JP2020127839A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of suitably improving interest of a game.SOLUTION: When winning/losing determination processing is executed in an MPU 62, in order to report the determination result to a player through execution of a performance, a performance for a game round is executed in a symbol display device 41. When the performance for a game round corresponding to a big winning result is executed, shifting to an opening/closing execution mode of controlling opening/closing of a special electric winning device is carried out. In this case, when a high probability mode and a high frequency support mode are attained after the opening/closing execution mode, an under-shortening performance is executed in the symbol display device 41, and when the game round corresponding to the big winning result is generated in the situation of executing the under-shortening performance, the generation of a 16R high probability big winning result is established. Also, the under-shortening performance is generated during a shortening mode, and in the shortening mode, display duration is shortened and a ready-to-win variation is not generated in a game round of a losing result or the 16R high probability big winning result triggered by reservation information of a second special symbol.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

As a kind of gaming machine, a pachinko machine, a slot machine, and the like are known. In these gaming machines, it is known that internal lottery is performed based on the establishment of a predetermined lottery condition, and a bonus is given to the player according to the result of the internal lottery. In addition, it is general that an effect for causing a player to predict or recognize the result of the internal lottery is performed.

Regarding pachinko machines, specifically, a lottery is performed based on the fact that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion provided in the game area, and the variable display of the pattern is performed on the display surface of the display device, and the lottery is performed. It is known that when a winning result is obtained, a combination of specific patterns is finally stopped and displayed on the display surface, and a special game state advantageous to the player is entered. When the special game state is entered, for example, opening and closing of the ball entrance device provided in the game area is started, and the game ball is paid out based on the ball entering the ball entrance device (for example, See Patent Document 1).

JP, 2009-261415, A

Here, in the gaming machine as illustrated above, it is necessary to improve the interest of the game, and there is still room for improvement in this respect.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-illustrated circumstances and the like, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of suitably improving the interest of the game.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a privilege lottery execution means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to grant a privilege to a player,
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to a player in accordance with a lottery result of the privilege lottery process,
A game time control means for controlling the effect execution means so as to be in a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing after the game turnover effect is started,
In a gaming machine equipped with
When a specific type of privilege is granted, a specific event occurs in the game reproductive effect, and when a specific type of privilege is not granted, a specific effect in which the specific event does not occur in the game reproducible effect is performed. Production setting means for
Period adjusting means for adjusting the production continuation period of the specific production,
Equipped with
The effect setting means, as the specific effect in the case of a specific state, to execute a time-lapse effect in which a time display is performed as time elapses,
As the time display, the time display of the integer part and the time display below the decimal point are performed, and the player can recognize the respective numbers that are switched according to the update timing for the time display of the integer part. The time display of the integer part is updated so that the time display below the decimal point is reduced to below the decimal point so that the player cannot recognize or difficult to recognize each number that is switched according to the update timing. It is a configuration that updates the time display at high speed,
The period adjusting means is for adjusting the update timing of the time display of the integer part in the time lapse effect,
It is characterized in that, when the content of the time display is an end content, the effect setting means ends the time elapsed effect even if the specific state is not ended.

According to the present invention, it is possible to preferably improve the interest of the game.

It is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine in the first embodiment. It is a perspective view which decomposes|disassembles and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a front view showing a configuration of a game board. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content on the display surface of (a)-(j) symbol display device. (A), (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content on the display surface of a symbol display device. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is an explanatory view for explaining the contents of various counters used for win/loss lottery. (A) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the distribution table for 1st special drawings, (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the distribution table for 2nd special drawings. It is a flowchart which shows the main process in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special figure special electric power control processing in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special figure fluctuation|variation start process in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the data setting process in the main MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the process during the special figure determination in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special power start process in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special electric power ending process in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the game state transfer process in the main MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process in MPU on the sound-light side. It is a flow chart which shows main side command response processing in a sound-light side MPU. It is a flow chart which shows V interruption processing in a display side MPU. It is an explanatory view for explaining a data table for patterns. It is a flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the display continuation time in the main side MPU. (A) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the kind of display continuation time when a 3rd table or another table is referred, (b) Explains the kind of display continuation time when a 2nd table is referred. It is an explanatory view for doing, and (c) is an explanatory view for explaining the kind of display continuation time when the 1st table is referred. It is a flowchart which shows the mode transfer process in the main side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the process for starting the shortening mode in the sound-light side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the shortening mode in MPU on the sound-light side. It is a flow chart which shows processing for production during shortening in a display side MPU. (A)-(d-2) It is an explanatory view for explaining the display contents of the effect during shortening on the symbol display device. It is a timing chart which shows a situation when the game times triggered by the hold information of the second special figure are executed during the shortening mode. It is a timing chart which shows a situation when a game game is executed triggered by the hold information of the first special figure during the shortening mode. It is a flowchart which shows the opening corresponding process in MPU on the sound and light side. It is a flowchart which shows the process for bonuses in the sound-light side MPU. 9 is a flowchart showing a bonus table setting process in the display-side MPU. It is an explanatory view for explaining a data table for promotion effect. (A)-(d) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content of the promotion production in a symbol display device. It is a timing chart showing how promotion production progresses. It is a flowchart which shows the confirmation process for holding notification which is performed by the main MPU in the second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process for starting the shortening mode in the sound-light side MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the determination process of the effect pattern performed by the sound-light side MPU in 3rd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine, which is a type of gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as "pachinko machine"), will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main components of the pachinko machine 10. Note that, in FIG. 2, for convenience, the configuration in the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 has an outer frame 11 forming an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10 and a gaming machine body 12 rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 forward. .. The outer frame 11 is formed by connecting wooden plate members to four sides and has a rectangular frame shape. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility. The outer frame 11 is not an essential component of the pachinko machine 10 and may be a configuration in which the outer frame 11 is attached to the island facility of the game hall.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine main body 12 includes an inner frame 13, a front door frame 14 arranged in front of the inner frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 arranged behind the inner frame 13. ing. An inner frame 13 of the gaming machine body 12 is rotatably supported with respect to the outer frame 11. Specifically, the inner frame 13 is rotatable forward when the left side is the rotation base end side and the right side is the rotation front end side when viewed from the front.

A front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and can be turned forward with the left side as a rotation base end side and the right side as a rotation front end side in a front view. A back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and can be rotated rearward with the left side as the rotation base end side and the right side as the rotation front end side in front view.

The gaming machine main body 12 is provided with a locking device at its rotating front end, and has a function of locking the gaming machine main body 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 in a locked state, and It has a function of locking the door frame 14 with respect to the inner frame 13 such that the door frame 14 cannot be opened. Each of these locked states is released by performing an unlocking operation on the cylinder lock 17 exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10 using an unlocking key.

Next, the configuration of the front side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described.

The inner frame 13 is mainly composed of a resin base 21 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11. A substantially elliptical window hole 23 is formed in the center of the resin base 21. A game board 24 is detachably attached to the resin base 21. The game board 24 is made of plywood, and the game area PA formed on the front surface of the game board 24 is exposed to the front surface side of the inner frame 13 through the window hole 23 of the resin base 21.

Here, the configuration of the game board 24 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board 24.

An inner rail portion 25 and an outer rail portion 26 are attached to the game board 24 so as to partition a part of the outer edge of the game area PA, and the inner rail portion 25 and the outer rail portion 26 guide the guiding means. The guide rail is configured as. The game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism 27 (see FIG. 2) mounted below the window hole 23 in the resin base 21 is guided to the upper part of the game area PA by the guide rail.

By the way, the game ball launch mechanism 27 includes a launch rail 27a extending toward the guide rail, a ball feeding device 27b for supplying game balls stored in an upper plate 55a, which will be described later, onto the launch rail 27a, and a launch rail 27a. And a solenoid 27c which is an electric actuator for firing the game ball supplied to the guide rail toward the guide rail. When the firing operation device (or operation handle) 28 provided on the front door frame 14 is rotationally operated, the solenoid 27c is drive-controlled, and the game ball is fired.

The game board 24 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction. In each opening, a general winning opening 31, a special electric winning device 32, a first operating opening 33, a second operating opening 34, a through gate 35, a variable display unit 36, a special drawing unit 37, a public figure unit 38 and a round display section 39. Etc. are respectively provided.

Even if the ball enters the through gate 35, the payout of the game ball is not executed. On the other hand, with respect to the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first operating opening 33 and the second operating opening 34, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out when a ball is generated. Regarding the number of prize balls, specifically, when a ball has entered the first operating port 33, three payout balls have been paid out, and a ball has entered the second operating port 34. In this case, one prize ball is paid out, and when a ball is paid into the general winning opening 31, ten prize balls are paid out and a ball is paid into the special electric prize winning device 32. In this case, the payout of 15 prize balls is executed.

The number of prize balls is arbitrary. For example, the second operation port 34 may have a smaller number of prize balls than the first operation port 33, but the specific number of prize balls may be different from that described above. The number of prize balls may be the same in the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34, and the number of prize balls in the second operating port 34 may be larger than that in the first operating port 33.

In addition, an out port 24a is provided at the bottom of the game board 24, and game balls that have not entered various winning ports are discharged from the game area PA through the out port 24a. Further, on the game board 24, a large number of nails 24b are planted in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game balls, and various members such as a wind turbine are provided.

Here, the entry ball means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening portion, and not only the mode in which the game ball is discharged from the game area PA after passing through the opening portion, but also the game area PA after passing through the opening portion. A mode in which the game area PA continues to flow down without being discharged is also included. However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish it from the game ball entering the outlet 24a, the general prize hole 31, the special electric prize winning device 32, the first operating port 33, the second operating port 34, and the through gate 35. Entering a game ball into is also referred to as a prize.

The first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 are unitized as an operating port device and installed on the game board 24. Both the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 are open upward. Further, the both operating ports 33, 34 are arranged in the vertical direction so that the first operating port 33 faces upward. The second working port 34 is provided with a general electric accessory 34a as a guide piece composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces. In the closed state of the universal electric accessory 34a, the game ball cannot enter the second operating port 34, and when the universal electric object 34a is in the open state, the prize can enter the second operating port 34.

A through gate 35 is provided on the upstream side of the second operation port 34 in the flow-down direction of the game ball. The through gate 35 has a through hole (not shown) penetrating in the vertical direction, and the game ball winning the through gate 35 flows down in the game area PA after winning. As a result, the game ball that has won the through gate 35 can enter the second operating port 34.

Based on the winning of the through-gate 35, the general electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 is switched from the closed state to the open state. Specifically, an internal lottery is triggered by the winning of the prize in the through gate 35, and a public figure display of the general figure unit 38 provided in the lower right corner of the game area PA where the game ball does not pass. The variable display of the pattern is performed in the section 38a. Then, when the result of the internal lottery is the electric power combination opening win, the stop result corresponding to the result is displayed, and the variable display of the universal graphic display portion 38a is finished, the operation shifts to the universal electric open state. In the general electric open state, the general electric accessory 34a is opened in a predetermined manner.

The universal figure display section 38a is composed of a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting sections are arranged in a predetermined manner, but the invention is not limited to this, and a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device is provided. , Other types of display devices such as CRTs or dot matrix displays. Further, as the pattern variably displayed on the public figure display unit 38a, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, or A configuration in which a plurality of types of colors are switched and displayed can be considered.

In the universal figure unit 38, a universal figure hold display section 38b is provided at a position adjacent to the universal figure display section 38a. The maximum number of game balls that have won in the through gate 35 is four, and the number of reserved balls is displayed by turning on the universal figure reservation display section 38b.

A winning lottery is carried out with the winning of the first operating opening 33 or the second operating opening 34 as a trigger. Then, the lottery result is clearly shown through the display effect on the symbol display device 41 of the special drawing unit 37 and the variable display unit 36.

More specifically, the special figure unit 37 is provided with a first special figure display portion 37a and a second special figure display portion 37b. The display area of the first special figure display part 37a is narrower than the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, and similarly, the display area of the second special figure display part 37b is narrower than the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41. Further, the area of the display area including the first special figure display portion 37a and the second special figure display portion 37b is also smaller than the display surface 41a.

In the first special figure display portion 37a, the winning or winning of the winning in the first operating port 33 is performed as a trigger to perform a variable display or a predetermined display of the pattern. Then, the result corresponding to the lottery result is displayed. In addition, in the second special figure display portion 37b, the variation display or the predetermined display of the pattern is performed by the winning lottery triggered by the winning of the second operating port 34. Then, the result corresponding to the lottery result is displayed.

In addition, the first special figure display portion 37a and the second special figure display portion 37b are configured by a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting portions are arranged in a predetermined manner, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, it may be configured by a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, a CRT, a dot matrix display device, or another type of display device. Further, as the patterns displayed on the first special figure display portion 37a and the second special figure display portion 37b, a plurality of types of characters are displayed, a plurality of types of symbols are displayed, and a plurality of types of characters are displayed. A configuration in which is displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of colors are displayed, or the like can be considered.

In the special figure unit 37, a first special figure reservation display section 37c and a second special figure reservation display section 37d are provided at positions adjacent to the first special figure display section 37a and the second special figure display section 37b. .. The maximum number of game balls winning the first operating opening 33 is four, and the number of the reserved balls is displayed by turning on the first special figure reservation display portion 37c. Further, the maximum number of game balls winning the second operating port 34 is reserved, and the reserved number is displayed by turning on the second special figure reservation display portion 37d.

In detail about the symbol display device 41, the symbol display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by a display control device described later. The symbol display device 41 is not limited to the liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display surface such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device or a CRT, and is a dot matrix display device. May be.

In the symbol display device 41, when the variable display or the predetermined display of the pattern is performed on the first special symbol display portion 37a based on the winning of the first operation opening 33, the variable display or the predetermined display of the symbol is displayed accordingly. When the variable display or the predetermined display of the pattern is performed on the second special figure display portion 37b based on the winning in the second operation port 34, the variable display or the predetermined display of the symbol is performed in accordance with the change display or the predetermined display. .. In addition, in the symbol display device 41, not only the display effect triggered by the winning of the first operation opening 33 or the second operation opening 34, but also the display effect in the opening/closing execution mode to be described later that is shifted after the winning is won, etc. Is done.

Display contents when the variable display of the symbols is performed on the symbol display device 41 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing individually the symbols variably displayed on the symbol display device 41, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display surface 41 a of the symbol display device 41.

As shown in FIGS. 4(a) to 4(j), a design, which is a type of design, is composed of nine types of main designs to which the numbers "1" to "9" are respectively attached, and shell-shaped designs. It is composed of sub-patterns. More specifically, the numbers of "1" to "9" are respectively added to nine types of character designs such as octopus to form the main design.

As shown in FIG. 5(a), on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, three symbol rows Z1, Z2, Z3 of the upper stage, the middle stage and the lower stage are set as a plurality of display areas. Each symbol row Z1 to Z3 is configured by arranging a main symbol and a sub symbol in a predetermined order. Specifically, in the upper symbol row Z1, nine types of main symbols “1” to “9” are arranged in descending numerical order, and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol. .. In the lower symbol row Z3, nine types of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of the numbers and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol.

That is, the upper symbol row Z1 and the lower symbol row Z3 are composed of 18 symbols. On the other hand, in the middle symbol column Z2, nine kinds of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of numbers, and then between the main symbol "9" and the main symbol "1". The main symbols of "4" are additionally arranged, and one sub-symbol is arranged between these main symbols. That is, only in the middle symbol row Z2, 10 main symbols are arranged and configured by 20 symbols. Then, on the display surface 41a, the symbols in these symbol columns Z1 to Z3 are variably displayed so as to scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity.

As shown in FIG. 5B, on the display surface 41a, three symbols are stopped and displayed for each symbol row, and as a result, a total of 9 symbols of 3×3 are stopped and displayed. It is like this. Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, five effective lines, that is, a left line L1, a middle line L2, a right line L3, a right downward line L4, and a right upward line L5 are set on the display surface 41a. ..

When the variable display of the symbols is performed on the display surface 41a based on the winning of the first operation port 33 or the second operation port 34, the symbols in each of the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity. The variable display is started. Then, the variable display is switched to the standby display in the order of the upper symbol row Z1 → the lower symbol row Z3 → the middle symbol row Z2, and finally the state ends with the predetermined symbols still displayed in each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3. .. In addition, when the variable display of the symbols ends, if the result of the internal lottery is the 4R high-accuracy jackpot result, 8R high-accuracy jackpot result, 12R high-accuracy jackpot result A or 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, whichever is The same odd symbol combination or the same even symbol combination is formed on the effective line, and the result of the internal lottery is the 8R low-probability jackpot result, 12R low-probability jackpot result or 12R high-probability jackpot result B, which will be described later. In that case, a combination of the same even symbols is formed on any of the activated lines. In addition, when the result of the internal lottery is the 5R high-accuracy jackpot result or the small hit result, which will be described later, a predetermined symbol combination (for example, "3.4.1") is formed on one of the activated lines. It

It should be noted that the display is started on any one of the special figure display portions 37a, 37b and the symbol display device 41 based on the winning of one of the operation ports 33, 34, and a predetermined result is displayed and until the display is ended. Corresponds to one game game. Further, the manner of variable display of the symbols in the symbol display device 41 is not limited to the above, but is arbitrary, and the number of symbol columns, the direction of variable display of symbols in the symbol column, the number of symbols in each symbol column, etc. Can be changed as appropriate. Further, the picture variably displayed on the picture display device 41 is not limited to the above-mentioned picture, and for example, only numbers may be variably displayed as the picture.

When the big hit or the small hit is won in the winning lottery based on the winning of the first working opening 33, the opening/closing execution mode in which the special electric winning device 32 can be won is performed. Similarly, when the big hit or the small hit is achieved in the winning lottery based on the winning of the second working port 34, the opening/closing execution mode in which the special electric winning device 32 can be won is performed.

Returning to the explanation of FIG. 3, the special electric winning device 32 is provided with a big winning opening (not shown) leading to the back side of the game board 24, and an opening/closing door 32a for opening and closing the big winning opening. The opening/closing door 32a is arranged in either a closed state or an open state. Specifically, the opening/closing door 32a is normally in a closed state in which the game balls cannot be won, and when the game is switched to the open/close execution mode in the internal lottery, the game balls can be switched to the open state in which the game balls can be won. It has become. By the way, the opening/closing execution mode is a mode to be shifted when a winning result is obtained. It should be noted that in the closed state, the winning is not impossible, but the winning state may be less likely to occur than in the opened state.

The round display unit 39 displays the number of round games that occur in the open/close execution mode. Here, the opening/closing execution mode includes a round number defining mode that occurs when the jackpot is won and an opening and closing number defining mode that occurs when the jackpot is won. The round number defining mode is an opening/closing execution mode that is executed with a predetermined number of round games as the upper limit. A round game is a game that continues until either one of the following conditions is satisfied: a predetermined upper limit duration elapses, and a predetermined upper limit number of game balls wins the special electric prize winning device 32. That is. The number of round games executed in the round number defining mode varies depending on the type of jackpot result that triggered the transition. In the round display unit 39, the number of times of the round game or a display corresponding to the number of round games is displayed. The display on the round display unit 39 is started when the opening/closing execution mode is started, and is ended when the opening/closing execution mode is ended and a new game time is started. On the other hand, in the opening/closing number regulation mode, the round game is not set, the number of times of opening and closing the special electric prize winning device 32 becomes the upper limit number, and a predetermined upper limit number of game balls are won in the special electric prize winning device 32. It is terminated when either one of the conditions is satisfied. In the opening/closing number regulation mode, the round display unit 39 is maintained in the non-display state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front door frame 14 is provided so as to cover the entire front surface side of the inner frame 13 in which the game board 24 having the above configuration is attached to the resin base 21. As shown in FIG. 1, the front door frame 14 is provided with a window portion 51 that allows almost the entire game area PA to be viewed from the front. The window portion 51 has a substantially elliptical shape, and the window panel 52 is fitted therein. The window panel 52 is made of glass and is colorless and transparent. However, the window panel 52 is not limited to this and may be made of synthetic resin and is colorless and transparent. If it is visible, it may be formed to be colored and transparent.

A display light emitting portion 53 is provided above the window portion 51. Further, a pair of left and right speaker units 54 for outputting sound effects and the like according to the game state are provided. Further, below the window portion 51, an upper bulging portion 55 and a lower bulging portion 56 which bulge toward the front side are arranged in parallel vertically. An upper plate 55a that opens upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 55, and a lower plate 56a that also opens upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 56. The upper plate 55a has a function of temporarily storing the game balls paid out from the payout device described later and guiding them to the game ball launching mechanism 27 side while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower plate 56a has a function of storing game balls that have become redundant in the upper plate 55a.

The lower bulging portion 56 is provided with an effect operation portion 57 laterally of the lower plate 56a. The effect operation unit 57 is a push button type, and the content of the display effect on the symbol display device 41 is changed by operating the effect operation unit 57. The contents of the display effect when the effect operation unit 57 is operated will be described in detail later.

Next, the configuration of the back side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back surface of the inner frame 13 (specifically, the game board 24), a main controller 60 that controls the main game is mounted. The main controller 60 has a main control board housed in a board box. It should be noted that the substrate box may be provided with a trace means for leaving a trace of the opening, or may be provided with a trace structure for leaving a trace of the opening. Examples of the trace means include a structure of a joint portion that inseparably joins a plurality of case bodies constituting a substrate box and requires destruction of a predetermined portion at the time of separation, or peeling off when an adhesive layer remains on an object to be adhered at the time of peeling. It is conceivable to attach a sealing sticker that leaves a trace of what has been done so as to straddle the boundary between a plurality of case bodies. In addition, as the trace structure, a configuration in which an adhesive is applied to a boundary between a plurality of case bodies forming the substrate box can be considered.

The back pack unit 15 is installed so as to cover the back surface side of the inner frame 13 including the main controller 60. The back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 72 formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and the payout mechanism unit 73 and the control device assembly unit 74 are attached to the back pack 72.

The payout mechanism unit 73 includes a tank 75 to which game balls supplied from the island facility of the game hall are sequentially replenished, and a payout device 76 for paying out the game balls stored in the tank 75. The game ball paid out from the payout device 76 is discharged to the upper plate 55a or the lower plate 56a through a payout passage provided on the downstream side of the payout device 76. The payout mechanism unit 73 is provided with a main power supply of, for example, 24 V AC, and a back pack substrate having a power switch for performing ON and OFF operations of the power supply.

The control device gathering unit 74 generates and outputs a payout control device 77 having a function of controlling the payout device 76, a predetermined electric power required by various control devices and the like, and accompanies the player's operation of the firing operation device 28. It is provided with a power supply/launching control device 78 for controlling the launch of a game ball. The payout control device 77 and the power supply/launch control device 78 are arranged in front of and behind each other so that the payout control device 77 is behind the pachinko machine 10.

The back pack 72 is provided with an external terminal board 79 in addition to the payout mechanism section 73 and the control device assembly unit 74. The external terminal board 79 is installed on the back corner of the back pack unit 15 on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 and in the upper corner portion. The external terminal board 79 is a board for outputting a predetermined signal so that the gaming hall management computer can recognize the state of the pachinko machine 10 and for inputting a predetermined signal to the pachinko machine 10 from the gaming hall management computer. Is.

<Electrical structure of the pachinko machine 10>
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

The main control device 60 includes a main control board 61 that controls the main game, and a power failure monitoring board 65 that monitors the power supply. An MPU 62 is mounted on the main control board 61. The MPU 62 includes a ROM 63 that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 62 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM 63 is executed. A RAM 64, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input/output circuit, various counter circuits as a random number generator, etc. are built in. It is not essential that the ROM 63 and the RAM 64 are integrated into one chip with respect to the MPU 62, and each may be configured into an individual chip. This also applies to MPUs of control devices other than the main control device 60.

The MPU 62 is provided with an input port and an output port, respectively. To the input side of the MPU 62, the power failure monitoring board 65 provided in the main control device 60 is connected, and the payout control device 77 is connected. A power supply/launch control device 78 having a function of supplying operating power is connected to the power failure monitoring board 65, and power is supplied to the MPU 62 via the power failure monitoring board 65.

Various sensors such as various prize detection sensors 66a to 66e are connected to the input side of the MPU 62. The various winning detection sensors 66a to 66e are provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the winning portion corresponding to the winning portion such as the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first operating opening 33, the second operating opening 34, and the through gate 35. The detection sensor is included in the MPU 62, and the MPU 62 determines the winning of each ball. Further, in the MPU 62, various kinds of lottery are executed based on the winning of the first operating port 33 or the winning of the second operating port 34.

The power outage monitoring board 65, the payout control device 77, and the sound emission control device 80 are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. To the payout control device 77, for example, a prize ball command is output based on the result of a prize determination to the prize-corresponding ball portion. Various commands such as a variation command, a type command, and an opening command are output to the sound emission control device 80. Details of these various commands will be described later. The MPU 62 transmits a command to the sound emission control device 80 by parallel communication.

On the output side of the MPU 62, a drive unit 32b for special electricity that opens and closes the opening and closing door 32a of the special prize winning device 32, a drive unit 34b for ordinary electricity that opens and closes the ordinary electricity supplier 34a of the second operating port 34, The drawing unit 37, the universal drawing unit 38, and the round display unit 39 are connected. By the way, the special figure unit 37 is provided with a first special figure display section 37a, a second special figure display section 37b, a first special figure reservation display section 37c and a second special figure reservation display section 37d. Are all connected to the output side of the MPU 62. Similarly, the universal figure unit 38 is provided with a universal figure display section 38a and a universal figure hold display section 38b, all of which are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. Various driver circuits are provided on the main control board 61, and the MPU 62 executes drive control of various drive units and various display units through the driver circuits.

That is, in the opening/closing execution mode, the MPU 62 executes drive control of the drive unit 32b for special electricity so that the special electricity winning device 32 is opened and closed. Further, when the general electric outlet 34a is in the open state, the MPU 62 controls the drive of the general electric outlet 34b so that the general electric outlet 34a is opened and closed. Further, during the game times and the opening/closing execution mode, the display control of the special drawing unit 37 is executed in the MPU 62. Further, in the case of clearly indicating the lottery result of whether or not to open the universal electric accessory 34a, the display control of the universal figure unit 38 is executed in the MPU 62. In the open/close execution mode, the MPU 62 executes the display control of the round display unit 39.

The power failure monitoring board 65 relays the main control board 61 and the power supply/launch control device 78, and also monitors the voltage of DC stable 24V which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply/launch control device 78. The payout control device 77 controls the payout of prize balls or loan balls by the payout device 76 based on the prize ball command input from the main control device 60.

The power supply/launch control device 78 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game hall or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power source, the operating power necessary for each is generated for the main control board 61, the payout control device 77, and the like, and the generated operating power is supplied. By the way, the power supply/launch control device 78 is provided with a power supply unit for power interruption such as a backup capacitor, and even when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is in the OFF state, the power supply unit for power interruption is mainly used. Electric power for storage is supplied to the RAM 64 of the control device 60. The power supply/launch control device 78 is responsible for the launch control of the game ball launch mechanism 27, and the game ball launch mechanism 27 is driven when a predetermined launch condition is satisfied.

The sound emission control device 80 includes a sound emission control board 81 on which an MPU 82 is mounted. The MPU 82 includes a ROM 83 that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 82 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM 83 is executed. A RAM 84, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input/output circuit, etc. are built in.

The MPU 82 determines the content of the effect to be executed in the game times or the opening/closing execution mode based on the command received from the main control device 60. Then, the display light emitting unit 53 provided in the front door frame 14 is controlled to emit light so that the operation corresponding to the determined content is performed, and the sound output control of the speaker unit 54 provided in the front door frame 14 is performed. I do. Further, the MPU 82 is electrically connected to the effect operation unit 58. The production operation unit 58 outputs, as the production operation signal, a non-operation signal of LOW level in the non-operation state and an operation generation signal of HI level in the operated state. The relationship of HI and LOW may be reversed. In the MPU 82, by monitoring the signal level of the effect operation signal input from the effect operation unit 58, it is possible to specify whether or not the effect operation unit 58 has been operated.

The MPU 82 is electrically connected to the display control device 90. The MPU 82 transmits to the display control device 90 a command including the content of the effect determined based on the command received from the main control device 60 and a command including the content of the notification corresponding to the command received from the main control device 60. Note that the display control device 90 is not configured to receive a command from the main control device 60 without passing through the voice emission control device 80, and in the relationship with the main control device 60, communication is performed more than the voice emission control device 80. It can be said that it exists on the downstream side of the direction.

The display control device 90 includes a display control board 91 on which an MPU 92, which is an element in which a program ROM 93 and a work RAM 94 are combined into a chip, a video display processor (VDP) 95, a character ROM 96, and a video RAM 97 are mounted. Equipped with.

The MPU 92 analyzes various commands received from the voice emission control device 80 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received various commands to control the VDP 95 (specifically, generate an internal command for the VDP 95).

The program ROM 93 is a memory for storing various control programs executed by the MPU 92 and fixed value data, and is a non-volatile storage means that does not require external power supply for holding the stored information. The work RAM 94 is a memory for temporarily storing work data, flags, etc. used when various programs are executed by the MPU 92, and is a volatile storage means that requires external power supply when holding the stored information. Is.

The VDP 95 is a kind of drawing circuit that directly operates an image processing device as a liquid crystal display driver incorporated in the symbol display device 41. Since the VDP 95 is formed as an IC chip, it is also called a "drawing chip", and the substance thereof should be called a microcomputer chip containing firmware dedicated for drawing processing. The VDP 95 adjusts the timings of the MPU 92, the video RAM 97, etc. to intervene in the reading and writing of data, and also reads the image data to be stored in the video RAM 97 from the character ROM 96 at a predetermined timing and displays it on the symbol display device 41.

The character ROM 96 plays a role as an image data library for storing character data such as designs displayed on the design display device 41. The character ROM 96 holds bit map format image data of various display patterns, a color palette table to be referred to when deciding an expression color at each dot of the bit map image, and the like.

The video RAM 97 is a memory for storing display data to be displayed on the symbol display device 41, and the display contents of the symbol display device 41 are changed by rewriting the contents of the video RAM 97.

In the following description, for convenience of explanation, the MPU 62, the ROM 63, and the RAM 64 of the main control device 60 are referred to as the main MPU 62, the main ROM 63, and the main RAM 64, respectively, and the MPU 82, the ROM 83, and the RAM 84 of the sound emission control device 80 are respectively referred to as sound sources. The light-side MPU 82, the sound-light side ROM 83, and the sound-light side RAM 84 are referred to, and the MPU 92, the program ROM 93, and the work RAM 94 of the display control device 90 are referred to as the display-side MPU 92, the display-side ROM 93, and the display-side RAM 94, respectively.

Here, in the pachinko machine 10, commands are exchanged by bidirectional communication between the sound-light side MPU 82 and the display side MPU 92.

That is, the sound emission control device 80 and the display control device 90 are electrically connected using the first signal line group 101, and the sound signal side MPU 82 is switched to the display side MPU 92 by using the first signal line group 101. A command is sent toward. Since this command transmission is performed by serial communication, the first signal line group 101 includes a signal line 102 for serial command data transmission and each unit data (for example, 1-bit data) included in the command data. At least a signal line 103 for a clock signal for identifying and a signal line 104 for a latch signal for recognizing at least one of the transmission start and the transmission end of one command are included. A signal line for an enable signal for recognizing the start of command transmission may be provided separately.

Further, the sound emission control device 80 and the display control device 90 are electrically connected using the second signal line group 111, and the display side MPU 92 is changed from the display side MPU 92 to the sound light side MPU 82 by using the second signal line group 111. A command is sent toward. Since this command transmission is performed by serial communication, the second signal line group 111 includes a signal line 112 for serial command data transmission and each unit data (for example, 1-bit data) included in the command data. A signal line 113 for a clock signal for identifying and a signal line 114 for a latch signal for recognizing at least one of the transmission start and the transmission end of one command are included. A signal line for an enable signal for recognizing the start of command transmission may be provided separately.

The first signal line group 101 and the second signal line group 111 are provided as one connection unit. The connection unit includes a connector in which one ends of the first signal line group 101 and the second signal line group 111 are aggregated, and a connector in which the other ends are aggregated, and one connector is a sound emission control device. The connector 80 is detachably attached to the connector, and the other connector is detachably attached to the connector of the display control device 90.

The communication method between the sound-light side MPU 82 and the display side MPU 92 is not limited to serial communication and may be parallel communication. Alternatively, the first signal line group 101 and the second signal line group 111 may be provided as separate connection units.

<Electrical structure for performing various lottery in MPU 62 of main controller 60>
Next, an electrical configuration for performing various lottery by the MPU 62 of the main control device 60 will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

Main side MPU62 uses the various counter information in the game, hit occurrence lottery, the setting of the display of the first special figure display portion 37a, the setting of the display of the second special figure display portion 37b, the setting of the symbol display of the symbol display device 41 The display of the public figure display unit 38a is set, and specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the hit random number counter C1 used in the lottery for the hit occurrence and the big hit type are used in the determination. The jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3 used for the reach generation lottery when the symbol display device 41 fluctuates, and the random number initial value counter CINI used for setting the initial value of the hit random number counter C1, and each special figure The fluctuation type counter CS that determines the display duration time in the display units 37a and 37b and the symbol display device 41 is used. Furthermore, the ordinary electric random number counter C4 used in the lottery for determining whether the ordinary electric accessory 34a of the second operation port 34 is in the electric power open state is used. The counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 are provided in the lottery counter area 121 of the RAM 64.

Each of the counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 is a loop counter in which 1 is added to the previous value each time it is updated, and after reaching the maximum value, it returns to 0. Each counter is updated at short time intervals. Numerical value information of the hit random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, and the reach random number counter C3 are stored in the special figure holding area 122 when a prize is paid to the first operation opening 33 or the second operation opening 34. The special figure reservation area 122 includes a first special figure reservation area 125, a second special figure reservation area 126, and a special figure execution area 127.

The 1st special figure reservation area 125 is provided with the 1st area 125a, the 2nd area 125b, the 3rd area 125c, and the 4th area 125d, and according to the winning history to the 1st working port 33, the hit random number counter C1, Numerical value information of the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in any of the areas 125a to 125d as reserved information on the special drawing side.

In this case, in the first area 125a to the fourth area 125d, when the winning of the first working opening 33 occurs a plurality of times in succession, the first area 125a→the second area 125b→the third area 125c→the first area 125a. Numerical information is sequentially stored in the order of the four areas 125d. By providing the four areas 125a to 125d in this manner, the winning history of the game balls to the first operating port 33 is stored up to four at maximum.

Note that the number that can be reserved and stored in the first special figure reservation area 125 is not limited to four and is arbitrary, and may be two or three, or five or more other plural numbers. , May be singular.

The second special figure reservation area 126 includes a first area 126a, a second area 126b, a third area 126c, and a fourth area 126d, and a winning random number counter C1 in accordance with the winning history of the second operating port 34, Numerical value information of the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in any of the areas 126a to 126d as reserved information on the special drawing side.

In this case, in the first area 126a to the fourth area 126d, when the winning of the second working opening 34 occurs a plurality of times in succession, the first area 126a→the second area 126b→the third area 126c→the third area 126c. Numerical information is stored in time series in the order of four areas 126d. Since the four areas 126a to 126d are provided in this manner, the winning history of the game balls to the second operating port 34 can be reserved and stored up to a maximum of four.

The number that can be reserved and stored in the second special diagram reservation area 126 is not limited to four and is arbitrary, and may be two, three, or five or more other numbers. , May be singular.

In the special figure execution area 127, when the variable display is started in any of the special figure display portions 37a and 37b, the pending information of the target for the special figure right/wrong determination or distribution determination is stored. The area. Specifically, when the variable display of the first special figure display portion 37a is started, the reservation information stored in the first area 125a of the first special figure reservation area 125 is moved to the special figure execution area 127. To be done. On the other hand, when the variable display of the second special figure display portion 37b is started, the reservation information stored in the first area 126a of the second special figure reservation area 126 is moved to the special figure execution area 127.

The information corresponding to the ordinary electric random number counter C4 is stored in the ordinary figure holding area 123 when a prize is awarded to the through gate 35. The universal figure reservation area 123 includes a first area 128a, a second area 128b, a third area 128c, and a fourth area 128d, and numerical information of the universal electric random number counter C4 according to the winning history to the through gate 35. Is stored in any of the areas 128a to 128d as the reservation information on the universal figure side.

In this case, in the first area 128a to the fourth area 128d, when the winning to the through gate 35 occurs a plurality of times in succession, the first area 128a → the second area 128b → the third area 128c → the fourth area. Numerical information is stored in time series in the order of 128d. Since the four areas 128a to 128d are provided in this way, the winning history of the game balls to the through gate 35 is stored up to four at maximum.

Note that the number that can be reserved and stored in the universal figure reservation area 123 is not limited to four, and may be any number, and may be other plural numbers such as two, three, or five or more. May be

In the universal figure holding area 128, an execution area 129 for a universal figure is provided. The execution area 129 for a general figure is an area in which pending information for a support determination of acceptance/rejection is stored when variable display is started on the general figure display unit 38a. Specifically, when the variable display of the universal figure display unit 38a is started, the suspension information stored in the first area 128a of the universal figure retaining area 123 is moved to the universal figure execution area 129.

Each of the above counters will be described in detail.

First, the ordinary electric random number counter C4 will be described. The ordinary electric random number counter C4 is configured so that, for example, it is sequentially incremented by 1 within a range of 0 to 250, and after reaching the maximum value, returns to 0. The ordinary electric random number counter C4 is periodically updated and is stored in the ordinary figure holding area 123 of the main side RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball wins the through gate 35. Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed as to whether or not to control the general electric accessory 34a to be in the open state based on the stored value of the general electric random number counter C4.

In the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of support modes are set so that the modes of support by the general electric accessory 34a are different from each other. Specifically, in the support mode, when compared with the situation in which the game balls are continuously emitted in the same manner with respect to the game area PA, the universal utility object 34a of the second working port 34 per unit time is compared. The high frequency support mode and the low frequency support mode are set so that the frequency of the open state is relatively high.

In the high-frequency support mode and the low-frequency support mode, the probability of winning the ordinary electric open state in the ordinary electric open lottery using the ordinary electric random number counter C4 is the same (for example, both are 4/5). In the frequency support mode, the number of times that the general electric outlet 34a is in the open state when the general electric open state is won is set to a larger number than in the low frequency support mode, and one opening time is set longer. There is. In this case, in the high-frequency support mode, when the general electric open state wins and the general electric auditors a thing 34a is opened a plurality of times, from the end of one open state to the start of the next open state. The closing time is set shorter than one opening time. Furthermore, in the high-frequency support mode, the minimum securing time (that is, in the general map The one-time display duration on the display section 38a) is set to be short.

As described above, in the high frequency support mode, the probability of winning the second operation opening 34 is higher than that in the low frequency support mode. In other words, in the low frequency support mode, the probability of winning a prize in the first operation port 33 is higher than in the second operation port 34, but in the high frequency support mode, the second operation is performed more than the first operation port 33. The probability of winning a prize in the mouth 34 increases.

The configuration for increasing the frequency of the high frequency support mode per unit time to be in the normal power open state more than that of the low frequency support mode is not limited to the one described above. It may be configured to increase the probability that the ordinary electric open state wins. In addition, a securing time that is secured in performing the next regular electric train open lottery after one regular electric train open lottery is performed (for example, is executed in the universal map display portion 38a based on the winning of the through gate 35). In a configuration in which multiple types of variable display time) are prepared, the high-frequency support mode is set so that a shorter securing time is easier to select or an average securing time is shorter than in the low-frequency support mode. Good. Furthermore, the number of times of opening is increased, the time of opening is lengthened, and the securing time that is secured when the next ordinary electric train opening lottery is conducted after one ordinary electric train opening lottery is shortened. The advantage of the high-frequency support mode over the low-frequency support mode may be increased by applying any one condition or an arbitrary combination of conditions of shortening the averaging time and increasing the winning probability.

When the general electric open lottery using the general electric power random number counter C4 results in the general electric power open state winning, the general electric power open state is established. The normal electric power open state ends when the predetermined electric power object 34a is opened and closed a predetermined number of times, or when a predetermined upper limit number of game balls wins the second working opening 34. To do. Regarding these contents, specifically, the upper limit number is 10 in common in both the low frequency support mode and the high frequency support mode. On the other hand, the number of times of opening and closing the ordinary electrical accessory 34a is once in the low frequency support mode, whereas it is more than once in the high frequency support mode than in the low frequency support mode. It has been three times. Further, the one-time opening duration of the ordinary electric accessory 34a is 1 sec in the low frequency support mode, whereas it is 2 sec in the high frequency support mode.

Next, the winning random number counter C1 will be described. The hit random number counter C1 is configured to be sequentially incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 599, for example, and then returned to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Particularly, when the hit random number counter C1 makes one round, the value of the random number initial value counter CINI at that time is read as the initial value of the hit random number counter C1. The random number initial value counter CINI is a loop counter similar to the random number counter C1 (value=0 to 599). The hit random number counter C1 is regularly updated and is stored in the first special figure holding area 125 of the special figure holding area 122 at the timing when the game ball wins the first working opening 33, and the game ball is placed in the second working opening 34. It is stored in the second special figure reservation area 126 of the special figure reservation area 122 at the timing of winning. Then, it is judged whether or not the hit number is stored in the random number counter C1.

The value of the random number that is won at the time of the win/fail judgment is stored in the main ROM 63 as a win/loss table. In the hit/miss table, a big hit result, a small hit result, and a miss result are set as the hit result. The jackpot result is a win/loss result that can be a trigger to shift to the opening/closing execution mode in which the special electric winning device 32 is controlled to be opened/closed, and a trigger to shift at least one of the win/loss lottery mode and the support mode. The small hit result is a win/loss result that does not trigger a shift in both the win/win lottery mode and the support mode, while triggering a shift to the open/close execution mode in which the special electric winning device 32 is controlled to open/close. The disengagement result is a win/fail result that does not trigger the shift to the opening/closing execution mode and further does not trigger the shift in the win/loss lottery mode and the support mode.

As the win/loss table, there are a win/loss table for the low probability mode and a win/loss table for the high probability mode. In other words, the pachinko machine 10 refers to the same win/loss table for the hold information acquired based on the winning of the first operating port 33 and the hold information acquired based on the winning of the second operating port 34. In addition, in either case, there are a low-probability mode and a high-probability mode as lottery modes in the win/loss lottery.

Explaining each win/loss table in detail, in the win/loss table for the low-probability mode, the value of the random number that is the jackpot result is two (for example, “5” and “305”), and the value of the random number that is the jackpot result. Is three (for example, “55”, “355”, “555”). The other values are random number values that result in the deviation.

In the hit probability table for the high probability mode, the number of random number values resulting in a big hit is set to be larger than that in the hit probability table for the low probability mode for the first special figure, and specifically 20. (For example, "5", "34", "65", "130", "163", "192", "220", "245", "276", "305", "334", "365", "392", "420", "470", "495", "520", "558", "575", "599"). In this case, the value group of the winning random number counter C1 which is a big hit in the situation of the low probability mode is included in the value group of the winning random number counter C1 which is a big hit in the situation of the high probability mode. On the other hand, the value of the random number that results in the small hit is the same as in the case of the hit/miss table for the low probability mode.

It should be noted that if the probability of a jackpot result in the high-probability mode is higher than that in the low-probability mode, then the number and value of the winning random numbers are arbitrary, and if the jackpot result is in the low-probability mode, The value group of the hit random number counter C1 may or may not include only a part of the value group of the hit random number counter C1 which is a big hit in the high probability mode. ..

Next, the jackpot type counter C2 will be described. The jackpot type counter C2 is configured to be sequentially incremented by 1 within a range of 0 to 99, and after reaching the maximum value, returns to 0. The jackpot type counter C2 is regularly updated, and is stored in the first special figure holding area 125 of the special figure holding area 122 at the timing when the game ball wins the first working opening 33, and the game ball is placed in the second working opening 34. It is stored in the second special figure reservation area 126 of the special figure reservation area 122 at the timing of winning. Then, the distribution determination is performed using the stored value of the jackpot type counter C2.

Here, a plurality of types of jackpot results are set in the pachinko machine 10, and these jackpot results are (1) the content of the opening/closing execution mode, (2) the content of the winning/discarding lottery mode after the opening/closing execution mode, 3) At least one of the three contents of the support mode after completion of the opening/closing execution mode is different.

The opening/closing execution mode executed when the jackpot is won is the round number defining mode as described above. The number-of-rounds mode includes a high-frequency winning mode and a low-frequency winning mode so that the frequency of winning the special electric winning device 32 from the start to the end of the opening/closing execution mode is relatively high. And are set. Specifically, in the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types are set in which the one-time opening mode of the special electric prize winning device 32 is different in the opening duration time from the opening of the special electric prize winning device 32 to the closing. There is. Specifically, a long time mode in which the open duration is set to 29 sec, which is a long time, and a short time mode in which the open duration is set to 0.05 sec, which is shorter than the above long time, are set. ing. In the pachinko machine 10, when the firing operation device 28 is operated by the player, the game ball firing mechanism 27 is drive-controlled so that one game ball is fired toward the game area PA in 0.6 sec. To be done. Further, the upper limit number of end conditions of the round game is set to 10. Then, in the long time mode of the above-mentioned opening modes, the opening continuation time of a time longer than the product of the firing cycle of the game ball and the upper limit number of one round game is set. On the other hand, in the short time mode, a time shorter than the product of the firing cycle of the game ball and the upper limit number of one round game, more specifically, the opening duration which is shorter than the firing cycle of the game ball is set. ing. Therefore, when the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened once in a long time mode, it is expected that the special electric prize winning device 32 will receive the upper limit number of prizes in one round game, which is short. When the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened once in this manner, it is expected that no prize is won in the special electric prize winning device 32.

In the high frequency winning mode, the special electric winning device 32 is opened once in each round game in a long time mode. On the other hand, in the low frequency winning mode, the special electric winning device 32 is opened once in each round game in a short time mode.

In addition, the number of times of opening and closing the special electric prize winning device 32 in the high frequency winning mode and the low frequency winning mode, the number of round games, the opening duration for one opening, and the upper limit number in one round game are the ones in the high frequency winning mode. Is not limited to the above value, as long as the frequency of winning the special electric prize winning device 32 from the start to the end of the opening/closing execution mode is higher than that in the low frequency winning mode. Is.

The opening/closing execution mode executed when the small hit is won is the opening/closing number defining mode as described above. In the opening/closing number regulation mode, the special electric winning device 32 is opened five times in a short time mode. In this case, the upper limit number of the end condition of the opening/closing number regulation mode is set to 10, and the total opening duration of the opening/closing number regulation mode is the firing cycle of the game ball and the upper limit number of the opening/closing number regulation mode. It is set to a time shorter than the product. Therefore, in the opening/closing number defining mode, the round game is not executed, and it is determined whether or not it is the upper limit number based on the total winning number in the opening/closing number defining mode. There is a high probability that the opening and closing of will be executed.

The distribution destination of the kind of the big hit result to the big hit type counter C2 is stored in the main side ROM 63 as a distribution table. The contents of the distribution table will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, in the distribution table, the types of jackpot results are 8R low-probability jackpot results, 12R low-probability jackpot results, 4R high-probability jackpot results, and 5R high-probability results. The jackpot result, the 8R high-accuracy jackpot result, the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result A, the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B, and the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result are set.

In the 8R low-probability jackpot result, the opening/closing execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode in which eight round games occur. In this opening/closing execution mode, payout of 520 game balls can be expected. Further, after the opening/closing execution mode is ended, the low probability mode is set regardless of which win/loss lottery mode is selected before the opening/closing execution mode. This low-probability mode has a big hit result next, and continues at least until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. After the opening/closing execution mode ends, the high-frequency support mode is set regardless of the support mode before the opening/closing execution mode. This high-frequency support mode shifts to the low-frequency support mode when the number of games reaches the end reference number (specifically 15 times) set as one or more times after the shift, and the high-frequency support mode The low-frequency support mode that has transitioned after the end of the above has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode.

In the 12R low-probability jackpot result, the opening/closing execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode in which 12 round games occur. In this open/close execution mode, payout of 780 game balls can be expected. Further, after the opening/closing execution mode is ended, the low probability mode is set regardless of which win/loss lottery mode is selected before the opening/closing execution mode. This low-probability mode has a big hit result next, and continues at least until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. After the opening/closing execution mode ends, the low-frequency support mode is set regardless of the support mode before the opening/closing execution mode. This low-frequency support mode has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the open/close execution mode.

In the 4R high-precision jackpot result, the opening/closing execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode in which four round games occur. This open/close execution mode can be expected to pay out 260 gaming balls. In addition, after the end of the opening/closing execution mode, the high-probability mode is set regardless of the win/loss lottery mode before the switching to the opening/closing execution mode. This high-probability mode has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. After the opening/closing execution mode ends, the high-frequency support mode is set regardless of the support mode before the opening/closing execution mode. This high-frequency support mode is at least continued until the next big hit result, and the switching to the open/close execution mode due to the big hit result.

In the 5R high-precision jackpot result, the opening/closing execution mode becomes the low-frequency winning mode in which five round games occur. In this open/close execution mode, since no prize can be expected to be paid to the special electric prize winning device 32, the number of game balls to be paid out is substantially zero. In addition, after the end of the opening/closing execution mode, the high-probability mode is set regardless of the win/loss lottery mode before the switching to the opening/closing execution mode. This high-probability mode has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. The support mode is a high-frequency support mode if the mode before switching to the open/close execution mode is a high-frequency support mode, and is a low-frequency support mode if the mode before switching to the open/close execution mode is a low-frequency support mode. These support modes are at least continued until the next big hit result and the transition to the open/close execution mode accordingly.

The 8R high-precision jackpot result is a high-frequency winning mode in which the opening/closing execution mode causes eight round games. In this opening/closing execution mode, payout of 520 game balls can be expected. In addition, after the end of the opening/closing execution mode, the high-probability mode is set regardless of the win/loss lottery mode before the switching to the opening/closing execution mode. This high-probability mode has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. After the opening/closing execution mode ends, the high-frequency support mode is set regardless of the support mode before the opening/closing execution mode. This high-frequency support mode is at least continued until the next big hit result, and the switching to the open/close execution mode due to the big hit result.

The 12R high-precision jackpot result A is a high-frequency winning mode in which the opening/closing execution mode causes 12 round games. This open/close execution mode can be expected to pay out 780 game balls. In addition, after the end of the opening/closing execution mode, the high-probability mode is set regardless of the win/loss lottery mode before the switching to the opening/closing execution mode. This high-probability mode has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. After the opening/closing execution mode ends, the high-frequency support mode is set regardless of the support mode before the opening/closing execution mode. This high-frequency support mode is at least continued until the next big hit result, and the switching to the open/close execution mode due to the big hit result.

The 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B is the high-frequency winning mode in which the opening/closing execution mode causes 12 round games. This open/close execution mode can be expected to pay out 780 game balls. In addition, after the end of the opening/closing execution mode, the high-probability mode is set regardless of the win/loss lottery mode before the switching to the opening/closing execution mode. This high-probability mode has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. The support mode is a high-frequency support mode if the mode before switching to the open/close execution mode is a high-frequency support mode, and is a low-frequency support mode if the mode before switching to the open/close execution mode is a low-frequency support mode. These support modes are at least continued until the next big hit result and the transition to the open/close execution mode accordingly.

The 16R high-probability jackpot result is a high-frequency winning mode in which the opening/closing execution mode causes 16 round games. This open/close execution mode can be expected to pay out 1040 game balls. In addition, after the end of the opening/closing execution mode, the high-probability mode is set regardless of the win/loss lottery mode before the switching to the opening/closing execution mode. This high-probability mode has a big hit result next time, and at least continues until it shifts to the opening/closing execution mode. After the opening/closing execution mode ends, the high-frequency support mode is set regardless of the support mode before the opening/closing execution mode. This high-frequency support mode is at least continued until the next big hit result, and the switching to the open/close execution mode due to the big hit result.

As the distribution table, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the distribution table for the first special map used in the distribution determination of the suspension information acquired based on the winning of the first operation opening 33. The minute table and the sorting table for the second special figure, which is used when sorting the holding information acquired based on the winning of the second operation port 34, are set.

Explaining each distribution table in detail, the distribution table for the first special figure has, as shown in FIG. 8A, 12R low-probability jackpot results as types of jackpot results to be distributed. 5R high-accuracy jackpot result, 12R high-accuracy jackpot result A, 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B, and 16R high-accuracy jackpot result are set. In the distribution table for the first special figure, “0 to 19” corresponds to the 12R low-probability jackpot result, “20 to 39” corresponds to the 5R high-probability jackpot result, and “40 to 68”. "Corresponds to the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result A, "69 to 88" corresponds to the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B, and "89 to 99" corresponds to the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result. In the case of the sorting table for the first special map, when the jackpot is won, the probability of a 12R low-probability jackpot result is 20%, and the probability of a 5R high-probability jackpot result is 20%. The probability of being the high-accuracy jackpot result A is 29%, the probability of being the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B is 20%, and the probability of being the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is 11%.

Here, when the small hit result is obtained, in the opening/closing execution mode triggered by the small hit result, the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened/closed five times in a short time mode. On the other hand, in the 5R high-accuracy jackpot result, the mode shifts to a round number defining mode in which a round game is played with an upper limit number of 5 times, and in each round game, the special electricity winning device 32 is opened and closed once in a short time mode. In other words, if either the 5R high-accuracy big hit result or the small hit result is obtained, the operation mode of the special electric winning device 32 in the opening/closing execution mode is apparently the same. Further, in the game times when these game results are obtained, although different stop results are displayed on the first special figure display portion 37a, the display area is set larger than that of the first special figure display portion 37a. The stop result is displayed on the displayed symbol display device 41 in such a manner that it cannot be identified. Specifically, in any of the above game results, a common symbol combination (for example, "3.4.1") is stopped and displayed on any of the activated lines on the symbol display device 41. Further, when the 5R high-precision large-hit result is obtained in the low-frequency support mode, the opening-and-closing execution mode when the small-hit result is obtained based on the winning of the first operating port 33 during the opening and closing execution mode triggered by the 5R The effect is executed in a manner indistinguishable from that, and after the opening/closing execution mode is finished, the effect clearly indicating the high-probability mode is not executed on the symbol display device 41 or the like, and the first operation port 33 The effect is executed in the same manner as after the opening/closing execution mode when the small hit result is obtained based on the winning. With the above configuration, for example, in the case of the low probability mode and the low frequency support mode, when the open/close execution mode which is the low frequency winning mode or the open/close execution mode which is the opening/closing number regulation mode occurs, the player is After the open/close execution mode ends, the game is played while expecting that the high probability mode has been entered, and the interest of the game can be improved.

In addition, when the result of 12R low-probability jackpot or B of 12R high-probability jackpot is B based on the winning of the first working opening 33, the game shifts to a round number defining mode in which a round game is played with 12 times as the upper limit number, and each round is played. In the game, the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened and closed once for a long time. In other words, if either the 12R low-probability jackpot result or the 12R high-probability jackpot result B is obtained, the operation mode of the special electric winning device 32 in the opening/closing execution mode is apparently the same. Further, in the game times when these game results are obtained, although different stop results are displayed on the first special figure display portion 37a, the display area is set larger than that of the first special figure display portion 37a. The stop result is displayed on the displayed symbol display device 41 in such a manner that it cannot be identified. Specifically, in any of the above game results, the same even number of symbols are stopped and displayed on any of the activated lines on the symbol display device 41. Further, when the 12R high-probability jackpot result B is obtained in the low-frequency support mode, the opening/closing execution mode triggered by the 12R high-probability jackpot result is indistinguishable from the opening/closing execution mode when the 12R low-probability jackpot result is obtained. After the production is performed, and further after the opening/closing execution mode is finished, the production that clearly indicates the high probability mode in the symbol display device 41 or the like is not executed, and after the opening/closing execution mode when the 12R low-probability jackpot result is obtained. The effect is executed in the same manner as. With the above configuration, in the situation of the low probability mode and the low frequency support mode, for example, when the open/close execution mode in which the round game is executed 12 times occurs, the player is A game is played while expecting that the mode has shifted to the high probability mode, and the interest of the game can be improved.

On the other hand, in the distribution table for the second special figure, as shown in FIG. 8B, 8R low-probability jackpot result, 4R high-probability jackpot result, and 8R high Precise jackpot result and 16R high probable jackpot result are set. In the distribution table for the second special map, “0 to 19” corresponds to the 8R low-probability jackpot result, “20 to 31” corresponds to the 4R high-probability jackpot result, and “32 to 55”. "Corresponds to the 8R high-accuracy jackpot result, and "56-99" corresponds to the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result. In the case of the sorting table for the second special map, when the jackpot is won, the probability of being the 8R low-probability jackpot result is 20%, and the probability of being the 4R high-probability jackpot result is 12%. The probability of a high-precision jackpot result is 24%, and the probability of a 16R high-precision jackpot result is 44%.

Here, when the result of the 8R low-probability jackpot or the 8R high-probability jackpot result is obtained based on the winning of the second working opening 34, the game is transferred to a round number defining mode in which a round game is performed with the upper limit number of 8 times, and each round is played. In the game, the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened and closed once for a long time. That is, if either the 8R low-probability big-hit result or the 8R high-probability big-hit result is obtained, the operation mode of the special electric prize winning device 32 in the opening/closing execution mode is apparently the same. Further, in the game times when these game results are obtained, although different stop results are displayed on the first special figure display portion 37a, the display area is set larger than that of the first special figure display portion 37a. The stop result is displayed on the displayed symbol display device 41 in such a manner that it cannot be identified. Specifically, in any of the above game results, the same even number of symbols are stopped and displayed on any of the activated lines on the symbol display device 41. In addition, regardless of whether the result is the 8R low-probability jackpot result or the 8R high-probability jackpot result, it is not possible to distinguish which jackpot result is in the opening/closing execution mode triggered by that. In the same manner, the effect is executed, and after the opening/closing execution mode is finished, the effect clearly indicating the high probability mode is not executed in the symbol display device 41 or the like, and the effect is executed in the same manner. Immediately after the opening/closing execution mode, in any case, the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. With the above configuration, in the case of the high probability mode and the high frequency support mode, for example, when the open/close execution mode in which the round game is executed eight times occurs, the player is The game is played while expecting that the transition to the low-probability mode has not occurred, and the interest of the game can be improved.

In addition, the distribution table for the first special figure and the distribution table for the second special figure have the same probability of becoming the high-probability mode after the opening/closing execution mode in the case of a big hit. On the other hand, the probability of becoming the high frequency winning mode in the opening/closing execution mode is higher in the distribution table for the second special figure than in the distribution table for the first special figure. More specifically, the distribution table for the first special figure can be in the low frequency winning mode, whereas the distribution table for the second special figure cannot be in the low frequency winning mode. Furthermore, in the distribution table for the first special map, the probability that the most advantageous jackpot result is the 16R high-precision jackpot result is 11%, and the sorting probability is the lowest compared to other jackpot results. On the other hand, in the distribution table for the second special figure, the probability that the most advantageous jackpot result is the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is 44%, and the sorting probability is the highest compared to other jackpot results. Therefore, as a type of jackpot result that can be selected when the jackpot is won, the winning of the second operating opening 34 is generated more than when the internal winning of the first operating opening 33 is performed and the internal lottery is performed. It is more advantageous for the player if the internal lottery is performed.

Next, the reach random number counter C3 will be described. The reach random number counter C3 is configured to be incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 238, for example, and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Here, in the pachinko machine 10, an expected effect is set as a kind of display effect in the symbol display device 41. The expected effect is provided with a symbol display device 41 capable of performing variable display of symbols, and in a game machine in which a final stop result is a given correspondence result in a game time that is a predetermined jackpot result, the symbol display device 41 The display state for making the player think that the variable display state is likely to be the above-mentioned assignment correspondence result in the stage before the stop result is derived and displayed after the variable display of the symbol is started. Note that, specifically, the combination of symbols with the same numbers is stopped and displayed on any of the activated lines regarding the assignment correspondence result.

Two types of expected effects are set, a reach display and a notice display for expecting the occurrence of the reach display or the result of the assignment response in a stage before the reach display occurs.

In the reach display, the symbols are stopped and displayed for a part of the plurality of symbol columns displayed on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41 to display a combination of the reach symbols, and the remaining symbols are displayed in that state. A display state in which a variable display of symbols is performed in the symbol column is included. Also, in the state where the reach symbol combination is displayed as described above, the variable display of the symbols is performed in the remaining symbol columns, and the reach effect is performed by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image on the background screen. , Which includes a reduction effect or a non-display of a combination of reach patterns, and a predetermined character or the like is displayed as a moving image on almost the entire display surface 41a to perform a reach effect.

In the notice display, in a situation where the symbols are variably displayed in all the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 after the variable display of the symbols is started on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, or in a part of the symbol columns. In a situation where the symbols are variably displayed in a plurality of symbol columns, a mode in which the character is displayed separately from the symbols on the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 is included. Further, the background screen may be a predetermined mode different from the previous modes, and the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 may be predetermined modes different from the previous modes. Such advance notice display may occur at both game times when the reach display is performed and when the reach display is not performed, but the reach display is higher than the case where the reach display is not performed. It is set to occur with a probability.

Reach display is executed irrespective of the value of the reach random number counter C3 in the game time when the same symbol combination is finally stopped and displayed. Further, in the big hit result in which the same symbol combination is not stopped and displayed, or in the game times corresponding to the small hit result, it is not executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3. Further, in the game times corresponding to the miss result, the reach random number counter C3 acquired at a predetermined timing by referring to the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the main ROM 63 corresponds to the occurrence of the reach display. Is executed if

On the other hand, the decision as to whether or not to perform the advance notice display is made in the sound/light side MPU 82, not in the main side MPU 62. In this case, in the sound-light side MPU 82, the notice times are more likely to occur and the appearance rate is lower in the game times corresponding to any of the big hit results or the small hit results, as compared with the game times corresponding to the miss result. The lottery process for displaying the notice is executed so as to satisfy at least one of the conditions that the notice is likely to occur. By the way, this lottery result is reflected in the case where the game display effect is executed on the symbol display device 41.

Next, the fluctuation type counter CS will be described. The variation type counter CS is configured to be incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 198, for example, and then return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The variation type counter CS is used in the main MPU 62 to determine the display duration time in the first special figure display portion 37a or the second special figure display portion 37b and the display duration time of the symbol in the symbol display device 41. Specifically, the value of the fluctuation type counter CS is used when the fluctuation pattern is determined at the start of fluctuation display on the first special figure display portion 37a or the second special figure display portion 37b and when the symbol display device 41 starts changing the symbol. To be acquired.

<Regarding the prerequisite processing configuration in the main MPU 62>
Next, each process executed by the main MPU 62 for advancing a game will be described. The processing of the main MPU 62 is roughly classified into a main processing that is started when the power is turned on and a timer interrupt processing that is started periodically (in this embodiment, at a cycle of 4 msec).

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

In step S101, power-on wait processing is executed. In the power-on wait process, for example, the process waits for 1 sec after the main process is started without proceeding to the next process. In the following step S102, access to the main RAM 64 is permitted, and in step S103, the internal function register of the main MPU 62 is set.

After that, in step S104, it is determined whether or not the RAM erase switch provided in the power supply/launch control device 78 is manually operated, and in the following step S105, the power failure flag of the main RAM 64 is set to "1". It is determined whether or not there is. In step S106, a checksum calculation process for calculating a checksum is executed, and in the following step S107, it is determined whether or not the checksum matches the checksum saved at the time of power-off, that is, the validity of the stored data. judge.

In the pachinko machine 10, when the RAM data is initialized when the power is turned on, for example, when the game hall is opened, the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch is pressed, the process proceeds to step S108. Also, when the power-off occurrence information is not set, or when an abnormality in the stored and held data is confirmed by the checksum, the process similarly proceeds to step S108. In step S108, the main RAM 64 is cleared as the initialization of the main RAM 64. Then, it progresses to step S109.

On the other hand, if the RAM erase switch is not pressed, the power failure flag is set to "1" and the checksum is normal, and the process of step S108 is not executed but step S109 is performed. Proceed to. In step S109, power-on setting processing is executed. In the power-on setting processing, a predetermined area of the main RAM 64 such as initialization of a power failure flag is set to an initial value, and a command corresponding to the current game state is issued to the voice emission control device 80 in order to recognize the current game state. Send to.

After that, the process proceeds to the residual process of steps S110 to S113. That is, although the main MPU 62 is configured to periodically execute the timer interrupt process, a residual time is generated between one timer interrupt process and the next timer interrupt process. This remaining time will vary depending on the processing completion time of each timer interrupt processing, but the remaining processing of steps S110 to S113 is repeatedly executed using this irregular time. In this respect, it can be said that the residual process of steps S110 to S113 is an irregular process that is irregularly executed.

In the residual processing, first, in step S110, interrupt prohibition is set in order to prohibit the occurrence of timer interrupt processing. In a succeeding step S111, a random number initial value updating process for updating the random number initial value counter CINI is executed, and at the same time, a fluctuation counter updating process for updating the fluctuation type counter CS is executed in step S112. In these update processes, the current numerical value information is read from the corresponding counter of the main RAM 64, the process of adding 1 to the read numerical value information is executed, and then the process of overwriting the counter of the reading source is executed. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0". After that, in step S113, an interrupt permission setting for switching from the state in which the generation of the timer interrupt process is prohibited to the state in which the timer interrupt process is permitted is set. After executing the process of step S113, the process returns to step S110, and the processes of steps S110 to S113 are repeated.

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

Here, a hardware configuration for periodically executing the timer interrupt process in the main MPU 62 will be described. The main control board 61 is provided with a clock circuit as a pulse signal output means for outputting a pulse signal at a predetermined cycle. A circuit is provided.

The frequency dividing circuit functions as a frequency changing unit that changes the period of the pulse signal from the clock circuit, and is configured to output a pulse signal for specifying the start timing of the timer interrupt process in the main MPU 62. .. That is, a pulse signal is supplied from the frequency dividing circuit to the main MPU 62 at intervals of a specific cycle of 4 msec. The main MPU 62 executes processing for confirming occurrence of a specific signal form such as rising or falling of the pulse signal, and activates timer interrupt processing on the condition that the occurrence of the specific signal form is confirmed as at least one condition. To execute.

In this case, if the occurrence of the above specific signal form is confirmed in the situation where the activation of the timer interrupt processing is prohibited, the timer is activated when the interrupt is changed from the disabled state to the enabled state. Interrupt processing is started. That is, depending on the execution status of the process in the main MPU 62, the next timer interrupt process may be started 4.1 msec after the last timer interrupt process was started, and when such an event occurs, The next timer interrupt process will be started 3.9 msec after the immediately preceding timer interrupt process is started.

However, since the output of the pulse signal from the frequency dividing circuit is performed at a specific cycle such as 4 msec regardless of the progress of processing in the main MPU 62, the timer interrupt processing is basically started at a specific cycle. Furthermore, the processing configuration of the main-side MPU 62 is such that even if the timer interrupt processing at a predetermined timing is started after a period exceeding a specific cycle has elapsed since the previous timer interrupt processing was started, The timer interrupt processing at the timing is set such that the amount exceeding the specific period is absorbed, and the timer interrupt processing at the next timing is activated at the timing when the input of the pulse signal is confirmed.

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

In a succeeding step S202, lottery random number updating processing is executed. In the lottery random number updating process, the winning random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the ordinary electric random number counter C4 are updated. Specifically, after the current numerical value information is sequentially read from the winning random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the universal electric random number counter C4, and the read numerical value information is incremented by 1, respectively, A process of overwriting the counter of the reading source is executed. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0".

After that, in step S203, the random number initial value updating process is executed in the same manner as in step S111, and in step S204, the fluctuation counter updating process is executed in the same manner as in step S112.

In a succeeding step S205, a fraud detection process of monitoring whether or not a predetermined event set as a fraudulent monitoring target has occurred is executed. In the fraud detection process, the occurrence of a plurality of types of events is monitored, and by confirming that a predetermined event has occurred, the game stop flag provided in the main RAM 64 is set to "1".

In a succeeding step S206, it is determined whether or not the progress of the game is stopped by determining whether or not "1" is set in the game stop flag. When a negative determination is made in step S206, the processing of step S207 and thereafter is executed.

In step S207, port output processing is executed. In the port output process, when the output information is set in the previous timer interrupt process, a process for outputting the various drive units 32b and 34b corresponding to the output information is executed. For example, when the information to switch the special electric prize winning device 32 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the special electric drive unit 32b is started, and the information to switch to the closed state is set. Stops the output of the drive signal. In addition, when the information for switching the universal electric accessory 34a of the second operation port 34 to the open state is set, output of the drive signal to the drive unit 34b for the general electric power should be started and switched to the closed state. When the information is set, the output of the drive signal is stopped.

In a succeeding step S208, a reading process is executed. In the reading process, signals other than the power failure signal and the winning signal are read, and the read information is stored for use in future processes.

In a succeeding step S209, a winning detection process is executed. In the winning detection processing, the signals received from the respective winning detection sensors 66a to 66e are read, and the general winning opening 31, the special electricity winning device 32, the first working opening 33, the second working opening 34, and the through gate 35 are read. A process for identifying the presence or absence of a ball is executed.

In a succeeding step S210, a timer updating process for collectively updating the numerical information of a plurality of types of timer counters provided in the main RAM 64 is executed. In this case, the configuration is such that the timer counter that is updated by subtracting the stored numerical value information is aggregated and handled, but both the subtraction-type timer counter update and the addition-type timer counter update are aggregated and performed. It may be configured.

In a succeeding step S211, a firing control process for controlling the firing of the game ball is executed. In the situation where the firing operation is continued to the firing operating device 28, as described above, one game ball is fired at a predetermined firing cycle of 0.6 sec.

In a succeeding step S212, as input state monitoring processing, based on the information read in the reading processing in step S208, disconnection confirmation of each of the prize detection sensors 66a to 66e and opening confirmation of the gaming machine main body 12 and the front door frame 14 are performed. To do.

In a succeeding step S213, special figure special electric power control processing for performing execution control of the game times and execution control of the opening/closing execution mode is executed. The processing content of the special figure special power control processing will be described in detail later.

In the following step S214, the universal figure/universal control process is executed. In the normal/universal/universal control process, a process for acquiring the numerical information of the general/universal random number counter C4 is executed when a prize is awarded to the through gate 35, and when the numerical information is stored. The opening determination is performed on the numerical information, and the processing for performing the effect for the general figure is executed on the general figure display unit 38a triggered by the opening determination. Further, based on the result of the open determination, a process of opening and closing the universal utility article 34a of the second working port 34 is executed.

In the following step S215, based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S213 and S214, the output information for reflecting the increased/decreased number of the hold information related to the first special figure display section 37a in the first special figure hold display section 37c. The setting, the setting of the output information for reflecting the increased/decreased number of the hold information on the second special figure display unit 37b on the second special figure hold display unit 37d, and the increased/decreased number of the hold information on the public figure display unit 38a are normally performed. The output information to be reflected on the figure hold display section 38b is set. In step S215, output information for updating the display contents of the first special figure display portion 37a and the second special figure display portion 37b is set based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S213 and S214. The output information for updating the display content of the public figure display section 38a is set. In step S215, output information for updating the display content of the round display unit 39 is set based on the processing result of immediately preceding step S213.

In a succeeding step S216, the contents of the command and the signal received from the payout control device 77 are confirmed, and a payout state receiving process for performing a process corresponding to the confirmation result is executed. In step S217, payout output processing for setting the prize ball command as an output target is executed. In a succeeding step S218, an external information setting process for controlling the start and the end of the output of the external signal according to the processing result of the various processes executed in the current timer interrupt process is executed.

When a positive determination is made in step S206 or after the processes of steps S207 to S218 are executed, the timer interrupt process is ended.

<Special map special electric control processing>
Next, the special figure special power control processing executed in step S213 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 10) of the main MPU 62 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the special figure special electric power control process, a process for acquiring the hold information is executed when a winning is generated in the first operation port 33 or the second operation port 34, and when the hold information is stored. The hold information is judged as to whether or not the information is held, and the processing for performing the effect for game use is executed when the judgment of whether or not to hold is made. In addition, based on the result of the hit/miss judgment, processing for shifting to the open/close execution mode after the effect for game play is executed, and processing during the open/close execution mode and at the end of the open/close execution mode is executed.

Specifically, first, in step S301, a process of acquiring pending information on the special drawing side is executed. In the acquisition process, when the winning of the game ball to the first working opening 33 has occurred, the number of holding information stored in the first special figure holding area 125 is read, and the number of holding information is the upper limit. When the value is less than the value (specifically, “4”), each value of the hit random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in the reserved information in the first special figure reserved area 125. Not stored in the top area. In addition, in the acquisition process, when the winning of the game ball to the second operating port 34 has occurred, the number of holding information stored in the second special figure holding area 126 is read and the number of holding information is read. Is less than the upper limit value (specifically, “4”), each value of the hit random number counter C1, the big hit type counter C2, and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in the holding information in the first special map holding area 125. It is stored in the uppermost area that has not been set.

In the acquisition process, when the holding information about the first special figure holding area 125 or the holding information about the second special drawing holding area 126 is obtained, a holding command is transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 82. The sound-light side MPU 82 transmits a command corresponding to the received hold command to the display side MPU 92. By receiving the hold command, the display-side MPU 92 changes the display of the number of hold information on the symbol display device 41 in accordance with the increase of the hold number. In this case, since the hold command includes information indicating which hold information has increased in the first special figure hold area 125 and the second special figure hold area 126, in the symbol display device 41, The display of the number of holdings corresponding to the increased side is changed.

Further, when the number of hold information increases as described above, in the display control processing of step S215 in the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 10), the first special figure hold display section 37c and the second special figure hold display section are displayed. The display control is performed on the side corresponding to the increase in the number of holdings among 37d so that the display content is changed to the display content corresponding to the increase in the number of holdings.

In a succeeding step S302, the information of the special figure special electricity counter provided in the main side RAM 64 is read out, and in the step S303, the special figure special electricity address table stored in the main side ROM 63 is read out. Then, in step S304, the start address corresponding to the information of the special figure special telephone counter is acquired from the special figure special telephone address table.

Here, the processing contents of steps S302 to S304 will be described.

As already described, the special figure special electric power control process includes a process for controlling the effect for game turn and a process for controlling the opening/closing execution mode. In this case, as a process for controlling the game use effect, a special figure variation start process (step S306) for starting the game use effect, and for advancing the game use effect The special figure changing process (step S307), which is the process of FIG. 5, and the special figure finalizing process (step S308), which is a process for ending the effect for game use, are set.

Further, as a process for controlling the opening/closing execution mode, a special electricity start process (step S309), which is a process for controlling the opening of the opening/closing execution mode, and a process for controlling the open state of the special electricity winning device 32. The special electric opening process (step S310), the special electric closing process (step S311) for controlling the closed state of the special prize winning device 32, and the ending of the opening/closing execution mode and the end of the opening/closing execution mode The special electric power ending process (step S312), which is a process for controlling the transition of the game state, is set.

In such a processing configuration, the special figure special telephone counter is a counter for the main-side MPU 62 to know which of the above-described plural types of processing should be executed. The start address of the program for executing the above-mentioned plural kinds of processing is set in correspondence with the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter.

In this case, the start address SA0 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure fluctuation starting process (step S306), and the start address SA1 is the program address for executing the special figure changing process (step S307). The start address SA2 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure finalization process (step S308), and the start address SA3 is the program for executing the special electric power start process (step S309). The start address SA4 is the start address of the program for executing the special electric power releasing process (step S310), and the start address SA5 is the program for executing the special electric power closing process (step S311). The start address SA6 is a start address of a program for executing the special electric power termination process (step S312).

The special map special electric counter controls the special figure special electric control at the next processing time when the condition for updating the numerical information when the processing corresponding to the numerical information currently stored is completed. 1 addition, 1 subtraction, or “0” is cleared according to the processing executed in the processing. Therefore, in the special figure special power control processing at each processing time, it is only necessary to execute the processing according to the numerical information set in the special figure special power counter. It should be noted that 0 is set as an initial value of the special map special electric counter.

After executing the process of step S304, a process of jumping to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S304 is executed in step S305. Specifically, when the acquired start address is SA0, the process jumps to the special figure variation start process of step S306, and when the acquired start address is SA1, the process jumps to step S307 of the special figure variation process. When the acquired start address is SA2, the process jumps to the special figure finalizing process of step S308, and when the acquired start address is SA3, the process jumps to the special electric power start process of step S309 and the acquired start address is In the case of SA4, the process jumps to the process during opening of special power in step S310, when the acquired start address is SA5, the process jumps to process in the process of closing special power of step S311, and when the acquired start address is SA6. It jumps to the special electric power ending processing of step S312. When any one of steps S306 to S312 is executed, this special figure special electric power control process is ended. Hereinafter, the processes of steps S306 to S312 will be individually described.

<Special map fluctuation start processing>
First, the special figure variation start processing in step S306 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step S401, it is determined whether or not the hold information is stored in either the first special figure reservation area 125 or the second special figure reservation area 126. When a negative determination is made in step S401, the special figure variation start process is ended as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made in step S401, the process proceeds to step S402 and the data setting process is executed.

The data setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S501, it is determined whether the number of reservations in the second special figure reservation area 126 is "0". When the number of reservations in the second special figure reservation area 126 is "0", the data setting process for the first special figure in steps S502 to S505 is executed, and the number of reservations in the second special figure reservation area 126 is " If it is not "0", the data setting process for the second special figure in steps S506 to S509 is executed.

Here, the case where the data setting process is executed is a case where the hold information is stored in either the first special figure reservation area 125 or the second special figure reservation area 126, as described above. In this case, in the data setting process, it is determined whether or not the number of reservations in the second special figure reservation area 126 is "0". When the holding information of No. 1 is stored, the data stored in the second special drawing holding area 126 is variably displayed regardless of whether the number of holdings in the first special drawing holding area 125 is 1 or more. I set it as for use. As a result, when the holding information is stored in both the first special drawing holding area 125 and the second special drawing holding area 126, the holding information is stored in the second special drawing holding area 126 corresponding to the second operating port 34. The pending information is given priority as a start target of the game.

In the data setting process for the first special figure, first, in step S502, the data stored in the first area 125a of the first special figure reservation area 125 is moved to the execution area 127 for the special figure. After that, in step S503, a process of shifting the data stored in the storage area of the first special figure reservation area 125 is executed. This data shift process is a process for sequentially shifting the data stored in the first to fourth areas 125a to 125d to the lower area side, and clears the data in the first area 125a, and also to the second area 125b→ The data in each area is shifted in the order of the first area 125a, the third area 125c→the second area 125b, the fourth area 125d→the third area 125c.

In a succeeding step S504, the second special figure flag provided in the main RAM 64 is cleared to "0". The second special figure flag is a flag for specifying which of the first special figure display section 37a and the second special figure display section 37b the start of the variable display this time is.

In a succeeding step S505, a shift command, which is information for causing the voice light emission control device 80 which is the sub-side control device to recognize that the data in the first special figure reservation area 125 has been shifted, is output. Then, this data setting process is completed. In the sound emission control device 80, by transmitting a command corresponding to the received shift time command to the display control device 90, the display of the number of the reservation information corresponding to the first special figure reservation area 125 in the symbol display device 41 is suspended. Change according to the decrease in the number.

When the number of pieces of reservation information in the first special figure reservation area 125 decreases as described above, the first special figure reservation display unit 37c is displayed in the display control process of step S215 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 10). On the other hand, the display control is performed so that the display content is changed to correspond to the decrease in the number of held items.

In the data setting process for the second special figure, first, in step S506, the data stored in the first area 126a of the second special figure reservation area 126 is moved to the execution area 127 for the special figure. After that, in step S507, a process of shifting the data stored in the storage area of the second special drawing reservation area 126 is executed. This data shift process is a process for sequentially shifting the data stored in the first to fourth areas 126a to 126d to the lower area side, and clears the data in the first area 126a, and also to the second area 126b→ The data in each area is shifted in the order of the first area 126a, the third area 126c→the second area 126b, the fourth area 126d→the third area 126c.

In a succeeding step S508, "1" is set to the second special figure flag provided in the main RAM 64. Then, in step S509, a shift command, which is information for causing the sound emission control device 80, which is the sub-side control device, to recognize that the data in the second special figure reservation area 126 has been shifted is output. .. Then, this data setting process is completed. In the sound emission control device 80, by transmitting a command corresponding to the received shift time command to the display control device 90, the display of the number of suspension information corresponding to the second special figure suspension area 126 in the symbol display device 41 is suspended. Change according to the decrease in the number.

Further, when the number of reservation information in the second special figure reservation area 126 decreases as described above, the second special figure reservation display unit 37d is displayed by the display control process of step S215 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 10). On the other hand, the display control is performed so that the display content is changed to correspond to the decrease in the number of held items.

Returning to the description of the special figure variation start process (FIG. 12 ), after the data setting process is executed, the success/failure determination process is executed in step S403. In the win/loss determination process, it is first determined whether or not the win/loss lottery mode is the high-probability mode. In the case of the high probability mode, by referring to the high probability mode win/loss table provided in the main ROM 63, among the information stored in the special figure execution area 127, the win/fail judgment information, that is, a random number. It is determined whether or not the numerical information acquired from the counter C1 matches the jackpot numerical information for high probability. Further, in the case of the low probability mode, the numerical information obtained from the hit random number counter C1 stored in the special figure execution area 127 by referring to the low probability mode win/loss table provided in the main ROM 63. It is determined whether or not matches with the jackpot numerical information for low probability.

In a succeeding step S404, it is determined whether or not the result of the win/loss determination process in step S403 is a jackpot winning result. If it is the jackpot winning result, a distribution determination process is executed in step S405. In the distribution determination process, by determining whether or not "1" is set in the second special map flag of the main RAM 64, the current game time is the first special map reservation area 125 and the second special map reservation. It is determined which hold information in the area 126 corresponds to. Then, the distribution table corresponding to the determination result is divided into a distribution table for the first special map (see FIG. 8A) and a distribution table for the second special map (see FIG. 8B). Select from After the selection of the distribution table, the distribution determination information in the suspension information stored in the special drawing execution area 127, that is, the numerical information acquired from the jackpot type counter C2, is selected. Understand which type of jackpot result corresponds to the minute table. Specifically, when the distribution table for the first special figure is selected, 12R low-probability jackpot result, 5R high-probability jackpot result, 12R high-probability jackpot result A, 12R high-probability jackpot result B, and 16R high Understand which jackpot result among the jackpot results. In addition, when the distribution table for the 2nd special map is selected, any of the 8R low-probability jackpot result, 4R high-probability jackpot result, 8R high-probability jackpot result, and 16R high-probability jackpot result will be handled. Figure out what you are doing.

In a succeeding step S406, a stop result setting process for the jackpot result is executed. Specifically, the jackpot result pre-stored in the main side ROM 63 is information on the pattern mode to be finally stopped and displayed on the first special figure display portion 37a or the second special figure display portion 37b in the game time of this time. The specified information is stored in the main RAM 64. In this stop result table for jackpot results, the types of the patterns of the patterns stopped and displayed on the first special figure display portion 37a or the second special figure display portion 37b are set differently for each type of big jackpot result. Then, in step S406, information on the aspect of the pattern according to the type of the jackpot result identified in step S405 is stored in the main RAM 64.

The information on the type of the pattern to be stopped and displayed is determined according to the value of the jackpot type counter C2. In this case, the pattern mode may be set in one-to-one correspondence with each jackpot result, or a plurality of types of pattern modes may be set for each jackpot result.

In a succeeding step S407, flag setting processing corresponding to the distribution determination result is executed. Specifically, the main RAM 64 is provided with a flag corresponding to each kind of jackpot result, and in step S407, among the flags corresponding to each kind of jackpot result, the distribution determination result of step S405 is set. Set "1" to the corresponding flag.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S404 that the result is not the jackpot winning result, it is determined in step S408 whether or not the result of the hit/miss determination processing in step S403 is the jackpot result. If the result is a small hit, a stop result setting process for the small hit result is executed in step S409. Specifically, the small hit previously stored in the main side ROM 63 in advance is the information of the mode of the pattern to be finally stopped and displayed on the first special figure display section 37a or the second special figure display section 37b at the game time of this time. It is specified from the stop result table for results, and the specified information is stored in the main side RAM 64. The information on the pattern mode selected in this case is different from the information on the pattern mode selected in the case of the jackpot result. In a succeeding step S410, the small hit flag provided in the main RAM 64 is set to "1".

When a negative determination is made in step S408, a stop result setting process for the disconnection result is executed in step S411. Specifically, in the game time this time, the information of the mode of the pattern to be finally stopped and displayed on the first special figure display portion 37a or the second special figure display portion 37b is stored in the main ROM 63 in advance as a result of the removal. The specified information is stored in the main RAM 64. The information on the pattern mode selected in this case is different from the information on the pattern mode selected in the case of the big hit result and the information of the pattern mode selected in the case of the small hit result.

After executing any one of steps S407, S410, and S411, in step S412, a display continuation time acquisition process is executed. In the acquisition process, depending on the current game state, the result of the hit determination process, the result of the distribution determination process, the presence/absence of the reach display, the value of the variation type counter CS, and the number of the hold information, the display continuation at the current game time is continued. Get time information. The detailed contents of the acquisition process will be described later.

In a succeeding step S413, the information corresponding to the display continuation time acquired in the step S412 is set in the special figure special power timer counter. The updating of the numerical information set in the timer counter is executed by the timer updating process (FIG. 10) already described. By the way, the variation display of the symbol on the first special symbol display portion 37a or the second special symbol display portion 37b and the variable display of the symbol symbol on the symbol display device 41 are performed as the effects for the game use. When it is finished, the final stop is displayed over the final stop time in a state where the stop result of the game time is displayed (a state where a predetermined symbol combination is waiting on the activated line in the symbol display device 41). .. In this case, the display continuation time acquired in step S412 is the total time for one game, and in step S413, it is the time obtained by subtracting the final stop time from the display continuation time acquired in step S412. The information is set in the Tokushu Tokuden timer counter.

In a succeeding step S414, the variation command and the type command are transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 82. The fluctuation command has a 2-byte data structure. The 2-byte data includes the data corresponding to the result of the judgment processing, the data corresponding to the result of the sorting judgment processing, and the display continuation time. Corresponding data is included. Specifically, among the 2-byte data, the upper 4 bits of data set identification data for indicating that the command is a variation command, and the next 4 bits of data determine whether or not the result is correct. And, the lottery result data corresponding to the result of the sorting determination process is set, and any one of the holding information of the first special figure holding area 125 and the second special figure holding area 126 is set by the next 1-bit data. The trigger data indicating whether or not the trigger is set is set, and the remaining 7-bit data sets the time data corresponding to the display continuation time. Therefore, in the sound-light side MPU 82, when the variation command is received, it is recognized from the identification data that it is a variation command, and the lottery result data indicates the result of the hit/miss determination processing and the result of the distribution determination processing. Recognize and recognize the display continuation time of the current game time from the time data. Here, since the main MPU 62 selects different display durations depending on whether or not reach is generated, even if the variation command does not include information on whether or not reach is generated, the sound-light side MPU 82 displays it. It is possible to identify the presence or absence of the reach from the information on the duration. In this respect, it can be said that the variation command includes information indicating whether or not reach is generated. It should be noted that the variation command may include information directly indicating whether or not the reach has occurred.

The type command has a 2-byte data structure, and the 2-byte data is data corresponding to the result of the hit/miss determination processing, data corresponding to the result of the sorting determination processing, and a high probability mode. The data includes whether or not the data indicates whether or not the high frequency support mode is set. Specifically, the identification data for indicating that it is a type command is set by the upper 4-bit data of the 2-byte data, and the success/failure determination processing and the determination data are set by the next 4-bit data. The lottery result data corresponding to the result of the sorting determination process is set, and the remaining 8-bit data is used for the state recognition data whether the high probability mode or the high frequency support mode is set. Is set. Therefore, when receiving the type command, the sound-light side MPU 82 recognizes that the type command is the type command from the identification data, and recognizes the result of the success/failure determination process and the result of the distribution determination process from the lottery result data. From the above state recognition data, it is recognized whether or not the high probability mode and the high frequency support mode.

Here, both the variation command and the type command include data corresponding to the result of the hit determination processing and the result of the distribution determination processing. Therefore, the sound-light side MPU 82 collates the lottery result data contained in the variation command with the lottery result data contained in the type command, so that noise or the like is received when the variation command and the type command are received. It is possible to specify whether or not a communication abnormality has occurred. Then, when the data for both lottery results match, the control for performance corresponding to the contents of the variation command and the type command is executed, and when the data for both lottery result do not match. Can notify it. By the way, in the latter case, the sound-light side MPU 82 may be configured to execute a game-use effect corresponding to a communication abnormality in the game time. Regardless of the result of the processing, the symbol display device 41 may surely stop and display the symbol combination corresponding to the complete removal. In this case, the game reproductive effect may be configured to be performed over the display continuation time corresponding to the time data included in the variation command, and may be continued until the next variation command and type command are received. Good. It should be noted that the variation command may not include one of the results of the hit/miss determination processing and the result of the distribution determination processing, or may not include both data.

After executing the process of step S414, in step S415, the variable display of the pattern is started on the display part of the first special figure display part 37a and the second special figure display part 37b on the execution target side of this game time. Let In a succeeding step S416, the special figure special power counter is incremented by one. In this case, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is "0" when the special figure fluctuation start process is executed, and therefore, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is "1" when the process of step S416 is executed. It will be. After that, the special figure variation start processing is ended.

<Processing during special map change>
Next, the special figure changing process in step S307 in the special figure special power control process (FIG. 11) will be described.

In the special figure changing process, it is determined whether or not it is the timing before the final stop display during the duration of the game time, and if it is before the final stop display, the first special figure display portion 37a and the second special figure display. A process for regularly changing the display mode of the pattern on the execution target side of the current game time in the figure display unit 37b is executed. This regular change is continued until it is time to start the final stop display. In addition, this regular change is performed in a certain manner regardless of whether or not a winning result is obtained and whether or not reach display is generated.

In addition, instead of waiting in the special figure changing process until the final stop display timing, if it is not the final stop display timing, after performing the processing for regularly changing the above, this special figure The changing process ends. Therefore, after the production for game use is started, the special figure changing process is started each time the special figure special power control process is started until the final stop display timing comes. In addition, when it is time to display the final stop, the final stop command is transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 82 in order to display the final stop display of the stop result of the current game on the symbol display device 41, and The display mode of the pattern on the execution target side of the current game time in the special map display unit 37a and the second special map display unit 37b is set to the display mode corresponding to the lottery result of the current game time. Further, the information of the final stop time (0.5 sec) of the game time is read from the main ROM 63 and set in the special figure special power timer counter. Then, by adding 1 to the value of the special figure special power counter, the value of the counter is updated from the value corresponding to the special figure changing process to the value corresponding to the special figure fixing process.

<Processing during special map confirmation>
Next, the special figure special electric power control processing (FIG. 11) in the special figure finalizing process of step S308 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S601, it is determined whether or not the final stop time of the current game time has elapsed. When a negative determination is made in step S601, this special figure finalization processing is ended as it is. If an affirmative decision is made in step S601, the operation proceeds to step S602.

In step S602, it is determined whether or not the result of the hit/miss determination that triggered this game time is a big hit result or a small hit result. If a negative determination is made in step S602, mode transition processing is executed in step S603. The contents of the mode transition process will be described later. After that, in step S604, the value of the special figure special electricity counter is cleared to "0", and then the special figure finalizing process is ended. As a result, in the next special figure special power control process, the special figure variation start process is executed.

On the other hand, if an affirmative decision is made in step S602, the operation proceeds to step S605, the information of the opening time (for example, 4 sec) stored in advance in the main ROM 63 is read, and the information of the opening time is read in step S606. Tokudetsu Set to the Tokuden timer counter. By the way, the opening time is constant regardless of the type of game result that triggered the shift to the opening/closing execution mode.

In a succeeding step S607, an opening command is transmitted to the sound/light side MPU 82. The opening command is a command for causing the sound-light side MPU 82 to recognize that it is the timing to start the effect for the opening/closing execution mode. The opening command also includes information indicating whether the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode is one of various big hit results or small hit results. Therefore, the sound-light side MPU 82 can execute the effect of the opening/closing execution mode in a mode corresponding to the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode.

In a succeeding step S608, the special figure special power counter is incremented by one. In this case, the value of the special figure special electric counter is "2" when the special figure finalizing process is executed, so that the value of the special figure special electric counter is "3" when the process of step S610 is executed. Become. After that, the process of finalizing this special figure is ended.

<Special train start processing>
Next, the special electric power start processing of step S309 in the special electric power control processing (FIG. 11) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the special electric power starting process, it is determined in step S701 whether or not the opening time in the current open/close execution mode has elapsed. When a negative determination is made in step S701, the special electric power start processing is ended as it is.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S701, it is determined in step S702 which of the jackpot results has triggered the execution of the opening/closing execution mode this time. When an affirmative determination is made in step S702, the jackpot result setting process in steps S703 to S705 is executed.

In the setting processing at the time of the jackpot result, in step S703, the value of the number of round games corresponding to the jackpot result of this time is set in the round counter provided in the main RAM 64. In a succeeding step S704, the winning counter PC provided in the main RAM 64 is set to 10. The round counter is a counter for specifying the number of remaining round games in the main MPU 62 in the opening/closing execution mode, and the winning counter PC is the upper limit number of games in one round game or one opening/closing number regulation mode. This is a counter for the main MPU 62 to specify whether or not a ball winning has occurred. In a succeeding step S705, a reading process of the open duration corresponding to the jackpot result is executed. Specifically, when the jackpot result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the 5R high-accuracy jackpot result, the information on the open duration corresponding to the short-time aspect is read from the main ROM 63. The opening duration is 0.05 sec, which is shorter than the game ball firing cycle (0.6 sec). On the other hand, if the jackpot result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is other than the 5R high-accuracy jackpot result, the information on the open duration corresponding to the long-time mode is read from the main ROM 63.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S702, it means that the opening/closing execution mode of this time is triggered by the small hit result. In this case, the setting process at the time of a small hit result of step S706-step S708 is performed.

In the setting process at the time of a small hit result, at step S706, 5 is set to the opening/closing counter SOC provided at the main RAM 64, and at step S707, 10 is set to the winning counter PC provided in the main RAM 64. To do. The open/close counter SOC is a counter for the main side MPU 62 to specify the number of times the special power winning device 32 is opened/closed in the open/close execution mode of the open/closed number regulation mode. In a succeeding step S708, a reading process of the open duration corresponding to the small hit result is executed. The opening continuation time is stored in advance in the main side ROM 63, and specifically, is 0.05 sec, which is shorter than the game ball firing cycle (0.6 sec).

The open duration corresponding to the small hit result may be longer than the short open duration and shorter than the game ball firing cycle, or may be the same as the game ball firing cycle. It may be longer than the firing cycle of the sphere.

After executing the processing of step S705 or step S708, in step S709, the read open duration time information is set in the special figure special power timer counter. In a succeeding step S710, an opening setting process for opening the special electric winning device 32 is executed. Further, in step S711, the release command is output. The opening command is a command for causing the sound emission control device 80, which is the sub-side control device, to recognize that it is the timing when the special power winning device 32 is opened. Upon receiving the opening command, the sound emission control device 80 executes control for switching the effect in the opening/closing execution mode accordingly.

Then, in step S712, the special figure special power counter is incremented by 1, and then the present special power start processing is ended. In this case, the value of the special figure special power counter is "3" when the special power start processing is executed, and thus the value of the special figure special power counter is "4" when the processing of step S712 is executed.

<Processing during opening of special train>
Next, the special electric power releasing processing of step S310 in the special electric power control processing (FIG. 11) will be described.

In the special electric open processing, if the opening/closing execution mode this time is the round number defining mode, it is determined whether or not the ending condition of the round game of 1 is satisfied, and if the ending condition is satisfied, The special power winning device 32 is closed and a closing command is transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 82. Further, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter after subtracting 1 is "0", and if it is not "0", the closing time is set in the special figure special power timer counter. The closing time is constant irrespective of the type of game result that triggers the transition to the open/close execution mode, and specifically, is 2 seconds, which is longer than the game cycle of the game ball. When the special electric prize winning device 32 is closed, the special figure special electric counter is incremented by 1 regardless of whether or not the value of the round counter is "0". In this case, the value of the special figure special electric counter when the special electric open process is executed is "4", and thus becomes "5" after adding one.

When the current open/close execution mode is the open/closed number regulation mode, when the open duration time of the special electric prize winning device 32 has elapsed, the special electric prize winning device 32 is closed and a closing command is issued to the sound light side MPU 82. Send to. Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the open/close counter after subtracting 1 is "0", and if it is not "0", the closing time is set in the special figure special power timer counter. As described above, the closing time is constant regardless of the type of game result that triggered the shift to the open/close execution mode. If the open duration time has not elapsed, it is determined whether or not a prize has been awarded to the special electric prize winning device 32, and if a prize has occurred, the prize counter is decremented by one. When the value of the winning counter after subtracting 1 is "0", the opening/closing counter is cleared to "0" and the special electric winning device 32 is closed. When the special electric prize winning device 32 is closed, the special electric power special counter is incremented by 1 regardless of whether the value of the open/close counter is "0". In this case, the value of the special figure special electric counter when the special electric open process is executed is "4", and thus becomes "5" after adding one.

<Processing during closing of special train>
Next, the special electric power closing process in step S311 in the special electric power control processing (FIG. 11) will be described.

In the special electric closing process, it is determined whether both the round counter and the open/close counter are “0”. When either one is not "0", it is determined whether the closing time has elapsed. If the closing time has not elapsed, this special electric power closing process is ended as it is, and if the closing time has elapsed, the special electric prize winning device 32 is brought into the open state, and the execution trigger of this opening/closing execution mode is executed. The opening duration time corresponding to the hit result is set in the special map special electric timer counter. In addition, when the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened, an opening command is transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 82. After that, the special map special electric power counter is decremented by 1, and then the present special electric power closing process is ended. In this case, the value of the special figure special electric power counter when the special electric power closing processing is executed is "5", and thus becomes "4" after subtraction by one.

On the other hand, when both the round counter and the open/close counter are “0”, the ending command is transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 82. The ending command is a command for causing the sound-light side MPU 82 to recognize that it is time to start the effect for ending. The ending command also includes information indicating whether the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode is one of various big hit results or small hit results. Therefore, the sound-light side MPU 82 can execute the ending effect in a manner corresponding to the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode. Further, the information of the ending time (for example, 6 sec) stored in the main ROM 63 in advance is read out, and the information of the ending time is set in the special figure special electric timer counter. By the way, the ending time is constant regardless of the type of game result that triggered the shift to the opening/closing execution mode. After that, the special figure special electric power counter is incremented by 1, and then the special electric electric power closing process is ended. In this case, the value of the special figure special electric counter when the special electric closing process is executed is "5", and thus becomes "6" after adding one.

<Special telephone end processing>
Next, the special electric power ending process of step S312 in the special electric power control processing (FIG. 11) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the special electric power termination processing, it is determined in step S801 whether the ending time has elapsed. When the ending time has not elapsed, the special electric train end processing is ended as it is. If the ending time has elapsed, the game state transition processing is executed in step S802, the special figure special electric power counter is cleared to "0" in the subsequent step S803, and then the special electric power ending processing is ended.

The game state transition processing of step S802 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S901, one of the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, 12R high-accuracy jackpot result A, 8R high-accuracy jackpot result, and 4R high-accuracy jackpot result is the jackpot result that triggered the switching of the opening/closing execution mode ended this time. Is determined. When an affirmative determination is made in step S901, "1" is set to each of the high probability flag and the high frequency support flag provided in the main RAM 64 in step S902. Further, the high-frequency counter provided in the main RAM 64 is cleared to "0". The high-probability flag is a flag for identifying whether or not the win/win lottery mode is the high-probability mode in the main MPU 62, and the high-frequency support flag is whether the support mode is the high-frequency support mode in the main MPU 62. This is a flag for specifying whether or not. The high-frequency counter is a counter for the main MPU 62 to specify the termination trigger of the high-frequency support mode in the high-frequency support mode with a limited number of times. It is decremented by 1 each time it is completed.

In addition, in the situation where "0" is set in the high probability flag, the process corresponding to the low probability mode is executed in the success/failure determination process of step S403 in the special figure variation start process (FIG. 12), and the high probability flag is executed. In the situation where "1" is set to, the process corresponding to the high probability mode is executed. Further, in a situation where the high-frequency support flag is set to “0”, the processing corresponding to the low-frequency support mode is executed in the universal figure/general electric control processing of step S214 in the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 10), When the high frequency support flag is set to "1", the process corresponding to the high frequency support mode is executed. Further, when the value of the high frequency counter is 1 or more, even if the value of the high frequency support flag is "0", the process corresponding to the high frequency support mode is executed. However, in the open/close execution mode, the process corresponding to the low frequency support mode is executed regardless of whether "1" is set in the high frequency support flag. Therefore, during the open/close execution mode, the low-frequency support mode is set regardless of whether or not the immediately preceding support mode is the high-frequency support mode.

In the following step S903, the shortening flag provided in the main RAM 64 is set to "1", and the shortening counter also provided in the main RAM 64 is set to "10". The shortening flag is a flag for the main MPU 62 to specify whether or not the selection mode of the display duration time in the game game is the shortening mode. In the shortened mode, the display duration of the game times triggered by the hold information in the second special diagram hold area 126 is fixed to 1 sec, which is shorter than the other cases in the case of the outlier result and the 16R high-precision jackpot result. In this mode, the reach display does not occur in the game times of the deviation result triggered by the holding information in the second special figure holding area 126. The content of this display duration will be described later in detail. Further, the shortening counter is a counter for the main MPU 62 to specify the termination trigger of the shortening mode. As will be described later, since the value of the shortening counter is decremented by 1 each time the game time is ended, the shortening mode will be continued for up to 10 game times.

After that, in step S904, after transmitting a shortening start command to the sound-light side MPU 82, this game state transition processing is ended. The shortening start command is a command for causing the sound-light side MPU 82 to recognize that the selection mode of the display duration in the main-side MPU 62 has been shortened, and by receiving the shortening start command in the sound-light side MPU 82, Processing for switching the content of the effect to the content of the effect during shortening is executed. The details will be described later.

When a negative determination is made in step S901, in step S905, the jackpot result that triggered the switching of the opening/closing execution mode ended this time is either the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B or the 5R high-accuracy jackpot result. Determine if there is. When a positive determination is made in step S905, it is determined in step S906 whether the high frequency support flag is set to "1" or the value of the high frequency counter is "1" or more.

If the affirmative determination is made in step S906, it means that the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B or the 5R high-accuracy jackpot result is obtained in the gaming state, which is the high-frequency support mode, and thus the high-frequency mode and high The process proceeds to step S902 so that the game mode is the support mode. Further, in this case, since the processing of step S903 and step S904 already described is also executed, the display continuation time selection mode is the shortening mode. On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S906, it means that the result is 12R high-accuracy jackpot result B or 5R high-accuracy jackpot result in the gaming state which is the low-frequency support mode. In order to set the game state in the low frequency support mode, "1" is set only in the high probability flag in step S907. After that, in step S908, after the shortening flag is cleared to "0", the game state transition processing is ended.

When a negative determination is made in step S905, it is determined in step S909 whether or not the jackpot result that triggered the switching of the opening/closing execution mode ended this time is the 8R low-probability jackpot result. If an affirmative decision is made in step S909, then in step S910 the high frequency counter provided in the main RAM 64 is set to "15" and the high probability flag and the high frequency support flag are each cleared to "0". To do. Therefore, when the result of 8R low accuracy jackpot is reached, the high-frequency support mode is set until the end reference number of 15 game times is exhausted after the opening/closing execution mode. After that, in step S908, after the shortening flag is cleared to "0", the game state transition processing is ended.

When a negative determination is made in step S909, it is determined in step S911 whether or not the jackpot result that triggered the transition of the opening/closing execution mode ended this time is the 12R low-probability jackpot result. When an affirmative determination is made in step S911, each of the high probability flag, the high frequency support flag, and the high frequency counter is cleared to "0" in step S912. After that, in step S908, after the shortening flag is cleared to "0", the game state transition processing is ended.

When a negative determination is made in step S911, it means that the hit result that triggered the transition of the opening/closing execution mode ended this time is the small hit result. In this case, in step S913, the small hit counter is set to "30". The small hitting counter is a counter for the main MPU 62 to specify whether or not the small hitting reference number of game times have already been exhausted after the small hitting result. The value of the counter after the small hit is decremented by 1 each time the game is finished. In addition, the value of the counter after the small hit is cleared to "0" at the time of shifting to the opening/closing execution mode. When the value of the counter after the small hit is 1 or more, the selection of the display continuation time in the game time is performed in a corresponding manner after the result of the small hit. After that, in step S908, after the shortening flag is cleared to "0", the game state transition processing is ended.

As described above, the display continuation time shortening mode is set when the game state is switched to the high probability mode and the high frequency support mode after the end of the opening/closing execution mode. In addition, if a transition to the open/close execution mode occurs during the display continuation time reduction mode, after the open/close execution mode, if the game state is the high probability mode and the high frequency support mode again, If the shortened mode is reset and the game state is not set, the shortened mode is not set. Also, when a small hit result is obtained during the shortening mode, the shortening mode is ended.

<Regarding processing configuration in sound-light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92>
Next, each process for performing effect and notification execution control in the sound-light side MPU 82 and the display side MPU 92 will be described.

<Timer interrupt processing of sound-light side MPU 82>
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a timer interrupt process that is repeatedly executed by the sound-light side MPU 82 at a relatively short cycle (for example, 4 msec).

In the timer interrupt process, first, in step S1001, the main command storage process is executed. The main command storage process is a process for storing the command in the sound/light RAM 84 when the command is received from the main MPU 62. The sound/light side RAM 84 is provided with a main ring buffer for enabling storage and reading of commands received from the main MPU 62, and commands received from the main MPU 62 are sequentially stored in the main ring buffer. As they are read, they are sequentially read according to the stored order.

In a succeeding step S1002, a display side command storing process is executed. The display-side command storage processing is processing for storing the command in the sound-light side RAM 84 when the command is received from the display-side MPU 92. The sound-light-side RAM 84 is provided with a display-side ring buffer for enabling storage and reading of commands received from the display-side MPU 92, and commands received from the display-side MPU 92 are sequentially stored in the display-side ring buffer. As they are read, they are sequentially read according to the stored order.

After that, in step S1003, the main command corresponding processing for performing the processing corresponding to the command received from the main MPU 62 is executed. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the main command handling process.

In the main command handling process, first, in step S1101, it is determined whether the variation command and the type command are received from the main MPU 62. If these commands have been received, a game result storage process is executed in step S1102. Specifically, from the information included in the variation command, the information indicating which is the result of the winning/dispatching lottery or the distribution lottery determined by the main MPU 62 at the start of the current game time is specified. A process of writing the specified information in the sound-light side RAM 84 is executed. During the storage process, the lottery result data included in the variation command is compared with the lottery result data included in the type command, and communication of these variation command and type command is performed normally. It may be determined whether the communication is abnormal, and if the communication is abnormal, the notification process and the data storage process corresponding thereto are performed.

In a succeeding step S1103, advance notice lottery processing is executed. In the advance notice lottery process, whether or not to perform advance notice display on the symbol display device 41 at the current game time is determined by lottery. As the notice display, as already described, in the situation where the symbols are variably displayed in all the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 after the variable display of the symbols is started on the symbol display device 41, or a part of the symbols is displayed. In a situation where symbols are variably displayed in a plurality of symbol columns, which is a symbol column, a mode in which a character is displayed separately from the symbols on the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 and a background screen up to that mode Include those having different predetermined modes, and those having the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 as predetermined modes different from the previous modes. The notice display can occur at both game times when the reach display is performed and when the reach display is not performed, but the reach display is higher than the case where the reach display is not performed. It is set to occur with a probability. Further, in the notice lottery process, the notice times are more likely to occur in the game times corresponding to any of the jackpot results than in the game times corresponding to the out-of-range results, and further, notice images having a low appearance rate are more likely to occur. To carry out advance notice lottery.

In a succeeding step S1104, a stop symbol determination process is executed. In the stop symbol determination process, if the game result of this game time is any of 4R high-accuracy jackpot result, 8R high-accuracy jackpot result, 12R high-accuracy jackpot result A and 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, one effective line L1 The information corresponding to the stop result in which the same symbol combination is established on L5 is determined as the information of the current stop result. In this case, in any of the 4R high-accuracy jackpot result, the 8R high-accuracy jackpot result, the 12R high-accuracy jackpot result A and the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, the same odd symbol combination can be selected as the same symbol combination. , The same even number of symbol combinations can be selected. This selection rate is the same for the combination of the same odd symbols and the combination of the same even symbols, but instead of this, the former may have a higher selectivity than the latter, the latter. The configuration may have a higher selection rate than the former. Further, the combination of the "7" symbols is selected only in the case of the 16R high-precision jackpot result. Further, in any of the 8R low-probability jackpot result, the 12R low-probability jackpot result, and the 12R high-probability jackpot result B, the same even number of symbol combinations is selected as the same symbol combination. The effective lines L1 to L5 in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

In the stop symbol determination process, if the game result of this game time is a 5R high-precision big hit result or a small hit result, it is a stop result in which a combination of the same symbols is not established on all the activated lines L1 to L5, The information corresponding to the stop result in which a specific symbol combination (“3.4.1”) is established on one of the activated lines L1 to L5 is determined as the information of the current stop result. In this case, the activated lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

In the stop symbol determination process, if the game result of the current game is a deviation result, the presence or absence of the reach display is specified from the content of the variation command. And, when the reach display occurs, the combination of the same symbol and the combination of the above specific symbols are not established on all of the activated lines L1 to L5, and the stop result is one or two activated lines L1 to L5. The information corresponding to the stop result for which the combination of reach symbols is established is determined as the information of the current stop result. On the other hand, if the reach display does not occur, the combination of the same symbol and the combination of the above specific symbols are not established on all the activated lines L1 to L5, and the reach result is reached on all the activated lines L1 to L5. The information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of symbols is not established is determined as the information of the present stop result.

In a succeeding step S1105, processing for determining the effect pattern of this game time is executed. In the process, the display duration information of the game times is specified from the content of the variation command received this time, the display duration information, the game result information specified in step S1102, and the step described above. The effect pattern corresponding to the combination of the information of the lottery result of the advance notice lottery process in S1103 is selected. When selecting this effect pattern, the effect pattern table provided in the sound-light side ROM 83 is referred to.

After executing the processing of step S1105, the process proceeds to step S1106. In step S1106, a process of writing each kind of information of the type of effect pattern selected in step S1105 and the type of stop symbol determined in step S1104 into the sound-light side RAM 84 is executed. Since the effect pattern includes information about the display duration of the current game, by writing the effect pattern information into the sound-light side RAM 84, not only the effect pattern information but also the display duration information is displayed. Also, the sound-light side MPU 82 can be read again. However, the sound-light side MPU 82 does not measure the display duration time.

In a succeeding step S1107, the stop result command corresponding to the processing result of the step S1104 and the pattern command corresponding to the processing result of the step S1105 are transmitted to the display MPU 92. After that, in step S1108, processing for starting the shortened mode is executed. The processing content will be described later.

When a negative determination is made in step S1101 or after the processing of step S1108 is executed, it is determined in step S1109 whether or not the final stop command is received. When the final stop command is received, in step S1110, the symbol stop command is transmitted to the display side MPU 92. The symbol stop command is a command for instructing the display side MPU 92 to make a stop symbol corresponding to the current game time stand by on the effective lines L1 to L5 and maintain that state for the final stop time.

If a negative determination is made in step S1109, or after the processing of step S1110 is executed, it is determined in step S1111 whether or not an opening command has been received. If the opening command has been received, in step S1112, the opening handling process is executed. In the opening support process, the type of jackpot result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode included in the opening command received this time is specified, and the effect contents in the opening/closing execution mode corresponding to the type of the jackpot result are determined. Perform the processing for. In a succeeding step S1113, an opening command corresponding to the processing result of the above step S1112 is transmitted to the display side MPU 92.

When a negative determination is made in step S1111 or after the processing of step S1113 is executed, it is determined in step S1114 whether or not an open command is received. When the opening command is received, in step S1115, in order to make the display side MPU 92 recognize that the opening of the special electric prize winning device 32 is newly started, that is, the round game of 1 is newly started. To the display side MPU 92.

When a negative determination is made in step S1114 or after the processing of step S1115 is executed, it is determined in step S1116 whether or not a closing command is received. When the closing command is received, in step S1117, the display side MPU 92 is caused to notify the display side MPU 92 that the special electric prize winning device 32 is closed, that is, the one round game is ended. Send a close command.

When a negative determination is made in step S1116 or after the processing of step S1117 is executed, it is determined in step S1118 whether or not the ending command is received. If the ending command is received, the ending handling process is executed in step S1119. In the ending correspondence process, the contents of the game state after the opening/closing execution mode included in the ending command received this time are specified, and the process for determining the contents of the ending effect corresponding to the type of the win/loss lot mode is executed. .. In a succeeding step S1120, an ending command corresponding to the processing result of the above step S1119 is transmitted to the display side MPU 92.

When a negative determination is made in step S1118 or after the processing of step S1120 is executed, it is determined in step S1121 whether or not the notification command is received. The notification command is issued when the fraud detection process of step S205 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 10) of the main MPU 62 identifies that a predetermined event set as a fraud monitoring target has occurred. In addition to being output, it is also output when the gaming machine body 12 or the front door frame 14 is specified to be in the open state in the input state monitoring process in step S212. When the notification command is received, the light emission data reading process is executed in step S1122 and the sound output data reading process is executed in step S1123 for the notification. As a result, the light emission control of the display light emitting unit 53 is performed and the sound output control of the speaker unit 54 is performed in a manner corresponding to the content of the notification command, that is, a manner corresponding to the event that triggered the output of the notification command. Be seen. After that, in step S1124, a notification command corresponding to the content of the notification command received this time is transmitted to the display-side MPU 92.

If a negative determination is made in step S1121, or after the processing of step S1124 is executed, it is determined in step S1125 whether or not a cancellation command has been received. The release command is output when the fraud detection process of step S205 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 10) of the main MPU 62 identifies that the state in which the predetermined event has occurred is released, and It is also output when the input state monitoring process in step S212 identifies that the gaming machine main body 12 or the front door frame 14 has transitioned from the open state to the closed state. When the cancel command is received, the light emission data set in step S1122 and the sound output data set in step S1123 are cleared in step S1126. After that, in step S1127, the release command corresponding to the content of the release command received this time is transmitted to the display-side MPU 92.

If a negative determination is made in step S1125, or after the processing of step S1127 is executed, the processing in the shortening mode is executed in step S1128, and the bonus processing is executed in step S1129. The corresponding process ends. The processing contents of the processing in the shortening mode and the processing for bonus will be described later.

<V interrupt processing of display side MPU 92>
Here, the V interrupt processing executed by the display MPU 92 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The V interrupt process is repeatedly activated in a predetermined cycle, specifically, a 20 msec cycle.

When the VDP 95 outputs the image signal for one frame to the symbol display device 41, the output of the image signal is started from the dot in the upper left corner portion of the display surface 41a, and on the horizontal line including the dot at one end. The image signal is sequentially output to the aligned dots, and the image signal is sequentially output to the dots from left to right for each horizontal line. Then, the image signal is finally output to the dots in the lower right corner portion of the display surface 41a. In this case, the VDP 95 outputs a V interrupt signal to the display-side MPU 92 at the timing of outputting the image signal for the last dot, and causes the display-side MPU 92 to recognize that the update of the image of one frame is completed. The output cycle of this V interrupt signal is 20 msec. In this respect, the V interrupt processing can be regarded as being activated in synchronization with the reception of the V interrupt signal. However, even if the V interrupt signal is not received, if 20 msec has elapsed since the previous V interrupt process was started, the V interrupt process is newly started.

In the V interrupt process, first, in step S1201, a command analysis process is executed. Specifically, the content of the command stored in the command buffer of the display RAM 94 is analyzed. In the following step S1202, it is determined based on the analysis result of step S1201 whether a new command has been received. If a new command has been received, command corresponding processing is executed in step S1203.

In the command corresponding process, first, when the stop result command and the pattern command are received, the pattern data table corresponding to the combination of the stop result command and the pattern command is read from the display side ROM 93 and written in the display side RAM 94.

The pattern data table is necessary to display an image for one frame at each update timing of the image when a moving image corresponding to the effect for this game use is displayed on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41. It is an information group in which various processes are defined. That is, in the pattern data table, an information group corresponding to each frame (the frame update cycle is 20 msec) from the start timing to the end timing in the effect for game play this time is defined.

The pattern data table will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 21 is an example of a pattern data table that can be selected when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained in a mode other than the shortening mode.

As shown in FIG. 21, pointer information for the number of frames corresponding to the display duration of the target game time is set in the pattern data table, and the contents of the task are associated with each pointer information. Information, information about the presence or absence of command output, and additional data information are set.

The information about the content of the task is the information that is set to display the video corresponding to the current game, and unless information that does not reflect the information about the content of the task is set as additional data, An image corresponding to the information about the content of the task is displayed in the frame. In the information of the content of the task, information of parameters necessary for instructing the VDP 95 to draw in order to display the image of one frame at the corresponding update timing is set.

In the pattern data table shown in FIG. 21, specifically, the data at the start of change is set in the pointer information of “0”, and the data at the start of the notice effect is set in the pointer information of “200”. , The pointer information of "300" is set to the data at the end of the notice effect, the pointer information of "400" is set to the data at the start of normal reach, and the pointer information of "700" is set to the data at the start of super reach. Data is set, the pointer information of “1000” is set to the data at the time of starting the finalized effect, and the pointer information of “1400” is set to the data at the end of variation. Each of these pointer information corresponds to a delimiter timing such as the start of the effect, the switching of the effect, and the end of the effect. Further, in the pointer information other than these, data for enabling the moving image display between the delimiter timings is set.

The information regarding the presence/absence of command output is information indicating the presence/absence of command output from the display side MPU 92 to the sound/light side MPU 82 and the type of the command. The display-side MPU 92 outputs a command to the sound-light-side MPU 82 at a predetermined timing according to the content of the moving image, thereby enabling the display light-emitting unit 53 to perform the light effect according to the content of the image, and the speaker unit. At 54, the effect of sound output according to the content of the image can be executed.

Specifically, in the pattern data table shown in FIG. 21, command data is set for pointer information “0” in which data at the start of fluctuation is set in the task content. Therefore, at the start of the variation of the game times, the light emission control and the sound output control are started in the sound light MPU 82 based on the command transmission from the display MPU 92 to the sound light MPU 82. In addition, in the contents of the task, the data at the time of starting the notice effect, the data at the time of starting the normal reach, the data at the time of starting the super reach, the data at the time of starting the fixed effect, and the data at the end of fluctuation are set from each pointer information. For the pointer information at the timing before the number of frames (the number of pointers) for pre-transmission, specifically, for each pointer information of “198”, “398”, “698”, “998”, and “1398”. , Command data is set. Therefore, regarding the break timing other than the start of the variation of the game times, the command transmission from the display side MPU 92 to the sound and light side MPU 82 is performed in advance, and the display contents of the symbol display device 41 and the light emission control at these break timings. , It is possible to completely synchronize the contents of the sound output control and the drive control of the movable object.

The information of the additional data is set as blank as the initial setting of the pattern data table, and the writing process to the additional data is executed when there is an instruction to execute the notification. When the additional data is written, the information written in the additional data has priority over the information originally set in the task content. For example, when additional data corresponding to displaying a predetermined character as an image is set as a notification, the image display is performed such that the character image is added on the image corresponding to the content of the task. Done.

In the command handling process, when the final stop command is received, the setting process for final stop is executed. In the setting process for the final stop, the process of reading the stop symbol corresponding to the current game time from the display-side ROM 93 and writing it in the display-side RAM 94 for the static display until the period during the final stop display elapses. Execute.

In the command handling process, when the opening command is received, the opening data table corresponding to the opening command is read from the display side ROM 93 and written in the display side RAM 94. The data table for opening is used to display an image for one frame at each image update timing when a moving image corresponding to the effect for the opening/closing execution mode is displayed on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41. This is an information group that defines the processing required for. The data structure of the opening data table is basically the same as that of the pattern data table. That is, in the opening data table, not only the information group in which the processing necessary to display the image for one frame at each update timing of the image is defined, but also the sound corresponding to the delimitation timing of the effect is generated. Data for transmitting a command is set in the optical MPU 82.

In the command handling process, when either the open command or the close command is received, the open/close setting process is executed. In the opening/closing setting process, the range of pointer information to be referred to in the opening data table is switched according to the content of the received command.

In the command handling process, when the ending command is received, the ending data table corresponding to the ending command is read from the display side ROM 93 and written in the display side RAM 94. The ending data table is necessary to display an image for one frame at each image update timing when a moving image corresponding to the ending effect this time is displayed on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41. It is an information group in which various processes are defined. The data structure of the ending data table is basically the same as that of the pattern data table. In other words, in the ending data table, not only the information group in which the processing required to display the image of one frame at each update timing of the image is defined, but also the sound corresponding to the delimitation timing of the effect, Data for transmitting a command is set in the optical MPU 82.

In the command handling process, when the notification command is received, the setting process of the notification data is executed. In the notification data setting process, the notification data corresponding to the content of the notification included in the current notification command is written as additional data in the currently set data table. Thereby, when the image is updated next time, the content of the notification data is reflected, and, for example, a character image corresponding to the type of the notification target event is added to the effect image for game play or the effect image for opening/closing execution mode. ..

In the command handling process, when the cancellation command is received, the notification data clearing process is executed. In the notification data clearing process, among the notification data currently set in the additional data of the data table, the notification corresponding to the type of the notification target event set as the notification cancellation target in the cancellation command received this time. Perform processing to clear data for use. As a result, when the image is updated next time, the notification of the type of the cancellation target is canceled.

Returning to the description of the V interrupt process (FIG. 20), if a negative determination is made in step S1202 or after the process of step S1203 is executed, the pointer update process is executed in step S1204. In the pointer update processing, the pointer information set in the data table is updated so as to advance by one frame. As a result, it becomes possible for the display-side MPU 92 to understand the processing required to display the image for one frame corresponding to the current update timing.

In the following step S1205, task processing is executed. In the task processing, it is determined whether or not additional data exists in the area corresponding to the pointer information of this time in the data table. If the additional data does not exist, the task data of the current pointer is read from the data table, and the VDP 95 displays the image of one frame corresponding to the current update timing according to the read task data. Calculates the parameters required for drawing instructions. On the other hand, when additional data exists in the area corresponding to the pointer information of this time in the data table, it is determined whether the additional data is additional data for the image of the task data. If the data is additional data, the task data and additional data of the current pointer are read from the data table, and one frame of image corresponding to the current update timing is displayed according to the read task data and additional data. , VDP95 is operated to calculate parameters necessary for instructing drawing. If it is not the additional data, the additional data of the pointer this time is read from the data table, and a drawing instruction is given to the VDP 95 in order to display the image for one frame corresponding to the update timing of this time according to the read additional data. Perform the calculation of the necessary parameters.

After executing the task processing in step S1205, it is determined in step S1206 whether or not command data exists in the area of the command output corresponding to the pointer information of this time in the data table. If the command data exists, it is the command output timing, so the command setting process is executed in step S1207.

In the command setting process, a command indicating that the production of the game times should be started, a command indicating that the advance notice display should be started, a command indicating that normal reach should be started, a command indicating that super reach should be started, A command indicating that the fluctuation should be ended, a command indicating that the effect of the opening/closing execution mode should be started, a command indicating that the effect of the ending should be started, and the like are transmitted to the sound-light side MPU 82 at each timing. ..

When a negative determination is made in step S1206 or after the processing of step S1207 is executed, the drawing list output processing is executed in step S1208, and then the present V interrupt processing is ended. In the drawing list output process, a drawing list for displaying an image for one frame corresponding to the update timing of this processing time is created, and the created drawing list is transmitted to the VDP 95. In this case, in the drawing list, the image grasped in the immediately preceding task process is the drawing target, and the parameter information updated in the task process is also set. The VDP 95 creates drawing data in the frame area of the video RAM 97 according to this drawing list. The VDP 95 outputs a signal to the symbol display device 41 in accordance with the drawing data created in the frame area. As a result, the image for one frame is displayed on the symbol display device 41.

<Timer interrupt processing of sound-light side MPU 82>
Returning to the explanation of the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 18) of the sound/light side MPU 82, after executing the main side command corresponding processing in step S1003, the display side command corresponding processing is executed in step S1004. In the display side command handling process, a process of reading the light emission data and the sound output data is executed according to the content of the command received from the display side MPU 92. Thereby, the light emission control corresponding to the display content of the symbol display device 41 is executed for the display light emitting unit 53, and the sound output control corresponding to the display content of the symbol display device 41 is executed for the speaker unit 54. It

In other words, in the pachinko machine 10, the sound-light side MPU 82 is located upstream of the communication with respect to the display-side MPU 92 when the main-side MPU 62 is used as a reference, but the sound-light side MPU 82 is displayed on the display-side MPU 92. Waits for the command to be sent, and then starts the production execution control. As a result, when each of the light emission effect, the sound output effect, and the display effect occurs in the same period, it is difficult for the effects to shift. Therefore, it is possible to preferably perform the effect using a plurality of types of effect means.

Then, in step S1005, a light emission control process for controlling light emission of the display light emitting unit 53 is executed. In the light emission control process, the light emission control of the display light emitting unit 53 is performed according to the light emission data read in the main command corresponding process of step S1003 or the display side command corresponding process of step S1004.

In the following step S1006, a sound output control process for controlling the sound output of the speaker unit 54 is executed. In the sound output control process, the sound output control of the speaker unit 54 is performed according to the sound output data read in the main command corresponding process of step S1003 or the display side command corresponding process of step S1004. After that, this timer interrupt processing ends.

<About display shortening mode>
Next, display continuation time (that is, time during which variable display is performed on the first special figure display portion 37a or second special figure display portion 37b, or time during which variable display of symbols is performed on the symbol display device 41) ) Will be described in detail.

The shortened mode is, as already described, the display duration of the game times triggered by the holding information in the second special figure holding area 126 in the case of the deviation result and the 16R high-precision jackpot result, as compared with other cases. This is a mode in which the reach display is not generated in the game times of the deviation result and the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result triggered by the holding information in the second special figure holding area 126. As described above, the shortened mode is set when the game state is switched to the high probability mode and the high frequency support mode after the end of the opening/closing execution mode.

<Display duration acquisition process>
First, the display duration acquisition process will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The acquisition process is executed in step S412 of the special figure variation start process (FIG. 12).

First, in step S1301, it is determined whether or not “1” is set in the shortening flag of the main RAM 64. When an affirmative determination is made in step S1301, whether or not the current game number is triggered by the holding information in the second special figure holding area 126 (hereinafter also referred to as holding information of the second special figure) in step S1302. Determine whether. When a positive determination is made in step S1302, the first table stored in the main ROM 63 is selected in step S1303. The first table is table data in which a plurality of types of display durations of game times triggered by the holding information of the second special figure are set in the shortened mode.

After that, in step S1304, the value of the variation type counter CS is acquired and various lottery results are grasped. As for grasping these various lottery results, the content of whether the result of the lottery is a big hit result, a small hit result or a miss result, and in the case of a big hit result, what kind of the big hit result is Is included. In the following step S1305, the data of the display duration corresponding to the various data identified in step S1304 is read from the first table and set as the display duration of the current game time. Then, this acquisition processing is ended.

When a negative determination is made in step S1301 or step S1302, in step S1306, the high probability flag of the main RAM 64 is set to "1", and the high frequency support flag is set to "1", or It is determined whether or not the value of the high frequency counter is 1 or more. When a positive determination is made in step S1306, the second table stored in the main ROM 63 is selected in step S1307. The second table is a high probability mode, a high frequency support mode, and is table data in which a plurality of types of display durations of game times are determined in a game state that is not the shortening mode.

After that, in step S1308, the value of the fluctuation type counter CS is acquired, the number of pieces of reservation information stored in the special figure reservation area 122 is read, and various lottery results are grasped. As for grasping these various lottery results, the content of whether the result of the winning/winning lottery is a jackpot result, a small hit result or a miss result, in the case of a jackpot result, what kind of the jackpot result is, Also, in the case of a misalignment result, the content of whether to generate the reach display is included. In addition, when determining whether or not the reach display is generated in the case of the disengagement result, the value of the reach random number counter C3 is referred to in the hold information that triggered the execution of the current game time. In the following step S1309, the data of the display duration corresponding to the various data identified in step S1308 is read from the second table and set as the display duration of the current game time. Then, this acquisition processing is ended.

When a negative determination is made in step S1306, "1" is set in the high probability flag of the main RAM 64 in step S1310, or the value of the counter after small hit of the main RAM 64 is 1 or more. Determine whether. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1310, then in step S1311, the third table stored in the main ROM 63 is selected. The third table shows a situation in which the high-probability mode is the low-frequency support mode, and the low-probability mode is the low-frequency support mode. It is table data in which a plurality of types of display durations of game times in a situation where no game is played are defined. After that, in step S1308, as already described, the value of the variation type counter CS is acquired, the number of holding information items stored in the special figure holding area 122 is read, and various lottery results are grasped. Then, in step S1309. Then, the data of the display duration corresponding to the various data identified in step S1308 is read from the third table and set as the display duration of the current game time. Then, this acquisition processing is ended.

If a negative determination is made in step S1310, another table stored in the main ROM 63 is selected in step S1312. After that, in step S1308, as already described, the value of the variation type counter CS is acquired, the number of holding information items stored in the special figure holding area 122 is read, and various lottery results are grasped. Then, in step S1309. Then, the data of the display duration corresponding to the various data identified in step S1308 is read from the other table and set as the display duration of the current game time. Then, this acquisition processing is ended.

As described above, the situation is in the high probability mode and the low frequency support mode, and in the low probability mode and the low frequency support mode, after the small hit result, the small hit post-use reference number of game times have not been exhausted. In any of the situations, by referring to the common third table, in these situations, the selection of the display duration time of the game time is performed in a common manner. As a result, it becomes difficult for the player to identify which of these situations from the aspect of the game times, and in that situation, the player expects that the player is in the high probability mode to play the game. Will be done. Therefore, the interest of the game can be improved.

Further, in the second table, it is easier to select a shorter display duration than in the case where the third table or another table is referred to. Specifically, when the current game time corresponds to any of the big hit result, the small hit result, and the out-reach display, the display continuation time corresponding to each is selected. On the other hand, in the game times that result in the absence of the reach display, the game times are triggered by the holding information in the first special map holding area 125 (hereinafter, also referred to as the holding information of the first special map). In the case where the number of pending information of special figure is 1 or more, or when the game time is triggered by the pending information of the second special figure and the number of pending information of the second special figure is 1 or more, , When the third table or other tables are referred to in the game times that result in a disconnection that does not cause the reach display, the start of the game times of the holding information of the first special map and the holding information of the second special map A display duration (for example, 2 seconds or 3 seconds) shorter than the average display duration when the number of pieces of pending information on the trigger side is three or four is selected. Further, even when the hold information is not stored, when the third table or other tables are referred to in the game times that result in a disconnection result in which the reach display does not occur and the hold information is not stored A display duration (for example, 6 seconds or 7 seconds) shorter than the selected display duration is selected. By selecting the display duration time as described above, in the high frequency support mode, it is possible to complete the game times in a shorter time than in the low frequency support mode, and the next big hit result occurs. It is possible to shorten the time required to do so.

The first table has a data structure in which the shortest display duration is selected so that it is not selected when another table is referred to in the game times that result in a miss and the game times that result in a 16R high-precision jackpot. .. Hereinafter, the types of display durations when the first table is referred to will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 23A shows the types of display durations when the third table or other tables are referred to (when not in the shortened mode), and FIG. 23B shows when the second table is referred to (for example, 23C shows the types of display durations when the holding information of the first special figure is used as a trigger in the shortening mode, and FIG. 23C shows the case where the first table is referred to (holding information of the second special figure in the shortening mode). (When triggered by) indicates the type of display duration.

When a table other than the first table is selected as the content of the game times, as shown in FIGS. 23(a) and 23(b), “without reach reach” and “with reach reach”, While “any hit result” exists, when the first table is selected, as shown in FIG. 23(c), “without reach reach” and “16R high probability There are "big hit results" and "other hit results". That is, when the first table is referred to, unlike when other tables are referred to, there is no "reach presence/absence". Therefore, in the shortened mode, when the holding information of the second special figure is used as a trigger, the reach display does not occur in the game times of the deviation result. As a result, in the shortened mode, the reach display does not occur, so that it is possible to shorten the digestion time of the game. By the way, since the reach display does not occur when the first table is referred to and the deviation result is obtained, the numerical information acquired from the reach random number counter C3 is used when the first table is referred to. The reach generation lottery is not executed.

On the other hand, even when the first table is referred to, the reach display is generated if the hit result is other than the 16R high-precision big hit result. Thereby, when the reach display occurs in the game time triggered by the hold information of the second special figure during the shortening mode, it is determined that a hit result other than the 16R high-precision big hit result occurs. In this case, the jackpot results such as the 8R high-probability jackpot result and the 4R high-probability jackpot result that occur in the opening/closing execution mode and become the high-probability mode after the opening/closing execution mode are included. Therefore, in such a situation, the player expects that the 4R high-accuracy jackpot result or the more advantageous 8R high-accuracy jackpot result will result in the player playing the game. It is possible to improve the interest of

In the shortening mode, the symbol display device 41 performs the shortening staging as if the staging of the staging reference time (specifically, 10 sec) is performed, but this is the case when the first table is referred to. If the hit result is other than the 16R high-accuracy big hit result, the shortest display continuation time is 15 sec, which is longer than the effect reference time. Therefore, if the game times triggered by the hold information of the second special figure during the shortening mode continue after the end of the above-described shortening effect, at that point, the winnings other than the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result will be won. The result is confirmed. In this case, the player feels unexpectedness and further expects to obtain a more advantageous hit result as described above, so that the interest of the game can be improved.

Even in the shortened mode, as shown in FIG. 23(b), when the holding information of the first special figure is used as an opportunity, a reach display may occur at the game times of the miss result. As a result, even when in the shortened mode, when the hold information of the first special map is used as an opportunity, when the reach display occurs, the player is provided with an expectation of whether or not a winning result will be obtained. It becomes possible.

As described above, during the shortening mode, the shortening staging is performed as if the staging of the staging reference time (specifically, 10 sec) is being performed on the symbol display device 41, but refer to the first table. In the case where the result is a deviation and the result is a 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, the display duration time shorter than the effect reference time is selected. Further, this display duration is the shortest display duration shorter than the display duration selected in other cases. Specifically, it is fixed at 1 sec. Therefore, in the shortening mode, it is possible to shorten the digestion time of the game. By the way, when the first table is referred to and the result of disconnection is a fixed result, the display duration is fixed at 1 sec. Number is not referenced.

When the first table is referred to, the display duration of the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is shorter than the effect reference time. As a result, it is possible to finish the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result game times before the effect reference time elapses. On the other hand, as described above, the other game results of the hit result will not be completed before the effect reference time elapses. This means that if the hit result occurs before the effect reference time elapses, the 16R high-accuracy big hit result that is most advantageous to the player is obtained. As a result, it is possible to increase the player's expectation during the shortened mode, and to improve the enjoyment of the game.

The shortened mode is ended when the game game is exhausted 10 times. In this case, the effect reference time is 10 seconds as described above. Further, when the first table is referred to, the display continuation time in the case of a disconnection result is fixed at 1 sec (including the final stop time). Therefore, in the shortened mode, if the game times are continued with the holding information of the second special figure as a trigger without a hit result in the middle, the subtraction cycle of the time displayed in the shortening effect is adjusted. While the production reference time elapses in a situation in which it is not performed, ten game times are executed, and the shortening mode ends in accordance with the passage timing of the production reference time. As a result, it is possible to synchronize the end timing of the shortening mode with the number of times of playing the game times as the end condition with the timing of passage of the effect reference time in the non-adjusted situation.

When the first table is referred to, the display duration of the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is fixed at 1 sec. Further, since the shortened mode occurs under the condition of the high frequency support mode, the start timing of the game time is basically the hold information of the second special map. Then, as described above, in the shortening mode, if the game times triggered by the holding information of the second special figure are continuous without a hit result in the middle, the time displayed in the shortening effect is subtracted. While the effect reference time has elapsed without adjusting the cycle, 10 game times are executed, and the shortening mode ends in accordance with the elapsed timing of the effect reference time. Then, it is possible to maintain the expectation of the 16R high-precision jackpot result until the effect reference time elapses in a situation where the subtraction cycle of the time displayed in the shortening effect is not adjusted.

When the second table is referred to, the maximum display continuation time is 3 seconds, which is shorter than the above-described production reference time, in the game result of the deviation result in which the reach display does not occur. As a result, the subtraction cycle of the time displayed in the shortening effect is caused by the occurrence of the game times as the result of the occurrence of the reach display in which the reach information triggered by the holding information of the first special diagram is not generated during the shortening mode. Even if it becomes necessary to make an adjustment in relation to the number of executions of the game times that triggers the end of the shortened mode, the adjustment can be performed while making it difficult for the player to feel uncomfortable.

<Mode transition processing>
Next, the mode transition processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The mode transition processing is executed in step S603 of the special figure finalization processing (FIG. 14).

First, in step S1401, it is determined whether or not "1" is set in the shortening flag of the main RAM 64. If a negative determination is made in step S1401, the mode transition processing is ended as it is, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S1401, the value of the shortening counter of the main RAM 64 is decremented by 1 in step S1402. Then, in step S1403, it is determined whether or not the value of the reduction counter is “0”.

When a negative determination is made in step S1403, the mode transition processing is ended as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made in step S1403, the process proceeds to step S1404. In step S1404, the shortening flag is cleared to "0". After that, in step S1405, after transmitting the shortening end command to the sound-light side MPU 82, this mode transition processing is ended.

By executing the mode transition process as described above, the shortening mode ends without a hit result when the game times are executed 10 times after the opening/closing execution mode. Further, the mode transition process is executed when it is determined that the final stop time of the game time has elapsed in the special figure determination process (FIG. 14), and the hit result is not obtained in the game time, the game concerned. It is executed regardless of whether the start timing of the time is the holding information of the first special figure or the holding information of the second special figure. Therefore, in the shortened mode, a total of the game times triggered by the hold information of the first special figure and the game times triggered by the hold information of the second special figure are 10 after the opening/closing execution mode without a hit result. It ends when the number of times is reached.

Note that, as described above, the shortening mode ends even when any of the big hit results or the small hit result is obtained.

<Process for starting short mode in sound-light side MPU 82>
Next, the shortening mode starting process executed by the sound-light side MPU 82 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing for starting the shortened mode is executed in step S1108 of the main command corresponding processing (FIG. 19). That is, the processing for starting the shortened mode is activated on the condition that the variation command and the type command are received from the main MPU 62.

First, in step S1501, it is determined whether or not “1” is set in the shortening effect flag provided in the sound-light side RAM 84. The shortening effect flag is a flag for specifying by the sound-light side MPU 82 whether or not the situation in which the shortening effect is being performed in the symbol display device 41. When a negative determination is made in step S1501, it is determined in step S1502 whether or not "1" is set in the shortening wait flag provided in the sound-light side RAM 84. The shortening waiting flag is a flag for identifying in the sound side MPU 82 that the shortening mode is set in the main side MPU 62, and that the sound side MPU 82 is in the waiting state for starting the production during shortening. is there. If a negative decision is made in step S1502, the operation proceeds to step S1503.

In step S1503, it is determined whether or not the shortening start command has been received from the main MPU 62. When setting the shortened mode, the main MPU 62 transmits the shortened start command before transmitting the variation command and the type command. Therefore, in step S1503, it is determined whether or not the shortening start command has been received between the reception of the previous fluctuation command and the classification command and the reception of the current fluctuation command and the classification command. When a negative determination is made in step S1503, the process for starting the shortening mode is ended as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made in step S1503, in step S1504, the shortening medium digestion counter provided in the sound-light side RAM 84. "10", which is information on the number of continuous games in the shortened mode, is set.

In a succeeding step S1505, by referring to the content of the variation command received this time, it is determined whether or not this game time is triggered by the hold information of the first special map. When a negative determination is made in step S1505, that is, when the current game time is triggered by the hold information of the second special figure, in step S1506, the current game time is a winning result other than the 16R high-precision jackpot result. It is determined whether or not this is a game time. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1506, the processing for starting the shortened mode is ended as it is.

When a negative determination is made in step S1506, the shortening effect flag is set to "1" and the timer counter provided in the sound-light side RAM 84 is set to "2500" in step S1507. In a succeeding step S1508, update period setting processing is executed. The update cycle setting process is a process for setting a cycle when the value of the timer counter, which is set in step S1507, is subtracted by 1. In step S1508, 4 msec is set as the update cycle. As a result, the value of the timer counter is decremented by 1 every 4 msec. That is, in this case, the value of the timer counter becomes “0” in 10 seconds. This time is the same as the already-described effect reference time in the effect during shortening.

Then, in step S1509, after transmitting the shortening start command to the display side MPU 92, the processing for starting the shortening mode is ended. The shortened start command includes data indicating that it is a shortened start command and data indicating the update cycle set in step S1508.

On the other hand, if an affirmative decision is made in step S1505, that is, if the current game time is triggered by the hold information of the first special figure, in step S1510, after setting the shortening wait flag to "1", The processing for starting the shortened mode is ended.

When the variation command and the type command are received while the shortening waiting flag is set to "1", an affirmative decision is made in step S1502, and the flow proceeds to step S1511. In step S1511, by referring to the contents of the variation command received this time, it is determined whether or not the current game time is triggered by the hold information of the first special map. When the affirmative determination is made in step S1511, the processing for starting the shortened mode is ended as it is, and when the negative determination is made in step S1511, that is, when the current game time is triggered by the hold information of the second special map. In step S1512, it is determined whether or not the current game time is a game time with a winning result other than the 16R high-accuracy large-hit result. If an affirmative judgment is made in step S1512, the processing for starting the shortening mode is ended as it is, and if a negative judgment is made in step S1512, the processing of steps S1513 to S1516 is executed.

In step S1513, the shortening waiting flag is cleared to "0", the shortening effect flag is set to "1", and the timer counter is set to "2500". In a succeeding step S1514, a calculation process for the update cycle is executed, and in step S1515, the update cycle corresponding to the result of the calculation process is set.

In the arithmetic processing, the cycle when the value of the timer counter is decremented by 1 is derived from the current value of the shortening digestion counter and the value of the timer counter. In this case, the shortening digestion counter, as will be described later, even if the shortening effect flag is not set to "1" as long as the shortening waiting flag is set to "1", the game is played. It is decremented by 1 each time the round ends. In the calculation process, the value of the timer counter is divided by the current value of the shortened digestion counter, and the update cycle is set according to the result of the division. In this update cycle, when the number of game times set to the digestion counter during shortening is the miss result or the 16R high-precision jackpot result with the holding information of the second special diagram as the trigger for starting the game time. This is an update cycle in which the value of the timer counter becomes “0” when the display duration time is exhausted, that is, 1 second.

Here, in the process of setting the update cycle (step S1508) executed when the game time when the shortening start command is received is triggered by the hold information of the second special diagram (step S1508), the value of the during-shortening counter is “10”. Therefore, when the number of times of the game for that value is consumed in the display continuation time when the hold information of the second special diagram is the trigger to start the game and the result of the miss or the 16R high-precision jackpot result is reached. That is, 4 msec is set as the update cycle so that the value of the timer counter becomes "0" when the timer is consumed in 1 sec. On the other hand, in step S1515, the value of the shortening digestion counter is smaller than 10, while the value of the timer counter is 2500, which is the same as in the case of step S1508, the update cycle is shorter than 4 msec. Set to cycle.

After that, in step S1516, after transmitting the shortening start command to the display side MPU 92, the processing for starting the shortening mode is ended. The shortened start command includes data indicating that it is a shortened start command and data indicating the update cycle set in step S1515.

When the variation command and the type command are received in a situation where the shortening effect flag is set to "1", an affirmative decision is made in step S1501 and the operation proceeds to step S1517. In step S1517, it is determined whether or not the game time of this time is triggered by the hold information of the first special figure by referring to the content of the variation command received this time. When a negative determination is made in step S1517, that is, when the current game time is triggered by the hold information of the second special figure, there is no need to change the update cycle set in step S1508 or step S1515. The processing for starting the shortened mode is finished as it is.

On the other hand, if an affirmative decision is made in step S1517, that is, if the current game time is triggered by the hold information of the first special figure, then in step S1518 the arithmetic processing for the update cycle is executed, and the subsequent step In S1519, the update cycle corresponding to the result of the arithmetic processing is set.

In the calculation process, the display continuation time of the current game time is read from the variation command received this time, and the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the current value of the shortening digestion counter is calculated to display the former display continuation time. And the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the latter are added. Then, the addition result is divided by the current value of the timer counter, and the update cycle is set according to the division result. In this update cycle, the game time of this time with the holding information of the first special diagram as an opportunity ends, and with the holding information of the second special diagram as a starting opportunity, a game time that is a miss result or a 16R high-precision jackpot result is shortened. This is an update cycle in which the value of the timer counter becomes "0" when the value set in the medium exhaustion counter is subtracted 1 times.

Here, if the holding information that triggers the game times after the shortening effect is started is the holding information of the second special figure, it is necessary to change the update cycle set in step S1508 or step S1515. Absent. However, when a game time triggered by the hold information of the first special diagram occurs in the middle, the game time has a display duration other than 1 sec. Therefore, if the update cycle up to that time is maintained, the timer counter This means that the timing when the value becomes “0” and the timing when the game times corresponding to the value of the shortening digestion counter are executed do not match. Therefore, in step S1518, the calculation processing of the update cycle is executed, and the update cycle is set in step S1519 so that the above timings are matched.

For example, after the game result of the disengagement result triggered by the hold information of the second special diagram is executed once, the game game of the disengagement result triggered by the hold information of the first special diagram (display duration is 3 sec) When it is executed once, the current timer counter value is “2250”, the current shortening digestion counter value is “9”, and the current game display duration is 3 seconds. Then, the update cycle corresponding to the value obtained by (3+9)×1000/2250 is set. The update cycle set in this case is set to a cycle longer than 4 msec which is the update cycle set in step S1508.

After that, in step S1520, after transmitting the update period setting command to the display side MPU 92, the processing for starting the shortened mode is ended. The update cycle setting command includes data indicating that it is an update cycle setting command and data indicating the update cycle set in step S1519.

<Processing in the short mode in the sound-light side MPU 82>
Next, the processing in the shortening mode executed by the sound-light side MPU 82 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing in the shortened mode is executed in step S1128 of the main command corresponding processing (FIG. 19).

First, in step S1601, it is determined whether a shortening end command or an opening command is received from the main MPU 62. When a negative determination is made in step S1601, it is determined in step S1602 whether or not the value of the timer counter of the sound-light side RAM 84 is "0".

When a negative determination is made in step S1602, it is determined in step S1603 whether "1" is set in the shortening effect flag or the shortening waiting flag. When a negative determination is made in step S1603, the processing in the shortened mode is ended as it is. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1603, it is decided in step S1604 whether or not a final stop command has been received from the main MPU 62, and thus it is decided whether or not the game game is over. .. If a negative determination is made in step S1604, the processing in the shortening mode is ended as it is, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S1604, after the value of the shortening digestion counter is decremented by 1 in step S1605. , The processing in this shortening mode is ended.

On the other hand, if an affirmative decision is made in step S1601, or if an affirmative decision is made in step S1602, then in step S1606 each of the shortening wait flag and the shortening effect flag is cleared to “0”, and the operation proceeds to step S1607. Then, after transmitting the shortening end command to the display side MPU 92, the processing in the shortening mode is ended.

As described above, when the sound-light side MPU 82 receives the shortening end command from the main-side MPU 62, that is, when the shortening mode ends in the main-side MPU 62, the sound-light side RAM 84 not only ends the shortening effect, but also the timer of the sound-light side RAM 84. When the value of the counter is "0", the effect during shortening is ended even if the shortening mode is not ended. As a result, if the situation in which the game times are not started continues after the production during shortening is started, it becomes possible to end the production during shortening even while the shortening mode is continuing. As a result, it is possible for the player to have less discomfort.

<Process for production during shortening in display-side MPU 92>
Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 27, the processing for effect during shortening executed by the display-side MPU 92 will be described. The shortening effect process is executed by the command corresponding process of step S1203 in the V interrupt process (FIG. 20).

First, in step S1701, it is determined whether the effect during shortening is being executed. When a negative determination is made in step S1701, it is determined in step S1702 whether or not the shortening start command is received from the sound-light side MPU 82. If the shortening start command has not been received, the main shortening effect process is ended as it is. If the shortening start command is received, in step S1703, after the setting processing of the shortening effect table is executed, the present shortening effect processing is ended.

In the setting processing of the shortening effect table, a data table that enables a moving image display corresponding to the shortening effect, and corresponds to the update cycle included in the shortening start command received this time is displayed from the display side ROM 93. It is read and written in the display side RAM 94. The content of the data table is basically the same as the content of the data table for game play (see FIG. 21), and the content of the task, the presence or absence of command output, and the additional data are associated with the pointer information. It is set. Then, as the content of the task, data that enables the moving image display of the shortening effect corresponding to the current update cycle is set. Further, when the shortening start command is received, the stop result command and the pattern command are also received, but the data corresponding to these stop result command and the pattern command are used as additional data of the data table for the shortening effect. Set. As a result, in the symbol display device 41, a variable display image of the symbol for simple game use is displayed in the situation where the moving image display during the shortening effect is being performed. In the variation display image of the symbol for this simple game use, the symbol is variably displayed in each variation display area of the same number as the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 when the variation of the normal symbol is displayed, and if it is the deviation result, that The variable display is ended in a state where the same symbol combination is not displayed, and if the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained, the variable display has the same symbol combination by a specific type (specifically, “7” symbol). It will end in the displayed state.

By setting the data table for shortening effect in step S1703, an affirmative determination is made in step S1701. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1701, it is decided in step S1704 whether or not a shortening end command has been received from the sound-light side MPU 82.

When a negative determination is made in step S1704, it is determined in step S1705 whether the stop result command and the pattern command are received from the sound-light side MPU 82. If a negative determination is made in step S1705, the main shortening effect process is ended as it is, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S1705, the process proceeds to step S1706.

In step S1706, it is determined whether the update cycle setting command is received from the sound-light side MPU 82. If the update cycle setting command has been received, in step S1707 the data table for shortening effect currently set in the display side RAM 94 is updated to the update cycle indicated by the update cycle setting command received this time. Change to the data table for the shortening performance that corresponds to.

If a negative determination is made in step S1706, or if the process of step S1707 is executed, in step S1708, the current game time is the game time of the out-of-reach miss result triggered by the hold information of the first special map. Or the game time triggered by the hold information of the second special diagram and the game result is the miss result or the 16R high-precision jackpot result.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S1708, in step S1709 the data corresponding to the stop result command and pattern command currently received is added as additional data to the currently set data table for shortening effect. After the setting, the processing for the production during the shortening is ended. As a result, in the symbol display device 41, a variable display image of the symbol for simple game use is displayed in the situation where the moving image display during the shortening effect is being performed. In the variation display image of the symbols for this simple game use, as in the case of step S1703, the symbols are variably displayed in each variation display area in the same number as the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 when the normal symbols are variably displayed. If the result is a deviation, the variation display is terminated in a state where the same symbol combination is not displayed, and if the result is 16R high-precision jackpot, the variation display is of a specific type (specifically, “7” symbol). ) And the same symbol combination is displayed.

If a negative determination is made in step S1708, in step S1710, data for game use corresponding to the stop result command and the pattern command received this time is irrelevant to the currently set data table for effect during shortening. After the table is read from the display-side ROM 93 and written in the display-side RAM 94, the main shortening effect process is ended. In this case, if the game time is other than the game time that is out of reach, the count-up display of the time that was performed as the shortening effect is continued in the update cycle until then, and the time display becomes "10:00". , The variable display of the normal symbols by the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 is started, and thereafter various effects such as the reach effect of this time are executed, and finally the combination of the symbols corresponding to the game result of this time is stopped and displayed. It

In addition, in the case of a game number that is a game result of the deviation result triggered by the holding information of the first special diagram and a reach display occurs, when reading the data table for the game number, the data table for the shortening effect Is not erased, and after the game is over, the shortening effect is restarted. On the other hand, in the case of other game times, when reading the data table for game times, the data table for effect during shortening is erased and the effect during shortening is not restarted. However, the data table for the effect during shortening may be configured to be used even for a game time that is a game result that is a departure result triggered by the hold information of the first special diagram and a reach display is generated. In this case, in the situation where the production during shortening is being executed, when the game times of which the reach display is generated as the game times of the disengagement result triggered by the hold information of the first special diagram, the production during the shortening is generated. Is ended.

On the other hand, if an affirmative decision is made in step S1704, that is, if a shortening end command has been received from the sound-light side MPU 82, then in step S1711, the table for effect during shortening in the display side RAM 94 is cleared and then the The processing for production during shortening is ended. As a result, the moving image display of the effect during shortening is ended.

<Display contents of production during shortening>
Next, the display content of the effect during shortening on the symbol display device 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 28(a) to 28(d).

As shown in FIG. 28(a), when the shortening effect is being executed, the display area 41a of the symbol display device 41 clearly indicates that the shortening effect is being executed. "Display during time trial"), a time area G2 (displayed as "00:00") showing how the production reference time is counted up, and a variable display image of a simple game time symbol are displayed. The symbol variation area G3 is set. These explicit area G1, time area G2, and symbol variation area G3 are set so that they do not overlap. In addition, the time region G2 is set wider than the explicit region G1 and the symbol variation region G3, and the display position is set in the center of the display surface 41a. As a result, in the shortening effect, it is possible to make the player pay attention to the time region G2 rather than the symbol variation region G3. In the symbol variation area G3, the variably displayed symbols may be translucent.

When the shortening effect is started, as shown in FIG. 28(b), a moving image display in which the time is counted up in the time region G2 is made, and further, the variable display of the symbol is displayed in the symbol variable region G3. Done. Then, in the game times that result in a deviation, as shown in FIG. 28(c-1), the same symbol combination is not stopped and displayed in the symbol variation area G3, and further shortening effect is executed. When there is no winning result in the situation, the display of the time in the time region G2 becomes “10:00” corresponding to the passage of the effect reference time, as shown in FIG. 28(c-1). .. In this case, the effect during shortening is ended, and from the next game time, as shown in FIG. 28(d-1), the variable display of symbols as usual is performed.

On the other hand, in the situation where the effect during shortening is being executed, when a game time of 16R high-accuracy jackpot result triggered by the holding information of the second special figure occurs, as shown in FIG. 28(c-2). The progress of time in the count-up display is stopped in the time area G2, and the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation area G3. Then, after that, as shown in FIG. 28(d-2), an image clearly indicating that the 16R high-precision jackpot result has occurred is displayed.

In the symbol variation area G3, the variable display of symbols in all the symbol display areas is stopped at the same time regardless of whether or not the same symbol combination is finally stopped and displayed. Therefore, even when the types of symbols on the left and right are the same in the symbol combination finally stopped and displayed, or even when the same symbol combination is finally stopped and displayed, the reach symbol combination is formed. Under the situation, the reach variation in which the symbols are variably displayed in the symbol display area of 1 does not occur.

<Situation when game times are executed triggered by the hold information of the second special map during the shortened mode>
Next, a state in which the game game is executed with the holding information of the second special figure as a trigger during the shortening mode will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG.

29(a) shows the execution period of the effect during shortening on the symbol display device 41, FIG. 29(b) shows the execution period of the game time of the out-of-bounds fluctuation on the second special figure display portion 37b, and FIG. 29(c). Shows the execution period of the game times of the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result in the second special figure display portion 37b, FIG. 29(d) shows the execution period of the 16R opening/closing execution mode, and FIG. 29(e) shows the second special figure. The display period 37R shows the execution period of the 8R high-precision jackpot result game times, and FIG. 29(f) shows the execution period of the 8R open/close execution mode.

First, a case will be described in which only the out-of-variation game times are executed.

At the timing of t1, as shown in FIG. 29(a), the effect during shortening is started on the symbol display device 41, and as shown in FIG. 29(b), the deviation variation of the second special figure display portion 37b is detected. The game time is started. In this case, the game time is finished in 1 sec. Then, at each timing such as the timing of t2 and the timing of t3, an outlying variation game time in which the display duration time is 1 sec is performed on the second special figure display portion 37b, and the tenth game time is ended at the timing of t4. To be done. At the timing of t4, the shortening mode is ended in the main MPU 62, and the effect during shortening in the symbol display device 41 is also ended as shown in FIG. After that, from the timing of t5, the normal production for game use is started.

Next, a case will be described in which a 16R high-precision jackpot result occurs in the situation where the effect during shortening is being executed.

At the timing of t6, as shown in FIG. 29(a), the shortening effect is started on the symbol display device 41, and as shown in FIG. 29(b), the deviation variation of the second special figure display portion 37b is detected. The game time is started. In this case, the game time is finished in 1 sec. Then, at the timing of t7, the timing of t8, and the timing of t9, the out-of-range variation game times in which the display duration time is 1 sec in the second special figure display portion 37b are performed.

After that, at the timing of t10 which is in the middle of execution of the shortening effect, as shown in FIG. 29C, the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result game time is started on the second special figure display portion 37b. The game time is also ended in 1 sec, as in the case of deviation. Then, at the timing of t11, which is the timing at which the game time has ended, the opening/closing execution mode of 16R is started as shown in FIG. 29(d), and the effect during shortening is shown as shown in FIG. 29(a). Is ended.

Next, a case will be described in which an 8R high-accuracy jackpot result occurs in the situation where the effect during shortening is being executed.

At the timing of t12, as shown in FIG. 29(a), the effect during shortening is started in the symbol display device 41, and as shown in FIG. 29(b), the deviation variation of the second special figure display portion 37b is detected. The game time is started. In this case, the game time is finished in 1 sec.

After that, at the timing of t13 which is in the middle of execution of the shortening effect, as shown in FIG. 29(e), the 8R high-accuracy jackpot result game time is started on the second special figure display portion 37b. Unlike the case of the deviation variation or the 16R high-precision jackpot result, the game time is longer than 10 seconds. Therefore, at the timing of t14, which is the timing during which the game cycle is being performed, the effect during shortening is finished as shown in FIG. 29A, and the symbol display device 41 continues to the normal game cycle. The performance is executed. For example, reach production is executed. Then, at the timing of t15, as shown in FIG. 29(e), the game time is ended, and as shown in FIG. 29(f), the opening/closing execution mode of 8R is started.

<Situation when game times are executed triggered by the hold information of the first special map during the shortened mode>
Next, a state in which the game game is executed with the holding information of the first special figure as a trigger during the shortening mode will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG.

FIG. 30(a) shows the setting period of the shortening mode in the main MPU 62, FIG. 30(b) shows the execution period of the effect during shortening in the symbol display device 41, and FIG. 30(c) shows the first special figure display unit. 37a shows the execution period of the game times, FIG. 30(d) shows the execution period of the game times in the second special figure display portion 37b, and FIG. 30(e) shows the time display counted up in the shortening effect. Indicates the update cycle.

First, a case will be described in which the game times triggered by the hold information of the first special map do not occur.

At the timing of t1, as shown in FIG. 30(a), the main MPU 62 is set to the shortened mode. Then, at the timing, as shown in FIG. 30(d), the game time of out-of-bounds fluctuation is started in the second special figure display portion 37b, so as shown in FIG. 30(b), in the symbol display device 41. Production during shortening is started. In this case, since the time saving effect is started at the timing when the shortening mode is set in the main MPU 62, the update cycle is set to the normal cycle of 4 msec, as shown in FIG. That is, at the timing when the game time of 1 sec has been executed 10 times, the time display of the count-up on the symbol display device 41 is displayed as "10:00" corresponding to 10 sec. Then, at the timing of t2, as shown in FIG. 30(d), the tenth game time of the deviation change in the second special figure display portion 37b ends, so that as shown in FIG. While the shortening mode in the side MPU 62 is ended, as shown in FIG. 30B, the effect during shortening in the symbol display device 41 is ended.

Next, a case will be described in which a game play occurs triggered by the hold information of the first special map.

At the timing of t3, as shown in FIG. 30A, the main MPU 62 is set to the shortened mode. Then, at the timing, as shown in FIG. 30(c), since the game time of the out fluctuation without reach is started in the first special figure display portion 37a, as shown in FIG. 30(b), the symbol display The production during shortening is not started in the device 41.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 30(d), at the timing of t4 which is the timing after the game cycle of the deviation variation in the first special figure display section 37a is finished, the deviation variation in the second special figure display section 37b is shown. As the game times are started, the shortening effect is started on the symbol display device 41 as shown in FIG. 30(b). In this case, the shortening mode is started after the game mode has been executed once in the shortened mode, so that the count-up display becomes "10:00" in the remaining 9 game cycles. As shown in 30(e), a cycle shorter than the normal cycle is set as the update cycle.

After that, at the timing of t5, which is the timing after three out-of-range fluctuation game times are executed in the second special figure display section 37b, as shown in FIG. 30C, the reach in the first special figure display section 37a is reached. The out-of-range fluctuation game times are restarted. In this case, the count-up display is "10:00", which is the total time of 3 sec which is the display continuation time of the game time and 5 sec which is the game time of the deviation variation in the second special figure display portion 37b of the remaining 5 times. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 30E, a cycle longer than the normal cycle is set as the update cycle.

Then, as shown in FIG. 30(d), the game cycle of deviation variation in the second special figure display portion 37b is executed five times while keeping the update cycle, and at the timing of t7, FIG. 30(a). As shown in FIG. 30, the shortening mode in the main MPU 62 is ended, and as shown in FIG. 30B, the effect during shortening in the symbol display device 41 is ended.

<Regarding promotion during opening/closing execution mode>
Next, the promotion effect in the opening/closing execution mode will be described in detail.

The promotion effect in the opening/closing execution mode is a stop result that does not clearly indicate which one of the high probability mode and the low probability mode is set after the opening/closing execution mode in the symbol display device 41 when the game time ends. , When the combination of the same even number symbols that is the stop result that does not explicitly indicate the number of times of executing the round game in the opening/closing execution mode is stopped and displayed, if the actual lottery result is a high probability jackpot result Yes, and if the actual lottery result is the 16R high-precision jackpot result, it is an effect that is clearly shown.

<Opening-compatible processing in sound-light side MPU 82>
First, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 31, the opening corresponding process executed by the sound-light side MPU 82 will be described. The opening handling process is executed in step S1112 of the main command handling process (FIG. 19).

In step S1801, by referring to the opening command received this time, it is determined whether or not the number of round games in the opening/closing execution mode this time is eight or more. Further, in the following step S1802, it is determined whether or not the stop result of the symbol display device 41 in the immediately previous game time is a combination of the same even symbols.

If a negative determination is made in both step S1801 and step S1802, in step S1803 the opening command for normal effect is read, and this opening support process ends. As a result, in step S1113 of the main command handling process (FIG. 19), the opening command for normal effect is transmitted to the display MPU 92. In this case, in the opening/closing execution mode, the symbol display device 41 performs the normal effect instead of the promotion effect.

On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in either step S1801 or step S1802, the type of the jackpot result of this time is grasped by referring to the opening command received this time in step S1804. In a succeeding step S1805, a pseudo-variation pattern lottery process is executed.

Here, the pseudo-variation means that in the opening/closing execution mode, the variable display of the symbol is started on the symbol display device 41 without the holding information of the special figure holding area 122 as a trigger to display a predetermined stop result, and It is an effect to end the variable display. When promotion effect is executed, pseudo variation is executed multiple times during the opening/closing execution mode, and if the actual lottery result is a high-probability jackpot result, the same symbol combination as the first specific pseudo stop result in the pseudo variation time. Is stopped and displayed, and when the actual lottery result is the 16R high-precision jackpot result, the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed as the second specific pseudo stop result in the subsequent pseudo variable times.

In addition, in addition to or instead of the configuration in which the notification of the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is performed by executing the pseudo variable times in which the combination of the same symbols is stopped and displayed twice, the same with the specific symbols It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the pseudo variable times in which the combination of symbols is stopped and displayed are executed once.

In the lottery process of step S1805, if the result is a high-precision jackpot result other than the 16R high-precision jackpot result, the number of executions in the case of executing the pseudo-variation multiple times, the execution of the pseudo-variation times in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed The order and the variation content of each pseudo variation time are determined by lottery. In this lottery, a counter that is regularly updated in the sound-light side RAM 84 and a lottery table stored in advance in the sound-light side ROM 83 are used.

Then, in step S1806, the opening command for promotion effect corresponding to the result of the lottery process in step S1805 is read out, and the present opening support process is ended. As a result, the opening command for promotion effect is transmitted to the display-side MPU 92 in step S1113 of the main-side command handling process (FIG. 19). In this case, the promotion effect corresponding to the result of the lottery process of the pseudo variation pattern is performed in the symbol display device 41 during the opening/closing execution mode.

<Bonus processing in the sound-light side MPU 82>
Next, the bonus process executed by the sound-light side MPU 82 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The bonus process is executed in step S1129 of the main command corresponding process (FIG. 19).

In step S1901, it is determined whether the promotion effect is being executed. If a negative determination is made in step S1901, the present bonus process is ended, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S1901, the process proceeds to step S1902.

In step S1902, it is determined whether or not it is an explanation period of promotion effect. Here, in the opening/closing execution mode in which the promotion effect is executed, first, the opening effect in the opening/closing execution mode is executed, and after that, the explanation period is executed and then the pseudo variation is performed. Then, after the pseudo variation, the normal effect in the opening/closing execution mode is performed, and finally the ending effect is performed. In the promotion effect, the pseudo variation ends until the shortest time required from the start of the opening/closing execution mode to the end of the eighth round game elapses. In the configuration in which the promotion effect is executed as described above, the pseudo variation is started in the future, and if the combination of the same symbols is stopped and displayed in the pseudo variation, the occurrence of the high probability mode is confirmed. And, in the pseudo variation, if the same symbol combination is again stopped and displayed, it is determined that the round game is performed 16 times, which is a period explained by the characters displayed on the symbol display device 41.

If a negative determination is made in step S1902, the present bonus processing is ended, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S1902, the process proceeds to step S1903. In step S1903, it is determined whether or not the effect operation unit 58 has been operated during the explanation period. During the explanation period, the effect contents of the promotion effect will be explained as described above, but it can be canceled by operating the effect operation unit 58. Then, when the explanation period is canceled, the pseudo fluctuation is performed using the remaining period of the explanation period. That is, when the explanation period is canceled, the number of times of execution of the pseudo fluctuation is added or the duration of the predetermined execution time of the pseudo fluctuation is extended.

If a negative determination is made in step S1903, the present bonus processing is ended, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S1903, the process proceeds to step S1904. In step S1904, the remaining period of the explanation period is grasped. Further, in step S1905, the currently-executed pseudo-variation execution pattern is grasped. That is, the number of pseudo fluctuations executed in this promotion effect, the duration of each pseudo fluctuation, and the execution content of each pseudo fluctuation are grasped.

Then, in step S1906, a pseudo variation correction pattern selection process is executed. In the selection process, the pseudo-variation correction pattern lottery process is executed according to the remaining period grasped in step S1904 and the current execution pattern of the pseudo-variation grasped in step S1905, and is completed in the remaining period. The number of times the fluctuation is executed is determined, and the duration of each pseudo fluctuation and the execution content of each pseudo fluctuation are also determined. After that, in step S1907, a correction command including the contents of the pseudo variation correction pattern selected in step S1906 is transmitted to the display-side MPU 92, and then this bonus processing is ended.

<Bonus Table Setting Process in Display-side MPU 92>
Next, the bonus table setting processing executed by the display-side MPU 92 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The bonus table setting process is executed by the command corresponding process of step S1203 in the V interrupt process (FIG. 20).

First, in step S2001, it is determined whether an opening command for normal effect has been received from the sound-light side MPU 82. When an affirmative judgment is made in step S2001, in step S2002, the data table for normal effect is read from the display side ROM 93 and written in the display side RAM 94, and then the setting process of the bonus table is ended. As a result, the symbol display device 41 executes the normal effect in the open/close execution mode.

When a negative determination is made in step S2001, it is determined in step S2003 whether an opening command for promotion effect has been received from the sound-light side MPU 82. If an affirmative decision is made in step S2003, the data table for promotion effect is read from the display side ROM 93 and written in the display side RAM 94 in step S2004, and then the setting process for this bonus table is ended.

The data structure of the promotion effect data table will be described with reference to FIG. 34. The data table for the promotion effect is an example of the data table for the promotion effect that can be selected when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained.

In the data table for promotion effect, pointer information for the number of frames corresponding to the target opening/closing execution mode is set, and information of the task content and the presence/absence of command output are associated with each pointer information. Information and information of additional data are set. The contents of each of these information items are basically the same as those in the case of the pattern data table (see FIG. 21), although each set data is different. It should be noted that, for the additional data, abnormality notification data and the like are set.

As the content of the task, first, data for executing the effect for the opening is set, and the effect is executed for the same 4 seconds as the opening time. Next, data for executing the effect of the explanation period is set, and the effect is executed for 20 seconds. Next, data for executing the first pseudo-variable effect is set, and the effect is executed for 5 seconds. Next, data for executing the second pseudo-variation effect is set, and the effect is executed for 5 seconds. In the first pseudo variation and the second pseudo variation, the reach effect is not executed, and furthermore, the combination of the same symbols is not stopped and displayed.

Next, data for executing the third pseudo-variation effect is set, and the effect is executed for 20 seconds. In the third pseudo variation, the reach effect is executed, and the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed. As a result, the player is notified that the jackpot result of this time is a high-probability jackpot result.

Next, data for executing the effect of the fourth pseudo-variation is set, and the effect is executed for 10 seconds. In the fourth pseudo variation, the reach effect is executed, and the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed. As a result, the player is informed that the number of times the round game has been executed in the opening/closing execution mode this time is 16 times.

Next, data for starting the normal effect is set, and although not shown, data for the normal effect, data for ending the normal effect, and data for the ending effect are set. The data during the normal effect is set so that the data group to be referred to is changed by receiving the opening command or the closing command from the sound-light side MPU 82, and the data for ending the normal effect and the ending effect are set. Data is set as a reference target when an ending command is received from the sound-light side MPU 82.

Here, in the opening/closing execution mode which is the high frequency winning mode, although the opening duration time of each round game is set to 29 seconds, the upper limit number of winnings to the special electric prize winning device 32 which is the condition for ending the round game is 10 pieces. Is set, and the firing cycle of the game ball is 0.6 sec. Therefore, the shortest duration of each round game is 6 seconds. The interval time between each round game is set to 2 sec. Then, for example, the duration of the third pseudo-variation (20 sec) and the duration of the fourth pseudo-variation (10 sec) exceed the shortest duration of the round game. That is, one pseudo variation can be executed over one round game.

Assuming the shortest duration until the eighth round game ends after the opening time has elapsed, the shortest duration of each round game (6 seconds) is 8 times, and the interval time (2 seconds) is 7 times. The time is 62 seconds. In this case, the total time of the explanation period and the pseudo fluctuation is set to be the total shortest time or less. As described above, the promotion effect occurs in the opening/closing execution mode in which the round game is performed eight times or more, and whether or not it is a high-probability jackpot result, and whether or not the round game is executed 16 times. Be informed. In the configuration, as described above, the total time of the explanation period and the pseudo fluctuation is set to be the total shortest time or less, so that the pseudo fluctuation is executed once over a plurality of round games. In a configuration that can be performed, it becomes possible to end the pseudo fluctuation by the time the eighth round game ends.

Returning to the description of the bonus table setting processing (FIG. 33), if a negative determination is made in step S2003, it is determined in step S2005 whether or not a correction command has been received from the sound-light side MPU 82. When a negative determination is made in step S2005, the setting process of the present bonus table is ended as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made in step S2005, in step S2006, the promotion effect corresponding to the correction command received this time. After changing the data table for promotion effect by reading the data table for display from the display side ROM 93 and writing it in the display side RAM 94, the setting process of the bonus table is ended.

In the data table for promotion effect that is changed according to the modification command, pseudo changes are executed multiple times over the time from the timing when the cancel operation of the explanation period is accepted to the end timing of the last pseudo change. It In this case, for the promotion performance corresponding to the number of executions of pseudo variation, the duration of each pseudo variation, and the content of each pseudo variation according to the processing result of the selection processing (step S1906) of the pseudo variation correction pattern in the sound-light side MPU 82. Data table is set.

For example, the number of executions of the pseudo-variation may be changed such that the number of executions of the pseudo-variation becomes larger than the number of executions of the original. Further, for example, even in a situation where the same symbol combination is not stopped and displayed but the pseudo variable times in which the reach effect is generated are not included, the pseudo variable times may be included. Specifically, by adding the period of the canceled portion in the explanation period to the initial execution period of the first pseudo-variation, the reach of the combination of the same symbols is not stopped and displayed in the first pseudo-variation. Pseudo-fluctuations that produce effects can be performed. In addition, for example, in the opening/closing execution mode corresponding to any of the high-precision jackpot results, at least one pseudo-fluctuation time in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed is generated. The execution order can be changed. Further, for example, in the opening/closing execution mode corresponding to the 16R high-precision jackpot result, the execution order of the first pseudo-variable times when the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed and the second time when the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed At least one of the execution order of the pseudo variable times may be changed.

By allowing the explanation period to be canceled as described above, it is possible to prevent the explanation period from being forcibly provided to a player who is already familiar with the details of the promotion effect. Become. In addition, by using the remaining time of the canceled explanation period and extending the period in which the pseudo variation is executed, it is possible to increase the chance of executing the pseudo variation.

<Display contents of promotion>
Next, the display content of the promotion effect on the symbol display device 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 35(a) to 35(d).

As shown in FIG. 35(a), in the explanation period of promotion effect, pseudo variation will be started in the future on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, and the same symbol combination will be stopped and displayed in the pseudo variation. If it is done, the occurrence of the high-probability mode is confirmed, and if the combination of the same symbols in the pseudo variation is again displayed, it is confirmed that the round game is performed 16 times if it is stopped and displayed. Further, the display surface 41a displays the content of the current round game (specifically, the content of "1R"), but the image does not overlap with the image for explanation. Is displayed in. During the explanation period, the speaker unit 54 may be configured to output a voice for explaining the above contents.

After that, when the explanation period ends or when the explanation period is canceled, the pseudo fluctuation is started as shown in FIG. The variable display direction and the variable display mode of the symbol in the pseudo-variation are different from the variable display direction and the variable display mode of the symbol in the game use effect, specifically, in the game use effect in the lateral direction. , Was scroll-displayed, the pattern is switched and displayed in the vertical direction in the pseudo variation. Since the variable display direction and the variable display mode of the symbols are different in this way, it is possible for the player to clearly distinguish between the pseudo-variation and the game diversion effect, and the player recognizes that the effect is different. Can be given to. However, the types of symbols that are variably displayed in the pseudo variation are the same as the types of symbols that are variably displayed on each of the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 in the game game effect. Further, the variable display image of this symbol is displayed so as not to overlap the image for displaying the number of times of execution of the round game.

It should be noted that only one of the variable display direction and the variable display mode of the symbols in the pseudo variation may be different from the game-use effect, or both may be the same as the game-use effect. Further, in addition to or instead of the variable display direction and the variable display mode of the symbol, the type of the symbol that is variably displayed may be different between the pseudo variation and the effect for game play.

In the pseudo variable times in which the same symbol combination is not stopped and displayed, as shown in FIG. 35(c), the same symbol combination is not stopped and displayed at the end. On the other hand, in the pseudo variable time when the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed, the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed at the end of the pseudo variable time as shown in FIG. 35(d). Further, if the pseudo-variable times are the first pseudo-variable times when the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed, the high-probability mode occurs at the same time as or after the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed. Is displayed. In addition, if the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed for the second pseudo-variable time, the occurrence of 16 rounds of games is confirmed in synchronism with or after the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed. Is displayed.

<Promotion production progresses>
Next, how the promotion effect proceeds will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. In addition, in FIG. 36, a case where the 16R high-precision jackpot result occurs will be described as an example.

FIG. 36A shows the case where the explanation period is not canceled, and FIG. 36B shows the case where the explanation period is cancelled. 36(a) shows the execution period of the 16R open/close execution mode, FIGS. 36(b) and 36(e) show the execution period of the explanation period, and FIGS. 36(c) and 36(f). Shows the execution period of the pseudo variation, and FIGS. 36(d) and 36(g) show the execution period of the normal effect.

First, a case where the explanation period is not canceled will be described with reference to FIG.

At the timing of t1 which is the timing after the same combination of even symbols is stopped and displayed in the game reproduction effect, as shown in FIG. 36(a), the opening/closing execution mode of 16R is started, and the symbol is On the display device 41, the opening effect is started. At the timing of t2 when this opening effect is finished, as shown in FIG. 36(b), the explanation period starts, and when the cancel operation of the explanation period is not performed, the explanation period continues until the timing of t3.

At the timing of t3 when the explanation period ends, as shown in FIG. 36C, the first pseudo fluctuation starts. Further, a new pseudo-variation is started at each of the timing of t4, the timing of t5, and the timing of t6, which are the timings after the immediately preceding pseudo-variation ends. That is, the pseudo variation is executed four times in this open/close execution mode. Since the opening/closing execution mode this time is triggered by the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, the combination of the same symbols is stopped and displayed at any one of the first to third pseudo-variable times, and the second to fourth times. In the pseudo variable times after the pseudo variable times in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed, the same symbol combination is again stopped and displayed. As a result, it is notified that the jackpot result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time was the high-probability jackpot result, and also that the 16R high-precision jackpot result was obtained.

After that, the final pseudo-variable time ends at the timing of t7, so that the normal effect is started as shown in FIG. 36(d). Then, the normal effect ends at the timing of t8, and at the timing of t9 after the ending effect ends, as shown in FIG. 36A, the opening/closing execution mode of this time ends.

Next, a case where the explanation period is canceled will be described with reference to FIG.

Similar to the case of FIG. 36(A), at the timing of t1 which is the timing after the same combination of the even symbols is stopped and displayed in the effect for game play, as shown in FIG. When the opening/closing execution mode is started, the opening effect is started in the symbol display device 41. At the timing of t2 when this opening effect is finished, as shown in FIG. 36(e), the explanation period is started.

The explanation period is canceled by operating the production operation unit 58 at the timing t11 which is a timing in the middle of the explanation period. In this case, in the canceled period, two pseudo variable times in which the same symbol combination is not stopped and displayed are added. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 36(f), the pseudo variable time starts at the timing of t11, and the new pseudo variable time starts at the timing of t12 which is the timing after the pseudo variable time ends. To be done. After the timing of t3, it is similar to the case of FIG.

In addition, the combination of the same symbols may be stopped and displayed in the pseudo variable times added due to the cancellation of the explanation period.

According to the first embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are exhibited.

In the shortened mode, the occurrence of the 16R high-accuracy large-hit result is confirmed when the display corresponding to the hit result is made in the game-use effect of the symbol display device 41. As a result, the player further expects that a display corresponding to the winning result will be made in the shortened mode. Therefore, the interest of the game can be improved.

In this case, in the shortened mode, the display continuation time of the effect for game play triggered by the hold information of the second special figure is likely to be shorter than that in the case not in the shortened mode. As a result, in the shortened mode, it is possible to increase the number of times the production for the game use per unit time is digested, it is possible to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game, and whether or not the display corresponding to the hit result is made. It is possible to repeatedly generate an opportunity to pay attention to the crab. Therefore, the interest of the game can be improved.

In the shortened mode, in the game result of the disengagement result triggered by the hold information of the second special diagram, the display continuation time shorter than that in the game time of the disengaged result is selected when not in the shortened mode. As a result, it is possible to end the game rehabilitation effect corresponding to the deviation result, which tends to be of less interest to the player when the deviation result frequently occurs. Therefore, it is possible to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game in the shortened mode, and it is possible to repeatedly generate an opportunity to pay attention to whether or not the display corresponding to the winning result is made in a short time. In addition, in the shortened mode, it is possible to suppress the feeling of delay in the game, and also from this point, it is possible to improve the interest of the game in the shortened mode.

In the game time of the disengagement result triggered by the hold information of the second special figure in the shortened mode, the reach variation in which the pattern is variably displayed in the final stop pattern row is not executed under the situation that the combination of the reach symbols is formed. .. As a result, it is possible to increase the number of times the game is executed per unit time in the shortened mode, to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game in the shortened mode, and whether or not a display corresponding to the hit result is made. It is possible to repeatedly generate an opportunity to pay attention to the crab.

In the shortened mode, the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result game times triggered by the hold information of the second special figure selects a shorter display continuation time than in other shortened game times. As a result, it is possible to give the player unexpectedness when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained, and the interest of the game is improved.

In the game mode of the 16R high-precision jackpot result triggered by the holding information of the second special map in the shortened mode, the display selected in the case of the game result of the deviation result triggered by the holding information of the second special diagram in the shortened mode A display duration less than or equal to the duration is selected. Generally, in the game times that result in a big hit, the display duration is selected longer than that in the game result that is a miss result, while in the game times that a 16R high-precision big hit result is a display continuation in the case of a miss result as described above. By selecting the display duration time that is less than or equal to the time, it is possible to give the player unexpectedness when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained, and the interest of the game is improved.

Further, according to this configuration, in a game time with a short display duration, there is a choice between a miss result and a 16R high-precision jackpot result, and the player's attention to the effect for the game time in the shortened mode is suitable. Can be increased to

In the game time of the 16R high-precision jackpot result triggered by the holding information of the second special figure in the shortened mode, the reach variation that the pattern is variably displayed in the final stop pattern row under the situation that the combination of reach symbols is formed Does not run. As a result, it is possible to give the player unexpectedness when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained, and the interest of the game is improved.

In addition, when the holding information of the second special figure is used as a trigger in the shortening mode, the reach fluctuation does not occur in the game times of the outlier result and the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result. As a result, in the game times in which the reach fluctuation does not occur, the result of the deviation and the 16R high-precision jackpot result are two alternatives, and it is possible to suitably raise the player's attention to the effect for the game times in the shortened mode. Become.

Even in the shortened mode, when the hold information of the first special figure is used as a trigger, the above-described selection of the display continuation time is not performed, and the reach variation may occur. As a result, the effect contents for the game use can be made different between when the hold information of the first special view is used as a trigger and when the hold information of the second special view is used as a trigger. It is possible to diversify the performance contents.

The shortened mode occurs under the condition that the support mode is the high-frequency support mode, but as a trigger for starting the game times, the holding information of the second special map corresponding to the second working opening 34 in which a prize is relatively likely to occur. Is prioritized over the reservation information of the first special map in which winning is relatively less likely to occur. As a result, even in the situation where the game ball is operated to aim for winning in the second operating port 34 in the shortened mode, even if winning in the first operating port 33 can occur, the second special figure The game times triggered by the hold information are preferentially executed, and it becomes easy to select a short display duration time in the shortened mode.

In the shortened mode, the 16R high-precision jackpot result game times triggered by the hold information of the second special map ends in the situation where the effect during shortening is executed, while the hold information of the second special map is used. The game times of the other jackpot results triggered by the game ends after the production during the shortening ends. Thereby, it becomes possible for the player to know whether or not the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is obtained depending on whether or not a game number corresponding to the jackpot result occurs during the shortening mode. Therefore, it is possible to improve the degree of attention of the player to the effect for game diversion in the shortened mode.

By performing the shortening effect on the symbol display device 41 in the shortening mode, the player can clearly recognize that the shortening mode is set. Further, it is possible to give the player an impression as if the time limit exists in the shortened mode, and it is possible to increase the player's attention to the shortened mode.

In the shortening effect, time display is performed as if counting up toward the effect reference time set when the shortening effect is started. This allows the player to recognize that the end timing of the shortened mode is approaching, and the player's attention to the shortened mode can be gradually increased.

The production reference time selected in the production during shortening corresponds to a plurality of times or more of the display continuation time selected in the game times of the deviation result triggered by the holding information of the second special figure in the shortening mode. .. As a result, it is possible to perform a plurality of game times in the shortening effect. In addition, the above-mentioned production reference time, the display continuation time selected in the game times of the deviation result triggered by the holding information of the second special drawing in the shortening mode, and the holding information that can be stored in the second special drawing holding area 126 It corresponds to a time equal to or more than the product of the upper limit number of and. As a result, it becomes possible for the player to recognize that the shortening effect will continue even if the number of times of the holding information of the upper limit number stored in the second special figure holding area 126 has been played, and the player can be recognized. It is possible to maintain the degree of attention to the production appropriately.

In a configuration in which the shortened mode is ended when a predetermined number of game times have been executed, the effect reference period is a game result of a deviation result or a 16R high-precision jackpot result triggered by the hold information of the second special figure in the shortened mode. It corresponds to the product time of the display continuation time (hereinafter referred to as the game time within the target and the other game times other than the target) and the number corresponding to the predetermined number of times. As a result, when the game times in the target are repeated in the shortened mode, it is possible to associate the display of the elapsed time in the shortening effect with the number of game times that can be executed in the shortened mode. Therefore, the player predicts the end timing of the shortening mode while confirming the effect during shortening, and it is possible to improve the degree of attention of the player to the effect during shortening.

The update timing of the time display in the effect during shortening is adjusted in relation to the number of times the game times are executed in the shortening mode. This makes it easy to associate the end timing of the shortening mode with the time display mode of the effect during shortening.

When the non-targeted game times are executed when the shortened mode is set, the start timing of the during-shortening effect is delayed until after the non-targeted game times are completed. As a result, it is prevented that the adjustment of the update timing of the time display in the effect during shortening is performed more than necessary. Therefore, it is possible to associate the ending timing of the shortening mode with the time display mode of the shortening effect while making it difficult for the player who sees the shortening effect to feel uncomfortable.

When the start timing of the effect during shortening is delayed as described above, the update timing of the time display of the effect during shortening is earlier than when the delay is not performed. This makes it easy to associate the end timing of the shortening mode with the time display mode of the effect during shortening even if the above delay occurs.

When a non-target game time occurs during the execution of the shortening effect, the update timing of the time display of the shortening effect is delayed as compared with the case where the non-target game time is not performed. As a result, even if a non-target game time occurs during the execution of the shortening effect, it becomes easy to associate the end timing of the shortening mode with the time display mode of the shortening effect.

When the content of the time display of the effect during shortening is the end content, the effect during shortening is ended even if the shortening mode is not ended. As a result, it is possible to prevent the execution period of the shortening effect from being unnecessarily extended for the purpose of associating the end timing of the shortening mode with the time display mode of the shortening effect.

When the game times which are hit results other than the 16R high-accuracy big hit result are executed at the timing when the shortening mode is set, the shortening effect is not started. By preventing the shortening effect from being started in such a situation, it is difficult for the player to feel uncomfortable.

In a structure where a pseudo change is performed after the explanation period in the special game state, it is possible to cancel the explanation period by confirming the effect of the explanation period or canceling the explanation period by enabling the cancel operation of the explanation period. It becomes possible. In particular, since the explanation period is a period during which the game contents are explained during the pseudo-variation period, a beginner player can easily understand the contents of the pseudo-variation while playing the game many times. The player who is playing can understand the contents of the pseudo variation without confirming the effect of the explanation period. In this case, by enabling the cancel operation in the explanation period, it becomes possible to execute the effect in a mode that is preferable for various players.

In the above configuration, when the cancel operation for the explanation period is performed, the execution mode of the pseudo variation executed thereafter is changed. As a result, the execution mode of the pseudo fluctuation is changed in association with the cancel operation of the explanation period, and the execution mode of the pseudo fluctuation can be diversified. Therefore, it becomes possible to preferably improve the interest of the game.

When the cancel operation of the explanation period is performed, the execution period of the pseudo fluctuation (the period during which the pseudo fluctuation is executed a plurality of times) is extended, so the cancel operation is performed for the player who pays attention to the pseudo fluctuation. By doing so, it becomes possible to confirm the pseudo fluctuation over a longer period.

When the cancel operation in the explanation period is performed, the execution mode of the pseudo fluctuation is changed according to the timing when the cancel operation is performed. As a result, it becomes possible to diversify the execution mode of the pseudo variation.

Even when the cancel operation of the explanation period is performed to change the execution mode of the pseudo variation, the explanation period and the period set as the period in which the pseudo variation is executed are not changed. As a result, it is possible to diversify the pseudo variation mode without changing the overall flow of the game.

When the cancel operation in the explanation period is performed, the number of executions of the pseudo variation may be changed and the effect contents of each pseudo variation may be changed. This makes it possible to diversify the change mode when changing the execution mode of the pseudo variation.

When the high probability mode is set after the opening/closing execution mode, the same symbol combination is displayed in the pseudo variation. As a result, whether or not the high-probability mode is set through the pseudo variation is notified, so that the player pays attention to the pseudo variation. In this case, when the cancel operation of the explanation period is performed as described above, the execution period of the pseudo fluctuation is extended, and thus the period during which the pseudo fluctuation that is noticed by the player is executed can be lengthened. Becomes

In the opening/closing execution mode in which the round game is performed 16 times, the execution period of the pseudo fluctuation is ended by the time the eighth round game is ended, and the same symbol combination is displayed twice in the pseudo fluctuation. As a result, whether or not the 16R opening/closing execution mode is set is notified through the pseudo fluctuation, so that the player pays attention to the pseudo fluctuation. In this case, when the cancel operation of the explanation period is performed as described above, the execution period of the pseudo fluctuation is extended, so that the pseudo fluctuation is executed for a long period within a limited time range. It becomes possible.

<Second Embodiment>
In this embodiment, the content of execution of the effect during shortening is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the processing configuration for executing the shortening effect will be described, which is different from the first embodiment. The description of the same configuration as the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing the confirmation process for holding notification, which is executed in the main MPU 62. In addition, the confirmation process for the hold notification is executed every time the special figure special power control process (FIG. 11) is activated during the period when the ending effect of the opening/closing execution mode is executed.

First, in step S2101, it is determined whether or not there is the hold information stored in the second special figure hold area 126, which is not the execution target of the confirmation process for the main hold notification. .. When a negative determination is made in step S2101, the present confirmation processing is ended as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made in step S2101, the process proceeds to step S2102.

In step S2102, it is determined whether or not the hit determination completed flag provided in the main RAM 64 is set to "1". The hit determination completion flag is a flag for the main MPU 62 to specify that the second special figure reservation area 126 stores a hit result or a small hit result other than the 16R high-precision big hit result. If an affirmative decision is made in step S2102, the present confirmation processing is ended, and if a negative decision is made in step S2102, the operation proceeds to step S2103.

In step S2103, among the reservation information stored in the second special figure reservation area 126 and not yet subjected to the confirmation processing for the main suspension notification, the digestion order is the trigger for executing the game times. The holding information on the front side is read out, and in the subsequent step S2104, the numerical value information acquired from the hit random number counter C1 is grasped among the read out holding information. Then, in step S2105, the win/loss table for the low probability mode is read from the main ROM 63, and the win/loss table is collated with the numerical information of the hit random number counter C1 grasped in step S2104. In step S2106, it is determined whether the matching result corresponds to the hit result.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S2106, it is determined in step S2107 whether or not the current hold information corresponds to the small hit result. When a negative determination is made in step S2107, the numerical information acquired from the jackpot type counter C2 is grasped in the hold information read in step S2103 in step S2108. Then, in step S2109, the distribution table for the second special figure is read from the main ROM 63, and the distribution table is collated with the numerical information of the jackpot type counter C2 grasped in step S2108. In step S2110, it is determined whether or not the matching result corresponds to the 16R high-precision jackpot result. If an affirmative decision is made in step S2110, then a hold pending command is transmitted to the sound/light side MPU 82 in step S2111.

If an affirmative judgment is made in step S2107 or a negative judgment is made in step S2110, "1" is set to the hit judgment completed flag of the main side RAM 64 in step S2112. When the process of step S2111 or step S2112 is executed, or when the negative determination is made in step S2106, "1" is set to the determined flag for the pending information which is the determination target of this time in step S2113. After that, this confirmation processing ends. The determined flag is a flag for the main MPU 62 to specify whether or not the reservation information stored in the second special figure reservation area 126 has been subjected to the confirmation process for the reservation notification. is there.

As described above, when the second special diagram reservation area 126 stores the reservation information corresponding to the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, the main internal MPU 62 is transmitted to the sound/light side MPU 82. As a result, in the sound-light side MPU 82, the execution content of the abbreviated midpoint production depending on whether or not the holding information corresponding to the 16R high-precision jackpot result is stored in the second special figure holding area 126 at the end of the opening/closing execution mode. Can be changed.

In step S2105, the win/loss table for the low probability mode is referenced regardless of whether or not the win/loss lottery mode after the current opening/closing execution mode is the high probability mode. Here, all the numerical information corresponding to the jackpot results defined in the winning/discarding table for the low probability mode are included in the numerical information corresponding to the jackpot results defined in the winning/discarding table for the high probability mode. Therefore, the pending information that is a jackpot result when the win/loss table for the low probability mode is referred to is also a jackpot result when the win/loss table for the high probability mode is referenced.

In addition, the production during the shortening is executed in the high-probability mode in the high-frequency support mode. In some cases when the pending information corresponding to the jackpot result is stored, the pending pending command is transmitted. As a result, it is possible to diversify the execution mode of the effect during shortening when the holding information corresponding to the 16R high-precision jackpot result is stored in the second special figure holding area 126 without executing the lottery process. Becomes

Further, in the second special diagram reservation area 126, when the reservation information of the digestion order is the front side, when the jackpot result or the small hit result other than the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is included, the reservation information of the digestion order thereafter is Even if it corresponds to the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, the pending hit command is not transmitted to the sound/light side MPU 82. As a result, when the effect content of the shortening effect is set in accordance with the reception of the pending winning command, it is possible to make the effect content exclusive for the next 16R high-accuracy jackpot result. ..

Next, the shortening mode starting process executed by the sound-light side MPU 82 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing for starting the shortened mode is executed in step S1108 of the main command corresponding processing (FIG. 19).

In step S2201, it is determined whether or not the shortening effect flag of the sound-light side RAM 84 is set to "1", and in step S2202, whether the shortening waiting flag of the sound-light side RAM 84 is set to "1". Determine whether or not. When an affirmative determination is made in either step S2201 or step S2202, after executing other processing in step S2203, the processing for starting the shortened mode is ended. In the other processing, the processing of steps S1511 to S1520 of the processing for starting the shortening mode (FIG. 25) in the first embodiment is executed.

When a negative determination is made in both step S2201 and step S2202, it is determined in step S2204 whether or not a shortening start command has been received from the main MPU 62. When a negative determination is made in step S2204, the processing for starting the shortening mode is directly terminated, and when an affirmative determination is made in step S2204, the process proceeds to step S2205.

In step S2205, "10" is set to the shortening digestion counter of the sound-light side RAM 84. In a succeeding step S2206, it is determined whether or not the current game time is triggered by the hold information of the first special figure by referring to the content of the variation command received this time. If an affirmative decision is made in step S2206, in step S2207, the shortening waiting flag of the sound-light side RAM 84 is set to "1", and then this shortening mode start processing is ended.

When a negative determination is made in step S2206, it is determined in step S2208 whether or not the current game time is a game time with a winning result other than the 16R high-accuracy large-hit result. If an affirmative decision is made in step S2208, the processing for starting the shortened mode is ended as it is. When a negative determination is made in step S2208, "1" is set to the shortening effect flag in step S2209. In a succeeding step S2210, it is determined whether or not the pending internal hit command has been received from the main MPU 62.

If a negative determination is made in step S2210, timer lottery processing is executed in step S2211. The timer lottery process is a process for deciding by lottery the production reference time to be displayed first in the countdown display on the symbol display device 41 in the production during shortening. In the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, in the shortening effect, the count-down display of the time display is executed instead of the count-up display of the time display. This allows the player to know what the effect reference time in the shortening effect is at the start of the shortening effect, and how much the countdown display progresses before the shortening effect ends. It is possible to grasp.

"10:00", "15:00", and "20:00" are set as the production reference times that can be selected in the timer lottery process, and in step S2211, one of these production reference times is set. Is selected. In a succeeding step S2212, the effect reference time corresponding to the lottery result in the step S2211 is set in the timer counter of the sound-light side RAM 84, and in a succeeding step S2213, the updating cycle setting process is executed. In the update period setting process, the current value of the timer counter is referenced to set a period for subtracting 1 from the value of the timer counter so that the value of the timer counter becomes “0” in 10 seconds. After that, in step S2214, the first shortening start command is transmitted to the display side MPU 92, and then the processing for starting the shortening mode is ended.

In the first shortening start command, data indicating that it is the first shortening start command, data indicating the effect reference time set in the timer counter in step S2212, and set in step S2213 are set. And data indicating the update cycle. Thereby, in the symbol display device 41, the countdown display is performed from the time display corresponding to the value set in step S2212, and the countdown display of the time display is performed at the update cycle set in step S2213. ..

On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in step S2210, in the hold information stored in the second special figure holding area 126, in step S2215, it is determined that the 16R high-precision large-hit result occurs before another hit result occurs. To allow the player to be notified that this will be the case, the effect reference time for winning within hold is selected. Specifically, the number of pieces of holding information currently stored in the second special figure holding area 126, and the game times and 16R high-precision jackpot results that result in a deviation when the holding information of the second special figure is used as a trigger. The production reference time corresponding to the product of 1 sec which is the display continuation time of the game times is selected. For example, when the upper limit number of reservation information is stored in the second special figure reservation area 126, "4:00" is selected. Then, a value corresponding to the selected effect reference time is set in the timer counter of the sound-light side RAM 84. In a succeeding step S2216, update period setting processing is executed. In the update period setting process, a period in which the value of the timer counter is decremented by 1 so that the value of the timer counter becomes “0” when the number of pieces of reservation information stored in the second special figure reservation area 126×1 sec. To set. After that, in step S2217, the second shortening start command is transmitted to the display side MPU 92, and then the processing for starting this shortening mode is ended.

In the second shortening start command, data indicating that it is the second shortening start command, data indicating the performance reference time set in the timer counter in step S2215, and set in step S2216 are set. And data indicating the update cycle. Thereby, in the symbol display device 41, the countdown effect is performed from the time display corresponding to the value set in the above step S2215, and the countdown display of the time display is performed at the update cycle set in the above step S2216. ..

According to the second embodiment described in detail above, during the ending period of the opening/closing execution mode, it is determined whether or not the holding information corresponding to the 16R high-precision jackpot result is stored in the second special figure holding area 126. If the hold information is stored, the effect reference time corresponding to it is selected. This makes it possible to notify that the pending information corresponding to the 16R high-precision jackpot result has already been reserved and stored, through the execution mode of the effect during shortening. Therefore, it is possible to increase the attention to the effect during shortening, and the interest of the game is improved.

In addition, in the configuration that performs the prior determination as to whether or not the hold information corresponding to the 16R high-precision jackpot result is stored as described above, when the hold information corresponding to the 16R high-precision jackpot result is stored, A configuration may be performed in which an effect indicating how many seconds the 16R high-precision jackpot result is generated is executed. In this case, the time for which the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is generated may be directly indicated, and it is indirectly indicated through execution of an effect that indicates that the time for the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result is approaching. It may be configured.

<Third Embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the effect contents executed by the symbol display device 41 are different from those in the first embodiment. Hereinafter, a processing configuration that enables execution of the different effect contents will be described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing the effect pattern determination processing executed by the sound-light side MPU 82. The effect pattern determination process is executed in step S1105 of the main command response process (FIG. 19).

First, in step S2301, by checking the flag provided in the sound-light side RAM 84, it is determined whether or not the situation is performing a mission effect on the symbol display device 41. The mission effect is an effect that is executed over a plurality of game times, informs the player of the effect contents to be made to appear in the symbol display device 41, and the mission effect is effective when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained. The effect contents are made to appear during the period, and when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is not obtained, the effect contents are not made to appear during the effective period of the mission effect.

When a negative determination is made in step S2301, the mission start lottery process is executed in step S2302. In the mission start lottery process, a lottery process for determining whether to start the mission effect is executed. The probability of being won in the mission start lottery process is 20% unless the game number is a 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, and 60% if it is a 16R high-accuracy jackpot result. The probability is arbitrary.

In a succeeding step S2303, it is determined whether or not the result of the lottery processing in the step S2302 is a start win of the mission effect. If a negative determination is made in step S2303, in step S2304, after selecting the effect pattern corresponding to the current display duration, the current game result, and the current stop symbol, the effect effect pattern determination process is ended. To do.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S2303, a mission content lottery process is executed in step S2305. In the lottery process, a lottery process for determining the type of effect content to be made to appear in the mission effect is executed. As the effect contents to be made to appear, contents such as "generate a reach effect in the main game time" and contents such as "display a predetermined character in the main game time" are set. Then, in step S2306, the sound/light side RAM 84 stores the effect content information corresponding to the result of the mission content lottery processing in step S2305.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S2301, or if the processing of step S2306 has been executed, then in step S2307, it is decided whether or not the current game round is a 16R high-precision jackpot result.

If a negative determination is made in step S2307, in step S2308, the effect contents presented to the player in the mission effect stored in the sound-light side RAM 84 are read out, and in the subsequent step S2309, the effect contents thereof. After selecting an effect pattern that does not include, the final effect pattern determination process ends. In selecting the effect pattern, the effect pattern corresponding to the display duration of the current game time, the current game result, and the stop pattern of the current game time is selected.

On the other hand, if an affirmative decision is made in step S2307, in step S2310 the effect contents presented to the player in the mission effect stored in the sound-light side RAM 84 are read out, and in the subsequent step S2311, the effect. After selecting the effect pattern including the contents, the process for determining the effect pattern is ended. In selecting the effect pattern, the effect pattern corresponding to the display duration of the current game time, the game result of this time, and the stop symbol of this time is selected.

According to the third embodiment described in detail above, in a situation where a mission effect is being executed, when the effect content presented in the mission effect occurs, not only a jackpot result but also 16R high accuracy The occurrence of jackpot results is confirmed. As a result, the player's attention to the mission effect can be increased, and the interest of the game can be improved.

In addition, when the mission effect is executed, a short period may be selected or a short period may be easily selected as the display duration of the game time. For example, the configuration may be such that the mission effect is started when the main MPU 62 is set to the shortened mode.

Further, in a situation where the mission effect is being executed, when the effect content presented in the mission effect occurs, a jackpot result other than the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result may occur, but a predetermined jackpot result does not occur. It may be configured.

Further, in a situation where the mission effect is being executed, when the effect content presented in the mission effect occurs, a predetermined jackpot result other than the most advantageous jackpot result may be generated, and it is the most advantageous. It may be configured to generate a jackpot result. For example, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which a jackpot result that becomes the low probability mode occurs after the opening/closing execution mode.

<Other Embodiments>
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the description of the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, you may change as follows. By the way, the configuration of the following another mode may be applied individually or in combination with the configuration of the above embodiment.

(1) The shortening mode does not end when a predetermined number of game times have been executed, but ends when an end target event such as a small hit result or a predetermined reach effect occurs. You can Further, for example, the process may be ended when a predetermined time has actually passed. In this case, the display time of the game times is shortened in the shortened mode, so that the frequency of execution of the game times in the shortened mode can be increased.

(2) Instead of the shortening mode, a longer time mode may be set in which the display duration of the game times is longer than in other cases. In this case, in the long-time mode, the reach effect is more likely to occur than in other cases, or the reach effect with a longer duration than in other cases is more likely to occur, so that the game can be used for game play. You can raise the attention to the production.

(3) The jackpot result that can occur in the situation where the effect during shortening is not limited to the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, and a predetermined jackpot result other than the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result may be generated. Of course, in a configuration in which three or more types of jackpot results are set, a part of these jackpot results and two or more types of jackpot results may be generated. In this case, the jackpot results of those two or more types are both set to be the jackpot results, and when the jackpot results are being executed in the situation where the effect during the shortening is performed, the occurrence of the jackpot probability is confirmed. Will be done. Further, the jackpot results of two or more types include both a jackpot result that is a high-probability mode and a jackpot result that is a low-probability mode, but a jackpot that corresponds to the occurrence of opening and closing execution modes of a predetermined number of round games or more. The configuration may be the result.

(4) Among various jackpot results, a jackpot result that becomes a low-probability mode after the opening/closing execution mode occurs in a situation where the effect during shortening is executed, whereas a jackpot result that becomes a high-probability mode after the opening/closing execution mode does not occur. May be In this case, the game is played while expecting that the jackpot result will not be obtained in the situation where the effect during shortening is being executed.

(5) In the shortening mode, even when the holding information of the first special diagram is used as a trigger, the reach effect may not be generated in the game times that result in the deviation. In this case, it is not necessary to greatly change the update timing of the time display even if the game times of the disengagement result triggered by the holding information of the first special figure are generated in the situation where the effect during the shortening is being executed. It is possible to suitably execute the middle presentation.

(6) In the shortened mode, when the game time is triggered by the holding information of the first special figure, the update of the time display in the effect during shortening is interrupted, and the game is triggered by the holding information of the second special figure. The configuration may be such that the update of the time display is restarted when the times are started. As a result, even if the game times triggered by the hold information of the first special figure are generated in the situation where the effect during shortening is being executed, it is not necessary to adjust the update timing of the time display, so that the processing configuration can be simplified. Planned.

(7) In the shortened mode, even if the game time is triggered by the hold information of the first special map, when the game continuation time of the game time is selected by the hold information of the second special map The configuration may be such that the same table is referenced. As a result, even if the game times triggered by the hold information of the first special figure are generated in the situation where the effect during shortening is being executed, it is not necessary to adjust the update timing of the time display, so that the processing configuration can be simplified. Planned.

(8) In the shortening effect of the first embodiment, instead of the time display being performed by counting up, the time display may be performed by counting down as in the case of the second embodiment. This makes it easier for the player to recognize the end timing of the effect during shortening.

(9) In the shortened mode, when a game time is triggered by the holding information of the first special diagram, instead of the configuration for changing the update timing of the time display of the shortening effect, the rendering reference time of the shortening effect May be changed. For example, when the game time is triggered by the holding information of the first special figure in the situation where the effect during shortening is being executed, the effect reference time is changed to a longer time in correspondence with the display continuation time. In the configuration, if a game time is triggered by the hold information of the first special diagram after the shortening mode is set and before the production during the shortening is started, the display duration is associated with the game time. A configuration in which the production reference time is changed to a shorter time is conceivable. As a result, the update timing of the time display can be associated with the actual elapsed time, and the time display can be visually recognized by the player without a sense of discomfort.

(10) In the production during shortening, instead of the display in which time elapses, the remaining number of continuations in the shortening mode may be displayed. That is, in the shortening effect, the timing for ending the shortening mode is displayed as it is. In this case, it is not necessary to adjust the update timing of the display content of the effect during shortening even if a game time is triggered during the shortening mode with the holding information of the first special diagram, so the process configuration can be simplified. To be

(11) In the shortened mode, in the game time of the 16R high-precision jackpot result triggered by the hold information of the second special map, the display duration is shorter than the game time of the deviation result triggered by the hold information of the second special map. May be selected or a short display duration may be easily selected. In this case, it is possible to further increase the unexpectedness when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is obtained.

(12) Instead of the configuration that is set to the shortening mode when the opening/closing execution mode that is the high-probability mode and becomes the high-frequency support mode is ended, for example, the configuration that is set to the shortening mode when a small hit result is obtained May be In this case, it is possible to increase the opportunity to set the shortened mode as compared with the above embodiments. In addition, for example, when a predetermined reach variation occurs in the game result of the deviation result, the shortened mode may be set after the end of the game time.

(13) The number of executions of the pseudo variation may be changed according to the time required for digesting the round game. For example, when it takes more than the reference time to digest a predetermined round game that has occurred during a period in which the pseudo variation can be executed, the number of executions of the pseudo variation may be increased according to the time. .. In this case, in the case of the opening/closing execution mode triggered by the high-precision jackpot result, if the initially set pseudo fluctuation does not include the pseudo fluctuation in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed, The combination of the same symbols may be stopped and displayed in the execution times of the pseudo variation to be increased. As a result, it is possible to increase the chance of executing a pseudo variation in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed.

(14) A configuration in which, when a cancel operation is performed in the explanation period, a pseudo variation execution time is simply added according to the period from the timing when the cancel operation is performed to the initial end timing of the explanation period. May be As a result, it is not necessary to change the execution mode of the pseudo variation that has already been determined, so that the processing configuration can be simplified.

In the configuration, a combination of the same symbols may not be stopped and displayed in the added pseudo variation, and according to the configuration, it is only necessary to add the pseudo variation of the deviation result, and thus it is already set. The process for adding the pseudo-variation may be performed without grasping the execution content of the pseudo-variation, and the processing configuration can be simplified.

On the other hand, even in the case of high-probability jackpot results, the number of times of pseudo-variations initially set does not include pseudo-variations in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed, or 16R high-precision jackpot results Even in such a case, if the pseudo fluctuations initially set include only one pseudo fluctuation in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed, the same pseudo fluctuations are added. The combination of symbols may be stopped and displayed.

(15) In the open/close execution mode of the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result, a pseudo variation in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed is executed twice to replace the configuration in which the open/close execution mode of 16R is notified. Then, depending on the type of the same symbol that is stopped and displayed in the pseudo-variation, it may be configured to notify whether the result is the 16R high-accuracy jackpot result or another high-accuracy jackpot result. For example, in the case of a 16R high-precision jackpot result, the same odd symbol combination is stopped and displayed, and in the case of another high-precision jackpot result, the same even symbol combination may be stopped and displayed.

(16) The pseudo variation in which the same symbol combination is stopped and displayed is executed twice, so that the high probability mode and the open/close execution mode of 16R are notified. It may be configured such that the 16R open/close execution mode is informed by the effect contents of one pseudo change.

(17) The pseudo variation may be executed during the game play, not in the opening/closing execution mode. For example, a pseudo variation may be generated in a predetermined reach effect, and even in this case, the cancel operation in the explanation period is possible, and the execution mode of the pseudo variation is changed in accordance with the cancel operation. It is preferable that

(18) Instead of or in addition to the shortened mode, during the period in which the game times are executed over the reference number of times defined as a plurality of times, the reach variation may be configured not to occur in the game times that result in the deviation. In this case, the occurrence of the jackpot result will be determined when the reach effect occurs in the period. In addition, in the period, the reach variation may not occur in the game game in which the jackpot result that is more advantageous than other jackpot results such as the 16R high-precision jackpot result occurs.

(19) The configuration may occur not only in the situation where the effect during shortening is in the shortening mode, but also in the situation where it is not in the shortening mode. For example, in one game time, the start of variable display of symbols and the stop of variable display of symbols in a predetermined mode on the symbol display device 41 occur a plurality of times, and the last variable time corresponds to the result of the hit/miss determination processing. When the stop result is displayed, the effect during shortening may be performed.

(20) When the hold information of the second special diagram is determined to be right or wrong, the small hit result may not occur. In this case, it is possible to increase the chances of occurrence of a situation in which the result of misplacement or the result of 16R high-precision jackpot is one of the alternatives in the production during shortening. In addition, the small hit result may not occur even if the winning/disabling determination is made for the hold information of the first special figure.

(21) Instead of transmitting the shortening start command from the main-side MPU 62 to the sound-light side MPU 82 at the start of the shortening mode, the shortening start command may not be transmitted. Even in this case, in the sound-light side MPU 82, since the game state after the opening/closing execution mode can be specified by the type command, the opening command, the ending command, etc., whether or not the shortened mode is used by using the specification result. By determining whether or not, it is possible to start the shortening effect independently.

(22) When the pending information of the second special symbol is used as a trigger to produce a 16R high-accuracy jackpot result in the situation where the effect during the shortening is being performed, in the symbol variation area G3 of the symbol display device 41, first two symbol strings are displayed. The variable display of the symbols may be stopped in the state where the same symbols are displayed, and thereafter, the variable display of the symbols in the remaining symbol rows may be stopped in the state where the same symbols are displayed.

(23) When the holding information of the second special symbol is used as a trigger in the situation where the effect is being shortened, and the result is a deviation, a combination of reach symbols is formed in the symbol variation area G3 of the symbol display device 41. It is also possible to have a configuration in which the reach variation in which the symbols are variably displayed in the one symbol display area may occur under the situation where there is. However, in order to make the time display in the shortening effect correspond to the display continuation time of the game result of the deviation result, the display continuation time of the game time in which the reach variation is executed is set in the shortening effect The time is preferably shorter than the reference time, and more preferably the same time (1 sec) as the display continuation time selected when the 16R high-precision jackpot result is triggered by the hold information of the second special map. ..

(24) Instead of the sub-side MPU 82 measuring the production reference time in the production during shortening, the display-side MPU 92 may perform the measurement. Further, the sub-side MPU 82 and the display-side MPU 92 may be respectively configured.

(25) When the update timing of the time display is changed in the effect during shortening, the time table corresponding to the update timing is displayed by changing the data table in the display side MPU 92, but instead of this, A series of moving image data for time display is set, and the update speed of the series of moving image data may be changed corresponding to the update timing. Further, a plurality of types of a series of moving image data for time display may be prepared corresponding to the update timing, and the moving image data to be used may be changed according to the change of the update timing.

(26) With respect to the display effect on the symbol display device 41 in the shortening effect, with respect to the time display after the decimal point, the numbers are displayed so as to switch at high speed, and each number is configured to be unrecognizable or difficult for the player to recognize. Regarding the time display of the integer part, the numbers may be switched according to the update timing so that each number can be recognized by the player. In this case, even if the update timing is changed, the time display of the integer part is not changed for the time display below the decimal point without changing the data setting for image display (data table contents or moving image contents). Only the image display data settings (data table contents or moving image contents) may be changed according to the update timing. With this configuration, when the content of the time display is changed according to the update timing, it is possible to reduce the amount of data to be switched.

(27) When the number of game times triggered by the holding information of special figure 1 occurs as a plurality of limited times, the production during shortening may be stopped, and the game times triggered by the holding information of special figure 1 may be used. May be configured to stop the production during shortening when the number of times is continuous for a limited number of times. In this case, it is possible to execute the shortening effect while preventing the player from feeling uncomfortable.

(28) When a game time corresponding to a hit result other than the 16R high-accuracy big hit result or a game time in which an out-reach variation occurs occurs in the middle of the production during the shortening, the symbol variation region is set in the region set as the time region G2. While G3 is set, the time area G2 is set in the area set as the symbol variation area G3, and the variable display of the symbols is performed in the same manner as the situation in which the shortening effect is not executed in the symbol variation area G3. It may be configured to be opened. In this case, in the time area G2, the time display at the already set update timing is continued, and when it is the timing to end the time display, the timing in the middle of the symbol variable display in the symbol variation area G3. Alternatively, an image indicating that the time display has ended may be additionally displayed at the timing when the reach effect is being executed.

(29) In each of the above-described embodiments, the game time triggered by the hold information of the second special map is not started in the situation where the game time triggered by the hold information of the first special map is being executed. In the situation where the game times triggered by the hold information of the second special map are being executed, the game times triggered by the hold information of the first special map are not started, but instead of this, the first special map At least a part of the game times triggered by the hold information and the game times triggered by the hold information of the second special figure may be configured to be overlapped.

(30) The number of times of opening and closing and the opening mode of the special electric winning device 32 in the opening/closing execution mode of each pattern are not limited to those in each of the above-described embodiments, and the operations individually described in each of the above-described embodiments. It is optional as long as it can exhibit at least one of the effects.

Further, the upper limit number of each round game is not limited to that in each of the above-described embodiments, and is arbitrary as long as at least one of the effects individually described in each of the above-described embodiments can be achieved. Is. Furthermore, the upper limit number may be different depending on the type of the round number defining mode, or the upper limit number may be different between round games of the same round number defining mode.

Further, the opening mode by the short time mode is not limited to the one in each of the above-described embodiments, and is a time equal to or longer than the firing cycle of the game ball and the firing cycle of the game ball×n (n=1, 2, (Any of 3) or less may be set. In addition, although the prize can be generated in the special electric prize winning device 32 substantially by making the opening duration longer than the firing cycle of the game ball, the opening duration is the firing cycle of the gaming ball and the upper limit number during the round game. The embodiment may be shorter than the product of and, and may be the same. Even in this case, in a situation where the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened in a short time mode, the possibility that the upper limit number of winnings of the round game is won for the special electric prize winning device 32 is reduced.

(31) In the round game in which only the special electric winning device 32 is opened in a short time mode, the upper limit is set instead of the configuration in which the winning of the upper limit number of game balls set for the round game does not substantially occur. It may be configured such that winning of a certain number of game balls can occur. For example, the opening duration of the special prize winning device 32 is set to a time longer than the game cycle of the game ball (for example, in the range of 0.6 sec to 64 sec), and the opening and closing of the special prize winning device 32 according to the opening duration and the opening mode. The product of the number of times is set to be the same as or substantially the same as the product of the firing cycle of the game ball and the upper limit number of round games, or 1 to 2 times or 1 to 3 times the product. Is set to the value of. In this case, depending on the flow-down mode of the game balls in the game area, the winning of the upper limit number of gaming balls may not occur, or the winning may occur.

(32) As a short-time mode, a plurality of types of short-time modes may be set so that the special electric winning device 32 has the same operation mode although the exact opening duration is different. For example, the opening and closing execution mode corresponding to the implicit big hit result and the opening and closing execution mode corresponding to the small hit result are similar in appearance behavior of the special electric prize winning device 32, but are selected in each opening and closing of the special electric prize winning device 32. The type of the short-time mode may be different.

(33) While the open/close execution mode is being executed, the high-probability flag may be set to “0” regardless of the content of the high-probability flag before shifting to the open/close execution mode. In this case, the win/loss lottery mode is set to the low probability mode during the opening/closing execution mode. Further, the timing of clearing the high probability flag to “0” may be the timing at which stop display is started in the special figure display portions 37a and 37b in a mode corresponding to the shift to the open/close execution mode. It may be the start timing of the mode, the timing in the middle of the opening time of the opening/closing execution mode, or the end timing of the opening effect in the opening/closing execution mode. However, in the configuration, when the game state transition process is executed at the end of the opening/closing execution mode, it is not possible to determine the win/loss lot selection mode before the switching to the opening/closing execution mode from the content of the high probability flag. Therefore, at the time of shifting to the opening/closing execution mode, it is preferable to execute a storage process of data that makes it possible to specify the win/loss lottery mode before shifting to the opening/closing execution mode.

(34) While the open/close execution mode is being executed, the high frequency support flag may be set to “0” regardless of the contents of the high frequency support flag before the shift to the open/close execution mode. Even in this case, the support mode is set to the low frequency support mode during the open/close execution mode. Further, the timing of clearing the high-frequency support flag to “0” may be the timing at which stop display is started in the special figure display units 37a and 37b in a mode corresponding to the shift to the open/close execution mode. It may be the start timing of the execution mode, the timing in the middle of the opening time of the opening/closing execution mode, or the end timing of the opening effect of the opening/closing execution mode. However, in this configuration, when the game state transition process is executed at the end of the open/close execution mode, the support mode before the transition to the open/close execution mode cannot be determined from the contents of the high frequency support flag. Therefore, at the time of shifting to the open/close execution mode, it is preferable to execute a data storage process that enables specification of the support mode before the shift to the open/close execution mode.

(35) While the special electric prize winning device 32 is closed, the special electric prize winning device 32 is completely closed. However, a part of the special electric prize winning device 32 may not be closed. In this case, a game ball may be won in the special electric prize winning device 32 through a part of the area even if it is closed, and it is closed because a part of the area is narrower than the game ball. The game ball may not be awarded to the special electric prize winning device 32.

(36) Instead of the configuration in which the game balls cannot be won in the second operating port 34 while the universal electric object 34a is closed, the second operating port 34 is opened even when the universal electric object 34a is closed. The game ball may be won. However, the easiness of winning the prize needs to be lower than that during the opening of the general electric accessory 34a.

(37) As the winning/discarding lottery mode, not only the high-probability mode and the low-probability mode but also the medium-probability mode that has a lower probability of being a jackpot than the high-probability mode and a higher probability of being a jackpot than the low-probability mode exist. It may be configured to have. Examples of the medium-probability mode include a jackpot winning probability in the high-probability mode (for example, 1/n n is an integer of 1 or more) and a winning probability in the low-probability mode (for example, 1/m m is 1 or more). An intermediate probability (for example, 1/(n+(m−n)/2)) with an integer m>n), a higher probability than the intermediate probability, or a lower probability than the intermediate probability. Good.

(38) As the support mode, not only the high-frequency support mode and the low-frequency support mode, but the winning frequency to the second working port 34 is lower than that in the high-frequency support mode, and the second working port 34 to the second working port 34 is lower than in the low-frequency support mode. The configuration may be such that there is a medium frequency support mode with a high winning frequency.

(39) The operation means capable of notifying that the high probability mode is set is not limited to the symbol display device 41 in which the variable display of the symbol is performed at each game time, and is dedicated to the notification. Display device, a movable decorative member, or a light emitting unit such as an LED.

(40) As an opening mode of the special electric winning device 32, there may be a configuration in which an opening duration time is shorter than a long time mode and longer than a short time mode.

(41) Instead of arranging a plurality of operating ports in parallel vertically, the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 may be arranged side by side, and both operating ports are diagonally arranged. It may be arranged in parallel with each other. Furthermore, depending on the operation mode of the firing operation device 28, both the working ports 33, 34 are arranged apart from each other so that only the winning in the first working port 33 or only the winning in the second working port 34 can be aimed. It may be configured.

(42) The hold information acquired when the winning of the first operating port 33 is generated and the hold information acquired when the winning of the second operating port 34 is generated may not be stored separately. .. Further, the configuration is not limited to the configuration in which the hold information on the second operating port 34 side is preferentially consumed, and conversely, the configuration in which the pending information on the first operating port 33 side is preferentially consumed. A configuration may be applied in which the first operation port 33 and the second operation port 34 are used in the order of acquisition regardless of whether they are the first operation port 33 or the second operation port 34.

(43) The case where the hold information acquired due to the occurrence of a prize in the first working opening 33 is the target of the winning/disapproval judgment, and the hold information acquired due to the occurrence of a prize in the second working opening 34 It may be configured such that the distribution mode of the jackpot result is the same as that in the case where is the target of the hit determination.

(44) Instead of the configuration in which the display control device 90 is controlled by the sound emission control device 80 based on the command transmitted from the main control device 60, the display control is performed based on the command transmitted from the main control device 60. The device 90 may control the audio emission control device 80. Further, instead of the configuration in which the sound emission control device 80 and the display control device 90 are separately provided, both control devices may be provided as one control device, and the function of one of the both control devices may be provided. May be integrated in the main control device 60, and both functions of both control devices may be integrated in the main control device 60. Further, the configuration of the command transmitted from the main control device 60 to the voice emission control device 80 and the configuration of the command transmitted from the voice emission control device 80 to the display control device 90 are also arbitrary.

(45) The device for executing the game-use effect is not limited to the symbol display device 41, and the game-use effect is executed by the operation of the movable decorative member. Alternatively, the game light effect may be executed by turning on a predetermined light emitting unit, or the game time effect may be executed by a combination of all or some of the above-described aspects. Good.

(46) The device in which the effect for playing the game is executed may be different from the device in which the effect for the opening/closing execution mode is executed.

(47) In the above embodiment, the stop result corresponding to each game result is displayed on the special figure display portions 37a and 37b, but instead of this, the special figure display portions 37a and 37b may be omitted. Well, it may be configured that the common stop result is displayed on the special figure display portions 37a and 37b regardless of the game result, and the stop result is randomly displayed on the special figure display portions 37a and 37b. As a result, it may be configured such that the game result cannot be identified from the display of the special figure display portions 37a and 37b. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the special figure display units 37a and 37b repeat the display of a predetermined pattern regardless of the results of the hit/miss determination and the distribution determination, so that the reach display and the reach effect are not executed, and the final display is performed. Although the result of the winning/disapproval determination and the sorting determination is notified based on the various stop results, the reach display and the reach effect may be performed on the special figure display portions 37a and 37b, and the game time at which the reach effect occurs. Then, a stop result different from the game time in which the reach effect is not generated may be displayed on the special figure display portions 37a and 37b.

(48) Other types of pachinko machines different from the above embodiments, such as a pachinko machine in which an electric accessory opens a predetermined number of times when a game ball enters a specific area of a special device, or a game ball in a specific area of a special device. The present invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine in which a right is generated and a big hit occurs, a pachinko machine provided with other accessory, an arrangement ball machine, a game machine such as a sparrow ball.

Further, a non-ball-ball type gaming machine, for example, a plurality of reels provided with a plurality of types of symbols in the circumferential direction is provided, rotation of the reel is started by inserting a medal and operating a start lever, and a stop switch is operated. After the reels stop after a predetermined time has elapsed, if a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on the effective line visible from the display window, a bonus such as payout of medals is given to the player. The present invention can also be applied to a slot machine.

Further, the game machine main body supported by the outer frame to be openable and closable is provided with a storage part and a loading device, and the start lever is operated after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage part are loaded by the loading device. The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are combined, in which the rotation of the reel is started by doing so.

<Regarding invention groups extracted from the above embodiments>
The features of the invention group extracted from each of the above-described embodiments will be described below, showing effects and the like as necessary. It should be noted that, in the following, for ease of understanding, the configurations corresponding to the above-described embodiments are appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but the present invention is not limited to the specific configurations shown in brackets or the like.

<Feature A group>
Features A1. A privilege lottery executing means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to give a privilege to the player (a function of executing a win/fail judgment process and a distribution judgment process in the main MPU 62);
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the player according to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing (function for executing special figure finalizing processing and game state transition processing in the main MPU 62);
Game time control means (sound light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92) for controlling the effect execution means (symbol display device 41) so as to be in a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing after the game use effect is started. When,
In a gaming machine equipped with
When a specific type of privilege (16R high-accuracy jackpot result) is given, a specific event occurs in the game recall effect, and when the specific type of privilege is not granted, the specific event occurs in the game recall effect. Production setting means (a function of executing the processing of step S1507 and step S1513 in the sound-light side MPU 82) for performing a specific production (production during shortening) that does not occur;
Period setting means for making the period selected as the continuation period of the game reproduction effect or the period easily selectable different in the specific state and the case not in the specific state (display continuation time acquisition processing in the main MPU 62). Function to execute)
Equipped with
A game machine characterized in that the specific effect can be performed at least in the specific state.

According to the characteristic A1, since a specific type of privilege is given when a specific event occurs in a situation where the specific effect is being executed, the player causes the specific event when the specific effect is being executed. The game will be played while expecting that it will not occur, or the interest of the game can be improved.

Further, the selection mode of the duration period of the game reproducible effect is changed depending on whether the specific effect is executed or not. As a result, it is possible to give a difference to the number of times of digestion of the game rehabilitation effect per unit time, such as increasing or decreasing the number of times of digestion of the game rehabilitation effect per unit time in the situation where the specific effect is being executed. It will be possible. For example, by increasing the number of times the game re-use production is digested per unit time, it is possible to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game, and repeat the opportunity to pay attention to whether a specific event occurs in a short time. It becomes possible. In addition, for example, by reducing the number of times the game-use effect is digested per unit time, it becomes possible to increase the degree of attention in each game-use effect whether or not a specific event occurs.

From the above, it is possible to preferably improve the interest of the game.

Feature A2. The specific type of privilege is an advantageous privilege for the player,
The specific event is a mode (mode in which a combination of the same symbols is stopped and displayed) in which the effect execution means in the game reproductive effect corresponds to the result of the privilege lottery process being a privilege granting corresponding result. The gaming machine described in the feature A1.

According to the characteristic A2, when the special effect is executed, if the aspect corresponding to the result of the privilege granting is achieved as the game rehearsal effect, the granting of the specific type of privilege is confirmed. As a result, when the specific effect is executed, the player further expects to generate the game repurpose effect as the result of the privilege grant corresponding, and accordingly, the degree of attention to the game repurpose effect is increased. Therefore, the interest of the game can be improved.

Features A3. The privilege includes a predetermined type of privilege (8R high-accuracy jackpot result, 8R low-accuracy jackpot result) in which the specific type of privilege is more advantageous to the player,
In the case where the particular type of privilege is awarded and when the predetermined type of privilege is awarded, the game time control means sets a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing performed in the game game production. The gaming machine according to Feature A2, which is provided with a unit (a function of executing the process of step S1104 in the sound-light side MPU 82) that makes it impossible for the player to identify which of the two.

According to the characteristic A3, when the specific effect is not executed, it is unclear whether the specific type of privilege is given or whether the predetermined type of privilege is given only by confirming the game reproduction effect. As a result, the player expects that a specific type of privilege will be awarded in the case of a mode corresponding to the privilege grant in the game reproducible effect. On the other hand, when the specific effect is being executed, it is possible to clearly recognize that the special type of privilege is awarded, because the game reproductive effect is in a mode corresponding to the privilege grant. As a result, the contents that can be grasped by the player will be different depending on whether or not the special effect is performed and the game diversification effect is in a mode corresponding to the awarding of benefits. It is possible to add an intonation to the expectation that the mode will correspond to the granting of the privilege in the production effect. Therefore, the interest of the game can be improved.

Features A4. The period setting means is characterized in that, in the specific state, it is easier to select a short period or a short period as the duration of the game rendition, as compared with the case where the specific state is not set. The gaming machine according to any one of A1 to A3.

According to the feature A4, it is possible to increase the number of times of digesting the game-use effect per unit time when the specific effect is being executed. As a result, it is possible to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game, and it is possible to repeatedly generate an opportunity to pay attention to whether or not a specific event occurs in a short time.

Features A5. In the case where the game lottery effect corresponding to the result of the privilege lottery process being a deviation result is executed in the specific state, the period setting means sets the display continuation time of the game lottery effect to the display continuation time. When it is not in a specific state, a disconnection selecting unit that selects a duration shorter than the duration selected in the game rendition corresponding to the disconnection result (processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main MPU 62) The game machine according to any one of the features A1 to A4.

According to the characteristic A5, it is possible to end the game reproductive effect corresponding to the deviation result which is likely to be less interesting to the player. As a result, it is possible to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game when the specific effect is being executed, and it is possible to repeatedly generate an opportunity to pay attention to whether or not a specific event occurs in a short time. Further, it is possible to suppress the feeling of delay in the game when the specific effect is being executed, and from this point also, it is possible to improve the interest of the game when the specific effect is being executed.

Features A6. In the case where the game time control means executes the game time effect corresponding to the result of the privilege lottery process being a deviation result in the specific state, a combination of reach patterns is formed. It is provided with a selection unit (a function for executing the processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main MPU 62) that does not select the effect contents in which the reach variation in which the patterns are variably displayed in the final stop pattern row is executed below. The gaming machine according to any one of the features A1 to A5.

According to the characteristic A6, since the reach variation does not occur in the game use effect that is the deviation result, it is possible to increase the number of times of the game use effect per unit time when the specific effect is executed. .. As a result, it is possible to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game when the specific effect is being executed, and it is possible to repeatedly generate an opportunity to pay attention to whether or not a specific event occurs in a short time.

Features A7. The period setting means, when the result of the privilege lottery process in the specific state is to execute the game reproductive effect corresponding to the grant of the specific type of privilege, in the specific state, other Specific type selection means (a function of executing the processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main MPU 62) for selecting a duration shorter than the duration selected in the game reproductive effect corresponding to the granting of a type of privilege. The gaming machine according to any one of features A1 to A6, which is characterized by being provided.

According to the characteristic A7, when a specific type of privilege is given in the case where the specific effect is being executed, the game duration effect is selected to have a short duration. As a result, it is possible to give the player unexpectedness when a specific type of privilege is granted, and the interest of the game is improved.

Feature A8. In the case of the specific state, in the case of the specific state, if the result of the privilege lottery process in the specific state is to perform the game reproductive effect corresponding to the grant of the specific type of privilege Characteristic A7 characterized in that a duration less than or equal to the duration selected in the game diversion effect corresponding to the result of the privilege lottery process being a miss result is selected or selectable. Amusement machine.

According to the feature A8, in general, a longer duration is selected in the game diversion effect to which a benefit is given than in the game diversion effect as a result of the deviation, whereas it is specified when the specific effect is executed. In the game diversion effect to which the special privilege of the type is given, since the continuation period that is equal to or shorter than the continuation period selected in the game diversion effect of the disagreement result is selected, the unexpectedness in the case where the special type of privilege is granted is played. It is possible to give to a player, and the interest of the game can be improved.

In particular, in the case where the configuration limited by the characteristic A5 is provided, when a game reproducible effect with a short duration occurs, the result of deviation and a specific type of privilege are two options, and a specific effect. When is executed, it is possible to preferably increase the degree of attention of the player to the game diversion effect.

Features A9. When the game lot control means is in the specific state and the result of the privilege lottery process is the game game production corresponding to the grant of the specific type of privilege, a combination of reach patterns is formed. In the situation where there is a final stop, the pattern is variably displayed in the final stopped pattern row, and a selection unit (a function for executing the processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main side MPU 62) that does not select the effect contents to be executed is provided. The gaming machine according to any one of the features A1 to A8.

According to the characteristic A9, when the specific effect is executed, the special type of privilege is given without the reach variation, so that the player is provided with a surprise when the specific type of privilege is given. It becomes possible.

In particular, when the configuration limited by the characteristic A6 is provided, the reach variation does not occur in the game rehabilitation effect resulting from the deviation and the game rehabilitation effect corresponding to the granting of a specific type of privilege. As a result, in the game reproductive effect in which the reach variation does not occur, the result of deviation and the specific type of privilege are two alternatives, and the player's attention degree to the game reproducible effect is suitable when the specific effect is executed. Can be increased to

Feature A10. A first acquisition unit that acquires the first predetermined information when the first acquisition condition is satisfied (a function that executes the process of step S301 when a winning of the first operation port 33 in the main MPU 62 occurs);
A second acquisition unit that acquires the second predetermined information when the second acquisition condition is satisfied (a function that executes the process of step S301 when a winning of the second operation port 34 in the main MPU 62 occurs);
Equipped with
As the privilege lottery processing, the privilege lottery execution means makes a determination of grant of a privilege on the first predetermined information acquired by the first acquisition means, and the second predetermined information acquired by the second acquisition means. It is to determine whether or not to grant benefits to information,
In the specific state, the period setting means determines the grant determination for the first predetermined information as a continuation period of the game reproduction effect corresponding to the determination for the grant for the second predetermined information. The gaming machine according to any one of features A1 to A9, characterized in that it is easy to select a period shorter than or a period shorter than the continuation period of the game diversion effect corresponding to what has been performed. ..

According to the characteristic A10, it is possible to give a difference in the selection of the duration period of the game reproduction effect between the first predetermined information and the second predetermined information.

Feature A11. It is provided with a first ball entering portion (first operating port 33) and a second ball entering portion (second operating port 34) into which game balls can enter.
The first acquisition means acquires the first predetermined information when a game ball enters the first ball entering portion,
The second acquisition means acquires the second predetermined information when a game ball enters the second ball entering portion,
It is equipped with an acceptance control means (a function of executing the universal figure/universal electric power control process in the main side MPU 62) for setting the second ball entering portion to an open state or a closed state,
The acceptance control means, as a switching mode for switching the second ball entering portion to each of the open state and the closed state, there is a relative chance that the open state does not occur or the open state per unit time is reached. It has at least a low low-frequency switching mode (low-frequency support mode) and a high-frequency switching mode (high-frequency support mode) in which the chance of being in the open state per unit time is relatively high,
In the specific state, the switching mode is the high frequency switching mode,
Even in a situation where the first predetermined information acquired earlier than the second predetermined information is stored on hold, when the second predetermined information is acquired, the second predetermined information is transferred first. The gaming machine according to Feature A10, which is provided with a priority unit (a function of executing a data setting process in the main MPU 62) that is a target of the grant determination.

According to the characteristic A11, the game ball can enter the first ball entering part instead of the second ball entering part even in the specific state of the high frequency switching mode depending on the flow down mode of the game ball. Since the predetermined information is prioritized over the first predetermined information as a start timing of the game reproduction effect, it is easy to execute the game reproduction effect for a short duration period when the specific effect is executed.

With respect to the configuration of the characteristic A11, “the privilege lottery execution means targets the second predetermined information for the grant determination more than the case where the first predetermined information is the target for the grant determination. In this case, the advantage that is advantageous to the player is given or is easily given.” may be applied. In this case, it is possible to enhance the merit that the second predetermined information is preferentially used as a start trigger.

Feature A12. The period setting means,
When the result of the privilege lottery process in the specific state is a result corresponding to the granting of the specific type of privilege, the specific effect ends as the duration of the game reproducible effect corresponding to the privilege lottery process. First setting means (a function of executing the processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main MPU 62) that can set a continuation period before the game reproductive effect ends,
In the specific state, when the result of the privilege lottery process is a result corresponding to the granting of a predetermined type of privilege (8R high-accuracy jackpot result, etc.) different from the specific type of privilege, the privilege lottery process is performed. Second setting means for setting the continuation period of the game reproduction effect to the continuation period after the specific effect ends and the game reproduction effect ends (function of executing steps S1307 to S1309 in the main MPU 62) When,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features A1 to A11, which is characterized by comprising:

According to the feature A12, whether the game is a specific type of privilege or a predetermined type of privilege is determined depending on whether or not the game diversion effect in a mode corresponding to the privilege grant is performed when the specific effect is executed. Can be grasped by the person. As a result, it is possible to improve the player's attention to the game diversion effect when the specific effect is being executed.

Features A13. The gaming machine according to any one of features A1 to A12, wherein the particular type of privilege is the most advantageous privilege for a player.

According to the characteristic A13, a game is played while expecting a specific event to occur when the specific effect is being executed.

Feature A14. The privilege lottery execution means has at least a high-probability mode and a low-probability mode as a lottery mode of the privilege lottery process so that the probability of being a privilege grant result is relatively high or low,
The specific type of privilege is a privilege in which the lottery mode becomes a high-probability mode after the corresponding game diversion effect is finished,
Any one of the characteristics A1 to A13 characterized in that the privilege different from the specific type of privilege includes a privilege in which the lottery mode becomes the high-probability mode after the corresponding game reproductive effect is completed. Gaming machine described in.

According to the characteristic A14, the player will play the game while expecting a specific event to occur when the specific effect is being executed. Further, even if the specific event does not occur when the specific effect is being executed, the opportunity to enter the high-probability mode is guaranteed, so the specific event does not occur when the specific effect is being executed. Even in this case, it is possible to prevent the player's motivation to continue the game from decreasing.

Feature A15. A variable ball entering means (special electric prize winning device 32) provided so that a game ball flowing down in the game area can enter and is switchable between an open state and a closed state,
Variable ball control means for controlling the opening and closing of the variable ball means (function of executing the processing of steps S309 to S312 in the main MPU 62),
Equipped with
The privilege granting means shifts the gaming state to a special game state (opening/closing execution mode) in which the opening/closing control is executed, as the grant of the privilege, when the prize corresponding to the prize is selected in the privilege lottery process. ,
Any of the features A1 to A14, wherein the particular type of privilege is a privilege that has a higher expectation of a game ball entering the variable ball entering means during the special game state than in the case of other privileges. The gaming machine described in 1.

According to the characteristic A15, since a player generally plays a game while expecting a more advantageous special game state to occur, it is possible that a specific event occurs when a specific effect is executed. You will be playing with expectations.

Feature A16. As the specific effect, the effect setting means causes a time-lapse effect (shortening effect) in which a time display is performed as time elapses, and when the specific state ends, the time Features A1 to A1, which are characterized by including time effect control means (a function of executing processing for shortening mode start and processing in the shortening mode in the sound-light side MPU 82, a display side MPU 92) for ending the progress effect. The gaming machine according to any one of A15.

According to the characteristic A16, the player can clearly recognize that the player character is in the specific state by performing the time passage effect in the specific state. Further, it is possible to give the player the impression that the time limit exists in the specific state, and it is possible to increase the player's attention to the specific state.

Feature A17. The time effect control means displays a time display as if it is counting up toward a predetermined number set when the time passage effect is started, or a time display as if counting down from a predetermined number. The gaming machine according to feature A16, which is intended to be performed.

According to the characteristic A17, it is possible to let the player recognize that the end timing of the specific state is approaching, and it is possible to gradually increase the player's attention to the specific state.

Feature A18. In the case where the game lottery effect corresponding to the result of the privilege lottery process being a deviation result is executed in the specific state, the period setting means specifies the display continuation time of the game lottery effect. When it is not in the state, the disconnection selecting means for selecting a specific duration shorter than the duration selected in the game rendition corresponding to the disconnection result (the processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main MPU 62) Function to execute
The gaming machine according to Feature A17, wherein the predetermined number is a number corresponding to a period that is a multiple of the specific duration or more.

According to the characteristic A18, it is possible to perform the game reproductive effect a plurality of times in the situation where the time-lapse effect is being performed.

Features A19. An acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information when the acquisition condition is satisfied (a function that executes the process of step S301 when a winning of the second operation port 34 in the main MPU 62 occurs);
An acquired information storage unit (second special view reservation area 126) that stores the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit with a specific number defined as a plurality of numbers as an upper limit;
Equipped with
The gaming machine according to feature A17 or A18, wherein the predetermined number is a number corresponding to a period equal to or greater than the specific number of times the specific duration.

According to the characteristic A19, it is possible to let the player recognize that the time-lapse effect will continue even if the game diversion effect for the specific number of predetermined information stored in the acquired information storage means is performed. It is possible to maintain the degree of attention to the time-lapse effect in a suitable manner.

Feature A20. Equipped with an ending means (a function of executing a mode transition process in the main MPU 62) for ending the specific state when the game reproductive effect is executed a predetermined number of times in the specific state,
As the game rendition that occurs in the specific state, there are a game rendition in the target whose duration is a predetermined period and a non-target game rendition whose duration is not the predetermined period,
The gaming machine according to any one of features A17 to A19, wherein the predetermined number is a number corresponding to a time obtained as a result of integrating the predetermined period by a number corresponding to the predetermined number of times.

According to the characteristic A20, when the game in-game effect in the target is repeated in the specific state, it is possible to associate the display of the elapsed time in the time-lapse effect with the number of times of the game in-use effect executable in the specific state. It will be possible. As a result, the player predicts the end timing of the specific state while checking the time passage effect, and it is possible to improve the player's attention to the time passage effect.

Feature A21. Equipped with an ending means (a function of executing a mode transition process in the main MPU 62) for ending the specific state when the game reproductive effect is executed a predetermined number of times in the specific state,
The time effect control means adjusts the update timing of the time display in the time elapsed effect in accordance with the execution status of the game reproduction effect in the specific state (update step S1508, step S1515 in the sound-light side MPU 82). And a function of executing the process of step S1519), The gaming machine according to any one of features A16 to A20.

According to the feature A21, the update timing of the time display in the time passage effect is adjusted in accordance with the execution status of the game diversion effect in the specific state, so that the end timing of the specific state and the time display mode of the time passage effect are changed. It becomes easy to associate.

Feature A22. The time effect control means displays a time display as if it is counting up toward a predetermined number set when the time passage effect is started, or a time display as if counting down from a predetermined number. To be done,
The update adjustment means adjusts the update timing of the time display based on the relationship between the information corresponding to the time display during the update and the number of times of execution of the game-use effect in the specific state. The gaming machine according to feature A21.

According to the feature A22, the update timing of the time display is adjusted in relation to the information corresponding to the time display during the update and the number of times the game use effect is executed in the specific state. It becomes easy to associate with the mode of the time display of the effect.

Feature A23. As the game rendition that occurs in the specific state, there are a game rendition in the target whose duration is a predetermined period and a non-target game rendition whose duration is not the predetermined period,
Characteristic A21 or A22 characterized in that the update adjusting means adjusts the update timing of the time display when the non-target game diversion effect occurs in the specific state. Game machine.

According to the characteristic A23, even if a non-target game reproduction effect occurs in the specific state, the update timing of the time display is adjusted accordingly, so that not only the target game reproduction effect in the specific state but also the target In the configuration in which the game is diversified by making it possible to execute the outside game reproductive effect, it becomes easy to associate the ending timing of the specific state with the time display mode of the time elapsed effect.

Feature A24. The ending means ends the specific state when the total number of times of execution of the game in-game effect within the target and execution times of the game-in-use effect outside the object reaches the predetermined number of times. The gaming machine according to feature A23, which is characterized by being present.

According to the characteristic A24, the configuration for grasping the termination trigger of the specific state can be simplified. In this case, by providing the configuration of the characteristic A23, when the non-target game diversion effect occurs in the specific state, the update timing of the time display is adjusted accordingly, so It becomes easy to associate the end timing with the time display mode of the time lapse effect.

Feature A25. The time effect control means, when the non-target game turning effect is executed when the specific state is set, the start timing of the time-lapse effect until after the non-target game turning effect ends. The game machine according to the feature A23 or A24, which is provided with a delay unit (a function of making a negative determination in step S1505 in the sound-light side MPU 82) for delaying the.

According to the characteristic A25, the adjustment of the update timing of the time display in the time-lapse effect is prevented from being performed more than necessary. This makes it possible to associate the ending timing of the specific state with the time display mode of the time passage effect while making it difficult for the player who sees the time passage effect to feel uncomfortable.

Feature A26. When the start timing of the time lapse effect is delayed by the delay unit, the update adjusting unit makes the display update timing such that the time elapses earlier than when the delay is not performed. The game machine according to feature A25, which is characterized by being a thing.

According to the characteristic A26, even if the start timing of the time-lapse effect is delayed, the update timing of the time display is set to be earlier, so the end timing of the specific state and the time display mode of the time-lapse effect are set. It becomes easy to associate.

Feature A27. The continuation period of the non-target game diversion effect is configured to be longer than the predetermined period,
The update adjustment means delays a display update timing such that the time elapses when the non-target game diversion effect occurs in the specific state. The gaming machine according to any one of the features A23 to A26.

According to the characteristic A27, even if a non-target game diversion effect occurs in the middle of the time lapse effect, the update timing of the time display is set to be delayed, so the end timing of the specific state and the time lapse effect It becomes easy to associate with the mode of time display.

Feature A28. A first ball entering portion (first operating port 33) and a second ball entering portion (second operating port 34) into which game balls can enter,
Acceptance control means for setting the second ball-entering portion to an open state or a closed state (function of executing the general/universal/universal electric power control process in the main MPU 62);
First acquisition means for acquiring first predetermined information when a game ball enters the first ball entering portion (the process of step S301 is executed when a prize has been paid to the first operating port 33 of the main MPU 62) Function)
Second acquisition means for acquiring second predetermined information when a game ball enters the second ball entering portion (the process of step S301 is executed when a winning of the second operating port 34 in the main MPU 62 occurs) Function)
Equipped with
As the privilege lottery processing, the privilege lottery execution means makes a determination of grant of a privilege on the first predetermined information acquired by the first acquisition means, and the second predetermined information acquired by the second acquisition means. It is to determine whether or not to grant benefits to information,
Even in a situation where the first predetermined information acquired earlier than the second predetermined information is stored on hold, when the second predetermined information is acquired, the second predetermined information is transferred first. A priority unit (a function for executing a data setting process in the main MPU 62) to be a target of the assignment determination,
The acceptance control means, as a switching mode for switching the second ball entering portion to each of the open state and the closed state, there is a relative chance that the open state does not occur or the open state per unit time is reached. It has at least a low low-frequency switching mode and a high-frequency switching mode in which the opportunity to be in the open state per unit time is relatively high.
In the specific state, the switching mode is the high frequency switching mode,
While the game reproduction effect when the second predetermined information is the target of the grant determination can be the game reproduction effect in the target, the game when the first predetermined information is the target of the grant determination The gaming machine according to any one of features A23 to A27, wherein the diversion effect is a game diversion effect outside the target.

According to the characteristic A28, the game ball may enter the first ball entering part instead of the second ball entering part even in the specific state of the high frequency switching mode depending on the flow down mode of the game ball. Even when the game reproduction effect is executed, the update timing of the time display is adjusted, so that the end timing of the specific state and the time display mode of the time elapsed effect can be easily associated with each other.

Feature A29. The time effect control means, when the content of the time display is the end content, means for ending the time elapsed effect even if the specific state is not ended (affirmative determination in step S1602 in the sound-light side MPU 82). The gaming machine according to any one of features A16 to A28, which is characterized by having a function of

According to the characteristic A29, it is possible to prevent the execution period of the time passage effect from being unnecessarily extended for the purpose of associating the end timing of the specific state with the time display mode of the time passage effect.

Feature A30. An acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information when the acquisition condition is satisfied (a function that executes the process of step S301 when a winning of the second operation port 34 in the main MPU 62 occurs);
An acquisition information storage unit (second special view reservation area 126) for storing the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit;
Equipped with
The privilege lottery execution means, as the privilege lottery process, is for determining whether to grant a privilege to the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition means,
A destination specifying unit that specifies a result corresponding to the grant determination for the specific predetermined information stored in the acquired information storage unit at a timing before the specific predetermined information is the target of the grant determination ( A function of executing a confirmation process for holding notification of the main MPU 62 in the second embodiment),
The time effect control means, when the specific information is specified by the destination specifying means to correspond to the granting of the specific type of privilege, the time different from when the specific is not performed The gaming machine according to any one of features A16 to A29, which is provided with means for selecting a display mode (a function of executing the process of step S2215 of the sound-light side MPU 82 in the second embodiment). ..

According to the characteristic A30, when the predetermined information corresponding to the granting of the specific type of privilege is stored in the acquired information storage means, the time display is performed in a mode corresponding to the predetermined information. It is possible to notify in advance that a particular type of privilege will be granted.

Feature A31. The time effect control means does not start the time lapse effect when the game reproducible effect corresponding to the grant of the privilege different from the privilege of the specific type is started when the special state is set. The game machine according to any one of features A16 to A30, which is provided with a function of making a positive determination in step S1506 of the side MPU 62.

According to the characteristic A31, when the time lapse effect is started when the game reproducible effect corresponding to the grant of the privilege different from the specific type of privilege is executed at the timing when the specific state is set, the player feels uncomfortable. However, since the time lapse effect is not started in such a situation, it is difficult for the player to feel uncomfortable.

<Feature B group>
Feature B1. A privilege lottery executing means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to give a privilege to the player (a function of executing a win/fail judgment process and a distribution judgment process in the main MPU 62);
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the player according to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing (function for executing special figure finalizing processing and game state transition processing in the main MPU 62);
Game time control means (sound light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92) for controlling the effect execution means (symbol display device 41) so as to be in a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing after the game turnover effect is started. When,
In a gaming machine equipped with
When a specific type of privilege (16R high-accuracy jackpot result) is given, a specific event occurs in the game recall effect, and when the specific type of privilege is not granted, the specific event occurs in the game recall effect. Production setting means (a function of executing the processing of step S1507 and step S1513 in the sound-light side MPU 82) for performing a specific production (production during shortening) that does not occur;
Period adjusting means for adjusting the production continuation period of the specific production (a function of executing the processing of step S1508, step S1515 and step S1519 in the sound-light side MPU 82),
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the feature B1, since a specific type of privilege is given when a specific event occurs in a situation where the specific effect is being executed, the player causes the specific event to occur when the specific effect is being executed. The game will be played while expecting that it will not occur, or the interest of the game can be improved.

Moreover, since the production duration of the specific production is adjusted, it is possible to diversify the end timing of the specific production. As a result, it becomes possible to diversify the form of the specific effect, and the interest of the game is improved.

Feature B2. The specific type of privilege is an advantageous privilege for the player,
The specific event is a mode (mode in which a combination of the same symbols is stopped and displayed) in which the effect execution means in the game reproductive effect corresponds to the result of the privilege lottery process being a privilege granting corresponding result. The gaming machine according to feature B1 characterized in that

According to the feature B2, when the special effect is executed, if the aspect corresponding to the result of the privilege addition corresponding to the game reproduction effect, the grant of the specific type of privilege is confirmed. As a result, when the specific effect is executed, the player further expects to generate the game repurpose effect as the result of the privilege grant corresponding, and accordingly, the degree of attention to the game repurpose effect is increased. Therefore, the interest of the game can be improved.

Feature B3. The privilege includes a predetermined type of privilege (8R high-accuracy jackpot result, 8R low-accuracy jackpot result) in which the specific type of privilege is more advantageous to the player,
In the case where the particular type of privilege is awarded and when the predetermined type of privilege is awarded, the game time control means sets a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing performed in the game game production. The gaming machine according to Feature B2, which is provided with means (a function of executing the process of step S1104 in the sound-light side MPU 82) that makes it impossible for the player to identify which of the two is.

According to the feature B3, when the specific effect is not executed, it is unclear whether the specific type of privilege is given or whether the predetermined type of privilege is given only by confirming the game reproduction effect. As a result, the player expects that a specific type of privilege will be awarded in the case of a mode corresponding to the privilege grant in the game reproducible effect. On the other hand, when the specific effect is being executed, it is possible to clearly recognize that the special type of privilege is awarded, because the game reproductive effect is in a mode corresponding to the privilege grant. As a result, the contents that can be grasped by the player will be different depending on whether or not the special effect is performed and the game diversification effect is in a mode corresponding to the awarding of benefits. It is possible to add an intonation to the expectation that the mode will correspond to the granting of the privilege in the production effect. Therefore, the interest of the game can be improved.

Feature B4. The effect setting means is configured to execute a time-lapse effect (shortening effect) in which time display is performed as time elapses, as the specific effect.
The gaming machine according to any one of features B1 to B3, wherein the period adjusting means adjusts an update timing of the time display in the time-lapse effect.

According to the feature B4, by displaying the time in the time-lapse effect, it is possible to give the player an impression as if the time-lapse effect has a time limit, and the time-lapse effect is played. It is possible to raise the attention of the person.

Feature B5. The effect setting means displays a time as if it is counting up toward a predetermined number set when the time lapse effect is started, or a time display as if counting down from a predetermined number. The gaming machine according to Feature B4, which is configured to be opened.

According to the feature B5, it is possible for the player to recognize that the end timing of the time-lapse effect is approaching, and it is possible to gradually raise the player's attention to the time-lapse effect.

Feature B6. As the game-use effect that occurs in a situation where the time-lapse effect is being executed, a game-use effect that is a target whose game duration is a predetermined period, and a game-use effect that is not a target whose game duration is not a predetermined period And exist,
The gaming machine according to feature B5, wherein the predetermined number is a number corresponding to a period that is a multiple of the predetermined period or more.

According to the feature B6, it is possible to perform the game reproductive effect a plurality of times in the situation where the time-lapse effect is being performed.

Feature B7. An acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information when the acquisition condition is satisfied (a function that executes the process of step S301 when a winning of the second operation port 34 in the main MPU 62 occurs);
An acquired information storage unit (second special view reservation area 126) that stores the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit with a specific number defined as a plurality of numbers as an upper limit;
Equipped with
The gaming machine according to feature B5 or B6, wherein the predetermined number is a number corresponding to a period that is the specific number of times the predetermined period or more.

According to the feature B7, it is possible to let the player recognize that the time-lapse effect will continue even if the game diversion effect for the specific number of predetermined information stored in the acquired information storage means is performed. It is possible to maintain the degree of attention to the time-lapse effect in a suitable manner.

Feature B8. Equipped with an ending means (a function for executing a mode shift process in the main MPU 62) for ending the specific state when the game reproductive effect is executed a predetermined number of times in the specific state,
The effect setting means is to start the time-lapse effect in the specific state,
Any one of the characteristics B4 to B7, wherein the period adjusting means adjusts the update timing of the time display so that the time lapse effect is ended when the specific state is ended. Gaming machine described in.

According to the feature B8, the player can clearly recognize that the player is in the specific state by performing the time passage effect in the specific state. Further, it is possible to give the player the impression that the time limit exists in the specific state, and it is possible to increase the player's attention to the specific state.

Feature B9. As the game rendition that occurs in the specific state, there are a game rendition in the target whose duration is a predetermined period and a non-target game rendition whose duration is not the predetermined period,
The game according to Feature B8, wherein the period adjusting unit adjusts the update timing of the time display when the non-target game diversion effect occurs in the specific state. Machine.

According to the feature B9, even if a non-target game reproductive effect occurs in the specific state, the update timing of the time display is adjusted accordingly, so that not only the game reproducible effect in the target but also the target in the specific state In the configuration in which the game is diversified by making it possible to execute the outside game reproductive effect, it becomes easy to associate the ending timing of the specific state with the time display mode of the time elapsed effect.

Feature B10. The ending means ends the specific state when the total number of times of execution of the game in-game effect within the target and execution times of the game-in-use effect outside the object reaches the predetermined number of times. The gaming machine according to feature B9, which is characterized by being present.

According to the feature B10, the configuration for grasping the termination trigger of the specific state can be simplified. In this case, since the feature B9 is provided, the timing display update timing is adjusted accordingly when a non-target game diversion effect occurs in the specific state. It is easy to associate the end timing with the time display mode of the time lapse effect.

Feature B11. The effect setting means displays a time as if it is counting up toward a predetermined number set when the time lapse effect is started, or a time display as if counting down from a predetermined number. To be seen,
The gaming machine according to feature B9 or B10, wherein the predetermined number is a number corresponding to a time obtained as a result of integrating the predetermined period by a number corresponding to the predetermined number of times.

According to the feature B11, when the game reproductive effect in the target is repeated in the specific state, it is possible to associate the display of the elapsed time in the time elapsed effect with the number of game reproducible effects that can be executed in the specific state. It will be possible. As a result, the player predicts the end timing of the specific state while checking the time passage effect, and it is possible to improve the player's attention to the time passage effect.

Feature B12. The effect setting means displays a time as if it is counting up toward a predetermined number set when the time lapse effect is started, or a time display as if counting down from a predetermined number. To be seen,
The period adjustment means adjusts the update timing of the time display in relation to the information corresponding to the time display in the middle of updating and the number of executions of the game-use effect in the specific state. The gaming machine according to any one of features B9 to B11.

According to the feature B12, the update timing of the time display is adjusted in relation to the information corresponding to the time display during the update and the number of times the game use effect is executed in the specific state. It becomes easy to associate with the mode of the time display of the effect.

Feature B13. The effect setting means, when the non-target game turning effect is executed in the case of being set to the specific state, sets the start timing of the time-lapse effect until after the non-target game turning effect ends. The gaming machine according to any one of features B9 to B12, which is provided with a delay unit (a function of making a negative determination in step S1505 in the sound-light side MPU 82) for delaying.

According to the feature B13, it is possible to prevent adjustment of the update timing of the time display in the time lapse effect from being performed more than necessary. This makes it possible to associate the ending timing of the specific state with the time display mode of the time passage effect while making it difficult for the player who sees the time passage effect to feel uncomfortable.

Feature B14. When the start timing of the time lapse effect is delayed by the delay means, the period adjusting means makes the display update timing such that the time elapses earlier than when the delay is not performed. The game machine according to feature B13, which is characterized by being a thing.

According to the feature B14, even if the start timing of the time-lapse effect is delayed, the update timing of the time display is set to be earlier, so that the end timing of the specific state and the time display mode of the time-lapse effect are set. It becomes easy to associate.

Feature B15. The continuation period of the non-target game diversion effect is configured to be longer than the predetermined period,
The period adjustment means delays the update timing of the display such that the time elapses when the non-target game diversion effect occurs in the specific state. The gaming machine according to any one of the features B9 to B14.

According to the feature B15, even if an unintended game reproduction effect occurs in the middle of the time lapse effect, the update timing of the time display is set to be delayed, so the end timing of the specific state and the time lapse effect It becomes easy to associate with the mode of time display.

Feature B16. A first ball entering portion (first operating port 33) and a second ball entering portion (second operating port 34) into which game balls can enter,
Acceptance control means for setting the second ball-entering portion to an open state or a closed state (function of executing the general/universal/universal electric power control process in the main MPU 62)
First acquisition means for acquiring first predetermined information when a game ball enters the first ball entering portion (the process of step S301 is executed when a prize has been paid to the first operating port 33 of the main MPU 62) Function)
Second acquisition means for acquiring second predetermined information when a game ball enters the second ball entering portion (the process of step S301 is executed when a winning of the second operating port 34 in the main MPU 62 occurs) Function)
Equipped with
As the privilege lottery processing, the privilege lottery execution means makes a determination of grant of a privilege on the first predetermined information acquired by the first acquisition means, and the second predetermined information acquired by the second acquisition means. It is to determine whether or not to grant benefits to information,
Even in a situation where the first predetermined information acquired earlier than the second predetermined information is stored on hold, when the second predetermined information is acquired, the second predetermined information is transferred first. A priority unit (a function for executing a data setting process in the main MPU 62) to be a target of the assignment determination,
The acceptance control means, as a switching mode for switching the second ball entering portion to each of the open state and the closed state, there is a relative chance that the open state does not occur or the open state per unit time is reached. It has at least a low low-frequency switching mode and a high-frequency switching mode in which the opportunity to be in the open state per unit time is relatively high.
In the specific state, the switching mode is the high frequency switching mode,
While the game reproduction effect when the second predetermined information is the target of the grant determination can be the game reproduction effect in the target, the game when the first predetermined information is the target of the grant determination The gaming machine according to any one of features B9 to B15, wherein the diversion effect is a game diversion effect outside the target.

According to the feature B16, the game ball can enter the first ball entering part instead of the second ball entering part even in the specific state of the high frequency switching mode depending on the flow down mode of the game ball. Even when the game reproduction effect is executed, the update timing of the time display is adjusted, so that the end timing of the specific state and the time display mode of the time elapsed effect can be easily associated with each other.

Feature B17. The effect setting means, when the content of the time display is the end content, means for ending the time elapsed effect even if the specific state is not completed (a positive determination is made in step S1602 in the sound-light side MPU 82). The gaming machine according to any one of the features B8 to B16.

According to the feature B17, it is possible to prevent the execution period of the time passage effect from being unnecessarily extended for the purpose of associating the end timing of the specific state with the time display mode of the time passage effect.

Feature B18. An acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information when the acquisition condition is satisfied (a function that executes the process of step S301 when a winning of the second operation port 34 in the main MPU 62 occurs);
An acquisition information storage unit (second special view reservation area 126) for storing the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit;
Equipped with
The privilege lottery execution means, as the privilege lottery process, is for determining whether to grant a privilege to the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition means,
A destination specifying unit that specifies a result corresponding to the grant determination for the specific predetermined information stored in the acquired information storage unit at a timing before the specific predetermined information is the target of the grant determination ( A function of executing a confirmation process for holding notification of the main MPU 62 in the second embodiment),
When the effect setting means specifies that the specific information corresponds to the granting of the specific type of privilege, the time display different from when the specific information is not specified The gaming machine according to any one of the features B8 to B17, which is provided with means for selecting the mode (the function of performing the process of step S2215 of the sound-light side MPU 82 in the second embodiment).

According to the feature B18, when the predetermined information corresponding to the grant of the specific type of privilege is stored in the acquired information storage means, the time display is performed in a mode corresponding to the predetermined information. It is possible to notify in advance that a particular type of privilege will be granted.

Feature B19. The time effect control means does not start the time lapse effect when the game reproducible effect corresponding to the grant of the privilege different from the privilege of the specific type is started when the special state is set. The gaming machine according to any one of features B8 to B18, which is provided with a function of making a positive determination in step S1506 of the side MPU 62.

According to the feature B19, when the time-lapse effect is started when the game reproducible effect corresponding to the grant of the privilege different from the specific type of privilege is executed at the timing when the specific state is set, when the time-lapse effect is started, the game content is the effect content. The player may feel uncomfortable, but in such a situation, the player does not feel uncomfortable because the time lapse effect is not started.

Feature B20. The gaming machine according to any one of features B1 to B19, wherein the particular type of privilege is the most advantageous privilege for a player.

According to the feature B20, the game is played while expecting a specific event to occur when the specific effect is being executed.

Feature B21. The privilege lottery execution means has at least a high-probability mode and a low-probability mode as a lottery mode of the privilege lottery process so that the probability of being a privilege grant result is relatively high or low,
The specific type of privilege is a privilege in which the lottery mode becomes a high-probability mode after the corresponding game diversion effect is finished,
Any one of the features B1 to B20 characterized in that the privilege different from the specific type of privilege includes a privilege in which the lottery mode becomes the high-probability mode after the corresponding game reproductive effect is completed. Gaming machine described in.

According to the characteristic B21, the player will play the game while expecting a specific event to occur when the specific effect is being executed. Further, even if the specific event does not occur when the specific effect is being executed, the opportunity to enter the high-probability mode is guaranteed, so the specific event does not occur when the specific effect is being executed. Even in this case, it is possible to prevent the player's motivation to continue the game from decreasing.

Feature B22. A variable ball entering means (special electric prize winning device 32) provided so that a game ball flowing down in the game area can enter and is switchable between an open state and a closed state,
Variable ball control means for controlling the opening and closing of the variable ball means (function of executing the processing of steps S309 to S312 in the main MPU 62),
Equipped with
The privilege granting means shifts the gaming state to a special game state (opening/closing execution mode) in which the opening/closing control is executed, as the grant of the privilege, when the prize corresponding to the prize is selected in the privilege lottery process. ,
Any of the features B1 to B21 characterized in that the particular type of privilege is a privilege that has a higher expectation of a game ball entering the variable ball entering means during the special game state than in the case of other privileges. The gaming machine described in 1.

According to the characteristic B22, since the player generally plays the game while expecting a more advantageous special game state to occur, it is possible that the particular event occurs when the particular effect is executed. You will be playing with expectations.

<Characteristic C group>
Feature C1. A unit effect control unit that controls the effect execution unit (symbol display device 41) so that the unit effect (pseudo-variation) is started and the effect content of the unit effect is the corresponding content when the predetermined privilege is granted. (A function of executing the opening corresponding process in the sound-light side MPU 82, and a function of executing the process of step S2004 in the display side MPU 92),
Pre-start production control means (a function for executing display production in the explanation period in the display-side MPU 92) that executes pre-start production (explanation period) before the unit production is started;
A mode adjusting means (a bonus process in the sound-light side MPU 82) that adjusts the execution mode of the unit effect performed after a specific operation to stop the pre-start effect is performed during the execution of the pre-start effect. And a function of executing the process of step S2006 in the display side MPU 92).
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the feature C1, in the configuration in which the unit effect is performed after the pre-start effect is performed, the pre-start effect is confirmed according to the player's preference by enabling the specific operation to stop the pre-start effect. Or, it is possible to stop the production before the start. In this case, when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, the execution mode of the unit effect that is executed thereafter is adjusted. As a result, the execution mode of the unit effect is changed in association with the operation for stopping the pre-start effect, and it is possible to diversify the execution mode of the unit effect. Therefore, it becomes possible to preferably improve the interest of the game.

Feature C2. The feature C1 is characterized in that the pre-start production is a production that includes content that explains that the predetermined privilege is awarded when the production content of the unit production becomes the provision corresponding content. Game machine.

According to the characteristic C2, the unit effect is explained in the pre-start effect, so that a beginner player can easily understand the content of the unit effect. On the other hand, the player who plays the game many times can understand the contents of the unit effect without checking the contents of the pre-start effect. In this case, by enabling a specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect, it is possible to execute the effect in a mode preferable for various players. When the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, the execution mode of the unit effect is adjusted. Therefore, as described above, it is possible to execute the effect in a mode preferable for various players. By using it, it becomes possible to diversify the execution mode of the unit effect.

Feature C3. The gaming machine according to feature C1 or C2, wherein the aspect adjusting means extends the execution period of the unit effect when the specific operation is performed.

According to the characteristic C3, the execution period of the unit effect is extended when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, so that the player who is paying attention to the unit effect can perform the specific operation. It is possible to confirm the unit effect over a longer period.

Feature C4. The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C3, wherein the aspect adjusting means adjusts an execution aspect of the unit effect in accordance with a timing at which the specific operation is performed.

According to the characteristic C4, since the execution mode of the unit effect is adjusted according to the timing when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, it is possible to diversify the execution mode of the unit effect.

Feature C5. A feature C1 characterized in that the aspect adjusting means adjusts an execution aspect of the unit effect without changing a period set as a period in which the pre-start effect and the unit effect are executed. The gaming machine according to any one of C4 to C4.

According to the characteristic C5, it is possible to diversify the unit effect without changing the overall flow of the game.

Feature C6. When the period in which the unit effect is executed is started, the unit effect control unit determines the number of times the unit effect is executed during the period (the process of step S1805 in the sound-light side MPU 82 is executed). Function)
The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C5, characterized in that the aspect adjusting means can change the number of times of execution of the unit effect determined by the number of times determining means.

According to the characteristic C6, when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, the number of executions of the unit effect can be changed, so that it is possible to diversify the execution mode of the unit effect.

Feature C7. The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C6, wherein the aspect adjusting means is capable of adjusting an execution duration of the unit effect.

According to the characteristic C7, when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, the execution duration of the unit effect can be adjusted, so that the execution mode of the unit effect can be diversified.

Feature C8. A privilege lottery executing means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to give a privilege to the player (a function of executing a win/fail judgment process and a distribution judgment process in the main MPU 62);
When the lottery result of the privilege lottery process is a privilege granting result, a transition means for transitioning the game state to a special game state (open/close execution mode) advantageous to the player (executes special figure finalizing process in the main MPU 62) Function)
Equipped with
The game machine according to any one of the features C1 to C7, wherein the pre-start effect and the unit effect are executed in the special game state.

According to the characteristic C8, by performing the pre-start effect and the unit effect during the special game state, it is possible to improve the interest of the game during the special game state.

Feature C9. As the special game state, a first special game state (open/close execution mode of 16R) that continues for a relatively long period of time, and a second special game state (open/close execution of 8R) that continues for a relatively short period of time. Mode) and
The unit effect control means is provided with means for making the effect contents of the unit effect be the contents corresponding to the addition in the case of the first special game state,
The gaming machine according to Feature C8, wherein the pre-start effect and the unit effect are executed within a range of a period required to end the second special game state.

According to the characteristic C9, whether or not it is in the first special game state is notified through the unit effect, so that the player pays attention to the unit effect. However, since the pre-start effect and the unit effect are executed within the range of the period required for ending the second special game state, the period for executing these effects is limited. In this case, since the feature C1 is provided, since the execution mode of the unit effect is adjusted when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, the unit effect that is noticed by the player It is possible to lengthen the period in which is executed.

Feature C10. A variable ball entering means (special electric prize winning device 32) provided so that a game ball flowing down in the game area can enter and is switchable between an open state and a closed state,
Variable ball control means for controlling the opening and closing of the variable ball means (function of executing the processing of steps S309 to S312 in the main MPU 62),
Equipped with
The special game state is a state in which the opening and closing control is executed, the maximum number of game balls to enter the variable ball entering means and the upper limit of the period in which the variable ball entering means is open. A unit game (round game) that continues until one of the periods is established is executed a predetermined number of times,
As the special game state, a first special game state in which the unit game is executed a first number of times (open/close execution mode of 16R), and a second special in which the unit game is executed a second number of times less than the first number of times There is a game state (8R open/close execution mode),
The unit effect control means,
The execution period of the unit effect is ended by the time the unit game of the second number of times is ended,
The gaming machine according to Feature C8, further comprising: a unit that makes the content of the unit effect the content corresponding to the assignment when the game state is the first special game state.

According to the characteristic C10, whether or not the player is in the first special game state is notified through the unit effect, so that the player pays attention to the unit effect. However, since the pre-start effect and the unit effect are executed within the range of the period required to end the second number of unit effects, the period for executing these effects is limited. In this case, since the feature C1 is provided, since the execution mode of the unit effect is adjusted when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, the unit effect that is noticed by the player It is possible to lengthen the period in which is executed.

In addition, with respect to the configuration of the characteristic C9 or the characteristic C10,
"After the game reproduction effect is started, it becomes a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery process, and the effect execution means (symbol display device 41) or different from it so that the game reproduction effect is ended. A game time control means (sound light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92) for controlling the means is provided,
The game time control means corresponds to a transition to either the first special game state or the second special game state, which corresponds to the lottery result of the privilege lottery process performed in the game game production. It is equipped with a means to make it impossible for the player to identify whether the player is present or not.''
The configuration may be applied.

Feature C11. The privilege lottery execution means has at least a high-probability mode and a low-probability mode as a lottery mode of the privilege lottery process so that the probability of being a privilege grant result is relatively high or low,
The unit effect control means is provided with means for causing the effect content of the unit effect to be the assignment corresponding content when the high probability mode is set after the special game state. The gaming machine according to any one of C10.

According to the characteristic C11, whether or not the high probability mode is set is notified through the unit effect, so that the player pays attention to the unit effect. In this case, since the feature C1 is provided, since the execution mode of the unit effect is adjusted when the specific operation for stopping the pre-start effect is performed, the unit effect that is noticed by the player It is possible to lengthen the period in which is executed.

In addition, with respect to the configuration of the characteristic C11,
"After the game reproduction effect is started, it becomes a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery process, and the effect execution means (symbol display device 41) or different from it so that the game reproduction effect is ended. A game time control means (sound light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92) for controlling the means is provided,
The game time control means sets the mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery process performed in the game game production to the high probability mode after the special game state and the low probability after the special game state. It is provided with a means for making it impossible for the player to identify which mode the mode is in."
The configuration may be applied.

<Feature D group>
Feature D1. A privilege lottery executing means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to give a privilege to the player (a function of executing a win/fail judgment process and a distribution judgment process in the main MPU 62);
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the player according to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing (function for executing special figure finalizing processing and game state transition processing in the main MPU 62);
Game time control means (sound light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92) for controlling the effect execution means (symbol display device 41) so as to be in a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing after the game use effect is started. When,
In a gaming machine equipped with
A state setting means (a function of executing the process of step S903 in the main MPU 62) for setting a specific state that continues for a period in which the game reproduction effect is executed a plurality of times is provided,
In the game state control means, in the specific state, at least a predetermined lottery condition is satisfied, the combination of reach patterns is formed in the game time production effect that is performed by executing the privilege lottery process. In a situation, a selection means (a function for executing the processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main side MPU 62) that does not select the effect contents in which the reach variation in which the patterns are variably displayed in the final stopped pattern row is performed A gaming machine characterized by.

According to the characteristic D1, since the execution of the reach variation is limited in the specific state, the number of executions of the game-use effect per unit time increases in the specific state. As a result, it becomes possible to intentionally set a state in which there is a sense of speed with respect to the progress of the game, and the interest of the game is improved.

Feature D2. In the specific state, the selection means is the game rendition performed at least when the predetermined lottery condition is satisfied and the privilege lottery process is executed, and the result of the privilege lottery process is deviated. The game machine according to Feature D1, wherein the effect content for which the reach variation is executed is not selected in the game reproductive effect corresponding to the above.

According to the characteristic D2, since the reach variation does not occur in the game use effect that is the disengagement result, it is possible to increase the number of times of executing the game use effect per unit time in the specific state. This makes it possible to give a sense of speed regarding the progress of the game in the specific state.

Feature D3. In the specific state, the selection unit is the game rendition performed at least when the predetermined lottery condition is satisfied and the privilege lottery process is executed, and the result of the privilege lottery process is a specific type. The game machine according to the feature D1 or D2, wherein the effect content for executing the reach variation is not selected in the game reproductive effect corresponding to the provision of the privilege.

According to the feature D3, in the case of the specific state, since the reach of the particular type is given without changing the reach, it is possible to give the player unexpectedness when the given type of the benefit is given. Becomes

In particular, when the configuration limited by the characteristic D2 is provided, the reach variation does not occur in the game use effect as a result of the deviation and in the game use effect corresponding to the granting of a specific type of privilege. As a result, in the game rehabilitation effect in which the reach variation does not occur, the result of the deviation and the specific type of privilege are two alternatives, and it is possible to suitably increase the player's attention to the game rehabilitation effect in the specific state. Become.

Feature D4. The selection means is
In the specific state, at least the predetermined lottery conditions are satisfied, and the game lottery effect is performed by executing the privilege lottery process, and the result of the privilege lottery process is to give a privilege of a specific type. A first selection unit that does not select the content of the effect in which the reach variation is executed in the corresponding game reproductive effect,
In the case of the specific state, at least the predetermined lottery conditions are satisfied and the game lottery effect is performed by executing the privilege lottery process, and the result of the privilege lottery process is a predetermined type of privilege. Second selecting means for selecting effect contents in which the reach variation is executed in the game reproductive effect corresponding to granting,
The gaming machine described in the feature D3, which is provided with.

According to the characteristic D4, it is possible for the player to recognize whether the privilege is of a specific type or a privilege of a predetermined type, depending on whether or not the reach variation is performed in the specific state. As a result, it is possible to improve the degree of attention of the player to the game diversion effect in the specific state.

Feature D5. The gaming machine according to Feature D4, wherein the particular type of privilege is more advantageous to the player than the predetermined type of privilege.

According to the characteristic D5, the player expects that the reach fluctuation does not occur in the specific state. As a result, it becomes possible to change the points that the player should pay attention to in the game diversion effect depending on whether the game is in the specific state or not, and the interest of the game is improved.

<Feature E group>
Feature E1. A privilege lottery executing means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to give a privilege to the player (a function of executing a win/fail judgment process and a distribution judgment process in the main MPU 62);
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the player according to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing (function for executing special figure finalizing processing and game state transition processing in the main MPU 62);
Game time control means (sound light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92) for controlling the effect execution means (symbol display device 41) so as to be in a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing after the game turnover effect is started. When,
In a gaming machine equipped with
The type of the privilege includes a predetermined type of privilege (8R high-accuracy jackpot result) and a specific type of privilege (16R high-accuracy jackpot result) that is more advantageous to the player than the predetermined type of privilege,
The result of the privilege lottery process corresponds to the granting of the privilege of the predetermined type, as the result of the privilege lottery process is the duration of the game use effect corresponding to the grant of the privilege of the specific type. The game is characterized by comprising selection means (a function for executing the processing of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main MPU 62) that makes the duration of the game reproduction effect shorter or becomes shorter than the duration. Machine.

According to the characteristic E1, the duration of the game reproducible effect is more likely to be shorter or shorter when a specific type of privilege that is more advantageous to the player than the predetermined type of privilege is granted. As a result, it is possible to give the player unexpectedness, and the interest of the game is improved.

<Feature F group>
Feature F1. A privilege lottery executing means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to give a privilege to the player (a function of executing a win/fail judgment process and a distribution judgment process in the main MPU 62);
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the player according to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing (function for executing special figure finalizing processing and game state transition processing in the main MPU 62);
Game time control means (sound light side MPU 82 and display side MPU 92) for controlling the effect execution means (symbol display device 41) so as to be in a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing after the game use effect is started. When,
In a gaming machine equipped with
The game time control means, the result of the privilege lottery process is the duration of the game time use effect corresponding to the granting of a specific type of benefit, the result of the privilege lottery process corresponds to the deviation result, the game time effect The game machine is provided with a selection unit (a function of executing the processes of steps S1303 to S1305 in the main side MPU 62) that is equal to or less than the continuation period.

According to the feature F1, in general, a game duration for which a privilege is granted is selected for a longer duration than a game duration effect for which a deviation occurs, whereas a game time for which a specific type of privilege is awarded is selected. In the production effect, since the continuation period that is less than or equal to the continuation period that is selected in the case of the game diversion effect resulting from the disengagement is selected, it is possible to give the player unexpectedness when a particular type of privilege is granted. , The interest in games can be improved.

The following is a basic configuration of a gaming machine to which each of the above features can be applied or applied to each feature.

Pachinko gaming machine: operating means operated by a player, game ball launching means for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operating means, a ball passage for guiding the launched game ball to a predetermined game area, and a game A gaming machine that includes each game component arranged in the area and gives a bonus to the player when a game ball passes through a predetermined passage portion of each of the game components.

Rotating type gaming machine such as slot machine: equipped with a pattern display device for variably displaying a plurality of patterns, the variable display of the plurality of patterns is started by the operation of the start operation means, and caused by the operation of the stop operation means In addition, or after elapse of a predetermined time, the variable display of the plurality of symbols is stopped, and a gaming machine which gives a privilege to the player according to the symbols after the stop.

10... Pachinko machine, 32... Special electric prize winning device, 33... First operating port, 34... Second operating port, 41... Symbol display device, 62... Main side MPU, 82... Sound-light side MPU, 92... Display side MPU, 126... 2nd special drawing reservation area.

Claims (2)

Privilege lottery execution means for executing a privilege lottery process of whether or not to give a privilege to the player,
Privilege granting means for granting a privilege to a player in accordance with a lottery result of the privilege lottery process,
A game time control means for controlling the effect execution means so as to be in a mode corresponding to the lottery result of the privilege lottery processing after the game turnover effect is started,
In a gaming machine equipped with
When a specific type of privilege is granted, a specific event occurs in the game reproductive effect, and when a specific type of privilege is not granted, a specific effect in which the specific event does not occur in the game reproducible effect is performed. Production setting means for
Period adjusting means for adjusting the production continuation period of the specific production,
Equipped with
The effect setting means, as the specific effect in the case of a specific state, to execute a time-lapse effect in which a time display is performed as time elapses,
As the time display, the time display of the integer part and the time display below the decimal point are performed, and the player can recognize the respective numbers that are switched according to the update timing for the time display of the integer part. The time display of the integer part is updated so that the time display below the decimal point is reduced to below the decimal point so that the player cannot recognize or difficult to recognize each number that is switched according to the update timing. It is a configuration that updates the time display at high speed,
The period adjusting means is for adjusting the update timing of the time display of the integer part in the time lapse effect,
The game machine, wherein the effect setting means ends the time-lapse effect even if the specific state is not ended when the content of the time display is an end content. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein a game is played by utilizing a game value.

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