JP2020025639A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine enabling confirmation, at least before power is activated, of a predetermined first operation of first operation means related to a shift to a setting change state being completed.SOLUTION: A Pachinko machine 1 is provided with a setting change state in which it is possible to change to a plurality of types of stage setting values. The Pachinko machine can be shifted to the setting change state on the basis of, when power is activated: a setting key SW47 being in an ON state by a turning operation (a first condition); and a RAM clear SW46 being in an ON state by pressed down from an advanced position (a second condition). In the Pachinko machine, when the first condition and the second condition are established, by a backup power supply supplied from a backup power circuit 97, a prior power activation state control device 801 and a prior power activation state display device 800 make a notification, before the power is activated, that it is possible to make a shift to the setting change state if power is activated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 29

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a setting function.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine represented by a ball game machine (for example, Patent Literature 1) provided with a probability setting changing means capable of changing a jackpot lottery probability by an external operation is widely known.
In general, in such a configuration in which setting can be changed, a dedicated key (so-called setting key) inserted into, for example, a so-called cylinder lock is set to a predetermined state (for example, when the power is turned on (when the power switch is turned on)). At least one condition of turning clockwise from the standing posture in a clockwise direction is a setting change state in which settings can be changed or a setting confirmation state in which settings can be checked. It has become.

JP 2003-205160 A

In the above-described gaming machine, it is possible to shift to a setting change state or a setting confirmation state when the power is turned on with the condition that the predetermined operation of the setting key is completed as one condition. is there.
However, even if the predetermined operation of the setting key is not completed, that is, even if the operator mistakenly concludes that the setting key is not fully turned, it is impossible to know that the operation is not completed. It was possible. Further, when the power is turned on without knowing that the predetermined operation of the setting key is not completed, the operation does not shift to the setting change state or the setting confirmation state, and the operation cannot be performed again with the power turned on. That is, once the power is turned off, the predetermined operation is required to be completed, and the power must be turned on again, which is very complicated.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and enables a game in which at least a predetermined first operation of a first operation unit related to a transition to a setting change state is completed before power-on. The purpose is to provide a machine.

  The invention according to claim 1 in view of the above-mentioned problem is provided by a power-on means for starting power-on of a gaming machine required for a game by performing a predetermined power-on operation, and Based on whether or not a big hit is to be made based on a predetermined judgment probability, a plurality of different step setting values set to different probabilities as the predetermined judgment probability, and step setting values can be changed. The first condition is satisfied by the first operation of the first operation means when the power is turned on by the power-on means, and the predetermined state of the second operation means is changed to the setting change state. The second embodiment relates to a gaming machine that can be shifted based on the fact that the second condition is satisfied by the second operation.

  This gaming machine includes a first condition establishment notifying unit that issues a predetermined notification when the first condition and the second condition are established, and a standby power source that supplies a standby power required for the predetermined notification to the first condition establishment notifying unit. And a supply unit, wherein the first condition establishment notification unit indicates by a predetermined notification that a transition to a setting change state can be made when the power is turned on before the power is turned on.

  With this configuration, it is determined that the first condition and the second condition, which are the conditions for shifting to the setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed, are satisfied. Since the operator is notified by the predetermined notification performed by the first condition satisfaction notifying means, the state to which the operation shifts after the power is turned on can be confirmed before the power is turned on. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an unnecessary operation from being performed again by an erroneous operation and to perform a reliable operation operation related to the state transition.

  Further, the invention according to claim 2 is a power-on means for starting the power supply required for the game to the gaming machine by performing a predetermined power-on operation, and a jackpot based on the satisfaction of a predetermined condition. A determination unit for performing a determination as to whether or not to become a predetermined determination probability, a plurality of types of step setting values set to different probabilities as the predetermined determination probability, and a setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed And a setting confirmation state in which a step setting value can be confirmed. In any of the setting change state and the setting confirmation state, at least the first operation of the first operation means when the power is turned on by the power on means. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a gaming machine that can be shifted based on the first condition being satisfied.

  When the first condition is satisfied, the gaming machine performs first condition satisfaction notification means for performing predetermined notification, preliminary power supply means for supplying standby power required for the predetermined notification to the first condition satisfaction notification means, The first condition satisfaction notifying means further includes a predetermined notification indicating that it is possible to shift to either the setting change state or the setting confirmation state when the power is turned on before the power is turned on. I do.

  With such a configuration, it is determined that the first condition, which is a condition for changing to a setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed and a setting check state in which the step setting value can be checked, is satisfied, the standby power supply. Since the operator is notified by the predetermined notification performed by the first condition establishment notifying unit that is supplied with the standby power from the supply unit, it is possible to confirm the state to be shifted after turning on the power before turning on the power. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an unnecessary operation from being performed again by an erroneous operation and to perform a reliable operation operation related to the state transition.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power-on means for starting power-on of a game machine required for a game by performing a predetermined power-on operation, and a jackpot based on establishment of a predetermined condition. A determination unit for performing a determination as to whether or not to become a predetermined determination probability, a plurality of types of step setting values set to different probabilities as the predetermined determination probability, and a setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed And a setting confirmation state in which a step setting value can be confirmed. In any of the setting change state and the setting confirmation state, at least the first operation of the first operation means when the power is turned on by the power on means. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a gaming machine that can be shifted based on the first condition being satisfied.

  In this gaming machine, the first condition is satisfied and the second condition is not satisfied when the power is turned on by the second operation means capable of satisfying the second condition based on the predetermined second operation and the power supply means. Setting state shifting means for shifting to the setting confirmation state, and shifting to the setting change state based on the first condition being satisfied and the second condition being also satisfied; and the first condition and / or When the second condition is satisfied, a first condition satisfaction notifying means for performing a predetermined notification, and a standby power supply means for supplying a standby power required for the predetermined notification to the first condition satisfaction notification means, are further provided. One condition establishment notifying means is characterized in that, prior to power-on, when the power is turned on, a transition to a setting change state or a setting confirmation state is made by a predetermined notification to indicate.

  With this configuration, the first condition and the second condition, which are the conditions for shifting to the setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed, are satisfied, and the setting check that can check the step setting value is performed. When the power is turned on based on that the first condition is satisfied and the second condition is not satisfied, which is the condition for shifting to the state, it is determined whether to shift to the setting change state or the setting confirmation state. Since the operator is notified by the predetermined notification performed by the first condition establishment notifying unit that is supplied with the standby power from the standby power supply unit, it is possible to confirm the state to be shifted after the power is turned on before the power is turned on. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent an unnecessary operation from being performed again by an erroneous operation and to perform a reliable operation operation related to the state transition.

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. 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 a schematic electric block diagram explaining the principal part of this invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a RWM clear ON detection switch and a setting key ON detection SW of a gaming machine employing the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the pre-power-on state control processing performed by the pre-power-on state control device of the gaming machine. It is a table showing the display contents of the state display device before power-on according to the state of the RWM clear ON detection SW and the setting key ON detection SW of the gaming machine.

[First Embodiment]
A pachinko machine 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention 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 glass sheet 110 is fitted and an inner frame (not shown) (not shown) are provided on the outer frame 10 via hinges 101 provided at upper and lower positions on the left side so as to be openable and closable. Have been. The front frame 11 and the inner frame are closed and locked to the outer frame 10 by a 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 game sounds, thereby improving the taste of the game. The front frame 11 is provided with a frame-side decorative lamp 113 that emits light in accordance with a game state, and LEDs that notify 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 activated, 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 is configured to receive award 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, there is provided a general-purpose operation gate 22 through which a game ball can pass, and a lottery of a normal symbol (hereinafter simply referred to as a general-purpose figure) is executed at the time of passing. .
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. The second special figure starting port 24 is a hit in the lottery of the general drawing, and the opening member is opened in a predetermined opening mode for a predetermined time by the operation of the ordinary electric accessory, and is opened only when the opening member is opened. Ball (winning) is possible.

  Immediately below the second special figure starting port 24, a big winning opening 25 is provided which can be opened and closed by an opening / closing plate and is opened to a big hit game. The opening / closing plate is opened in a predetermined opening manner for a predetermined time when the special electric accessory is operated, and the large winning prize opening 25 can enter (win) only when the opening 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 firing 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 turning the setting key SW45, for example, clockwise by 45 degrees. 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 RAM clear by turning on a power switch 86 provided on the power supply board 45 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.

  Further, the power supply board 45 of the present embodiment includes the above-described power switch 86 at the lower right and the state display device 800 before power-on at the upper left as shown in the figure. The power-on state display device 800 determines whether or not the setting key SW47 is securely turned on before the power required for the game is supplied (turned on) to the pachinko machine 1 by turning on the power switch 86. This is a device for notifying whether or not it is possible to transition to a setting change state or a setting confirmation state when the power is turned on in this state. Since the configuration and the function are the main parts of the present invention, the display contents of the state display device 800 before power-on and the conditions related to the display 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 controller 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.

  In addition, the backup power supply of the present embodiment is supplied not only to the RAM provided in the main control device 40 and the payout control device 41 described above, but also to the above-described power-on state display device 800 described above. Further, it is configured to be supplied to a pre-power-on state control device 801 for controlling the pre-power-on state display device 800. The configuration 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 in a 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 dish is 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 to 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 device 42 drives the speaker 112 to output sound, and controls the turning on / off of various LEDs and various lamps (the frame side decorative lamp 113). Further, a command for displaying a character or the like and 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 holding storage area 302a and the second special symbol holding 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 the second special figure start winning confirmation processing (see FIG. 12) is performed due to the winning in the second special figure starting port 24. It is configured to store the extracted hardware random numbers in the second special symbol holding storage area 302b in the special figure extraction random number holding storage process (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 of the present embodiment is a “hit determination random number” used in the lottery of the ordinary symbol display device, that is, the "Random number for ordinary figure determination" used for selection of a winning symbol, "Random number for big hit determination" used for a lottery of a special symbol display device, that is, a lottery for determining whether or not to make a special figure big hit, and a big hit symbol of a special symbol display device Random numbers for the operation of six types of special characters, "Random number 1 for determining special figure" and "Random number 2 for determining special figure" used to select the out-of-design and the change pattern of the special symbol display device "Random number 1 for determining special figure variation pattern" and "Random number 2 for determining special figure variation pattern", and "Random number for determining general figure variation pattern" used for selecting a variation pattern of the ordinary symbol display device. Turbulence offered for gaming The it includes. 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 present embodiment described above 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 that is configured to be able to switch the supply of the main power AC 24 V from the power receiving circuit 98 to the power supply circuit 95 to be conductive or non-conductive.
The power switch 86 (see FIG. 3) of the present embodiment is formed in a rectangular shape as viewed from the front, and is operated by a predetermined operation, that is, a lower half portion thereof (a portion indicated by a black dot in FIG. 3). Of the main power supply AC24V. By pushing the upper half part backward, the supply of the main power supply AC24V is turned off.

  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).

  Further, the backup power supply circuit 97 of the present embodiment charges DC5V generated by the power supply circuit 95 and supplies the same to the pre-power-on state control device 801 as backup power supply (DC5V). The state control device 801 before power-on will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

  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 will be 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 according to the state of the general-purpose diagram stopped after a predetermined time, if the winning is achieved. Normally the electric accessory operates. When the ordinary electric accessory is operated, the ordinary electrical accessory solenoid 509 is driven, and the opening member is opened to allow the ball to enter the second special figure starting port 24. In the pachinko machine 1, the opening time of the second special figure starting port 24 is normally 0.2 seconds (once), and 2 seconds (once) in a time-saving state (extended opening) which is advantageous for the player. It is. In addition, the second special figure starting port 24 is configured such that a game ball cannot enter unless an ordinary electric accessory is operated.

  When a game ball enters the first special figure starting port 23, a plurality of types of random numbers related to the determination of the first special figure are determined, and a predetermined number is stored as the reserved storage of the first special figure. 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. Also, when a game ball enters the second special figure starting port 24, a plurality of types of random numbers related to the determination of success / failure of the second special figure are extracted, and a predetermined number of the random numbers are stored as the reserved storage of the second special figure. 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 is opened. Will be extended to shorten the time. 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 saving state, the fluctuation time of the first special figure, the second special figure, and the general figure is reduced, 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 function of opening and extending the second special figure starting port 24 are the same as those in the time saving state. Therefore, the game 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 is set 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 1/6. On the other hand, the winning probability of the open map extension is set to 5/6. The opening time of the normal second special figure starting port 24 is set to once for 0.2 second, and once for 2 seconds for opening extension.

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 shifting to the certainty-variable game state and the time saving state after the big hit game is 30%.
The other is a big hit game of 8R. After the big hit game ends, the game shifts to the certain change game state and also 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 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 confirmed and displayed in the first 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 completed 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 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 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 ends, the game shifts to the certain change game state and also 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 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 the time saving 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 above-described basic specifications of the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 8 exemplify 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 for “Setting 1”, and 1/290 for “Setting 2”. 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 probable 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 the present 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.

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 step setting values are provided, and any one of the plurality of types of step setting values is changed, and the current step 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. 26), 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 unplanned 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 “step setting value storage area” is a storage area that is not erased even by the RWM clear processing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 28 described later, the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment has at least a “RMW clear” state, a “backup recovery” state, a “setting confirmation” state, a “setting change” state, and a “game stop” state. , 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 24 to 28, that is, the main controller 40. This will be described in detail by describing the program processing.
First, basic control processing 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 power of the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment is turned on, the main controller 40 starts this processing. At first, in S0, the main controller 40 sets a stack pointer to a stack address, and shifts the processing 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, and 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 falls 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, the main controller 40 permits writing to the 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 proceeds 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 such a case, the backup flag is not set, and the checksum is not calculated and stored. 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. 26) 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. 24 and 25) and the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26) 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 process (FIG. 24) 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. 24) described later, the determination is made by referring to the result set in S55 in the general-purpose register.
As described above, in this embodiment, even when the RWM clear 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 after the RWM clear processing.
Therefore, if a negative determination is made in either S575 or S580 in the initialization processing (FIG. 25) described later, 3 is set to the setting state flag. If a power failure occurs with the setting state flag set to 3, the backup flag is not set as described above. Thereby, if 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”, in S45, it is always determined to be “RWM abnormality”. ing. In other words, once it is determined that “RMW is abnormal”, in the present embodiment, unless the power is turned on while satisfying the transition condition (4) (see FIG. 28) described later, 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 failure (particularly, a “game stop” state at the time of the power failure) or an input value at power-on (the state of the setting key SW47 and the RWM clear SW46) 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. 28 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.

The main controller 40 executes a save process of the corresponding register in S85, executes a totaling division process for performance display in S90, executes a restore process of the register in S95, 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, 4 ms) generated based on the system clock occurs before the timer interrupt is permitted in S97 and the timer interrupt is prohibited in S75, an interrupt (INT) process described later 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 power interruption process (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 startup processing (FIG. 9) is 0, that is, any one of the “RWM clear” state or the “backup restoration” state It is determined whether or not 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 map starting port 23 is checked for a ball (winning), the second special figure starting port 24 is checked for a ball (winning), the large 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 electric 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 will be 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" , "A special figure determining random number 2", "a special figure changing pattern determining random number 1", and "a special figure changing pattern determining random number 2". However, the maximum storage number of the first special figure holding memory based on the ball entering the first special figure starting port 23 and the second special figure holding memory based on the ball entering the second special figure starting port 24 are up to four, respectively. 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 a prize ball generated based on a ball entering 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 an output process for the special winning opening solenoid 508, the general purpose accessory solenoid 509, and the like.
In addition, in the present embodiment, a process of outputting a security signal from the external connection terminal board 38 to notify that the pachinko machine 1 is in error when the pachinko machine 1 is abnormal is also executed at S155.

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 the 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, when the setting is changed or the setting is confirmed, the step setting value is changed or the “setting change” state and the “setting confirmation” state are changed based on the input value (the detection signal related to the setting key SW 47 and the RWM clear SW 46). 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. The irregularity due to the abnormal winning frequency is defined as a case where the number of gaming 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 big hit determination random number of the first special figure, 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 is being changed (S310: yes), the determination is made by comparing the success / failure determination table at the time of the probability change with the big hit determination random number in the hold storage to be subjected to the success / failure determination (S311).
When the probability is not being changed in the process of S310 (S310: no), the determination is made by comparing the hit / fail determination table of the normal probability with the random number for the hit determination of the hold storage as the target of the hit / fail determination (S312).

In the present embodiment, as described above, six types of step setting values of setting 1 to setting 6 are provided, and different lottery probabilities for the determination of success / failure are set individually. That is, six types of probabilities are set for the success / failure lottery probabilities at the time of the low probability and the high probability, respectively, corresponding to the six types of step setting values. Then, in accordance with the type of the current step setting value, whether the state is a low probability state or a high probability state, a pass / fail judgment is made at a predetermined pass / fail lottery probability. For example, if the step setting value is “setting 6”, and if the state is a low probability state (normal game state), determination is made in S312 by referring to the normal table in which the winning / rejecting lottery probability is set to 1/250. If it is in the high probability state (probable change game state), in S311, the determination is made with reference to the probability change table in which the winning / rejecting lottery probability is set to 1/25.
As described above, in S310, S311, and S312 of the present embodiment, the special electric accessory is not operated (S300: yes), the special symbol is not displayed in a variable display (S301: yes), and the special symbol final symbol is determined. It is a process that is not performed (S302: yes), and further has a first or second special map pending storage (S303: yes or S305: yes), that is, a process executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied. This is a means for judging whether or not the present invention is applied.

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

  After the determination of the fluctuation pattern, a big hit setting process is performed (S316). In this processing, based on the determined jackpot symbol, for example, the content of the jackpot game, such as the 10R probability variable jackpot game, the 8R probability variable jackpot game, or the 4R regular 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, the value is decreased 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 the symbol designating command include a fluctuation pattern of a special figure, a result of determining whether or not the special 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 process of ending the fixed symbol display in S341. The control for ending is performed, and a command is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 42 so as to end the fixed display of the pseudo effect 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".

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 performed, 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 0. (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 the processing of 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”.
In the high-probability gaming state, since the number of times of change and the number of reductions in time are originally set to "10000", even if the display of the change 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 operating device is not operating (S400: no), the present process is terminated.
If the special winning opening 25 is not open in the processing of S401 (S401: no), it is determined in the processing 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 by 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 passed (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 process of S422 is executed, and in this process, a 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. Thereby, a probability fluctuation state is provided after the big hit game is over.

  Next, in the process of S436, it is determined whether or not there is a setting to reduce the time according to the big hit symbol or the like. If there is a setting for the time saving (S436: yes), the number of repetitions of the time saving state (10000 or 100 times) is set (S437), and "1" is set to the time saving flag (S438). Thereby, the time saving state is given after the big hit game ends. Then, the process of transmitting the big hit end command of the special figure (S439) is executed, and in this process, 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 returns.

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, a fraud 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.

In addition, when the winning frequency is abnormal, an error notification is performed by the frame side decorative lamp 113 of the front frame 11 and the warning display of the effect symbol display device 21. Further, an error notification is given by voice from the speaker 112, "An abnormal winning number has been detected."
Further, when the winning frequency is abnormal, the main control device 40 transmits an unauthorized 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, 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 to the game board 2 at one place. Then, a discharge sensor for detecting 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 shooting 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 port 25 during the big hit game is not included, and the payout is paid out when a game ball enters the general winning port 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. 22 (a) and 22 (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.
Thereafter, 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 calculated result 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 number of storages 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 unit (see FIG. 22C). 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 section of the lower two digits of the performance display device 48 blinks “-−” in the sections A and B, which are not to be calculated, because the performance has not been calculated. Then, after the “base” of the first normal gaming state in the B section is calculated, the performance display unit displays the calculation result as a two-digit numerical value (see FIG. 22C, “32” in the example 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 fired 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.
In addition, 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, the investigation work can be performed efficiently.
In addition, 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, since a plurality of types of game performances are known, the game performances of the gaming machine can be grasped in detail. Then, since it is possible to know 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 base calculation) 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. Then, in the pachinko machine, a changeover switch or the like may be provided in the main control device to select the game performance calculated according to 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. 23, “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 included in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, various functions such as functions for changing, confirming, displaying, etc., so-called setting, and a function of transitioning to a “setting confirmation” state, a “setting change” state, and the like. , 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), and 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) when the “setting change” state is made.

When the main control device 40 starts this process, first, in S500, it is determined whether or not the RWM is abnormal at the time of power-on this time. If the determination is negative (S500: no), the process proceeds to S515.
In this step, when it is determined that the RWM is abnormal in S55 of the above-described activation processing (see FIG. 9), 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 S535, and if the determination is negative. If (S515: no), the process proceeds to S520.
In this step, the determination is performed by referring 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.
In this step, it is determined whether or not a transition condition (5) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 28).
With this configuration, when a power 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 S0055, and an affirmative determination is made in S500, and the process does not shift to S515. Does not occur.

  In S520, main controller 40 determines whether or not RWM clear SW 46 is ON. If the determination is affirmative (S520: yes), the process proceeds to S525, and if the determination is negative (S520: no), The process 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. 28).

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. 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 “RMW 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 the transition condition (1) or (3) described later is satisfied (see FIG. 28).

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. 25, 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. 28).
This step is performed not only when the RWM is determined to be abnormal for the first time upon turning on the power, but also when the RWM is abnormal before the power failure, the game is stopped, 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 (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. 28). 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 proceeds 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 of this 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. 28) 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, the transition condition (4) (both the RWM clear SW 46 and the setting key SW 47 are ON) must be satisfied 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 startup processing (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 or not the stored information of the RWM is securely 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 setting 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. 24), a negative determination is made because the result indicating "RWM abnormality" is not set in the general-purpose register. 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 “RWM clear” state, it is impossible to escape from the loop of the transition conditions (5), (8), and (9). It has become.

As described above, each time the pachinko machine 1 is powered 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 according to the present 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 process shifts to this process only when the setting state flag is 1 or 2 by S110 and S190 of the above-described interrupt (INT) process. 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 according to 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 as 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 for rewriting to a new step setting value is performed. When the current state is any one of the settings 1 to 5, the step setting value in which the 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 may be provided 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.
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 or not the step setting value newly set (stored) in the step setting value storage area is less than “step setting value maximum value”. : 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 performed to rewrite the value 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 setting value stored in the buffer for setting the step setting value in the step setting value storage area with the step setting 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 initialization processing (FIG. 24) is performed. In the RWM clear notification processing, a predetermined command is sub-integrated in order to execute a notification that the state transits to the “RWM clear” state and that the RWM clear processing (S60) in the start-up processing (FIG. 9) has already been completed. This is processing to be transmitted to the control device 42.

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 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. 24) is performed. The backup restoration notifying process is performed to notify that the state has transitioned to the “backup restoring” 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. 27) 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 performance is indicated by the identification display section (upper two digits), and the result of the operation (performance) 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.
In addition, 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, an operation for terminating the predetermined display maintenance period or ending the display maintenance is performed. End at the point.

In the present embodiment, the process of updating or setting display data (segment data) to be executed 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 the setting state flag is 1 or 2; if the determination is affirmative (S700: yes), the process proceeds to S705, and the determination is negative. 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 value of the current setting state flag as described above, but is not limited to this. 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 above-described control processing of FIGS. 9, 10, and 24 to 26. 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 according to the present embodiment uses a plurality of types of step setting values (so-called settings) of different types of lottery probabilities, specifically, settings 1 to 6 as described above. 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. 28A, the pachinko machine 1 further includes at least a "game stop" state, a "RWM clear" state, and a "back-up" 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.

Each of 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”.

  The transition between the various states has a certain regularity as shown in FIGS. 28 (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 above-described control processing of FIGS. 9, 10, and 24 to 26.

First, in the transition condition (4), the power is turned on (when the power switch (SW) 86 shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 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 affirmatively determined in S50 of the startup process (FIG. 9), and after the process of S60, execution of S530 of the initialization process (FIG. 24) or execution of S585 of the initialization process (FIG. 25) 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, in a state where there is no abnormality.
In step S585, when the RWM is abnormal when the power is turned on 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 error occurs when the power is turned on, and 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. 26), 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, 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 a 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 set 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 of making transition to the “backup restoration” state impossible. 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 initial setting process (FIG. 24).

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, It transits to a "game stop" state. More specifically, the state in which at least one of the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 is not ON is a state “the state where both the RWM clear switch 46 and the setting key SW 47 are both 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 initial setting processing (FIG. 25), 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 “RMW clear” state and the “backup recovery” 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 “RMW clear” state.
This transition can be realized by performing an affirmative determination in S50 of the start-up process (FIG. 9) and executing S555 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24) after the process of S60. Step S555 is processing for shifting to the “RWM clear” state in a case where there is no RWM abnormality at the time of turning on the power this time and the RWM clear switch 46 is ON and the setting key SW47 is OFF, that is, there is no particular abnormality.

When 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 restoration” 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. 24). S565 is a process of shifting to the “backup restoration” state when the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF and the setting key SW 47 is OFF when the power is turned on this time and the RWM clear switch 46 is OFF, 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, in 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. 26).

In addition, in the “setting confirmation” state, the state transits to the “backup restoration” state when the “setting key SW47 changes from the ON state to the OFF state” in the transition condition (6). 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) processing (FIG. 10) and executing S650 of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26).

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. 24), the transition directly transitions to the “RWM clear” state by executing S555, or the process of S520 of the initial setting process (FIG. 24). In the case of an affirmative determination, the step S530 is executed to temporarily go through the “setting change” state, and then the step S635 of the setting state confirmation processing (FIG. 26) is executed to indirectly enter the “RWM clear” state. 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. 24), the transition directly transitions to the “backup restoration” state by executing S565, or S520 of the initialization processing (FIG. 24). In the case of a negative determination in step S545, the process temporarily goes through the "setting confirmation" state by executing S545, and then executes S650 of the setting state confirmation process (FIG. 26) to indirectly enter 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 (ending the setting change state) during the “setting change” state, a state before the setting key SW47 is turned off (ending the setting checking 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 has changed 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 backup flag and the calculated value of the checksum are not set, and the power is turned on. Then, it is configured to determine again that the RWM is abnormal. 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 of the steps S35, S40, and S45 of the startup processing (FIG. 9), and the processing of S55 and S60 is performed, and the initialization processing (FIG. 9) is performed. After the setting state flag is set to 3 by executing S505 in 24), if the power is turned off and the power is turned on again, 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. 25), 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. 25), 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.

  As described above, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to shift to at least the “setting change state” or the “setting confirmation state” only when the power is turned on. Therefore, on the premise of such a configuration, the present invention described below has a great effect. That is, before the power of the pachinko machine 1 is turned on, according to the state of the setting key SW 47 and the RAM clear switch 46 (whether the pachinko machine 1 is in the ON state), if the power is turned on in that state, the “setting change state” Before turning on the power, the worker confirms a desired destination before turning on the power by indicating to the worker which of the states, such as "setting confirmation state", to which state to shift. To turn on the power switch. This prevents unnecessary and cumbersome operations such as turning off the power, then re-deciding on the migration destination and turning on the power when the worker accidentally shifts to a state that is not the desired migration destination. can do.

The main part of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, FIG. 29 is a schematic electric block diagram illustrating a main part of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 29, from the backup power supply circuit 97 of this embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 7, the backup power supply supplies the RAMs of the main control device 40 and the payout control device 41. Is supplied to the status display device 800 before the power is turned on. In this embodiment, the power supply is also supplied to the pre-power-on state control device 801 that controls the display of the pre-power-on state display device 800. Specifically, the backup power supply is supplied from the backup power supply circuit 97 to the pre-power-on state control device 801, and is supplied to the pre-power-on state display device 800 via the pre-power-on state control device 801. You.

In addition, an ON detection signal from the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a and the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is input to the power-on state control device 801.
The RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a is used when the state (posture) of the RAM clear switch 46 is changed to the state (posture) in which the RAM clear is executed when the power is turned on in that state. (Posture). That is, it is means for detecting that the RAM clear switch 46 is in the ON state and transmitting the detection signal.
The setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a switches the setting change state or the setting confirmation state according to the state of the RAM clear switch 46 when the state (posture) of the setting key SW 47 is turned on in that state. When the state (posture) is shifted to one of the states, the detection unit outputs a signal indicating that the state (posture) is present. That is, it is means for detecting that the setting key SW47 is in the ON state and transmitting the detection signal.
The RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a and the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a detect the state and transmit a signal before the power to the pachinko machine 1 is turned on. . However, as described above, the pre-power-on state control device 801 is configured to be supplied with backup power. Thus, the power-on state control device 801 can control the power-on state display device 800 by receiving signals from the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a and the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a. It has become.

The configuration and operation of the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a and the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a will be described with reference to FIG.
FIGS. 30A and 30B show the operation of the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a for detecting the position (posture) of the setting key SW47. First, the setting key SW47 is configured to be turned off when inserted into a so-called cylinder lock and is in a standing posture as shown in FIG. A setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is provided inside the cylinder lock at an obliquely upper right position (substantially at an oblique angle of 45 degrees) as shown by a broken line. The setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is rotated (predetermined first operation) clockwise from the standing position of the setting key SW 47, and as a result, as shown in FIG. When the setting key SW47 is rotated 45 degrees clockwise from the standing posture, that is, when the setting key SW47 is turned on (the first condition is satisfied), the ON state is turned on by an internal mechanism (not shown). It is configured to detect the state.
With such a configuration, when the operator ends the operation of the setting key SW47 in an incomplete state, or for some reason, for example, a foreign object impedes the rotation of the setting key SW47 to the ON state. When the operation to the ON state is not completely completed, such as when a state occurs, the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a does not enter the detection state (ON).

30 (c) and (d) show the operation of the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a for detecting the position (posture) of the RAM clear SW 46, and is a schematic cross section viewed from the side of the pachinko machine 1. It is a figure. First, as shown in FIG. 30C, the RAM clear SW 46 normally protrudes leftward from the surface of the housing of the main controller 40. In this case, the RAM clear ON detection SW ( The switch 46a is in a non-detection state with respect to the ON state of the RAM clear SW 46. When the operator presses the RAM clear SW 46, the RAM clear SW 46 is retracted rightward, and when the right end of the RAM clear SW 46 and the left end of the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a come into contact with each other, the present embodiment will be described. The RAM clear SW 46 is turned on by another mechanism (not shown). At this time, the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a of this embodiment is in a detection state with respect to the ON state of the RAM clear SW 46.
With this configuration, a foreign object impedes a case where the operator terminates the pressing operation of the RAM clear SW 46 in an incomplete state, or for some reason, for example, the evacuation displacement of the RAM clear SW 46 to the ON state. When the operation to the ON state is not completely completed, such as when such a state occurs, the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a does not enter the detection state (ON).

  Each of the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a and the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a individually generates an ON detection signal when in the detection state, and transmits the signal to the state control device 801 before power-on. To send (output). The pre-power-on state control device 801 can recognize from the input ON detection signal whether the RAM clear SW 46 and the setting key SW 47 are each in the ON state. In addition, since the backup power is supplied from the backup power supply circuit 97 to the power-on state control device 801, even if the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is not started, the RAM clear ON detection is performed. Based on an ON detection signal from the SW (switch) 46a and the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a, a power-on state control process described later can be executed. Also, the pre-power-on state display device 800 controlled by the pre-power-on state control device 801 also supplies power to the pachinko machine 1 by supplying the backup power via the pre-power-on state control device 801. Even in the state before the start, the state can be displayed.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the pre-power-on state control process executed by the pre-power-on state control device 801.
When the power-on state control device 801 starts this process, first, in S800, it is determined whether or not the power is currently being supplied to the pachinko machine 1, and if the determination is affirmative (S800: yes), S840 is performed. The process proceeds to S805, and if the determination is negative (S800: no), the process proceeds to S805.

The power-on state control device 801 determines in S805 whether the setting key SW47 is in the ON state. If the determination is affirmative (S805: yes), the process proceeds to S810, and if the determination is negative (S805). : No), and the process proceeds to S825.
That is, the pre-power-on state control device 801 makes the determination in S805 based on the result of whether or not an ON detection signal has been input from the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a.

The power-on state control device 801 determines in S810 whether or not the RAM clear SW 46 is in the ON state. If the determination is affirmative (S810: yes), the process proceeds to S815, and if the determination is negative (S810). : No), the process proceeds to S820.
That is, the pre-power-on state control device 801 makes the determination in S810 based on the result of whether or not an ON detection signal has been input from the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a.

In step S815, the pre-power-on state control device 801 controls to display “setting change” on the pre-power-on state display device 800, and ends this processing.
As shown in FIG. 32, in the present embodiment, when both the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a are in the ON state, the state display device 800 before power-on is displayed in the present embodiment. By displaying "setting change", when the power is turned on in this state, a notification that the state will be changed to the setting change state is issued thereafter.
In this embodiment, as described above, when the power is turned on, if both the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a are ON, the state shifts to the setting change state.

In step S820, the pre-power-on state control device 801 controls to display “setting confirmation” on the pre-power-on state display device 800, and ends this processing.
As shown in FIG. 32, in the present embodiment, when the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is ON and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a is OFF, the state display device 800 before power-on is provided. When the power is turned on in this state, a notification to the effect that a transition to the setting confirmation state is made.
In this embodiment, as described above, when the power is turned on, if the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is in the ON state and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a is in the OFF state, the state shifts to the setting confirmation state. .

  Further, in the present embodiment, as described above, when at least the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is in the ON state when the power is turned on, the state shifts to either the setting change state or the setting confirmation state. I do.

The power-on state control device 801 determines whether or not the RAM clear SW 46 is in the ON state, similar to S810 described above, in S825 to which the process proceeds when it is determined in S805 that the setting key SW 47 is not in the ON state. If the determination is affirmative (S825: yes), the process proceeds to S830, and if the determination is negative (S825: no), the process proceeds to S835.
That is, the power-on state control device 801 makes the determination in S825 based on the result of whether or not an ON detection signal has been input from the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a.

In step S830, the pre-power-on state control device 801 controls to display “ram clear” on the pre-power-on state display device 800, and ends this processing.
As shown in FIG. 32, when the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is in the OFF state and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a is in the ON state, in the present embodiment, the state display device 800 before power-on is provided. When the power is turned on in this state, it is notified that the state will be shifted to the ram clear state.
In this embodiment, as described above, when the power is turned on, if the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a is in the OFF state and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a is in the ON state, the state shifts to the setting confirmation state. .

In step S835, the pre-power-on state control device 801 controls so that nothing is displayed on the pre-power-on state display device 800, and ends this processing.
As shown in FIG. 32, when both the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a are in the OFF state, in the present embodiment, the state display device 800 before turning on the power is turned off. By displaying, if the power is turned on in this state, after that, it is not in any of the setting change state, the setting confirmation state, and the ram clear state, that is, the notification that the game is shifted to the normal game state in which the normal game can be performed. Done.
In this embodiment, as described above, when the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a are both OFF at power-on, the game shifts to the normal game state.

  Further, the pre-power-on state control device 801 of the present embodiment shifts to the state when the power is currently turned on in S800 and shifts to the status type (S840) in the pre-power-on state display device 800 in S840. It is determined whether any of “Setting confirmation”, “Setting change”, and “Ram clear” is being displayed. If the determination is affirmative (S840: yes), the process proceeds to S845, and the determination is negative. If there is (S840: no), this processing ends.

In S845, the power-on state control device 801 determines whether a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) has elapsed since the power was turned on. If the determination is affirmative (S845: yes), the process proceeds to S850. The process proceeds to a negative determination (S845: no), and this process ends.
In the present embodiment, a counter is provided for counting the predetermined time from power-on, and it is determined whether the predetermined time has expired by referring to the count value of the counter.

In step S850, the pre-power-on state control device 801 performs an end process related to the status display of the pre-power-on state display device 800, and ends this process.
As described above, when the status display device 800 according to the present embodiment starts the status display before the power is turned on, the status display in which the previous display is started is maintained until a predetermined time elapses after the power is turned on. It is configured as follows. Thus, it is possible to collate the state shifted after the power is turned on with the state type notified that the shift is scheduled before the power is turned on, and it can be used as an index for various confirmations.
For example, before the power is turned on, although the actual switch state is a state in which the state can be changed to the setting change state, the operator turns on the power while mistakenly making a transition to the setting confirmation state, and When an unexpected state occurs, it is possible to confirm after power-on whether or not there is an error in one's own operation.
In addition, since the condition before the power is turned on can be confirmed even after the power is turned on, it is possible to use the index as a suspicion of the possibility of a machine failure if the state does not shift to the expected state.
In addition, since the status is displayed until a predetermined time has elapsed after the power is turned on, the display is surely displayed until the power is turned on, so that the operator can confirm the status to be shifted immediately before the power is turned on. It is.

  Further, in the “state control process before power-on” of the present embodiment, the processes after S805 are performed until the power is turned on, so that a predetermined operation of the setting key SW47 or the RAM clear SW46 is performed again. Each time S815, S820, S830, or S835 is performed, accurate information on the state to be shifted can be suggested to the player until immediately before the power is turned on. Note that the configuration in which the non-display processing is performed in S835 is illustrated. However, in this step, a configuration in which display control such as “normal game” or “power return” may be performed. Thus, it is possible to prevent a problem that an inexperienced worker is anxious because nothing is displayed.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and there is no problem even if other configurations are adopted without departing from the technical idea 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.
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.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, as the setting function, in addition to the configuration capable of shifting to the setting change state, the configuration capable of shifting to the setting confirmation state is exemplified, but the configuration function can be shifted to only the setting change state. Configuration may be used. Even with such a configuration, according to the present invention, before turning on the power, it is possible to confirm by referring to the display contents whether or not the state to be shifted to after the power is turned on is a setting change state, so that the operation can be performed accurately and safely. It can be carried out.

  Further, the configuration has been exemplified in which the backup power supply generated from the power supply board is used as a backup power supply for supplying to the first condition satisfaction notification means, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of a backup power supply generated from a power supply board, an independent power supply (battery or the like) may be used. This makes it possible to secure a backup power supply required for predetermined notification without turning on the power.

  The configuration of the setting key ON detection SW (switch) 47a and the RAM clear ON detection SW (switch) 46a are not limited to the electrical switch configuration and the electromagnetic switch configuration, but may be other configurations such as a mechanical switch configuration. good. Various configurations can be adopted as long as it is possible to detect that the attitude (state) of the setting key SW 47 or the RAM clear SW 46 is in the “ON state”.

In addition, the configuration including the power-on state control device as the control unit has been described as an example. For example, even if there is no control means capable of executing a control process such as “state control process before power-on” (FIG. 31), it is determined whether or not the attitude (state) of the setting key SW 47 or the RAM clear SW 46 is ON. Accordingly, any other configuration may be used as long as it can notify the user of what state to transition to after power-on. You may comprise by a simple circuit.
That is, as a configuration for performing a predetermined notification by the first condition establishment notification means, for example, when the setting key SW47 is securely rotated until the ON state, the first LED is turned on, and the RAM clear SW46 is surely switched to the ON state. When the pressing operation is performed, the second LED is turned on, and the operator shifts from the lighting state of the first LED and the second LED to the state of setting confirmation state, setting change state, RAM clear state, etc. May be confirmed. Turning on the first LED corresponds to notification that the first condition is satisfied, and turning on the second LED corresponds to notification that the second condition is satisfied. The effect of the present invention can be achieved by such a simple notifying means. Of course, other light emitting members may be used instead of the LEDs. Further, the emission colors of the first LED and the second LED at the time of lighting may be different. Accordingly, the satisfaction of the first condition and the second condition can be easily recognized based on the difference in the color tone. These light emitting members may be mounted on a simple substrate so that the operator can easily recognize them.

  Further, as an example of a configuration for performing the predetermined notification by the first condition satisfaction notification unit, a state display device before power-on is exemplified, and when the power is turned on by the state display device before power-on, the state shifts to any type. Although an example in which detailed information can be notified by character information is described above, the present invention is not limited to this as long as it can be understood by a viewer. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which the type of the transition state is notified according to the difference in the light emission mode of the light emitting means such as a lamp and an LED. Thus, the state display device before power-on can be provided at low cost. In addition, since no special control is required, the same effect can be obtained with relatively simple control means. The light emission mode can be notified by a combination of a difference in light emission color, a mode such as lighting or blinking, and the like.

  Further, before power-on, an example is shown in which the pre-power-on state display device 800 capable of confirming the state of transition after power-on is provided on the power supply substrate 45 in the same manner as the power switch 86. You may arrange. However, in this embodiment provided near the power switch 86, at the time of turning on the power, a finger is placed on the power switch 86 to check the contents of the notification of the nearby state display device 800 before turning on the power, and then turn on the switch. Therefore, the line of sight can be substantially concentrated on the power supply board 45, and the operation is easy.

In addition, the predetermined notification by the first condition establishment notification unit may be performed by voice in addition to the notification by various displays. As a result, the notification is performed by voice in addition to the display, so that the operator can more surely check the state.
In addition, a configuration in which the predetermined notification is performed only by voice may be used. This eliminates the need to check the display contents and recognize the state from the contents, and allows the user to check the state even if the gaze is directed to the other side. Can be performed in parallel.

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The correspondence between the terms used in the description of the above embodiments and the terms used in the claims will be shown.
The pachinko machine 1 corresponds to an example of a gaming machine.
The power switch 86 corresponds to an example of a power-on means.
S310, S311 and S312 of the “special figure hit / fail judgment process” (FIG. 14) executed by the main controller 40 correspond to an example of the hit / fail judgment means.
“Setting 1” to “Setting 6” correspond to an example of a plurality of types of step setting values.
The setting key SW47 is an example of the first operation means, the 45-degree rotation operation from the standing posture in the clockwise direction is an example of the first operation, and the setting key SW47 is turned on. This corresponds to an example of a condition.
The RAM clear SW 46 is an example of a second operating means, the backward pressing operation from the advance posture is an example of a second operation, and the turning on of the RAM clear SW 46 is an example of a second condition. ,Equivalent to.
The pre-power-on state control device 801, the “pre-power-on state control process” (FIG. 31) executed by the pre-power-on state control device 801, and the pre-power-on state display device 800 are examples of first condition establishment notification means. Is equivalent to
The backup power supply circuit 97 corresponds to an example of a backup power supply unit.

  The “initial setting process” (FIGS. 24 and 25) executed by main controller 40 corresponds to an example of a setting state shifting unit.

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 (3)

Power-on means for starting the power-on required for the game to the gaming machine by performing a predetermined power-on operation;
Hit / fail judgment means for executing a hit / fail judgment of whether or not a big hit is made based on establishment of a predetermined condition with a predetermined judgment probability;
A plurality of types of step setting values set to different probabilities as the predetermined determination probability,
A setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed,
When the power is turned on by the power-on means, the first condition is satisfied by the predetermined first operation of the first operation means and the second condition is satisfied by the predetermined second operation of the second operation means. Based on the fact that the two conditions are satisfied, in a gaming machine that can be shifted,
First condition satisfaction notification means for performing a predetermined notification when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied;
A backup power supply unit that supplies a backup power required for the predetermined notification to a first condition establishment notification unit.
The first condition satisfaction notifying means includes:
Prior to the power-on, when the power is turned on, it is possible to shift to the setting change state, indicating by the predetermined notification,
A gaming machine characterized by that: Power-on means for starting the power-on required for the game to the gaming machine by performing a predetermined power-on operation;
Hit / fail judgment means for executing a hit / fail judgment of whether or not a big hit is made based on establishment of a predetermined condition with a predetermined judgment probability;
A plurality of types of step setting values set to different probabilities as the predetermined determination probability,
A setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed,
A setting confirmation state capable of confirming the step setting value,
In any of the setting change state and the setting confirmation state, at the time of power-on by the power-on means, based on the fact that the first condition is satisfied by at least a predetermined first operation of the first operation means. , In gaming machines that can be transferred,
First condition satisfaction notification means for performing a predetermined notification when the first condition is satisfied;
A backup power supply unit that supplies a backup power required for the predetermined notification to a first condition establishment notification unit.
The first condition satisfaction notifying means includes:
Prior to the power-on, when the power is turned on, it is possible to shift to any of the setting change state or the setting confirmation state, which indicates by the predetermined notification,
A gaming machine characterized by that: Power-on means for starting the power-on required for the game to the gaming machine by performing a predetermined power-on operation;
Hit / fail judgment means for executing a hit / fail judgment of whether or not a big hit is made based on establishment of a predetermined condition with a predetermined judgment probability;
A plurality of types of step setting values set to different probabilities as the predetermined determination probability,
A setting change state in which the step setting value can be changed,
A setting confirmation state capable of confirming the step setting value,
In any of the setting change state and the setting confirmation state, at the time of power-on by the power-on means, based on the fact that the first condition is satisfied by at least a predetermined first operation of the first operation means. , In gaming machines that can be transferred,
A second operation means capable of satisfying a second condition based on a predetermined second operation;
At the time of power-on by the power-on means, the first condition is satisfied and the state shifts to the setting confirmation state based on the fact that the second condition is not satisfied, and the first condition is satisfied; Setting state shifting means for shifting to the setting change state based on the second condition being satisfied;
First condition satisfaction notifying means for performing a predetermined notification when the first condition and / or the second condition is satisfied;
A backup power supply unit that supplies a backup power required for the predetermined notification to a first condition establishment notification unit.
The first condition satisfaction notifying means includes:
Prior to the power-on, when the power is turned on, whether to transition to the setting change state or the setting confirmation state, suggesting by the predetermined notification,
A gaming machine characterized by that:

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