display areas 9A and 9B appear. Let me.
FIG. 48A shows a state in which execution of special opening is confirmed and displayed in the display area 8A. In this state, three holding symbols (white circles) corresponding to the first holding storage are displayed in the first holding storage display area 9A, but corresponding to the second holding storage in the second holding storage display area 9B. It is assumed that no reserved symbols (black circles) are displayed. In the specific example 7, it is assumed that the winning has been lost in the suggestive effect lottery executed along with the general drawing effect.

FIG. 48 (b) shows an example of a display when a general-purpose game (a game in which the normal motorized accessory 24A is opened) with a special opening of the ordinary motorized accessory 24A is started in the non-open extended game state. Is shown. In this case, the display by the cat character 8C or the like outside the roulette area 8A is changed to the rabbit character 8J that notifies the start of the special opening, thereby informing the player that the special opening has started (normally). Directed during the opening of the electric accessory).
In addition, as a line of the rabbit character 8J, a “display (promotion promotion display) 8M for prompting a prize to the ordinary electric accessory 24A” is made. Specifically, a display that promotes the filling of the reserved symbols (black circles) in the second reserved storage display area 9B (for example, in the non-open extended state, since the second reserved is empty, four pieces are inserted. 8M). FIG. 48B shows a state in which two reserved symbols are displayed on the reserved symbols (black circles) in the second reserved storage display area 9B.

  FIG. 48 (c) shows a case where the number of the second holding memories becomes four during the special opening and the special effect mode (the pounding mode) is started. Note that the downward arrow 8R in FIG. 48C is an arrow described for convenience of description, and the arrow 8R is not displayed on the screen of the actual effect symbol display device 21. That is, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the second embodiment, the hold indicated by the downward arrow 8R is internally a big hit hold (that is, a hold in which the big hit symbol is fixedly displayed by digestion (variation display)). The arrow 8R does not necessarily indicate the target of the prefetch effect.

The pachinko machine 1 according to the second embodiment is configured to be able to shift to the special mode (the pounding mode) when the number of the second holding memories becomes four during the special opening.
Further, since the pachinko machine 1 according to the second embodiment is a priority-variable machine of the second reserved storage, the four second reserved storages are processed prior to the first reserved storage.

FIG. 48 (d) shows a case where, after starting the special effect mode (excitement mode), the second reserved storage stored first is processed (the special figure right / wrong determination based on the second reserved storage is performed). , When the variable display is started). In addition, each time the second holding memory stored when the special effect mode (the throb mode) is started is executed, the change of the effect design corresponding to the special figure is executed without the setting suggestion effect. Character (egg) 8P appears.
FIG. 48E shows a case where the result of the special figure right / wrong determination executed based on the second hold storage is out of order.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 48 (d) and (e), if the processed second hold storage is a hold (a hold that is lost in the special figure determination), the character (egg) 8P Although a "crack" is generated and a vibrating display is displayed, the character (egg) 8P does not break even if the variation of the effect design corresponding to the special figure ends.

FIG. 48 (f) shows a case where the next second hold storage is processed in the storage order, and shows a case where the second hold storage is a big hit hold.
FIG. 48 (g) shows a case in which the reach display is executed with an effect symbol (effect symbol corresponding to a special symbol) executed based on the second hold storage. At this time, the character (egg) 8P is broken, and a character 8Q composed of a character (hit) indicating the occurrence of a big hit appears from inside the character (egg) 8P. Then, as shown in FIG. In addition, a stop symbol corresponding to the big hit symbol is displayed in "effect symbol corresponding to special symbol".
In addition, when all the second holding memories that have triggered the transition to the special effect mode are released and held, the character (egg) 8P suggests the occurrence of a big hit (the character (egg) 8P is broken). Absent.

Next, a specific example 8 will be described with reference to FIG.
Also in the specific example 8, an effect mode on the effect symbol display device 21 when the gaming state is the non-open extended state will be described. Further, also in the specific example 8, on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21, the effect symbol display area 7A corresponding to the special symbol, the effect symbol display area 8A corresponding to the ordinary symbol, and the reserved storage display areas 9A, 9B. Is appearing.
FIG. 49A shows a state in which execution of special opening is confirmed and displayed in the display area 8A. Then, in this state, the three reserved symbols corresponding to the first reserved storage are displayed in the first reserved storage display area 9A, but the reserved symbols corresponding to the second reserved storage are displayed in the second reserved storage display area 9B. It shall not be displayed at all. However, in the specific example 8, it is assumed that the winning has been achieved in the suggestion effect lottery executed with the general-purpose effect.

FIG. 49 (b) shows a display example when the normal electric game 24A starts a general game with special opening in a non-open extended state, and shows a cat character 8C or the like outside the roulette area 8A. Is changed to the rabbit character 8J that notifies the start of the special opening, thereby informing the player that the special opening has been started.
In addition, a “display (promotion display) for prompting a prize to the ordinary electric accessory 24A” 8M is performed by the words of the rabbit character 8J. Also in this case, a display (for example, a display indicating that four pieces are to be inserted) is displayed to promote filling of the reserved symbols (black circles) in the second reserved storage display area 9B. FIG. 49B shows a state in which two reserved symbols are displayed on the reserved symbols (black circles) in the second reserved storage display area 9B.

  FIG. 49 (c) also shows a case where the number of the second holding memories becomes four during the special opening and the special effect mode (the pounding mode) is started, and the downward arrow 8R indicates the existence of the big hit holding. In this case, based on the result of the general figure approval / disapproval determination, the normal electric accessory 24 performs a special opening, and a predetermined number of game balls are thrown into the ordinary electric accessory 24, so that the special effect mode (excitement) is achieved. Mode). Then, as will be described later, the suggestion effect is executed in the special effect mode (excitement mode) that is started based on the result of the general figure approval / disapproval determination. In addition, also in the specific example 8, the four second reserved storages are processed prior to the first reserved storage.

FIG. 49D shows a case where the second reserved storage stored first is processed after the special effect mode (the pounding mode) is started. In addition, each time the second holding storage that is stored when the special effect mode (the throb mode) is started, a change in the effect design corresponding to the special figure causes the character ( Tiger) 8T appears.
Further, FIG. 49E shows a case where the result of the special figure hit / fail determination executed based on the second hold storage is out of order. Then, as shown in FIGS. 49 (d) and (e), when the second hold storage to be processed is released and held, the character (tiger) 8T is displayed while lying down, The character (tiger) 8T does not occur even when the change of the effect symbol corresponding to the figure ends.

FIGS. 49F to 49G show a case where the next second reserved storage is processed in the storage order. Here, the second hold storage is assumed to be a jackpot hold. In this case, the character (tiger) 8T is in a sleeping state at the time when the variation of the effect symbol corresponding to the special symbol is started.
FIG. 49 (h) shows a case where the reach display is executed with an effect symbol (effect symbol corresponding to a special symbol) executed based on the second hold storage. At this time, the character (tiger) 8T suddenly wakes up, and the character "hit" is displayed in the mouth of the character (tiger) 8T, suggesting "the occurrence of a big hit" (big hit notification effect). Then, although not shown, a stop symbol corresponding to the big hit symbol is displayed in "effect symbol corresponding to special symbol".
If all the second holding memories, which triggered the transition to the special effect mode (throb mode), are released and held, the character (tiger) 8T remains asleep and does not wake up. In addition, the probability of winning in the lottery of whether or not to perform the suggestion effect is performed in the effect symbol corresponding to the ordinary figure, and therefore is constant regardless of the step setting value at that time.

  In other words, since the probability of generating a big hit is changed by the step setting value, the frequency of execution of the effect indicating the big hit (the effect in which the character (tiger) 8T occurs, the effect in which the character (egg) 8P is broken) is set in the step setting. Changed by value. On the other hand, whether or not an effect indicating the stage setting value is executed (whether the character (tiger) 8T appears or the character (egg) 8P appears) is constant regardless of the stage setting value. Also in the second embodiment, the suggestion of the step setting value can be performed at the same frequency regardless of the step setting value.

In the specific examples 7 and 8, when a change occurs in the characters (eggs, tigers) 8P and 8T, a big hit is reported, and when no change occurs, a miss is reported. The probability that the character (egg) 8P that does not suggest the setting or the probability that the character (tiger) 8T that suggests the setting appears will be constant regardless of the step setting value at that time. However, the probability of the character (egg, tiger) 8P, 8T undergoing a state change (for example, breaking, occurring, changing color, etc.) is changed according to the step setting value at that time.
In the specific example 8, as described later, when an effect pattern of an effect symbol corresponding to a special figure is set, if a winning effect is made by a suggestion effect lottery, a display is performed according to a step setting value at that time. The effect character may set a different effect pattern. For example, similarly to the specific example 5, the animal characters other than the tiger, such as an elephant (a character suggesting the setting 5), a bear (a character suggesting the setting 4), and a dog ( It is also possible to display a sheep (character suggesting setting 1), a sheep (character suggesting setting 2), and a mouse (character suggesting setting 1). Also, in the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, a character suggesting a wide “stage setting value” may be displayed. For example, a character indicating that the “stage setting value” is high (a character indicating the setting 5 or 6) and a character indicating that the “stage setting value” is an intermediate value (indicating the setting 3 or 4) Alternatively, a character (a character indicating setting 1 or 2) indicating that the “stage setting value” is low may be displayed alternatively.
Further, in the present embodiment, when a suggestion effect is not performed, a food character (for example, an egg) is displayed. Therefore, execution of the suggestion effect depends on whether an animal character appears or a food character appears. Can be determined.

Next, an effect control executed in the pachinko machine 1 according to the second embodiment will be described.
First, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 50, the hold number command receiving process executed by the sub integrated control apparatus 42 will be described. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When the pending number command receiving process is started, it is determined whether a pending number instruction command has been received (S1000). If a negative determination is made in the process of S1000 (S1000: no), the process returns. If an affirmative determination is made in the process of S1000 (S1000: yes), +1 is added to the suspended number counter provided in the sub-integrated control device 42 (S1005). Move on to processing.

  Here, as the number-of-suspended counters provided in the sub-integrated controller 42, a first number-of-suspended counter corresponding to the first number-of-suspended commands and a second number-of-suspended counter corresponding to the second number-of-suspended commands are provided. Then, if the pending number command received in S1000 is the first pending number command, the value of the first pending number counter is incremented by +1 in the processing of S1005, and the pending number command received in S1000 is the second pending number command. In this case, the value of the second pending number counter is incremented by one in the process of S1005.

It is determined whether or not the value of the special release flag is “1” in the process of S1010, and if a negative determination is made in the process of S1010 (S1010: no), the process directly proceeds to the process of S1030. If an affirmative determination is made in the processing of S1010 (S1010: yes), the processing shifts to the processing of S1015, and the number-of-holds command received in the processing of S1000 is the number-of-holds command related to the second number of hold (in FIG. Is determined (S1015).
If the command is the first pending number command (S1015: no), the process proceeds to S1030, and if the command is the second pending number command (S1015: yes), the process proceeds to S1020. That is, when the value of the special release flag is “1”, the process proceeds to S1020 only when the second pending number command is received, and does not proceed to S1020 even when the first pending number command is received. .

In the processing of S1020, it is determined whether or not the value of the second pending number counter has become “4” by adding +1 in the processing of S1005 (S1020). When a negative determination is made (S1020: no), the process proceeds to S1030, and when an affirmative determination is made (S1020: yes), the process proceeds to S1022.
Here, the process of S1022 determines whether or not the value of the special effect mode flag is “0”, and when a negative determination is made (S1022: no), that is, when the special effect mode has already been started ( S1022: no), and the process directly proceeds to S1030. For example, when the special effect mode is started and the value of the special effect counter is once reduced to “3”, and the second hold number command is received (when the second hold storage is acquired), the process proceeds to S1025. The transition is not made, and the period of the special effect mode is prevented from being extended. However, even in such a case, the value of the special effect counter may be set to the upper limit again.

When an affirmative determination is made in the process of S1022 (S1022: yes), the process proceeds to the process of S1030 via the process of S1025.
In the process of S1025, a process of setting the value of the special effect flag to “1” and a process of setting the value of the special effect counter (C) to the upper limit value of “4” are performed. Thereby, the special effect mode is started. Here, the special effect flag is a flag indicating that the special effect mode is set.

In the process of S1030, the CPU sends a presentation number control signal to the effect symbol control device 43 (S1030) and returns. The value of the hold number counter is decremented each time a hold information command is received in a hold information receiving process described later. Thereby, the same number as the number of pending storages stored in main controller 40 is constantly managed.
When the sub-integrated control device 42 receives the first special figure reservation number command in the processing of S1000, the reservation design is incremented in the first reservation storage display area 9A, and when the second special figure reservation number command is received, In the 2 hold storage display area 9B, the hold symbol is incremented.

Next, with reference to FIG. 51, a description will be given of the hold information receiving process executed by the sub integrated control apparatus 42. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When the process is started, it is determined whether or not the hold information (hold information command) has been received (S1100). If a negative determination is made in the process of S1100 (S1100: no), the process returns. If an affirmative determination is made in the process of S1100 (S1100: yes), the process of subtracting -1 from the reserved ball number counter provided in the sub integrated control device 42 is performed. After performing (S1110), the process proceeds to S1115.

In the process of S1115, it is determined whether or not the received hold information (hold information command) is the hold information related to Tokujin 2 (S1115). That is, it is determined whether or not a case in which the reserved number information (second reserved information) related to the special map 2 is consumed and a change of the second special map starts is generated (S1115). If a negative determination is made (S1115: no), a reservation number display signal is transmitted to the effect symbol control device 43 (S1150), and the reservation information receiving process is returned.
On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in the processing of S1115 (S1115: yes), the flow shifts to S1120 to determine whether or not the value of the special effect flag is “1” (S1120).

If a negative determination is made in the process of S1120 (S1120: no), the process of S1150 is executed, and then the process returns to the hold information receiving process.
In addition, when the affirmative determination is made in the processing of S1120 (S1120: yes), the processing of decrementing the special effect counter (C) by -1 is performed (S1125), and then the processing shifts to the processing of S1150. Then, after executing the process of S1150, the process returns to the hold information receiving process.
Here, the hold number display signal transmitted to the effect symbol control device 43 in the processing of S1115 is a signal for instructing a control for reducing the number of the pending symbols by one from the screen of the effect symbol display device 21. If the “suspended number information transmission process” transmitted from the main control device 40 is transmitted when the first suspended number is decremented (when the special figure 1 starts to change), the first If the reserved symbol is decremented by one in the reserved storage display area 9A and transmitted when the second reserved number is decremented (when the special figure 2 starts to change), the second reserved storage display area 9B , The reserved symbol is decremented by one.

Next, the special figure effect determination processing executed by the sub integrated control device 42 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
This is a process for determining the mode of the effect (special effect) corresponding to the special effect and starting the special effect.
When this processing is started, it is determined whether or not the sub integrated control device 42 has received a special figure change start command (S1210). The special figure change start command includes data indicating the result of the special symbol hit / fail judgment (special figure hit / fail judgment), data indicating the type of the special figure (special figure 1 or special figure 2), and data of the fluctuation pattern. Etc. are included. Then, in the case of a negative determination in the processing of S1210 (S1210: no), the special figure effect determination processing ends as it is.

In the case of an affirmative determination in the process of S1210 (S1210: yes), after performing a process of extracting a random number for distribution (S1215), the process shifts to a process of S1218, and the change of the special map is started. It is determined whether the value is 2 (S1218).
When a negative determination is made in S1218 (S1218: no), after performing a process of setting a pattern of a general / special-effect effect (S1238), a special-effect effect is started (S1260), and the special-effect effect determination process is performed. To return.
Here, the general / special figure production pattern is a special figure production pattern executed in a mode other than the special production mode, and is a big hit / general / special figure corresponding to a case where the special figure approval / disapproval judgment is a big hit. There are an effect pattern and an out-of-special / general / special-effect effect pattern corresponding to a case where the special figure approval / disapproval judgment is out of order.

When an affirmative determination is made in S1218 (S1218: yes), the process proceeds to S1222, and it is determined whether the value of the special effect flag is “1” (S1222). If a negative determination is made in the process of S1222 (S1222: no), that is, if the special effect is not being performed, a process of setting a general / special-effect effect pattern is performed (S1238). The effect is started (S1260), and the special figure effect determination process is returned.
On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in the processing of S1222 (S1222: yes), the processing shifts to S1224, and it is determined whether or not the value of the special effect counter (C) is “1”. That is, it is determined whether or not the special figure effect started this time is the one that is started by processing the last stored one of the second hold storages stored during the special effect (S1224).
Then, when the affirmative determination is made in S1224, the value of the special effect flag is set to “0” (S1226), and then the process proceeds to S1228. Transition.
In the process of S1228, it is determined whether or not the value of the suggested effect flag is “1”. Specifically, when setting an effect pattern for a general-purpose effect, it is determined whether or not the suggested effect flag is set (the value is “1”) (S1228).

If an affirmative determination is made in the process of S1228 (S1228: yes), after performing a process of setting a pattern of suggestion / special special figure effect (S1232), the special figure effect is started (S1260), and the special figure effect is started. The effect determination processing is returned.
The pattern with suggestion / special special figure production is the production pattern of special figure production with the suggestion of the stage setting at that time. There are a pattern effect pattern and a special effect effect special / special effect effect pattern corresponding to a case where the special figure approval / disapproval judgment is wrong. For example, as described above, a case can be exemplified in which an animal (for example, a tiger) suggesting a stage setting appears in a special figure effect. Here, in the process of S1232, whether the “pattern for big hit / suggested / special special figure effect” or the “slipping / suggested / special special figure effect pattern” is set is the stage setting at that time. Depends on value. However, whether or not the stage setting value is suggested (for example, whether or not an animal that suggests a setting value such as a tiger appears) is determined with a certain probability regardless of the stage setting value at that time.
In the process of S1232, if the special figure change start command includes data indicating the occurrence of a big hit, at a predetermined timing (for example, at the timing of performing reach display), the effect contents in which the state of the animal changes (specific example) In 8, the effect contents that the tiger wakes up) are set. On the other hand, if the special figure change start command includes the data indicating the occurrence of the deviation, the effect content in which the state of the animal does not change (the effect content in which the tiger is sleeping in the specific example 8) is set.

When a negative determination is made in the process of S1228 (S1228: no), after performing a process of setting a pattern of a special special figure effect without suggestion (S1236), the special figure effect is started (S1260), and the special figure effect is started. The effect determination processing is returned.
The no-special / special special-effects production pattern is a special-effects production pattern that does not involve the suggestion of the stage setting at that time, and is different from the general / special-effects production pattern. This is a special figure effect pattern in which characters (eg, eggs) that do not appear in the pattern appear. And the pattern of big hit / no suggestion / special special figure production corresponding to the case where the special figure approval / disapproval judgment is a big hit, and a special special figure production for the removal / no suggestion corresponding to the case where the special figure approval / disapproval judgment is out of order There is a pattern.
Also in this case, whether the “pattern for big hit / no suggestion / special special figure effect” and “pattern for miss / no suggestion / special special effect effect” are set depends on the stage setting value at that time. .
In the process of S1236, if the special figure change start command includes data indicating the occurrence of a big hit, the effect that the state of the character (eg, egg) changes at a predetermined timing (timing for performing reach display). The content (the effect content in which the egg breaks in the specific example 7) is set. Further, if the special figure change start command includes data indicating occurrence of deviation, an effect content in which the state of the character (eg, an egg) does not change (an effect content in which the egg is not broken in the specific example 7) is set. .

Next, the special figure effect stop processing executed by the sub integrated control device 42 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is a process that is periodically (for example, 2 ms) performed by the sub integrated control device 42.
When the special figure effect stop processing of the second embodiment is started, it is determined whether or not the sub integrated control device 42 has received a special figure stop command (S1300). When a negative determination is made (S1300: no), the special figure effect stop processing is terminated as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made (S1300: yes), the special figure effect design is fixedly displayed (S1315), The special figure effect stop processing ends.

Next, the display control of the general figure effect executed based on the result of the general figure right / wrong determination will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 54, the general-purpose variation effect setting process executed by the sub-integrated control device 42 will be described.
The general figure variation effect setting process of the second embodiment is different from the general diagram effect setting process of the first embodiment in that the processes of S2045, S2060, and S2065 are omitted, but the other points are the general performance of the first embodiment. This is the same as the variable output setting process.
Also in the general-figure variation effect setting process of the second embodiment, if it is per-figure (S2015: yes), it is determined whether or not to execute the suggestion effect (S2035, S2040). Further, in the second embodiment, the hit display effect is not performed, but may be performed in the second embodiment. In addition, the contents of the roulette effect are the same as those in the first embodiment, and are not shown.

Next, with reference to FIG. 55 (a), a general-purpose variation effect ending process executed by the sub integrated control device 42 will be described.
In the second embodiment as well, when the sub-integrated control device 42 starts the general-purpose variation effect ending process, it determines whether or not the general-purpose stop effect process has been received (S2200). In the case of a negative determination in the process of S2200 (S2200: no), this process is ended (return) as it is, and in the case of an affirmative determination (S2200: yes), the process proceeds to S2220.

In S2220, after the process of canceling the roulette effect flag is performed (S2220), the flow shifts to the process of S2225.
Then, in the processing of S2225, it is determined whether or not the special release flag is set (whether or not the value is “1”) (S2225). If an affirmative determination is made (S2225: yes), a special opening display is performed, and the normal figure fluctuation effect ending process is returned. On the other hand, when a negative determination is made (S2225: no), the normal open display is performed, and the normal figure fluctuation effect end processing is returned.

Next, with reference to FIG. 55 (b), a general-purpose game effect process executed by the sub-integrated control device 42 will be described.
When starting the general-purpose game rendering process, the sub-integrated control device 42 determines whether or not a general-purpose game start command has been received (S2300). In the case of a negative determination in the process of S2300 (S2300: no), the present process is terminated (return) as it is, and in the case of an affirmative determination (S2300: yes), the process proceeds to S2305.
In the process of S2305, it is determined whether or not the special release flag is set (S2305). When a negative determination is made (S2305: no), the present process is terminated (return) as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made (S2305: yes), the process proceeds to the processes after S2310.
In the process of S2310, a process of releasing the special release flag is performed. Then, after the process of S2310, the process shifts to the process of S2332, after displaying a winning promotion display and a notification that special opening is being performed, ends this process (return).

  According to the pachinko machine 1 of the second embodiment, the general figure-based effect is “a hit indicating that the result of the general figure approval / disapproval judgment indicates that the special opening is performed (a hit in which the hit symbol 2 is definitely displayed in the non-open extended state). In the special effect mode, which is started on condition that a predetermined number (four full) game balls are entered into the second special symbol starting port 24 during the special opening. It is a production to be performed. Then, in the effect performed in the special effect mode (the effect corresponding to the special figure), the setting value can be suggested.

In the special effect mode, a first mode in which notification of a big hit (big hit notification) is performed in a normal mode, and a second mode in which a set value is suggested in a special mode in addition to the big hit notification, Is executed. In other words, in the special effect mode, the effect according to the suggestion / special / special effect effect pattern set in the process of S1232 and the effect according to the no suggestion / special / special effect effect pattern set in the process of S1236 are selectively performed. Execute. For this reason, the player can enjoy the notification of the big hit and can look forward to whether or not he can also receive the suggestion of the set value.
And also in the second embodiment, it is possible to obtain the pachinko machine 1 that executes the setting suggestion effect under the same condition regardless of the step setting value.

Next, a first modification of the second embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as modification 2) will be described with reference to FIG.
In the second embodiment, whether or not to execute the suggested effect is determined in the general figure effect setting process. In the second modified example, whether or not to execute the suggested effect is determined in the special figure effect determination process.
The special figure effect determination processing of the second embodiment is different from the special figure effect determination processing of the second embodiment (FIG. 52) in that the processing of S1227 and S1230 is performed instead of the processing of S1228, as shown in FIG. See). The other points in the special figure effect determination processing of the second modification are the same as those of the special figure effect determination processing of the second embodiment (see FIG. 52).
In the second modification, if the process of S1226 is executed after a negative determination in S1224 (S1224: no) or an affirmative determination in S1224, the process proceeds to S1227. In the process of S1227, it is determined whether or not to execute a suggested effect using a random number (S1227). Here, it is assumed that the lottery in S1227, that is, the winning probability of the suggested effect lottery is constant irrespective of the set value (for example, a winning probability of 20%).

Then, if the result of the suggestion effect lottery in S1227 is a win (S1230: yes), after performing a process of setting a pattern of a suggestion effect / special special effect effect (S1232), the special effect effect is started (S1260). Then, the special figure effect determination processing is returned. On the other hand, if the result of the suggestion effect lottery in S1227 is a failure (S1230: no), after performing processing for setting a special special effect effect pattern without suggestion (S1236), the special effect effect is started (S1260). Then, the special figure effect determination processing is returned.
Also in the modified example 2, the winning probability in S1227 for the suggested effect lottery is constant regardless of the stage setting at that time. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the pachinko machine 1 that executes the setting suggestion effect under the same condition regardless of the step setting value.

  Further, as another modified example of the second embodiment, a mode in which the condition for shifting to the special effect mode (the pounding mode) is relaxed can be exemplified. That is, in the second embodiment, the condition is that the second hold storage becomes full during the special opening. Then, when the normal electric accessory 24A is performing the special opening, if the four full reservations can be stored in the second holding storage means, the second storage storage is consumed and the reservation storage becomes a big hit. Is performed, the condition for shifting to the special effect mode (the pounding mode) may be relaxed. For example, if at least one ball enters the second special symbol starting port 24, the mode may be shifted to the effect mode.

  In addition, even if the jackpot notification effect is executed when the second hold memory is consumed (during the change display of the second special symbol), the second hold memory becomes a big hit before the second hold memory is consumed. It may be a look-ahead effect that is performed by performing a look-ahead determination as to whether or not the content is a look-ahead. In other words, in the second embodiment, only the hold storage in which the special symbol is being displayed in a variable manner may be used as the notification effect of whether or not there is a big hit in the four hold memories.

[Correspondence with Claims]
Next, the correspondence between the terms used in the description of the above embodiments and the terms used in the claims will be shown.
The special figure hit / fail judgment processing (FIGS. 13 to 16) corresponds to an example of processing as “special symbol hit / fail judgment means”.
The special game process (FIGS. 17 to 20) corresponds to an example of “big hit game execution means”.

The “general operation SW 505” corresponds to an example of the “operation detection unit”.
The normal symbol hit / fail judgment processing (FIGS. 23 to 26) corresponds to an example of processing as “normal symbol hit / no judgment means”.
34, “Affirmative determination in S610 and 615 via affirmative determination in S605, S625, processing in which affirmative determination in S630 leads to S635” in the gaming state confirmation processing in FIG. 34, and “Negative in S610 and S615 via affirmative determination in S605 The determination, the processing in S625, and the processing in which the processing proceeds to S635 after the affirmative determination in S630) correspond to an example of a specific example of processing as a setting unit.
In FIG. 16, the state to which the process proceeds after performing the processing of S355 or S346 corresponds to an example of the “non-open extended state”.
In FIG. 20, the state to which the process proceeds after performing the processing of S438 corresponds to an example of the “open extended state”.

The “special opening display (S2230)” in the normal figure fluctuation effect ending process of FIG. 45 corresponds to an example of the “notification effect”.
The “setting suggestion display (S2240)” in the general figure fluctuation effect ending process of FIG. 45 and the processing of S2325 in the general figure game effect processing of FIG. 46 correspond to an example of the “setting value suggestion effect”.
The processing in S2320 and S2325 in FIG. 46 corresponds to an example of “ball entry promotion notification”.
The processing of S2320 and S2325 in FIG. 46 corresponds to an example of “notification during special opening”.
The process of S2332 in FIG. 55 (b) corresponds to an example of “ball entry promotion notification”.
The process of S2332 in FIG. 55B corresponds to an example of “notification during special opening”.

The process of S1025 in FIG. 50 corresponds to an example of a case where the mode shifts to the special effect mode.
The process of S1236 in FIG. 52 (for a big hit) corresponds to an example of a setting for executing the first mode.
The process of S1232 in FIG. 52 (in the case of a big hit) corresponds to an example of a setting for executing the second mode.

Further, a simple area for performing a variation display of a general figure and a confirmed display of a result may be provided on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21. For example, the "circle symbol" is fixedly displayed on the screen of the effect symbol display device 21 when the result of the general symbol success / failure determination is a hit, and the "cross symbol" is fixedly displayed when the result is off. Then, the variation display of the ordinary figure is performed by alternately displaying “circle symbols” and “cross symbols”.
In addition, if the step position is set to a high value at the display position (the area), “high character” is displayed, and if the step setting value is low, “low character” is displayed. Is also good.
Further, at the timing of winning the normal electric accessory 24A or at the timing of winning the normal electric accessory 24A, a character (for example, “high” character) indicating the set value is displayed on the effect design display device 21. May be suggested.

Further, the present invention is not limited to each of the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that various embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the present invention is applied to an enclosed game machine that collects the fired game balls inside the game machine, fires them again by the firing device, and manages the number of balls held by the player as data using a storage medium such as an IC card. May be applied. In the above-described embodiment, the so-called digi-pachinko type pachinko machine 1 has been described as an example. It can also be applied to pachinko machines.
Further, the present invention may be applied to a spinning-type gaming machine (slot gaming machine) that performs a game using medals as a value medium. Further, the present invention may be applied to a spinning-type gaming machine (parrot gaming machine) that performs the same game as a slot gaming machine using a gaming ball as a value medium.

  In each embodiment, the jackpot probability is exemplified as the “advantage” that can be changed according to the set value. However, other than the jackpot probability can be exemplified as the “advantage” that can be changed according to the set value. For example, the number of winning balls in each winning opening (especially a winning opening) may be changed. Specifically, the number of prize balls may be set to “15” in the setting 6 or 5, the number of prize balls may be set to 14 in the setting 4 or 3, and the number of prize balls may be set to 13 in the setting 2 or 1.

2 Game board 22 General-purpose operation gate 23 First special figure starting port 24 Second special figure starting port 25 Big winning opening 40 Main control device 48 Performance display device 203 Out port

Claims (5)

Normal symbol hit / fail judgment means for judging the hit of a normal symbol based on the detection of the game ball by the operation detection unit,
Always the first special design opening where game balls can enter,
A predetermined opening time from a closed state in which game balls cannot enter or difficult to enter, to an open state in which game balls can enter more easily than in the closed state, based on the result of the judgment on the success or failure of the ordinary symbol being hit. A second special symbol opening provided on the ordinary electric accessory which can be changed over,
Special symbol hit / fail judgment means for judging the hit of a special symbol based on a game ball entering the first special symbol starting port or the second special symbol starting port,
A jackpot game execution means for executing a jackpot game based on the result of the special symbol hit / fail determination being a jackpot,
Setting means that can be set to any one of a plurality of types of setting values having different degrees of advantage for the player based on a predetermined setting operation;
A gaming machine comprising:
The probability that the result of the hit determination of the special symbol is a big hit is changed to a different value according to the type of the set value, and the probability of hit in the hit determination of the ordinary symbol is constant regardless of the type of the set value. Along with
A gaming machine, wherein the type of the set value is suggested by an effect performed based on a result of the determination on the success or failure of the ordinary symbol. The game state specified by the length of the open time of the ordinary electric accessory changed to the open state includes a non-open extended state in which the open time is not extended and an open extended state in which the open time is extended. ,
In the non-open extended state, based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the normal symbol hitting, the normal opening of the ordinary electric accessory to the open state for a first predetermined time; A special opening that sets the open state for a second predetermined time longer than the first predetermined time; and
In the effect performed based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the ordinary symbol,
A notification effect of executing the special opening of the ordinary electric auditorium,
A setting value suggestion effect indicating the type of the setting value,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the following is included. In the effect performed based on the result of the normal symbol hit / fail determination, a normal symbol hit / fail determination is performed, and before the normal motor-operated accessory is opened before the normal motor-operated accessory is opened. Direction is included,
3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the effect before the opening of the ordinary electric accessory includes at least one of the notification effect and the setting value suggestion effect. 4. The effect that is performed based on the result of the determination of the correctness of the normal symbol includes a normal electric auditorium opening effect that is executed when the normal electric auditorium is in the open state,
The production during the opening of the ordinary electric accessory,
A special opening notification that the ordinary electric accessory is being special opened,
Incoming ball promotion notification that prompts the user to enter the ordinary electric auditorium,
4. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein at least the notification during the special opening and the notification to promote the entering of the ball are performed among the setting value suggestion effect. The ordinary electric accessory incorporates the second special symbol starting port into which the game ball can enter by being in the open state,
As an effect mode for performing an effect performed based on the result of the determination of the ordinary symbol, when the ordinary electric accessory is in the special opening based on the result of the ordinary symbol, the (2) In addition to having a special effect mode in which a game ball is shifted to when a game ball enters the special symbol starting port,
First holding storage means for storing, as first holding storage, numerical data obtained based on a game ball entering the first special symbol starting port,
Second holding storage means for storing, as second holding storage, numerical data obtained based on the entry of a game ball into the second special symbol starting port,
With
The special symbol hit / fail determination means performs a hit / fail determination of the special symbol based on numerical data related to the first hold storage or numerical data related to the second hold storage,
The special effect mode is an effect mode for performing at least one of a jackpot notification effect for notifying whether or not the result of the special symbol hit determination is a big hit, and the set value suggestion effect,
A first mode for performing a big hit notification effect in a normal mode to notify that the result of the hit determination of the special symbol is stored as a big hit as the second hold storage in the second hold storage means, The gaming machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising: a second mode in which a set value suggestion effect is performed in a special mode together with the big hit notification effect.

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