JP2021159194A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine that makes it easy to insert tokens and attach/detach a selector, and reduces the clogging of a token flow path to the selector and a token hopper.SOLUTION: A token insertion slot is provided on the left side of a front door when viewed from the front, and a guide wall P1122A for guiding a token into the insertion slot is provided so as to face substantially the front of a player playing the game. In other words, the rear end of the guide wall P1122A faces the left side surface of the game machine and a tip thereof is provided to be inclined toward the center of the game machine. A selector unit P112D comprises a selector body in which an exclusion part is provided on the front for excluding non-standard tokens that are also used for a game machine with the insertion slot provided on the right side of the front, a selector base part that fixes the selector body to a lower panel base part, a guide path to guide tokens inserted into the insertion slot to the token entrance of the selector body, and a bridge flow path that guides tokens discharged from the token outlet of the selector body to a token storage tank of a token hopper.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 32

Description

Regarding gaming machines.

In recent years, pachinko gaming machines have a predetermined probability of a special symbol lottery when a game ball enters the starting prize opening on the game board surface (game area), and when a big hit is won in the special symbol lottery. Is a pachinko machine that shifts to a big hit game state (special game state) and can win a large number of prize balls by opening the big prize opening provided on the game board surface. Among the pachinko gaming machines configured in this way, there is a probability fluctuation function that increases the winning probability in the special symbol lottery, a fluctuation time shortening function that increases the efficiency of symbol variation for notifying the lottery result in the special symbol lottery, etc. There is also a gaming machine that enhances the interest of the game by creating a gaming progress state that is advantageous to the player by a specific gaming state that is executed by combining the operating states of these functions.
Further, in the rotating body type gaming machine (slot machine), one game is started when the game start instruction device (start lever) is operated after inserting a predetermined number of game medals, and a plurality of symbols are displayed on the outer circumference. As a result of rotating the rotating cylinders (reel) of a plurality of rows arranged in the above and stopping the rotating cylinders by making full use of the rotating cylinder stop device (stop button) for stopping the rotating operation, the predetermined shape is set on the effective line. When a combination of symbols (for example, a winning combination such as "777") is lined up, the lottery probability of a small combination or the like increases, which is more profitable for the player than the normal gaming state. The type that shifts to the game state) is common. Here, in the rotating body type gaming machine, when an image or the like for directing to enhance the interest of the game is displayed on a display such as a liquid crystal display in a form synchronized with the rotation operation and the stop operation of the reel. When operating the reel stop device, etc., it is configured to predict and enjoy the result of the game while comparing the design displayed on the reel with the image for production displayed on the display. There are many things that are done. Conventionally, among various pachinko game machines, a ball circulation type game machine using a box-shaped housing that can obtain benefits when it comes to a combination of specific tiles or numbers such as a sparrow ball game machine or an arrange ball is known. ing.
(See, for example, Patent Document 1 ).

JP-A-2010-200850

While gaming machines with various specifications have been developed, there has been a demand for gaming machines that are easy to use, have easy attachment and detachment of parts, and have a structure with few troubles.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine having a structure that is easy to use, easy to attach / detach parts, and has less trouble.

In order to solve the above problems, a front door that can be opened and closed, a medal insertion slot provided in the front door, a selector having a counting and sorting unit for medals inserted from the medal insertion slot, and a selector attachment to which the selector is attached. Department and
In a gaming machine equipped with a flow path that allows medals counted by the selector to flow down to a medal payout means capable of storing medals, the medal insertion slot is provided near the left side when the front door is viewed from the front, and the selector mounting portion is provided. It is a gaming machine that is mounted diagonally to the front door, the selector is configured to be removable by sliding with respect to the selector mounting part, and the flow path is formed in a straight line.

It should be noted that any combination of the components according to the above invention, and the components and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between methods, devices, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, and the like. However, the configurations according to the embodiments and modifications described in the embodiments for carrying out the invention are also effective as aspects of the present invention.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the selector can be easily attached and detached, and medal clogging can be reduced.

It is a front view of the presupposed pachinko gaming machine. It is a perspective view in the front direction in the state where the frame member of the pachinko gaming machine is opened. It is a perspective view in the rear direction in the state where the frame member of the pachinko gaming machine is opened. It is a perspective view which shows the game board attached to the pachinko machine which is a premise. It is a functional block diagram of the presupposed pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure which shows the transition of the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine which is assumed. It is a figure which shows the power-on processing of the main control board of a pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure which shows the game stop state setting process during the power-on process. It is a figure which shows the interrupt processing of the main control board of a pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure which shows the winning or failing lottery table of the pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure which shows the winning symbol lottery table of the pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern lottery table in the low base state of the pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern lottery table in the high base state of the pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure which shows the special variation pattern lottery table which is referred to for a limited period of a pachinko gaming machine which is assumed. It is a figure which shows the power-on processing of the production control board of a pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure which shows the interrupt processing of the production control board of a pachinko gaming machine which is a premise. It is a figure showing the game effect of the symbol variation display (during the stop display of the decorative symbol) during the normal game (low probability / low base) of the pachinko gaming machine that is the premise. It is the figure which showed the game production of the situation which the reach production with high expectation which becomes a big hit of the pachinko game machine which is a premise is performed. It is a figure which showed the game production of the state which the big hit game is executed in the presupposed pachinko game machine. It is a figure which showed the game production during operation of the electric chew support function which is in the specific game state (high probability or low probability / high base) of the presupposed pachinko game machine. It is a front view which separated the handle device of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a perspective view which separated the handle device of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a right side view which separated the handle device of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the front door part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a door base member, a front door frame, a glass unit, and the like constituting the front door portion of the pachinko gaming machine of the first embodiment. It is an exploded perspective view of the upper panel part which constitutes the front door part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the procedure of exchanging the design film of the upper panel part which constitutes the front door part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the lower panel part which constitutes the front door part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the lower panel part which constitutes the front door part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a perspective view of the lower panel part which constitutes the front door part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the procedure of exchanging the game display device of the lower panel part which constitutes the front door part of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is sectional drawing which displays the back surface part of the game operation switch of the lower panel part which constitutes the front door part of the pachinko game machine of 1st Embodiment, and the fixture. It is a front view and a perspective view of a selector unit. It is an exploded perspective view of a selector unit. It is an exploded perspective view of the game board accommodating frame of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the game board accommodating frame of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is sectional drawing which shows the accommodation frame base, the outer rail, and the outer rail fixing clip attached to the game board accommodation frame of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the game board accommodating frame of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the game board accommodating frame of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the handle unit of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the handle unit of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the handle unit of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a perspective view of the game board unit part of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is a perspective view of the game board unit part of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the game board unit part of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the game board unit part of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the seal seal destruction structure part of a main board control unit. It is a top view which shows the positional relationship between the seal seal base and the seal seal break part of the seal seal break structure part of a main board control unit. It is a top view and the perspective view which shows the integrated rib of the seal seal destruction structure part of a main board control unit. It is a top view and the perspective view which shows that the integrated rib of the seal seal destruction structure part of the main board control unit and the seal seal base are in a combined state. It is a top view which shows the process of breaking the seal seal of the seal seal break structure part of a main board control unit by a break part. It is a front view and a plan view of the housing part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a rear view of the housing of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the housing part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the housing part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a front view which shows the use state and the non-use state of the nekase setting structure of a pachinko gaming machine using a box-shaped housing. It is a side view which uses the nekase setting structure of the pachinko game machine which used the box type housing. It is a perspective view which shows the bottom surface of the housing part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a perspective view which shows the operation method of the nekase setting structure of a pachinko gaming machine using a box-shaped housing. It is a front view which shows the use state and the non-use state of the nekase setting structure of a pachinko gaming machine using a box-shaped housing. It is the bottom view and the perspective view which shows the non-use state of the nekase setting structure of the pachinko game machine using a box-shaped housing. It is sectional drawing which shows the use state and the non-use state of the nekase setting structure of the pachinko game machine using a box-shaped housing. It is a side view and the perspective view of the Nekase projecting means used in one Example of the Nekase setting structure of a pachinko gaming machine using a box-shaped housing. It is an exploded perspective view of the housing part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the housing part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is sectional drawing explaining how the medal flows down from the medal supply machine of the housing part of the pachinko game machine of 1st Example. It is an exploded perspective view of the housing part of the pachinko gaming machine of 1st Example. It is a front view and the perspective view of the housing center reinforcing sheet metal. It is a front view and the perspective view of the housing upper part reinforcing sheet metal. It is a front view which attaches the board case unit to the housing center reinforcing sheet metal. It is a perspective view which shows the medal tank protection cover with a guide having a guide gutter structure. It is a front view of a general slot machine and a perspective view of a general slot machine front door. It is a back view of the front door of a general slot machine.

(Prerequisite technology)
Hereinafter, the pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as “prerequisite technology”) as a premise of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As typical examples of pachinko gaming machines related to the prerequisite technology, the pachinko gaming machines are shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, and the gaming board provided in the pachinko gaming machine is shown in FIG. 4. First, refer to these figures. The mechanical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine will be described. In the following description, for convenience, the directions indicated by the arrows in FIG. 2 will be referred to as front-back direction, left-right direction, and up-down direction, respectively.

[Machine configuration of pachinko game machines]
First, the basic structure on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine P will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko gaming machine P is configured in an outer rectangular shape, and is configured in a square shape on the front surface of the opening of the outer frame P1 fixed in the gaming facility in a size matching the opening of the outer frame P1. The front frames P2 are attached to each other so that they can be opened and closed sideways and can be attached and detached by the upper and lower hinge mechanisms (upper hinge portion 10 and lower hinge portion 20) arranged on the front left edge portions of each other.

A game board P5 and a glass frame P3 are detachably set on the front frame P2. The glass frame P3 has a rectangular shape, and is assembled and held on the front surface side of the front frame P2 so as to be openable / closable and detachable by using upper and lower hinge mechanisms (upper hinge portion 10 and lower hinge portion 20). The game board P5 is detachably set on the front side of the front frame P2, and the game area P501 provided on the front side of the game board P5 is visible to the player through the glass P301 of the glass frame P3 which is closed and held. Has been done. Further, the front frame P2 and the glass frame P3 are formed according to the rotation direction by inserting a key into the keyway of the locking portion P30 provided on the front right edge of the pachinko gaming machine P and rotating it in either the left-right direction. , The outer frame P1 and the front frame P2 are unlocked, or the front frame P2 and the glass frame P3 are unlocked. As a specific example, when the key is inserted into the keyway of the locking portion P30 and rotated to the right, the outer frame P1 and the front frame P2 are unlocked, and the key is inserted into the keyway of the locking portion P30 and rotated to the left. Then, the front frame P2 and the glass frame P3 are unlocked.

At the lower part of the glass frame P3, upper and lower ball plates P340 (upper ball plate P341 and lower ball plate P342) for storing game balls are provided. Further, the glass frame P3 is provided with an effect lamp P350 that emits light according to the development status of the game and a speaker P370 capable of outputting sounds such as sound effects according to the development status of the game. An effect operating means P380 for performing a predetermined effect operation is attached to the lower center of the glass frame P3, and the effect operation means P380 possessed by this pachinko gaming machine, which is shown as a prerequisite technology, is a push input type button P381 and a tilt operation. It is equipped with a lever P382 of the type, and the button P381 enables the player to operate at all times, while the lever P382 is one of the movable objects (frame movable accessory P360) provided in the glass frame, and the operating means itself. Operation input is possible when the lever is displaced upward (input permission state) (a plurality of operations are possible with the effect operation means of 1).

At the lower right of the front frame P2, a handle P204 for performing a firing operation of the game ball and adjusting the firing intensity is provided. A launching device unit P240 is further provided in the lower part of the front frame P2, and although not shown, a ball feeding mechanism P241 that sends out game balls stored in the upper ball plate P341 one by one, is sent from this ball feeding mechanism. A launching device P242 having a launching mechanism (a hammer driven by a rotary solenoid) for launching a game ball toward the game area P501, a launching control board P243 for synchronously controlling the operation of the ball feeding mechanism P241 and the launching device P242, etc. It is provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the game board P5 (game board unit) is configured based on a base material formed in a rectangular flat plate shape using a transparent synthetic resin or wood. Note that FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine P including the game board P5 as viewed from the front side, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the game board unit P5. FIG. 4 illustrates a state in which the production accessory P560 (also referred to as “movable production device”, “effect movable body”, “effect movable character”, etc.) provided in the game board unit is operating. On the front surface of the game board P5, an arc-shaped outer rail P502 arranged from the lower left to the upper right part, and a circle arranged from the vicinity of the lower center of the game board to the inside of the outer rail P502 from the lower left to the upper left part. It is provided with an arc-shaped inner rail P503 and a rail decoration P504 arranged between the end of the outer rail P502 in the upper right portion and the lower part of the board surface and formed in a curved shape that opens to the left, and the outer rail P502. A substantially circular game area P501 is formed inside the inner rail P503 and the rail decoration P504. The game area P501 includes a left side area P501L (left-handed area), which is a left side area of the center accessory P540, and a right side area of the center accessory, with reference to the center accessory P540 arranged in the substantially center. It has a right side region P501R (right-handed region). Further, the outer rail and the inner rail form a guide passage for guiding the game ball launched by the launcher unit P240 to the game area P501.

In the game area P501, along with a large number of game nails P510 and windmills P511 (not shown), a first start winning opening P711 (first starting opening), a second starting winning opening P721 (second starting opening), a general winning opening P731, Various ball-entry devices (referred to as "winning devices" when prize balls are generated) such as a normal-figure operating port P741 (general-figure operating gate device) and a large winning opening P751 (attacker) are arranged. It should be noted that the number of large winning openings may be one, or may be configured to have a plurality of large winning openings. Further, in the present specification, due to the configuration of the ball entry device, a game ball is discharged after entering the ball entry device, and a game ball further flows down the game area P501 after entering the ball entry device (gate type). On the other hand, the fact that a game ball is detected by an internal detection switch is called "entry" or "winning (especially one in which a prize ball is generated)", and flows down to the downstream game area like a gate-type entrance. In particular, there are cases where the items to be described are described separately from "passing". Further, the ball entry device may be referred to as a ball entry slot, and the winning device may be referred to as a winning slot.

Further, in the lower right of the game area P501, there is a main control display device P50 whose lighting is controlled by a main control board described later, such as a first special symbol display device P51, a second special symbol display device P52, and a normal symbol display device P53. Are arranged intensively. A center accessory P540 is arranged substantially in the center of the game area P501, and the screen of the effect display device P80 is visibly provided through the opening of the center accessory P540. At the upper part of the center accessory P540 or the like, an effect accessory P560 (movable accessory device) that performs an effect operation according to the development status of the game is provided. At the lower end of the game area P501, an out port P790 through which a game ball that has flowed down without entering the winning opening of various ball entry devices can pass is provided. The game ball that has entered the winning opening of various winning devices or the game ball that has flowed into the out opening P790 flows down to the rear surface side of the game board P5 through a through hole (not shown) formed by penetrating the game board P5 back and forth. Then, it is collected in the collection flow path (gamed ball passage) at the lower part of the front frame P2 and passes through the out ball sensor P792 (launched ball number sensor) provided at the lower part of the front frame for detecting the total number of launched game balls. After that, it is discharged to the outside of the game machine.

The first start winning device P710 is provided as a starting winning device corresponding to the first special symbol game. The first start winning device P710 is provided with a first starting winning opening P711 in which a game ball can be entered. The entry of the game ball into the first start winning opening P711 is an opportunity to acquire a random number used for the lottery related to the first special symbol, and is based on the entry of the game ball into the first start winning opening P711. The lottery for the first special symbol is executed immediately after entering the ball or after the holding period has elapsed.

The second start winning device P720 is provided as a starting winning device corresponding to the second special symbol game. The second start winning device P720 is in a state where it is easy to enter the second start winning opening P721 where a game ball can enter and the second starting winning opening P721 when a normal symbol lottery described later is won. An ordinary electric accessory P770, which is a movable body to be switched, is provided. The entry of the game ball into the second start winning opening P721 is a trigger for a random number used in the lottery related to the second special symbol, and is based on the entry of the game ball into the second start winning opening P721. The lottery for the second special symbol is executed immediately after the ball enters or after the holding period has elapsed. The second starting winning device P721 is in an open state in which the game ball can enter the second starting winning opening P721 or is easily entered by the action of the ordinary electric accessory P770, and the game ball enters the second starting winning opening P721. It changes to a closed state where it is impossible or difficult to enter the ball. That is, the second start winning device P720 has a structure in which it is difficult for the game ball to enter the second starting winning opening unless it is displaced to the open state, and a predetermined opportunity described later (an opportunity to win a normal symbol lottery). When the ball is opened at, the ease of entering the game ball increases. In addition, various aspects of the structure of the ordinary electric accessory P770 are known, and the structure may not change the ease of entering the ball by opening the movable body P771, so that it is in the "open state" and "closed state". "Is described as" easy entry state (easy entry mode) "and" difficult entry state (difficult entry mode) ", respectively.

The general winning device P730 has a left general winning device P730L arranged in the left-handed area P501L and a right-side general winning device P730R arranged in the right-handed area P501R. In the pachinko gaming machine P in the present premise technology, the left general winning device P730L is configured with three general winning openings P731La to P731Lc as one unit, while the right general winning device P730R is a large winning device P750 described later. It is configured as part. The entry of a game ball into the general winning opening P731 is an opportunity for the prize ball to be paid out in the same manner as other winning devices. It should be noted that the number and position of the general winning openings P731 of the pachinko gaming machine, which are the premise, are merely examples, and may be configured so as to be arranged only in the right-handed region P501R.

The normal figure operation gate device P740 (normal figure operation port) is provided as a start ball entry port corresponding to a normal symbol game. The normal drawing operation gate device P740 is provided with an operation gate P741 through which a game ball can pass, and the entered game ball is configured to be able to flow further downstream of the game area of the game board. The passage of the game ball through the operating gate P741 triggers a normal symbol lottery for determining whether or not to open the second starting winning device P720, that is, whether or not to operate the normal electric accessory P770. .. As a modified example, it is also possible to configure the general winning opening P731 to have a function that triggers a normal symbol lottery. In this case, in addition to the function of executing the normal symbol lottery, a prize ball It is also possible to provide a function for generating the above as a winning device of 1 (Prize drawing operation winning opening).

The large winning device P750 is configured to have a large winning opening P751 (special electric accessory P755) that opens and closes when the lottery result of the first special symbol lottery or the second special symbol lottery is a big hit or a small hit. It is sometimes called an "attacker (device)" or the like. The large winning device P750 is in an open state in which the game ball can enter the large winning opening P751 or is easy to enter (for example, a state in which the special electric accessory is activated P755) and the game ball cannot enter the large winning opening P751. Alternatively, the ball changes to a closed state in which it is difficult to enter the ball (for example, the special electric accessory P755 is inactive). In the big hit game, a plurality of round games (unit games) accompanied by an opening / closing operation of the big winning opening P751 are performed. Even when the special electric accessory P755 is in operation, the movable body P756 constituting the large winning opening P751 becomes a closed mode in which it is difficult to enter the ball due to a series of operation patterns (also referred to as "open pattern"). Has.

Further, depending on the specifications of the gaming machine, the large winning device P750 is referred to as a specific area P760 (called "V zone" or "V area"" through which the game ball can pass, and depending on the function, the "probability fluctuation function is activated". Areas ”,“ continuation areas ”, etc.) may be provided. The functions related to this "specific area" are (a) to activate the probability fluctuation function (described later) after the big hit game triggered by passing through the specific area during the big hit game, and (b) to pass through the specific area during the small hit game. Activating the accessory continuous operation device (flag for continuously operating the special electric accessory) and granting the right to execute the jackpot game, (c) Specified in a specific round during the jackpot game Examples include deterministic or non-execution of subsequent rounds based on whether or not the region has been passed. An opening / closing member P761 (valve member), which is a structure for changing the ease of passage, may be provided in the "specific region", and the flow path can be distributed by the action of the opening / closing member P761. It may be configured to pass through the specific region P760 or other non-specific regions. Further, during the big hit game or the small hit game, the passage of the game ball in the specific area P761 may have a valid period and an invalid period.

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the big prize device P750 is provided in the right side region P501R (right-handed region) in the gaming region P501. Therefore, in the big hit game or the small hit game, when the game ball is launched toward the game area P501, the ball is easily hit into the big winning opening P751 by hitting the right area P501R, so-called right-handed hit. It has become.

Next, the basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite, will be described. On the back side of the front frame, a back set unit P4 having a front-rear communication window for attaching the game board unit P5 is attached to the center. A storage tank P401 for storing a large number of game balls supplied from the game facility side, a gutter member P402 for flowing down the game balls from the storage tank P401, and a game ball guided by the gutter member are paid to the back set unit P4. The prize ball payout unit P410, the back passage member P403, and the like, which allow the game balls paid out from the prize ball payout unit P410 to flow down to the upper ball plate P341 or the lower ball plate P342, are provided. Further, on the game ball flow path from the storage tank P401 to the ball plate P340, a ball pulling mechanism (ball pulling operation lever P405, a valve member that forms a flow path for removing the game ball from the flow path in conjunction with the operation lever). P406) is provided.

On the back side of the game board P5, there is a main control board P40 that comprehensively controls the game progress of the pachinko gaming machine P, and a production control board that controls the overall production according to the game progress accompanying the control of the main control board P40. P41, an image control board P42 that controls image display according to game development, and the like are attached. In the pachinko gaming machine P of the present premise technology, the effect control board P41 and the image control board P42 form an effect display unit in an assembled state integrated with the effect display device P80 (liquid crystal display device). On the other hand, on the back side of the back set unit P4, there is a payout control board P43 that controls the payout of game balls, and a power supply that receives power from the game facility side and supplies power to various control boards and electric / electronic components. A substrate P44 (not shown) or the like is attached. In order to prevent unauthorized modification, these control boards are housed in a transparent resin board case having a caulking structure and a sealing seal structure at a predetermined position on the back surface of the game board P5 or the back surface of the back set unit P4. It is arranged in each. These control boards and the electrical and electronic components of each part of the pachinko gaming machine are connected to each other via a harness (connector cable) so that the pachinko gaming machine P can proceed with the game and execute the production. ..

[Functional block]
FIG. 5 shows a functional block of a pachinko gaming machine as a premise.

The pachinko gaming machine includes a power supply board P44 that generates a power source to be used in the game machine based on an AC power supply supplied from the outside of the game machine, and a main control board P40 (main control CPU) that controls the basic operation of the game and the progress of the game. ), The payout control board P43 (payout control CPU) as a frame control device for controlling the payout of prize balls and the launch of game balls, and the effect control board P41 for controlling the effect operation and processing. It is composed of various forms. The arrows shown in the figure indicate the relationship between transmission and reception in the upper direction by a solid line arrow and the relationship between electrical connections by a broken line arrow for each function.

By operating the power switch P47 provided on the board, the power supply board P44 can be attached to the main control board P40, the effect control board P41, the payout control board P43, and various gaming devices electrically connected to them. On the other hand, the electric power required for operation is generated and supplied. The details will be described later, but since the power-on operation of the power switch P47 is a switch operation that triggers the start of processing of information related to the setting of the gaming machine, the power switch is covered with an open / close cover to prevent unauthorized operation. It is protected in a state of being.

The main control board P40 includes a first starting winning opening P711 (special drawing 1 starting opening switch P712), a second starting winning opening P721 (special drawing 2 starting opening switch P722), a large winning opening P751 (special drawing 2 starting opening switch P752), Detection switches related to the progress of various games such as the normal drawing operation port P741 (general drawing operation port switch P742), other detection switches general winning opening P731 (left side general winning opening, right side general winning opening), and out opening P790. It is connected to switches and sensors used for managing various games and monitoring fraud, such as a setting key switch P49, a vibration detection sensor P72, and a magnet sensor P73. The main control board receives information related to the occurrence of various gaming states from these switches, determines the control content related to the progress of the game, and is composed of solenoids and the like, and is large at the time of a big hit or a small hit. The special electric accessory driving means P70 driven to expand the winning opening P751 and the ordinary electric accessory P770 driven to make the ordinary electric accessory P770 easy to enter when the ordinary symbol lottery is won. Information related to the driving mode is output to the gaming device such as the driving means P71.

Sensors and the like connected to the main control board P40 are connected to terminals called input ports on the main control board to notify the main control board P40 of the occurrence of various gaming states based on sensor detection as information, and special electric motors are used. The accessory driving means P70, the ordinary electric accessory driving means P71, and other launching permission signals for the launching device P242 are received from terminals called output ports to control each device and device.

Further, the main control board P40 includes special symbol display devices P51 and P52 that display variations of the first special symbol and the second special symbol, a round indicator light P54 that notifies the type (number of rounds) of a big hit or a small hit, and a gaming state. Main control display device P50 that displays various displays such as the status indicator light P55 that notifies And so on. Regarding the "base value", there are various other accounting methods such as data that excludes winnings such as the starting winning opening P711, etc., but if necessary in the present invention, a separate explanation will be given and it is assumed. Details are omitted in the explanation of the pachinko machine.

In addition to the above, the main control board P40 is configured to be electrically connectable to a device outside the gaming machine by means of an external information output terminal P77, a test terminal P78, or the like, and transmits and receives various control signals to and from each of them. Further, the main control board P40 is also electrically connected to the effect control board P41 and the payout control board P43, which are other control boards in the game machine.

The payout control board P43 controls the payout of prize balls by the payout device P410 based on the prize ball payout transmitted from the main control board P40, a signal indicating the control state of the main control board, and the like, and the handle P204 by the player. Controls the launch of the game ball by the launcher unit P240 in response to the operation of. The payout device P410 has a payout motor P411 and a ball counting sensor P412 as an example, and is configured to be able to pay out game balls one by one by rotating the payout motor P411. The launching device (launching device unit) P240 moves the game balls staying in the ball plate P340 (upper ball plate P341) one by one to a launchable position by the ball feed unit P241, and then turns the hammer into a game ball. It is configured to fire a game ball by hitting it. The payout control board P43 is provided with a ram clear switch P48 mainly used for initializing the gaming machine and canceling an error generated during the game, and is used for connecting the payout control board P43 and the main control board P40. The operation information of the ram clear switch P48 is input to the main control board via the harness or connector used.

The effect control board P41 includes an effect display device P80, a drive source and a position detection sensor (for example, a drive motor, an initial position detection sensor, and an effect position detection sensor) of the effect movable accessory P560, and a speaker P83 (upper speaker P370, lower speaker). 141), effect input device unit P380 (for example, effect button P381 which is effect operation means P81, effect lever P382, cross key P383, etc.), effect lamp P82 ("decorative lamp", "board lamp (P550)", "frame lamp (P350)". ) ”) Is electrically connected, and various control signals are transmitted and received between them. Further, the effect control board P42 and the effect display device P80 are connected via an image control board P42 (VDP) that controls the display of the effect display device P80 (for example, a device that displays an image such as a liquid crystal display device). It may be something to do. Further, in the pachinko gaming machine, which is the premise of the present invention, the speaker P83 is configured to be controlled by the effect control board P41, but the speaker P83 is provided by separately providing a voice control board equipped with an IC or the like for voice control. It may be configured to control.

Data transmission / reception between the main control board P40 and the effect control board P41 is performed in one direction so as to be one direction from the main control board P40 to the effect control board P41. Since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main control board P40 to the effect control board P41 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the effect control board P41 to the configuration included in the main control board P40. , I can't request data transmission. Therefore, the effect control board P41 cannot refer to the information generated by the main control board P40 unless the information is transmitted. In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is the premise of the present invention, data is transmitted and received in both directions between the main control board P40 and the payout control board P43. However, as in the case of between the main control board P40 and the effect control board P41, the data may be transmitted and received in one direction from the main control board P40 to the payout control board P43.

[Basic game progress]
Next, the basic game progress and game method in the pachinko gaming machine P as the prerequisite technology configured as described above will be described for each game state. The "game state" is roughly classified into a "normal game state" and a "special game state" in which it is easier to acquire a game ball than in the normal game state. The "normal game state" is a state in which the player aims to acquire the right to shift to the "special game state", and even in the normal game state, the game state in which the player has a different degree of advantage in acquiring the right to shift to the special game state. A plurality of normal game states are provided, and among a plurality of normal game states, it is more advantageous for the player than a state in which the player can easily acquire the right to shift to the special game state (normal game state (low probability / low base state)). State) is expressed as "specific game state". The "special game state" corresponds to the so-called "big hit game" and "small hit game", and the special electric accessory driving means P70 is driven by the main control board P40, and the big winning opening P751 is opened to acquire the game ball. Means a state in which is easy.

[Normal game state (low probability / low base state)]
First, the game method and the progress of the game in the normal game state will be described. The normal gaming state described here is a description of the "normal gaming state (low probability / low base state)" (see FIG. 6) excluding the specific gaming state, and is generally in a situation where the player starts the game. The game state will be described, and the game method in the specific game state, the progress of the game, and the meanings of the terms “low (high) probability” and “low (high) base” will be described later.

As a method of gaming in the normal gaming state (low probability / low base state), the player first operates the handle P204 to launch the gaming ball toward the gaming area P501 provided on the gaming board P5. In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, in the normal gaming state (low probability / low base state), the player fires the amount of operation of the handle P204 toward the left region P501L (left-handed region) of the gaming region. Operate as if to play a game.

When the game ball is launched into the left side area P501L of the game area by the player, the launched game ball flows down the game area P501, and the game nail P510 (also referred to as “obstacle nail” or “navel”) (also referred to as “obstacle nail” or “navel”) (not shown) or , While displacing the flow direction by the windmill P511, to the first starting winning opening P711 or the general winning opening P731L of the left general winning device, which is arranged at a position substantially below the center in the game area P501 of the game board called "navel" or the like. Either the ball is entered (winning) or the ball is not entered in any of the winning openings, and the ball is entered into the out opening P790 as a gamed game ball. When a ball is entered into the first starting winning opening P711 or the general winning opening P731, the main control board P40 causes the payout control board P43 to make the prize balls of the number of prize balls determined for each winning opening (control command). ) Is output, and the player acquires a new game ball by paying out the prize ball.

Here, a special figure 1 start port switch P712 is arranged inside the first start winning opening P711, and as a game state (game result) that can occur when the player fires a game ball into the left side area P501L in the game area. , When the ball is entered into the first starting winning opening P711, the game ball detection information of the special drawing 1 starting opening switch P712 is input to the main control board P40.

When the main control board P40 receives the input of the game ball detection information of the special figure 1 start port switch P712, the main control board P40 pays out the game balls of a predetermined number of prize balls and draws a lottery related to the control of the first special symbol. Get a random number value to do. The random number value is acquired by acquiring the random number value generated by the random number generation circuit on the electric circuit based on the detection of the game ball (hard latch), or by the control device of the main control board P40 by processing on the software. When the detection information of the game ball is confirmed, a method such as executing a process of acquiring a random number value from the previous random number generation circuit or acquiring a random number value updated by software (soft latch) is available. Yes, it may be used properly according to the random number value to be acquired, or it may be used in combination. In addition, when the ball is entered into the general prize opening, the random number related to the special symbol is not acquired, and only the prize ball is paid out.

The lottery related to the control of the first special symbol is a "special symbol lottery", and the "special symbol lottery" includes a "win / fail lottery", a "winning symbol lottery", and a "variable pattern lottery". The "win / fail lottery" is a process of determining whether the lottery result using the acquired random number value is a "big hit" or a "missing" (depending on the specifications of the gaming machine, the lottery result includes a "small hit". ). The "winning symbol lottery" (sometimes simply referred to as "symbol lottery") is a process of determining the display pattern of the stop display symbol indicating the winning / failing lottery result in the special symbol display device P51 (P52) in the main control display device P50. Yes, for one lottery result (big hit, small hit), one symbol can be determined from a plurality of stop display symbols, and "big hit", "small hit" according to the stop display symbol determined here. It is possible to make the execution mode of the special game in the above different. The "variable pattern lottery" is a process of determining at what timing the stop display symbol indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery is displayed on the special symbol display device P51 (P52), and the special symbol is displayed on the special symbol display device P51 (P52). It determines the time during which the variable display indicating that the lottery has been executed is made (referred to as "variable display time" or "variable pattern"). It is common to use different random numbers for the "win / fail lottery", "winning symbol lottery", and "variable pattern lottery", and "win / fail lottery random numbers", "symbol random numbers", and "variable patterns", respectively. It is called a "random number". The lottery related to the control of the second special symbol performed based on the detection of the game ball of the special figure 2 start port switch P722 is also the same “special symbol lottery”. A description of the "special symbol lottery" will be described later.

Returning to the explanation of the game method in the normal game state (low probability / low base state), in the normal game state (low probability / low base state), the player fires a game ball into the left area P501L of the game area. Then, a game ball is inserted into the first start winning opening P711, a lottery related to the first special symbol (special symbol lottery) is executed, and a special symbol indicating "big hit" ("small hit") is shown on the special symbol display device. By displaying the stop display symbol of, a game aiming at acquiring the right to execute a special game is performed.

It should be noted that, as described above, in the process in which the player receives the special symbol lottery, the special symbol is variablely displayed according to the time determined by the variable pattern lottery. If there is a new ball in the starting winning opening (first starting winning opening P711, second starting winning opening P721) during the variable display period of this special symbol, a predetermined number of special symbol lottery is executed. It has a hold function that temporarily stores the random value corresponding to the right. In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, it is possible to hold up to four special symbol lottery as a hold function corresponding to the special symbol lottery based on the winning of the first starting winning opening P711. The hold function can be set for each special symbol, and in the pachinko gaming machine P of this prerequisite technology, in addition to the hold of the first special symbol, the hold function of the special symbol lottery for the second special symbol is also held up to four times. It is possible to reserve the random value used for the special symbol lottery.

As described above, in the normal game state (low probability / low base state), the player fires the game ball into the left side area P501L of the game area to execute the special symbol lottery related to the first special symbol. Then, in the special symbol lottery, when the special symbol display device displays that the lottery result of the special gaming state such as "big hit" or "small hit" has been won and the right to shift to the special gaming state has been acquired. , The gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine P shifts to the special gaming state.

[Special game state]
Subsequently, the game method and the progress of the game in the special game state will be described. There are "big hit (game)" and "small hit (game)" in the special game state, and the special electric accessory P755 operates in both cases, that is, the special electric accessory driving means P70 from the main control board P40. A drive signal is output to the player, and the big winning opening P751 is in a state where it is easy to enter the ball. The difference is that the "big hit" continuously operates the special electric accessory P755 a plurality of times. The major difference is that the "small hit" is completed by the operation of the special electric accessory once, while it is based on the operation of the operating device. As another difference, in the operation of the special electric accessory (big hit) based on the operation of the accessory continuous operation device, it is possible to make the operation mode of the special electric accessory P755 more advantageous to the player. Specifically, the total opening time of the large winning opening P751 in the operating state (big hit) of the accessory continuous operation device is allowed up to 30 seconds, while the total opening of the large winning opening P751 in the small hit. There is a point that the time is limited to 1.8 seconds. In the following description of the game method and the progress of the game in the special game state, a jackpot will be used as an example.

The game progress of the special game in the pachinko game machine P, which is the prerequisite technology, is called "special game start demo" (in the case of a big hit, "big hit start demo", "role continuous operation start demo", etc., in chronological order. In the case of a hit, there is a production period called "small hit start demo") to notify the player that various special games have been acquired, and one time called "round (game)" (also called "unit game"). The operation period of the special electric accessory P755 and the "special game end demo" (referred to as "big hit end demo" and "combination operation end demo" in the case of a big hit, and "small hit end demo" in the case of a small hit. ), Which is mainly composed of a game result (number of acquired game balls, etc.) during a special game and a period for notifying the type of the normal game state (including the specific game state) of the transition destination.

Next, the method of the game during each of the above-mentioned special games will be described. First, during the "special game start demo" period, in the pachinko game machine P of the prerequisite technology, the large winning opening P751 is arranged in the right side area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area, and the normal game state (low probability / low). Even if the game ball is launched into the left side area P501L, which is the same as the base state), it is almost impossible to expect the large winning opening P751 to enter the ball. In addition, the display device P80, the speaker (lower speaker P141, upper speaker P370), and the effect lamp produce a right-handed notification effect that urges the player to launch the game ball into the right-hand area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area. It is executed using P82. The player adjusts the operation amount of the handle P204 to increase the firing intensity of the game ball according to the right-handed notification effect, and changes the firing position so that the game ball flows down to the right area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area. (Perform right-handed).

In the "round (game)" period, in the pachinko gaming machine P of the prerequisite technology, the large winning opening P751 is in a state where it is easy to enter the ball by the drive signal output from the main control board P40 to the special electric accessory driving means P70. A production that congratulates the player on having a big hit (small hit) according to the execution period of the special game due to difficulty in entering the ball, or a normal game state that shifts after the special game is completed is more advantageous for the player. Perform an effect such as an effect that suggests whether or not the game will be in a gaming state. The player launches the game ball into the right side area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area in order to enter the game ball into the large winning opening P751 and obtain a large number of game balls.

During one "round (game)" period, the opening pattern (operation mode of the special electric accessory) of the big winning opening determined based on the type of big hit (small hit) is completed (opening time elapses). Alternatively, the game ends when a predetermined "specified number" (sometimes expressed as "count", "C", etc.) of game balls enters. Then, according to the type of the special game state (big hit, small hit type) being executed, when all the round games to be executed are completed, the state shifts to the "special game end demo" state.

Subsequently, during the "special game end demo" period, the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite technology, has the number of game balls acquired during the period of this special game state and multiple times continuously performed during the specific game period described later. The effect of notifying the total number of acquired game balls acquired in the special game state (acquired without shifting to the normal game state (low probability / low base state)), or the normal game that shifts after the special game state. Notification of the type of state and notification related to the game method in the game state of the transition destination (such as the above-mentioned right-handed notification effect) are executed. The player operates the steering wheel in preparation for the game according to the type of the normal game state of the transition destination from the effect being executed.

In many pachinko gaming machines P that are premised,, with some exceptions, when a jackpot game as a special gaming state is executed, a special gaming state for a player called a "specific gaming state" as a normal gaming state. It is a game that allows you to enjoy the so-called "renso", in which the right to shift to is easily acquired, and the specific game state and the special game state are continuously repeated.

[Specific game state]
Subsequently, the "specific game state" will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the specific gaming state is roughly divided into three specific gaming states. Then, there are a "probability state" and a "base state" as elements that separate these types, and a specific game state is configured by combining them.

(Probability state)
The "probability state" is a probability fluctuation function based on the operating state of the "probability fluctuation function" (also referred to as "probability change"), which is a function of changing the probability that the lottery result will be a "big hit" in the winning or losing lottery in the special symbol lottery. When the winning / failing lottery in the special symbol lottery becomes a "big hit" with a higher probability than when is operating and not operating, it is expressed as "high probability (state)"("probability change state", "probability fluctuation state"). (There is also), and the state in which the probability fluctuation function is not operating is expressed as "low probability (state)". The "high probability (state)" is a gaming state that is more advantageous than the normal gaming state (low probability / low base state) in that the probability of winning a big hit for one special symbol lottery is high.

(Base state)
The "base state" is a state related to the "base", that is, the "ratio of game balls (expected value) obtained as a prize ball when a predetermined number of game balls are fired", and is generally an ordinary electric accessory. The state in which the operation of P770 is easier (advantageous) than the normal gaming state (low probability / low base state) is called "high base (state)" (also referred to as "electric chew support (electric support) state"). .. Depending on the specifications of the gaming machine, even if the "electric chew support function" is not activated, the recommended launch position of the gaming ball is switched, so that "a prize ball is obtained when a predetermined number of gaming balls are launched." If the "ratio of game balls to be played" increases, it may be expressed as "high base state". "High base (state)" is special while suppressing the consumption of game balls by increasing the number of game balls paid out as prize balls (easily paid out) in the period until the special game state is acquired. It is a gaming state that is advantageous for the player in that it is possible to aim for the acquisition of the gaming state.

The "electric chew support function" is a state in which the operation of the ordinary electric accessory P770 is easier than in the normal gaming state (low probability / low base state), but mainly includes a combination of three functions (at least one). ). The three functions that make up the "electric chew support function" are "normal symbol probability change", "normal symbol time reduction", and "opening extension (of ordinary electric accessory)". The "ordinary symbol probability change" refers to a state in which there is a high probability that the ordinary electric accessory will be operated in the "ordinary symbol lottery". The "ordinary symbol time reduction" refers to a state in which the time from executing the ordinary symbol lottery to displaying the result of the ordinary symbol lottery is shortened in the ordinary symbol display means P53 in the main control display device P50. "Extension of opening of ordinary electric accessory" means that the game ball can easily enter the winning opening related to the ordinary electric accessory P770 for the type of winning in the ordinary symbol lottery. It refers to changing to operate, and as an example, it corresponds to extending and lengthening the total time for making a normal electric accessory in an easy-to-enter state.

In the "ordinary symbol lottery", the above-mentioned special symbol lottery is a lottery related to the operation of the special electric accessory P755, whereas the ordinary symbol lottery is a lottery related to the operation of the ordinary electric accessory P770, and the lottery. The execution trigger is different in that the game ball enters the normal drawing operation gate device P740, but it is almost the same in that the hit / fail, the symbol, and the fluctuation pattern are determined by lottery and that the holding function is provided. When expressing the winning / failing, the symbol, and the lottery of the fluctuation pattern related to the ordinary symbol lottery, "Public drawing" (or "Public drawing" (or "Floating pattern lottery"" It is expressed by adding "ordinary pattern") to the beginning.

"Probability state" and "base state" have been described as elements for distinguishing the types of "specific game state", but "time saving state" ("variation time shortening state"" is another element that constitutes the specific game state. , The "variation time reduction function" is activated). In general, the "time saving state" refers to a state in which the fluctuation display time (variation pattern) per special symbol is shortened and the number of executions of the special symbol lottery per unit time is increased, which is more for the player. It is in an advantageous state in that many special symbol lottery can be received per unit time. The "time saving state" (variable time shortening state) is often controlled at the same time as the above-mentioned "high probability state" and "electric chew support state", and it is rare that a specific gaming state is configured by itself.

[Specific game state 1: Low probability / high base state]
Returning to the explanation relating to the "specific game state", first, the progress of the game and the game method in the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

The transition to the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) is performed by the game state transition shown in (1), (8), and (12) of FIG. The game state transition conditions of (1), (8), and (12) in FIG. 6 are (a) to acquire a big hit game in each state, and (b) to elapse the predetermined number of games (* (8). ) Only) and so on. Although not shown, there is a case where the specific game state 1 shifts to the specific game state 1 again via the jackpot game. On the other hand, when the condition for ending the special gaming state is satisfied, the transition is as shown in (2), (7), and (11) of FIG. The game state transition conditions of (2), (7), and (11) include (c) acquiring a type of jackpot game that shifts to each game state in the specific game state 1. (d). It is mentioned that the predetermined number of games has passed (* (2) only). The "number of games" refers to, for example, the "number of times the special symbol lottery is executed".

After shifting to the specific gaming state 1 (low probability / high base state), both the above-mentioned "electric chew support function" and "variation time shortening function" are activated in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P. In the arrangement configuration of each winning device on the gaming board P5 of the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the normal drawing operation gate device P740 and the second start winning prize related to the ordinary electric accessory are placed in the right side area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area. The mouth P721 is arranged, and the player can easily receive the normal symbol lottery and the special symbol lottery by performing "right-handed" to launch the game ball into the right-hand area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area. Further, the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P is controlled to the above-mentioned "time saving state" in the specific gaming state 1 (low probability / high base state).

Explaining the progress of the game in more detail, when the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) is reached, the player fires a game ball into the right area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area, and the general drawing The first procedure is to enter (pass) the ball into the actuating gate device P740, and by entering (passing) the ball into the actuating gate device P740, the main control board P40 receives a normal symbol lottery. Since the normal symbol lottery in the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) is won with a high probability (about 1/1) due to the operation of the normal figure probability change function, one game ball is sent to the normal figure operation gate device P740. When the ball enters (passes), the operation of the ordinary electric accessory P770 occurs once. When the ordinary electric accessory P770 is activated, the pachinko gaming machine P, which is premised on, has the second start winning opening P721, which triggers the special symbol lottery related to the second special symbol, in an easy-to-enter state, and the player continues to play the second. As a procedure, a game ball is launched toward the second starting winning opening P721. When a game ball enters the second start winning opening P721, detection information is input to the main control board P40, a special symbol lottery related to the second special symbol is executed, and the right to execute the special game (big hit, small hit). The lottery related to the acquisition of is executed.

The specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) is predetermined by the game state transition condition (for example, the type of jackpot executed if the jackpot is executed) that causes the transition to the state. It ends when the number of games (the number of times a special symbol lottery is received) elapses or a new big hit game is acquired (note that there is a case where the state is restored again after the big hit game). In the case of acquiring a small hit game, it is often assumed that the specific game state does not end, but depending on the specifications of the gaming machine, the acquisition of a small hit game (or the acquisition of multiple small hit games, a specific type of game) It may be designed to end with the acquisition of a small hit game). When the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) ends depending on the number of games played, the state shifts to the normal game state (low probability / low base state).

[Specific game state 2: High probability / High base state]
Next, the progress of the game and the game method in the specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state) shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

The transition to the specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state) is performed by the game state transition shown in (3), (7), and (9) of FIG. The game state transition conditions of (3), (7), and (9) in FIG. 6 are (a) to acquire a big hit game in each state. Although not shown, there is a case where the specific game state 2 is changed to the specific game state 2 again via the jackpot game. On the other hand, when the condition for ending the special gaming state is satisfied, the transition is as shown in (4), (8), and (10) of FIG. The game state transition conditions of (4), (8), and (10) include (a) acquiring a type of jackpot game that shifts to each game state in the specific game state 2, (c). It is mentioned that the predetermined number of games has passed.

After shifting to the specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state), in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the "probability fluctuation function" was further activated for the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state). It differs in that it has a "high probability (state)". The progress of the game and the method of the game in the specific game state 2 are the same as those in the specific game state 1, and the difference is that the player can win the big hit earlier than the high probability of winning the big hit in the special symbol lottery. do.

The specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state) is predetermined by the game state transition condition (for example, the type of jackpot executed if the jackpot is executed) that causes the transition to the state. It ends when the number of games (the number of times a special symbol lottery is received) elapses or a new big hit game is acquired (note that there is a case where the state is restored again after the big hit game). In general, the specific game state 2 does not end in the case of acquiring a small hit game. When the specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state) ends depending on the number of games, the normal game state (low probability / low base state), the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state), and the specific game state Shift to 3 (high probability / low base state).

[Specific game state 3: High probability / low base state]
Subsequently, the progress of the game and the game method in the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state) shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

The transition to the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state) is performed by the game state transition shown in (5), (10), and (11) of FIG. The game state transition conditions of (5), (10), and (11) in FIG. 6 are (a) to acquire a big hit game in each state, and (b) to elapse the predetermined number of games (* (10). ) Only) and so on. Although not shown, there is a case where the specific game state 3 shifts to the specific game state 3 again via the jackpot game. On the other hand, when the condition for ending the special gaming state is satisfied, the transition is as shown in (6), (9), and (12) of FIG. The game state transition conditions of (6), (9), and (12) include (c) acquiring a type of jackpot game that shifts to each game state in the specific game state 3, (d). It is mentioned that the predetermined number of games has passed (* (6) only).

When shifting to the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state), in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the "probability fluctuation function" is activated and becomes the "high probability (state)", and the specific game state 1 and the specific game Unlike the state 2, the "electric chew support function" and the "variation time shortening function" are not operating. In the arrangement configuration of each winning device on the gaming board P5 of the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the normal drawing operation gate device P740 and the second start winning prize related to the ordinary electric accessory are placed in the right side area P501 (right-handed area) of the game area. Although the mouth P721 is arranged, it is assumed that in the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state), the player performs "right-handed" to shoot a game ball into the right-hand area P501R (right-handed area) of the game area. However, the probability of winning in a normal symbol lottery is low, and there is no advantage in hitting right.

Therefore, the player advances the game by "left-handed" in which the game ball is launched into the left side area P501L (left-handed area) of the game area, and since it is in a high probability state, the probability of winning a big hit in the special symbol lottery is high. The game method and game progress are the same as in the normal game state (low probability / low base state), except that the jackpot game can be acquired at an early stage because it is high.

The specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state) is predetermined by the game state transition condition (for example, the type of jackpot executed if the jackpot is executed) that causes the transition to the state. It ends when the number of games (the number of times a special symbol lottery is received) elapses or a new big hit game is acquired (note that there is a case where the state is restored again after the big hit game). In general, the specific game state 3 does not end in the case of acquiring a small hit game. When the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state) ends depending on the number of games played, the state shifts to the normal game state (low probability / low base state).

The specific gaming state 3 (high probability / low base state) is different from the board layout configuration of FIG. 6 described as the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, and the normal electric accessory P770 is located in the right side region P501R (right-handed region). Arrangement of winning devices on the game board, such as arranging a third start winning opening of a type that does not have, and activating the "time saving state" so that many special symbol lottery can be received in a short time. In addition, depending on the control of the time saving state, "right-handed" may be the recommended gaming state.

As described above, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the game progresses according to a plurality of gaming states, but it is not always necessary to provide all the gaming states described above. Therefore, among the game machine specifications composed of a combination of a plurality of gaming states, the game machine specifications (sometimes referred to as "specs") that can be adopted by the presupposed pachinko game machine P are illustrated below.

Regarding typical game machine specifications (“specs”), examples of the types of game machine specifications related to the operation of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol lottery are “(until next time) probability change” and “ST (number of times cut probability change)”. , "V probability change (also called" ball probability "," attack round system ")", "latent probability change" can be adopted. The difference in the specifications of the gaming machine due to the difference in the probability fluctuation function may be expressed as "this gaming machine is a" XX machine (example: ST machine) "". Further, in a gaming machine that does not have a probability fluctuation function, by passing through a specific area P760 inside the big winning opening P751 during a small hit game, the accessory continuous operating device is subsequently activated (that is, the game shifts to the big hit game). There is also a game machine specification called "small hit V".

[Probability change (until next time)]
First of all, "probability change (until next time)" will be explained. "Probability change until next time" is generally defined as "specific game state 2 (specific game state 2), which is the most advantageous game state among the above-mentioned specific game states among a plurality of specific game states provided in the pachinko gaming machine P. The game machine specifications for "pachinko game machines" that will continue until the next big hit game right is acquired (high probability / high base state) are shown. In other words, the "probability change until next time" gaming machine is configured so that the specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state) continues until the right to the next big hit game is acquired, and it does not end depending on the number of symbol fluctuations. Has been done.

Depending on the type of jackpot, it may be controlled to the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) or the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state). Also, in the "pachinko gaming machine that continues until the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state) acquires the right to the next big hit game", the probability fluctuation function continues until the next big hit. Although it is sometimes called "probability change until the next time", the base state is "low base state", and the same game as the normal game state (low probability / low base state) may be required for the electric chew support function. In this way, since it is a probability change until the next time when the electric chew support function is not operating, it is expressed separately as "latent probability change".

[ST (Probability change of number of times)]
Next, "ST (probability of cutting the number of times)" will be described. "ST" is an abbreviation for "Special Time", and generally, "specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state) performs a predetermined number of special symbol lottery (predetermined number of times). The game machine specifications for "Pachinko game machines that will continue until the right of the jackpot game is acquired" are shown.

Depending on the type of jackpot, it may be controlled to the specific game state 1 (low probability / high base state) or the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state). In addition, as in the case of "probability change until next time", the game state is set to the specific game state 3 (high probability / low base state) until a predetermined number of special symbol lottery is performed or the right to the jackpot game is acquired. It is also possible to configure the case to be controlled so as to have a state called "latent probability change (latent ST)".

In addition, even if it is "ST (probability of cutting the number of times)", the period in which the game state is controlled by ST is set to "until the lottery of the special symbol lottery is performed 10,000 times". If it is a gaming machine specification that can be said to guarantee a big hit until the next time, it may be expressed as "probability change until the next time".

As mentioned above, "probability change until next time" and "ST (probability change by number of times)" distinguish "probability change state" as a gaming machine specification in that the end of the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol lottery is different. Is. On the other hand, as described below, regarding whether or not the probability variation function of the special symbol lottery is activated in a specific game state, that is, the start of execution of the probability variation function, as in the "V probability variation (" ball probability "" attack round system ")". In some cases, the game machine specifications (“specs”) are expressed by requiring special conditions.

[V probability change]
Next, a gaming machine specification called "V probability variation" will be described. The "V probability change" is referred to as a "specific area P750"("Vzone","Varea", etc.) provided in the large winning opening P751 during the jackpot game before the gaming state shifts to the specific gaming state. When the passage of a game ball (“V winning”) is detected under predetermined conditions (such as during the execution of a specific jackpot round), the probability fluctuation function is activated after the jackpot game. The gaming machine specifications of the pachinko gaming machine that controls the transition to the specific gaming state (specific gaming state 1 or specific gaming state 3) are shown. Regarding the "specific region" used for the "V probability variation", it may be particularly referred to as a "probability fluctuation function operating region".

As described above, "V probability variation" is a gaming machine specification indicating that whether or not the probability fluctuation function is activated depends on the game result during the jackpot game (depending on whether or not the gaming ball passes through the specific area P760). There is a "V probability change (V-loop)" depending on whether the activated probability fluctuation function ends with the same control as the "probability change until the next time" or the same control as the "ST". An expression indicating a game machine specification different from "" and "V-ST" is used.

In the pachinko gaming machine P that adopts "V probability variation" as the game machine specification, if the V prize is not won during the big hit game, the probability fluctuation function does not operate after the big hit game, and the normal game state or the specific game It is controlled to state 1 (low probability / high base state). Further, it is possible to switch whether or not the game state in which the probability variation function operates after the big hit game is switched between the case where the V prize is won and the case where the V prize is not won, and at the same time, the operation mode of the electric chew support function can be changed. As an example, in the "V probability change (V-loop)" machine, if V is won, the probability fluctuation function and the electric chew support function will continue until the next big hit, and if V is not won, the probability fluctuation function will be activated. However, the electric chew support function can also be limited to 100 special symbol lottery.

[Small hit V]
Next, a gaming machine specification (spec) called "small hit V" will be described as a gaming machine specification that can provide a gaming state advantageous to the player regarding the acquisition of a big hit without having a probability fluctuation function.

The "small hit V" is a "specific area" provided inside the large winning opening P751 during the small hit game (during the operation of the special electric accessory) that is executed when the result of the special symbol lottery is a small hit. When passing through "P760" (sometimes referred to as "V zone", "V area", etc.), a gaming machine specification that activates a continuous accessory actuating device following a small hit game, that is, starts a big hit game. be. In other words, by passing the specific area P760 during the small hit, the big hit game can be obtained without obtaining the result of the big hit as a result of the special symbol lottery.

"Small hit V" is a special electric accessory that is not operating as a result of the special symbol lottery. It is a specification that operates the accessory continuous operation device when passing through the specific area P760 during operation (while the large winning opening P751 is open), and while it may be expressed as "Type 1 small hit V", the conventional pachinko game Since it has a playability close to that of the so-called "type 2 pachinko" gaming machine, it may be expressed as "type 1 and type 2 mixer".

Generally, a pachinko machine that adopts "small hit V" as a game machine specification does not have a probability change function (probability change function), and the degree of advantage is changed depending on the presence or absence of an electric chew support function. That is, it becomes a change trigger of a special symbol (for example, winning a small hit at 1/2) that makes it easy to win a prize opening related to the ordinary electric accessory P770 when the electric chew support function is activated. By configuring it with a starting winning opening, it is easy to win a small hit when the electric chew support function is operating, and it is possible to aim for a big hit with a V winning during a small hit game. By doing so, it is a game playability that increases the possibility of obtaining a big hit by a small hit, instead of increasing the random value range that becomes a big hit as in the probability variation function.

[Other game machine specifications (specs)]
The game machine specifications described above are typical, and some other characteristic game machine specifications are known. Therefore, they will be briefly described below.

(limiter)
The "limiter" is a case in which a specific game state in which the probability fluctuation function or the electric chew support function is activated is repeatedly performed with the execution of the jackpot game in between (so-called "ream villa" state), and is predetermined. When the number of repetitions (number of consecutive villas) is reached, even if the jackpot game that the probability fluctuation function and the electric chew support function should originally operate is executed, the probability fluctuation function or the electric chew support function It is a function that limits the operation. As a limiter function, the function that limits the "probability fluctuation function" based on the number of consecutive times is called the "probability change limiter", and the function that limits the "electric chew support function" based on the number of consecutive times is called the "time saving limiter (electric sapoli limiter)". Call. A gaming machine having a limiter function is called a "limiter machine".

(Fall)
"Fall" is a gaming machine that executes a "fall lottery" that determines whether or not to terminate the probability fluctuation function each time a special symbol lottery is performed during the period when the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol lottery is operating. The specifications are shown. In a situation where the electric chew support function is operating together with the probability fluctuation function, if the fall lottery is won, the operation of the electric chew support function ends at the end of the probability fluctuation function, or only the probability fluctuation function ends. The operation of the electric chew support function may continue.

It should be noted that a plurality of the above-mentioned game machine specifications can be combined. For example, when "ST" and "fall" are combined, when the specific game state 2 (high probability / high base state) is set, ( Specific game state 2 (high) when either 1) winning the fall lottery, (2) performing a predetermined number of special symbol lottery, or (3) acquiring the right to the jackpot game is satisfied. Probability / high base state) will end (shift to another gaming state).

Next, the control of the main control board P40 that controls the progress of the game in the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, will be described. The pachinko gaming machine P, which is the premise to be described in the present embodiment, will be described on the premise of the pachinko gaming machine that adopts "ST (probability of cutting the number of times)" as the above-mentioned gaming machine specifications (specs). .. In the description of the embodiment, the notation of "P-s OO" indicating the processing step in the figure will be described as "step OO" in the text.

[Power-on processing of main control board (main loop processing of main control board)]
The main control board P40 of the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, first executes the power-on processing (step 1000) when the power of the pachinko gaming machine P is turned on. Here, the details of the power-on process will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

When the power-on process is started on the main control board P40 of the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite, initial settings related to the operation of the CPU, which is an arithmetic unit provided on the main control board P40, are performed (step 1002). The initial setting is to appropriately set the setting necessary for the subsequent operation of the CPU, and the details thereof will be omitted.

When the CPU initial setting is completed, the input port confirmation process (step 1004) and the power off information confirmation / checksum process (step 1006) are subsequently executed, and the game stop state setting process (step 1008) is received in response to these processing contents. ) Is performed.

More specifically, the input port confirmation process (step 1004) is a "set value" for changing the degree of advantage of the special symbol lottery of the pachinko gaming machine P (particularly, the operation probability of the accessory continuous operation device, that is, the jackpot probability). The flag of whether or not it is in the state of performing "setting change processing" that can change "", and the flag of whether or not it is in the state of performing "setting confirmation processing" for confirming the "setting value" This is a process for generating information for determining whether or not to establish (whether or not to turn on) in the game stop state setting process that is performed later. In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the detection status of the frame opening switch P131 (a switch that detects that the front frame is open to the outer frame) and the detection status of whether the ram clear switch P48 is operated by the player. , Data including data indicating the detection status of whether the setting key switch P49 is being rotated is generated as 1-byte data.

In the subsequent power-off information confirmation / checksum processing (step 1006), when the power was turned off last time, the pachinko gaming machine P normally turned off the power, and the control data related to the game state when the power-off occurred was normally performed. It is a process of confirming whether the data is normally saved and stored in the storage area of the CPU of the main control board P40. If the data is not normal, the game is played in the game stop state setting process (step 1008) described later as an error. It is a process to set (turn on) a flag to stop.

In the "game stop state setting process" (step 1008), after the process in the power-on process is completed and the process shifts to the main loop process to start the game, a flag is set to prevent the player from actually playing the game. Based on the processing results of the input port confirmation process (step 1004) and the power off information confirmation / checksum process (step 1006), the "setting change state", "setting confirmation state", and "unrecoverable" This is a process of setting a flag to shift to one of the "error states", which is a game progress disallowed state. The details of the "game stop state setting process" are shown in FIG. 8, and the description will be given based on the description in FIG.

In the game stop state setting process, it is first determined whether or not the frame is open based on the 1-byte data generated in the input port confirmation process (step 1004) (step 1100). If the front frame P2 of the pachinko gaming machine P is open to the outer frame P1 when the power is turned on (YES in step 1100), the specific bit of the 1-byte data is "1". Therefore, the processing of the following step 1102 is omitted. On the other hand, if the frame is not open when the power of the pachinko gaming machine is turned on, it is assumed that some of the essential operations for executing the setting change process are not satisfied, and the input port confirmation process (step 1004) generated 1 Calculates the operation information of the setting key switch from the byte data so that it becomes off data. Although not shown, in both cases where YES is set in step 1102 and NO is set, the bit in the 1-byte data whose frame is open is also calculated to be off data.

In the following step 1104, it is determined whether or not the 1-byte data generated in the input port confirmation process (step 1004) is information that can be determined as "there is a setting change operation". In the premise pachinko gaming machine P, the situations where it is judged that "there is a setting change operation" are (1) the frame release switch P131 is on (the frame is open when the power is turned on), and (2) the setting key switch P49 is on. It requires three states: (it is being rotated) and (3) the ram clear switch P48 is on. As described above, the information of the frame opening switch P131 is set to off in the 1-byte data, and it is determined in this step whether or not both (2) and (3) are satisfied. For example, when two specific bit data are "1", it is determined that there is a setting change operation (note that the active data indicating that the two switches are on does not necessarily have to be "1", and either of them is used. One data may be "0"). Then, when it is determined that the setting change operation has been performed, that is, when it is determined to be YES in step 1104, the data indicating "setting change in progress" is stored as the game stop state flag, and the game stop state setting process is terminated ( Step 1106, step 1118). On the other hand, if NO is determined in step 1104, the process proceeds to the subsequent step 1108. If the set value information stored in the ram (RAM = Random Access Memory) of the main control board P40 is abnormal data (when the operation is to return from the unrecoverable error state), it is set as the initial set value. The data corresponding to the set value "1" is set in the area for storing the set value (step 1118).

Next, in step 1108, it is determined that a game stop error has occurred. A game stop error is an error that requires ram clearing and setting (changing) processing of a set value when a situation occurs in which the game cannot proceed, such as a checksum abnormality (ram abnormality) or a setting value abnormality. Refers to. The determination in step 1108 determines whether or not to set the game stopped state based on the processing result of the power off information confirmation / checksum processing (step 1006) and the error information stored at the time of the previous power off processing. .. If it is determined that an error state should be set (if YES is determined in step 1108), the game stop state flag is set to "unrecoverable error state" and the game stop state setting process is terminated (step 1110, step 1118). If it is determined that no error has occurred, the process proceeds to the subsequent step 1112.

In the following step 1112, it is determined whether or not the ram clear switch P48 is operated. In the game stop state setting process, as a state when proceeding to the relevant step
(A) When the operation to shift to the setting confirmation state is being performed, in other words, in the judgment of "there is a setting change operation", (1) the frame opening switch P131 is on (the frame is being opened when the power is turned on). , (2) When the setting key switch P49 is on, is satisfied, and (3) The ram clear switch P48 is on, is not satisfied.
(B) When the ram clear operation for clearing the data is performed, in other words, (2) the setting key switch P49 is on is not satisfied, and (3) the ram clear switch P48 is on. When satisfied
(C) When the power is turned on without any operation such as "setting change operation", "setting confirmation operation", or "ram clear operation" being performed.
It is one of the situations. Then, in these states, the 1-byte data generated in the input port confirmation process (step 1004) has (a) bit data indicating on / off of the setting key switch P49 is "1 (on data)", and (b) ram clear switch. The bit data indicating on / off of the operation detection state of P48 is "1 (on data)", and (c) the 1-byte data is all off data (for example, all bits "0").

Then, in step 1112, it is determined whether or not the ram clear switch P48 has been operated, and if there is a ram clear operation (when it is determined to be YES in step 1112), the pachinko gaming machine enters the game-enabled state after ram clearing. In order to make the transition, a process of clearing the game stop state flag is performed (step 1114). On the other hand, except in the situation where the ram clear operation is performed, the current 1-byte data is set as it is, and at this time, when the operation to shift the game stop state flag to the "setting confirmation state" is performed (in step 1112). (When determining NO), the bit data indicating the operation status of the setting key switch P49 is "1", and the 1-byte data indicating the game stop status flag is stored as data indicating "setting is being confirmed" (when it is determined to be NO). Step 1118). Further, when there is neither a ram clear operation nor a transition operation to the setting confirmation state, the 1-byte data generated in the input port confirmation process (step 1004) is originally data indicating that there is no game stop as a game stop state flag. It is set as information without game stop.

If a value indicating some kind of stop state is stored for the game stop state flag set in the "game stop state setting process" (step 1008), it is the main game allowed state in the power-on process (step 1000). In the interrupt process (step 2000), which is the main body of the game progress control executed after the transition to the loop (step 1028 to step 1036), the value indicating the stopped state is referred to, and the game progress described as "basic game progress". However, these controls will be described later in the description of interrupt processing.

Returning to the description of the power-on process of FIG. 7, the subsequent process will be described. When the game stop state setting process (step 1008) is completed, it is determined whether or not the ram clear operation has been performed (step 1010). The ram clear operation is that the ram clear switch P48 is operated when the power of the pachinko gaming machine P is turned on. This process is executed regardless of whether the setting key switch P49 is off or on. When it is determined in step 1010 that there is a ram clear operation, a predetermined storage area is initialized from the ram storage area of the main control board P40.

In the subsequent processes of steps 1014 to 1020, a process of setting an effect control command (effect command) for causing the effect control board P41 to recognize the state of the gaming machine is performed from the main control board P40 when the power is turned on. More specifically, in step 1014, a process of clearing the effect control command that had not been transmitted when the power was cut off last time (when the power was cut off) is performed from the storage area. Then, when the information regarding the current gaming state of the main control board P40 returned after the power is turned on in step 1016 is generated as an effect control command and it is determined in step 1018 that the game is not in the game stopped state, the generated return in step 1020 is performed. The effect control command indicating the game state is set in the area for storing the transmission data of the effect control command.

When the processing related to the set of the effect control command at the time of turning on the power is completed, the necessary data (drive signal) for returning the large winning opening P751 (special electric accessory P755) and the ordinary electric accessory P770 to the state before the power failure occurred. ) Is output from the output port to the special electric accessory driving means P70 and the ordinary electric accessory driving means P71. (Step 1022)

Then, when the processing up to step 1022 in the power-on processing is completed, the CPU of the main control board P40 is subjected to a process of setting the generation interval of the interrupt processing time (step 1024). In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the interval for executing the interrupt processing (FIG. 9, step 2000) described later is set to 4 ms (milliseconds). When this process is completed, the process shifts to a circular process called a main loop in which the player can play, and the execution of the circular process in the main loop is repeated until a power failure occurs.

(Main loop)
As shown in FIG. 7, the processing of the main loop of the main control board is performed by first performing a process of prohibiting the occurrence of interrupt processing in step 1026, and enabling interrupt processing in step 1036 until the processing of the main loop is completed. (Up to) Restrict the execution of interrupt processing.

When interrupts are disabled, in the following step 1028, the occurrence of a runaway CPU of the main control board P40 called a watchdog timer (a situation in which processing loops and the process does not proceed, etc.) is monitored. Clear (initialize) the area that stores the timekeeping information.

Then, in step 1030, it is determined whether the power supply is cut off (for example, whether the power supply cutoff signal sent from the power supply board P44 is input to the input port of the CPU of the main control board P40). If the power is cut off, the current gaming state is stored, the power cut information and the check sum information are stored, and the processing of the main control board P40 as the CPU is stopped (step 1032). ) Is executed. If the power is not cut off, the process proceeds to the next step.

In step 1034, a process of updating the random number used for the special symbol lottery and the random number value used for the normal symbol lottery is performed. Some of these random number values are updated in the interrupt process described later, and this is a process for preventing the random number update cycle from becoming constant due to the random number being updated only in the interrupt process. If there is a process that is executed irregularly in the interrupt process, it is possible to prevent the random number update cycle from becoming constant by adopting a method such as updating the random number value according to the process. Therefore, it is not essential to provide a random number update process in the main loop.

Step 1036 is the final process in the main loop, and performs a process for permitting interrupts. Immediately after that, the interrupt is returned to the interrupt disable in step 1026, which is the first process in the main loop. If the CPU of the main control board P40 has an input indicating the above-mentioned state), the interrupt processing described later will be executed.

[Interrupt processing]
Subsequently, interrupt processing (also referred to as “timer interrupt processing”) performed by the CPU of the main control board P40 will be described with reference to FIG. In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, most of the progress of the game is controlled by interrupt processing (step 2000), and the submodule program provided that can be changed according to the gaming machine specifications (specs) is generally constant. It is configured to read and control in the order of. The processing related to these submodules will be briefly described below.

(Watchdog timer clear)
At the beginning of the interrupt process, a watchdog timer clear process is provided. This process is the same as the watchdog timer clear process in the main loop process (FIG. 7, steps 1026 to 1036) executed by the CPU of the main control board P40 described above. (Step 2002)

(Input port confirmation process)
In the input port confirmation process, by confirming the information input to the input port of the CPU of the main control board P40, information that enables identification as to whether or not there is input information as information necessary for determination in the subsequent processing is provided. This is the process to generate. (Step 2004)

The information input to the input port includes an input signal related to an artificial operation such as an input signal indicating the operation status of the ram clear switch P48 and the setting key switch P49, and an input signal indicating the operation status (whether or not there is a touch) of the handle P204. , Special figure 1 Input signal indicating the game result by detecting the game ball such as the start port switch P712 and the big prize opening switch P752, the magnetic sensor P73, the door opening sensor P131, the vibration detection sensor P72, etc. are provided for fraud monitoring. There is an input signal that indicates the detection status of the sensor.

In the input port confirmation process, the input signals of these input ports are read three times in 10 μs (microseconds), and the data that becomes the same data (same bit) in all reads is called the input data (“level data”) in this interrupt. ), Stored in the ram of the main control board P40. For the part of the data read three times that is not the same data in all readings, the data confirmed in the previous interrupt processing (interrupt processing 4 ms ago) will be adopted as level data, that is, the interrupt this time. If the data cannot be read normally in, the data stored in the previous interrupt will not be updated.

Then, when the input data (level data) in the interrupt this time is confirmed, a comparison operation with the input data in the previous interrupt is performed to generate "rising data" (data that identifies the bit whose input data has changed from off to on). The data that identifies the switch that was switched to the on input by the interrupt this time is stored.

(Random number update process)
Random number update processing is performed by software among various random numbers such as winning / failing random numbers, symbol random numbers, and variable pattern random numbers related to the special symbol lottery, and normal symbol lottery normal symbol winning / failing random numbers, normal symbol random numbers, and normal symbol fluctuation pattern random numbers. This is a process of updating a so-called soft random number, which is a random number value to be updated (step 2006). In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is the premise, the random numbers used for the special symbol lottery and the normal symbol lottery are those that are updated in the update cycle on the circuit by the random number generation circuit and those that are updated in the soft cycle. By combining them, it is configured to maintain the randomness of various random numbers at the time of random number acquisition.

In the random number update process, as described above, the soft random number is updated, but as an update method,
(A) A random number is updated by incrementing (+1) or decrementing (-1), and when the upper limit (or lower limit) of the random number range is exceeded, the lower limit value (or upper limit value) is set.
(B) Subtract (or add) an arbitrary prime number to a random number, and add (or subtract) the value of the random number range +1 (or random number range -1) when the random number range is exceeded.
(C) Repeat incrementing (or decrement) from the random number set as the initial value, and when the update of one cycle is completed, set the separately updated "initial value random number" as a new initial value and perform the same update. Things that repeat (also called initial value update type random numbers),
Various update methods such as can be exemplified. The update method is not limited to the one illustrated in this embodiment, and any method may be adopted as long as the random number can be maintained.

(Setting control processing)
The setting control process is performed when the game stop flag set in the power-on process (see FIG. 7) in the CPU of the main control board P40 is "setting is being changed" or "setting is being confirmed". (Step 2008)

In the setting control process, it is determined whether or not the bit data indicating that the setting key is being operated for the data stored as the game stop flag during the power-on process is on-data, and it is not on-data, that is, the pachinko game machine. If the setting key is not turned on when the power is turned on, this process is exited.

On the other hand, if the bit data indicating that the setting key is being operated during the game stop flag is on-data, the current interrupt is used to determine whether to end "setting changing" and "setting checking". After referring to the input information of the setting key switch P49 in the process (generated by the input port confirmation process described above) and clearing the game stop flag when the setting key switch P49 is turned off to enable the game, An effect control command for returning (or starting) an effect is set on the effect control board according to whether the return is from the "setting change state" or the "setting confirmation state".

Further, in the power-on process (see FIG. 7), when the game stop flag is "setting is being changed", the role of the "setting change switch" in this interrupt timing is played during the period until the setting key switch P49 is turned off. Check the operating status of the ram clear switch P48 (switch operated to change the set value). When the game stop flag is "setting is being changed", when the rising data related to the operation of the setting change switch P48 is generated in this interrupt, the "setting value" is set to the next in the predetermined change order. Change the data so that it becomes the set value. For example, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine P having set value data such that the setting is switched from 1 to 6 in order, each time there is rising data based on the operation of the setting change switch (ram clear switch P48), the setting is set in this setting control process. The process of increasing the value by "1" (when the set value before the operation is 6, it is changed to 1 as the next value) is performed.

In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite, the operations in the setting change state and the setting confirmation state are provided during the interrupt processing (see FIG. 9), so that the operations of the setting key switch and the setting change switch are monitored in the interrupt processing cycle. , A program for periodic monitoring during power-on processing (see FIG. 7) in which display data can be output to the display device by LED output processing, which will be described later, and interrupt processing has not been set separately. Can be omitted. It should be noted that, during the power-on process, it may be configured to monitor switches related to setting changes and setting confirmations, control display devices, and update set values.

(Game stop monitoring process)
In the game stop monitoring process, whether or not the game is stopped by reading the data of the game stop flag generated during the power-on process (see FIG. 7) executed by the CPU of the main control board when the pachinko gaming machine is turned on. It is a process to confirm whether or not. (Step 2010)

In the game stop monitoring process, when some game stop information (game stop flag) is stored in the read game stop flag data, for example, the game stop flag data is not 0 and one of the bits is "1". If it is, it is determined that the game is stopped (a state in which the game is stopped), and it is considered that the game is stopped, and a part of the processing during the interrupt processing (“timer subtraction processing (step 2014)” in FIG. 9 to “special electric motor” (Up to the accessory control process (step 2028)) ”is omitted.

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, as a state in which the game needs to be stopped, that is, a state in which the player cannot play the game, "setting is being changed", "setting is being confirmed", and "unrecoverable error" A state such as "occurring" can be exemplified.

(Timer subtraction processing)
The timer subtraction process is a process of updating the timer data used for managing the time related to the progress of the game (step 2014).

As an example of the timer data update process, management of the fluctuation display time set when the fluctuation display of the special symbol is started, and the operating time of the special electric accessory P755 during the big hit game (opening time of the big winning opening P751). ), Timer data update processing triggered by the progress of the game, timekeeping processing for error determination such as detecting ball clogging, LED lighting pattern in the main control display device P50 such as the special symbol display devices P51 and P52. Examples thereof include a process for measuring the switching time for switching, a process for measuring the period for outputting information from the external information output terminal P77 or the like to an external device (hall computer, etc.), and the like.

The timer data updated by the timer update process is divided into the storage area (ram storage area) of the main control board P40 for each type of timer data such as "1-byte timer" and "2-byte timer", and is continuous. Each is stored in the storage area.

In the timer update process, processes such as "1-byte timer update process" and "2-byte timer update process" are performed on the storage area that stores the types of individual timer data, and the time values of various timers are updated. I do. The timer update process performs a process of decrementing (-1) the timer data stored in the storage area. If the stored timer data is already "0", it is processed so that it becomes "0" even after processing (if it becomes a negative value, it is set to "0", or it is set to "0". If it is "0", do not decrement, etc.).

In the presupposed Pachinko game machine P, the cycle of one interrupt is 4 ms, so in the case of 1-byte timer data, only the management target that ends in a maximum of 255 updates (about 1 second) is controlled. It is possible, but if there is no game information that can be managed only within 1 second (if there is little), it is also possible to configure it with only 2-byte timer data and not have 1-byte timer update processing. Is. Further, when it is necessary to manage the time value that cannot be managed even by the 2-byte timer, it may be configured to have timer data that can manage a longer time than a "3-byte timer".

(Validity period setting process)
The validity period setting process is a period for controlling the winning opening (mainly the winning opening related to the large winning opening P751 and the ordinary electric accessory P770) that can be changed to the easy entry mode or the difficult entry mode. It is a process of setting the valid period in the valid extension period and setting the invalid period for the other period (when the winning opening is in a difficult-to-enter mode and other than the valid extension period). (Step 2016)

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine, the winning of the large winning opening P751 as the large winning device and the second starting winning opening P721, which is the second starting winning device P720 equipped with the ordinary electric accessory P770, is set as the valid period. It becomes a process to do.

In addition, during the valid extension period, in order to treat the game ball entered at the timing immediately before the large winning opening P751 or the ordinary electric accessory P770 shifts to the difficult-to-enter mode as an effective winning, the large winning opening P750 (special electric accessory) Since it is treated as an effective period even after the control period for executing the opening control for the electric accessory such as P755) and the ordinary electric accessory P770 has elapsed, a certain period of time appropriately set according to the structure of the electric accessory is set. It is a control period.

Further, depending on the game machine specifications, when the specific area P760 (V area) is provided, an effective extension period for the passage of the game ball with respect to the specific area P760 may be set. The validity period of a specific area is also set.

(Prize winning monitoring process)
The winning monitoring process determines whether or not the winning is valid based on the winning of the game ball for various winning openings (large winning opening P751, starting opening P711, P721, general winning opening P731) in the pachinko gaming machine, and the prize is awarded. This is a process of generating information that triggers the process of generating the right to draw a special symbol for a ball or a ball entering the starting port (occurrence of hold). (Step 2018)

The processing contents are as follows: (a) Detection of the presence or absence of winning for each winning opening in a predetermined order based on the data generated in the input port confirmation processing (step 2004) (b) The winning opening having a valid period In that case, it is judged whether or not the prize is won during the valid period, and when a valid prize is generated for each winning opening, (c) A directing control command indicating the winning information for each winning opening to be transmitted to the directing control board P41. Settings, (d) Update the counter value (called "winning counter") for storing the number of occurrences of operation triggers based on winning for each winning opening (in other words, among the actions based on the detection of various winning openings Updates the counter value that stores the number of unprocessed operations in).

In the winning monitoring process, not only the winning of various winning openings, but also the out ball detection switch P792 provided for counting the out balls, the operation opening switch P742 that triggers the ordinary symbol lottery, and the gaming machine. Depending on the specifications, the entry and passage of a game ball into a specific area P760 (V area) is also determined, and the operation of the game machine (for example, the operation of the game machine (for example, the occurrence of a prize ball or the trigger of a special symbol lottery) is also determined. In this process, the presence or absence of detection of the game ball required for the process of transmitting the information indicating that the operating port switch P742 and the specific area P760 have been passed to the effect control board P41 is performed.

(Operating port monitoring process)
The operation port monitoring process is a process related to the occurrence of hold related to the normal symbol lottery when the rising data of the normal figure operation port switch P742 is generated from the data generated in the input port confirmation process (step 2004). conduct. (Step 2020)

More specifically, when the normal figure operation port switch P742 is detected, the number of holds related to the normal symbol lottery is confirmed, and if the number of holds is less than the upper limit, a random number is stored as a new hold. Since it is possible, after incrementing (+1) the data in the storage area that stores the number of holds to increase the number of holds information by one, the random numbers for the normal figure hit / miss, the normal figure symbol random numbers, and the normal figure fluctuation pattern random numbers are random numbers. Obtain from the generation circuit, or obtain the current corresponding soft random number and store it as a hold.

(Normal symbol control processing)
The normal symbol control process performs a process related to the normal symbol lottery, the variable display of the normal symbol, and the operation of the normal electric accessory P770 (step 2022). These processes shift to different sub-module processes according to which of the data indicating the control state of the normal symbol and the normal electric accessory, which is called the normal symbol status, is performed, and the control is performed according to the state. The status of the normal symbol is "0: Waiting for the normal symbol", "1: Normal symbol is changing", "2: Normal symbol is stopped and displayed", "3: Normal electric accessory is operating", "4: Normal" There is a "Demonstration of the end of the electric accessory", and processing is performed according to each state.

<< Normal symbol change start monitoring control processing >>
The normal symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process is a submodule process called from the normal symbol control process when the normal symbol status is "0: waiting for the normal symbol".

In the normal symbol fluctuation start monitoring control process, first, it is confirmed whether or not the number of pending numbers related to the normal symbol lottery is "0". If it is "0", the right to change the normal symbol has not been generated, and the normal symbol control process is exited. On the other hand, if the number of holdings related to the normal symbol lottery is not "0", it means that the right to change the normal symbol has been generated, and it is judged that the condition for starting the change of the normal symbol is satisfied, and the change of the normal symbol is changed. Execute the process related to the start.

When it is determined that the fluctuation of the normal symbol is started, the hold number information is decremented by -1 from the area for storing the hold number information related to the normal symbol lottery, and then the normal symbol hit / miss random number, the normal symbol symbol random number, and the normal symbol fluctuation pattern random number are obtained. Call and perform a normal figure winning / failing lottery, a normal figure pattern lottery, and a normal figure fluctuation pattern lottery, store the lottery result in the storage area of the main control board, clear the random number information used this time, and store the storage area of the number of pending numbers. The process of shifting is performed so that the processes are processed in the memorized order, and the normal symbol status is updated to "1: Normal symbol is changing". Regarding the normal symbol lottery, different lottery tables are used depending on the operating status of the above-mentioned "base state" (probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol, fluctuation time shortening function of the normal symbol), and it is easy to win in the high base state. , Ordinary symbols tend to have a short variation display time.

《Processing during normal symbol change》
The normal symbol changing process is a submodule process called from the normal symbol control process when the normal symbol status is "1: normal symbol changing".

In the normal symbol change processing, a timer that manages the change display of the normal symbol until the normal symbol change display time according to the normal symbol change pattern determined during the normal symbol change start monitoring control process elapses, that is, the normal symbol change display (normal). This is a process of causing the normal symbol display device P53 to execute the fluctuation display of the normal symbol until the symbol variation display timer) becomes 0 in the timer update process.

More specifically, when the normal symbol variation display timer is not 0, the normal symbol display switching counter whose maximum value is "5" is updated every time this process is executed, and the normal symbol display switching counter is set to "5". At the timing of "5", a process of storing information regarding the next light emission pattern is performed in a storage area for storing data for designating the light emission pattern of the LED constituting the normal symbol display device P53. The normal map display switching counter is reset to the initial value "0" at the timing when the maximum value "5" is reached. That is, in the variation display of the normal symbol, the lighting pattern of the normal symbol display device P53 is switched at intervals of 5 interrupts (4 ms × 5 = 20 ms). The switching interval can be set as appropriate. For example, if the maximum value of the normal figure display switching counter is 25, the display pattern of the normal symbol display device P53 is switched at intervals of once every 25 interrupts (once every 100 ms). Be done.

When the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol ends, that is, when the normal symbol fluctuation display timer is "0", in this process, the display pattern of the normal symbol stop display symbol determined by the normal symbol lottery is the main control display device. Data for designating the LED lighting pattern indicating the stop display mode is stored in the storage area for storing the LED lighting pattern of the normal symbol display device P53 so that the stop display is displayed on the normal symbol display device P53 on P50. Then, the symbol fixing time (time for displaying the stop display symbol) of the normal symbol is stored in the normal symbol stop display timer, and the normal symbol status is updated to "2: Normal symbol stop display".

<< Processing during normal symbol stop display >>
The normal symbol stop display processing is a submodule process called from the normal symbol control process when the normal symbol status is "2: Normal symbol stop display".

In the normal symbol stop display processing, it is confirmed whether the value of the normal symbol stop display timer for which the symbol fixed time is set at the end of the normal symbol change processing is "0", and at the timing when it becomes "0". Then, the process of setting for moving to the next game operation is performed.

When the normal symbol stop display timer becomes "0" and the result of this normal symbol lottery is "hit", it depends on the winning symbol and the operating state of the base state (extension function of the normal electric accessory). , Call the operation pattern of the normal electric accessory P770, set the operation pattern, clear the winning counter related to the ordinary electric accessory P770, and set the normal symbol status to "3: Ordinary electric accessory in operation". Update to.

On the other hand, when the normal symbol stop display timer becomes "0" and the result of this normal symbol lottery is "missing", the process of updating the normal symbol status to "0: waiting for normal symbol". I do.

《Processing during normal electric accessory operation》
The normal electric accessory operating process is a submodule process called from the normal symbol control process when the normal symbol status is "3: Normal electric accessory operating".

In the processing during operation of the normal electric accessory, the opening operation (change to the easy-to-enter mode) and closing operation of the ordinary electric accessory are based on the operation pattern of the ordinary electric accessory P770 set in the processing during the normal symbol stop display. While controlling (change to a difficult-to-enter mode), the establishment of the operation end condition of the ordinary electric accessory is monitored. The operation of the ordinary electric accessory P770 ends when (a) a specified number of ordinary electric accessory prizes set as the end condition of the ordinary electric accessory occur, and (b) the operation of the preset operation pattern ends. This is the case (when the open operation period of the normal electric accessory has expired).

When the operation end condition of the ordinary electric accessory is satisfied, the extension period of a fixed time determined in advance corresponding to the structure of the ordinary electric accessory P770 is clocked in the timer area for storing the effective extension period of the ordinary electric accessory. Set the time. Then, the time value related to the operation end demonstration of the ordinary electric accessory is set in the ordinary electric accessory operation end demo timer, and the ordinary symbol status is set to "4: During the ordinary electric accessory end demonstration".

《Demonstration process to end normal electric accessory operation》
The normal electric accessory operation end demo process is a submodule process called from the normal symbol control process when the normal symbol status is "4: Normal electric accessory end demo".

In the normal electric accessory operation end demo process, the normal electric accessory operation end demo timer set in the normal electric accessory operation end demo timer waits until it becomes "0", and the normal electric accessory operation end demo timer becomes "0". When it becomes, the process of updating the normal symbol status to "0: waiting for normal symbol" is performed.

(Starting port monitoring process)
In the start port monitoring process, when the start-up data of the special figure 1 start port switch P712 and the special figure 2 start port switch P722 are generated from the data generated in the input port confirmation process (step 2004), a special symbol lottery is performed. Performs processing related to the occurrence of hold related to. (Step 2024)

More specifically, when the special figure 1 start port switch P712 and the special figure 2 start port switch P722 are detected, the number of holds related to the special symbol lottery is confirmed, and the number of holds does not reach the upper limit. Can store a random number as a new hold, so after incrementing (+1) the data in the storage area that stores the hold number and increasing the hold number information by one, the hit / fail random number, the symbol random number, and the fluctuation pattern The random number is acquired from the random number generation circuit, or the current corresponding soft random number is acquired and stored as a hold.

In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite, there are two types of special symbols, the first special symbol (sometimes referred to as special figure 1) and the second special symbol (sometimes referred to as special figure 2). Since the symbols are provided, the data of the number of holdings of the corresponding special symbols and the starting port switch are called for each of the starting ports provided on the game board P5, the number of holdings is added for each starting opening, and random numbers are acquired. Is processed.

Further, when the starting port to be processed is composed of the starting port (electric chew) related to the ordinary electric accessory, the starting port winning prize related to the ordinary electric accessory P770 is effective in the above-mentioned validity period setting process. After determining whether or not it was performed within the period, if it is within the valid period, the above-mentioned processing is performed.

When storing the winning / failing random number, the symbol random number, and the fluctuation pattern random number, the acquired random number information is used in advance using the advance notice judgment value table, and the fluctuation content when the fluctuation based on the various reserved random numbers is executed is in advance. Information that can be inferred is generated and notified to the effect control board P41 as an effect control command (referred to as "preliminary determination command", "preliminary determination information", and "look-ahead determination command"). The pre-judgment command is generated for each of the hit / fail random number, the symbol random number, and the fluctuation pattern random number, and when it is transmitted to the effect control board P41, it is used for the lottery related to the execution of the "look-ahead effect" described later on the effect control board P41. Will be done.

(Special symbol control processing)
The special symbol control process (step 2026) includes status information for managing a special symbol called special symbol status (also referred to as "special symbol status") and special electric accessory status (also referred to as "special electric game status"). Depending on the state information for managing the operating state of the special electric accessory called, any of the special symbol change start management (special symbol change start monitoring control process), special symbol change process, and special symbol stop symbol display process. Execute the process.

The special symbol status includes "0: Waiting for special symbol change", "1: Special symbol change", "2: Lost symbol stop display", "3: Big hit symbol stop display", "4: Small hit" It has the state of "design stop display", and the status of the special electric accessory includes "0: waiting for hit", "1: the special electric accessory is operating", "2: the big winning opening is closed", "3". : Big hit end demonstration is in progress ”,“ 4: Small hit special electric is in operation ”,“ 5: Small hit is closed ”,“ 6: Small hit end demonstration is in progress ”. Depending on the specifications of the gaming machine, it may not have a small hit, and in that case, it does not have the status data related to the small hit. Control based on these statuses will be described later.

When there are a plurality of special symbols, the special symbol control process is performed based on a predetermined order (priority). In a predetermined order, the process of preferentially controlling the second special symbol is performed, and in a situation where both the first special symbol and the second special symbol are held, the change of the second special symbol comes first. The game machine specifications that are processed so that they are started (the second special symbol changes with priority) are called "second special symbol (special figure 2) priority digestion control", and the pachinko gaming machine P is implemented as a premise. In the description of the form, the processing related to this type will be described by way of example.

In the special symbol control process, first, the second special symbol is controlled. When the control of the second special symbol is started, the information of the special symbol status of the first special symbol and the information of the special electric accessory status is first referred to. In the case of data indicating that the special electric accessory status is during a big hit game or a small hit game (when the special electric accessory status is other than "0: waiting for a hit"), the first special symbol is changing and the first If the special symbol status of the special symbol is other than "0: Waiting for special symbol change", the process is completed without performing the process.

When the control of the second special symbol is executed, the process of updating the timer value of the control related to the second special symbol is executed. The timer is updated by the process of decrementing (-1) the data in the storage area for storing the timer, and when the decremented result is a negative value, "0" is set. Then, when the timer update is completed, the submodule process described later is called and executed based on the special symbol status corresponding to the special symbol 2. Although the timer subtraction process is also performed during the interrupt process, the timer updated by the timer subtraction process does not include the timer data updated by the special symbol control process, and the special symbol control process does not include the timer data. It manages timer data for control related to special symbols.

<< Special symbol change start monitoring control processing >>
The special symbol change start monitoring control process is a sub-module process that shifts when the special symbol status is "0: waiting for special symbol change".

In the special symbol change start monitoring control process, it is confirmed whether or not there is a hold of the special symbol being processed as a target, the process is completed if there is no hold, and the subsequent process is executed if there is a hold. Subsequent processing is a special symbol lottery performed when the fluctuation is started. In the special symbol lottery, first, the data stored as the set value is read out and inspected, and it is determined whether or not the set value information is appropriate. If the set value is appropriate, the lottery table is appropriately selected with reference to the data in the area storing each flag indicating the game state, etc., the winning / losing lottery, the symbol lottery, and the variable pattern lottery are executed, and the lottery result is obtained. After being stored in the storage area, the special symbol status is updated to "1: Special symbol changing". In addition, the content determined by the special symbol lottery is transmitted to the effect control board P41 as an effect control command (win / fail command, symbol command, variation pattern command), and the content of the variation effect executed according to the variation display of the special symbol. It is used as information for the determination process (lottery process) of. The details of the special symbol lottery will be described later.

《Processing during special symbol change》
The special symbol changing process is a sub-module process that shifts when the special symbol status is “1: special symbol changing”.

In the special symbol change processing, the timer that manages the change display time of the special symbol is monitored until the change time of the special symbol determined by the change pattern lottery elapses, and every interrupt is performed until the remaining change time becomes "0". The special symbol display device (second special symbol display device P52 (when controlling special symbol 1)) is used to display the fluctuation display of the special symbol every 25 interrupts by the updated special symbol display switching timer (maximum value "24"). Performs the lighting display pattern switching process of the first special symbol display device P51)).

When the remaining variation display time of the special symbol becomes "0", it indicates that the variation display of the special symbol has been executed once for the external device (data counter, hall computer, etc.) connected to the pachinko gaming machine P. Information setting for outputting an external signal, stop display of a special symbol, processing for setting a fixed time for a fixed symbol, and stop display indicating a stop display symbol determined as a result of a win / fail lottery or a symbol lottery. The lighting pattern data for displaying the symbol on the special symbol display device P52 (P51) is set. Then, the special symbol status is set to one of "2: out-of-order symbol stop display", "3: big hit symbol stop display", and "4: small hit symbol stop display" according to the result of the winning / failing lottery.

《Processing while displaying special symbol off symbol stop》
The processing during display of the special symbol off symbol is a process of shifting when the special symbol status is "2: Out of design stop display".

In the special symbol off symbol stop display processing, it is confirmed whether the value of the timer that manages the symbol fixed time set in the special symbol changing processing is "0", and if it becomes "0", it is processed. The special symbol status of the special symbol is updated to "0: Waiting for special symbol change", and the number of remaining games in the game status (probability fluctuation function, electric chew support function, fluctuation time shortening function) related to the special symbol lottery is increased. It is updated and confirmed regarding the establishment of the end condition, and when the game state transition condition is satisfied, control (flag off, etc.) related to the transition of the game state is performed.

<< Processing during special symbol jackpot symbol stop display >>
The special symbol jackpot symbol stop display processing is a process of shifting when the special symbol status is "3: jackpot symbol stop display".

In the special symbol jackpot symbol stop display processing, it is confirmed whether the value of the timer that manages the symbol fixed time set in the special symbol changing processing is "0", and if it becomes "0", it becomes the processing target. The special symbol status of the special symbol is updated to "0: Waiting for special symbol change", and the status of the special electric accessory is updated to "2: The big winning opening is closed". Further, in order to end the game state (probability fluctuation function, electric chew support function, fluctuation time shortening function) related to the special symbol lottery, a process of clearing the remaining number of times information storage area and the operation flag storage area is executed. Then, in order to execute the jackpot game according to the jackpot symbol, the information of various storage areas used as data during the previous jackpot game is initialized from the jackpot symbol information, and the special electric accessory P755 is controlled during the jackpot game. Set the content data.

In the special symbol jackpot symbol stop display processing, a process of transmitting an effect control command for executing the effect of the jackpot game (big hit start demo effect) to the effect control board P41 is further executed. Further, in accordance with these processes, a right-handed indicator light P56 (a right-handed game in which a game ball is launched aiming at the right side of the game area), which is one of the components of the main control display device P50, is recommended. Lighting pattern data for lighting the LED) that is sometimes lit is also set.

<< Processing during special symbol small hit symbol stop display >>
The special symbol small hit symbol stop display processing is a process of shifting when the special symbol status is “4: Small hit symbol stop display being displayed”.

Similar to the special symbol big hit symbol stop display processing, the special symbol small hit symbol stop display processing is to set the data related to the operation of the special electric accessory P755 and turn on the right-handed indicator light P56 at the end of the symbol fixing time. Perform the relevant setting process. Further, in the pachinko gaming machine P of this prerequisite technology, when the small hit game is executed (small hit symbol stop display), unlike when the big hit symbol is stopped, the gaming state (high probability state or high probability state) related to the special symbol lottery There is no process to end the high base state), and the game state is determined based on the judgment result of whether or not the end condition is satisfied for each game state, as in the process of the process of processing the special symbol off symbol stop display. Control. In addition, the status of the special electric accessory will be updated to "5: Small hit closed" in accordance with these processes. Depending on the game machine specifications, as a modification, the specifications are designed to have a process of forcibly ending the game state (high probability state or high base state) when the small hit game is executed, as in the case of stopping the big hit symbol. It is also possible.

When any of the above sub-module processes is selectively executed, the process of the first special symbol is performed following the process of the second special symbol. Regarding the processing of the first special symbol, only the information to be referred to is different from the processing of the second special symbol (for example, regarding whether or not the fluctuation can be started, the special symbol status of the second special symbol is not the status of the special symbol of the first special symbol. The explanation is omitted because almost the same process is repeated only by (judging by referring to).

《Ordered entry control, parallel control》
Further, in the above-mentioned explanation of the special symbol control process, the description is based on the process related to the "second special symbol priority digestion control", but there are cases where a gaming machine specification different from that of the pachinko gaming machine, which is the premise of the present invention, is adopted. It is also possible to proceed with the special symbol control process by different processes. The typical ones will be briefly described below.

The "ball entry order digestion control" is a gaming machine specification in which the hold information corresponding to each of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is processed one by one in the order in which they are generated. While the fluctuation of one symbol is not performed, the fluctuation display of the other is not performed, and in a certain game state, both the reserved balls corresponding to the first special symbol and the reserved balls corresponding to the second special symbol are generated. It is a specification that is often adopted when it is expected.

"Parallel control (parallel digestion)" is different from the above-mentioned "second special symbol priority digestion control" and "sequential digestion with ball entry", and at the same time, both the first special symbol and the second special symbol are displayed in a variable manner at the same time. It is a type of gaming machine that can be used. Since two symbols can be digested at the same time, it is possible to increase the number of special symbol lottery per unit time. In addition, when the special electric accessory P755 operates with the stop display of the special symbol of 1 (when the big hit and the small hit are executed), the other symbol is forcibly removed and the symbol is stopped or the variable display is displayed. Specifications that suspend the subtraction of the remaining time are appropriately adopted. As an example, when one special symbol becomes a big hit, the other special symbol is forcibly stopped and displayed as a miss, and when one special symbol becomes a big hit or a small hit, the other It is possible to adopt a specification that temporarily suspends the variable display of special symbols.

(Special electric accessory control process)
In the special electric accessory control process, the sub-module process related to the operation of the special electric accessory P755 is executed according to the data content (value) of the special electric accessory status (sometimes referred to as the special electric game status), and the special electric accessory control process is performed. It is a process of managing the operation of an object (step 2028). In other words, when the big hit game or the small hit game is executed, each state in the big hit game and the small hit game state is controlled, and the opening and closing of the big winning opening P751 is controlled.

As mentioned above, the status of the special electric accessory includes "0: waiting for a hit", "1: the special electric accessory is operating", "2: the big winning opening is closed", and "3: the big hit end demonstration". , "4: Small hit special electric operation is in operation", "5: Small hit is closed", and "6: Small hit end demonstration is in progress".

Of these special electric accessory statuses, if the status is "0: Waiting for hit", it means that the player's game has not yet acquired the right to execute the big hit game or the small hit game. , The special electric accessory control process ends without any process.

Then, when the status of the special electric accessory is other than "0: waiting for hit", one of the respective processes described later is executed according to the status.

《Processing during operation of special electric accessory》
The processing during operation of the special electric accessory is a process executed when the status of the special electric accessory is "1: the special electric accessory is operating" or "4: the small hit special electric is operating". This process is a process in which a so-called round game (unit game) is executed in the special game (a state in which the large winning opening P751 can be controlled to be opened).

In the process during operation of the special electric accessory, first, a process of determining whether or not the end condition of the round game (unit game) is satisfied is performed. The conditions for ending the round game are (a) a specified number of prizes (also called "count") according to the activated special electric accessory, or (b) the operation pattern of the special electric accessory to be executed. It is determined that the opening time (opening pattern) set as is completed when either of them is satisfied. If these conditions are not satisfied, the special electric accessory control process in the current interrupt process is terminated without performing the subsequent process. The operation pattern (opening pattern) of the special electric accessory P755 includes a pattern for opening and closing the large winning opening P751 multiple times, and when these patterns are executed, one round. While the timer used to determine (a) during the game is set to "0" multiple times, after confirming whether or not there is the next operation data during one round game, the condition (c) " When it is determined that there is no next operation pattern data in this unit game, it is determined that the above (a) is satisfied.

On the other hand, when either (a) or (b) of the above conditions for ending the round game is satisfied, the closing time of the large winning opening is stored in the closing time management timer of the special electric accessory as a subsequent process. , Increment the status of the special electric accessory to "2: The big prize opening is closed". Then, command data for notifying the end of the round game is set as an effect control command to the effect control board P41, and the process ends.

《Processing while closing the big prize opening》
The processing during closing of the large winning opening is a processing executed when the status of the special electric accessory is "2: closing of the large winning opening" or "5: closing of the small hit". This process is a process in which the special game is controlled in the "between rounds" between the so-called round games and the round games, and before the start of the first round at the start of the big hit game or the small hit game. When the state is controlled by the "big hit start demo (period)" and "small hit start demo (period)", or after the round game of the final round is completed, the process during the hit end demo described later is executed. This is the process related to the state in which the control is performed during the waiting period until the result is reached.

In the processing during closing of the large winning opening, first, it is determined whether or not the closing time of the large winning opening set in the processing during operation of the special electric accessory has elapsed, and the closing time management timer is not "0", that is, the closing time. If has not passed, the special electric accessory control process in the interrupt this time is terminated.

When the closing time of the big winning opening has passed, was the operation (round game) of the special electric accessory P755 that was completed first was the final round game in this hit game (big hit game, small hit game)? Judging whether or not, different processes are executed at the end of the final round game and at the end of the round game other than the final round (or at the time of the winning start demo). To determine whether or not it was the final round game, the cumulative number of operations of the special electric accessory P755 that was activated during this hit game is the maximum number of operations data of the special electric accessory P755 that was activated during this hit game. It is judged based on whether or not it exceeds, and the cumulative data of the number of operations of the special electric accessory P755 is "0" at the time of the hit start demonstration.

In the process of closing the big winning opening, if it is judged that the final round game is over, the execution pattern of the winning end demo according to the type of hit (the type of special symbol that started the big hit or small hit). Read and set (mainly the hit end demo time data). Then, the special electric accessory status is incremented to "3: Big hit end demo in progress" or "6: Small hit end demo in progress", and an effect command for executing the end demo effect is set on the effect control board P41. Demonstration. Further, in order to set the valid extension period of the large winning opening P751, the time value data determined as the valid extension period is stored in the timer that manages the valid extension period of the large winning opening P751 and the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined at the end of the game other than the final round game (or at the time of the winning start demonstration) in the processing during the closing of the large winning opening, the next round game is in what round as the effect control command for the effect control board P41. Information that makes it possible to identify the presence (N round start demo command * N is an integer) and the recommended firing position during the hit game (in the assumed pachinko machine, the right area P501R (right-handed area) of the game board) Send information (right-handed command) to instruct.

Then, the status of the special electric accessory is decremented and updated to "1: Special electric accessory is operating" or "4: Small hit special electric is operating", and the number of winning balls to the large winning opening P751 during the round game Initialize the data in the data area for counting. Then, the time value related to the first opening (or closing immediately after the start of the round game) of the large winning opening P751 during the round game is set, and the operation pattern data of the large winning opening P751 (special electric accessory P755) in the round game is set. Then, the data in the storage area regarding the cumulative number of operations of the special electric accessory P755 is incremented.

(Prize ball control processing)
The prize ball control process is a process for giving a game ball as a prize ball to a player in response to a prize of a game ball for a winning opening arranged on the game board P5. The processing content is configured to execute the following three submodule processing. (Step 2030)

《Payout data reception monitoring process》
The payout data reception monitoring process is a process of confirming the presence / absence of a control command related to the execution of the prize ball payout transmitted from the payout control board P43 to the main control board P40, and receiving (memorizing) the transmitted command. .. The main control board P0 stores the information transmitted from the payout control board P43 in two registers (storage areas). The register 1 is called a status register and stores information for determining whether or not there is information transmitted from the payout control board P43 and whether or not the transmitted information is normally transmitted. Has been done. The other register is called a data register, and stores information on control contents related to payout control transmitted from the payout control board P43. If the status register is not abnormal, the data in the data register is stored as payout control information. Store in the area.

<< Disbursement command request processing >>
In the payout command request process, the winning counter data for each winning opening that stores the winning number data of various winning openings stored in the winning monitoring process (step 2018) is confirmed, and the presence or absence of unpaid winnings is confirmed. The confirmation process is confirmed in a predetermined order for each winning opening, and when it is determined that the data of the winning counter is not "0" for one winning opening, the number of winning balls of the corresponding winning opening is determined. , Performs a process of transmitting a control command for executing the payout of the game ball to the payout control board P43. By this process, even if the winning counter data for the plurality of winning openings is not "0", the payout control command transmitted to the payout control board P43 with one interrupt is limited to one.

<< Payout command control processing >>
In the payout command control process, it is checked whether or not the payout control board P43 has normally received the information regarding the number of payouts, and it is determined whether the command is normally received in this process or a communication error occurs due to some abnormality. It will be. Until the command reception status is confirmed in the payout command control process (whether the reception is completed normally or an error is determined), the next payout control command transmission in the payout command request process is the payout command request process. And is suspended by the flag data that is set to be on / off in the issue command control process.

(Abnormality detection processing)
The abnormality detection process is a process for confirming the presence or absence of an abnormality from the information of the sensor provided for fraud detection in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P. (Step 2032)

More specifically, regarding the input of sensors such as the vibration sensor P72, the magnetic sensor P73, the radio wave detection sensor P74, and the frame opening sensor P131, an abnormality occurs based on the input information generated in the input port confirmation process (step 2004). This is the process of determining whether or not the situation is occurring. In addition to various sensors, harnesses for electrical connection have been removed, and short circuits on wiring are also included as detection targets.

Then, when abnormal data exists for any of the judgment information, a command for notifying the error information is set as an effect control command for the effect control board P41 after storing the error data by turning on the corresponding error flag. do.

(Sensor detection judgment processing)
In the sensor detection determination process, the period during which the sensor or switch is continuously detected is determined from the sensor or switch detection data (level data) generated in the input port confirmation process (step 2004), and the process is performed. This is the process of establishing the flag. (Step 2034)

In the sensor detection judgment process, when the level data of the detection data information of the target sensor or switch is on, the data for counting the continuous on input period of the corresponding switch is incremented and updated, and various processes are executed. It is determined whether or not the start condition is satisfied, and if the condition is satisfied, the process corresponding to the switch to be monitored is executed. When the switch to be monitored is no longer on-data, the data counting the continuous input period is initialized (updated to "0").

For example, when the winning opening detection switch provided in the winning opening continuously detects that the switch is in the ON state, it is determined that a ball clogging has occurred, and the error state is controlled to produce an effect. As a control command, a process of setting command information for causing an error notification to the effect control board P41, and a generation and output request of signal data for notifying an external device (hall computer or the like) of an error are performed.

The switches to be detected in this process include a touch sensor switch provided on the handle P204 and a switch for fraud detection, in order to determine whether the switch is due to human operation or electrical noise. It also targets sensors that require on-data input for a certain period of time.

(Game status display processing)
The game status display process is a process of generating lighting data for displaying information on the progress of the game on the main control display device P50. Although the name is display processing, the output of the display content to the main control display device P50 is performed not by this processing but by the LED output processing described later. (Step 2036)

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, as an example, an error indicator light (status indicator light P55) indicating an error state, and a special symbol hold indicator light (special figure 1 hold indicator light) indicating the number of holds related to the special symbol lottery. P61, special figure 2 hold indicator light P62), normal symbol hold indicator light P63 that displays the number of holds related to the normal symbol lottery, etc. Lighting data (lighting pattern) is generated and used as data output by LED output processing. Store.

In the game status display process, when a blinking display is required for the LED indicator lamp whose lighting is controlled, the display switching counter for the corresponding LED is updated and the lighting pattern switching process is performed by comparing the counter value and the threshold value. Will be done. For example, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the number of holdings of the special symbol lottery can be held up to four, but the special symbol holding indicator light is configured by two LED indicators (special figure 1 holding indicator light P61). , Special figure 2 Hold indicator light P62 is equipped with two LEDs each), so if there are three or more holds, at least one LED will display a blinking display instead of a continuous lighting display. It is a specification to do.

(Output port output processing)
The output port output process is a process of setting to transmit a signal related to the game operation to the electric accessory which is an operation device on the game board P5 connected to the main control board P40, the payout control board P43, and the like. (Step 2038)

More specifically, when the operation pattern of the normal electric accessory or the special electric accessory is set during the normal symbol control process or the special electric accessory control process, the process during the output port output process causes the ordinary electric accessory. Signal data for opening (or closing) each electric accessory is output to the accessory driving means P71 and the special electric accessory driving means P72 (solenoid in the presupposed pachinko game machine).

Further, a control signal (launch permission signal) for permitting or prohibiting the launch of the game ball based on the handle operation of the player is generated and output to the payout control board P43 by the output port output process. The output content of the launch permission signal is set according to the communication status with the payout control board P43 and the occurrence status of an error requiring the game to be stopped.

(Direction control command transmission processing)
The effect control command transmission process is a process of outputting an effect control command to the effect control board P41, and in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the effect control command is sent to the effect control board P41 only in the effect control command transmission process. It is a specification to be transmitted (step 2040). Regarding the setting of the effect control command to be transmitted, it is set (set) in a predetermined storage area as an untransmitted effect control command during other processing.

The pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, uses a storage area called a ring buffer that circularly refers to a storage destination as an area for storing untransmitted effect control commands. In the storage area called the ring buffer, in the next processing called "write pointer" and "read pointer", which are updated by each process of writing (set) the effect control command and reading (transmitting) the effect control command. The specifications are such that the writing and reading of the effect control command are executed using the information for calculating the address of the storage area for writing the command and the address of the storage area for reading the command.

Further, in the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the structure of the effect control command is composed of two data, MODE data indicating the type of the command and EVENT data indicating the content of the command.

Returning to the explanation of the specific processing contents of the effect control command transmission processing, the explanation will be given. In the effect control command transmission process, first, it is confirmed whether or not the above-mentioned write pointer and read pointer information match, and if they match, it is determined that there is no effect control command to be transmitted, and the process ends. On the other hand, if the data of the write pointer and the read pointer do not match, it is determined that there is an effect control command to be transmitted, and the process proceeds to the next process.

When it is determined that there is an effect control command to be transmitted, MODE data and EVENT data are called from the address of the storage area of the main control board P40 calculated from the data of the read pointer, and each is temporarily stored in the register in the CPU of the main control board P40. After storing and clearing the effect control command in the read destination ring buffer, the value of the read pointer is updated to the value used in the next processing.

As the effect control command, the MODE data and the EVENT data stored in the register of the main control board P40 are sequentially transmitted to the effect control board P41. First, the MODE data is set in the effect command output port, which is an output port for transmitting the effect control command to the effect control board P41, and the strobe signal for causing the effect control board P41 to perform the reading operation is output. The main control board P40 subsequently outputs EVENT data, but after performing a process with a waiting time of 26 μs in order to secure a sufficient period until the effect control board P41 receives the MODE data, the MODE data. As in the case of transmission, the EVENT data is set to the output port and the strobe signal is output. When the effect control board P41 confirms the strobe signal, it generates an effect control command reception interrupt and receives the effect control command transmitted from the main control board P40.

(External information output processing)
In the external information output processing, information on the game status and security information such as the occurrence of an error are output as signals from the external information output terminal 77 to the external device (data counter or hall computer) connected to the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P. This is the process to be performed (step 2042). The signal output from the external information output terminal 77 is output based on the data set in the output port of the main control board P40, and when a signal output trigger occurs, a pulse signal that is on potential for a certain period is transmitted. Some of them continue to output the on-potential until the condition that the signal output ends is satisfied.

In the external information output process, first, a signal related to the game state is generated. In order to make it possible to identify the type of specific gaming state as a signal related to the gaming state, the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite, has the operating state of the probability fluctuation function (probability state) and the operating state of the electric chew support function (base state). With reference to the corresponding information and the information indicating that the special game is in progress (big hit or small hit), if the game is controlled to each game state, the external output data is transmitted so that the corresponding data is transmitted. Update. In addition to the ones exemplified here, depending on the specifications of the gaming machine, an output signal is generated based on the information indicating the presence or absence of the fluctuation time shortening function and the information indicating that the case is a specific type of jackpot. There may be cases.

Further, as the output signal output by the external information output processing, not only the signal related to the game state but also the information based on the occurrence of the predetermined game result is output. For example, a signal (also referred to as a "fixed symbol signal") transmitted each time a special symbol variation display is executed and a stop display is displayed, or a start port switch (special figure 1 start port switch P712, special figure 2 start port switch). Every time a game ball is detected in various winning openings such as 722) and the large winning opening switch P752, or the number of winning balls paid out based on the winning balls in various winning openings reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10). Every time, data is set in the external output data, and there is a signal transmitted to an external device. These signals are mainly composed of pulse signals, and one signal is transmitted as a pulse signal in which an on-potential of 128 ms continues. However, when a plurality of game results are continuously generated, one signal is transmitted. After the output of the pulse signal is completed, the off-potential output for a certain period is inserted, and then the pulse signal is output again.

Further, in the external signal output processing, the data in the storage area in which the error flag as a result of the confirmation in the above-mentioned abnormality detection processing (step 2032) is stored and the comparison data for confirming whether or not an error requiring security notification has occurred. If it is determined that it is necessary to output a security signal by calculating and comparing with, the output data set in the output port is updated so that the bit corresponding to the security signal of the external output data is turned on.

(LED output processing)
The LED output process is a process for outputting data indicating a lighting pattern to a plurality of LEDs constituting the main control display device P50, causing the LEDs to emit light, and displaying the progress status and the game state of the game. (Step 2044)

The LEDs constituting the main control display device P50 are the first special symbol display device P51 (8 LEDs), the second special symbol display device P52 (8 LEDs), the first special symbol hold indicator light P61 (2 LEDs), and the second. Special symbol hold indicator P62 (2 LEDs), normal symbol display device P53 (2 LEDs), normal symbol hold indicator P63 (2 LEDs), round indicator P54, status indicator P55, right-handed indicator (total) It has a total of 32 LED display units (8 LEDs).

The status indicator P55 collectively represents a plurality of indicator lights related to the game state, and in detail, a special figure probability change indicator light indicating whether or not the probability fluctuation function is activated, and an operation of the normal symbol probability change function. It refers to indicator lights such as a normal figure probability change indicator light that indicates the presence / absence (whether or not the electric chew support function is activated) and an error indicator light that indicates an error status.

In the LED output processing, the lighting data of the display unit in the main control display device is set in the output port by one byte for each interrupt processing, and the main control display device P50 is lit, and is updated every interrupt processing. Based on the value of the digit counter, select the LED of the main control display device P50 to be lit by this interrupt, select the lighting pattern data according to the game situation, set it as display data, and control the lighting of each LED. It has become like.

That is, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the main control display device P50 is set to the main control display device P50 by a dynamic lighting method that outputs lighting data in order using at least four interrupt processes for 32 LEDs. I'm in control.

Further, in the LED output processing, in addition to the LED display that the player should visually recognize as the main control display device P50, the lighting control is performed only when the game stop flag is in the setting change state, the setting confirmation state, or the unrecoverable error state. It also controls the lighting of the LED display.

In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, when a flag indicating some game stop state is stored in the game stop flag, the setting of the lighting pattern data for the main control display device P50 is omitted. During the setting change, setting confirmation, and unrecoverable error, all the LEDs constituting the main control display device are off. As a modification, when the game stop flag is set, the light emission display may be performed using a fixed lighting pattern set for each state. For example, the main control display device P50 may be displayed during the period when the setting is being changed. It may be configured so that all the LEDs constituting the above are turned on.

(Outside control processing)
The out-of-area control process is related to the test signal output process (process for outputting the signal used for the test of the pachinko gaming machine) for outputting the signal used for the test of the pachinko gaming machine and the display of the performance display device. It is composed of a process for controlling (step 2046). The meaning of "outside the area" indicates that the process is executed by the program of the storage area that is not included in the calculation of the capacity of the program storage area specified in the rules of the pachinko gaming machine.

In the test signal output process, processing is performed in which information related to the game result and the game state for output from the test terminal P78 of the pachinko gaming machine P to an external test device is set in the output port. In the performance display processing, the game state is confirmed, the number of out balls, the ratio (base) of the number of out balls to the number of prize balls is calculated, updated as display data, and displayed on the performance display device P59. This is the process of outputting.

[Special design lottery]
Subsequently, the details of the special symbol lottery executed by the CPU of the main control board P40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 14. The "special symbol lottery" is mainly composed of a "win / fail lottery", a "winning symbol lottery", and a "variable pattern lottery".

(Win / Fail lottery)
The "win / fail lottery" is a lottery for determining whether or not the result of operating the special electric accessory P755 is based on the result of the special symbol lottery to be executed. More simply, as the result of the special symbol lottery. , "Big hit", "Small hit", or "Loss". Depending on the specifications of the pachinko gaming machine P, there are some that do not have a "small hit" as a lottery result of the winning / losing lottery. In addition, when it is configured to have the first special symbol and the second special symbol, it has a "small hit" as a lottery result of the winning / failing lottery for one special symbol, and "small" as the lottery result of the other winning / failing lottery. It may be configured so as not to have a "hit".

The winning / failing lottery uses a random number called a "win / fail random number" among the random numbers acquired and stored when the game ball enters the starting opening (first starting winning opening P711, second starting winning opening P721, etc.). And draw lots. In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the range of random numbers (random number range) that the winning / failing random number can take is 65536 from "0" to "65535", and is composed of so-called 2-byte random numbers. When a winning / failing lottery is performed, the result of the winning / failing lottery is determined by comparing the value of this random number with the lottery table used for the winning / failing lottery according to the game state and the set value (referred to as the "winning / failing lottery table"). Perform processing.

FIG. 10 illustrates some lottery tables used for winning / failing lottery. FIG. 10A shows a winning / failing lottery table with a set value of “1” and a low probability state, and FIG. 10B shows a winning / failing lottery table with a set value of “1” and a high probability state. (C) and (D) of FIG. 10 show the winning / failing lottery tables in the low probability state and the high probability state when the set value is “6”, respectively.

For example, in the situation where the winning / failing lottery is executed using the winning / failing lottery table of FIG. Assuming that the numerical value is "1500", the flow of the winning / failing lottery will be described.

First, it is determined whether or not the result of the first winning / failing lottery belongs to the jackpot random number range (“0” to “327”). Specifically, the process of subtracting the random number range "328" of the jackpot to be determined is performed from the random number value "1500" of the hit / fail random number this time. At this time, since the subtraction result is "1172" and does not become a negative value, it is determined that the hit / fail random number this time does not belong to the random number value range of the jackpot.

As a subsequent process, the random number value "1172" after the calculation of the previous jackpot determination is compared with the outlier random number value range ("328" to "65370") as the determination area of the subsequent winning / failing lottery result of the winning / failing lottery table. .. More specifically, the random number value range "65043" that is out of the judgment target is subtracted from the primary data "1172" of the winning / failing random number. At this time, since the calculation result is a negative value, the information corresponding to the result of "missing" is stored as the winning / losing lottery result.

If a special symbol lottery is performed for the winning / failing random number "1500" this time in a high probability state, the lottery will be performed at the winning / failing lottery table shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not it belongs to the range ("0" to "1639"). At this time, since the result of the comparison operation (subtraction) between the winning / failing random number and the random number value range is a negative value, the winning / failing lottery result is determined to be a “big hit”.

The pachinko gaming machine P, which is the premise, adopts a method of determining the lottery result by sequentially comparing the data acquired as the random number value with the random number value range according to the lottery result of the lottery table. The same lottery method is adopted for the winning symbol lottery and the variable pattern lottery, which will be described later. The lottery method is not limited to the above example, and a method of directly determining whether or not the value matches the big hit random number value with the acquired random number value may be adopted, and a lottery method different for each lottery content may be adopted. May be adopted.

(Winning design lottery)
In the "winning symbol lottery", the control content related to the subsequent operation of the special electric accessory P755 and the lottery table of the variable pattern lottery described later (see FIGS. 12 to 14) are obtained in response to the winning / failing lottery result of the special symbol lottery described above. ) Is a process of determining the stop display symbol of the special symbol as a lottery result required for switching.

FIG. 11 shows a big hit symbol lottery table (see FIG. 11 (A)) used in the winning symbol lottery when the winning / failing lottery result is “big hit”, and when the winning / failing lottery result is “small hit”. , The small hit symbol lottery table used in the winning symbol lottery (see FIG. 11 (B)), and the losing symbol lottery table used in the winning symbol lottery when the winning / failing lottery result is "missing" (Fig. 11 (Fig. 11 (B)). C)) is shown.

The "symbol random number" used in the winning symbol lottery has a random number range of "1000" ("0" to "999"), and when expressed in 2-byte data, the upper 1 byte is "". The data is represented by "0" to "3" and the lower 1 byte is represented by "0" to "255".

Explaining the winning symbol lottery with a specific example, for example, when the winning / failing lottery result is a big hit, the first special when the symbol random number is "400" (upper byte is "1", lower byte is "144"). In the case of a winning symbol lottery for a symbol, the lottery table of the upper 1 byte "1" shown in FIG. 11 (A) is used, and the "5R (5 rounds) probability variation 2" corresponding to the lower bytes "128" to "191" is used. Is obtained as a lottery result, and in the variable display of the special symbol, the "5R probability variation 2" symbol is the first special symbol display device P51 (in the case of the second special symbol lottery, the second special symbol display device). The stop display is displayed on P52).

Then, when the "5R probability variation 2" symbol is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display device P51, the jackpot game corresponding to the "5R probability variation 2" symbol is executed. At this time, there are cases where "5R probability variation 2" is displayed as a stop display symbol on the first special symbol display device and cases where "5R probability variation 1" is displayed as a stop display symbol. The contents of the round game (opening pattern, opening time, etc. of the big winning opening P751) may be different based on the stop display symbol, and the control contents in the specific game state transitioned after the big hit game may be controlled to be different. It is possible. The allocation of control in these jackpot games and specific game states is appropriately determined in order to realize gameability according to the specifications (specs) of each pachinko gaming machine P, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, it is described that the symbols summarized for each type of jackpot are displayed by the lottery shown in FIG. 11 (A). For example, in the previous example, the lottery result " After determining the type of jackpot called "5R probability variation 2", the type of jackpot is determined so that the stop display symbol that will execute the jackpot of the corresponding type is determined by performing another lottery from multiple patterns. , The stop display symbol may be determined and the winning symbol lottery may be executed in two stages.

Further, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, as shown in FIG. 11 (A), in the case of determining the big hit symbol by the winning symbol lottery in the special symbol lottery for each of the first special symbol and the second special symbol. , The types of hit symbols that can be determined are configured to be different. More specifically, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, there is an increasing possibility that "10R probability variation 5" or "10R probability variation 8" will be determined in the jackpot of the second special symbol, and the first special symbol It can be said that it is easier to win a big hit with a large number of rounds than a winning symbol lottery, and it is easy to win a big hit that shifts to a high probability / high base state as a specific game state.

FIG. 11B exemplifies a small hit symbol lottery table. The small hit symbol lottery table is a table that is referred to in the winning symbol lottery when the result of the winning / failing lottery of the special symbol lottery is "small hit". Is similar to.

In the small hit symbol lottery table shown in FIG. 11 (B), most of them win the "small hit 1" symbol, and when the result of the winning / failing lottery of the second special symbol is "small hit". "Small hit 2" can be determined in a part of. The small hit symbol may be of one type, or may be configured so that three or more types of symbols can be determined.

As an example of the purpose of providing a plurality of small hit symbols like the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the number of game balls that can be obtained by simply changing the opening mode of the large winning opening P751 during the small hit game. In order to distinguish between a small hit game in which it is easy to win a V in a specific area and a small hit game in which it is difficult to win a V in a pachinko gaming machine P that uses a small hit V as a game machine specification (spec). The purpose of the game is to differentiate the small hit symbols or to make the small hit symbols different in order to distinguish the types of specific games to be transferred after the big hit game after the V prize is executed.

FIG. 11C illustrates an out-of-design lottery table. The missed symbol lottery table is a table that is referred to in the winning symbol lottery when the result of the winning / failing lottery of the special symbol lottery is "missing", and the lottery method is the jackpot symbol lottery described above for the first special symbol. It is the same as at the table, and the method is different for the second special symbol.

More specifically, FIG. 11C shows only the missing symbol lottery table for the first special symbol, and in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, it is the first special symbol as the missing symbol lottery table. Only in this case, the lottery process is performed, and either "Wrong 1" or "Wrong Answer 2" is determined as the stop display symbol.

The "Wrong Answer 2" symbol is a missed symbol that is won with a probability of about 6.4% when the first special symbol is missed, and if "Wrong Answer 2" is won, it is likely to reach in the variable pattern lottery. It is configured to facilitate the determination of the fluctuation pattern (variation time) with reference to a special lottery table (not shown). Therefore, the "wrong answer 2" may be referred to as a "reach missed symbol" or the like.

In addition, the pachinko gaming machine P, which is the premise, does not have a lottery table for the second special symbol, and the symbol random number of 1 is determined regardless of the random number of the symbol. The table comparison process itself is omitted, and the missing symbol of 1 is stored. It should be noted that the lottery table that always wins one symbol may be used to win the out-of-order symbol.

(Variable pattern lottery)
The "variable pattern lottery" is a process of determining the variable display time until the stop display symbol, which is the lottery result of the special symbol, is stopped and displayed by the lottery. In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, in the special symbol lottery, the special symbol is used as the production time required to notify the effect of whether or not the effect display device P80 is a big hit, and if it is a big hit, what kind of big hit is. The fluctuation display time of is determined by using the fluctuation pattern table described later.

In FIG. 12, a gaming ball is launched into the left region P501L of the gaming board mainly in the normal gaming state (low probability / low base medium) and low base state (non-electric chew support state), that is, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P. Represents the "low-base medium-variable pattern lottery table" in the recommended state.

The "ID" shown in FIG. 12 represents the information stored as a result of performing the variation pattern lottery, and the "variation pattern" is displayed on the effect display device P80 when the ID is won. A typical example of the mode of effect of fluctuation is shown. The "variable time" is a variable display time value of the special symbol in the result of the target variable pattern lottery (variable pattern ID), and represents the time from the variable display of the special symbol to the stop display.

“Temporary 1 fluctuation” to “Take 4 fluctuation” in FIG. 12 indicate the number of holdings in the situation where the execution condition of the special symbol lottery is satisfied, and the result of the winning / failing lottery is “missing”, and the target special symbol (here). Then, when the number of reserved balls of the first special symbol) is N, the fluctuation pattern lottery is executed using the fluctuation pattern table of the “holding N fluctuation”. That is, the variation pattern lottery of the first special symbol in the low base state is configured so that the variation pattern table used differs depending on the number of reservations. If a game ball enters the starting winning opening in a state where there is no hold, it is temporarily stored as a hold for processing, so a fluctuation pattern lottery is executed using the fluctuation pattern table of "Holding 1 fluctuation". NS.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, the variable pattern lottery corresponding to the second special symbol is independent of the number of holdings, and is configured to use a common lottery table regardless of the number of holdings. Although not shown, when "Wrong Answer 2 (Reach Out of Design)" is determined as a result of the symbol lottery, even in the fluctuation pattern lottery of the first special symbol, the fluctuation of 1 does not depend on the number of holdings. It is configured to perform a variable pattern lottery using a pattern table (variable pattern table for Wrong Answer 2).

“10R probability variation”, “5R probability variation”, “10R normal”, and “5R normal” in FIG. 12 indicate a variation pattern table used for a variation pattern lottery at the time of a big hit in a low base state, and the result of the winning / failing lottery. Is a "big hit", indicating that the lottery is performed by appropriately selecting a variable pattern table according to which symbol the symbol lottery result is. In FIG. 12, since the second special symbol is not the main player of the game in the low base state, the jackpot fluctuation pattern table is expressed so as to be determined in a form that does not depend on the jackpot symbol, but the jackpot of the second special symbol is also expressed. , There may be a plurality of patterns depending on the type of jackpot.

Here, a specific example of the fluctuation pattern lottery in the low base state will be described with reference to FIG. As a specific example, in the lottery of the first special symbol, the fluctuation pattern random number is "30000" and the number of reserved balls at the start of fluctuation is three (the number of reserved balls is two after the start of fluctuation). The situation in which the result of the winning / failing lottery and the winning symbol lottery are "missing 1" will be described.

First, since the number of holdings at the start of fluctuation is "3", the fluctuation pattern table of "holding 3 fluctuation" is used. Similar to the lottery process in the winning / failing lottery described above, the lottery process compares (subtracts) the variable pattern random number and the random number value range corresponding to the variable pattern ID of each lottery result, and determines whether or not the random number belongs to the same range. do. By performing this process, the result of repeating the comparison operation between the fluctuation pattern random number and the random number value range at the timing of the normal fluctuation B of ID "2" becomes a negative value, and the same ID is determined as the fluctuation pattern lottery, which is special. After the fluctuation display of 7 seconds is performed as the fluctuation display of the symbol, the misaligned symbol 1 is displayed on the first special symbol display device P51.

Subsequently, the fluctuation pattern table in the high base state will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration of the fluctuation pattern table in the high base state is symmetrical to that of the fluctuation pattern table in the low base state shown in FIG. It is configured to have a table and a table for each jackpot symbol at the time of jackpot. In addition, although it is configured in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 that many fluctuation patterns can be determined in common, this is also for the purpose of simplifying the explanation, and it is determined in the low base state and the high base state. It is possible to configure the variation patterns to have very few overlaps or no overlaps at all.

In addition, as a feature of the fluctuation pattern table in the high base state, the shortest fluctuation time of the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P is obtained as the lottery result of the "hold 3 fluctuation" and "hold 4 fluctuation" of the second special symbol at the time of loss. A 2-second variation (variation pattern ID "12") can be determined.

Further, as a feature point of the fluctuation pattern in the high base state, the lottery of the first special symbol is configured so that the fluctuation of the fluctuation pattern ID "4" for 10 seconds is always determined. The reason why the first special symbol is composed of the fluctuation of 10 seconds is that the player profit is large when the jackpot is hit in the jackpot symbol lottery table shown in FIG. This is due to the fact that there are many jackpot symbols that shift to the probability fluctuation state as a specific game state), and by prioritizing and implementing a large number of variation displays corresponding to the second special symbol, a jackpot that is more advantageous to the player. The purpose is to make it possible to acquire. Further, even when there is almost no difference in the degree of advantage of the jackpot game between the first special symbol and the second special symbol, the first special symbol is based on the adoption of the second special symbol priority digestion control. Avoiding variable display, it is easy to hold the hold established in the normal game state (low base state) until the end of the specific game state (high base state), which is an advantageous state, and the second in the high base state. It is also an object of avoiding the need for a large number of game balls to cause the hold of the first special symbol in a low base state with respect to the amount of game balls used to generate the hold of the special symbol.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a special table in a limited period, and represents a special variation pattern table referred to in a specific period. FIG. 14 comprehensively describes a special fluctuation pattern table for three periods as an example of a special fluctuation pattern table provided in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P.

More specifically, in FIG. 14, the period from the first fluctuation to the fourth fluctuation after the big hit (the so-called "holding ream" (reserved inner ream) in which four holdings existing at the time of the big hit become a big hit is called. It is easy to select the reach fluctuation of 55 seconds, which is referred to in the "holding villa table" (for IDs "51" and "71") referred to in the period) and the nth to mth fluctuations after the big hit. It is referred to by the high frequency reach table (for IDs "52", "53", "54", and "72") and the final variation display in the high base state, and the "result effect" described later is mainly executed. It is shown that the "result fluctuation table" (for IDs "55" and "73") to be used is provided in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P.

Such a special fluctuation pattern table referred to in a limited period is referred to as a "special fluctuation pattern table" or a "limited frequency (pattern table)".

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the reference period of the limited frequency pattern table can be referred to in a predetermined period after the big hit game (operation of the special electric accessory, in other words, operation of the accessory continuous operation device). doing. Regarding these reference periods, it is possible to make the presence or absence of reference different depending on the type of jackpot (big hit symbol), and in a specific period after the operation of the special electric accessory based on the small hit game, the reference period can be set. It can also be configured to be different. What kind of special fluctuation pattern table is referred to in what situation can be appropriately set for each pachinko gaming machine, and is not limited to the illustrated ones, and the details should be explained separately if necessary. And.

Next, the control of the effect control board P41 that controls the effect operation in the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, will be described. The operation control of the effect control board P41 has few restrictions on the type test of the gaming machine, and has a higher degree of freedom in design than the control of the main control board P40. Therefore, it will be described below. It is not limited to processing only, and the timing at which processing is performed can be changed as appropriate.

[Power-on processing of production control board-main loop processing]
In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, when the power of the gaming machine is turned on, the power-on process (step 4000) is executed in the CPU of the effect control board P41. Here, the details of the power-on processing of the effect control board P41 will be described with reference to FIG.

When the power-on process (step 4000) is started on the effect control board P41 of the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite, the initial setting process related to the operation of the CPU, which is an arithmetic unit provided on the effect control board P41, is performed. (Step 4002). The initial setting process appropriately sets the settings necessary for the subsequent operation of the CPU, and the details are omitted. However, regarding the effect that was executed in the state where the power was cut off last time, the main control board P40 Since there is a time lag between the completion of the power-on process (FIG. 7) and the power-on process (FIG. 15) of the effect control board, if the effect is restored to the effect before the power failure after the power is restored, the operation of the main control board P40 will occur. Since there is a risk of deviation, in the initial processing when the effect control board P41 is restored from power failure, the effect information and the like are often initialized so that the effect that was executed before the power failure is not executed (“effect”. It is called "control board reset" or "sub reset").

(Main loop of production control board)
In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the process shifts to the main loop process after the initial setting process. In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the time of the cycle (frame) for drawing the effect image on the image control board P42 connected to the effect display device P80 (image display device) is such that the effect image is drawn 30 times per second. Since the cycle is set to about 33 ms (30 FPS), the main loop processing loop is configured to be performed once in a cycle of 16 ms, which is about half of the cycle (steps 4002 to 4016).

In the main loop process of the effect control board P41, first, the watchdog timer for detecting the runaway of the CPU is cleared (step 4004).

Subsequently, a process of updating the effect control random number data (step 4006) is performed, and various effect control random numbers used when an opportunity to execute the effect lottery occurs are updated.

Next, the input port monitoring process is executed (step 4008). The premise of the pachinko game machine P is such that the input port is monitored even during the interrupt processing of the effect control board P41, which will be described later. However, the input port monitoring processing in the main loop processing is a 16 ms cycle monitoring. Therefore, the monitoring of the input of the switch or the like, which is a monitoring target necessary for the system, is limited, and the monitoring of the input of the sensors or the like necessary for the production control of the effect movable accessory P560 is omitted. As a modification, the sensors to be monitored in the production may be confirmed by the input port monitoring process in the main loop process.

Similar to the input port confirmation process on the main control board, the content to be executed in the input port monitoring process is the process of generating and storing level data from the input data of various sensors and storing the rising (falling) data. Will be done.

Subsequently, the effect control board P41 performs the effect device control process (step 4010) to execute control related to the effect operation other than the effect display device P80 (image display). Examples of the effect device controlled in this process include a lamp P82 (“board lamp (P550)” and “frame lamp (P350)”), a speaker P83 (upper speaker P370, lower speaker 141), and an effect movable accessory P560. For these effect devices, an effect operation command corresponding to the effect content determined to be executed by a process such as an effect control process (step 4012) described later is transmitted to each effect device to execute the effect operation.

This is because the output of the effect operation command to the various effect devices in the effect device control process (step 4010) needs to be executed (started) in synchronization with the effect image displayed on the effect display device P80 (image display device). , The image control board P42 controlling the effect display device P80 has received a signal transmitted to the effect control board P41 at regular intervals and a signal for forcibly synchronizing (the above-mentioned input port monitoring process). (Reception in) as an opportunity to synchronize with the effect switching timing of the effect display device P80, and output an effect operation command to various effect devices.

Regarding the operation control of the effect movable accessory P560 in the effect device, since it is necessary to control the drive means of the effect movable accessory P560 in a shorter cycle, the effect set in this process. Regarding the operation pattern of the effect movable accessory P560 to be executed by the operation command, the sensor monitoring and operation switching are executed even during the interrupt processing (see FIG. 16) of the effect control board P41 described later.

Next, the effect control process (step 4012) executed in the main loop process of the effect control board P41 will be described. The effect control process includes a flag established based on the result of analyzing the effect control command received from the main control board P40 in the effect control command analysis process described later, and information on the received effect control command itself (lottery result ID of special symbol lottery, etc.). ), Input port monitoring process (step 4008), interrupt process (FIG. 16), and other processes. Is.

The effect control process selects the effect decision process to be executed based on each flag information and command analysis information, and calls and executes the submodule process for the corresponding effect decision. As an example of the effect content determined here, the process of determining the variation effect corresponding to one change of the special symbol based on the commands (win / fail command, symbol command, variation pattern command) related to the execution result of the special symbol lottery. (Processing to determine the content of the notice and reach, the decorative pattern to be stopped, etc.) and the look-ahead effect for the newly generated hold based on the hold number information and pre-judgment information sent when the hold occurs (" The pre-reading lottery process that determines whether or not to execute the "pre-judgment effect") and the content of the effect during the special game are determined based on the information sent as the effect control command when the special game (big hit or small hit) is executed. There is a special game production content determination process to be performed.

Further, the effect control process is not only a process for the effect control command transmitted from the main control board P40, but also a process for determining the error display content when an error is detected on the effect control board P41 (an error transmitted from the main control board). The volume is adjusted by the player based on the input operations such as the effect button P381 and the cross key P383, which are the effect operation means P81, and the lamp P82. It also executes the determination of the effect content such as the adjustment of the amount of light for changing the emission brightness of the and the customization of the effect content and the effect determination tendency.

It should be noted that, with respect to the process of determining various effect contents performed in the sub-module process called in the effect control process, specifications unique to each gaming machine are often used, so the description is omitted and the subject of the invention is provided. When the processing having a feature is executed in the pachinko gaming machine P, the details will be described in the description of the embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine P which is the subject of the invention.

Returning to the description of the main loop processing of the effect control board, the effect control command analysis process (step 4014) will be described as the final process of the main loop process.

The effect control command analysis process is based on the information stored as the effect control command transmitted from the main control board P40, and the information corresponding to the effect control command to be used for determining the effect content in the above-mentioned effect control process. And set flags. In this process, it is necessary to determine the processing content according to the command transmitted from the main control board P40, and the processing content is determined from the contents of the MODE data and EVENT data which are the effect control commands, and the processing content is determined according to the effect control command. Processing is executed.

As for the effect control command, one command (MODE data and Event data) may be transmitted for each interrupt process (every 4 ms) of the main control board P40. The analysis of the effect control command is repeatedly executed as much as possible until the main loop processing cycle (16 ms) of the board P41 elapses (step 4016).

[Interrupt processing of production control board]
Next, the interrupt processing executed by the CPU of the effect control board P41 will be described. The interrupt processing on the effect control board P41 is different from the interrupt processing on the main control board, and has a plurality of interrupt processing started at different execution triggers (see FIGS. 16A and 16B). Priority is set for these multiple interrupt processes, and when an interrupt with a higher priority occurs, the higher interrupt process is executed even while the interrupt process is being executed. Is controlled by. In this description, the effect control timer interrupt process (FIG. 16 (A)) and the effect control command reception interrupt (FIG. 16 (B)) will be described as representatives.

(Effect control timer interrupt processing)
The effect control timer interrupt process (FIG. 16A) is an interrupt process executed in a 1 ms cycle in the CPU of the effect control board P41.

The port input / output process (step 5002) is performed by inputting a sensor provided for detecting the position of the effect movable accessory P560 or another sensor (input sensor of the effect operation means P81) from the input port of the effect control board P41. The process of generating and storing level data and rising data from the output port, and the output port are used to drive the effect movable accessory P560 drive means (solar, stepping motor, etc.) according to the operation pattern set in the effect device control process. The process of outputting a signal is executed. When data is output from the output port, the data in the counter (storage area) that counts the number of outputs is updated if necessary.

The timer update process (step 5004) is a process of subtracting or adding a timer for measuring the switching timing of the effect operation. When the update process for each timer is completed, a comparison operation with the comparison value is performed to determine whether or not a switching condition for the effect operation has occurred, and information necessary for determining the effect content in the effect control process (step 4012). Performs the process of storing the flag in the storage area.

In the sensor monitoring process (step 5006), the sensor detection information related to the switching of the effect operation, such as whether or not the effect operation switching condition of the effect movable accessory P560 is satisfied, is obtained from the sensor detection data generated by the port input / output process. Is performed, a process of switching the table of the operation pattern is performed, and a process of setting a condition flag for determining the effect content is performed in the effect control process (step 4012).

The effect button monitoring process (step 5008) is a process for determining whether or not the effect switching condition is satisfied based on the input of the effect button P381, the lever P382, the cross key P383, etc., which are the effect operation means P81. In the effect button monitoring process, the level data indicating the input state of each input device and the rise data (data indicating that the level data has changed from the previous off to the current on) generated in the port input / output process (step 5002) are used for the effect. It is determined whether or not the operation means P81 is operated and the operation mode is determined.

For example, when the rising data is generated as the input information for the effect operation means P81, it is assumed that the player has operated the effect operation means P81, and information such as a flag for executing the corresponding effect is stored. .. If the input is judged only by the rising data, it may be erroneously detected due to electrical noise and the effect operation may be switched. Therefore, after the rising data is generated, the level data (on-data) is input multiple times. It may be determined that the player operation (may be expressed as "single push (single pull) operation" or "single blow operation") for the effect operation means P81 triggered by the continuation.

Further, when the on-input level data is continuously detected 500 times, that is, when it is determined that the effect operating means P81 has been operated for 0.5 seconds, it is determined that the operation is a "long press (long press)" operation. It is configured to be treated as a special operation. Note that the fall data (data indicating that the level data has changed from the previous on to the current off) may be electrically detected as noise when determining whether or not to perform the "long press (long press)" operation and whether to continue. In this case as well, as with the measures to prevent false positives described above, after the fall data is detected, the input of the "long press (long press)" operation is input based on the detection of multiple level data (off data) inputs. It may be used to judge the end.

Then, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, depending on the content of the effect being executed, the effect operation means once at regular intervals (for example, every 0.3 seconds) by executing the "long press" operation on the effect button P381. It is possible to repeat the process of assuming that there was a "single push (single pull)" input operation on P81, and in this way, with a special operation such as a "long press (long pull)" operation as an opportunity, It is called an "automatic continuous hit" operation that the repetitive processing is executed assuming that the "single push" operation has been performed. The "automatic continuous striking" operation is not limited to the operation content illustrated, but can be performed by simultaneously operating a plurality of effect operation means P81 or by operating an on / off operation such as a DIP switch provided as a switch different from the effect button. It is also possible to adopt a method in which it is considered that the "automatic continuous hitting" operation is executed based on the input of the effect button P381.

The input to the effect operation means P81 has a period treated as an effective operation (“operation valid period”) and a period treated as an invalid operation (“operation invalid period”) depending on the execution status of the effect.

The multitasking process (step 5010) is the effect control generated this time according to the value of the task counter (updated between the values "0" and "15") that is updated every time the effect control timer interrupt process is executed. This is a process performed by different processing contents to be executed during the timer interrupt process. The task counter is configured to circulate in a cycle of 16 ms, and the process at each counter value is executed so as to be substantially synchronized with one cycle of the main loop process. As an example of processing in each task, whether or not the operation of the image control board P42 can be executed is determined based on the signal transmitted from the image control board P42 (input information is generated by port input / output processing), and an image is displayed. A process of monitoring the operating status of the control board P42 is performed.

The image control command transmission process (step 5012) includes an image control command (“inter-sub command”) so that the CPU of the image control board P42 executes an image display according to the effect content determined in the effect control process P41. This is a process of transmitting (sometimes called) to the CPU of the image control board P42. Although the image control board P42 and the effect control board P41 may be composed of the same board, they are described as the image control board P42 in the present specification for convenience.

In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the effect control board P41 is composed of a first command indicating the type of display content and a second command specifying a pattern of display content, and the image control board P42 is composed of the image control command. It is configured to send.

The pachinko gaming machine P, which is a prerequisite, is configured to transmit image control commands by the effect control timer interrupt process. However, regarding the transmission and reception of commands between the effect control board P41 and the image control board P42, the command is sent and received separately. It is also possible to provide interrupt processing to perform transmission and reception.

(Direction control command reception interrupt)
The effect control command reception interrupt (FIG. 16 (B)) outputs a strobe signal in the effect control command transmission process (step 2040) during the interrupt process (FIG. 9) of the main control board P40, and outputs the strobe signal to the effect control board. This is an interrupt process generated when P41 receives a signal.

When the effect control board P41 starts the effect control command reception interrupt, the effect control board P41 reads the effect control command (MODE data or EVENT data) transmitted from the output port of the main control board P40, updates the temporary buffer data, and stores it (step). 5502, step 5504).

When the update of the temporary buffer data is completed, it is determined whether or not the reception of the effect control command (combination of MODE data and EVENT data) of 1 is completed (step 5506). In the effect control command transmitted from the main control board P40, specific bits of the 1-byte data are composed of "1" and "0".

When updating the temporary buffer data (2-byte data storage area) in step 5504 described above, a process of storing the contents of the effect control command received this time is usually performed in the lower 1-byte storage area. At this time, if it is indicated that a specific bit part of the lower 1 byte of the storage area of the current temporary buffer data is MODE data before the update, the storage data of the temporary buffer data is shifted to the upper 1 byte storage area. After the data is stored, the EVENT data received this time is stored in the lower 1-byte storage area of the temporary buffer data.

Then, in the determination of the completion of reception of the effect control command in step 5506, it is determined whether or not the specific bit in the lower 1 byte of the temporary buffer data is the data indicating the EVENT data, and it is determined that the data is the EVENT data. In that case, the process proceeds to the next process assuming that the reception of the effect control command of 1 is completed (step 5506YES), and when it is determined that the data is MODE data (step 5506NO), the EVENT data is transmitted from the main control board P40. Until the strobe signal based on the above is received, the effect control command reception interrupt is exited, other processing is performed, and the process waits.

When it is determined in step 5506 that the reception of the effect control command is completed, it is determined whether or not the sent effect control command is normal (step 5508). This process is determined based on, for example, whether or not there is matching data in the list data of the effect control commands that can be transmitted from the main control board P40. Then, when it is determined that the command is normal, it is stored in the storage area for storing the received effect control command so as to be analyzed by the effect control command analysis process during the effect control timer interrupt process. In case of abnormal data, the temporary buffer data is discarded.

[Example of basic image display effect]
Next, with reference to FIGS. 17 to 20, the basic production of the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P will be described. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a symbol variation display (during a stop display of a decorative symbol) during a normal game (low probability / low base), and FIG. 18 is a reach effect with a high expectation of being a big hit. It is a figure showing the situation. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a state in which a jackpot game is being executed, and FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a game effect during the operation of the electric chew support function in a specific game state (high probability or low probability / high base). It is a figure that was made.

(Example of production display in normal game state)
《Decorative design》
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a symbol variation display (during a stop display of a decorative symbol) during a normal game (low probability / low base). Three numbers are displayed in a substantially central area of the screen in a manner that can be clearly confirmed by the player. These three symbols are called "decorative symbols (P801)" (also called "designation"), and are dramatic display objects displayed in response to the result of the special symbol lottery, and the variation of the special symbols. It is displayed in a variable manner according to the display. Although it is represented only by numbers in FIG. 17, each number may be displayed with a decorative image such as a character image. Further, when each number is configured to be displayed with a decorative image, the decorative image and the display mode of each number may be different depending on the game state. With such a configuration, the player can easily determine the current gaming state.

In the decorative symbol P801, the variable display as one effect is performed for each variation display of the special symbol (one special symbol lottery) except when a special effect is performed. Although not shown, when the decorative symbol P801 is variablely displayed, the decorative symbol is variablely displayed (transparently displayed or hidden in some cases) at high speed, and the image of the animation or effect is displayed. By a production called "notice", a production that raises the expectation of acquiring the right to the jackpot game will be performed.

The decorative symbol P801 shown in FIG. 17 is scrolled in the vertical direction (from top to bottom) when the variable display is started, and then the left symbol (P801a), the right symbol (P801c), and the middle symbol (P801b) are displayed in this order. The stop display symbol determined by the effect control board P41 is stopped and displayed for each symbol row. In general, when three decorative symbols P801 are stopped and displayed in the same mode (doublet), it is provided to inform that it is a big hit. Further, in a state where one symbol is displayed in a variable manner while another symbol is displayed, for example, the left symbol before the middle symbol P801b, which is the last stopped symbol (also referred to as “final stop symbol”), stops. The state in which the right symbol is displayed with the same symbol (temporary stop display) is called "reach" ("reach state", "reach mode").

The variable display of the decorative pattern P801 is often displayed in a form of scrolling in the vertical direction (from top to bottom), but the variable display mode is not limited to the vertical direction, and the front-back direction (from the top to the bottom) is used. It may be the one that performs the scroll display operation in the (diagonal) direction, or the one that performs the rotation operation on the spot without scrolling and the switching display is performed in order.

Further, the decorative symbol P801 has a case where the stop display is performed a plurality of times during the variable display of the special symbol once. At this time, when the stop display is performed a plurality of times, the stop display indicating the result of the special lottery is the stop display displayed at the same time as the stop display symbol of the special symbol is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display device. The stop display at a timing other than the above is called "temporary stop (display)". In addition, the stop display at the same time as the stop display of the special symbol may be expressed as "main stop".

When the decorative symbol P801 is temporarily stopped, the decorative symbol P801 is not completely fixed in order to distinguish it from the final stop display (main stop) of the symbol, and the decorative symbol P801 is temporarily stopped to the extent that it is not recognized as fixed. It is configured to move, move in a direction such as up and down or left and right, and swing around one rotation axis. Such a state may be expressed as "sway fluctuation" in addition to the temporary stop.

After the decorative symbol P801 is temporarily stopped, the variation display may be repeated again. Generally, the re-variation from the state in which the symbols other than the jackpot symbol are temporarily stopped is called a "pseudo-variation (pseudo-ream)" effect. , The re-variation that may change the jackpot symbol that is stopped and displayed after the jackpot symbol is stopped is called "promotion (fluctuation)" effect. When the promotion effect is executed, it may be configured not to be changed to a jackpot symbol that is more disadvantageous than the stopped jackpot symbol, or may be configured not to be changed to a lost symbol.

In addition, when the decorative symbol P801 is stopped and displayed, there is a kind of special decorative symbol that is not displayed during the normal variable display and is displayed only when a part of the effect is executed. (P804) ”(special symbol). Each special design has a meaning, for example, suggesting that a specific jackpot is executed, suggesting that the above-mentioned pseudo-variation effect is performed, or a specific reach effect (reach mode). There is something that suggests that the notice effect (displayed in the case) is executed. When a special symbol is used, the special symbol may be temporarily stopped as the decorative symbol (middle symbol P801b) that is temporarily stopped at the end, or one of the left symbol P801a, the middle symbol P801b, and the right symbol P801c are all substituted. A special symbol may be temporarily stopped as a decorative symbol.

<< Simple drawing (mini drawing) >>
At the upper right of the screen, three numbers displayed in the same manner as the decorative symbol P801 are displayed. This symbol is also called "simple design (P802)"("simpledesign") or "mini design", and like the above-mentioned "decorative design", the lottery result of the special design is shown according to the variable display of the special design. It is displayed as a display object.

The simple design P802 (mini design) is different from the "decorative design" in that the special design showing the result of the special lottery is a special design even when the decorative design P801 is not stopped and displayed. In accordance with the display on the display devices P51 and P52, the stop display is always performed once for each special symbol lottery.

Further, the variable display of the simplified design P802 may be configured to form the same reach mode when the above-mentioned decorative symbol P801 is in the reach mode, or the result of the special symbol lottery is notified. In order to achieve the minimum purpose, even if a simple variable display method is adopted, such as a constant display switching is performed until the variable display of the special symbol is stopped and displayed regardless of the decorative symbol P801. good.

<< Hold display area >>
A hold display area P810 is provided in the lower area of FIG. In the hold display area P810, as the right of the special symbol lottery acquired by the player, the hold object P811 corresponding to the hold (random value) corresponding to the unexercised right is displayed. In the example of FIG. 17, three special symbol lottery rights are reserved.

In the example of FIG. 17, the earlier the execution time of the special symbol lottery is held (that is, the hold that occurred earlier) is displayed at a position closer to the substantially center direction at the bottom of the screen, and the hold display area P810. The display position of the hold object located on the far right side of is called "Ho 1 (display area)", and as it goes to the left side of the screen, "Ho 2 (display area)", "Ho 3 (display area)", and "Ho 4 (Ho 4) Display area) ".

Further, in the vicinity of the right side of the hold display area P810, an object having substantially the same mode as the hold object P811 in the hold display area P810 is displayed at a position one step higher than the hold object P811. This display area continuously displays the hold display corresponding to the random number value that triggered the start of the current special symbol change display from the hold display area, and is referred to as "the change object display area (P812)". .. Further, the object displayed in the variable object display area P812 is referred to as "the variable object (P813)", but may be referred to as "the pending display" or the like, and is differentiated from the reserved object P811 in the reserved display area P810. Therefore, the acronym "corresponding" is added.

The display mode of the variable object P813 in the variable object display area P812 does not have to be completely the same as that of the reserved object P811, and the reserved display accompanying the start of the fluctuation is moved and displayed in the variable object display area P812. At that time, the shape may change or disappear (hide). Further, the variable object P813 may also be configured so that the display mode can be changed in the same manner as the hold display in the hold change look-ahead described later (for example, the shape and color of the object change at a timing during the change display). ).

《Simple hold display》
Two numbers are displayed side by side in the vertical direction at the substantially center position in the height direction on the left side of the screen. These two numbers represent the current number of holdings of the first special symbol and the number of holdings of the second special symbol, and are called "simple hold display (P814)". In the example in FIG. 17, the reserved number of the first special symbol is indicated by the numerical value "3" displayed above, and the reserved number of the second special symbol is indicated by the numerical value "4" displayed below. ..

(Look-ahead production)
《Pending change look-ahead》
Further, in FIG. 17, the hold object P811 in the hold 3 display area in the hold display area P810 is displayed in a different manner from the hold object P811 in the hold 2 and hold 1 display areas. The pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, is configured so that the display mode of the hold object P811 of the hold 3 is more likely to be a big hit than the display mode of the hold object P811 of the hold 2. In this way, the effect of changing the display mode of the hold object P811 and displaying it for a specific hold is called "hold change (look-ahead)".

It should be noted that the mode is not limited to the mode illustrated in FIG. 17, and has a plurality of types of change modes, each of which is configured so that the possibility of becoming a big hit (expectation degree) can be different, and the reserved object P811 is stepwise. The display mode of the above may be changed.

In addition, not limited to "hold change (look-ahead)", when the random value stored as hold is determined as the execution target of the effect, the variation display corresponding to the hold that is the execution target of the effect is started. A production that suggests that there is a high possibility that it will be a big hit on hold, which is the target of the production, is called a "look-ahead effect" (sometimes called a "pre-judgment effect"). I'm out.

Then, when the "look-ahead effect" is executed, the hold determined as the hold for which the effect is executed may be referred to as "look-ahead target hold", "trigger hold", "criminal hold", or the like. , The variable display of the special symbol based on the look-ahead target hold is called "look-ahead target change", "trigger change", "criminal change", or the like.

Here, as a "look-ahead effect", some typical ones that can be adopted in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P will be illustrated.

《Chance look ahead》
In "chance pre-reading", in the variation display of the decorative symbol P801 until the fluctuation of the pre-reading target fluctuation is started, the stop display symbol of the decorative symbol P801 according to a predetermined rule is stopped display (or temporary stop display). It is a production to be done. As an example of the rule of the stop display mode of the decorative symbol P801 that is predetermined as a chance eye, (a) when the out-of-order symbol is stopped and displayed by the combination of only the symbols having the same number part of the decorative symbol, (b). When the stop symbols of decorative symbols such as "1", "2", "3", "5", "4", and "3" are displayed in a regular stop display mode such as in order (forward order, reverse order). (C) When a special number such as "7" or a symbol different from the number such as "destination" is stopped and displayed as a stop display symbol of the middle symbol.

《Direction movable character look-ahead》
"Pre-reading the effect movable accessory" reads ahead the effect movable accessory P560 or the frame movable accessory P360 (such as the lever P382 of the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P1) provided on the game board P5 or the frame (glass frame P3). It is an effect of making a lively operation from the start of the fluctuation according to the effect operation pattern, straddling the fluctuation until the fluctuation display of the target fluctuation is started or the pre-reading target fluctuation.

《Zone transition look-ahead》
"Zone shift look-ahead" shifts to a special effect mode (called "zone") in the change display of the special symbol before the look-ahead target change starts, and is special until the change display that becomes the look-ahead target change. It is a look-ahead effect that suggests that there is a high possibility of a big hit by executing a notice lottery for executing a notice effect corresponding to a different effect mode. For example, "display normal background-> display background when pre-reading-> big hit" or "display normal background-> display background when pre-reading-> stop off symbol and return to normal background".

(Display example when executing reach production)
Next, FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a situation in which a reach production with a high degree of expectation, which is a big hit, is being performed. As described above, the "reach effect" is a situation in which decorative symbols (left symbol P801a, right symbol P801c) other than one decorative symbol (middle symbol P801b) are displayed in the same manner, and one more symbol is displayed. It refers to the production in a state where it is notified that a big hit will occur if the vehicle stops in the same mode.

In many cases, the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, has a specification of notifying a big hit by having three decorative symbols P801 have the same stop display mode via a reach effect.

In the example of FIG. 18, the left symbol P801a and the right symbol P801c of the decorative symbol are displayed as "5", and "4", "5", and "6" are displayed as the symbols of the changing medium symbol row. The situation is such that the "4" symbol vibrates violently, and if it switches to "5", it will be a big hit.

Here, in the example of FIG. 18, the display of the left symbol and the right symbol “5” of the decorative symbol is displayed smaller than the decorative symbol P801 at the time of the stop display of FIG. 17, and the middle symbol in the variable display is displayed. The decorative symbol P801b in the column is displayed larger than the decorative symbol P801 at the time of stop display and is highlighted. At this time, the small decorative symbols corresponding to the left symbol P801a and the right symbol P801c may be referred to as "evacuation symbol (P803)" or "reach symbol". In the reach effect, in addition to the illustrated example, it is notified whether or not the animation of the notice effect (reach effect) displayed along with the variable display of the decorative pattern will be a big hit depending on the end. In some cases, the left symbol P801a and the right symbol P801c that have already been temporarily stopped are displayed (or hidden) in a smaller size than the retracted symbol P803 to enhance the visibility of the effect that the player wants to pay attention to. ing.

Further, a gaming machine or the like in which the number of decorative symbols P801 displayed is not three is known, and there is also a multi-line reach or the like that forms a reach mode of a plurality of rows at the same time, but a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

As an exception to the reach effect, there is a reach effect called "full rotation reach" in which all three decorative symbols P801 are synchronously and variablely displayed in the same manner. What is the standard for reach production, "a situation in which decorative symbols other than one decorative symbol are displayed in the same mode, and a state in which it is notified that a big hit will occur if one more symbol stops in the same mode". Although the situation is different, full rotation reach is also recognized by those skilled in the art as a reach effect.

Further, in FIG. 18, the “effect setting display area (P850)” is displayed in the lower right area of the screen, and in the example of FIG. 18, the volume setting display P851 is displayed as the effect setting display.

The effect setting display area P850 includes a volume setting function for adjusting the volume level output from the speaker P83 of the gaming machine P, a light amount adjusting function for adjusting the emission brightness of the decorative lamp P82 of the gaming machine P, and an effect mode. This is an area for displaying the setting status and the change status of the effect mode change function for changing the type of the notice effect to be generated and the frequency of occurrence of the notice effect.

The effect setting display area P850 is not always displayed, and is temporarily displayed when the player executes the operations related to the various effect settings (volume adjustment function, light amount adjustment function, effect mode change function) described above. It is displayed, and for example, it is possible to display the effect setting display (volume setting display P851) related to the volume adjustment function shown in FIG. 18 by operating the cross key P383 in the left-right direction. In the situation of FIG. 18, when the right button of the cross key P383 is further operated by the player, the set volume level (black area in the figure) increases and the volume setting value starts from "3". It is supposed to change to "4".

Further, in the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, when adjusting the amount of light, the change operation is performed by operating the cross key P383 in the vertical direction, and the effect mode change function is configured according to the operation of the effect button. An example is given in which the production modes are switched in a predetermined order. It should be noted that the operations related to these effect settings may adopt different operation modes in relation to the execution of the effect during the game, and can be appropriately adopted in addition to the illustrated setting changing method.

Further, regarding the display of the effect setting display area P850 and the use of various effect setting functions, it is possible to set the period during which the player's effect setting operation is valid and the period during which the player's effect setting operation is invalid. When executed, the effect setting display area P850 is hidden and the use of various effect setting functions is invalidated.

(Example of production display during big hit game)
Subsequently, based on FIG. 19, a display mode of the effect in a state where the jackpot game is being executed on the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P will be described.

<< Production display showing the type of jackpot >>
At the lower left of the screen and the upper right of the screen of FIG. 19, the decorative symbol P801 that triggered the execution of the big hit game is displayed. At the lower left of the screen, the decorative symbol P801 (also referred to as "big hit design (P805)") of 1 is displayed in a display mode smaller than the decorative symbol being displayed in a variable manner, as in the case of executing the reach effect described above, and the upper right corner of the screen is displayed. Continues to display the simplified drawing P802 that was displayed when the variable display of the special symbol was completed.

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the type of jackpot executed by the player and the number of game balls that can be obtained during the jackpot are determined by the type of the decorative symbol P801 that triggered the occurrence of the jackpot (stopped and displayed when the jackpot occurs). It suggests the degree of expectation of the game and the game state (normal game state) after the big hit. Therefore, by displaying the decorative symbols (big hit design P805, simple symbol P802) that triggered the execution of the jackpot in this way, the type of jackpot and the number of game balls expected to be acquired can be determined even during the jackpot game. It is possible to suggest.

Further, as a display indicating the type of jackpot, in FIG. 19, an icon image P821 imitating a pentagonal shield is displayed under the character string "ROUND6" (referred to as "round display (P820)"), and the icon is displayed. The letters "MAX" are written in the center of P821. The icon P821 in the figure is a jackpot suggested by the character string “MAX”, and indicates that the jackpot game of the maximum round of the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P is executed. This icon P821 is called a "big hit icon" or a "ream villa (display) icon", and each time a specific game state and a big hit game are repeatedly executed, the display increases cumulatively side by side, so-called "ream villa". It is an effect display that notifies the player how many times and what kind of jackpot has been won in the state so that the player can understand.

Although not shown, in the premised pachinko gaming machine P, "○○ bonus!" (Notifies the maximum round jackpot) and "○○ bonus!" By displaying "△△ chance" (suggesting a big hit that is not the maximum round), an effect of notifying the player of the type of big hit is executed.

In addition, even if it is suggested that the jackpot is a big hit such as "△△ chance" where the number of rounds to be executed is small, the execution round of the jackpot is set as "extra bonus! + ○ round" during the jackpot round. In fact, it is also possible to perform a "big hit promotion effect" such as notifying that it is a big hit in the maximum round.

In addition, the "big hit promotion effect" is also used when it is suggested that a big hit game that shifts to a specific game state that is more advantageous to the player than the previously notified type of big hit is being executed. There are times. For example, from the production of a jackpot game (called "non-probability variable jackpot" or "normal jackpot") that suggests that the probability fluctuation function does not operate after the jackpot game, the jackpot game ("" There is a production display such that the production display is switched to the production of "probability change jackpot" or "specific jackpot").

<< Production display showing the progress of the jackpot game >>
Next, when the jackpot game is executed, the effect display showing the progress of the jackpot game will be described. In FIG. 19, as an effect showing the effect display of the big hit, the character string display of "round display (P820)" executed by the character string display of "ROUND_〇" in the upper left of the screen and the character string display of "TOTAL_〇〇pt" in the lower right of the screen. Examples include the "acquired ball number display (P822)" executed in, and the "count display (P825)" displayed by 10 circular image objects in the center of the right side of the screen. Although not shown, an image display such as an animation called "round effect" is displayed in addition to these displays during the big hit game.

《Round display》
The “round display (P820)” is a display indicating the number of rounds of the running round game (unit game) during the jackpot game. The value on the right side of "ROUND" is updated when the round game starts. The example of FIG. 19 shows a situation in which a round game of the sixth round is being executed.

The "round display (p820)" does not necessarily have to be synchronized with the number of execution rounds during the actual jackpot game. For example, in the above-mentioned "small hit V" specifications, the small hit game may be counted as the first round, and the first round of the big hit game executed after winning the V may be treated as the second round. Further, in another example, when the opening pattern of the large winning opening P751 in the round game ends with the transition to the easy-to-enter state for a short time, the value of the "round display" is not updated and the large winning opening is not updated. Only when the opening pattern of is in a state where it is easy to enter the ball for a long time, it may be treated as a substantially executed round "substantial round".

《Display the number of acquired balls》
The "number of acquired balls display (P822)" sandwiches the specific game with the "display of the number of acquired balls (P823 * not shown)" that displays the number of game balls accumulated in one big hit game being executed. There is a type such as "cumulative acquisition number display (824)" that displays the cumulative number of game balls acquired in a plurality of big hits. FIG. 19 shows an example in which the “cumulative number of acquired balls display (P824)”, which is a 5-digit display of the number of acquired balls, is displayed. The "big hit winning ball number display (P823)" and the "cumulative winning ball number display (P824)" may be displayed at the same time in parallel.

In the pachinko gaming machine P, which is a premise, the cumulative number of winning balls paid out based on the number of balls entered into the big winning opening P751 during the big hit game is displayed for the “display of the number of acquired balls (P822)”. However, as a cumulative target for the payout of prize balls on the number of acquired balls display P822, the payouts based on the winning balls to the general winning opening P731 and the second starting winning opening P721 arranged in the right area P501R of the game board P5 are cumulatively added. You may.

Further, as another modification, the display period of the "acquired ball number display (P822)" may be displayed not only during the big hit game but also during the execution of the specific game, or the "acquired ball number display (P822)". The period for adding the cumulative number of prize balls paid out may be extended not only during the big hit game but also during the specific game or the small hit game.

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, in addition to the "number of acquired balls displayed (P822)", the accumulated number of prize balls paid out is divided into "2500 balls", "5000 balls", "10000 balls", and the like. Only in special situations such as when the number of payouts is reached, it is possible to execute the "separated number of acquired balls display" effect in addition to the "acquired ball number display" to notify the player (for example, "GET 10000! ! ”Is displayed).

《Count display》
The "count display (P825)" indicates how many more balls can be entered up to the number of game balls set as the closing condition of the large winning opening P751 in one round game, or how many game balls can be entered in this round game. It is a display indicating whether or not the ball has entered the large winning opening P751. The former is displayed as a shaded circular object in FIG. 19, and the latter is displayed as a white circular object as a two-row object display at a substantially center position on the right side of the screen.

In the example of FIG. 19, as the game of the sixth round, 5 balls have already been entered into the large winning opening (displayed as a white circular object), and 5 more balls can be entered (with a shaded circular object). Display) is indicated by the count display P825. The display of the count display P825 is reset to the initial mode each time a new round is started.

During the execution of the round game of the big hit game, the number of game balls exceeds the closing condition of the big winning opening P751 in succession to the game balls that satisfy the closing condition of the big winning opening P751 depending on the flow condition of the game balls. Winning may occur, and the occurrence of winning of the number of game balls exceeding such a closing condition is called "over winning".

Although not shown, when an "over prize" occurs, a special effect is performed using the object display of the count display P825, or a special light emission of the effect lamp P82 or a special sound effect is emitted from the speaker P83. It may be notified by such means. Further, with respect to the above-mentioned number of acquired balls display P822, the number of prize balls to be paid out based on the winning that is “over winning” may be added or excluded from the addition.

<< Other production display during big hit game >>
Next, another effect display in which the effect display is executed in FIG. 19 will be described.

First, the two numbers displayed at substantially the center position on the left side of the screen are the above-mentioned simple hold display P814.

The display "Sound_2" displayed on the right side of the decorative design (big hit design P805) at the lower left of the screen is "selected music display (P854)" indicating the title of the music being played during the current big hit game. .. In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, the player can arbitrarily select the music to be played by operating the effect button P381 and the cross key P383 during the first and second rounds during the jackpot game. Has specifications. Regarding the selected music display P854, when the music can be changed, an image "Can be changed with the (up) (down) keys" is displayed in the vicinity of the selected music display P854 as shown in FIG.

It should be noted that the selection of the effect during the big hit game is not limited to the selection of music, but it is also possible to change the round effect and select the effect (effect mode) during the specific game after the big hit game (collectively,). (Called "Production Customized Display (P853)"), detailed explanations of them are omitted.

Finally, the "right-handed" and right-hand arrow symbols displayed at the bottom of the simplified drawing P802 at the upper right of the screen are image displays related to "separate notification (P830)" (also called "recommended launch position notification"). Is. In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, during the big hit game, it is recommended to launch the game ball into the right area P501R of the game area, so "right-handed notification (P832)" ("right-handed"). (Display of the character string and the right arrow symbol) is being executed.

The "separate notification" may be displayed not only during the big hit game but also during the game in the specific game state or during the game in the normal game state. In particular, in a situation where the game state is switched (occurrence / end of a big hit or occurrence / end of a specific game state), a display having a larger size than the hitting notification P830 shown in FIG. 19 is easier for the player to recognize. Is temporarily displayed in the center of the screen or the like to notify the player of the recommended firing position in the next gaming state.

In the "separation notification (P830)", the one that is temporarily displayed in a large size at the timing of the transition of the game state is the "first distribution notification image" ("right-handed large display (P831)", " Left-handed large display (P833) "), and the recommended firing position in the game state during the big hit game or the specific game state is displayed for almost the entire period during which the game state continues. It may be expressed as "notification image" ("right-handed small display (P832)", "left-handed small display (P834)").

In addition, when a situation in which the game ball is launched at a position other than the recommended launch position is detected as another type of effect of the "striking notification (P830)", for example, the left area of the game area during a big hit. "Left-handed warning notice" ("Right-handed warning (P835)" that alerts the player that the game ball should be fired in the right area P501R of the game area when the game ball is fired in P501L. ) To display a message such as "Please hit right". In a situation where the recommended firing position and the player's actual firing position are opposite to each other, the “right-handed warning notification” (“left-handed warning notification (P936)”) is executed.

(Example of effect display during a specific game state)
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a game effect during operation of the electric chew support function during a specific game state (high probability or low probability / high base). Although a wide variety of production displays are shown in the figure, the explanations for those explained in the above explanation are omitted, and the production displays that have not been explained so far and the differences from the above explanations. The effect display having the above will be described.

First, as the effect display that has not been explained so far, the "effect mode display (P840)" and the "remaining game count display (P841)" will be described as the effect display in the specific game state.

<< Production mode display >>
The "effect mode display (P840)" is a display showing the state of the current effect display mode, and is a display indicating that the advance notice effect corresponding to the corresponding mode is drawn by the state information called the effect mode. .. When the effect mode display is different, the type of advance notice effect visually recognized by the player is generally made so that the impression given to the appearance is significantly different, although there is a common advance notice effect. .. In FIG. 20, the display of "RUSH_MODE" is made, and the display indicating that the gaming state of the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P is "ST (probability of cutting the number of times)" (high probability / high base state) is displayed. ing.

In addition to notifying the effect mode in the specific game state, the "effect mode display (P840)" may be displayed in the normal game state (low probability / low base state), or one game. When a plurality of effect modes are provided in the state, the display may be temporarily performed each time the condition for switching the effect mode is satisfied, or may be continuously performed until the effect mode ends.

《Display the number of remaining games》
The "remaining game count display (P841)" is a display of the number of variations of the special symbol until the end of the specific game state (the number of special symbol lottery) and the variation display of the special symbol until the end of the current production mode. It is a display showing the number of times. In FIG. 20, the display of "remaining_56" is executed in the upper center of the screen, and the game state of "ST (probability of cutting the number of times)" is performed until 56 more special symbol lottery is executed. Notify the person.

Next, in the effect display example of the specific game state shown in FIG. 20, a display different from the effect display example in the other game states described above will be described.

<< Decorative design (specific game state) >>
In the center of the screen of FIG. 20, a variable display of the decorative symbol P801 is displayed. In the effect display example of the decorative symbol P801 in the specific game state of FIG. 20, the display of the decorative symbol P801 is displayed smaller than that of the decorative symbol P801 of the effect display example in the normal game state of FIG. 20.

In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, as the effect display of the specific game state, the effect mode display P840, the remaining number of games display P841, and the jackpot icon display P821 are displayed at the upper part of the screen, and the selected music is displayed at the lower part of the screen. P854 and P824 for displaying the number of acquired balls are performed. In the specific gaming state, such an additional display that is not displayed in the normal gaming state (low probability / low base state) is performed. Therefore, if the decorative symbol P801 is displayed in the same size as the normal gaming state, the stop display is displayed. At this time, the display of some symbols may overlap with a part of each display, which may cause a problem that the visibility of the stop display symbol is lowered. The display of the decorative design P801 is made small and simplified so that Further, as an example of simplifying and displaying the decorative symbol P801, in addition to reducing the size, it is also possible to adopt a method of not displaying a character image or the like attached to a number indicating the symbol.

<< Hold display area (specific game state) >>
In the presupposed pachinko gaming machine P, as shown in the lower left of the screen of FIG. 20, as the display of the hold object P811 in the hold display area P810 of the specific game state, from the front side of the screen toward the depth direction, from "hold 1" to "hold 1" to " A display area for the reserved object of "Maintenance 4" is provided. The display of the variable object display area P812 (and the variable object display P813) is omitted in the effect mode state of "RUSH_MODE".

When the variation display shown in FIG. 20 ends and a new variation starts in the state, the display of the hold object P811 located at the bottom of FIG. 20 disappears, and the display of the hold object P811 lined up in the back moves to the front. The display is controlled so that the display becomes large.

In addition, although not shown, the "result display effect", which is an important effect as an effect displayed during a specific game, will be described.

《Result display production》
The "result display effect" is a game in the pachinko gaming machine P, which is premised on, mainly when the final change of the specific game state (high base state) is executed, or when the hold generated during the specific game state disappears, etc. It is a production performed at the timing when a person recognizes that the "renso" state has ended, and information on how many jackpot games have been won in the so-called "renso" state and how many game balls in total It is a production that notifies the player whether or not it has been acquired (corresponding to the display of the number of acquired balls).

[First Example]
The pachinko gaming machine P of the first embodiment has various characteristic configurations in addition to the basic configuration based on the above-mentioned prerequisite technology. Hereinafter, the differences from the prerequisite technology will be mainly described, and the common points will be omitted. Among the elements constituting the pachinko gaming machine of the first embodiment, the same or corresponding elements as those described in the prerequisite technique will be described with the same reference numerals.

The pachinko gaming machine P1000 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 to 25. The pachinko gaming machine P1000 is mainly composed of a front door portion P1100, a game board accommodating frame P1200, a handle operation section P1300, a game board unit section P1400, and a housing section P1500.

The procedure for assembling the front door portion P1100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 26 to 31. Each component is attached to a predetermined position on the upper panel base P1114 (see FIG. 28) and the exterior portion P1128 (see FIG. 30) to complete the upper panel portion P1110 and the lower panel portion P1120 as shown in FIGS. 26 and 27. After fitting the front door frame P1130A to which the hinge parts and the locking parts are fixed into the door base member P1130 to which the door base member P1130 is attached with a claw, the glass unit P1140 is attached to the door base member P1130 to complete the process.

The configuration of the upper panel portion P1110 will be described. The upper panel portion P1110 covers the front side of the glass unit P1140 that covers the game area of the game board unit portion P1400, and the outer wall portion P1111, the film insertion portion lid P1112, the pattern and the design are drawn as the main constituent parts. Design film P1113, upper panel base part P1114, speaker P1115, speaker cover P1116, P1117, speaker protection cover P1118 covering the back surface of the speaker, transparent panel parts P1119, P111A, lamp substrate P111B, transparent panel part P1119 composed of a two-layer structure. , P111C is composed of a protective frame P111C that protects the peripheral edge of P111A.

The upper panel P1110 has a structure in which the design film P1113 can be easily replaced (see FIG. 29). The design film P1113 is housed so as to be sandwiched between the transparent panel portions P1119 and P111A. At the time of replacement, the film insertion portion lid P1112 is removed and the design film P1113 sandwiched between the transparent panel portions P1119 and P111A is pulled out. After that, a new design film P1113 is inserted, and the film insertion portion lid P1112 is fitted to complete the process.

With the design film P1113 sandwiched between the transparent panels P1119 and P111A, the design film P1113 is covered with the film insertion part lid P1112 so that the design film P1113 does not come off. The appearance image of the game machine can be easily changed even if the game board unit unit P1400 and the reel arrangement of the above are used in different models while having common specifications.

The front side configuration of the lower panel portion P1120 will be described. The lower panel portion P1120 mainly has various switch devices, a medal slot, and a function of storing the paid medals. As shown in FIG. 30, as the main parts constituting the front side of the lower panel part P1120, the parts are mounted on the front back side as the mounting base of various parts, and the lower panel base part P1121 is attached to the left side part of the pachinko game machine. Insertion port P1122, game operation switch P1123 used for the progress of the game, effect operation switch P1124 operated according to the adjustment of tone and light amount and the production of the game, bet operation switch P1125 for betting of credited medals. , Game display device P1126 that displays the state of the game machine such as the progress status of the game during a big hit or during a demonstration, the number of credits of the game medium, and the number of payouts at the time of paying out the game medium. A game display device attachment / detachment base P1128 having a long groove structure P1128A, a speaker P1129, a design exterior body P112A, and a medal plate P112B for storing medals so that the operation panel stand P1127, the game display device P1126, and the effect operation switch P1124 can be slid and attached. It is composed.

The back surface side configuration of the lower panel portion P1120 will be described. As shown in FIG. 31, lower panel relay board P112C, selector unit P112D, speaker cover P112E, returned medals and medal hoppers, which are connected to various electronic parts and a control board as parts constituting the back surface side of the lower panel part P1120. It is composed of a lower panel medal flow path P112F, which is a flow path for medals paid out from P1551.

The exchange method and the exchange structure of the game display device P1126 will be described with reference to FIGS. 32 and 33. Normally, various display devices are fixed to the mounting base body with a plurality of screws or other fixtures, but the pachinko game machine P1000 of this embodiment has a configuration in which the display unit of the game display device P1126 can be visually recognized from the operation panel base P1127. Therefore, if the game display device P1126 having a particularly large display area is adopted, the front-rear width dimension of the lower panel portion P1120 becomes large, and it becomes difficult to visually recognize and attach / detach the fixture from the back surface of the front door portion P1100. Therefore, the plate-shaped game machine display device P1126 can be inserted below the operation table P1127 so as to slide diagonally downward and downward from the back surface of the front door portion P1100, and slides from here in the direction opposite to the insertion direction. By providing a game display device attachment / detachment base P1128 having a long groove that can be pulled out and further providing a handle portion P1126A on the game display device P1126, the front door portion P1100 is opened and the game display device connector ( (Not shown) and, for example, a game display device movement blocking screw (not shown) provided on the insertion side of the game machine display device P1126 in the game display device attachment / detachment base P1128 and protruding so as to intersect in the pulling direction of the game display device. After removing the above, the handle portion P1126A can be extracted from the lower panel portion P1120 by an extraction step of simply pulling. Further, when the game display device P1126 is attached, the operation opposite to the above-mentioned extraction step may be performed.

Generally, the display device has a high failure rate among the parts constituting the game machine, and if it is configured as in this embodiment, the game display device P1126 can be easily replaced in a short time. Similarly, various switches having a high failure rate are provided on the upper ball plate P341 of the pachinko gaming machine P1 and the slot machine operating table S2 of the slot machine S1, but the gaming operation switch P1123 in the pachinko gaming machine P1000 of the present embodiment is fixed. Unlike the stop switch S3 of the slot machine S1, the tool is a front door portion P1100 due to the fact that the game display device P1126 is provided behind the game operation switch P1123 and the shape of the lower panel portion P1120 having a large depth dimension. It is difficult to see and access from the back side.

A method of exchanging the game operation switch P1123 will be described with reference to FIGS. 33 and 34. First, by performing the above-described extraction step of the game display device P1126, the game operation switch P1123 covered by the lower panel portion P1120 is exposed via the display device opening P1127A of the 1120 operation panel base P1127. After that, the fixture of the game operation switch P1123 can be easily accessed from the display device opening P1127A. By adopting such a configuration, the game operation switch P1123 can be easily replaced without removing a plurality of parts attached to the lower panel portion P1120 in order to access the fixture P1123A of the game operation switch P1123. It will be possible.

The structure and attachment / detachment method of the medal insertion slot P1122 and the selector unit P112D will be described with reference to FIGS. 33, 35, and 36. The medal insertion slot P1122 is provided on the left side of the front door portion P1100 when viewed from the front, and the guide wall P1122A for guiding the medal into the insertion slot is provided so as to face substantially the front of the player playing the game (in other words, the medal insertion slot P1122). The rear end of the guide wall P1122A is inclined toward the left side surface of the pachinko gaming machine P1000, and the tip end thereof is inclined toward the center of the pachinko gaming machine P1000 (see FIG. 22). The selector unit P112D is provided. , The selector body P112DA, which is provided on the front side with an exclusion unit for eliminating nonstandard medals, which is also used in the slot machine S1 (see FIGS. 74 and 75 for comparative explanation) provided with the slot machine S4 on the right side of the front surface. From the selector base part P112DB for fixing the selector body P112DA to the lower panel base part P1121, the guide path P112DC for guiding the medal inserted into the insertion port P1122 to the medal entrance P112DAA of the selector body P112DA, and the medal exit P112DAB of the selector body P112DA. It is composed of a bridge flow path P112DD that guides the discharged medals to the medal storage tank P1551A of the medal hopper P1551.

As shown in FIG. 75, the selector S4 normally used in the slot machine S1 has a medal entrance on the upper left when the state in which the selector S4 is attached to the slot machine S1 is the front (front as seen in FIG. 75). It has a medal exit at the bottom right. Further, since it is mounted substantially parallel to the front door, it is necessary to provide a curve in the flow path S5 from the medal outlet to the medal storage tank (see FIG. 75, the outlet of the flow path S5 faces the front). The medals may be stopped due to dirt on the curved part, and troubles such as clogging of medals may occur.

This time, in the pachinko gaming machine P1000, by providing the tip of the guide wall P1122A of the medal insertion slot P1122 toward the player, the player can easily insert medals, which makes it easier for the player to insert medals. Further, as shown in FIG. 33, the selector main body P112DA is in the direction in which the medal outlet P112DAB of the selector main body P112DA is provided with the medal storage tank P1551A (in the diagonally downward right direction when viewed from the front of the pachinko gaming machine P1000). The medal insertion port P1122 and the selector main body P112DA can be configured without twisting the flow path, and the bridge flow path P112DD can be configured in a linear shape. Further, the selector main body P112DA is attached to the recess provided on the back surface side of the front door portion P1100 by sliding it so as to be pushed from the back surface side of the front door portion P1000. It can be attached and detached simply by sliding the main body P112DA, and the selector with the same specifications as the selector S4 used in the normal slot machine S1 can be used, which contributes to the reduction of manufacturing cost. Further, even when the nekase structure described later is adopted, the medal flow path is inclined in the flow direction, so that the possibility of hindering the flow of the medal is reduced.

The structure of the game board accommodating frame P1200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 37 to 41. The game board storage frame P1200 mainly houses and fixes the game board unit P1400 (see also FIG. 24), and the storage frame base P1210 to which various parts such as opening / closing hinges and locking devices are attached, and the game ball is launched substantially vertically upward. Door opening detection unit P1240 that detects that the outer rail P1230, the front door portion P1100, and the game board storage frame P1200 that roll the game ball launched from the launching device P1220 and the launching device P1220 and lead to the game area are opened. , To make the back surfaces of the game ball circulation path P1250 for guiding the game ball entering each entry port to the launcher, the launch control board P1260 for controlling the launcher P1220, the relay board P1261, and the launch control board P1260 to be visible. The transparent plate P1270 on the back surface of the substrate and the accommodation frame opening P1280 provided in the substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the accommodation frame base portion P1210 and through which the game medals discharged from the selector unit P112D and the medal hopper P1551 (see FIG. 66) are passed. NS.

When the launching device P1220 is arranged at the same position as the launching device unit P240 used in the pachinko gaming machine P1 (see FIG. 2), it is provided at the substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the accommodation frame base portion P1210 and passes through the game medal. Since the accommodation frame opening P1280 cannot be arranged, the accommodation frame base portion P1210 can be installed avoiding the substantially central portion in the left-right direction by adopting the vertical firing method.

Electronic board components such as the launch control board P1260 and the relay board P1261 are also provided in a portion other than the accommodation frame opening P1280.

The game balls that have entered the various entry ports P1403 and the harmonica entry port P1403A (see FIG. 45), which will be described later to explain the structure of the game ball circulation path P1250, are once gathered on the left side of the game board storage frame P1200, and similarly, the game is played. It is stored in the upper part of the launcher unit P1220 provided on the left side of the board accommodating frame P1200.

The structure of the outer rail P1230 will be described. The outer rail P1230 is manufactured of a metal band like the outer rail P502 used in the pachinko gaming machine P1, but the normal outer rail P502 is provided on the rail decoration P504 provided on the game board P5, whereas the outer rail P502 is provided on the rail decoration P504 provided on the game board P5. In the pachinko gaming machine P1000, the outer rail P1230 is temporarily fixed along the accommodation frame base P1210 outer rail attachment portion P1210A, and then the outer rail P1230 is finally fixed to the game board accommodation frame P1200 using the outer rail fixing clips P1230A at a plurality of places. (See FIGS. 37 and 39)

By providing the outer rail P1230 on the accommodation frame base P1210 of the game board accommodation frame P1200, the outer rail can be shared by a plurality of models. Further, when the gaming area of the gaming board P1401 is smaller than that of the conventional pachinko gaming machine P1, it is not necessary to have a mounting space for the rail decoration P504. You can make it bigger. Further, if the outer rail fixing method of the present embodiment is used for the conventional pachinko gaming machine P1, the outer rail P504 is likely to loosen, which affects the ball flying performance. However, the structure of the launcher unit P1220 of the present embodiment and the conventional method. In the pachinko game P1000, which has a narrower game area than the pachinko game machine P1, the length of the outer rail P1230 is short, so that the outer rail P1230 is loosely attached, and the storage frame base P1210 is distorted due to molding defects or thermal expansion and contraction. The effect of ball flying performance is small.

The structure of the handle device unit P1300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 42 to 44. The handle operation portion P1300 is roughly divided into a base portion P1310 having a screw thread portion P1311 for fixing to the front door portion P1100 and a spiral spring P1312 (not shown) for urging the grip portion P1321 to the initial rotation position, and a player. Holds the grip part P1321 with a hand and rotates it clockwise to set the firing intensity, and by placing the hand sword part of the hand on the pedestal part P1322, the rotation operation part P1320 and the player can play for a long time. The touch sensitivity unit P1330 that detects that the rotation operation unit P1320 is being operated by the hand, the launch operation unit P1340 that launches the game ball by pulling the trigger unit P1341, and the rotation operation unit P1320 are rotated. As a result, it is composed of a rotation amount detecting means P1350 (only the gear P1350A is shown) that detects the rotation amount using a plurality of gears, like the handle P204 of the conventional pachinko game machine P1, and the outer shape is the grip of the pistol. It has a shape similar to a trigger, and by twisting the rotation operation unit P1320, the firing operation unit P1340 also rotates at the same time, so that the trigger unit P1341 can be easily pulled with the fingers of the hand regardless of the twisted state. ing.

The launching device of a normal pachinko gaming machine P starts firing a game ball by twisting the handle P204 and starts firing a game ball, and when the game ball enters the first start winning opening, the symbol variation starts, and so on. Like the stop switch S3 of the machine, it has a function for advancing the game. Then, the firing intensity is increased by increasing the twisting operation amount of P711, but the launching device of the pachinko gaming machine P1000 of the first embodiment determines only the firing intensity by twisting the rotation operation unit P1320. The game ball can be launched by pulling the trigger portion P1341 of the launch operation unit P1340 with the finger of the hand. In the launching device of a normal pachinko gaming machine P, if the gaming ball is not launched while the firing intensity is fixed, the operation to stop the launching of the gaming ball must be performed at the same time while the handle P204 is being twisted. It doesn't become. However, in the launching device of the pachinko gaming machine P1000 of the first embodiment, the function of setting the firing intensity and the function of launching the game ball are separated. It can be easily placed and fired, or the game ball is not fired while the firing strength is fixed.

The details of the rotation operation unit P1320 and the launch operation unit P1320 will be described with reference to FIG. 44. The grip portion P1321 of the rotation operation portion P1320 is configured so that the exterior portions P1321A, P1321B, P1321C, and P1321D can be separated from each other so that the pedestal portion P1322 can be placed so that the hand sword portion can be placed while the player holds the grip portion with his right hand. .. Further, the touch sensitivity unit P1330 and the trigger unit P1341 are provided in a place where the player can operate or touch with the fingers of the hand while holding the grip unit with the right hand, and the touch sensitivity unit P1330, the trigger unit P1341 and the pedestal unit P1322 are provided. Since there is a high possibility of failure or damage, it is provided independently and can be replaced.

As shown in FIG. 45, the game board unit unit P1400 is provided in the substantially central opening of the game board P1401 and the game board P1401 mainly composed of a transparent resin plate, and changes the direction of the flowing game ball to display the effect. A center decoration unit P1402 (not shown), a game nail P510 (not shown), various entrances P1403, and an inner rail P503 are provided. The major difference between the game board unit P1400 of this embodiment and the game board unit of a normal pachinko machine is that it has a harmonica with multiple entrances used in a sparrow ball game machine or an arrange ball game machine arranged in series. It has a ball mouth P1403A.

The back surface of the game board P1401 is covered with a back gutter (not shown), an electrical member behind the game board (not shown), etc. It is composed of a back base cover P1404 having mounting portions for various substrates such as various substrate cases such as the substrate P41.

The structure of the main control board unit P1410 will be described with reference to FIGS. 46 to 48. The main control board P1410 is mainly composed of a transparent resin to cover the component mounting surface of the main board P1411 to which the main board P1411 is mounted and to make it visible.
The back surface of the main board case cover P1412 is slid and covered, and the main board case base P1413 and the main board P1411 housed in a transparent resin to make the back surface of the main board P1411 visible are housed in the main board case cover P1412. , And a fixing means (not shown) for fixing the main board case base P1413, and is composed of a main control board unit base P1414 made of transparent resin in order to visually confirm the back surface of the main board case base P1413. NS.

Further, in order to make the back surface of the main board case base P1413 and the back surface of the main control board unit base P1414 easily visible with the main control board unit P1410 attached to the back base cover P1404, the main control board unit base P1414 The rotating shaft P1414A and the main board case cover P1412 have bearings P1412A, and the shafts are aligned with each other to form a shaft matching structure P1415. The axis can be rotated and moved.

Further, it has a sealing seal breaking structure portion P1415 that keeps a history when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413, which are configured so as to straddle the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413, are opened. ing.

In the shaft alignment structure P1415 described above, the main control board unit P1410 is easily released from the aligned state before the main control board unit P1410 is attached to the back base cover P1404. When attached to the base cover P1404, the movement blocking protrusion P1404A provided on the back base cover P1404 is inserted into the protrusion opening P1414B provided on the main control board unit base P1414, so that one side of the rotating shaft P1414A is closed. The bearing P1412A can be easily rotated around the rotating shaft P1414A, but the bearing P1412A cannot be removed from the rotating shaft P1414A (see FIG. 48).

The main control board unit using the conventional shaft rotation structure uses a fraud prevention structure such as caulking that regulates the uncoupling of the rotating shaft and the bearing from the viewpoint of fraud prevention, but the failure rate of the main board is relatively fraudulent. The prevention structure made it difficult to replace the main board. Further, the man-hours for assembling the main control board unit also increase during the manufacture of pachinko gaming machines. However, since the main control board unit P1410 of this embodiment can be easily attached to and detached from the rotating shaft and the bearing before or after being attached to or removed from the back base cover P1404, the man-hours for assembling the main control board unit can be reduced.

The main board case cover P1412, the main board case base P1413, and the main control board unit base P1414 are made of a resin having a relatively thin plate thickness to prevent sink marks and poids. Therefore, it is difficult to give strength to the structure that regulates the uncoupling. However, in this embodiment, since the attachment / detachment is regulated by using the movement blocking protrusion P1404A provided on the back base cover P1404 which is thicker than the main control board unit P1410, the structure which regulates the uncoupling release is more than that of the conventional gaming machine. The strength of the can be set high.

The seal seal breaking structure portion P1415 will be described with reference to FIGS. 49 to 53. The sealing seal breaking structure P1415 is enclosed in the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 after the sealing seal P1415A and the sealing seal P1415A, which are difficult to peel off without being damaged after being attached. The seal seal base P1415B, the seal seal P1415A provided on a part of the main board case base P1413, and the seal seal breaker P1415C that destroys the seal seal when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are opened, and the seal seal The base positioning portion P1415D when mounting the base P1415B and a part of the main board case cover P1412 are provided, and when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are closed, they are combined with the seal seal base P1415B to form a seal seal base. When the seal P1415B is opened, the seal seal base P1415B is slid and moved in the direction of the seal seal breaking portion P1415C to break the seal seal P1415A. In the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 shown in FIGS. 49 to 53, only the structural parts necessary for the explanation of the sealing seal breaking structure part P1415 are drawn.

The sealing procedure of the sealing seal breaking structure portion P1415 when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are sealed will be described. The seal seal base P1415B to which the seal seal P1415A is attached is attached to the base positioning portion P1415D. After that, when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are set at the sealing start position and the main board case cover P1412 is slid and moved, the matching rib P1415E is aligned with the uneven portion P1415BA of the sealing seal base P1415B. Sealing of the main board case cover P1412 to the main board case base P1413 is completed in a state in which the matching rib P1415E and the uneven portion P1415BA are brought into a matching state at a predetermined position (see FIG. 52). When the sealing is completed, the seal and the broken portion are lined up in this order from the upstream side in the slide direction (front-back direction as seen in FIG. 50) at the time of opening, and on the locus of the slide direction of the seal at the time of opening. The destruction part is intervening.

The procedure for breaking the seal seal P1415A inside the sealing seal breaking structure portion P1415 when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are opened will be described. When the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are opened and separated, they are slid from the sealing position of the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 to the sealing start position. At that time, since the combined rib P1415E has a structure that cannot move over the uneven portion P1415BA, the sealing seal base P1415B to which the sealing seal P1415A is attached slides and moves together with the main board case cover P1412 to seal the sealing. P1415A is destroyed after contacting the seal seal breaking portion P1415C. When the main board case cover P1412 moves to the sealing start position between the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413, when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are opened, the combined rib P1415E has an uneven portion P1415BA. Also separated, the sealed seal base P1415B to which the destroyed seal seal P1415A is attached can be taken out.

In the conventional sealing seal breaking structure, the sealing seal P1415A is attached to a part of the main board case cover P1412 or the main board case base P1413, and is accompanied by the opening operation of the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413. A structure is known in which the cutting means is activated to destroy the sealing seal P1415A. However, after the sealing seal P1415A is attached, the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are sealed. Since the board case cover P1412 or the main board case base P1413 is also handled at the same time, a large work space and a large storage space are required, which complicates the operation and assembly of the main control board unit P1410. Since the structure part P1415 has a structure in which the seal seal P1415A is attached to the main board case cover P1412 and the small seal seal base P1415B that can be stored in a part of the main board case base P1413, the sealing work space and the seal seal P1415A are attached. Since the storage space of the sealing seal base P1415B to which P1415A is attached can be reduced, the operation and assembly of the main control board unit P1410 can be facilitated. Further, when the main board case cover P1412 and the main board case base P1413 are reused, the work of removing the sealing seal P1415A, which is difficult to peel off, does not occur, so that the recycling operation becomes easy.

In the conventional sealing seal breaking structure, a breaking member for breaking the sealing seal is provided on the glue surface side of the sealing seal P1415A, and the breaking member cooperates when the main board case base P1413 and the main board case cover P1412 are opened to seal the sealing seal. Although there is a technique for destroying P1415A, it is difficult to visually confirm the adhesive surface side of the sealing seal P1415A. However, according to the sealing seal breaking structure portion P1415 of this embodiment, the sealing seal P1415A has a simple structure having no breaking member or the like on the glue surface side. Therefore, for example, the main board case base P1413 and the main board case cover P1412 are illegal. After opening the seal and destroying the seal P1415A, it is possible to easily visually confirm the fraudulent act of overlapping and pasting the duplicate seal.

As shown in FIGS. 54, 62, and 66, the housing portion P1500 is roughly divided into a housing exterior portion P1510, a nekase setting structure P1530, and a housing internal component group P1550. The housing exterior portion P1510 is provided with a housing internal component group P1550 inside, and a game board accommodating frame P1200 including a game board unit portion P1400 and a front door portion P1100 including a handle operation portion P1300 are rotatably attached. Further, the housing internal parts group P1550 is a medal hopper P1551 having an outer shape similar to that of the medal hopper used in the slot machine used for paying out and storing the electric parts group and the game medium necessary for operating the game machine, and a spare. It is composed of tank P1512, reinforcing sheet metal parts that reinforce the housing from the inside, and the like. The detailed configuration of the housing exterior portion P1510 and the housing internal component group P1550 will be described later.

A portion constituting the housing exterior portion P1510 will be described with reference to FIGS. 54 to 71.

The housing P1511 is generally made of wood and has a square box shape. As shown in FIG. 60, a plurality of screw bosses P1511A are provided inside and outside the housing P1511 in order to fix each component with millimeter screws. Further, the parts that can be tampered with by removing the screws are attached from the inside of the housing P1511, and the screws cannot be released from the outside.

As shown in FIG. 55, the medal replenishment lid P1512 is attached to close the replenisher opening P1512A on the back plate of the housing P1511 in order to attach the medal replenisher (not shown). When attaching the medal supply machine (not shown), the medal supply lid P1512 is removed from the back of the housing P1511, and the medal supply machine (not shown) medal supply lid P1512 is attached to the medal supply lid holder portion P1512B. By doing so, the medal supply lid P1512 will be lost when installing the medal supply machine, and the used movement will result in so-called model incompatibility, which does not have the same parts as when applying for the model of the gaming machine. Prevent it from becoming impossible.

The medal tank protective cover P1513 has a function of covering the medal hopper tank P1551A (see FIG. 66) protruding from the hopper tank opening P1513A on the back surface of the housing P1511 to protect it, and a function of preventing unauthorized access to the inside of the housing P1511. It also has a gutter that reliably guides the medals that have flowed down from the medal supply machine into the medal hopper tank P1551A when the medal supply machine is used. That is, in the present embodiment, the medal hopper tank P1551A slightly protrudes to the outside via the hopper tank opening P1512A on the back surface of the housing P1511 (in other words, this opening P1512A is a hopper. The protruding portion can be said to be an opening for projecting a part to the outside), and the medal tank protective cover P1513 covers the protruding portion. Therefore, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 54, the medal tank protective cover P1513 has a protruding storage portion that protrudes toward the back side of the housing P1511 and has a space inside which the protruding portion can be stored.

In order to prevent the hopper tank P1551A from protruding from the hopper tank opening P1513A on the back surface of the housing wall portion P1511, the housing P1511 also generally has an increased depth dimension. However, although the pachinko game machine P1000 in this case is installed using the island facility of the slot machine, the thickness of the front door part P1100 and the game board storage frame P1200 is thicker than the front door of the slot machine, so that it is different from the slot machine. If the depth dimension is the same as or larger than that of the housing, the front side of the pachinko gaming machine P1000 protrudes toward the amusement facility passage side, and the chair used by the player to play the game cannot be used. If the pachinko gaming machine P1000 is installed in the back of the island facility in order to solve this phenomenon, the housing P1511 interferes with the medal supply machine facility, and the medal supply does not operate normally. Therefore, by adopting the housing P1511 and the medal tank protective cover P1513 as in this embodiment, the depth dimension of the pachinko gaming machine P1000 can be limited while using the hopper tank P1551A having the same shape as the slot machine. Further, the medal tank protective cover P1513B with a guide having a guide gutter structure for reliably guiding the medal that has flowed down from the medal supply machine to the medal tank protective cover P1513 into the medal hopper tank P1551A (FIG. 73). See) may be used. The guided medal tank protective cover P1513B has a large cover depth protruding portion when the protrusion amount of the hopper tank P1551A protruding from the back plate of the housing P1511 is changed.

As shown in FIGS. 56 and 57, the housing external reinforcing sheet metal P1514 has a rectangular flat plate shape, and is provided on both side surfaces of the wooden housing P1511 and on the peripheral edge of the housing P1511 front opening P1511C of the top plate. It is fitted into the sheet metal recess P1514A and fixed with screws or the like. In a normal slot machine having a wooden housing, the strain durability strength in the left-right direction of the housing P1511 can be ensured without using the housing external reinforcing sheet metal P1514, but the front door portion P1100, the game board storage frame P1200, and the handle operation portion When the aggregate of P1300 and the game board unit P1400 is cantilevered and attached to the housing P1511 through the hinge P1515 in order to open and close the housing unit P1400, the wooden housing P1511 alone secures the strain durability in the left-right direction. Becomes extremely difficult. Insufficient strain durability of the housing P1511 not only leads to damage to each component, but also causes a gap that allows unauthorized access to the inside of the housing P1511 caused by the distortion, which causes a great deal of trouble. Therefore, with such a configuration, it is possible to increase the strength of the housing P1511 constituting the housing P1511 without increasing the plate thickness. Further, in order to increase the strength of the housing P1511, in addition to this configuration, the substrate center reinforcing sheet metal P1556 and the housing upper sheet metals P1557A and P1557B, which are composed of the housing internal parts group P1550 described later, can be used to more reliably suppress the distortion of the housing. can.

The game machine fall prevention plate P1515 is usually made of metal, has a substantially rectangular shape and has a chicane structure in cross section, and is attached to the side surface of the housing P1511 bottom plate on the front opening P1511C side. It also serves as a mounting part for the nekase sheet metal, which will be described later. The pachinko gaming machine P1000 of the present implementation can be cantilevered through a hinge P1515 so that an aggregate of a front door portion P1100, a game board storage frame P1200, a handle operation portion P1300, and a game board unit portion P1400 can be opened and closed with respect to a housing portion P1500. Although the housing P1511 is attached, the total weight of the assembly is extremely heavy, and when the assembly and the housing P1500 are closed when the gaming machine P1000 is mailed, the gaming machine P1000 easily tilts forward when the back plate of the housing P1511 is pushed. And fall. Therefore, by attaching the game machine fall prevention plate P1515, these troubles can be prevented. Also when attached to an island facility. Since static electricity can be easily released to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine P1000 by connecting it to the metal component of the island facility, the gaming machine fall prevention plate P1515 and the electrical parts are connected by using an electrical connection means. It may be configured.

A portion constituting the nekase setting structure P1530 will be described with reference to FIGS. 58 to 65. The pachinko gaming machine P1000 has a function of setting a popular name Nekase that tilts the entire machine backward. When setting a pachinko machine using a normal outer frame P1, first temporarily fix the bottom plate of the outer frame P1 to the island facility with a fixing means such as a nail, and then usually from 90 degrees to the back about 1 The top plate of the outer frame P1 tilted at 89.03 degrees (4 minutes and 5 square meters) is pushed backward, fixed with a fixing means such as a nail, and finally the bottom plate is finally fixed.

In the case of a pachinko machine using a box-shaped housing, the depth dimension of the top plate and the bottom plate is large, so that the conventional nekase setting method used for the outer frame P1 cannot be used. Therefore, a dedicated nekase setting structure is required. In the pachinko gaming machine P1000 of the first embodiment, an example in which the nekase protruding means P1530A and the nekase protruding means P1530C are provided on the bottom surface of the housing P1511 of the housing portion P1500 and an example in which the nekase adjusting means P1530B is provided in the front portion of the bottom plate will be described.

An example in which the Nekase projecting means P1530A is provided on the bottom surface of the housing P1511 of the housing portion P1500 will be described with reference to FIGS. 58 to 60. FIG. 58 (A) shows a housing portion P1500 with a partially enlarged front view, and a predetermined protrusion amount is set on the bottom surface of the housing body P1511 of the housing portion P1500 by using a nekase protruding means P1510A which is a screwing member such as a screw. There is. The Nekase protruding means P1530A can freely set the protruding amount within a range of a predetermined amount from zero (specifically, by rotating the screwing member in the direction of unscrewing, the screw is screwed. For example, adjusting the amount of protrusion of the combined member.) FIG. 58 (B) shows a partially enlarged front view of the housing portion P1500, and the protrusion amount of the nekase protruding means P1530A is set to zero. Further, the nekase projecting means P1510A is provided at two locations on the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the housing P1511, and the amount of projecting can be set individually on the left and right sides.

FIG. 59 is a housing portion P1500 with a partially enlarged left side view, and the nekase projecting means P1530A is provided at two locations on the front side in the front-rear direction of the bottom surface of the housing P1511. When installing at the island facility P5000, the pachinko gaming machine P1000 is installed at the island facility P5000 after projecting the nekase projecting means P1530A by a predetermined amount. After installation, the final fixing is completed by fixing means P5001 (not shown) such as a nail. When resetting the nekase, the fixing means P5001 (not shown) is once removed, the pachinko gaming machine P1000 is removed from the island facility P5000, and then the protrusion amount is reset.

FIG. 60 shows a housing portion P1500 looking up from diagonally below, and a plurality of demon nuts P1511B, which are parts to be attached to the inside of the housing portion P1500, are provided on the bottom surface of the housing P1511 in addition to the nekase projecting means P1530A. Further, it is a figure in which a predetermined amount is projected from only one of the two nekase projecting means P1530A.

By providing the nekase protruding means P1530A on the bottom surface of the housing P1511 of the housing portion P1500, it is possible to set the nekase even in the pachinko gaming machine P1000 using the box-shaped housing. In addition, since the amount of protrusion can be finely adjusted and the amount of protrusion can be set individually for the left and right, for example, it is possible to bias the entry into a specific entry port (for example, the harmonica entry port P1403A on the left side of the game area in a sparrow ball game machine). can. With such a configuration, game conditions that are advantageous to the player can be set, and the habits that the pachinko gaming machine P1000 has individually, for example, the number of balls entering a specific entrance is significantly increased. It can also be modified.

An example in which the nekase adjusting means P1530B is provided in front of the bottom plate of the housing P1511 of the housing portion P1500 will be described with reference to FIGS. 61 and 62. FIG. 61 (A) shows a housing portion P1500 with a partially enlarged perspective, and when the pachinko gaming machine P1000 is shipped from the manufacturer to the island facility P5000, the nekase adjusting means P1530B has a fixing screw in a state where the nekase is not set. It is attached at P1532. FIG. 61 (B) shows a housing portion P1500 with a partially enlarged perspective, and when installing the pachinko gaming machine P1000 at the island facility P5000, the nekase adjusting means P1530B uses the fixing screw P1530BA in a state where the nekase is set. It is attached. Further, the nekase adjusting means P1530B is provided at two places on the left and right in front of the bottom plate P1520, and it is possible to set the protrusion amount individually on the left and right.

FIG. 62 (A) shows a housing portion P1500 with a partially enlarged front view. Similarly to FIG. 61 (A), when the pachinko gaming machine P1000 is shipped from the manufacturer to the island facility P5000, the screw adjusting means P1530B uses the screw. It is attached with the fixing screw P1530BA in the unset state. Therefore, the nekase adjusting means P1530B does not protrude downward from the bottom surface of the housing P1511, and it is possible to prevent troubles such as the nekase adjusting means P1510B touching the carrier's hand and injuring when transporting the gaming machine. be. FIG. 62 (B) is a housing portion P1500 with a partially enlarged front view. Similarly to FIG. 61 (B), when installing the pachinko gaming machine P1000 at the island facility P5000, the screw adjusting means P1530B sets the screw. In this state, it is attached with the fixing screw P1530BA. That is, the nekase adjusting means P1530B is formed in a plate shape, and the two screw holes through which the fixing screw P1530BA is inserted are closer to one side (lower side when viewed in FIG. 61 (A)) of the plate shape. They are formed so as to be arranged parallel to each other along the sides and spaced apart from each other. Therefore, in the case of the nekase adjusting means P1530 in which one side is in the lower state, as shown in FIG. 62 (A), the lower portion of the nekase adjusting means P1530 seen in FIG. 62 (A) is the housing. In the case of the nekase adjusting means P1530 which does not protrude downward from the portion P1500 and has one side of the upper side, as shown in FIG. 62 (B), FIG. 62 (B) of the nekase adjusting means P1530. The lower portion seen in the above is adapted to protrude below the housing portion P1500.

In the case of an example in which the nekase adjusting means P1510B is provided in front of the bottom plate P1510 of the housing portion P1500, the nekase can be set simply by changing the mounting direction of the nekase adjusting means P1510B. The pachinko gaming machine P1000 can be attached to the gaming island P5000 in a short time without needing it. Further, by changing the ridge hole P1530BA of the nekase adjusting means P1530B to a long hole in the vertical direction, it is possible to finely adjust the nekase and set the left and right nekase adjusting means P1510B to different settings.

An example in which the bottom plate P1510 of the housing portion P1500 is provided with the nekase projecting means P1530C will be described with reference to FIGS. 63 to 65. FIG. 63 is a view and a bottom view of the bottom surface of the housing body P1511 of the housing body portion P1500 looking up from diagonally below. FIG. 64 (A) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the nekase protruding means P1530C is not set as a nekase. FIG. 64 (B) A predetermined amount of protrusion is set on the bottom surface of the housing P1511 of the housing portion P1500 by using the nekase projecting means P1530C. The Nekase projecting means P1530C can freely set the projecting amount within a range of a predetermined amount from zero.

The details of the nekase projecting means P1530C will be described with reference to FIG. 65. The neckpiece protruding means P1530C is manufactured by molding a flat sheet metal by press working, and is attached to the bottom plate P1510 by using a long hole-shaped screw hole P1530CA extending up and down of the necklace adjusting means P1530C to provide a seat on the bottom surface of the housing P1511. It is fitted into the drilling portion P1511C and fixed with screws or the like. A scale P1530CB for setting a neck angle is provided in the vicinity of the screw hole P1530CA. That is, the nekase adjusting means P1530C has a plate-shaped adjusting portion provided with the screw hole P1530CA and an extending portion extending from the plate-shaped adjusting portion at a predetermined angle, and the screw with respect to the screw hole P1530CA. By changing the position, the amount of protrusion of the extending portion from the counterbore portion P1511C is changed, so that the screw is adjusted. In the present embodiment, when the screw is located at the lower end of the screw hole P1530CA, as shown in FIG. 64 (A), the tip P1530CC of the extending portion does not protrude, and the screw is at the upper end of the screw hole P1530CA. In the state of being in the position of the portion, as shown in FIG. 64 (B), the tip portion P1530CC of the extension portion protrudes, so that the position of the screw with respect to the screw hole P1530CA goes to the upper end portion, the extension portion The amount of protrusion of the screw is also increased, and the screw is adjusted accordingly.

The parts constituting the housing internal parts group P1550 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 66 to 68, the medal hopper P1551 is provided on the bottom plate of the housing P1511, and when the medal hopper is inserted into the insertion slot P1122 by the player, the medal hopper flows down via the selector main body P112DA and the bridge flow path P112DD. The medals are stored and a predetermined number of medals are paid out when the predetermined medal payout conditions are met. Further, the medal hopper P1551 is mainly divided into a medal storage tank P1551A and a medal discharge structure portion P1551B. The shape and medal storage capacity of the medal storage tank P1551A are set according to the internal structure of each gaming machine. The medal discharge structure unit P1551B has a function of extracting a plurality of medals stored in the medal storage tank P1551A one by one and paying them out one by one.

The main power supply device P1552 has a box-like shape that combines sheet metal and resin, and is provided at four corners inside the housing P1511, and has a function of taking in power from an external power supply means and generating several types of voltage power supplies. have. Further, a foreign object is inserted in front of the main power supply device P1552 through a gap between the game board accommodation frame P1200 and the housing P1511, and a power supply partition plate P1552B for preventing unauthorized access to the power switch P1552A of the main power supply device and internal electronic components. It has. The pachinko gaming machine P1000 of this embodiment also has a sub-control power supply device P1553 for sub-control means, and since the number of models adopting high-performance image control means and large-scale production devices has increased in recent years, the sub-control means The power supply is independent and can be easily changed.

The auxiliary tank P1554 has a substantially box shape and is provided on the bottom plate of the housing P1511, and when the number of medals stored in the medal storage tank P1551A of the medal hopper P1551 exceeds a certain amount, the auxiliary tank P1551A is used as the auxiliary tank A certain amount of medals flow into P1554 and can be stored. When the amount of inflowing medals reaches a certain amount, a medal full detection sensor (not shown) is used to notify the medal full notification means. The bottom plate of the auxiliary tank P1554 is provided with opening switching means such as a detachable type and a slide mechanism, and if the opening is provided, the opening provided in the bottom plate of the housing P1511 and the communication medal can fall below the pachinko gaming machine P1000.

The replenishment medal guide portion P1555 has a substantially triangular prism shape, and is fixed to the back plate between the portion directly above the medal storage tank P1551A installed inside the housing P1511 and the replenishment machine opening P1512A. When the medals dropped from the medal supply device P5003 provided in the island facility are replenished to the medal storage tank P1551A, the medals do not spill from the gap between the back plate of the housing P1511 and the medal storage tank P1551A to the bottom plate of the housing P1511. Can be reliably led to the medal storage tank P1551A.

As shown in FIGS. 69 to 71, the housing center reinforcing sheet metal P1556 has a substantially box shape (see FIGS. 69 and 70) and is provided with openings at various places for weight reduction, and the housing P1511 is omitted in the height direction. It is attached to the central inner portion straddling the left and right side plates and the back plate of the housing P1511.

The housing upper reinforcing sheets P1557A and P1557B (P1557) have a substantially L-shape and a cross section having a substantially U-shape (see FIG. 71), and the housing upper reinforcing sheets P1557A and P1557B (P1557) are inside the housing P1511. It is provided at the four corners straddling the top plate, the left side plate, and the back plate, and is provided at the four corners straddling the top plate, the right side plate, and the back plate inside the housing P1511, and is designed to be used in combination with the left and right sides. As for the lateral distortion of the housing P1511, stress is particularly concentrated on the upper joint portion of the plate constituting the housing P1511, so that the lateral distortion of the housing P1511 can be effectively suppressed by reinforcing the left and right four corners.

In addition, foreign matter is inserted from the gap between the game board unit P1400 and the housing P1511 provided behind the external centralized terminal board unit P1558 and the hinge P1515 on the upper side as the parts constituting the housing internal parts group P1550, and is inside the housing P1511. It has P1559 to prevent unauthorized access.

In addition to the reinforcing function of the housing P1511, the housing center reinforcing sheet metal P1556 may be capable of attaching the substrate case unit P1556A (see FIG. 72). Since the housing center reinforcing sheet metal P1556 is made of metal, a ground structure can be easily provided, and particularly when a control board having a CPU is attached, a game machine resistant to noise can be provided.

P pachinko game machine, P1 outer frame, P2 front frame, P3 glass frame,
P4 back set unit, P5 game board, P40 main control board,
P41 effect control board, P42 image control board, P43 payout control board,
P44 power supply board, P47 power switch, P48 ram clear switch,
P49 setting key switch, P50 main control display device,
P51 1st special symbol display device, P52 2nd special symbol display device,
P80 effect display device, P81 effect operation means (P380 effect operation unit,
P381 production button, P382 lever, P383 cross key),
P82 production lamp (P350 frame lamp, P550 board lamp),
P83 speaker (P141 curtain plate speaker, P371 upper speaker),
P560 directing accessory, P710 1st start winning device,
P720 2nd start winning device, P730 general winning device,
P740 Normal electric accessory, P750 Large prize opening device P755 Special electric accessory, P770 Ordinary electric accessory P1000 Pachinko game machine, P1100 Front door, P1110 Upper panel,
P1120 Lower panel, P1130 Door base member, P1140 Glass unit P1200 Game board storage frame, P1210 Storage frame base, P1220 Launcher P1230 Outer rail, P1240 Door open detector, P1250 Game ball circulation path P1260 Launch control board, P1270 Board back Transparent plate, P1280 Storage frame opening P1300 Handle operation unit, P1310 base unit, P1320 Rotation operation unit P1330 Touch sensitivity unit, P1340 Launch operation unit, P1350 Rotation amount detection means P1400 Game board unit unit, P1410 Main control board unit, P1500 housing Part P1510 Exterior part of housing, P1530 Nekase setting structure, P1550 Internal parts group of housing

Claims (1)

With a front door that can be opened and closed,
The medal slot provided on the front door and
A selector having a counting and sorting unit for medals inserted from the medal insertion slot,
The selector mounting part to which the selector is mounted and
In a gaming machine provided with a flow path for flowing medals counted by the selector into a medal payout means capable of storing medals.
The medal slot is provided near the left side when the front door is viewed from the front.
The selector mounting portion is mounted diagonally with respect to the front door.
The selector is configured to be removable by sliding with respect to the selector mounting portion.
A gaming machine characterized in that the flow path is formed in a straight line.

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