JP2022113828A - game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of improving the degree of attention to a game satisfactorily.

SOLUTION: In an MPU 92 of a main control unit 71, a propriety lottery is performed on the basis that a game ball has won an upper operation port or a lower operation port formed in a game area, and the variable display of a drawing pattern is executed as a performance on a subside on the basis of said propriety lottery by the display screen of a pattern display device 41. In the case of a predetermined lottery result in said propriety lottery, a specific drawing pattern corresponding to a predetermined lottery result is retained and displayed by the variable display of said drawing pattern, so that the game state is shifted into the opening/closing execution mode, in which the winning to the variable winning device disposed in the game area is made possible. In the opening/closing execution mode, for a predetermined period, in which the variable winning device is in the closed state, the variable display of the drawing pattern is performed not on the basis of the propriety lottery so that said predetermined drawing pattern is retained and displayed.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to gaming machines.

2. Description of the Related Art A game machine such as a pachinko game machine is known to have a pattern display device that variably displays a plurality of patterns on a display screen. In such a game machine, for example, when a game ball passes through an operation opening provided in a game area, a lottery is conducted to determine whether or not to generate a specific game state advantageous to the player, such as a winning state. The variable display of the pattern is started. When the player wins the lottery, the specific picture combination is displayed on the display screen, and the game state shifts to the specific game state. With the transition to the specific game state, for example, opening and closing of a variable ball entry device provided in the game area is started, and a large amount of game balls are paid out (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-074175 A

Here, in gaming machines, it is necessary to raise the level of attention to games, and there is still room for improvement in this respect.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of favorably increasing attention to games.

The present invention
a shooting means for shooting a game ball toward a game area based on a shooting operation by a player;
A ball entry section provided in the game area and capable of entering a game ball flowing down the game area;
Information acquiring means for acquiring special information based on the game ball entering the ball entering portion;
Acquired information storage means for storing the special information acquired by the information acquisition means with an upper limit of a predetermined number as a plurality of numbers;
a first determination means for performing a first determination as to whether or not to shift the game state based on the special information stored in the obtained information storage means;
Variable ball entry means provided in the game area and capable of switching between a first state in which a game ball flowing down the game area is easy to enter and a second state in which it is more difficult or impossible to enter. ,
variable ball entry control means for executing variable ball entry control for switching the variable ball entry means to the second state after the variable ball entry means is set to the first state;
A predetermined period in which the variable ball entry means is in the second state based on the determination result of the first determination means being a transition corresponding result corresponding to the transition of the game state is the variable ball entry control. specific control setting means for setting a specific control state in which the variable ball entry control can be executed a plurality of times so as to exist between the variable ball entry control;
Prior to the first determination being made by the first determination means or after executing a predetermined effect based on the first determination being made by the first determination means, corresponding to the specific control state A specific notification means performs a first special effect to notify one of a plurality of types of contents including advantageous contents suggesting that the specific control state is not supported and non-advantageous contents suggesting that the specific control state is not supported. a first special effect execution means for making it possible to
In the predetermined period during the specific control state, it is suggested to respond to the specific control state after executing a predetermined effect based on the second determination different from the first determination of the first determination means. A second special effect for notifying one of a plurality of types of contents including contents and contents suggesting that the specific control state is not supported is performed by the specific notifying means. a performance execution means;
When the first special effect is performed by the first special effect execution means, a special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the first special effect by the first special effect execution means is performed by a predetermined notification means. 1 number notification means;
When the second special effect is performed by the second special effect execution means, a special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the second special effect by the second special effect execution means is performed by a predetermined notification means. 2 number reporting means;
Means capable of differentiating at least one of a notification mode and a notification area of the special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the first special effect and the special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the second special effect. ,
characterized by comprising

According to the present invention, it is possible to favorably improve the degree of attention paid to a game.

It is a front view showing the pachinko machine in the first embodiment. 1 is a perspective view showing the main configuration of a pachinko machine in an expanded state; FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the main configuration of a pachinko machine in an expanded state; FIG. It is a front view which shows the structure of a game board. (a) to (j) are explanatory diagrams for explaining the display contents on the display screen of the pattern display device. (a), (b) It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content in the display screen of a pattern display apparatus. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a pachinko machine; FIG. It is an explanatory view for explaining the contents of various counters used for winning or losing lottery. (a) is an explanatory diagram for explaining a success/failure table for a low-probability mode; (b) is an explanatory diagram for explaining a success/failure table for a high-probability mode; FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a distribution table; FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interrupt processing performed by MPU of a main control unit. 4 is a flowchart showing normal processing executed by the MPU of the main controller; 4 is a flowchart showing a game round control process executed by the MPU of the main control device; It is a flowchart which shows the fluctuation|variation start process performed by MPU of a main control unit. It is a flowchart which shows the game state transition processing performed by MPU of a main control unit. It is a flow chart showing a big winning opening opening and closing process executed by the MPU of the main control device. It is a flowchart which shows the standby|waiting time setting process performed by MPU of a main control unit. 10 is a flow chart showing a game turn hold confirmation process executed by the MPU of the main control device; It is a flow chart showing a hold confirmation process for a pseudo-game cycle, which is executed by the MPU of the main control device. It is a flowchart which shows the production|presentation determination process performed by MPU of an audio|voice light emission control apparatus. FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing stop symbol determination processing for a game cycle, which is executed by the MPU of the sound emission control device; FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the standby|waiting effect|action determination process performed by MPU of an audio|voice light emission control apparatus. It is a flow chart showing a stop symbol determination process for a pseudo-game cycle, which is executed by the MPU of the sound emission control device. It is an explanatory view for explaining the effect contents of the opening and closing execution mode. It is a timing chart for explaining the relationship between the contents of the opening and closing execution mode and the pseudo game round fluctuation. It is a timing chart for explaining the relationship between the contents of the opening and closing execution mode and the pseudo game round fluctuation. It is a timing chart for explaining the relationship between the contents of the opening and closing execution mode and the pseudo game round fluctuation. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an outline of an electrical configuration of a game hall in which a large number of pachinko machines are installed; FIG. (a) is a rear view of the pachinko machine showing an enlarged external terminal plate and its surroundings, (b) is an explanatory diagram for explaining an external output buffer provided in the RAM of the main controller, and (c). 4 is a block diagram for explaining the electrical configuration of an external terminal plate; FIG. It is a flowchart which shows (a) the external output setting process at the time of opening, and (b) is a flowchart which shows the external output setting process at the time of closing which are performed by MPU of a main control unit. It is a flowchart which shows the external output setting process for a standby|waiting performed by MPU of a main control unit. 4 is a flowchart showing management processing executed by the MPU of the hall computer; 4 is a timing chart for explaining execution timing of external output in each opening/closing execution mode; In the second embodiment, (a) is a timing chart showing a stop symbol determination process for a pseudo-game turn executed by the MPU of the sound emission control device, and (b) an explanation for explaining a pseudo-game turn table. It is a diagram, (c) is an explanatory diagram for explaining the variation time of the pseudo-game times.

<First embodiment>
A first embodiment of a pachinko game machine (hereinafter referred to as a "pachinko machine"), which is a type of game machine, will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the main components of the pachinko machine 10 in an expanded state. 2, the configuration within the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted for the sake of convenience.

The pachinko machine 10 has an outer frame 11 forming an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10 and a game machine main body 12 attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be rotatable forward. The outer frame 11 is formed by connecting wooden plates on four sides and has a rectangular frame shape. A pachinko machine 10 is installed in a game hall by fixing an outer frame 11 to an island facility.

The game machine body 12 includes an inner frame 13, a front door frame 14 arranged in front of the inner frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 arranged behind the inner frame 13. - 特許庁The inner frame 13 of the game machine main body 12 is rotatably supported with respect to the outer frame 11 . More specifically, the inner frame 13 can be rotated forward with the left side as the rotation base end side and the right side as the rotation tip side in a front view.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and can be rotated forward with the left side as the rotation base end and the right side as the rotation tip side in a front view. It is said that As shown in FIG. 3, the back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and can be rotated backward with the left side as the rotation base end and the right side as the rotation tip side in a front view. It is considered movable.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the game machine body 12 is provided with a locking device 16 at the tip of rotation thereof, and has a function of locking the game machine body 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 so that the game machine body 12 cannot be opened. and has a function of locking the front door frame 14 with respect to the inner frame 13 so that it cannot be opened. Each of these locked states is released by unlocking the cylinder lock 17 exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10 using an unlock key.

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

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

Here, the configuration of the game board 24 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the game board 24. FIG.

The game board 24 is router-processed to form a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction. Each opening has a general winning port 31, a variable winning device 32, an upper operating port (first starting ball entry portion) 33, a lower operating port (second starting ball entry portion) 34, a through gate 35, a variable display unit 36, A main display section 43, a character item display section 44, and the like are provided.

When a ball enters the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33 and the lower operating port 34, it is detected by a detection sensor (not shown) arranged on the back side of the game board 24, A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out based on the detection result. In this case, when a ball enters the upper working hole 33 and when a ball enters the lower working hole 34, three prize balls are paid out, and the ball enters the general winning hole 31. When it occurs, 10 prize balls are put out, and when a ball enters the variable winning device 32, 15 prize balls are put out. However, the number of these prize balls is arbitrary. may be different. Also, the number of prize balls associated with the variable prize winning device 32 is not limited to a configuration in which the number of prize balls is greater than the number of other prize balls.

In addition, an out port 37 is provided at the bottom of the game board 24, and game balls that do not enter various winning ports are discharged from the game area through the out port 37.例文帳に追加The game board 24 is also provided with a large number of nails 38 for properly dispersing and adjusting the falling direction of game balls, and various members (accessories) such as windmills.

Here, the entry ball means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening, and not only the mode in which the game ball is discharged from the game area after passing through the opening, but also the game ball is discharged from the game area after passing through the opening. It also includes a mode in which it is not. However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish the game ball entering the out port 37, the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33, the lower operating port 34 or the through gate 35 The entry of a game ball is also expressed as winning.

The upper operating port 33 and the lower operating port 34 are unitized as an operating port device and installed on the game board 24 . Both the upper working port 33 and the lower working port 34 are opened upward. Further, the two working ports 33 and 34 are arranged vertically so that the upper working port 33 faces upward. The lower operation port 34 is provided with an electric accessory 34a as a guide piece (support piece) composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces.

The electric accessory 34a is connected to an electric accessory driving portion 34b mounted on the back side of the game board 24, and is driven by the electric accessory driving portion 34b to be in a closed state (non-supported state or non-guided state) and It is placed in either open state (support state or guide state). When the electric accessory 34a is closed, the game ball cannot enter the lower operation port 34, and when the electric accessory 34a is opened, the lower operation port 34 can be won.

In addition, it is not limited to this, and a state in which the game ball to the lower operation opening 34 is likely to win a prize, and a state in which it is not impossible to win a prize, but a state in which the prize is less likely to occur than the state in which the prize is likely to occur. A configuration in which the accessory 34a is switched may be employed. Alternatively, the electric accessory 34a may be defective, and switching between a state in which winning is likely to occur and a state in which winning is less likely to occur may be performed by displacement of the lower operating port 34 itself.

The variable winning device 32 includes a large winning opening 32a leading to the back side of the game board 24, and an opening/closing door 32b for opening and closing the large winning opening 32a. The opening/closing door 32b is connected to a variable winning drive unit 32c integrally provided as the variable winning device 32, and is driven by the variable winning drive unit 32c to be placed in either a closed state or an open state. Specifically, it is normally in a closed state in which game balls cannot win prizes, and is switched to an open state in which game balls can win prizes when it is won in the internal lottery to shift to the open/close execution mode. Incidentally, the open/close execution mode is a mode to be shifted to when a jackpot is won. The opening/closing execution mode will be described later in detail. It should be noted that although it is not impossible to win a prize in the closed state, it may be configured to be in a state in which it is more difficult to win a prize than in the open state.

The main display section 43 is provided with a plurality of (four in this embodiment) LED lamps emitting three colors of red, green, and blue. Each LED can be individually turned on and off, and can be individually switched to each emission color. In the main display unit 43, the on/off control of each LED and the switching of the emission color are performed with the winning of the upper working port 33 or the lower working port 34 as a trigger. The result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning is indicated in one-to-one correspondence with each game result by on/off control and emission color of each LED. In other words, in the pachinko machine 10, the winning to the upper working opening 33 and the winning to the lower working opening 34 are not distinguished in the internal lottery, and the winning is performed based on the winning to the upper working opening 33 or the lower working opening 34. The result of the internal lottery thus obtained is clearly displayed on the main display portion 43, which is a common display area. When the result of the internal lottery based on the winning of the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 is the winning result corresponding to the transition to the opening/closing execution mode, the main display unit 43 displays a predetermined stop result. After it is displayed and the variable display is stopped, the opening/closing execution mode is entered.

In addition, on/off control of each LED and display of the result of the internal lottery by the emission color on the main display unit 43 are continued until the internal lottery is further performed after that, and at least during the opening/closing execution mode, the opening/closing execution mode is triggered. The display of the result that has been changed is continued.

The main display unit 43 is composed of a segment display device in which a plurality of segment light emitting units are arranged in a predetermined manner, but is not limited to this, and may include a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, It may also consist of other types of display devices such as CRT or dot matrix displays. In addition, the patterns variably displayed on the main display unit 43 include a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, or a configuration in which multiple types of characters are variably displayed. A configuration in which the colors of the seeds are switched and displayed can be considered.

A first holding lamp portion 45 corresponding to the main display portion 43 is provided below the main display portion 43 . Two red and green two-color LED lamps are arranged in the first holding lamp portion 45 . Each LED can be individually turned on and off, and can be individually switched to each emission color. Then, the number of game balls that have won the upper operation opening 33 or the lower operation opening 34 is reserved up to 4, and the number of reservations is displayed by the on-off control and the emission color of each LED in the first reservation lamp part 45 It has become. The first reservation lamp unit 45, while the light emission mode of each LED is uniquely determined in relation to the number of reservations, compared to the configuration in which the number of lamp units corresponding to the number of reservations is provided, identifies the number of reservations. It has become difficult.

Although the first holding lamp unit 45 is composed of a two-color LED lamp, it is not limited to this, and may be a segment display, a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, a CRT, a dot matrix, or the like. It may be configured by other types of display devices.

In addition, if the display of the number of reservations in the first reservation lamp unit 45 is difficult to identify, it is not limited to a combination of lighting and extinguishing and luminescent colors, and lighting and lighting of a plurality of lamp units greater than the maximum number of reservations It is good also as composition which displays by combination of extinguishing. Further, a shielding member may be provided in front of the first reservation lamp portion 45 to make the first reservation lamp portion 45 difficult to see.

In the character object display unit 44, the winning of the through gate 35 triggers the variable display of the pattern, and as a result of stopping the variable display, the result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning of the through gate 35 is displayed. indicated by the display. When the result of the internal lottery based on the prize winning to the through gate 35 is the winning result corresponding to the transition to the electric role open state, the predetermined stop result is displayed on the display part 44 for the accessory and the variable display is performed. is stopped, it shifts to the electric power open state. In the electric operation open state, the electric accessory 34a provided in the lower operation opening 34 is opened in a predetermined manner.

A second holding lamp portion 46 corresponding to the role item display portion 44 is provided below the role item display portion 44 . Four LED lamps are arranged in the second holding lamp section 46 . The number of times the game ball passes through the through gate 35 is suspended up to four times, and the number of suspensions is displayed by lighting the second suspension lamp part 46.例文帳に追加In addition, the second reservation lamp unit 46 may be configured to display the number of reservations by a combination of lighting and extinguishing and the emission color like the first reservation lamp unit 45, and even if it is difficult to identify the number of reservations in a different manner good. Also, the function of each of the holding lamp units 45 and 46 may be realized by display in a part of the pattern display device 41 .

The variable display unit 36 is provided with a pattern display device 41 for variably displaying (or variable display or switching display) a pattern, which is one type of pattern, and a center frame 42 is arranged so as to surround the pattern display device 41. It is The pattern display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display, and display contents are controlled by a display control device which will be described later. The pattern display device 41 is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device, or a CRT. It may be a vessel.

In the symbol display device 41, the variable display of symbols is started based on the winning of the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34. - 特許庁That is, when the variable display is performed on the main display section 43, the variable display is performed on the pattern display device 41 accordingly.

The display contents of the pattern display device 41 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing individual symbols that are variably displayed on the symbol display device 41, and FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 5(a) to 5(j), the pattern, which is one type of pattern, consists of 9 types of main patterns to which numbers "1" to "9" are respectively attached, and a shell-shaped pattern. It is composed of a sub pattern. More specifically, nine types of character patterns, such as an octopus, are assigned numerals "1" to "9", respectively, to form the main pattern.

As shown in FIG. 6(a), the display screen G of the pattern display device 41 has three pattern rows Z1, Z2 and Z3 of upper, middle and lower rows. Each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 is constructed by arranging main symbols and sub-symbols in a predetermined order. Specifically, in the upper pattern row Z1, 9 types of main patterns "1" to "9" are arranged in descending numerical order, and one sub-design is arranged between each main design. . In the lower pattern row Z3, 9 types of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending numerical order, and one sub-symbol is arranged between each main symbol. That is, the upper symbol row Z1 and the lower symbol row Z3 are composed of 18 symbols. On the other hand, in the middle symbol row Z2, nine types of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of numbers, and between the main symbol "9" and the main symbol "1" A main symbol of "4" is additionally arranged in the upper part, and one sub-symbol is arranged between each of these main symbols. In other words, only the middle pattern row Z2 is composed of 20 symbols with 10 main symbols arranged. On the display screen G, the symbols of each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 are variably displayed so as to scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6B, the display screen G is designed so that three symbols are stopped for each symbol row, and as a result, a total of nine symbols (3×3) are stopped and displayed. It is designed to be

In addition, the display screen G has five effective lines, that is, a left line L1, a middle line L2, a right line L3, a downward-sloping line L4, and an upward-sloping line L5. Then, the variable display is stopped in the order of upper symbol row Z1→lower symbol row Z3→middle symbol row Z2, and all symbol rows Z1 are formed in a state in which a combination of symbols with the same number is formed on any of the effective lines. When the fluctuation display of ~Z3 is completed, a jackpot animation is displayed as a normal jackpot result, a probability variable jackpot result, or a special probability jackpot result, which will be described later.

In the pachinko machine 10, the main symbols to which the specific numbers (3, 7) are attached correspond to "special symbols", and when a special probability variable jackpot result occurs, the combination of special symbols is stopped and displayed. More specifically, in the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of special probability variable jackpot results are set, and five types of special probability variable jackpot results A to E are set. Then, in the case of the special probability variable jackpot result A, a combination of special symbols (first special symbol) with the first specific number (3) attached as the specific number is stopped and displayed, and in the case of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E , a combination of special symbols (second special symbols) to which a second specific number (7) is attached as a specific number is stopped and displayed. In addition, the main pattern with odd numbers (1, 5, 9) excluding the specific number corresponds to the "first pattern", and when a probability variable jackpot result occurs, the combination of the same first pattern is stopped. Is displayed. Further, the main symbols with even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8) correspond to the "second symbols", and when a normal jackpot result occurs, the same combination of the second symbols is stopped and displayed. be. The contents of various jackpot results will be described later in detail.

It should be noted that the variable display is started on the main display unit 43 and the symbol display device 41 based on the winning of any of the operation ports 33 and 34, and the predetermined stop result is displayed until the variable display is stopped. It corresponds to one game time.

In addition, the pattern display device 41 may arbitrarily display the patterns in any manner without being limited to the above. can be changed as appropriate. Also, the patterns variably displayed by the pattern display device 41 are not limited to the above-described patterns. It is also possible to configure only the patterns that are included or that are not numbered.

A reserved display area Ga is set on the left side of the lower portion of the display screen G. As shown in FIG. The reservation display area Ga is divided and displayed so that the same number of unit reservation display areas Ga1 to Ga4 as the maximum number of reservations when the game ball wins the upper operation opening 33 or the lower operation opening 34 are arranged in the horizontal direction. It is Specifically, in the reservation display area Ga, the first unit reservation display area Ga1, the second unit reservation display area Ga2, the third unit reservation display area Ga3, and the fourth unit reservation A display area Ga4 is set. For example, when the pending number is 1, the predetermined pending image is displayed only in the first unit pending display area Ga1, and when the pending number is 4, the first unit pending display area Ga1 A predetermined suspension image is displayed in the fourth unit suspension display area Ga4.

As already explained, in the pachinko machine 10, the number of reservations when winning the upper operation opening 33 or the lower operation opening 34 is displayed even in the first reservation lamp section 45, while the display in the first reservation lamp section 45 is , the on/off control of each LED and the combination of the emission colors, it is difficult to recognize the number of reserved items. On the other hand, in the reservation display area Ga in the display screen G, the number of reserved images and the number of reserved items correspond to each other, so that the number of reserved items can be easily recognized. Therefore, it can be expected that the reservation display area Ga is used more than the first reservation lamp part 45 when confirming the number of reservations by the player. The reserved display area Ga is also used for a predetermined effect during the opening/closing execution mode. The predetermined effect will be described later in detail.

An inner rail portion 48 and an outer rail portion 49 are attached to the game board 24. The inner rail portion 48 and the outer rail portion 49 constitute a guide rail, and the game ball is shot from the game ball shooting mechanism 51. A ball is guided to the upper part of the game area. The game ball shooting mechanism 51, as shown in FIG. 2, is attached below the window hole 23 in the resin base 21, and is stored in a shooting rail 52 extending toward the guide rail and an upper tray 61a, which will be described later. It has a ball feeding device 53 for supplying game balls onto the launch rail 52 and a solenoid 54 which is an electric actuator for launching the game balls supplied onto the launch rail 52 toward the guide rail. By operating a shooting handle 55 provided on the front door frame 14, a solenoid 54 is driven and controlled to shoot a game ball.

A front door frame 14 is provided so as to cover the entire front side of the inner frame 13. - 特許庁As shown in FIG. 1, the front door frame 14 is formed with a window portion 56 through which substantially the entire game area can be viewed from the front. The window portion 56 has a substantially elliptical shape, and a window panel 57 is fitted therein. The window panel 57 is made of glass in a colorless and transparent manner, but is not limited to this and may be made of a synthetic resin in a colorless and transparent manner, and the game area can be visually recognized from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the window panel 57. If possible, they may be colored and transparent.

Light emitting means such as various lamps are provided around the window 56 . A display lamp portion 58 is provided above the window portion 56 as part of the various lamp portions. Further, on both left and right sides of the display lamp section 58, there are provided speaker sections 59 for outputting sound effects according to the game state.

Below the window portion 56 of the front door frame 14, an upper bulging portion 61 and a lower bulging portion 62, which bulge forward, are vertically arranged side by side. An upper plate 61a that opens upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 61, and a lower plate 62a that similarly opens upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 62. As shown in FIG. The upper plate 61a has a function of temporarily storing game balls paid out from a payout device, which will be described later, and guiding them toward the game ball launching mechanism 51 side while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower tray 62a has a function of storing the surplus game balls in the upper tray 61a.

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

As shown in FIG. 3, on the back side of the inner frame 13 (specifically, the game board 24), a main control device 71 for main control of the game, voice and lamp display, and control of a display control device (not shown) are provided. A sound emission control device 72 is installed.

It should be noted that the substrate box 71a of the main controller 71 may be provided with trace means for leaving traces of its opening, or may be provided with a trace structure for leaving traces of its opening. The trace means includes a configuration of a joint portion (crimping portion) that inseparably connects a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box 71a and requires destruction of a predetermined portion upon separation, and an adhesive layer that is an object to be adhered when peeled off. A configuration is conceivable in which a sealing seal that leaves a trace of being peeled off by remaining on the case body is attached so as to straddle the boundary between the plurality of case bodies. Further, as the trace structure, a structure in which an adhesive is applied to the boundary between a plurality of case bodies constituting the board box 71a is conceivable.

The back pack unit 15 is installed so as to cover the back side of the inner frame 13 including the main controller 71 and the sound emission control device 72 . The back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 73 made of transparent synthetic resin, to which a payout mechanism 74 and a controller assembly unit 75 are attached.

The payout mechanism part 74 includes a tank 76 to which game balls supplied from the island facilities of the game arcade are sequentially supplied, and a payout device 77 for paying out the game balls stored in the tank 76 . The game balls paid out from the payout device 77 are discharged to the upper tray 61a or the lower tray 62a through a payout passage provided on the downstream side of the payout device 77. The payout mechanism 74 is supplied with a main power supply of, for example, 24 volts AC, and is equipped with a back pack board having a power switch for turning the power ON and OFF.

The control device assembly unit 75 includes a payout control device 78 having a function of controlling a payout device 77, and a predetermined power required by various control devices, etc., is generated and output, and the game operation associated with the operation of the shooting handle 55 by the player is performed. and a power supply and launch control device 79 through which ball launch control is performed. The payout control device 78 and the power supply and firing control device 79 are arranged one on top of the other in such a manner that the payout control device 78 is behind the pachinko machine 10 .

The back pack 73 is provided with an external terminal plate 81 in addition to the payout mechanism section 74 and the control device collective unit 75 . The external terminal plate 81 is installed on the back of the pachinko machine 10 at the upper corner portion on the rotation base end side of the back pack unit 15 . The external terminal board 81 is a board for outputting a predetermined signal so that the management computer of the game hall recognizes the state of the pachinko machine 10 . Details of the external terminal plate 81 will be described later.

<Electrical Configuration of Pachinko Machine 10>
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG.

The main controller 71 includes a main control board 91 that controls the main game, and a power outage monitoring board 95 that monitors the power supply. An MPU 92 is mounted on the main control board 91 . The MPU 92 includes a ROM 93 storing various control programs and fixed value data to be executed by the MPU 92, and a memory for temporarily storing various data when executing the control programs stored in the ROM 93. A RAM 94, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input/output circuit, various counter circuits as a random number generator, etc. are incorporated. Note that it is not essential that the ROM 93 and the RAM 94 are integrated into one chip for the MPU 92, and they may be individually integrated into chips. This also applies to MPUs of control devices other than the main control device 71 .

The MPU 92 is provided with an input port and an output port. An input side of the MPU 92 is connected to a power failure monitoring board 95 and a payout control device 78 provided in the main control device 71 . In this case, a power supply and launch control device 79 having a function of supplying operating power is connected to the power failure monitoring board 95 , and power is supplied to the MPU 92 via the power failure monitoring board 95 .

Various sensors such as various winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are connected to the input side of the MPU92. The various winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are provided with one-to-one detection for the winning corresponding ball entering parts such as the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33, the lower operating port 34 and the through gate 35. A sensor is included, and the MPU 92 performs winning determination (ball entry determination) for each ball entry section. In addition, the MPU 92 executes various lotteries based on winnings to the upper working port 33 and the lower working port 34 .

The output side of the MPU 92 is connected with a power outage monitoring board 95, a payout control device 78, and a sound emission control device 72. A winning ball command is output to the payout control device 78 based on the winning judgment result to the winning corresponding winning ball portion. Various commands such as a variation command, a type command, an opening command, a round end command, and an ending command are output to the sound emission control device 72 . Details of these various commands will be described later.

Further, on the output side of the MPU 92, a variable winning drive unit 32c that opens and closes the open/close door 32b of the variable winning device 32, an electric accessory drive unit 34b that opens and closes the electric accessory 34a of the lower operation port 34, and a main display unit. 43 and a character object display unit 44 are connected. Various driver circuits are provided on the main control board 91, and the MPU 92 executes drive control of various drive units through the driver circuits.

In other words, in the open/close execution mode, the MPU 92 executes drive control of the variable winning driving section 32c so that the big winning opening 32a is opened and closed. Further, when the electric accessory 34a is won in the open state, the MPU 92 executes drive control of the electric accessory driving section 34b so that the electric accessory 34a is opened and closed. Further, display control of the main display section 43 is executed in the MPU 92 at each game round. Further, when the lottery result as to whether or not to open the electric accessory 34a is to be specified, the display control of the accessory display unit 44 is executed in the MPU 92 .

An external terminal board 81 is connected to the output side of the MPU 92 . The MPU 92 sets information according to the progress of the game to the external output buffer 94d provided in the RAM 94. FIG. Then, according to the information set in the external output buffer 94d, the setting for signal output is performed for the external terminal board 81, and the state of the pachinko machine 10 is recognized by the hall computer HC of the game hall. The details of such settings will be described later.

The blackout monitoring board 95 relays between the main control board 91 and the power supply and launch controller 79, and also monitors the maximum voltage output from the power supply and launch controller 79, which is a stable 24 volt DC voltage. The payout control device 78 controls the payout of prize balls and rental balls by the payout device 77 based on the prize ball command input from the main control device 71 .

The power supply and launch control device 79 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game arcade or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power supply, the main control board 91, the payout control device 78 and the like are generated with operating power required for each, and the generated operating power is supplied. Incidentally, the power supply and launch control device 79 is provided with a power supply unit for power failure such as a backup capacitor, and even if the power supply of the pachinko machine 10 is in the OFF state, the power supply unit for power failure is used as the main power supply. Power for storing data is supplied to the RAM 94 of the control device 71 . Also, the power supply and shooting control device 79 is responsible for shooting control of the game ball shooting mechanism 51, and the game ball shooting mechanism 51 is driven when predetermined shooting conditions are met.

The audio emission control device 72 includes an audio emission control board 101 on which the MPU 102 is mounted. The MPU 102 includes a ROM 103 storing various control programs and fixed value data to be executed by the MPU 102, and a memory for temporarily storing various data when executing the control programs stored in the ROM 103. A RAM 104, an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input/output circuit, etc. are incorporated. The MPU 102 drives and controls various lamp units 45 , 46 , 58 and the speaker unit 59 based on commands received from the main control device 71 , and also transmits commands to the display control device 111 .

The display control device 111 includes a display control board 112 on which an MPU 113, which is an element in which a program ROM 114 and a work RAM 115 are integrated, a video display processor (VDP) 116, a character ROM 117, and a video RAM 118 are mounted. It has

The MPU 113 analyzes various commands received from the sound emission control device 72 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received various commands to control the VDP 116 (specifically, generate internal commands for the VDP 116).

The program ROM 114 is a memory for storing various control programs and fixed value data to be executed by the MPU 113, and is non-volatile storage means that does not require power supply from the outside to hold stored information. The work RAM 115 is a memory for temporarily storing work data, flags, etc. used when various programs are executed by the MPU 113, and is a volatile storage means that requires an external power supply to hold the stored information. is.

The VDP 116 is a kind of drawing circuit that directly operates an image processing device as a liquid crystal display driver incorporated in the pattern display device 41 . Since the VDP 116 is made into an IC chip, it is also called a "drawing chip", and its substance should be called a microcomputer chip containing firmware dedicated to drawing processing. The VDP 116 adjusts the timing of each of the MPU 113 and the video RAM 118 to intervene in the reading and writing of data.

The character ROM 117 serves as an image data library for storing character data such as symbols displayed on the symbol display device 41 . The character ROM 117 holds bitmap format image data of various display patterns, a color palette table to be referred to when determining the expression color of each dot of the bitmap image, and the like.

The video RAM 118 is a memory for storing display data to be displayed on the pattern display device 41, and the display content of the pattern display device 41 is changed by rewriting the content of the video RAM 118. FIG.

<Electrical configuration for performing various lotteries in the MPU 92 of the main controller 71>
Next, an electrical configuration for performing various lotteries by the MPU 92 of the main controller 71 will be described with reference to FIG.

During the game, the MPU 92 uses various counter information to set the jackpot generation lottery, set the display of the main display section 43, set the display of the pattern of the pattern display device 41, set the display of the accessory display section 44, and the like. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, when the big win random number counter C1 used for the lottery for the occurrence of the big win, the big win type counter C2 used when judging the big win type, and the pattern display device 41 deviate and fluctuate. A reach random number counter C3 used for the reach generation lottery, a random number initial value counter CINI used for setting the initial value of the jackpot random number counter C1, and a variation type counter that determines the display duration time on the main display unit 43 and the pattern display device 41 and CS are used. Further, an electric accessory release counter C4 is used for lottery to determine whether or not the electric accessory 34a of the lower operating port 34 is to be in the electric role open state. The counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS and C4 are provided in the various counter areas 94b of the RAM94.

Each of the counters C1 to C3, CINI, CS, and C4 is a loop counter that adds 1 to the previous value each time it is updated and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Each counter is updated at short time intervals, and the updated value is appropriately stored in a lottery counter buffer set in a predetermined area of the RAM 94 . Of these, in the lottery counter buffer, the information corresponding to the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2, and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in the RAM 94 when a prize is won in the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34. It is stored in the reserved ball storage area 94a provided as storage means.

The reserved ball storage area 94a includes a reserved area RE and an execution area AE. The reservation area RE includes a first reservation area RE1, a second reservation area RE2, a third reservation area RE3 and a fourth reservation area RE4. , a combination of numerical information of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 stored in the lottery counter buffer is stored as reserved information in one of the reserved areas RE1 to RE4.

In this case, in the first reservation area RE1 to the fourth reservation area RE4, when the winning to the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 occurs multiple times in succession, the first reservation area RE1 → the second reservation area Each numerical value information is stored chronologically in the order of RE2→third reservation area RE3→fourth reservation area RE4. By providing four reservation areas RE1 to RE4 in this manner, up to four winning histories of game balls to the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 are reserved and stored. In addition, the reservation area RE is provided with a reservation number storage area NA. In the reservation number storage area NA, the number of winning histories for the upper operation opening 33 or the lower operation opening 34 is reserved and stored. information is stored.

It should be noted that the number that can be retained and stored is not limited to four, and may be any number, such as two, three, or five or more, or may be singular.

The execution area AE is an area for moving each numerical value information stored in the first reservation area RE1 of the reservation area RE when starting the variable display on the main display section 43. is determined based on various numerical information stored in the execution area AE.

Each of the above counters will be described in detail.

First, the electric accessory release counter C4 will be described. The electric accessory release counter C4 is, for example, configured to be incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 250 and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The electric accessory release counter C4 is periodically updated, and stored in the electric role holding area 94c of the RAM 94 at the timing when the game ball wins the through gate 35. - 特許庁Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed as to whether or not to control the electric accessory 34a to the open state based on the stored value of the electric accessory release counter C4.

Here, in the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of support modes are set so that the forms of support by the electric accessory 34a are mutually different. Specifically, in the support mode, when compared with a situation in which game balls continue to be shot in a similar manner to the game area, the electric accessory 34a of the lower operation opening 34 is in an open state per unit time. A low-frequency support mode (or a low-frequency guide state) and a high-frequency support mode (or a high-frequency guide state) are set so that the frequency of occurrence is relatively high and low.

In the low frequency support mode and the high frequency support mode, the probability of winning the electric role open state winning in the electric role item opening lottery using the electric role item opening counter C4 is the same (for example, both are 4/5). In the high-frequency support mode, the number of times the electric accessory 34a is in the open state is set more than in the low-frequency support mode, and the opening time is set longer. ing. In this case, in the high-frequency support mode, when the electric role open state is won and the open state of the electric accessory 34a occurs multiple times, the closing from the end of one open state to the start of the next open state The time is set shorter than one opening time. Furthermore, in the high-frequency support mode, compared to the low-frequency support mode, the minimum secured time (i.e., The duration of one display in the character object display section 44) is set short.

As described above, in the high-frequency support mode, the probability of winning the lower operation opening 34 is higher than in the low-frequency support mode. In other words, in the low-frequency support mode, the probability of winning the upper working port 33 is higher than the lower working port 34, but in the high-frequency support mode, the lower working port 34 is more likely to be won than the upper working port 33. Higher chance of winning. When a prize is awarded to the lower operation port 34, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out, so in the high-frequency support mode, the player plays the game while not reducing the number of balls in his hand too much. be able to.

In addition, the configuration for making the high frequency support mode more frequent than the low frequency support mode to be in the electric role open state per unit time is not limited to the above. It may be configured to increase the probability of winning the electric role open state. In addition, after one electric accessory opening lottery is performed, the time secured for the next electric accessory opening lottery is performed (for example, based on the winning of the through gate 35, the accessory display unit 44 In a configuration where multiple types of variable display time are prepared, high-frequency support mode is set so that a shorter reserved time is more likely to be selected than low-frequency support mode, or the average reserved time is shorter. may have been Furthermore, the number of opening times is increased, the opening time is lengthened, and the securing time secured after one electric accessary item opening lottery is performed and the next electric accessary item opening lottery is performed is reduced. The advantage of the high-frequency support mode over the low-frequency support mode may be increased by applying any one condition or any combination of shortening the average time of the securing time and increasing the winning probability. .

Next, the jackpot random number counter C1 will be described. The jackpot random number counter C1 is configured to be incremented by 1 in order within the range of 0 to 599, for example, and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. In particular, when the jackpot random number counter C1 makes one round, the value of the random number initial value counter CINI at that time is read as the initial value of the jackpot random number counter C1. The random number initial value counter CINI is a loop counter similar to the jackpot random number counter C1 (value = 0 to 599). The jackpot random number counter C1 is periodically updated, and is stored in the reserved ball storage area 94a of the RAM 94 at the timing when the game ball enters the upper operation opening 33 or the lower operation opening 34.例文帳に追加

The values of the random numbers for winning the jackpot are stored as a success/failure table (a success/failure information group) in a success/failure table storage area 93a as success/failure information group storage means in the ROM 93 . Here, the contents of the success/failure table will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the success/failure table includes the success/failure table for the low-probability mode (low-probability information group) shown in FIG. information group for probability) is set. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, a low probability mode (low probability state) and a high probability mode (high probability state) are set as the lottery mode of the lottery means.

Under the gaming state in which the success/failure table for the low-probability mode is referred to in the lottery, two random numbers are used to win the jackpot, as shown in FIG. 9(a). On the other hand, under the gaming state in which the success/failure table for the high-probability mode is referred to in the lottery, there are 21 random numbers for winning the jackpot, as shown in FIG. 9(b). In this case, the value group of the jackpot random number counter C1 that wins the jackpot in the low probability mode is included in the value group of the jackpot random number counter C1 that wins the jackpot in the high probability mode.

As long as the probability of winning is higher in the high-probability mode than in the low-probability mode, the number and value of the random numbers for winning are arbitrary. The value group of the counter C1 may or may not be included in the value group of the jackpot random number counter C1 for winning the jackpot in the high-probability mode.

In each lottery mode, the lottery result is a wrong result except for the value of the random number for winning the jackpot.

Next, the jackpot type counter C2 will be described. The jackpot type counter C2 is incremented by 1 in order within the range of 0 to 29, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The jackpot type counter C2 is periodically updated, and is stored in the reserved ball storage area 94a of the RAM 94 at the timing when the game ball enters the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34.

The distribution destination of the game result for the jackpot type counter C2 is stored as a distribution table (distribution information group) in a distribution table storage area 93b as distribution information group storage means in the ROM 93. FIG. Here, the contents of the distribution table will be described with reference to FIG. 10 .

As shown in FIG. 10, as a distribution destination of the jackpot result, the normal jackpot result, the probability variable jackpot result, the special probability variable jackpot result A, the special probability variable jackpot result B, the special probability variable jackpot result C, the special probability variable jackpot result D, the special probability variable jackpot Result E is set. These jackpot results are assigned jackpot type counters C2 so as not to overlap each other.

Here, first, the playability of the pachinko machine 10 will be briefly described. The pachinko machine 10 judges whether or not a jackpot is won based on the winning of a game ball into the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34, and if the result is either of the jackpots, the opening/closing execution mode is entered. Transition. The opening and closing execution mode is executed with a predetermined number of round games as an upper limit. A round game means that either a predetermined upper limit duration time (upper limit duration period) elapses or a predetermined upper limit number of game balls wins the big winning hole 32a. It is a game that continues until The variable winning device 32 is in an open state during execution of the round game, and the variable winning device 32 is in a closed state during the standby time between round games (between rounds).

When the jackpot result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode is a predetermined jackpot result, the symbol display device 41 executes a game round variation between predetermined rounds in the opening/closing execution mode. The game round variation is not the variation based on the winning of the game ball to the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34, that is, the game round variation through the lottery, but the game round variation as a sub-side effect. Then, in the game cycle variation between the rounds, the symbol corresponding to the winning of the big win is stopped and displayed, and the following round is performed as if the open/close execution mode is started based on the result of the game cycle variation. . In other words, the pachinko machine 10 performs an effect as if one opening/closing execution mode is the opening/closing execution mode for a plurality of times, and increases the apparent number of times of the opening/closing execution mode without increasing the ball-out rate too much. There is a feature of playability in the point.

The results of each of the above jackpots are (1) the number of round games in the opening/closing execution mode, (2) the lottery mode after the opening/closing execution mode ends, (3) the support mode after the opening/closing execution mode ends, and (4) the opening/closing execution. At least one of the four contents of waiting time between rounds in the mode is different.

First, the number of rounds in (1) will be explained. The normal jackpot result and the probability variable jackpot result are game results in which 8 rounds of round games are executed. Further, the special probability variable jackpot results A to E are game results in which 16 rounds of round games are executed. That is, the number of rounds for the special probability variable jackpot results A to E is twice the number of rounds for the normal jackpot result and the probability variable jackpot result.

Regarding the lottery mode (2), the normal jackpot result is a game result in which the lottery mode is set to the low-probability mode after the opening/closing execution mode, regardless of the lottery mode before the opening/closing execution mode. The low-probability mode is continued at least until a big win is won in the lottery. On the other hand, the variable probability big winning result and the special variable probability big winning result A to E are the game results in which the lottery mode is set to the high probability mode after the opening/closing execution mode regardless of the lottery mode before the opening/closing execution mode. The high-probability mode is continued at least until a big win is won in the lottery.

Regarding the support mode (3), the normal jackpot result is a game result in which the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode after the opening/closing execution mode, regardless of which support mode was used before the opening/closing execution mode. However, this high-frequency support mode transitions to the low-frequency support mode when the number of games reaches the end reference number of times (specifically, 100 times) after transition. Further, the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E are game results in which the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode after the opening/closing execution mode regardless of the support mode before the opening/closing execution mode. The high-frequency support mode is maintained at least until a big win is won in the lottery.

Regarding the waiting time between rounds in (4), the waiting time between rounds in the normal jackpot result, the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A is the same. On the other hand, the waiting time between the eighth and ninth rounds of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is set longer than the waiting time between the other rounds. Specifically, the special probability variable jackpot result B is the shortest, the special probability variable jackpot result E is the longest, and the special probability variable jackpot result B → special probability variable jackpot result C → special probability variable jackpot result D → special probability variable jackpot result E is longer in this order. A waiting time is set between the eighth round and the ninth round so that The details of these waiting times will be described later, but in the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round in each special probability variable jackpot result B to E, the game round fluctuation as the above sub side effect is 1 to 4 Executed for a number of times.

It should be noted that, in the following description, the game round variation as the sub-side effect is also referred to as pseudo game round variation, and the unit round of the pseudo game round variation is also referred to as pseudo game round.

Further, in relation to each game state described above, the normal game state means a state in which the win/fail lottery mode is the low probability mode and the support mode is the low frequency support mode.

Next, the reach random number counter C3 will be described. The reach random number counter C3 is configured such that it is incremented by 1 in sequence within the range of 0 to 238, for example, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Here, in the pachinko machine 10, an expected effect is set as a kind of display effect in the pattern display device 41. - 特許庁The expected effect is provided with a pattern display device 41 capable of performing variable display (or variable display) of patterns (patterns), and in the game round that results in a predetermined jackpot result, the final stop result is the award corresponding result. To make the player think that the variable display state is likely to result in the grant correspondence result in the stage before the stop result is derived and displayed after the variable display of the symbols (pictures) on the symbol display device 41 is started in the game machine. means the display state of In addition, concretely, a combination of symbols with the same number attached on any of the activated lines is stopped and displayed as a result of the award correspondence.

There are two types of expectation effects: a ready-to-win display and an advance notice display for expecting the occurrence of the ready-to-win display and the occurrence of the grant correspondence result in a stage before the occurrence of the ready-to-win display.

In the ready-to-win display, a combination of ready-to-win symbols is displayed by stopping and displaying the symbols of some of the plurality of symbol rows displayed on the display screen G of the symbol display device 41, and the remaining symbols are displayed in that state. It includes a display state in which symbols are variably displayed in the symbol row. In addition, in a state where the combinations of ready-to-win patterns are displayed as described above, the patterns are displayed in the remaining pattern rows in a variable manner, and a predetermined character or the like is displayed as a moving image on the background screen to create a ready-to-win effect. , the combination of ready-to-win patterns is displayed in a reduced size or not displayed, and a predetermined character or the like is displayed as a moving image on substantially the entire display screen G to perform a ready-to-win effect.

In the advance notice display, after the symbols are displayed variably on the display screen G of the symbol display device 41, the symbols are variably displayed in all of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3, or in some of the symbol rows. In a situation where symbols are variably displayed in a plurality of symbol rows, a mode is included in which a character is displayed separately from the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3. In addition, it also includes a background screen in a predetermined mode different from the previous mode, and a pattern in the pattern rows Z1 to Z3 in a predetermined mode different from the previous mode. Such an advance notice display can occur in any game cycle when the reach display is performed or when the reach display is not performed. It is set to occur with probability.

The ready-to-win display is executed regardless of the value of the ready-to-win random number counter C3 in a game turn corresponding to one of the jackpot results in which the same combination of symbols is stopped and displayed. In addition, in the game round corresponding to the result of losing, when the reach random number counter C3 acquired at a predetermined timing with reference to the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the ROM 93 corresponds to the occurrence of the reach display. is executed.

On the other hand, the decision as to whether or not to perform the advance notice display is made not by the main controller 71 but by the sound emission control device 72 . In this case, in the sound emission control device 72, the game round corresponding to any of the jackpot results is more likely to cause the notice display than the game round corresponding to the result of losing, and the notice display with a low appearance rate is. Lottery processing for advance notice display is executed so as to satisfy at least one of the conditions of being likely to occur. Incidentally, the result of the lottery is reflected when the symbol display device 41 executes an effect for a game cycle.

Next, the variation type counter CS will be described. The fluctuation type counter CS is configured to be incremented by 1 in order within the range of 0 to 198, for example, and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The variation type counter CS is used when the MPU 92 determines the display duration time on the main display section 43 and the pattern display duration time on the pattern display device 41 . The fluctuation type counter CS is updated once each time a normal process, which will be described later, is executed, and is repeatedly updated within the remaining time of the normal process. Then, the buffer value of the variation type counter CS is acquired when determining the variation pattern at the start of the variation display on the main display section 43 and at the start of the variation of the symbols by the symbol display device 41 .

<Regarding Various Processing Executed by Main Controller 71>
Next, the timer interrupt processing and normal processing executed by the MPU 92 in the main control device 71 to advance the game will be described. In addition to the timer interrupt processing and normal processing, the MPU 92 executes main processing that is started when the power is turned on and NMI interrupt processing that is started by inputting a power failure signal to the NMI terminal (non-maskable terminal). Description of these processes is omitted.

<Timer interrupt processing>
First, timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is started by the MPU 92 periodically (for example, every 2 msec).

In step S101, reading processing of various detection sensors is executed. In the reading process, the states of the various winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are read, the states of the various winning detection sensors 96a to 96e are determined, and processing for storing the winning detection information is executed. In addition, when the winning of the game ball is detected by the winning detection sensors 96a to 96e corresponding to the occurrence of the winning ball, a winning ball command for instructing the payout control device 78 to pay out the winning ball is set. do. For example, when winning to the variable winning device 32 is detected, a prize ball command for designating 15 prize balls, which is a specific unit number, is set. In subsequent step S102, the random number initial value counter CINI is updated.

In the subsequent step S103, the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the electric accessory release counter C4 are updated. Specifically, the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the electric accessory release counter C4 are each incremented by 1 and cleared to 0 when the counter values reach the maximum value. Then, the updated values of the respective counters C1 to C4 are stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM94.

In the subsequent step S104, a prize-winning process for through accompanying the prize-winning to the through gate 35 is executed. In the prize-winning process for through, when a prize has been won to the through-gate 35, the number of stored role-things stored in the power reserve area 94c is less than the upper limit number (for example, "4"). On this condition, the value of the electric accessory release counter C4 updated in step S103 is stored in the electric role holding area 94c. In addition, for the sound emission control device 72, a process for lighting the second reservation lamp unit 46 corresponding to the number of character product reservation storage is executed.

After that, in steps S105 to S108, a prize winning process for the operation opening is executed. In the winning process for the working opening, first, in step S105, it is determined whether or not winning to the upper working opening 33 or the lower working opening 34 has occurred. If no prize has been won, the timer interrupt processing is terminated as it is.

If a prize has been won, in step S106, whether the number NA of starting pending storage stored in the pending number storage area NA of the pending ball storage area 94a is less than the upper limit value (for example, "4") determine whether or not If the start pending memory number NA is equal to the upper limit value, the timer interrupt processing is terminated, and if the start pending memory number NA is less than the upper limit value, the process proceeds to step S107.

In step S107, 1 is added to the number NA of start pending storage. In the following step S108, the numerical information of the jackpot random number counter C1, jackpot type counter C2 and reach random number counter C3 updated in step S103 is stored as reserved information in the reserved area RE of the reserved ball storage area 94a. In this case, the data is stored in the first reserved area among the empty reserved areas RE1 to RE4 of the reserved area RE, that is, the reserved area corresponding to the current starting reservation storage number.

In the subsequent step S109, an operation winning command (start winning command or start winning information) is set as a command to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 . The operation winning command set in step S109 is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in external output processing (step S201) of normal processing to be described later. The sound emission control device 72 executes processing for performing lighting and extinguishing control of the first reservation lamp unit 45 and switching control of the emission color based on the received operation winning command. Also, the sound emission control device 72 transmits the received operation winning command to the display control device 111 . When the operation winning command is received, the display control device 111 changes the display of the reservation display area Ga corresponding to the increase in the number of reservations. After executing the process of step S109, the timer interrupt process is terminated.

<Normal processing>
Next, the flow of normal processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The normal process is a process that is started after the main process that is activated when the power is turned on is executed, and the main process of the game is executed in the normal process. As an overview, the processing of steps S201 to S207 is executed as regular processing with a period of 4 msec, and the counter update processing of steps S209 and S210 is executed during the remaining time.

In the normal process, in step S201, output data such as commands set in the timer interrupt process or the previous normal process are transmitted to each sub-side control device. Specifically, the presence or absence of the prize ball command is determined, and if the prize ball command is set, it is transmitted to the payout control device 78 . Also, if commands for effects such as commands corresponding to effects for game rounds and commands corresponding to effects for open/close execution mode are set, they are transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 . Also, the output setting for the external terminal board 81 is performed according to the information set in the external output buffer 94d of the RAM 94. FIG. Such processing will be described later in detail.

In subsequent step S202, the fluctuation type counter CS is updated. Specifically, 1 is added to the fluctuation type counter CS, and the counter value is cleared to 0 when the counter value reaches the maximum value. Then, the updated value of the fluctuation type counter CS is stored in the corresponding buffer area of the RAM 94 .

In the subsequent step S203, a game round control process is executed to advance the game of each game round. In the game round control process, winning/failure determination and allocation determination are performed, as well as setting of variable display of symbols by the symbol display device 41, display control of the main display section 43, and the like. Details of the game round control process will be described later.

Thereafter, in step S204, game state transition processing is executed. Although the details will be described later, the game state shifts to an opening/closing execution mode, a high probability mode, a high frequency support mode, and the like by this game state transition processing.

In the subsequent step S205, an electric support process for driving and controlling the electric accessory 34a provided in the lower working port 34 is executed. In this electric role support process, numerical information obtained from the electric role product release counter C4 stored in the electric role holding area 94c of the RAM 94 is used to determine whether or not to open the electric role product 34a. A lottery is performed, and when the electric role open state is won, the opening/closing process of the electric accessory 34a is executed. In addition, display control of the accessory display unit 44 is performed so as to teach the lottery result of the electric role opening lottery.

Here, as already explained, as a mode of support by the electric accessory 34a, a low frequency support mode and a high frequency support mode are set, and the transition to one of the support modes is performed in the game state transition process. will be In this case, when the high frequency support flag is set in the RAM 94, the high frequency support mode is set, and when the flag is not set, the low frequency support mode is set.

In the electric service support process, it is determined whether or not the high frequency support mode is set by determining whether or not the high frequency support flag is set in the RAM 94 . Then, in the case of the high-frequency support mode, the number of times the electric accessory 34a is in the open state is set larger than in the low-frequency support mode when the electric role open state is won, and one time Set a longer open time. In the case of the high-frequency support mode, when the open state of the electric accessory 34a is won and the open state of the electric accessory 34a occurs multiple times, the next open state is started after the end of one open state. Set so that the closing time up to is shorter than the opening time of one time.

Incidentally, when shifting to the opening/closing execution mode, the support mode is forcibly set to the low frequency support mode even if the high frequency support flag is set in the RAM 94 .

In the subsequent step S206, game ball launch control processing is executed. In the game ball shooting control process, on the condition that a shooting permission signal output from the power supply and the shooting control device 79 is input based on the shooting operation being performed on the shooting handle 55, a predetermined shooting period is set. The solenoid of the game ball shooting mechanism 51 is energized once (for example, 0.6 sec). As a result, the game ball is launched toward the game area.

In the subsequent step S207, it is determined whether or not a power failure flag is set in the RAM94. The power failure flag is a flag that is set when occurrence of a power failure is confirmed by the power failure monitoring board 95 and a power failure signal is input from the power failure monitoring board 95 to the NMI terminal of the MPU 92, and is cleared in the next main process.

If the power failure flag is not set, it means that the last process of the plurality of processes to be repeatedly executed has been completed. It is determined whether or not a predetermined time (4 msec in this embodiment) has passed since the start of processing. Then, the random number initial value counter CINI and the fluctuation type counter CS are repeatedly updated within the remaining time until the execution timing of the next normal process. That is, in step S209, the random number initial value counter CINI is updated, and in step S210, the variation type counter CS is updated.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S207 that the power failure flag has been set, it means that a power failure has occurred, so the power failure processing from step S211 onwards is executed. That is, in step S211, the occurrence of timer interrupt processing is prohibited, then in step S212 the RAM determination value is calculated and stored, and in step S213 access to the RAM 94 is prohibited. continues in an infinite loop until it can no longer run.

<Game Round Control Processing>
Next, the game round control process of step S203 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the game round control process, first, in step S301, it is determined whether or not the open/close execution mode is in progress. When it is in the open/close execution mode, the process after step S302, that is, the game round start process of steps S303 to S305 and the game round progress process of steps S306 to S310 are not executed. Terminate the turn control process. In other words, when the open/close execution mode is in progress, the game cycle is not started regardless of whether or not the winning to the operation ports 33 and 34 has occurred.

If it is not in the opening/closing execution mode, it is determined in step S302 whether or not the main display section 43 is performing variable display, that is, whether or not one game is being executed. If the main display unit 43 is not displaying the variable display, the process proceeds to the game turn start processing of steps S303 to S305. In the game turn start processing, first, in step S303, the number of pending storage area NA of the pending ball storage area 94a is referred to, and whether or not the start pending storage number NA, which is the number of pending information stored, is "0". determine whether When the number NA of start pending storage is "0", it means that the pending information is not stored in the pending ball storage area 94a. Therefore, this game round control process is terminated as it is. If the start pending memory number NA is not "0", data setting processing is executed in step S304.

In the data setting process, first, 1 is subtracted from the start pending storage number NA. Also, the data stored in the first reservation area RE1 of the reservation area RE in the reservation ball storage area 94a is moved to the execution area AE. After that, a process of shifting the data stored in each of the reservation areas RE1 to RE4 of the reservation area RE is executed.

This data shift process is a process for sequentially shifting the data stored in the first reservation area RE1 to the fourth reservation area RE4 to the lower area side. The data in each area is shifted in the order of reserved area RE2→first reserved area RE1, third reserved area RE3→second reserved area RE2, fourth reserved area RE4→third reserved area RE3.

Further, in the data setting process, a shift time command (shift generation information) is set, which is information for making the sound emission control device 72, which is a control device on the sub side, recognize that the data in the reserved area has been shifted. The shift time command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in the external output process (step S201) of the normal process. In the voice light emission control device 72, based on the received shift time command, in response to the decrease in the number of reservations, the first reservation lamp unit 45 is controlled to turn on and off and the light emission color is switched. . In addition, the sound emission control device 72 outputs the received shift command to the display control device 111 . The display control device 111 updates the display of the pending display area Ga in accordance with the decrease in the pending number based on the received shift command.

After executing the data setting process, after executing the variation start process in step S305, the game round control process is terminated. Here, the fluctuation start processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 14 .

In step S401, a success/failure determination process is executed. In the success/failure determination process, first, it is determined whether or not the success/failure lottery mode is the high probability mode. In the case of the high-probability mode, the success/failure table for the high-probability mode among the tables stored in the success/failure table storage area 93a is referred to, and the information for success/failure determination among the information stored in the execution area AE, that is, It is determined whether or not the numerical information relating to the jackpot random number counter C1 matches the jackpot numerical information for high probability. Further, in the case of the low-probability mode, the success/failure table for the low-probability mode among the tables stored in the success/failure table storage area 93a is referred to, and the value related to the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the execution area AE is calculated. It is determined whether or not the information matches the jackpot numerical information for low probability.

In the following step S402, it is determined whether or not the result of the success/failure determination process in step S401 is a jackpot winning result. In the case of a jackpot winning result, distribution determination processing is executed in step S403.

In the distribution determination process, among the information stored in the execution area AE, the information for distribution determination, that is, the numerical information related to the jackpot type counter C2 is grasped. Then, with reference to the distribution table stored in the distribution table storage area 93b, it specifies which jackpot result the numerical information related to the grasped jackpot type counter C2 corresponds to. Specifically, it specifies which of the normal jackpot result, the probability variable jackpot result, and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E corresponds to the jackpot result.

In the subsequent step S404, a stop result setting process for the jackpot result is executed. Specifically, the information on the form of the pattern to be finally stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 in the game turn related to the start of the current fluctuation is specified from the stop result table for the jackpot result stored in advance in the ROM 93, The specified information is stored in the RAM 94 . In the stop result table for the jackpot results, the types of patterns to be stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 are set differently for each jackpot result type, and are specified in step S403 in step S404. The RAM 94 stores information on the form of the pattern according to the type of the jackpot result.

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

In the following step S405, a process of setting a flag in the RAM 94 corresponding to the type of the jackpot result specified in step S403 is executed. Specifically, when it is specified that it is a normal jackpot result, the normal flag is set, and when it is specified that it is a probability variable jackpot result, the probability variable flag is set, and it is a special probability variable jackpot result A. If it is specified, the special probability variation A flag is set, and if it is specified that it is a special probability variation big hit result B, the special probability variation B flag is set, and if it is specified that it is a special probability variation big hit result C, special A variable probability C flag is set, a special variable probability D flag is set when the special probability variable big winning result D is specified, and a special probability variable E flag is set when the special probability variable big winning result E is specified. . In the following explanation, whether or not each jackpot result is determined is performed by determining whether or not the flag corresponding to the RAM 94 is set. In the following step S406, a reservation confirmation process for game rounds is executed. This process will be described in detail later, but in step S406, under a predetermined condition, a process is executed to change the stop symbol on the symbol display device 41 to a symbol different from the symbol corresponding to each jackpot result.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S402 that the winning result is not a jackpot, in step S407, stop result setting processing for the result of losing is executed. Specifically, the information on the form of the pattern to be finally stopped and displayed on the main display unit 43 in the game cycle related to the start of the current variation is specified from the stop result table for the outlier result stored in advance in the ROM 93, The specified information is stored in the RAM 94 . The information on the form of the pattern selected in this case is different from the information on the form of the pattern selected in the case of the jackpot result.

After executing the process of step S406 or step S407, the setting process of the display continuation time (display continuation period) is executed in step S408.

In this process, the value of the variation type counter CS stored in the variation type counter buffer in the lottery counter buffer of the RAM 94 is acquired. Also, it is determined whether or not the ready-to-win display is generated on the symbol display device 41 in the current game round. Specifically, when the game round related to the current fluctuation start is one of the jackpot results, it is determined that the ready-to-win display occurs. In addition, even if it is not a jackpot result, if the numerical information related to the ready-to-win random number counter C3 stored in the execution area AE is numerical information corresponding to the occurrence of ready-to-win, it is determined that the to-win display will occur. .

When it is determined that the reach display occurs, the display duration table for reach generation stored in the ROM 93 is referred to, the display duration information corresponding to the value of the current variation type counter CS is acquired, and the display is performed. The duration information is set in the display duration counters provided in the various counter areas 94b of the RAM 94. FIG. On the other hand, when it is determined that the reach display does not occur, the display duration table for reach non-occurrence stored in the ROM 93 is referred to, and the display duration information corresponding to the value of the current variation type counter CS is obtained. Then, the display duration information is set in the display duration counter. Incidentally, the display duration that can be obtained by referring to the non-reach display duration table is different from the display duration that can be obtained by referring to the reach generation display duration table.

The display continuation time information at the time of reach non-occurrence is set so that the display continuation time becomes shorter as the number of start pending storage numbers NA increases. In addition, in the situation where the support mode is the high-frequency support mode, compared to the case where the number of pending information is the same, compared to the situation where the support mode is the low-frequency support mode, the reach non-reach is selected so that a shorter display duration is selected. A display duration table for occurrence is set. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which the display continuation time does not change according to the number NA of start pending storage and the support mode may be employed, or the above relationship may be reversed. Furthermore, the above configuration may be applied to the display duration time when reach occurs. In addition, the display duration table may be set individually for each of the jackpot results, the case of the losing reach, and the case of the losing result of no reach. In this case, the display continuation time is distributed according to each game result.

After executing the display continuation time setting process in step S408, a variation command and a type command are set in step S409. The variation command includes display duration information. Here, the display duration acquired by referring to the display duration table for reach non-occurrence as described above is different from the display duration acquired by referring to the display duration table for reach generation. Even if the information on the presence or absence of reach occurrence is not included in the command for use, it is possible for the audio light emission control device 72, which is a sub-side control device, to specify the presence or absence of reach occurrence from the information on the display duration time. In this respect, it can be said that the variation command includes information indicating whether or not reach occurs. Note that the variation command may include information that directly indicates the presence or absence of reach occurrence.

Also, the type command includes information on the game result. That is, the type command includes information on the game result, information on the normal jackpot result, information on the probability variable jackpot result, information on the special probability variable jackpot result A, information on the special probability variable jackpot result B, information on the special probability variable jackpot result C, special The information of the probability variable jackpot result D, the information of the special probability variable jackpot result E, and the information of the losing result are included.

The variation command and type command set in step S409 are transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in step S201 in the normal process (FIG. 12). Processing in the sound emission control device 72 upon receipt of these commands will be described later.

After executing the process of step S409, the main display section 43 starts to display the pattern in a variable manner in step S410. After that, in step S411, after the external output cancellation process is executed, the fluctuation start process is terminated. The contents of the external output canceling process will be described later in detail.

Returning to the description of the game round control process (FIG. 13), when the main display section 43 is in the process of changing display, the game round progressing process of steps S306 to S310 is executed.

In the game round progressing process, first, in step S306, it is determined whether or not the display continuation time of the current game round has elapsed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of the display duration information stored in the display duration counter of the RAM 94 has become "0". The value of the display duration information is set in the display duration setting process (step S408), as described above. Also, the value of the set display duration information is updated so as to be decremented by 1 each time the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) is started.

If the display continuation time has not elapsed, a variable display process is executed in step S307. In the variable display process, the display mode on the main display section 43 is changed. After that, the game round control process is terminated.

If the display continuation time has elapsed, a fluctuation ending process is executed in step S308. In the fluctuation end process, the information stored in the RAM 94 is specified in the process of step S404 or step S407 of the fluctuation start process (FIG. 14) executed when starting the currently executed game round, and the information corresponding to the information is specified. The display of the main display section 43 is controlled so that the pattern mode is displayed on the main display section 43 .

Here, the display mode of the stop display on the main display section 43 differs for each game result. As a result, the manager of the game hall or the like can visually confirm the game result of the game round by looking at the main display section 43 at the end of the game round. It is possible to easily confirm whether or not a fraudulent act that is intended to be performed by a third party is being performed. On the other hand, the display range of the main display portion 43 is narrower than that of the display screen G of the pattern display device 41, and furthermore, the display mode in which the main display portion 43 is stopped and displayed is at least as great as the player's ability when compared with each jackpot result. is difficult to recognize. Therefore, it is expected that the player will check the game results of the game rounds not from the main display section 43 but from the display screen G of the pattern display device 41, and attention to the display screen G will be increased.

In the subsequent step S309, a fluctuation end command is set. The fluctuation end command set here is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12). Upon receiving the variation end command, the sound emission control device 72 executes processing for ending the effect in the game round. It should be noted that the effect for the game round may be ended independently by the sound emission control device 72 or the display control device 111 without transmitting the fluctuation end command.

After that, in step S310, after the external output setting process for the number of games is executed, the game number control process is terminated. The contents of the external output setting process for the number of games will be described later in detail.

<Game state transition processing>
Next, the game state transition processing of step S204 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S501, it is determined whether or not the opening/closing execution mode is in progress. If it is not in the opening/closing execution mode, the process proceeds to step S502, and it is determined whether or not it is the timing at which the variation display of the pattern in the main display section 43 of the first game cycle has ended. If it is not the timing at which the variable display ends, the game state transition processing is ended as it is.

If it is the timing when the variable display ends, it is determined in step S503 whether or not the game result of the game round ended this time corresponds to the shift to the opening/closing execution mode. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the current game result is one of the jackpot results. If it does not correspond to the transition to the opening/closing execution mode, the game state transition processing is terminated as it is.

If it corresponds to the transition to the open/close execution mode, in step S504, the winning counter PC provided in the various counter areas 94b of the RAM 94 is set to "9" as the upper limit number, which is one end condition of the round game. ” is set. In the subsequent step S505, it is determined whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is any one of the special probability variable jackpot results A to E. If it is one of the special probability variable jackpot results A to E, the round counter RC provided in the various counter areas 94b of the RAM 94 is set to "16" in step S506. The round counter RC is a counter for the MPU 92 to specify the number of round games executed within the range of one open/close execution mode. Further, when a negative determination is made in step S505, that is, when the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the normal jackpot result or the variable probability jackpot result, the round counter RC is set to "8" in step S507. to set.

After the processing of step S506 or step S507 is executed, in step S508, "2000" is set to the timer counter T provided in the various counter areas 94b of the RAM 94 as the waiting time (waiting period) for opening. The numerical information set in the timer counter T is updated so that it is decremented by 1 each time the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) is started. Therefore, the waiting time for opening is 4 seconds. However, the standby time is arbitrary.

Also, when the mode is shifted to the opening/closing execution mode, the waiting time for opening is set in step S508 regardless of the type of the game result that triggered the mode. Therefore, the waiting time for the opening of the opening/closing execution mode is the same regardless of the type of game result that has triggered the game. However, it is not limited to this, and although the waiting time for the opening is slightly different, it may be configured so that the player recognizes it as the same. In the case where a part of the game result is the trigger, the configuration may be greatly different from the case where the other game result is the trigger.

After executing the process of step S508, an opening command is set in step S509. This opening command includes information on the game result that triggered the transition to the opening/closing execution mode this time. Also, the opening command set here is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12). Processing in the sound emission control device 72 upon reception of the opening command will be described later.

Thereafter, in step S510, after executing the external output setting process at the time of mode transition, the game state transition process is terminated. The contents of the external output setting process at the time of mode transition will be described later in detail.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S501 that the opening/closing execution mode is in progress, the process proceeds to step S511. In step S511, an external output setting process for standby is executed. The content of the standby external output setting process will be described later in detail. In the subsequent step S512, a big winning opening opening/closing process is executed. The big winning opening opening/closing process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S601, it is determined whether or not the big winning opening 32a is open. If the big winning opening 32a is not open, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter RC is "0" at step S602, and whether or not the value of the timer counter T is "0" at step S603. determine whether or not

Incidentally, when the open/close execution mode is in progress (step S501: YES), the big winning opening 32a is closed (step S601: NO), and the value of the round counter RC is "0" (step S602: YES ) means that it is in the waiting time for the ending. Further, the open/close execution mode is in progress (step S501: YES), the big winning opening 32a is closed (step S601: NO), and the value of the round counter RC is not "0" (step S602: NO). Further, when the value of the timer counter T is not "0" (step S603: NO), it means during the waiting time for the opening or during the waiting time from when the big winning opening 32a is closed until it is reopened. means that

When the value of the round counter RC is "0" or when the value of the timer counter T is not "0", the main winning opening opening/closing process is terminated. If the value of the round counter RC is not "0" and the value of the timer counter T is "0", the timer counter T is set to "14500" in step S604. In the subsequent step S605, the variable winning driving unit 32c of the variable winning device 32 is brought into a driving state to open the big winning opening 32a.

That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the opening time of the big winning opening 32a is set to 29 seconds as one end condition of the round game. On the other hand, another end condition of the round game is that the number of winning prizes into the big winning prize opening 32a reaches nine, which is the upper limit number. As already explained, in the pachinko machine 10, when the shooting handle 55 is operated by the player, the game ball shooting mechanism 51 is operated so that one game ball is shot toward the game area every 0.6 seconds. is driven and controlled. Therefore, in the pachinko machine 10, it can be expected that the maximum number of prizes for the big prize winning opening 32a will occur in any round game. In other words, the expected ball output in each round game is the same.

After the process of step S605 is executed, a round start command is set in step S606, the external output setting process at the time of opening is executed in the following step S607, and the big winning opening opening/closing process ends. The round start command set at step S606 is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 at step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12), and the sound emission control device 72 recognizes that the round game has newly started. be. The external output setting process at the time of opening in step S607 will be described later in detail.

When it is determined in step S601 that the big winning opening 32a is open, the process proceeds to step S608. In step S608, it is determined whether or not the opening continuation time for opening the current big winning opening 32a has elapsed by determining whether or not the timer counter T is "0". If the timer counter T is not "0", the process proceeds to step S609.

In step S609, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the big winning opening 32a. If no prize has been won, the main prize winning opening opening/closing process is terminated. If a prize has been won, in step S610, the numerical value information of the prize counter PC is updated so as to be decremented by one. In the following step S611, it is determined whether or not the winning counter PC is "0". If the winning counter PC is not "0", the main winning opening opening/closing process is terminated. If an affirmative determination is made in step S608 or step S611, a closing execution process is executed in step S612. In the closing execution process, the drive control of the variable winning driving section 32c is terminated so that the currently opened big winning opening 32a is closed.

In subsequent step S613, the numerical information of the round counter RC is updated so as to be decremented by one. In step S614, as a result of the processing in step S613, it is determined whether or not the round counter RC has reached "8" in the opening/closing execution mode based on any of the special probability variable jackpot results A to E.

If a negative determination is made in step S614, it is determined in step S615 whether or not the round counter RC is "0". If the round counter RC is not "0", the timer counter T is set to "750" in step S616. The numerical information set in this case is numerical information for the waiting time between rounds other than between the eighth round and the ninth round in the special probability variable jackpot results A to E, and is 1.5 sec in the pachinko machine 10. is set.

In the subsequent step S617, a round end command is set. The round end command set here contains information on the waiting time between rounds, is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12), and in the sound emission control device 72 It is recognized that the round of play has ended and the waiting time. The processing of the sound emission control device 72 that receives the round end command will be described later in detail.

If the round counter RC is "0" at step S615, "2000" is set to the timer counter T at step S618. The numerical information set in this case is the numerical information of the ending time for executing the ending effect of the opening/closing execution mode, and in the pachinko machine 10, 4 sec is set.

In the subsequent step S619, an ending command is set. The ending command set here includes ending time information, is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12), and the sound emission control device 72 switches to the opening/closing execution mode. It is recognized that it is the timing to execute the ending effect and the time. The processing of the sound emission control device 72 that receives the ending command will be described later in detail.

If an affirmative determination is made in step S614, the process proceeds to step S620. In step S620, standby time setting processing is executed. Here, the standby time setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the standby time setting process, the standby time between the eighth round and the ninth round of the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results A to E is set.

First, in step S701, it is determined whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result A. If the result is the special probability variable jackpot result A, the timer counter T is set to "750" in the subsequent step S702. When a negative determination is made in step S701, it is determined whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result B in step S703. If the result is the special probability variable jackpot result B, the timer counter T is set to "19000" in the subsequent step S704. If a negative determination is made in step S703, it is determined in step S705 whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result C. In the case of the special probability variable jackpot result C, the timer counter T is set to "22000" in the subsequent step S706. If a negative determination is made in step S705, it is determined in step S707 whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result D. In the case of the special probability variable jackpot result D, the timer counter T is set to "25000" in the subsequent step S708. If a negative determination is made in step S707, it means that the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result E. In this case, the timer counter T is set to "28000" in step S709. set.

That is, in the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot result A, the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round is set to be the same length as between the other rounds. have the same waiting time. More specifically, in the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot result A, the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round is the waiting time between the first round to the eighth round and the waiting time between the rounds from the first round to the eighth round. It is set to have the same length as the waiting time between rounds from the 9th round to the 16th round.

On the other hand, in the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round is set to be longer than that between the other rounds. More specifically, in the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round is the waiting time between the first round to the eighth round. , and the waiting time between rounds from the 9th round to the 16th round.

Then, the waiting time between the 8th round and the 9th round of the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is 38 seconds for the special probability variable jackpot result B, 44 seconds for the special probability variable jackpot result C, and 44 seconds for the special probability variable jackpot result. The result D is set to 50 sec, and the special probability variable jackpot result E is set to 56 sec, which are set to be longer by 6 sec. As already explained, in the standby time between the 8th round and the 9th round in each special probability variable jackpot result BE, pseudo game round variation is executed. The number of executions of the pseudo game round variation in each special probability variable jackpot result B to E is 1 time for the special probability variable jackpot result B, 2 times for the special probability variable jackpot result C, 3 times for the special probability variable jackpot result D, and the special probability variable jackpot result. E is 4 times. That is, the waiting time between the 8th round and the 9th round of the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is longer as the number of pseudo game round fluctuations executed during the waiting time increases, and the number of executions is set to be longer by 6 sec each time is increased by one time.

After executing any one of steps S702, S704, S706, S708 and S709, in step S710 the round end command is set as an object to be transmitted to the sound emission control device 72, and the main standby is performed. End the time setting process. The round end command set here includes information on the waiting time between rounds set in any one of steps S702, S704, S706, S708 and S709. At step S201 in the processing (FIG. 12), the information is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72, and the end of the round game and the standby time are recognized in the sound emission control device 72. FIG. The processing of the sound emission control device 72 that receives the round end command will be described later in detail.

Returning to the explanation of the big winning opening opening/closing process (FIG. 16), after the process of step S620 is executed, the pseudo game holding confirmation process is executed in step S621. Such processing will be described in detail later, but in step S621, under a predetermined condition, a processing for changing the stop symbol in the pseudo game round variation to a predetermined symbol is executed.

After any one of steps S617, S619, and S621 is executed, in step S622, an external output setting process at the time of closing is executed, and the big winning opening opening/closing process ends. The external output setting process at the time of closing will be described later in detail.

Returning to the description of the game state transition process (FIG. 15), after executing the big winning opening opening/closing process in step S512, the process proceeds to step S513. In step S513, it is determined whether or not the numerical information of the round counter RC is "0". If the numerical value information of the round counter RC is not "0", the game state transition processing is terminated as it is. If it is "0", it is determined in step S514 whether or not the timer counter T is "0". When the timer counter T is not "0", the game state transition processing is terminated as it is. When the timer counter T is "0", in step S515, an external output cancellation process at the time of mode transition is executed. The contents of the external output cancellation process will be described later. After that, in step S516, after executing the transition process at the time of ending the opening/closing execution mode, the game state transition process is terminated.

In the transition process at the end of the opening/closing execution mode, a process of setting the win/fail lottery mode and the support mode is executed according to the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode. Specifically, if the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is either the probability variable jackpot result or the special probability variable jackpot result A to E, the win/fail lottery mode is set to the high probability mode. do. On the other hand, if the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the normal jackpot result, the win/loss lottery mode is set to the low probability mode. In addition, the support mode is set to the high-frequency support mode regardless of the game result of the opening/closing execution mode this time. However, in the case of a normal jackpot result, "100" is set in the high frequency game number counter provided in the various counter areas 94b of the RAM 94 as the number limit of the high frequency support mode. The high-frequency game number counter is decremented by 1 in the fluctuation end process (step S308) in the game-time control process (FIG. 13), and when it becomes 0, the high-frequency support mode is shifted to the low-frequency support mode. Incidentally, on the display screen G of the symbol display device 41, an image is displayed that clearly indicates that the winning lottery mode is the high-probability mode and that the support mode is the high-frequency support mode.

In addition, in the transition processing at the end of the opening/closing execution mode, processing for starting and ending the external output for the support mode is executed. The processing will be described later in detail.

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Next, processing related to various effects in the game round, the pseudo-game round and the opening/closing execution mode will be described. First, the hold confirmation process (step S406) for the game turn in the fluctuation start process (FIG. 14) executed by the MPU 102 of the main controller 71 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The hold confirmation process for the game cycle is a process executed when the current game result is any of the jackpot results in the fluctuation start process (FIG. 14), and the reserved ball storage area 94a includes a predetermined jackpot result. This is a process for changing the symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device 41 to a special symbol when the special symbol is displayed.

Specifically, first, in step S801, the numerical information of the determination counter K provided in the various counter areas 94b of the RAM 94 is updated so as to be incremented by one. The determination counter K is a counter for the MPU 92 to specify the reserved areas RE1 to RE4 for executing the jackpot determination of the reserved information.

In the following step S802, it is determined whether or not reservation information is stored in the reservation areas RE1 to RE4 corresponding to the numerical information of the determination counter K after updating. Specifically, when the numerical information of the judgment counter K is "1", it is judged whether or not reservation information is stored in the first reservation area RE1, and when the numerical information of the judgment counter K is "2". If there is, it is determined whether or not the reservation information is stored in the second reservation area RE2, and if the numerical information of the determination counter K is "3", the reservation information is stored in the third reservation area RE3. If the numerical information of the determination counter K is "4", it is determined whether or not the reservation information is stored in the fourth reservation area RE4.

If the determination in step S802 is affirmative, then in step S803 numerical information for judging a big hit is acquired from among the pending information confirmed in step S802. As numerical information for judging a big hit, a big hit random number counter C1 and a big hit type counter C2 are acquired. In the following step S804, if the game result of the current game round is a normal jackpot result, and regardless of the game result of the current game round, "1" is set to the low probability flag provided in the various flag storage areas of the RAM 94. If it is, it is determined whether or not it is either. The low-probability flag is a flag for the MPU 92 to identify that it is already specified that the reservation information corresponding to the jackpot result is reserved. By providing the low-probability flag, even when the lottery mode of the pending information to be digested after that is changed according to the pending information stored in the pending area RE, it is possible to determine the escape of the pending information in the correct lottery mode. It becomes possible.

If affirmative determination is made in step S804, that is, if the game result of the current game round is the normal jackpot result, or if the game result of the current game round is either the definite variable jackpot result or the special definite variable jackpot result A to E If the low-probability flag is set to "1", the information of the success/failure table for the low-probability mode is acquired in step S805. Also, if a negative determination is made in step S804, that is, the game result of the current game round is either the probability variable jackpot result or the special probability variable jackpot result A to E, and the low probability flag is set to "1". If not, in step S806, information on the success/failure table for the high-probability mode is obtained.

After executing the process of step S805 or step S806, in step S807, the holding information using the numerical information for big hit determination acquired in step S803 and the success/failure table acquired in step S805 or step S806 Execute the success/failure determination process. In subsequent step S808, it is determined whether or not the pending information corresponds to the winning of the jackpot, based on the processing result of step S807. If it corresponds to the jackpot winning, in step S809, the allocation determination processing of the pending information is executed. Specifically, it is determined which one of the normal jackpot result, the probability variable jackpot result, and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E is the reserved information.

In step S810, based on the processing result of step S809, it is determined whether or not the pending information corresponds to one of the probability variable jackpot results and the special probability variable jackpot results A to E. If the determination in step S810 is affirmative, in step S811, it is confirmed that the hold information corresponding to either the probability variable jackpot result or the special probability variable jackpot result A to E is stored in the reserve ball storage area 94a. As a command to be recognized by 72 , the first promotion command is set as a transmission target to the sound emission control device 72 . The first promotion command set here is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 at step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12). The processing of the sound emission control device 72 that receives the first promotion command will be described later in detail.

When a negative determination is made in step S810, that is, when it is determined that the pending information corresponds to a jackpot winning but is a normal jackpot result, the process proceeds to step S812. In step S812, it is determined whether or not the low probability flag is set to "1". If the low probability flag is set to "1", the process proceeds to step S813. In step S813, as a command for making the voice light emission control device 72 recognize that at least two pieces of pending information corresponding to the result of a normal jackpot are stored in the pending ball storage area 94a, a second promotion command is issued to the voice light emission control device. 72 for transmission. The second promotion command set here is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 at step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12). The processing of the sound emission control device 72 that receives the second promotion command will be described later in detail.

In step S812, if the low probability flag is not set to "1", the process advances to step S814 to execute processing for setting the low probability flag to "1". If it is determined in step S808 that the pending information does not correspond to the winning of the jackpot, or if the process of step S814 is executed, the process proceeds to step S815. In step S815, it is determined whether or not the numerical information of the determination counter K is "4". If the numerical value information of the determination counter K is not "4", the process returns to step S801 and repeats confirmation processing of the reservation information of the upper reservation area.

If a negative determination is made in step S802, after the processing of step S811 or step S813 is executed, or if affirmative determination is made in step S815, the process proceeds to step S816. In step S816, a process of clearing the judgment counter K and the low probability flag to "0" is executed. As a result, it is possible to confirm the success or failure lottery of the retention information in the corresponding success or failure lottery mode from the first reservation area RE1 in the next pseudo-game time retention confirmation process. After executing the process of step S816, the hold confirmation process for this game cycle is ended.

Next, the holding confirmation process (step S621) for the pseudo-game round in the big winning opening opening/closing process (FIG. 16) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The holding confirmation process for the pseudo game round is a process executed at the end of the 8th round of the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results A to E in the large winning opening opening and closing process, and in the pseudo game round of the symbol display device 41 This is a process of changing the symbols to be stopped and displayed to special symbols. The pending confirmation process for pseudo-variable times is similar in processing configuration to the pending confirmation process for variable times (FIG. 18), but the details of the processing are different because the execution timing is different.

Specifically, first, in step S901, it is determined whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result A. In the case of the special probability variable jackpot result A, the reservation confirmation processing for this pseudo-game round is terminated as it is. If it is not the special probability variable jackpot result A, that is, if it is one of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the process proceeds to step S902.

The processing of steps S902 to S904 is the same as the processing of steps S801 to S803, and includes processing for updating the judgment counter K, processing for confirming the presence or absence of reservation information, and processing for confirming the presence or absence of reservation information, and a big hit from the reservation areas RE1 to RE4 corresponding to the judgment counter K. Execute the process of acquiring numerical information for judgment. In step S905, unlike step S804, it is determined whether or not the low probability flag is set to "1". This is due to the fact that the game result that triggered the opening and closing execution mode of this time is one of the special probability variable jackpot results A to E when executing the reservation confirmation process for this pseudo game round. is. Then, as in steps S805 and S806, when the low probability flag is set to "1" in step S905, the success/failure table for the low probability mode is acquired in step S906, and the low probability flag is set. If "1" is not set, then in step S907, the success/failure table for the high-probability mode is obtained.

The subsequent steps S908 to S917 are the same as the steps S807 to S816. That is, in steps S908 to S910, the hold information validity determination process and distribution determination process are executed. Then, if the hold information in step S911 corresponds to one of the probability variation jackpot result and the special probability variation jackpot result A to E, the first promotion command to the voice emission control device 72 in step S912 When the pending information corresponds to the normal jackpot result and the low probability flag is set to "1" (step S913: YES), the second promotion command is voiced in step S914 It is set as a transmission target to the light emission control device 72 . The first promotion command or the second promotion command set here is also transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 at step S201 in the normal processing (FIG. 12). Also, even if it corresponds to the jackpot result, if it corresponds to the normal jackpot result and the low probability flag is not set to "1" (step S913: NO), the low probability Set "1" to the flag. After executing the process of step S915, or when the pending information does not correspond to the jackpot result (step S909: NO), it is determined whether or not the numerical information of the determination counter K is "4" in step S916. If it is not "4", the process returns to step S902. Then, if a negative determination is made in step S903, after the processing of step S912 or step S914 is executed, or if an affirmative determination is made in step S916, a determination counter is generated in step S917. K and the low probability flag are cleared to "0", and the reservation confirmation process for this pseudo-game cycle is ended.

Therefore, in the reservation confirmation process for the game round and the reservation confirmation process for the pseudo game round, after the opening and closing execution mode based on the result of this big hit, either the result of the definite variable jackpot or the result of the special definite variable jackpot A to E is reserved. Each promotion command is set in the case of winning or when the result of the normal jackpot is held at least twice. As already explained, after the opening/closing execution mode based on any of the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E, the win/fail lottery mode is set to the high probability mode, and the support mode is set to the high frequency support mode. When the high-probability mode and high-frequency support mode are set, it can be expected that the opening/closing execution mode can be further shifted to the opening/closing execution mode (winning a jackpot) in a relatively small number of games without reducing the number of balls held. That is, if any of the definite variable jackpot results and special definite variable jackpot results A to E are held in a row, after the opening and closing execution mode this time, opening and closing based on either the definite variable jackpot results and the special definite variable jackpot results A to E This is a state in which the execution mode is executed, and it can be expected to shift to the open/close execution mode once more. Further, the case where the normal jackpot results are consecutively held at least twice means that the opening/closing execution mode is executed twice after the opening/closing execution mode of this time. In other words, when each promotion command is set, it is expected to shift to the opening/closing execution mode three times including the opening/closing execution mode based on the game result of this time.

As already explained, the number of rounds of the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is twice the number of rounds of the opening/closing execution mode based on the normal jackpot result and the probability variable jackpot result. In the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, an effect is executed as if the opening/closing execution mode for 8 rounds is executed twice. Furthermore, after the opening/closing execution mode, the high-probability mode and the high-frequency support mode are set, and after that, one more opening/closing execution mode can be expected. In other words, the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are game results that can be expected at least three times in the opening and closing execution mode for 8 rounds, and the apparent number of opening and closing execution modes that can be expected when each of the above promotion commands is set are the same.

Therefore, in the processing of the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72 described below, based on the reception of each promotion command, the symbol to be stopped and displayed on the symbol display device 41 in the current game round or pseudo game round is changed to a special probability variable. It is configured to change to the second special symbol corresponding to the jackpot results B to E.

First, the effect determination processing executed by the MPU 102 in the sound emission control device 72 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It should be noted that the effect determination process is periodically started by the MPU 102 (for example, in a cycle of 2 msec).

In step S1001, it is determined whether or not a variation command and a type command have been received. When the command for variation and the type command have been received, in the following step S1002, stop symbol determination processing for game cycle is executed.

Here, the stop symbol determination processing for the game cycle in step S1002 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S1101, it is determined whether or not the game result of the current game round is the special probability variable jackpot result A. If it is a special probability variable jackpot result A, in step S1102, the promotion flag provided in the RAM 104 is checked, and if "1" is set, a process of clearing it to "0" is executed and set. If not, keep it that way. The promotion flag is a pattern display device in a game round that consumes the holding information when the holding information that triggered the transmission of the first promotion command from the main control device 71 corresponds to the probability variable jackpot result. It is a flag for changing the pattern to be stopped and displayed on 41, is set to "1" when the first promotion command is received, and is cleared to "0" when changing the above-mentioned pattern.

After executing the process of step S1102, the symbol determination process for the first special probability variation corresponding to the special probability variation jackpot result A is executed in step S1103. In the pattern determination process for the first special probability variation, the information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the first special pattern (symbol with 3) is established on one effective line L1 to L5 is displayed as the current stop result. information. In this case, the valid lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

That is, when the promotion flag is set to "1" in step S1102, the first promotion command is transmitted from the main controller 71 based on the fact that the special probability variable jackpot result A is stored as the holding information. , which means that the current game round is a game round that consumes the hold information. In this case, the pattern to be stopped and displayed on the pattern display device 41 is not changed in this game cycle, and the first special pattern corresponding to the special probability variable jackpot result A is determined as the pattern to be stopped and displayed. .

If a negative determination is made in step S1101, it is determined in step S1104 whether or not the game result of the current game round is one of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E. In the case of any one of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, in step S1105, similarly to step S1102, the promotion flag is checked, and if "1" is not set, the state is maintained. If it is set, it is cleared to "0".

After executing the process of step S1105, in step S1106, the symbol determination process for the second special probability variation corresponding to the special probability variation jackpot results B to E is executed. In the symbol determination process for the second special probability variation, information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the second special symbol (symbol with 7) is established on one effective line L1 to L5 is displayed as the current stop result. information. In this case, the valid lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

That is, when the promotion flag is set to "1" in step S1105, the first promotion command is mainly based on the fact that any one of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is stored as pending information. It is transmitted from the control device 71 and means that the current game round is a game round in which the hold information is consumed. In this case, the pattern to be stopped and displayed on the pattern display device 41 is not changed in this game cycle, and the second special pattern corresponding to the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is determined as the pattern to be stopped and displayed. and

If a negative determination is made in step S1104, it is determined in step S1107 whether or not the first promotion command or the second promotion command has been received. If any promotion command has been received, it is determined in step S1108 whether the received promotion command is the first promotion command. If it is the first promotion command, that is, if the reservation information contains one of the probability variation jackpot result and the special probability variation jackpot result A to E jackpot information, the promotion flag is "1" in step S1109 to set. Then, the process proceeds to the above step S1106, and the information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the second special symbols is established is determined as the information of the game result of this time. Further, in step S1108, if it is the second promotion command, that is, if the holding information contains at least two pieces of jackpot information corresponding to the normal jackpot result, the process proceeds to step S1105, and the promotion flag is set to "0". , in step S1106, the information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the second special symbols is established is determined as the current game result information. Therefore, in these cases, even if the game result of the current game round is not any of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the second special symbol is determined as the symbol to be stopped and displayed.

In step S1107, if none of the promotion commands have been received, in step S1110, it is determined whether or not the game result of the current game round is a probability variable jackpot result. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1110, it is determined in step S1111 whether or not the promotion flag is set to "1", and if not set, the process proceeds to step S1112. In step S1112, symbol determination processing for probability variation is executed. In the pattern determination process for probability variation, the same pattern with odd numbers (1, 5, 9) other than each special pattern attached to one activated line L1 to L5, that is, the stop result that the combination of the first pattern is established is determined as the information of the current stop result. In this case, the type of the first symbol and the activated lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

If the promotion flag is set to "1" in step S1111, the promotion flag is cleared to "0" in step S1113, and the process proceeds to step S1114. In step S1114, common symbol determination processing is executed. In the common symbol determination process, the information corresponding to the stop result in which the same symbol other than the special symbols, that is, the combination of the first symbol or the second symbol is established on one of the activated lines L1 to L5 is added to the current stop. Determined as result information. In this case, the symbols and valid lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

That is, when the promotion flag is set to "1" in step S1111, the first promotion command is transmitted from the main controller 71 based on the fact that the probability variable jackpot result is stored as the pending information, This means that the current game round is the game round for digesting the hold information. In this case, even if the result of the game this time is the result of the variable probability big win, the combination of the second symbols is realized with a predetermined probability and the symbols are stopped and displayed.

If a negative determination is made in step S1110, it is determined in step S1115 whether or not the game result of the current game round is a normal jackpot result. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1115, it is determined in step S1116 whether or not the promotion flag is set to "1", and if not set, the process proceeds to step S1117. In step S1117, normal pattern determination processing is executed. In the normal pattern determination process, information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the second symbols is established on one of the activated lines L1 to L5 is determined as the current stop result. In this case, the type of the second symbol and the activated lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

When "1" is set to the promotion flag in step S1116, the process proceeds to step S1106, and the symbol determination process for the second special probability variation is executed. The case where the promotion flag is set to "1" in step S1116 means that after the promotion flag is set to "1" based on the reception of the first promotion command, the first promotion command is still triggered. It means that the pending information that has become has not been digested. That is, at least the game round after the current game round is a game round that triggers the opening and closing execution mode based on either the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E, and in this case, the game round this time Even if the result is the normal jackpot result, the combination of the second special symbols is established and the display is stopped.

If a negative determination is made in step S1115, that is, if the current game result is a loss result, the process proceeds to step S1118. In step S1118, a symbol determination process for out is executed. In the winning symbol determination process, it is determined whether or not it is a game round related to the occurrence of the winning ready-to-win display based on the contents of the variation command. Information corresponding to a stop result in which a combination of off-reach symbols is established on one of the effective lines L1 to L5 is determined as information of the current stop result. In this case, the types of combination of winning reach symbols and effective lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like. In this determination, a stop result is determined in which the same symbol combination is not established on any of the pay lines L1 to L5.

In addition, if the game cycle does not involve the occurrence of the out-of-reach display, the same combination of symbols is not established on any of the effective lines L1 to L5, and the combination of out-of-range reach symbols is not stop-displayed. is determined as the information of the current stop result.

After executing any one of steps S1103, S1106, S1112, S1114, S1117 and S1118, the stop symbol determination process for the game cycle is terminated.

That is, in the stop symbol determination process for the game round, when the current game result is the special probability variable jackpot result A, the combination of the first special symbols is determined as the stop information, and the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are determined. In that case, the combination of the second special symbols is determined as the stop information. In addition, even if the results are not the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, when each promotion command is received, the opening/closing execution mode is shifted to at least three times including the opening/closing execution mode based on the game result of this time. In this case, the combination of the second special symbols is determined as the stop information for the current game cycle. As a result, it is possible to increase the frequency of stop-display of the second special symbol without increasing the probability of special probability variable jackpot results B to E, and attention is paid to the second special symbol without extremely increasing the throwing rate. degree can be increased.

Furthermore, even if each promotion command has not been received in the current game round, if the normal jackpot result is set and the promotion flag is set to "1", the combination of the second special symbols is selected this time. is determined as the stop information of the game round. This is because in the hold confirmation process for the game cycle (FIG. 18), even if the hold information corresponding to the normal jackpot result is stored, the first promotion command is not set (step S810: NO). , when setting the first promotion command, there is a possibility that the holding information corresponding to the result of the normal jackpot is stored in the holding information executed prior to the holding information corresponding to the first promotion command. This is due to Then, when the first promotion command is received, the promotion flag is set to "1", and the promotion flag is cleared when the hold information that triggered the setting of the first promotion command is consumed ( step S1102, step S1105, step S1113). In other words, the normal jackpot result and the promotion flag is set to "1" means that any one of the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E is always held after that. Even in this case, it can be expected that at least three opening/closing execution modes including the opening/closing execution mode based on the result of the normal jackpot this time will be made. Therefore, even in such a case, the combination of the second special symbols is determined as the stop information for the current game cycle.

Further, as described above, the promotion flag is cleared when the hold information that triggered the setting of the first promotion command is consumed. If the pending information that triggered the event is a special probability variable jackpot result A to E, when digesting the pending information, the combination of the first special pattern or the second special pattern is determined as the stop information for this game round. On the other hand, when the hold information that triggered the game is the probability variable jackpot result, when the hold information is digested, the combination of the first pattern or the second pattern is determined as the stop information of the current game round. That is, in this case, the second symbol corresponding to the normal jackpot result may stop even if the probability variable jackpot result is obtained. This is because the combination of the second special symbols is stopped in the game round in which the first promotion command is received, and it is already taught that it can be expected to shift to the opening and closing execution mode for three rounds after that. be. That is, as in this configuration, even if the result of the variable probability big win, by stopping the combination of the second symbols corresponding to the result of the normal jackpot, a high probability mode that shifts after the opening and closing execution mode based on the result of the variable probability big win, and It is possible to enhance the impression that the high-frequency support mode is based on the game results of the times in which the combinations of the second special symbols are stopped, and to further increase the degree of attention to the second special symbols.

Returning to the description of the effect determination process (FIG. 20), after executing the stop symbol determination process for the game cycle in step S1002, the process proceeds to step S1003. In step S1003, processing for determining the effect pattern of the current game round is executed. In this process, by referring to the effect table stored in advance in the ROM 103, the effect continuation time (effect continuation period) corresponding to the variation command and the type command received this time is selected, and the effect continuation period is selected. Select content. A lottery is also conducted to decide whether or not to perform the advance notice display. The MPU 102 executes light emission control of the display lamp section 58 and output control of the speaker section 59 in the current game round according to the effect pattern determined in step S1003.

In subsequent step S1004, a stop result command corresponding to each processing result and a pattern command corresponding to the processing result in step S1003 are transmitted to the display control device 111. FIG. The display control device 111 variably displays the symbols of the symbol display device 41 in accordance with the stop result and effect pattern corresponding to the above processing results.

If a negative determination is made in step S1001, or if the process of step S1004 is executed, the process proceeds to step S1005. In step S1005, it is determined whether or not a round end command has been received, and whether or not the inter-round flag provided in the RAM 104 is set to "1" even if the round end command has not been received. do. The inter-round flag is a flag for the MPU 102 to specify that it is a waiting time between rounds in the open/close execution mode, and is set to "1" at the start of the waiting time and cleared to "0" at the end. be. If the determination in step S1005 is affirmative, in step S1006, the inter-round flag is checked, and if "1" is set, the state is maintained, and if it is not set, "1" is set. Run.

In subsequent steps S1007 to S1010, the processing when the first promotion command or the second promotion command is set based on the holding confirmation processing (FIG. 19) for the pseudo-game cycle on the main control device 71 side is executed. That is, in step S1007, it is determined whether or not the first promotion command has been received. If the first promotion command has been received, in step S1008, the above promotion flag is checked, and if "1" is set, that state is maintained, and if not set, "1" is set. Execute the process. If a negative determination is made in step S1007, or after the process of step S1008 is executed, it is determined in step S1009 whether or not the second promotion command has been received. When the second promotion command is received, in step S1010, the normal promotion flag provided in the RAM 104 is checked, and if "1" is set, the state is maintained; Execute processing to set "1". The normal promotion flag is for the MPU 102 to specify that the second promotion command has been received, that is, that the normal jackpot results are held twice after the opening and closing execution mode this time. flag. In the stop symbol determination process for the pseudo-game round described below (FIG. 23), the promotion flag and the normal promotion flag are confirmed, and the stop symbol of the symbol display device 41 is changed to the second special symbol in the pseudo-game round variation. process.

Here, on the main control device 71 side, the holding confirmation process for the game round (FIG. 18) is executed for each game round, while the holding confirmation process for the pseudo game round (FIG. 19) is executed for the pseudo game round. It is not executed every time, but is executed only when the eighth round of the opening/closing execution mode ends. Therefore, in the stop symbol determination process for the game round (FIG. 21), the stop symbol in the current game round is changed to the second special symbol based on the reception of each promotion command, while step S1007 to step In S1010, each promotion flag is set to "1" based on the reception of each promotion command, each promotion flag is confirmed in the subsequent pseudo game round fluctuation, and the stop design is changed to the second special design. and

Further, as already explained, the promotion flag is set to "1" in the stop symbol determination process (FIG. 21) for the game cycle based on the reception of the first promotion command. In the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71, the first promotion command is issued at the start of the game cycle that triggers the opening/closing execution mode (holding confirmation processing for the game cycle) and at the end of the eighth round of the opening/closing execution mode (pseudo It is set to hold confirmation processing for game times). In other words, the situation in which the promotion flag is not set to "1" in step S1007 is the period from the start of the game round that triggers the opening/closing execution mode to the end of the eighth round of the opening/closing execution mode. Second, it is a case where the holding information corresponding to any one of the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E is stored in the reserve ball storage area 94a.

When a negative determination is made in step S1009, or after the processing of step S1010 is executed, standby effect determination processing is executed in step S1011.

Here, the standby effect determination processing in step S1011 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S1201, it is determined whether or not the current round end command has been transmitted at the end of the 8th round of the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results BE. When a negative determination is made in step S1201, in step S1202, as an effect for the waiting time between rounds this time, a normal inter-round effect is set, and light emission control of the display lamp unit 58 is executed, and the speaker unit 59 is executed. output control. In the subsequent step S1203, a normal inter-round production command is transmitted to the display control device 111. FIG. The display control device 111 that has received the normal inter-round production command executes, on the pattern display device 41, an effect for teaching that the round game is not in progress as the normal inter-round production. In the subsequent step S1204, a process of clearing the inter-round flag to "0" is executed, and the standby effect determination process is terminated.

When the affirmative determination is made in step S1201, it means that it is the waiting time between rounds in which the pseudo game round variation is executed. In this case, it is roughly divided into the processing of setting the ending effect for teaching that the opening/closing execution mode ends, the variation of the pseudo game cycle, and the opening effect for teaching that the opening/closing execution mode starts. Various settings are performed so that these effects are executed in the order of ending effect→pseudo-game time variation→opening effect.

Specifically, first, in step S1205, it is determined whether or not it is the timing to start the ending effect, and if it is the start timing, in step S1206, the ending effect is set, and the light emission control of the display lamp unit 58 is performed. is executed, and the output control of the speaker unit 59 is executed. The ending effect is the same effect that is executed at the end of the opening/closing execution mode, and the duration thereof is also the same as 4 seconds. In subsequent step S1207, an ending effect command is transmitted to the display control device 111. FIG. The display control device 111 that has received the ending effect command executes the ending effect on the pattern display device 41 for teaching the end of the opening/closing execution mode. After executing the process of step S1207, this standby effect determination process is terminated.

When negative determination is made in step S1205, in step S1208, it is determined whether or not it is time to start the pseudo game round variation. As already explained, in the special probability variable jackpot results BE, 1 to 4 pseudo-game round variations are executed depending on the type. Therefore, in step S1208, it is determined whether or not it is the start timing of each pseudo game round variation. If it is the start timing of one of the pseudo game round fluctuations, stop symbol determination processing for the pseudo game round is executed in subsequent step S1209.

Here, the stop symbol determination processing for pseudo-game times in step S1209 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S1301, it is determined whether or not the numerical value information of the fluctuation number counter H provided in the RAM 104 is "0". Variation number counter H is a counter for the MPU 102 to specify the number of times to execute the pseudo game round variation, a predetermined numerical value is input in the processing of subsequent steps S1302 to S1309, and the processing of steps S1310 to S1317 is performed. By doing so, 1 is subtracted. If the numerical value information of the fluctuation number counter H is "0" in step S1301, it means that the processing of steps S1302 to S1309 has not yet been executed, and in this case the process proceeds to step S1302.

In step S1302, it is determined whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result B. If the result is the special probability variable jackpot result B, a process of inputting "1" to the variation number counter H is executed in step S1303. If a negative determination is made in step S1302, it is determined in step S1304 whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result C. In the case of the special probability variable jackpot result C, a process of inputting "2" to the variation number counter H is executed in step S1305. When a negative determination is made in step S1304, it is determined in step S1306 whether or not the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result D. In the case of the special probability variable jackpot result D, "3" is input to the variation number counter H. If a negative determination is made in step S1306, it means that the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is the special probability variable jackpot result E. In this case, in step S1308, the variation counter H is set to "4". Execute the input process.

After executing any one of steps S1303, S1305, S1307 and S1308, the process proceeds to step S1309.

In step S 1309 , a pseudo hold command for displaying a predetermined hold image for a pseudo game round in the hold display area Ga in the pattern display device 41 is transmitted to the display control device 111 . The display control device 111 that has received the pseudo hold command displays all the unit hold displays in the first unit hold display area Ga1, the second unit hold display area Ga2, the third unit hold display area Ga3, and the fourth unit hold display area Ga4. The pattern display device 41 is controlled so as to display a predetermined holding image in the areas Ga1 to Ga4. Therefore, regardless of the numerical value information of the fluctuation number counter H set in steps S1302 to S1308, the holding number displayed in the holding display area Ga at the start of the first pseudo-game round fluctuation is four.

Incidentally, the display of the reserved display area Ga is erased when the opening/closing execution mode is started. The process of erasing the reserved display area Ga is performed based on reception of an opening command in step S1012, which will be described later. Further, the display of the first suspension lamp portion 45 is not changed as the suspension display of the pseudo-game times. That is, in the pseudo game round, the number of reserved balls as an effect is displayed as 4 at the start, while the number of reserved balls actually reserved in the reserved ball storage area 94a is displayed differently.

If a negative determination is made in step S1301, or if the process of step S1309 has been executed, the process proceeds to step S1310. In step S1310, it is determined whether or not the numerical value information of the variation number counter H is "1". When the numerical value information is not "1", the process proceeds to step S1311, and the symbol determination process for the removal is executed as the stop symbol in the current pseudo-game round. The symbol determination process is the same as the process of step S1117 in the game round stop symbol determination process (FIG. 21). The information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the same symbols is not established and the combination of the winning ready-to-win symbols is not stop-displayed is determined as the information of the current stop result. In this case, the types of symbol combinations and the effective lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

In step S1310, if the numerical value information of the fluctuation number counter H is "1", the process proceeds to step S1312. In step S1312, it is determined whether or not the promotion flag or normal promotion flag is set to "1". If none of the flags is set to "1", the process proceeds to step S1313, and common symbol determination processing is executed as a stop symbol in the current pseudo-game round. The symbol determination process is the same as the process of step S1114 in the game cycle stop symbol determination process (FIG. 21). is determined as the information of the current stop result. In this case, the symbols and valid lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

If any flag is set to "1" in step S1312, it is determined in step S1314 whether or not the normal promotion flag is set to "1". When the normal promotion flag is set to "1", that is, when at least two pieces of pending information corresponding to the normal jackpot result are stored, the normal promotion flag is set to "0" in step S1315. Execute the clearing process.

If a negative determination is made in step S1314, or if the process of step S1315 has been executed, the process proceeds to step S1316. In step S1316, the symbol determination process for the second special probability variation is executed as the stop symbol in the pseudo game round of this time. In the symbol determination process, the information corresponding to the stop result in which the combination of the second special symbols is established on one of the activated lines L1 to L5 is determined as the current stop result information. In this case, the valid lines L1 to L5 are randomly determined by lottery or the like.

Step S1311, step S1313 and step S1316 after any one of the process is executed, in step S1317, the process of subtracting 1 numerical information of the fluctuation number counter H is executed, and the stop symbol for this pseudo game round End decision processing.

Returning to the description of the standby effect determination process (FIG. 22), after executing the stop symbol determination process for the pseudo game cycle in step S1209, the process proceeds to step S1210. In step S1210, a process for determining the effect pattern of the current pseudo-game round is executed. In this process, when the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the result of the loss is performed, the effect duration time of the pseudo game round (production duration) is set to 6 sec to determine the content of the effect, and the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the big win result is determined. In the case of performing, the content of the effect is determined by setting the effect duration time of the pseudo game round variation to 30 sec. The variation number counter H is referred to determine which result the pseudo game variation is to be performed. Also, in step S1210, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not to display the advance notice. In the MPU 102, according to the performance pattern determined in step S1210, light emission control of the display lamp section 58 in the current pseudo game round is executed, and output control of the speaker section 59 is executed.

In the following step S1211, a stop result command corresponding to the processing result of step S1209, a pattern command corresponding to the processing result of step S1210, and a pseudo for reducing the display of the pending number in the pending display area Ga of the pattern display device 41 and a shift command to the display control device 111 . The display control device 111 variably displays the symbols on the symbol display device 41 in accordance with the stop result and effect pattern corresponding to the above processing results. Further, based on the reception of the pseudo-shift command, one predetermined holding image in the unit holding display areas Ga1 to Ga4 of the holding display area Ga is erased. After executing the process of step S1211, this standby effect determination process is terminated.

That is, in the 8th and 9th rounds of the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the jackpot result is executed in the final round of the 1st to 4th pseudo game rounds. Specifically, in the case of the special probability variable jackpot result B, the pseudo game rotation variation corresponding to the jackpot result is executed once, and in the case of the special probability variation jackpot result C, the pseudo game rotation variation corresponding to the out result is executed once. After execution, a pseudo-game cycle variation corresponding to the jackpot result is executed once, and in the case of a special probability variable jackpot result D, a pseudo-game cycle variation corresponding to the losing result is executed twice, and then a pseudo-game cycle corresponding to the jackpot result is executed. Variation is performed once, and in the case of a special probability variable big win result D, pseudo game round variation similar to the loss result is carried out three times, and then pseudo game round variation corresponding to the big win result is carried out once.

The effect continuation time of each pseudo game round is 30 sec for the pseudo game round corresponding to the jackpot result, and 6 sec for the pseudo game round corresponding to the losing result. In other words, although the stop result and production pattern of each pseudo-game round are determined at random, the production duration does not change depending on the content of production. A waiting time between rounds is determined in advance corresponding to each game result, and it is possible to execute various performances by combining each pseudo-game round within the determined waiting time.

However, the effect and effect duration of these pseudo-game rounds are not limited to the above, as long as they do not change the predetermined waiting time between rounds. For example, it may be configured such that pseudo game times corresponding to a plurality of times of loss results are collectively executed as a pseudo game time corresponding to one loss result by lottery. In this case, it is possible to vary the performance duration time of the pseudo-game times corresponding to the out result to 6 sec, 12 sec, and 18 sec. Further, the pseudo game times corresponding to the jackpot result may be divided, and the pseudo game times corresponding to one or a plurality of out results and the pseudo game times corresponding to the jackpot results may be executed. In this case, by dividing the pseudo game times corresponding to the 30 sec jackpot result into, for example, the pseudo game times corresponding to the 8 sec off results and the pseudo game times corresponding to the 22 sec jackpot results, the pseudo game times corresponding to the jackpot results The performance duration of the game round can be made shorter than the above, and the performance duration of the pseudo game round corresponding to the result of losing can be varied. Furthermore, the pseudo game times corresponding to one or a plurality of losing results and the pseudo game times corresponding to the jackpot results may be changed so as to be collectively executed as the pseudo game times corresponding to one jackpot result by lottery. . In this case, for example, a pseudo-game time corresponding to a 6-second off result and a pseudo-game time corresponding to a 30-second jackpot result are collectively executed as a pseudo-game time corresponding to a 36-second jackpot result, thereby corresponding to the jackpot result. It is possible to make the effect duration time of the simulated game times to be longer than the above. These configurations may be applied individually or in combination.

Returning to the description of the standby effect determination process (FIG. 22), if a negative determination is made in step S1208, the process proceeds to step S1212. In step S1212, it is determined whether or not it is the timing to start the opening effect, and if it is the start timing, in step S1213, the opening effect is set, and the light emission control of the display lamp unit 58 is executed. , the output control of the speaker unit 59 is executed. The opening effect is the same effect that is executed at the start of the opening/closing execution mode, and the duration thereof is also the same as 4 seconds. In subsequent step S 1214 , an opening effect command is transmitted to the display control device 111 . The display control device 111 that has received the opening effect command causes the pattern display device 41 to execute an opening effect for teaching the start of the opening/closing execution mode. After executing the process of step S1213, the inter-round flag is cleared to "0" in step S1215, and this standby effect determination process is terminated.

Therefore, in the waiting time between the 8th round and the 9th round of the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, after executing the ending effect, the pseudo game round fluctuation of any number of 1 to 4 times is performed, a stop display corresponding to the big win result is performed in the last pseudo-game round, and then the opening performance is executed. As a result, the opening/closing execution mode ends in the 8th round, and the following 9th to 16th rounds are made to appear to the player as if it were an opening/closing execution mode shifted based on the variation of the game cycle based on the winning/losing lottery. is possible.

In addition, in the pachinko machine 10, the 9th to 16th rounds of the opening and closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are disguised as the opening and closing execution modes based on other winning lottery, so that the special probability variable jackpot results B to E The effects of the 1st to 8th rounds and the 9th to 16th rounds of the open/close execution mode are set to be the same. However, it is not limited to this configuration, and may be configured to execute the same effect in each round, or may be configured to execute different effects in each round depending on the type of game result that triggered the open/close execution mode. The effects of the 1st to 8th rounds and the 9th to 16th rounds of the opening/closing execution mode based on the probability variable jackpot results B to E may be different. In any case, it is sufficient to execute an effect that makes the player think that the 9th round of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is the 1st round.

Returning to the description of the effect determination process (FIG. 20), when a negative determination is made in step S1005, or after the process of step S1011 is executed, other processes are executed in step S1012, and the effect determination process ends. The other processing of step S1012 includes an opening command, a round start command and an ending command for the open/close execution mode, and an operation prize for changing the display of the reserved display area Ga of the pattern display device 41 and the reserved lamps 45 and 46. This is a process based on the reception of a command or a shift command. Send to The display control device 111 executes the effect of the pattern display device 41 based on the received information.

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Next, description will be given of the effects of each game cycle and the opening/closing execution mode resulting from the execution of the various processes described above.

First, the content of the effect in the pattern display device 41 during the opening/closing execution mode will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display contents of the pattern display device 41. As shown in FIG.

When the game result of each game cycle becomes one of the jackpot results, the opening/closing execution mode is started. At the start of the opening/closing execution mode, as shown in FIG. 24(A1), an opening effect is displayed to congratulate the transition to the opening/closing execution mode. After the end of the opening effect, when the first round is started, as shown in FIG. 24 (A2), a round effect is displayed to indicate that the round game is being played. In the round effect, a pattern corresponding to the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode is displayed on the upper part of the display screen G. The areas for displaying the patterns corresponding to the game result that triggered the game are the area for displaying the current pattern, the area for displaying the pattern corresponding to the game result that triggered the previous open/close execution mode, and the area for displaying the pattern corresponding to the game result that triggered the previous open/close execution mode. and an area for displaying a pattern corresponding to the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode. The display contents of the area will be described later in detail.

When the round game ends and the big winning opening 32a is closed, as shown in FIG. 24 (A3), an effect between rounds is executed to teach the waiting time between rounds. As already explained, the inter-round production is the normal jackpot result, the probability variable jackpot result, and the special probability variable jackpot result A. The normal inter-round production is executed between all rounds, and the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are the eighth Except between the round and the ninth round, the normal inter-round effect is executed. The effect between the eighth round and the ninth round will be explained later.

When the waiting time between rounds ends and the round game is started again, the round effect is displayed as shown in FIG. 24 (A4). Also, after completing the number of rounds corresponding to each game result, as shown in FIG. 24 (A5), an ending effect for instructing the end of the opening/closing execution mode is executed.

Here, in the round effect and the inter-round effect, no display area is provided to indicate the number of rounds. Therefore, it is not possible to specify from the display contents of the pattern display device 41 which round number has been completed.

In the opening effect, round effect, normal inter-round effect and ending effect, the pending display area Ga is not displayed, and the actual pending number cannot be specified from the display contents of the pattern display device 41. - 特許庁

Next, the presentation of the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round in the special probability variable jackpot results B to E will be described. In the following explanation, the effect of the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round in the special probability variable jackpot result C will be explained as an example.

When the eighth round game in the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot result C is completed, the ending effect is displayed as shown in FIG. 24(B1). After that, as shown in FIG. 24 (B2), symbols are displayed in the upper, middle, and lower stages in the same manner as in the normal game round. In this case, a predetermined suspension image is displayed in each of the unit suspension display areas Ga1 to Ga4 of the suspension display area Ga, and it is displayed as if the number of suspensions is four. As shown in FIG. 24 (B3), when the first pseudo-game round variation is started, the predetermined holding image in the fourth unit holding display area Ga4 is erased, and the holding number is reduced by one. to be displayed. Further, the pattern variation mode in the pseudo game round variation is the same as the pattern variation mode in the normal game round, and the effect is as if the normal game round is being executed.

As shown in FIG. 24 (B4), in the case of the special probability variable jackpot result C, a stop display corresponding to the loss result is performed in the first pseudo-game round. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 24 (B5), the second pseudo-game round is started. In this case, the predetermined pending image in the third unit pending display area Ga3 is erased, and displayed as if the pending number is further reduced by one. Also, the symbol variation mode in the second pseudo game round variation is the same as the symbol variation mode in the normal game round. As shown in FIG. 24 (B6), in the second pseudo-game round, a stop display corresponding to the big win result is made. Then, as shown in FIG. 24 (B7), an opening effect is performed, and after the end of the opening effect, the ninth round game is started and the round effect is displayed.

Next, the relationship between the opening/closing execution mode based on each jackpot result and the stop symbols on the symbol display device 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 25(a) shows how the main display unit 43 performs variable display as a variation of game rounds, and FIG. 25(b) shows how the symbol display device 41 performs variable display. FIG. 25(c) shows how the opening/closing execution mode progresses. 25(A) to 25(D) show display contents of the pattern display device 41. FIG.

When the game ball enters the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34 and the game result of the game round started at the timing of t1 is a probability variable jackpot result, when the game round ends at the timing of t2, FIG. ), the opening/closing execution mode is started, and the opening effect of the opening/closing execution mode is executed. A round game is started at the timing of t3 when the opening effect is finished, and the round game of the eighth round is finished at the timing of t4. After that, the ending effect is executed until the timing of t5, and when the opening/closing execution mode ends, as shown in FIGS. .

Also, the symbol display device 41 displays symbols corresponding to the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode of this time. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 25(A), the first symbol corresponding to the probability variable jackpot result is displayed so as not to overlap with the effect during the round so that it can be recognized as the trigger for the opening and closing execution mode this time. be.

In addition, although the opening and closing execution mode based on the probability variable jackpot result has been described in the above description, the opening and closing execution mode based on the normal jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A is generally the same. In the case of a normal jackpot result, the display of the game result that triggered the game on the symbol display device 41 is displayed in the second symbol. In addition, in the case of the special probability variable jackpot result A, the display of the game result that triggered the above is displayed with the first special symbol, and a round game of 16 rounds is performed from the timing of t3 to the timing of t4. executed.

When the game result of the game round started at the timing of t6 is the special probability variable jackpot result C, when the game round ends at the timing of t7, the opening/closing execution mode starts as shown in FIG. 25(c). and the opening effect of the opening/closing execution mode is executed. Then, the round game is started at the timing of t8 when the opening effect ends. In this case, the symbol display device 41 displays the second special symbol as the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode, as shown in FIG. 25(B).

When the round game of the 8th round ends at the timing of t9, the ending effect is executed, and the pseudo game round variation is started from the timing of t10. In the case of the special probability variable jackpot result C, the pseudo-game round variation corresponding to the result of losing is executed twice, and the pattern corresponding to the jackpot result is stopped and displayed at the final pseudo-game round variation that starts at the timing of t11. be done. In this case, either the first symbol or the second symbol is randomly determined as the symbols to be stopped and displayed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 25(b), the variation of the pseudo-game times is executed by the symbol display device 41, while the main display unit 43 is shown in FIG. 25(a). Variable display is not running. In other words, the pseudo-game time variation is a presentation of the waiting time during the opening and closing execution mode, and is not a variation display based on the success or failure lottery.

At the timing of t12, when the variation of the pseudo-game cycle of the final round ends and the symbol corresponding to the result of the big win is stop-displayed, the opening effect is started. When the opening effect ends at the timing of t13, the round game is restarted from the ninth round of the opening/closing execution mode. In this case, as shown in FIG. 25(C), the symbol (the second symbol in the figure) stopped and displayed in the pseudo-game cycle variation of the final round is the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time. is displayed as Further, the display of the second special symbol that has been displayed since the timing of t8 is displayed side by side as the game result that triggered the previous open/close execution mode.

When the round game of the 16th round ends at the timing of t14, the ending effect is executed, and when the ending effect ends at the timing of t15, as shown in FIGS. 25(a) and 25(b), the main display section 43 and the pattern display device 41 start the variable display of game rounds. In this case, in each game round, the winning lottery mode is executed in the high probability mode, and the support mode is executed in the high frequency support mode. Therefore, it can be expected that the opening/closing execution mode can be shifted to the opening/closing execution mode with a relatively small number of games without reducing the number of balls in hand. Then, when the jackpot is won in the game round started at the timing of t16, the opening/closing execution mode is started at the timing of t17. When the round game is started at the timing of t18, as shown in FIG. 25(D), the symbol display device 41 displays the symbol (second symbol ) is displayed. In addition, as the game result that triggered the opening and closing execution mode of the previous time and the time before last, the symbol that started to be displayed at the timing of t8 (the second special symbol) was used as the opportunity of the time before the previous time, and the symbol that started to be displayed at the timing of t13 (the second special symbol). 2 symbols) are displayed side by side as the previous opportunity.

Next, the relationship between the stop symbols of each game cycle and the opening/closing execution mode when any promotion command is set by the MPU 92 of the main controller 71 will be described with reference to FIG. The contents of FIGS. 26(a) to (c) and FIGS. 26(A) to (C) have already been described.

When the game result of the game round started at the timing of t1 is the normal jackpot result, and when the reservation information corresponding to the probability variable jackpot result is stored in the fourth reservation area RE4 of the reservation ball storage area 94a, A first promotion command is set in the reservation confirmation process for game times (FIG. 18). In this case, the audio light emission control device 72 sets the promotion flag to "1" (step S1109) in the stop symbol determination process for the game cycle (FIG. 21), and performs the symbol determination process for the second special probability variation. Execute (step S1106). In other words, although the game result of the current game cycle is the normal jackpot result, the combination of the second special symbol is determined as the stop information instead of the second symbol. However, the display on the main display section 43 is determined by the fluctuation start process (FIG. 14) to correspond to the normal jackpot result (step S404). Then, when the game cycle ends at the timing t2, the determined symbols are stopped and displayed.

When the round game is started at the timing of t3, as shown in FIG. 26(A), the game result that triggered the opening and closing execution mode this time is not the second symbol corresponding to the normal jackpot result, but the special probability variable. A second special symbol corresponding to the jackpot results B to E is displayed.

When the round game of the eighth round ends at the timing of t4, the ending effect is executed, and the opening/closing execution mode ends at the timing of t5. In the reserved ball storage area 94a, the reserved information corresponding to the probability variable jackpot result is stored in the fourth reserved area RE4 as described above, and the game cycle started at the timing of t6 corresponds to the reserved information. In this case, in the stop symbol determination process for the game round (FIG. 21), since "1" is set in the promotion flag, it is not the symbol determination process for probability variation (step S1111: YES), but the symbol determination for common The process (step S1114) is executed. In other words, although the game result of the current game cycle is the probability variable jackpot result, the combination of the second symbols, not the first symbols, can be determined as the stop information. However, the display on the main display section 43 is determined by the fluctuation start process (FIG. 14) to correspond to the normal jackpot result (step S404). Then, when the game round ends at the timing of t7, the determined symbols are stopped and displayed.

When the second symbol is selected in the common symbol determination process, when the round game is started at the timing of t8, as shown in FIG. As the game result, the second symbol corresponding to the normal big win result is displayed instead of the first symbol corresponding to the variable probability big win result. In this case, as the display of the game result that triggered the previous open/close execution mode, the symbol (second special symbol) started to be displayed at the timing of t3 is displayed in parallel with the current display.

When the round game of the eighth round ends at the timing of t9, the ending effect is executed, and when the ending effect ends at the timing of t10, as shown in FIGS. 26(a) and 26(b), the main display section 43 and the pattern display device 41 start the variable display of game rounds. In this case, in each game round, the winning lottery mode is executed in the high probability mode, and the support mode is executed in the high frequency support mode. Therefore, it can be expected that the opening/closing execution mode can be shifted to the opening/closing execution mode with a relatively small number of games without reducing the number of balls in hand. Then, when the jackpot is won in the game round started at the timing of t11, the opening/closing execution mode is started at the timing of t12. When the round game is started at the timing of t13, as shown in FIG. 26(D), the symbol display device 41 displays the symbol (second symbol ) is displayed. In addition, as the game result that triggered the opening and closing execution mode of the previous time and the time before last, the symbol that started to be displayed at the timing of t3 (the second special symbol) was used as the opportunity of the time before the previous time, and the symbol that started to be displayed at the timing of t8 (the second special symbol). 2 symbols) are displayed side by side as the previous opportunity.

Although detailed description with the drawings is omitted, even when the second promotion command is set, the stop symbol in the game round in which the second promotion command is set is the second regardless of the game result of the game round. 2 Changed to a special pattern. However, when the second promotion command is set, the sound emission control device 72 does not set the promotion flag to "1". No change in the stop symbol is made.

Next, referring to FIG. 27, the relationship between the stop symbols of the pseudo-game cycle and the opening/closing execution mode when any promotion command is set by the MPU 92 of the main control device 71 will be described. The contents of FIGS. 27(a) to (c) and FIGS. 27(A) to (D) have already been explained.

When the game result of the game round started at the timing of t1 is the special probability variable jackpot result C, when the game round ends at the timing of t2, the opening/closing execution mode is started. A round game is started at the timing of t3 when the opening effect ends, and in the symbol display device 41, the second special symbol is displayed as the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time, as shown in FIG. 27(A). Is displayed.

When the round game of the 8th round ends at the timing of t4, the suspension confirmation process for the pseudo game round (FIG. 19) is executed. For example, when the reservation information corresponding to the normal jackpot result is stored in the third reservation area RE3 and the fourth reservation area RE4 of the reservation ball storage area 94a, the second promotion command is set. In this case, the pseudo game round variation is started at the timing of t5, and in the pseudo game round variation that is started at the timing of t6 corresponding to the final round, in the stop symbol determination process for the pseudo game round (FIG. 23), common The symbol determination process for the second special probability variant (step S1316) is executed instead of the symbol determination process for the symbol (step S1313). As a result, in the last pseudo-game round, the combination of the second special symbol is stop-displayed instead of the first symbol or the second symbol. At the timing of t7, the opening effect is started, and from the timing of t8, the opening/closing execution mode is restarted from the ninth round.

At the timing of t9, the round game of the 16th round is finished, the ending effect is executed, and the opening/closing execution mode is finished at the timing of t10. In the reserved ball storage area 94a, the reserved information corresponding to the result of the normal jackpot is stored in the third reserved area RE3 as described above, and the game cycle started at the timing of t11 corresponds to the reserved information. When the game round ends at the timing of t12, the combination of the second symbols corresponding to the result of the normal jackpot is stopped and displayed.

When the round game is started at the timing of t13, as shown in FIG. 27(C), the second symbol corresponding to the normal jackpot result is displayed as the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time. Also, in this case, as the display of the game result that triggered the opening and closing execution mode of the previous time and the time before last, the symbol (second special symbol) that started to be displayed from the timing of t3 will be displayed from the timing of t8 as the opportunity of the time before the previous time. The started pattern (second special pattern) is displayed in parallel with the current display as the previous opportunity.

When the round game of the 8th round ends at the timing of t14 and the opening/closing execution mode ends at the timing of t15, a game cycle based on the winning lottery is executed. As described above, the reservation information corresponding to the normal jackpot result is also stored in the fourth reservation area RE4. A combination of two symbols is stopped and displayed.

When the round game is started at the timing of t17, the game result that triggered the opening/closing execution mode this time is displayed on the symbol display device 41 (the second symbol in the figure). Also, in this case, as the display of the game result that triggered the opening and closing execution mode of the previous time and the time before last, the symbol (second special symbol) that started to be displayed from the timing of t8 will be displayed from the timing of t13 as the opportunity of the time before the previous time. The started pattern (second pattern) is displayed in parallel with the current display as the previous trigger.

Although detailed description with drawings is omitted, even when the first promotion command is set, the stop symbol in the pseudo game cycle is changed to the second special symbol. However, when the first promotion command is set, the audio light emission control device 72 sets the promotion flag to "1". A stop symbol for consecutive games is determined by a common stop symbol determination process, and a combination of the first symbol or the second symbol is stopped and displayed.

As described above, in the pachinko machine 10, based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, an effect is executed such that the opening/closing execution mode for 8 rounds is executed twice. After the opening/closing execution mode, the high probability mode and the high frequency support mode are set. That is, based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to F, the opening and closing execution mode of 8 rounds + 8 rounds, and then any of the opening and closing execution modes (8 rounds of opening and closing execution mode or 8 It becomes easier to shift to the open/close execution mode of round + 8 rounds). As a result, it is possible to realize a two-time loop type jackpot result without increasing the throwing rate too much, and it is possible to improve the entertainment. On the other hand, depending on the game hall, the number of times of the big win result is displayed on the counter provided in the island facility. Based on the result of a big win, a big win signal is sent to the counter directly from an external terminal provided in the game machine or through a hall computer, and the counter measures the number of times the big win signal is sent. number of times is displayed. In a game hall where the number of times of such jackpot results is displayed, the number of times of jackpot results is only one even if the above effects are performed between rounds of one round of special probability variable jackpot results B to E. , the production becomes meaningless. On the other hand, it is not preferable from the viewpoint of the storage capacity of the pachinko machine 10 to store a plurality of output modes corresponding to the types of jackpot results. Therefore, in the pachinko machine 10, the configuration related to the external output is devised.

<Regarding external output from the pachinko machine 10 to the hall computer HC>
The configuration for external output from the pachinko machine 10 to the hall computer HC will be described below. FIG. 28 is a schematic diagram for explaining the electrical configuration of a game hall in which a large number of pachinko machines 10 are installed.

As shown in FIG. 28, an island facility S is provided in the game hall, and a large number of pachinko machines 10 are installed for the island facility S. As shown in FIG. Also, the island equipment S is provided with a data counter DC corresponding to each pachinko machine 10 on a one-to-one basis. Each data counter DC is mounted above the corresponding pachinko machine 10, and has a first display section DC1 for displaying the number of executions of game rounds and a first display section DC1 for displaying the number of executions of a predetermined opening/closing execution mode. 2 display section DC2 is provided.

A hall computer HC is provided in the game hall as management control means for managing each pachinko machine 10 and each data counter DC. Hall computer HC is an electronic computing device having a management program, and MPU 201 is mounted therein. The MPU 201 has a ROM 202 that stores various control programs and fixed value data to be executed by the MPU 201, and temporarily stores various data and information input from the pachinko machine 10 when executing the control program stored in the ROM 202. and a RAM 203, which is a memory for temporarily storing data.

The hall computer HC is electrically connected to each pachinko machine 10 through an electric wiring group EL1, and is also electrically connected to each data counter DC through an electric wiring group EL2. Management processing based on the information received from each pachinko machine 10 is executed, and a signal corresponding to the result of the management processing is transmitted to each data counter DC.

Here, the configuration for transmitting information to the hall computer HC in the pachinko machine 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 29(a) is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10 showing an enlarged view of the external terminal plate 81 and its surroundings, and FIG. 29(b) explains an external output buffer 94d provided in the RAM 94 of the main controller 71. 29(c) is a block diagram for explaining the electrical configuration of the external terminal plate 81. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 29(a), the external terminal plate 81 is provided with a plurality of external terminals (output terminals) 81a to 81h. A total of eight external terminals 81a to 81h are provided, and different types of information are output to the hall computer HC.

The jackpot external terminal 81a is used to output information (winning information or winning signal) indicating that a jackpot has been won in the lottery of the main controller 71. FIG. The external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode receives information (open execution information or open execution signal). Although the details will be described later, the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode outputs the above information when the big winning opening 32a is in the open state, and outputs the information after a predetermined period of time after it is in the closed state. It is configured to stop.

In addition to the external terminals 81a and 81b, the external terminals 81a to 81h include an external terminal 81c for support mode used for outputting information indicating that the support mode is the high-frequency support mode. An external terminal 81d for the number of games used to output information indicating that the game round has ended, and an external terminal 81d used to output information indicating that a prize has been won to the operation ports 33 and 34 81e, an external terminal 81f used to output information indicating that a predetermined number of game balls have been paid out, and an external terminal 81f used to output information indicating that a predetermined fraud has occurred. An external terminal 81g and an external terminal 81h for outputting information indicating that the gaming machine body 12 is open are included. The types of the external terminals 81a to 81h are not limited to those described above. An external terminal used for outputting information indicating that a predetermined jackpot result has been obtained in the lottery 71 may be provided.

A plurality of output setting unit areas 121 to 128 are provided in the external output buffer 94d of the RAM 94 of the main controller 71 in one-to-one correspondence with the external terminals 81a to 81h. Each output setting unit area 121 to 128 has a predetermined bit, specifically 1 bit, of information. Any one of information "1" is set. The amount of information in each of the unit areas 121 to 128 is not limited to 1 bit and is arbitrary, and the data configuration of the no-output information and the output-present information is also arbitrary.

The main controller 71 is electrically connected to each of the external terminals 81a to 81h of the external terminal plate 81 through the electrical wiring group EL3 shown in FIG. A signal of a predetermined voltage is output to the external terminals 81a to 81h corresponding to the unit areas 121 to 128 in which "1" is set.

As shown in FIG. 29(c), each of the external terminals 81a to 81h is connected to a photocoupler 131 to prevent the reverse flow while enabling the transmission of electrical signals from the main controller 71 to the hall computer HC. It is composed by A light emitting diode 132 on the primary side of the photocoupler 131 is connected to the main controller 71 via a resistor 133, and a light receiving element (phototransistor) 134 on the secondary side is connected to the hall computer HC. Therefore, when a signal is output from the main controller 71 to the external terminals 81a to 81h corresponding to the unit areas 121 to 128 set to "1" in the external output buffer 94d, the The light-emitting diodes 132 of the terminals 81a-81h emit light, the light is received by the light-receiving elements 134 of the external terminals 81a-81h, converted into electric signals, and the electric signals are output to the hall computer HC.

The form of the electrical signal output to the hall computer HC is arbitrary. In a situation where the main controller 71 does not output an external signal, a signal of 0 V is output. , or a mode in which the output pattern of the signal has a relationship opposite to this. In addition, when the main controller 71 does not output externally, a signal with a reference voltage greater than 0 V is output, and when external output is performed, a signal with a voltage greater or less than the reference voltage is output. may be

<Regarding External Output Processing Executed by Main Controller 71>
Next, processing related to external output executed by the main controller 71 will be described. However, in the following description, among the external terminals 81a to 81h of the external terminal plate 81, the configuration related to the external output through the external terminal 81a for the big win and the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode will be mainly described.

First, the process related to the external output through the external terminal 81a for the jackpot will be briefly described.

The process of starting or stopping the external output through the external terminal 81a for the jackpot is included in the already described game state transition process (FIG. 15), and the external output is set in the external output setting process during mode transition in step S511. is started, and the external output is stopped by the external output canceling process at the time of mode transition in step S515.

More specifically, in step S511, in the external output buffer 94d, by setting "1" to the first unit area 121 corresponding to the external terminal 81a for the jackpot, the external In the output process (step S201), a signal output toward the external terminal 81a for the big win is started, and it becomes possible to output information associated with the external terminal 81a for the big win to the hall computer HC. . Further, in step S515, by setting "0" in the first unit area 121, in the external output process (step S201) of the next normal process (FIG. 12), the external terminal 81a for the jackpot Signal output stops.

Next, the processing related to the external output through the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode will be described.

The process of starting or stopping the external output through the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode is also included in the game state transition process (FIG. 15). These are the external output setting process at step S607 performed in the winning opening opening/closing process (FIG. 16) and the external output setting process at step S622 performed in the big winning opening opening/closing process.

First, the external output setting process when open and the external output setting process when closed will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 30(a) is a flow chart showing the external output setting process when opened, and FIG. 30(b) is a flow chart showing the external output setting process when closed.

As shown in FIG. 30(a), in the external output setting process at the time of opening, first, in step S1401, the closing flag provided in the RAM 94 of the main control unit 71 is confirmed, and the closing flag is erased. to run. The closed flag is a flag for the MPU 92 to specify that the big winning opening 32a is closed. After executing the process of step S1401, the second unit area 122 corresponding to the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode is checked in step S1402, and if it is "0", "1" is set, and " 1", keep that state. After that, the external output setting process at the time of this opening is ended. As a result, in the external output process (step S201) of the next normal process (FIG. 12), the signal output to the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is started, and the signal output to the external terminal 81a for the opening/closing execution mode is started. This information can be output to the hall computer HC.

On the other hand, in the external output setting process at the time of closing, as shown in FIG. 30B, first, at step S1501, the closing flag is set. In the subsequent step S1502, the closing counter CT is set to "2000", and the external output setting process at the time of final closing is completed. The closing counter CT is a counter for the MPU 92 to identify the period from when the big winning opening 32a is closed, and the numerical information set in the closing counter CT is used for timer interrupt processing (FIG. 11). is updated to be decremented by 1 each time is activated. Therefore, the period until the closed counter CT becomes "0" is 4 seconds, which is shorter than the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round of the special probability variable jackpot results A to F, and other Longer than the waiting time between rounds. However, the period is arbitrary as long as the relationship between the above rounds is maintained.

Furthermore, the period until the closing counter CT becomes "0" has the same length as 4 sec, which is the period required to execute the ending effect, and the closing counter CT reaches "0" at the end timing of the ending effect. is set to be However, the period may be set shorter than the ending effect.

Next, the standby external output setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S1601, it is determined whether or not "1" is set in the second unit area. If "1" is set in the second unit area, that is, if a signal directed to the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode is being output, it is checked in step S1602 whether or not the closing flag is set. judge. If the closed flag is set, it is determined in step S1603 whether or not the closed counter CT is "0". If the closed counter CT is "0", the second unit area is set to "0" in step S1504, and this standby external output setting process ends. As a result, the signal output to the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode is stopped in the external output process (step S201) of the next normal process (FIG. 12). If a negative determination is made in any of steps S1601 to S1603, this standby external output setting process is terminated.

Next, processing related to external output through the external terminal 81c for the support mode will be described. The process of starting or stopping the external output through the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is included in the transition process at the end of the opening/closing execution mode in step S516 in the game state transition process (FIG. 15).

In the processing related to the start of the external output for the support mode in the transition processing at the end of the opening/closing execution mode, the processing of setting the information in the third unit area 123 in the external output buffer 94d to "1" is executed. As a result, in the external output process (step S201) of the next normal process (FIG. 12), signal output to the external terminal 81c for the support mode is started, and the information accompanying the terminal 81c is output to the hall computer. It becomes possible to do it for HC. In this case, the timing at which the process for starting the external output for the support mode is executed is the timing at which the opening/closing execution mode ends. Further, the state in which "1" is set in the third unit area 123 is canceled by the process related to the external output stop for the support mode in the transition process at the end of the opening/closing execution mode. In addition, the state in which "1" is set in the third unit area 123 is, in addition to the above case, when shifting to the low frequency support mode after the high frequency support mode continues over 100 game rounds. is also canceled.

Incidentally, the external output setting process for the number of games is executed in step S310 of the game number control process (FIG. 13). In the external output setting process for the number of games, the process of setting the information of the fourth unit area 124 in the external output buffer 94d to "1" is executed. As a result, in the external output process (step S201) of the next normal process (FIG. 12), signal output toward the external terminal 81d for the number of games is started, and the information accompanying the terminal 81d is output to the hall computer. It becomes possible to do it for HC. In this case, the timing at which the external output setting process for the number of games is executed is the timing at which the game round ends. Further, the state in which "1" is set in the fourth unit area 124 is canceled by the external output cancellation process of step S411 in the fluctuation start process (FIG. 14).

<Regarding external output processing executed by hall computer HC>
Next, processing executed by the hall computer HC according to the external output from the pachinko machine 10 will be described.

As already explained, the hall computer HC is electrically connected to each pachinko machine 10 through the electrical wiring group EL1. Regarding such electrical connection in detail, as shown in FIG. 28, the electrical wiring group EL1 has six individual electrical wirings. On the other hand, the external terminal plate 81 of the pachinko machine 10 is provided with eight external terminals 81a to 81h as shown in FIG. 29(a). In other words, the number of signal paths between one pachinko machine 10 and the hall computer HC is smaller than the number of external terminals 81a to 81h provided in the pachinko machine 10 concerned.

In this case, the external terminal 81a for the jackpot and the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode are for outputting the external output during the opening/closing execution mode. The terminals 81c to 81h are independent and have no correlation with the contents of the external outputs. Therefore, in a game hall where the pachinko machine 10 is introduced without modifying the conventional equipment, either one of the external terminal 81a for the jackpot and the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is selected and electrically connected. is considered to be performed. In addition, even in a game hall that can provide the same number of signal paths as the number of external terminals 81a to 81h by refurbishing conventional equipment, the data counter DC displays the number of executions of a predetermined opening/closing execution mode. It is necessary to select the terminal that reflects the information on the second display section DC2 from among the external terminal 81a for the big win and the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode. However, the hall computer HC executes the same management process regardless of which terminal is selected.

The management processing executed by the hall computer HC will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the management process is started periodically at a relatively short period of 1 msec.

First, in step S1701, the managed counter provided in the RAM 203 of the hall computer HC is updated. As a result, the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time is changed from the previous time. In the subsequent step S1702, it is determined whether or not reception of the opening/closing execution mode system signal (the signal from the external terminal 81a for the big win or the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode) from the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time has started. . In this case, among the electrical wiring group EL1 of the hall computer HC, the electrical wiring to be connected to either the external terminal 81a for the jackpot or the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is predetermined. It is determined whether signal reception has started through the wiring.

In addition, when the "signal reception" is always rising from LOW to HI, it is sufficient to determine whether or not the rise of this signal has occurred. If it is to fall, it is sufficient to determine whether or not the fall of this signal has occurred.

If an affirmative determination is made in step S1702, information on the date and time when the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time has started receiving opening/closing execution mode signals is stored in the RAM 203 in step S1703. In subsequent step S1704, control start processing for the second display unit is executed. Specifically, display control is performed on the second display unit DC2 so that 1 is added to the number of times information of the second display unit DC2 in the data counter DC corresponding to the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time, and after the addition By flashing the information on the number of times of opening and closing, the player and the manager of the game hall are notified that the opening/closing execution mode is in progress. In addition, the mode of the notification is arbitrary. For example, if the data counter DC is provided with a light-emitting section other than the first display section DC1 and the second display section DC2, the light-emitting section is set to a light-emitting state or a blinking state. It is good also as composition which assumes.

If a negative determination is made in step S1702 or after execution of the processing in step S1704, the process advances to step S1705. In step S1705, it is determined whether or not the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time has finished receiving the opening/closing execution mode system signal. If the "reception of signal" means rising from LOW to HI all the time, it is determined whether or not reception of the switching execution mode system signal has been completed based on whether or not a fall from HI to LOW has occurred. If "receipt of signal" is to always fall from HI to LOW, whether or not reception of the opening/closing execution mode system signal has been completed depends on whether or not a rise from LOW to HI has occurred. should be determined.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S1705, information of the date and time when reception of the opening/closing execution mode system signal for the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time is completed is stored in the RAM 203 in step S1706. In the subsequent step S1707, control end processing for the second display unit is executed. Specifically, display control is performed on the second display section DC2 in the data counter DC corresponding to the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time so that the number of times information continues to be displayed after the blinking display of the second display section DC2 ends. do.

If a negative determination is made in step S1705 or after execution of the processing in step S1707, the process advances to step S1708. In step S1708, it is determined whether or not the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time has started receiving a support mode signal. In this case, it is determined whether signal reception has started through the electrical wiring connected to the external terminal 81c for the support mode in the electrical wiring group EL1 of the hall computer HC.

If an affirmative determination is made in step S1708, information on the date and time when the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time has started receiving support mode signals is stored in the RAM 203 in step S1709. In the subsequent step S1710, support mode notification start processing is executed. In the support mode system notification start processing, the data counter DC corresponding to the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time starts notification indicating that the high frequency support mode is in progress. Although the mode of the notification is arbitrary, for example, the number of times information displayed on the first display unit DC1 may be blinked, or the dedicated light emitting unit may be lit or blinked.

If a negative determination is made in step S1708, or if the process of step S1710 has been executed, the process advances to step S1711 to execute a process corresponding to another external output for the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time. For example, when the reception of the support mode system signal is completed, the RAM 203 stores the information of the date and time when the reception of the support mode system signal is completed for the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time, and the high frequency support mode is in progress. End the notification indicating that

Further, for example, when the reception of the signal from the external terminal 81d for the number of games is started, the number information of the first display section DC1 in the data counter DC corresponding to the pachinko machine 10 to be managed is incremented by 1. The display of the first display section DC1 is controlled such that Further, when reception of a signal from the external terminal 81f corresponding to the information output indicating that a predetermined number of game balls have been paid out is started, RAM 203 stores a predetermined number of balls for the pachinko machine 10 to be managed this time. information indicating that the game ball has been put out is stored together with date and time information. After executing the process of step S1711, this management process ends.

<Regarding the execution timing of external output>
Next, the execution timing of external output will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. FIG. 33(a) shows the opening/closing mode of the big winning hole 32a, FIG. 33(b) shows the output mode to the external terminal 81a for the big win, and FIG. 33(c) shows the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode. shows the output mode of Also, FIGS. 33(B1) to 33(B3) show the display contents of the second display section DC2 when the external terminal 81a for the jackpot is connected, and FIGS. 33(C1) to 33(C3) It shows the display contents of the second display section DC2 when the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode is connected.

First, at the timing of t1, one of the special probability variable jackpot results BE becomes a game result and the opening/closing execution mode is started, as shown in FIGS. 81a and the output of the signal to the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is started. In the open/close execution mode, the 1st to 8th rounds are executed by timing t2, during which the big winning opening 32a repeats the open state and the closed state. The period of the closed state in this case is 1.5 sec as already explained, and the closed state is switched to the open state before the closing counter CT reaches "0". Therefore, the signal output to the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is not stopped until the eighth round. In addition, in the second display section DC2 in the data counter DC, even if either the external terminal 81a for the big win or the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is connected, FIG. 33 (B1) and FIG. As shown in C1), "1" is added to the display of the number of big wins and updated (the figure shows the case where all of them were "0" before the addition).

When the eighth round ends at the timing of t2, the ending effect is executed. The ending effect is executed over 4 seconds and ends at the timing of t3. In addition, since 4 seconds have passed at the timing of t3 after the big winning opening 32a is closed at the end of the eighth round at the timing of t2, the value of the closed counter CT becomes "0" at the timing of t3. As shown in c), signal output to the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is stopped. In this case, since the opening/closing execution mode has not ended actually, as shown in FIG.33(b), the signal output to the external terminal 81a for large winnings is not stopped.

When the pseudo game round variation ends at the timing of t4 and the opening and closing execution mode is restarted from the ninth round, the big winning opening 32a is in an open state, so as shown in FIG. signal output to the external terminal 81b of is also restarted. In this case, in the second display part DC2 in the data counter DC, when the external terminal 81a for the big win is connected, the display of the number of big wins is not updated as shown in FIG. When the mode external terminal 81b is connected, as shown in FIG. 33 (C2), the display of the number of jackpots is updated by adding "1".

When the opening/closing execution mode ends at the timing of t5, the signal output to the external terminal 81a for the jackpot is stopped. Then, the ending effect is executed, and at the timing of t6, the signal output to the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode is also stopped.

Since the opening/closing execution mode started at the timing of t1 is the opening/closing execution mode based on any of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, when the opening/closing execution mode ends at the timing of t5, the winning/failure lottery mode becomes the high probability mode. and the support mode is set to high frequency support mode. Therefore, when the opening/closing execution mode ends at the timing of t5, it can be expected that a jackpot will be won after a relatively small number of games without reducing the number of balls in hand. At the timing of t7, when one of the jackpot results is obtained and the opening/closing execution mode is shifted to, as shown in FIGS. Signal output is started. In this case, in the second display part DC2 in the data counter DC, even if either the external terminal 81a for the big win or the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode is connected, As shown in (C3), "1" is added to the display of the number of jackpots and updated.

Therefore, even in the case of the pachinko machine 10, even if one opening/closing execution mode is shown as a plurality of opening/closing execution modes, by connecting the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode to the data counter DC, The number of times of the opening/closing execution mode in performance and the number of times of opening/closing execution mode on the display of the data counter DC can be displayed as the same number of times, and the number of big hits can be preferably displayed without destroying the game property. can be done.

For example, as a configuration in which the number of opening/closing execution modes in the effect and the number of opening/closing execution modes in the display of the data counter DC are displayed as the same number of times, an external controller for a jackpot is displayed for each game result that triggers the opening/closing execution mode. A configuration in which the mode of output to the terminal 81a is made different is also conceivable. Specifically, for example, depending on the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round of the opening and closing execution mode, the output to the external terminal 81a for the jackpot is started again at the timing when the ninth round is started. In addition, a configuration is assumed in which the output method is stored for each of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E. However, in this case, as the number of types of game results that trigger the opening/closing execution mode increases, the capacity for storing the output method also increases. unfavorable from On the other hand, according to this configuration, it is possible to synchronize the number of opening/closing execution mode performances with the number of times displayed by the data counter DC without significantly increasing the storage capacity of the main controller 71 .

According to this embodiment detailed above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

In the opening and closing execution mode executed based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, after the end of the 8th round, pseudo game round fluctuation is executed as a sub-side effect, and the pseudo game round fluctuation results in a jackpot result. The ninth round is started after the stop display corresponding to . As a result, it becomes possible for the player to recognize as if one big win results a plurality of times (two times) of the big win results in a row, and attention is paid to the special probability variable big win results B to E. can be increased.

Special probability variable jackpot results B to E shift to 16 round opening/closing execution mode, while other jackpot results, normal jackpot result and probability variable jackpot result shift to 8 round opening/closing execution mode, which is half of the 16 rounds. It was configured to Therefore, in the configuration to perform the pseudo game round variation between the eighth round and the ninth round of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E as described above, based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, 8 rounds is executed twice.

After the opening/closing execution mode of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E ends, the win/fail lottery mode becomes the high probability mode, and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. Therefore, when the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are obtained as described above, after the opening and closing execution mode for 8 rounds is performed twice, the next jackpot result can be obtained in a relatively small number of games without further reducing the number of balls held. can be expected. In other words, the opening and closing execution mode for 8 rounds is performed at least three times by the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, and the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are recognized as so-called double loop type jackpot results. becomes possible.

After setting the waiting time between the 8th round and the 9th round to be different depending on the type of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the pseudo game round variation of any number of 1 to 4 times in the waiting time It was configured to perform As a result, it becomes difficult to specify in which execution round the stop display corresponding to the jackpot winning is performed in each pseudo game round variation, and it is possible to increase the degree of attention of the pseudo game round variation.

When the stop display corresponding to the winning of the jackpot is performed in the variation of the pseudo game round, the pattern to be stopped and displayed is randomly determined to be either the first pattern or the second pattern. Here, after the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot results B to E ends, the win/fail lottery mode shifts to the high probability mode, and the support mode shifts to the unlimited high frequency support mode. In other words, even if the second symbol is stopped and displayed in the pseudo game round variation, after the open/close execution mode, the game shifts to the high-probability mode and the high-frequency support mode without restrictions. On the other hand, when the game result based on the normal lottery is the normal jackpot result, the second symbol is stopped and displayed in the game cycle, and after the open/close execution mode, the low probability mode and the high frequency with restrictions are applied. Switch to support mode. Therefore, when the second symbol is stopped and displayed in the pseudo game round fluctuation, it is as if it was a special probability variable jackpot result B to E. It is possible to make it appear as if the high-frequency support mode is continuing, and it is possible to give an impression as if the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are double loop type jackpot results.

When the pseudo game round variation is performed, if the holding information corresponding to the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E is stored in the holding ball storage area 94a, the symbol to be stopped and displayed is the second special symbol. It was configured to When the probability variable jackpot result or the special probability variable jackpot result A to E is stored as the hold information, the opening and closing execution mode of the 9th round to the 16th round is executed after the pseudo game round variation, and then the holding is continued. It is a case where the opening/closing execution mode is shifted to 8 rounds or 16 rounds, and after the opening/closing execution mode, the high probability mode and the support mode without restrictions are set, and the number of games played is relatively small without reducing the number of balls held. This is a case where it is expected that a jackpot result of . That is, when the pseudo-game round variation is performed, the above-mentioned various definite variable jackpot results are stored as holding information, and it is expected that the opening and closing execution mode for 8 rounds will be performed at least three times after the pseudo-game round variation. In this case, the configuration is such that the second special symbol as a symbol corresponding to the double loop type jackpot result is stopped and displayed. As a result, it is possible to increase the frequency with which the second special symbol is stop-displayed, and at the same time, increase the degree of attention to the stop-display of the second special symbol.

Furthermore, when performing the pseudo game round variation, even when at least two pieces of reservation information corresponding to the normal jackpot result are stored in the reservation ball storage area 94a, the symbol to be stopped and displayed is the second special symbol. did. When the opening and closing execution mode of 8 rounds is executed based on the result of the normal jackpot, when at least two pieces of hold information corresponding to the result of the normal jackpot are stored, 8 rounds are performed after the variation of the pseudo game. It is a situation where it can be expected that the opening and closing execution mode is performed at least three times, and even in such a case, the second special symbol is stopped and displayed by stopping and displaying the second special symbol in the pseudo game round fluctuation. It is possible to increase the frequency.

As a sub-side effect in the game round variation based on the success or failure lottery, when the game result is the normal jackpot result or the probability variable jackpot result, and in the reserved ball storage area 94a, the probability variable jackpot result and the special probability variable jackpot result A to E When the corresponding hold information is stored, the symbol to be stopped and displayed is the second special symbol. In the case where various probability variable jackpot results are stored as pending information, after the opening/closing execution mode of 8 rounds based on the game result of this time, the holding is continued, and then the opening/closing execution mode of 8 rounds or 16 rounds is entered, After the opening/closing execution mode, the high probability mode and the unrestricted support mode are set. That is, the game result is the normal jackpot result or the probability variable jackpot result, and the above-mentioned various probability variable jackpot results are stored as the holding information, the opening and closing execution for 8 rounds after the game round variation corresponding to the game result In this situation, it can be expected that the mode will be performed at least three times, and in this case, the configuration is such that the second special symbol as a symbol corresponding to the result of the double loop type jackpot is stopped and displayed. As a result, it is possible to increase the frequency with which the second special symbol is stop-displayed, and at the same time, increase the degree of attention to the stop-display of the second special symbol.

Furthermore, as a sub-side effect in the variation of game rounds based on the winning lottery, when the game result is a normal jackpot result or a probability variable jackpot result, and a plurality of reservation information corresponding to the normal jackpot result is stored in the reserved ball storage area 94a. Even when the second special symbol is stored, the symbol to be stopped and displayed is the second special symbol. Even in this situation, it can be expected that the opening and closing execution mode for 8 rounds will be performed three times. It is possible to increase the frequency of

As described above, as a sub-side effect in the game round variation based on the success or failure lottery, even if the second special symbol is stopped even in the normal jackpot result or the probability variable jackpot result, the high probability mode and the limit are set after the reservation. When the high-frequency support mode is set to none, the pattern to be stopped and displayed in the game round during the suspension is randomized to be either the first pattern or the second pattern regardless of the game result. It was configured to be decided on. As a result, even in the game round based on the winning lottery, the second special symbol is stopped and displayed, so that even if the result is a normal jackpot after that (even if the second symbol is stopped and displayed), the high probability mode and the unlimited mode can be used. It is possible to make it appear as if the high-frequency support mode is continuing, and the result of the game in which the second special symbol is stop-displayed can be given an impression as if it were a two-time loop type jackpot result.

In addition to the game results with long waiting times between the 8th and 9th rounds, such as the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the special probability variable jackpot results in which the waiting time between any rounds is the same length as between other rounds. A is provided, and in the special probability variable jackpot result A, 16 rounds of opening and closing execution mode are performed. As a result, even with the same game result of 16 rounds, the opening/closing execution mode for 8 rounds is performed twice, and the opening/closing execution mode for 16 rounds is continuously performed. There will be an opening and closing execution mode that directs to, and it is possible to diversify the game.

The effect between the rounds (pseudo game round variation) is a sub-side effect that is not based on the winning lottery. It is made to be more difficult to recognize than the pattern display device 41 which is the part. As a result, the player is expected to pay attention to the pattern display device 41 of the sub-side display unit, and it is possible to favorably achieve the effects of the presentation.

In a configuration in which a plurality of types of waiting times between rounds in the opening/closing execution mode are set corresponding to the types of jackpot results, the output of a signal to the external terminal 81b for the opening/closing execution mode has a predetermined waiting time between rounds. It is configured to stop when the time is exceeded. Therefore, when it is desired to display an opening/closing execution mode based on one jackpot result as a plurality of opening/closing execution modes, there is no need to set a plurality of types of output modes corresponding to the types of jackpot results, and the memory capacity of the main controller 71 is eliminated. can be reduced. In particular, this configuration can deal with a plurality of types of standby times simply by setting the threshold time for stopping the output of the signal to the external terminal 81b for the open/close execution mode. It can be said that the greater the number, the higher the reduction effect.

Using the configuration related to the output of the signal to the external terminal 81b, the display of the number of jackpots in the data counter DC provided in the Hall Island equipment is configured to add 1 for each opening and closing execution mode for 8 rounds. As a result, in executing the effect of recognizing one jackpot result as a plurality of jackpot results as described above, there is no difference between the effect of the pachinko machine 10 and the display of the number of jackpots on the data counter DC. It is possible to concentrate on the production without any distractions.

<Second embodiment>
In this embodiment, the processing configuration regarding the number of variations in the pseudo-game times between the eighth round and the ninth round in the opening/closing execution mode is different from that of the first embodiment. A different configuration will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 34(a) is a flowchart showing stop symbol determination processing for a pseudo-game round by the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72 in this embodiment, and FIG. 34(b) is a pseudo-game round table provided in the ROM 103. FIG. 34(c) is an explanatory diagram for explaining the variation time of the pseudo-game round variation.

Here, in the above-described first embodiment, the number of times the pseudo game round variation is executed respectively in the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is set in advance, but in this embodiment, the pseudo game round variation is executed. The number of times to do is not predetermined. Furthermore, in this embodiment, only two types of special probability variable jackpot result A and special probability variable jackpot result B are set as the types of the special probability variable jackpot result. And, between the 8th round and the 9th round of the special probability variable jackpot result B, the pseudo game round variation is executed any number of times from 1 to 4 times. Corresponding to this, in step S612 in the big winning opening opening/closing process (FIG. 16), it is determined whether or not the numerical information of the round counter RC is "8" in the opening/closing execution mode based on the special probability variable jackpot result B. It is configured to That is, in the case of the special probability variable jackpot result A, a negative determination is made in step S612, and the process proceeds to step S615.

In addition, in the standby time setting process (step S620) in the present embodiment, a process of setting the timer counter T to "19000" is executed, and a round end command including information on the standby time is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72. Execute the process that is set as the target. That is, in the present embodiment, the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round in the special probability variable jackpot result B is fixed, although the number of times the pseudo game round variation is executed is not predetermined. is 38 sec.

Now, in the stop symbol determination process for the pseudo-game turn in this embodiment, it is determined whether or not the numerical information of the fluctuation number counter H is "0" at step S1801 in the same manner as in step S1301 of the first embodiment. , "0", the process proceeds to step S1802. In step S1802, information on the pseudo counter GK provided in the RAM 104 is acquired. The pseudo counter GK is, for example, a loop counter that is updated by adding 1 in order within the range of 0 to 39 and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value, and is updated at a predetermined timing.

In the subsequent step S1803, the information of the variation frequency table stored in the ROM 103 is obtained. As shown in FIG. 33(b), the variation number table is set with variation numbers of 1 to 4 pseudo game rounds corresponding to the pseudo counter GK. In the subsequent step S1804, using the pseudo counter GK and the variation frequency table obtained in steps S1802 and S1803, the variation frequency of the pseudo game round to be executed within the current standby time is determined. Then, in step S1805, the process of inputting the number of fluctuations determined in step S1804 to the fluctuation number counter H is executed. .

If a negative determination is made in step S1801, or if the process of step S1806 has been executed, the process advances to step S1807. The processing of steps S1807 to S1814 is the same as the processing of steps S1310 to S1317 in the first embodiment. After executing the process of step S1814, the stop symbol determination process for the pseudo-game cycle is ended.

In the determination process (step S1210) of the variation pattern of the standby effect determination process (FIG. 22) in the present embodiment, when the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the out result is performed, the effect duration of the pseudo game round (effect duration) is set to 6 sec, and when the simulated game round variation corresponding to the big hit result is performed, the total sum of the duration of the performance corresponding to the result of losing is subtracted from 30 sec, and the content of the performance is determined as the duration of the performance. .

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 34(c), when the pseudo-game round variation corresponding to the deviation result is not performed even once, that is, in step S1805, the numerical information input to the variation counter H is "1". In some cases, the content of the effect is determined by setting the effect duration of the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the big win result to 30 seconds. If the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the result of the deviation is performed once, that is, if the numerical information input to the variation counter H in step S1805 is "2", the effect of the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the big hit result is continued. The content of the presentation is determined with the time set to 24 seconds. If the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the result of the deviation is performed twice, that is, if the numerical information input to the variation counter H in step S1805 is "3", the effect of the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the jackpot result is continued. The content of the presentation is determined with the time set to 18 seconds. If the pseudo game round fluctuation corresponding to the result of the deviation is performed three times, that is, if the numerical information input to the fluctuation number counter H in step S1805 is "4", the effect of the pseudo game round fluctuation corresponding to the jackpot result is continued. The content of the presentation is determined with the time set to 12 seconds.

That is, in the present embodiment, by differentiating the production duration of the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the jackpot result, the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round in the special probability variable jackpot result B is the same length. Also, it is possible to execute a plurality of pseudo game round fluctuations.

According to this embodiment detailed above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

In the above first embodiment, by providing a plurality of types of jackpot results for executing the pseudo game round variation between rounds, the pseudo game round variation between the rounds is configured to be executed at different times, respectively, but this embodiment Then, by differentiating the performance duration time of the pseudo game round variation corresponding to the jackpot result, the pseudo game round variation between rounds is executed at different times. As a result, it is possible to achieve the effects described in the first embodiment while suppressing an increase in the storage capacity of the main controller 71 due to an increase in the types of jackpot results.

Especially in this embodiment, even if the pseudo game round fluctuation is executed with any number of fluctuations, the waiting time between the eighth round and the ninth round is the same, so the fluctuation of the pseudo game round fluctuation Depending on the number of times, there is no effect on the progress time of the opening/closing execution mode. For example, in the first embodiment, the special probability variable jackpot result E is 18 seconds longer than the special probability variable jackpot result B in the progress time of the opening/closing execution mode in total, and when the special probability variable jackpot result E is obtained, that amount is based on the lottery. The time during which the game round can be executed is shortened, and the progress of the game is affected by the type of special probability variable jackpot result to be won. On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, even if the number of variations of the pseudo game rotation variations is different, the progress of the game is not affected, and the excellent effects described in the first embodiment can be achieved. It becomes possible.

<Other embodiments>
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the contents described in each of the embodiments described above, and may be carried out as follows, for example. Incidentally, each of the following configurations may be applied singly to the configuration of each of the above embodiments, or may be applied in a predetermined combination to the configuration of each of the above embodiments.

(1) The manner in which the big winning opening 32a is opened in the open/close execution mode is the same for all rounds, but may be different for each round. For example, in addition to the high winning mode in which the maximum number of game balls can be expected to win in one round, the low mode in which the maximum number of game balls can be expected not to win A configuration may be adopted in which the winning opening mode is set and the big winning opening 32a is opened in the low winning opening mode in any round or all rounds. In this case, depending on the type of the jackpot result, it is preferable to set a jackpot result including the round of the low winning mode and a jackpot result not including the round of the low winning mode. However, as described above, in the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, in order to recognize the 1st to 8th rounds and the 9th to 16th rounds as opening and closing execution modes based on different jackpot results , 1st to 8th rounds and 9th to 16th rounds, the opening/closing modes of the big winning openings 32a are the same as the opening/closing modes of the 1st to 8th rounds of the opening/closing execution modes based on different jackpot results. It is desirable to set so that

(2) Although it was configured to perform a pseudo-game round variation in the waiting time between the 8th and 9th rounds of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, even if it is executed in the waiting time between other consecutive rounds good. However, in order for the player to recognize the opening and closing execution mode based on one jackpot result as the opening and closing execution mode based on a plurality of jackpot results, the number of rounds before and after the pseudo game round variation is performed, respectively. Desirably equal to the number of rounds in result-based open and close execution mode. In addition, even if the number of rounds before and after the pseudo game round variation and the number of rounds of other jackpot results are different, for example, by combining the configuration of (1), at least the special probability variable jackpot result B ~ In the opening and closing execution mode of E, the expected number of balls (or the expected number of prize balls) before and after the pseudo game round variation is the same or approximately the same number as the total expected number of balls (or the total number of expected prize balls) in other jackpot results. should be set as follows.

(3) The types of jackpot results are not limited to those described above. For example, as one type of probability variable jackpot results, the opening/closing execution mode becomes a low-frequency winning mode, and furthermore, after the opening/closing execution mode ends, the winner/failure lottery mode has a high probability. mode, the support mode is maintained in the previous mode, and the non-explicit probability variable jackpot result (non-explicit high probability corresponding game result or the result of the latent probability variable state), and the opening and closing execution mode is a low frequency winning mode Furthermore, after the opening and closing execution mode ends, the winning lottery mode becomes the high probability mode, and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. may be included. In this case, further diversification of the probability variable jackpot results is achieved.

In addition, as a type of loss result in the winning lottery, a special losing result (small winning result) in which the transition to the opening and closing execution mode of the low frequency winning mode does not occur after the transition to the winning lottery mode and the support mode is included. may be In the configuration in which both the non-explicit probability variable jackpot result and the special loss result as described above are set, the opening/closing execution mode shifts to the low frequency winning mode, and the support mode is maintained at the previous mode. On the other hand, due to the difference in the transition mode of the winning lottery mode, for example, when one of the non-explicit probability variable jackpot result or the special loss result occurs in the normal game state, it is actually It is possible for the player to predict which result the game corresponds to.

(4) In the opening and closing execution modes of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E, the effect is performed as if the opening and closing execution modes for 8 rounds are performed twice, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the opening/closing execution mode for 16 rounds, the opening/closing execution mode for 4 rounds may be performed four times. A configuration may be adopted in which an effect is produced as if it were performed. In the former case, it is desirable to set the game result of shifting to the opening/closing execution mode for 4 rounds as another jackpot result. It is desirable to set the game result to shift to. The point is that the opening/closing execution modes of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E should be composed of a combination of opening/closing execution modes based on other jackpot results.

However, even if the 1st to Nth rounds in the opening and closing execution modes of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E are different from the opening and closing execution modes based on other jackpot results, the N+1th round to the 16th round are other If it is composed of an opening/closing execution mode based on the jackpot results, it is possible to recognize at least the 1st round to Nth round as the first winning, and the N+1st round to 16th round as winning opening/closing execution mode. is.

(5) Only the standby time between the 8th round and the 9th round in the opening and closing execution modes of the special probability variable jackpot results B to E is configured to be different from the standby time between other consecutive rounds. Not limited. For example, there may be a waiting time between rounds that is longer or shorter than the waiting time between the other consecutive rounds, even though the pseudo-game round variation is not executed. In this case, a waiting time longer than the waiting time between other consecutive rounds may be set, and an advance notice performance suggesting the possibility that a pseudo game round variation may be performed during the long waiting time may be performed.

(6) The main display unit 43 displays the game result of each game round based on the winning/failure determination, and the first holding lamp unit 45 displays the number of holds corresponding to the main display unit 43, but the main display At least one of the portion 43 and the first reservation lamp portion 45 may be omitted. In this case, the pseudo game round variation executed by the symbol display device 41 becomes difficult to distinguish from the game round variation corresponding to the main display unit 43 executed by the same symbol display device 41, and the pseudo game round variation during the open/close execution mode. It is possible to further enhance the effect of executing the variation.

(7) In the hold confirmation process for the game round and the hold confirmation process for the pseudo game round, the number and types of hold information that triggers the change of the stop pattern of the pattern display device 41 are not limited to those described above. For example, even when one piece of reservation information corresponding to the result of a normal jackpot is stored, the stop pattern may be changed, and when three or more pieces are stored, the stop pattern may be changed. In the former case, the opening and closing execution mode should be changed to the first symbol as the stop symbol corresponding to the probability variable jackpot result in correspondence with the fact that the opening and closing execution mode is executed twice including this time. In the latter case, the opening and closing execution mode is the current time. For example, the second special pattern may be displayed in gold as a pattern different from the pattern that can be normally stopped, and stopped.

Also, together with the reserved information corresponding to the results of various definite variable jackpots, when the reserved information digested before it corresponds to the results of the normal jackpots, the patterns different from the patterns that can normally be stopped are stopped. may be configured.

(8) In the hold confirmation process for the game round and the hold confirmation process for the pseudo game round, the hold information that serves as a trigger for changing the stop pattern of the pattern display device 41 is not limited to that corresponding to the jackpot result, for example It is also possible to change the stop pattern even when holding information corresponding to a special loss result in which the winning/failure lottery mode and the support mode are not changed although the game is shifted to the opening/closing execution mode is stored.

Furthermore, the stop symbol may be changed depending on the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. In this case, for example, based on the numerical information of the variation type counter CS, when the stored pending information is digested, when the variation display of the expected degree of winning the jackpot is a predetermined value or more, It is good to have the structure which changes a stop pattern.

(9) In the stop symbol determination process for the game round and the stop symbol determination process for the pseudo game round, based on the reception of each promotion command, the stop symbol of the game round or the pseudo game round is changed to the second special symbol. However, it may be configured such that the stop symbol of the game round or the pseudo-game round is changed to the second special symbol with a predetermined probability based on the reception of each promotion command. In this case, in the stop symbol determination process for the game cycle, after the affirmative determination is made in step S1107, the counter and the lottery table for lottery for changing to the second special symbol are referred to, and if the lottery is won, step S1108. If the subsequent process is executed and the lottery is not won, the process proceeds to step S1110. Also, in the pseudo-game round, in the effect determination process (FIG. 20), after step S1007 and step S1009, the above lottery process is added, and when the lottery is won, each promotion flag is set to "1". configuration.

(10) The execution timing of the hold confirmation process for the game round is not limited to the above embodiment, and may be any timing at least until the change in the current game round is finally stopped.

(11) In the hold confirmation process for the pseudo game round, when the hold information corresponding to the big hit result is stored, the special notification may be performed at the timing before the pseudo game round variation. For example, as a configuration for displaying a symbol corresponding to the result of the big win that triggered the current opening/closing execution mode in the round effect, when the special notification is performed, the display of the symbol is changed from the second symbol to the first symbol. A notification method of changing from 2 symbols to a 2nd special symbol or from a 1st symbol to a 2nd special symbol can be considered.

(12) Although the configuration does not include the round display section for displaying the number of rounds in the open/close execution mode, the configuration may include it. In this case, it is specified that the opening and closing execution mode based on the result of one jackpot is divided by the number of rounds displayed in the round display section, and the effect is executed as if multiple opening and closing execution modes are being performed. Therefore, for example, it is preferable to use a shielding member to make it difficult or impossible to recognize the number of rounds from the round display section.

(13) The number of openings and openings of the big winning opening 32a in the opening/closing execution mode and the mode of opening are not limited to those in the above embodiment, and at least one of the effects individually described in the above embodiment can be achieved. is optional if possible.

In addition, the upper limit number of each round game is not limited to those in the above embodiment, and is arbitrary as long as at least one of the effects individually described in the above embodiment can be achieved. .

(14) Reserved information relating to winning to the upper operating port 33 and pending information relating to winning to the lower operating port 34 are stored separately, and the pending information relating to winning to the lower operating port 34 is preferentially stored. You may apply the structure which is digested, and conversely, you may apply the structure which preferentially digests the pending|holding information which concerns on the prize-winning to the upper operation|movement opening 33. FIG.

(15) The pattern display device 41 or a dedicated display device may be configured to notify the number of executions of the predetermined opening/closing execution mode, the number of executions of the game cycle, and the high-frequency support mode. In this case, instead of or in addition to the configuration related to the external output in the above embodiment, information related to the number of opening/closing execution modes is sent to the sub-side control device (audio emission control device 72 in the above embodiment) or a dedicated display device. configuration may be applied. In addition, a first output mode in which the signal output is performed in the same manner as the external output to the external terminal 81a for the jackpot in the above embodiment, and an external terminal 81b for the opening and closing execution mode in the above embodiment. A second output mode in which the signal output is performed in the same manner as the output mode is stored in advance on the program of the main control device 71, and through operation of a predetermined manual operation unit, a manager of the game hall, etc. may select one of the above output modes.

In addition, a storage device is mounted for storing the duration of the opening/closing execution mode and the duration of the high-frequency support mode in a predetermined manner according to signal output from the main controller 71 and other controllers. The configuration as described above may be applied to the configuration. The storage device is considered to be used when nail adjustment is performed according to the game ball's output, and it is possible to perform signal output suitable for managing the nail adjustment.

(16) Display control based on commands output from the main control device 71 instead of the configuration in which the display control device 111 is controlled by the sound emission control device 72 based on commands output from the main control device 71 The device 111 may be configured to control the sound emission control device 72 . Further, instead of the configuration in which the sound emission control device 72 and the display control device 111 are provided separately, a configuration in which both control devices are provided as one control device may be used, and the function of one of the two control devices may be changed. may be integrated into the main controller 71 , or both functions of both controllers may be integrated into the main controller 71 . Also, the configuration of the command output from the main control device 71 to the sound emission control device 72 and the configuration of the command output from the sound emission control device 72 to the display control device 111 are arbitrary.

(17) The device that executes the effects for the game round and the simulated game round is not limited to the symbol display device 41, and the decorative member provided in a movable manner operates to perform the game round and the simulated game round. It may be a configuration in which an effect for the game round is executed, or a configuration in which the effects for the game round and the pseudo-game round are executed by lighting a predetermined light emitting unit, All or part of each of the above aspects It may be configured such that the effect for the game round and the simulated game round are executed by the combination of the above.

In these cases, the effect for the game cycle and the effect for the pseudo game cycle may be configured to be executed by separate devices. However, in order to make the effect for the simulated game cycle similar to the effect for the game cycle, the device that performs the effect for the simulated game cycle is configured to perform the effect for the game cycle in at least a part of the game cycle. is desirable.

(18) In each of the above-described embodiments, one game cycle is started on the main display unit 43 based on the success/failure determination by the main control device 71, but the present invention is not limited to this. , the above-mentioned game cycle is started at a timing before the timing at which the win-or-fail judgment is actually made when the conditions for the win-or-fail judgment are established in the main controller 71, and then the win-or-fail judgment is made. A configuration may be adopted in which the subsequent display mode, display duration, and stop result in the game round are determined. In this case, the main control unit 71 first transmits a command for variation when it is time to start a game cycle, and then determines whether the game is successful or not, determines the duration of the display, and determines the type. A configuration in which commands are transmitted may be employed, and a configuration in which the transmission timings of these time commands and type commands are shifted may be employed.

(19) In each of the above embodiments, the main display section 43 is configured to display the stop result corresponding to each game result. Even if it is a result, it may be configured to display a common stop result on the main display unit 43, and by randomly displaying the stop result on the main display unit 43, as a result, from the display of the main display unit 43 A configuration may be adopted in which it is not possible to identify which game result it is.

(20) In each of the above embodiments, the main display unit 43 and the character object display unit 44 are controlled by the main controller 71 side, and the first reservation lamp unit 45 and the second reservation lamp unit 46 are controlled by the sound emission control device 72 side. However, it is arbitrary which of the control devices 71 and 72 is used for control. may be configured.

(21) In the display screen G, apart from the symbols that are variably displayed to perform the effects for the game round and the pseudo-game round (specifically, the symbols that are scroll-displayed on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3), A design (picture) may be displayed to indicate the game result. For example, on the display screen G, an area for indication corresponding to at least one of an area narrower than the area where the pattern for effect is displayed and an area on the edge side is displayed, and at the end of the game round in this area for indication A display corresponding to the game result may be provided. In this case, the display may be a pattern of lighting colors in one or a plurality of partitions, or may be a pattern of hard-to-identify characters or patterns.

Further, the display may be made difficult for persons other than those who are familiar with the correspondence relationship between the display contents and the game results because the display contents are similar among the game results. In this case, it is possible to make it difficult for the player to grasp the game result through the display, but it is possible for the manager of the game hall to grasp the game result through the display. In addition, in the area for indication, a variable display or a switching display may be performed while the game round is continued, and although the display is not performed during the game round, the stop result is displayed when the game round ends. It may be configured to be

In any case, when performing the effect for the pseudo-game round, by configuring not to display in the above-mentioned area for explicit indication, the manager of the game hall, etc. can confirm the area for explicit indication. , it is possible to specify which effect is being performed out of the effect for the game cycle and the effect for the pseudo game cycle.

(22) When the pseudo-game round variation is performed, the holding display is performed as an effect in the holding display area Ga of the display screen G in the same manner as the normal game round, but the hold is held in a different area from the normal game round. A configuration in which display is performed as an effect may be employed. Further, the predetermined holding image may also be configured to perform the holding display using an image different from that of the normal game round.

(23) In the effect of the opening and closing execution mode other than the period during which the pseudo game round variation is performed, the configuration is such that the reserved display area Ga is not displayed, but it may be configured to be displayed. In this case, it is preferable to have a configuration in which a pseudo hold command is transmitted to the display control device 111 at the start of the opening and closing execution mode that performs the pseudo game round variation.

(24) The number of initial pending displays when executing the pseudo-game round variation is set to 4 regardless of the number of variations to be performed, but may be changed in accordance with the number of variations to be performed. In this case, the numerical information of the fluctuation counter H is input to the pseudo hold command and transmitted to the display control device 111, and based on the information of the pseudo hold command, the hold image in any unit hold display area Ga1 to Ga4 should be displayed differently.

(25) In the display of the number of reservations as an effect when executing the pseudo-game round variation, the reservation display area of the display screen G is performed without ON/OFF control of the LED lamp in the first reservation lamp unit 45 and switching of the emission color. Although it is configured to be performed by Ga, it may be configured to be performed in the first reservation lamp section 45 as well, or may be configured to be performed only in the first reservation lamp section 45 .

(26) Other types of pachinko machines different from the above embodiment, such as a pachinko machine in which an electric accessory is released a predetermined number of times when a game ball enters a specific area of a special device, or a game ball in a specific area of a special device. The present invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine in which a right is generated and a jackpot is awarded upon entry, a pachinko machine equipped with other accessories, an arrangement ball machine, a mammoth ball, and the like.

<Invention group extracted from the above embodiment>
Hereinafter, the features of the group of inventions extracted from each of the above-described embodiments will be described, showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following description, for ease of understanding, configurations corresponding to the above-described embodiments are appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but are not limited to the specific configurations shown in parentheses or the like.

<Characteristic group A>
Feature A1. A shooting means (game ball shooting mechanism 51) for shooting a game ball toward a game area based on a shooting operation by a player;
A ball entry portion (upper operation port 33 or lower operation port 34) provided in the game area and into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter;
Transition determination means for determining whether or not to transition the game state based on the fact that the game ball has entered the ball entering portion (function for executing the processing of step S401 in the MPU 92 of the main control device 71);
Variable ball entry means ( variable winning device 32),
Variable ball entry control means for executing variable ball entry control for switching the variable ball entry means to the second state after the variable ball entry means is in the first state (function for executing large winning opening opening/closing processing in the MPU 92 of the main controller 71); ,
Specific control setting means (main a function of executing game state transition processing in the MPU 92 of the control device 71;
Prior to the transition determination being made by the transition determining means or based on the transition determination being made by the transition determining means, a game rotation operation is started and corresponds to the determination result of the transition determining means. A game round that controls a specific notification means (symbol display device 41) so that the game round operation is performed in each game round, with the end of the game round operation as a notification result being regarded as one game round. Control means (function for executing the processes of steps S1001 to S1004 in the MPU 107 of the sound emission control device 72);
with
The game round control means, when the determination result of the transition determination means in the game round operation is the transition corresponding result, sets a specific notification result suggesting transition to the specific control state as the notification result for the game. Transition game round control means (function for executing stop symbol determination processing for game round in MPU 107 of sound emission control device 72) for controlling the specific notification means so as to end the round operation,
In the specific control state, during a predetermined standby period, which is a period from when the variable ball entry means switches from the first state to the second state to when it switches to the first state again, the specific notification means Special game round control means (MPU 102 of sound emission control device 72) for executing a special game round (pseudo game round) for starting the game round operation and ending the game round operation with the specific notification result as the notification result A gaming machine characterized by comprising a function of executing a standby effect determination process in.

According to the feature A1, when the determination result of the transition determination means is the result corresponding to the transition, the game state shifts to the specific control state, and the variable ball entry means enters the first state to enter the game ball. becomes possible. In this case, the specific notification result is notified as the notification result by the specific notification means, suggesting a shift to the specific control state. Therefore, it is possible to increase the degree of attention of a specific notification means.

Furthermore, in this game machine, during a predetermined standby period in which the variable ball entry means is in the second state, a special game round is executed by the specific notification means. In the special game round, the specific notification result is notified as the notification result. Therefore, the change of the variable ball-entering means to the first state after the predetermined waiting period can be made to appear as a specific control state shifted based on the number of games executed during the predetermined waiting period. As a result, it is possible to make the player think that one specific control state is a plurality of specific control states, and it is possible to increase the attention of the game without excessively increasing the ball output rate.

Feature A2. The gaming machine according to feature A1, wherein the special game round control means executes the special game round without being based on the transition determination by the transition determination means.

According to the feature A2, although the special game round is not based on the transition determination by the transition determination means, as described in the feature A1, the specific notification result is notified as the notification result. Therefore, there is no need to extremely increase the probability of the shift response result in order to notify the specific notification result as the notification result. can increase the attention of

Feature A3. Prior to the transition determination being made by the transition determining means or based on the transition determination being made by the transition determining means, the display is switched to correspond to the determination result of the transition determining means. Equipped with a result notification means (main display unit 43) for displaying as a display result,
The gaming machine according to feature A2, wherein the result notification means does not switch the display in the special game round.

According to feature A3, it is also possible to specify the determination result of the shift determination means by displaying it on the result display means. Since the special game round is executed without being based on the shift judgment of the shift judging means, it is possible to specify which of the variable display round and the special game round is being executed by confirming the result display means. becomes possible. In other words, it is possible to specify whether the game-turning motion is being performed based on the transition determination of the transition-determining means or whether the game-turning motion is being performed not based on the transition determination of the transition determining means. Become. As a result, while increasing the attention of the game as described above, it becomes possible for the manager of the game hall to identify fraudulent acts that cause the game to shift to the specific control state without based on the transition determination.

Feature A4. The transition determination means includes information acquisition means (a function of executing the process of step S108 in the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71) for acquiring special information based on the establishment of a predetermined acquisition condition, and the information acquisition means. Acquired information storage means (holding ball storage area 94a) for storing the acquired special information with a predetermined number as the upper limit as a plurality of numbers, and the special information stored in the acquired information storage means is a configuration for sequentially executing the transition determination using
Special display (holding image), and changes the special display each time the transition determination is performed by the transition determination means (a function of executing the processing of step S1012 in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72),
When the special game round is executed by the special game round control means, regardless of the number of the special information stored in the acquired information storage means, the specific display means or a display means different from the above The gaming machine according to feature A2 or feature A3, further comprising special memory number display means for displaying a special display (a function of executing the process of step S1211 in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72).

According to the feature A4, even when a special game round not based on the transition determination of the transition determination means is performed, the special display is displayed by the specific display means or the display means different from the memory number display means. It is possible to make it look as if a round (transition determination by the transition determination means) is being performed, and it is possible to bring the performance contents when the special game round is executed closer to the performance contents when the game round is executed. Become. As a result, it is possible to further enhance the effect of making the player think that the specific control state has shifted to the specific control state based on the specific notification result being notified as the notification result in the special game round.

Feature A5. The specific display means or a different display means includes at least a first display means (holding display area Ga) and a second display means (first holding lamp portion 45),
The special storage number display means causes the first display means to display the special display regardless of the number of the special information stored, while the second display means displays the special information stored in the acquired information storage means. Characteristic characterized by comprising storage number display means for displaying the special display corresponding to the storage number of special information (function for executing the processing of steps S1012 and S1211 in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72). A gaming machine described in A4.

According to the feature A5, even in the gaming machine of the feature A4, the second display means displays a special display corresponding to the number of special information. be able to. As a result, it is possible to identify a fraudulent act or the like that causes the transition determination means to perform transition determination without changing the number of stored special information.

Feature A6. The game according to feature A5, wherein the specific control state includes a period during which the special display is not displayed by the first display means at least before the start of the special game round. machine.

According to feature A6, during the specific control state, the period before the special game round is started and the special display by the first display means is not displayed, and the period during which the special game round is executed (predetermined The player can be made to think that the waiting period) and the waiting period are separate game states. As a result, even when the special game round is performed during the special control state, it is possible to enhance the effect of making the player think that the game round is being performed.

Feature A7. Feature A5 or feature characterized in that the specific control state includes a period in which the special display is not displayed by the first display means at least at a timing after the end of the special game round. A gaming machine described in A6.

According to feature A7, during the specific control state, the period after the end of the special game round in which the special display by the first display means is not displayed, and the period during which the special game round is executed (predetermined The player can be made to think that the waiting period) and the waiting period are separate game states. As a result, even when the special game round is performed during the special control state, it is possible to enhance the effect of making the player think that the game round is being performed.

In particular, by applying this configuration to the gaming machine having the feature A6, there is a period before and after the period in which the special game is executed during the specific control state, in which the first display means does not display the special display, It is possible to enhance the effect of making one specific control state appear as a plurality of specific control states.

Feature A8. A plurality of types of migration support results are set,
The special game round control means executes the special game round in the predetermined standby period in the specific control state that transitions based on a predetermined transition correspondence result,
The variable ball entry means calculates the expected number of game balls entering the variable ball entry means after the predetermined waiting period in the specific control state that transitions based on the predetermined transition correspondence result, The variable ball entry control is executed so that the expected number of game balls entering the variable ball entry means is the same or substantially the same in the specific control state that is shifted based on the transition corresponding result. The gaming machine according to any one of features A1 to A7, characterized by:

According to feature A8, the player is instructed to transition to a specific control state after a predetermined waiting period in a specific control state that transitions based on a predetermined transition response result, based on another transition response result. It is possible to make people think that they are in a specific control state. Thereby, the effect of the feature A1 can be enhanced.

Feature A9. At least one of the determination frequency of the transition determination means and the probability that the determination result of the transition determination means becomes the transition response result after the specific control state is satisfied based on the establishment of a predetermined condition. Advantageous state transition means (function for executing the processing of step S516 in the MPU 92 of the main controller 71) for shifting to an advantageous state (high probability mode or high frequency support mode) that is advantageous to the player compared to before the specific control state. prepared,
The gaming machine according to feature A8, wherein the advantageous state transition means transitions to the advantageous state at least after the specific control state based on the predetermined transition response result.

According to the feature A9, by entering an advantageous state after the specific control state, it is possible to shift to the specific control state relatively quickly without reducing the number of balls held, and to realize a so-called continuous game in the specific control state. Furthermore, the game machine can make the specific control state appear as a plurality of special control states by executing a special game cycle in a predetermined waiting period in the specific control state. That is, the player is made to think that the specific control state is guaranteed two or more times after the first time before the predetermined waiting period in the specific control state by obtaining the predetermined transition correspondence result. can be done. As a result, it is possible to increase the degree of attention to the predetermined transition response result without significantly increasing the ball output rate.

Feature A10. When the determination result of the transition determining means is an advantageous transition corresponding result (positive variable jackpot result) in which the transition to the advantageous state occurs after the specific control state, the game round control means changes the first specific notification result to the notification result. The specific notification means is controlled so as to end the game-playing operation, and the determination result of the transition determination means is a non-advantageous transition response result (normal jackpot result) that does not transition to the advantageous state after the specific control state. In a certain case, the specific notification means is controlled so as to end the game-playing action with the second specific notification result as the notification result, and the determination result of the transition determination means is the predetermined transition correspondence result. In this case, transition-specific game turn control means (game turn control means in MPU 107 of sound emission control device 72) for controlling the specific notification means to end the game turn operation with the third specific notification result as the notification result function to execute the stop pattern determination process),
The special game round control means makes the second specific announcement result in the special game round based on the establishment of a predetermined condition to end the operation for the game round as the notification result. The gaming machine according to feature A9, further comprising result changing means for controlling means (a function of executing stop symbol determination processing for a pseudo-game round in the MPU 107 of the sound emission control device 72).

According to the feature A10, the player can recognize that the state is shifted to an advantageous state after the specific control state by being notified of the first specific notification result as the notification result in the game round, and the second specific notification. By announcing the result as the notification result, it is possible to recognize that it will not transition to an advantageous state after the specific control state, and by announcing the third specific notification result as the notification result, it is a predetermined transition response result. can be recognized. On the other hand, in the special game round, the second specific notification result is notified as the notification result under a predetermined condition. After the specific control state in which the special game round is performed, as described in feature A9, the state shifts to an advantageous state. In other words, even if the second specific notification result is notified as the notification result, since the transition to the advantageous state is made thereafter, the predetermined transition response result is obtained and the third specific notification result is notified as the notification result. , it is possible to make it seem as if the specific control state is guaranteed at least three times.

Feature A11. The transition determination means includes information acquisition means (a function of executing the process of step S108 in the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71) for acquiring special information based on the establishment of a predetermined acquisition condition, and the information acquisition means. Acquired information storage means (holding ball storage area 94a) for storing the acquired special information with a predetermined number as the upper limit as a plurality of numbers, and the special information stored in the acquired information storage means is a configuration for sequentially executing the transition determination using
When the determination result of the transition determining means is an advantageous transition corresponding result (positive variable jackpot result) in which the transition to the advantageous state occurs after the specific control state, the game round control means changes the first specific notification result to the notification result. The specific notification means is controlled so as to end the game-playing operation, and the determination result of the transition determination means is a non-advantageous transition response result (normal jackpot result) that does not transition to the advantageous state after the specific control state. In a certain case, the specific notification means is controlled so as to end the game-playing action with the second specific notification result as the notification result, and the determination result of the transition determination means is the predetermined transition correspondence result. In this case, transition-specific game turn control means (game turn control means in MPU 107 of sound emission control device 72) for controlling the specific notification means to end the game turn operation with the third specific notification result as the notification result function to execute the stop pattern determination process),
The information corresponding to the determination result when the predetermined special information stored in the acquired information storage means is subject to the transition determination is stored before the predetermined special information becomes the subject of the transition determination. Equipped with a destination identification means (function for executing a pseudo-game hold confirmation process in the MPU 92 of the main control device 71) that is identified at the timing,
The special game round control means stores the advantageous transition correspondence result and When it is specified that the special information corresponding to at least one of the predetermined transition corresponding results is stored, the third specified notification result is used as the notification result in the special game round. Special result change means for controlling the specific notification means to end the operation (function for executing stop symbol determination processing for pseudo game times in MPU 102 of sound emission control device 72) The gaming machine according to feature A9 or feature A10.

According to the feature A11, the player can recognize that the state is shifted to the advantageous state after the specific control state by being notified of the first specific notification result as the notification result in the game round, and the second specific notification. By announcing the result as the notification result, it is possible to recognize that it will not transition to an advantageous state after the specific control state, and by announcing the third specific notification result as the notification result, it is a predetermined transition response result. can be recognized. Further, when it is specified by the destination specifying means that special information corresponding to at least one of the advantageous transition response result and the predetermined transition response result is stored, it is stored in the acquired information storage means after the specific control state. This is a case where the special information that has been set becomes the target of the shift determination, and the state further shifts to the specific control state, and after the specific control state, the state shifts to the advantageous state. In this case, assuming that the specific control state after a predetermined waiting period is the first win, it can be said that it is guaranteed that the game will transition to the specific control state at least twice thereafter. Therefore, since the determination result of the transition determining means is the same as the situation in which the predetermined transition correspondence result is obtained, the third specific notification result is notified as the notification result in the special game round. As a result, it is possible to increase the frequency with which the third specific notification result is notified as the notification result without increasing the probability that the predetermined transition response result will be obtained. It becomes possible.

Feature A12. The transition determination means includes information acquisition means (a function of executing the process of step S108 in the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71) for acquiring special information based on the establishment of a predetermined acquisition condition, and the information acquisition means. Acquired information storage means (holding ball storage area 94a) for storing the acquired special information with a predetermined number as the upper limit as a plurality of numbers, and the special information stored in the acquired information storage means is a configuration for sequentially executing the transition determination using
When the determination result of the transition determining means is an advantageous transition corresponding result (positive variable jackpot result) in which the transition to the advantageous state occurs after the specific control state, the game round control means changes the first specific notification result to the notification result. The specific notification means is controlled so as to end the game-playing operation, and the determination result of the transition determination means is a non-advantageous transition response result (normal jackpot result) that does not transition to the advantageous state after the specific control state. In a certain case, the specific notification means is controlled so as to end the game-playing action with the second specific notification result as the notification result, and the determination result of the transition determination means is the predetermined transition correspondence result. In this case, transition-specific game turn control processing (game turn control processing in MPU 107 of sound emission control device 72) for controlling the specific notification means to end the game turn operation with the third specific notification result as the notification result function to execute the stop pattern determination process),
The information corresponding to the determination result when the predetermined special information stored in the acquired information storage means is subject to the transition determination is stored before the predetermined special information becomes the subject of the transition determination. Equipped with a destination identification means (function for executing a pseudo-game hold confirmation process in the MPU 92 of the main control device 71) that is identified at the timing,
The special game round control means stores the non-advantageous transition correspondence result by the destination specifying means at a timing before ending the operation for the game round as the notification result at least in the special game round. When it is specified that a plurality of the special information corresponding to the are stored, the specific game cycle operation is terminated with the third specific notification result as the notification result in the special game cycle. Any one of features A9 to A11 characterized by comprising a special result changing means for controlling the reporting means (a function of executing stop symbol determination processing for a pseudo-game round in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72) The game machine described.

According to the feature A12, the player can recognize that the state is shifted to an advantageous state after the specific control state by being notified of the first specific notification result as the notification result in the game round, and the second specific notification. By announcing the result as the notification result, it is possible to recognize that it will not transition to an advantageous state after the specific control state, and by announcing the third specific notification result as the notification result, it is a predetermined transition response result. can be recognized. Further, when it is specified by the destination specifying means that a plurality of pieces of special information corresponding to the non-advantageous transition handling result are stored, the special information stored in the acquired information storage means after the specified control state is used for the transition determination. This is a case where, by becoming a target, the transition to the specific control state occurs a plurality of times. In this case as well, if the specific control state after a predetermined waiting period is the first hit, it can be said that it is guaranteed that the game will transition to the specific control state at least twice thereafter. Therefore, since the determination result of the transition determining means is the same as the situation in which the predetermined transition correspondence result is obtained, the third specific notification result is notified as the notification result in the special game round. As a result, it is possible to increase the frequency with which the third specific notification result is notified as the notification result without increasing the probability that the predetermined transition response result will be obtained. It becomes possible.

Feature A13. When the specific notification means is controlled by the special result changing means to end the operation for the game round with the third specific notification result as the notification result in the special game round, the destination specifying means said special information corresponding to said advantageous transition corresponding result specified by said game round in which said second specific notification result is used as said notification result in said game round in which said transition determination is made by said transition determination means; said operation for said game round A feature A11 or feature A12 characterized by comprising a result re-changing means (a function of executing the process of step S1114 in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72) for controlling the specific notification means to end the The game machine described.

According to the characteristic A13, by announcing the third specific notification result as the notification result, as described in the characteristic A11, the specific control state after the predetermined waiting period is the first hit, and then the specific control state twice after that has already been notified that it is in a guaranteed state to transition to In this case, in the game turn corresponding to the advantageous transition correspondence result that triggered the change by the special result changing means as in the present configuration, the second specific notification result is notified as the notification result, thereby obtaining the advantageous transition correspondence result. It is possible to make the player think that the advantageous state after the specific state based on is based on the previously notified third specific notification result. Therefore, it is possible to increase the degree of attention to the notification of the third specific notification result.

Feature A14. When the specific control state starts, the specific notification means executes a predetermined start effect, and when the specific control state ends, the specific notification means executes a predetermined end effect. A specific control effect means (function for executing the process of step S1012 in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72) is provided,
Furthermore, in the predetermined standby period, the special game round is executed after the execution of the end production, and the special game round production means (in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72) for executing the start production after informing the specific notification result The gaming machine according to any one of features A1 to A13, characterized by comprising a function of executing the processes of steps S1205 to S1207 and steps S1212 to S1215.

According to feature A14, the end effect is executed in a predetermined waiting period, and the player recognizes that the specific control state is ended. After that, after the specific notification result is notified by the special game round control means, the start effect is executed. Then, the variable ball entering means is in the first state. Therefore, in the performance in one specific control state, there are multiple sets of performances from the start to the end of the specific control state, and the specific control state after the predetermined waiting period is determined by the transition determination means. It is possible to enhance the specific control state and the effect that the player thinks of.

Feature A15. The special game times are executed over a plurality of times,
The special game round control means is characterized in that in at least one of the special game rounds, the specific notification result is used as the notification result, and the operation for the game round is terminated so as not to control the specific notification means. The gaming machine according to any one of features A1 to A14.

According to the feature A15, it is possible to make the special game round in the predetermined standby period closer to the content of the game round based on the determination by the transition determining means. This makes it possible to increase the degree of attention to the special game round during the predetermined waiting period.

Feature A16. A plurality of types of the predetermined waiting period are set so that the length of the period is different,
Number setting means for setting the number of times of the special game to be different corresponding to the length of the predetermined waiting period (function for executing the processing of steps S1301 to S1308 in the MPU 92 of the main control device 71) The gaming machine according to feature A15, characterized in that

According to the feature A16, it becomes difficult to specify in which special game round the specific notification result is notified. As a result, it is possible to increase the degree of attention of the special game round, and to improve interest.

Feature A17. The gaming machine according to feature A15, wherein the predetermined waiting period has the same length regardless of the number of times the special game is played.

According to feature A17, in the gaming machine described in feature A15, even if the number of special game rounds is changed, there is no need to change the length of the predetermined waiting period. Therefore, since there is no need to execute the processing for changing, it is possible to achieve the above excellent effects while simplifying the processing configuration.

Feature A18. Output means for outputting a signal indicating information indicating the specific control state to external means (function for executing the process of step S201 in the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71),
The predetermined waiting period is longer than another waiting period in which the variable ball entry means is in the second state in the specific control state,
The output means switches the output mode of the output means on the condition that the second state is maintained for a predetermined period after the variable ball entry means is switched from the first state to the second state. Means (function for executing standby external output setting processing in MPU 92 of main control device 71),
The gaming machine according to any one of features A1 to A17, wherein the predetermined period is longer than the other waiting period and shorter than the predetermined waiting period.

According to feature A18, the output mode of the output unit is switched during a predetermined standby period, but not during other standby periods. As a result, even if one specific control state is shown as an effect like a plurality of specific control states as in the gaming machine of feature A1, the output mode of the output means is changed in correspondence with the apparent number of specific control states. switching can be performed. Therefore, for example, even if the external means notifies the number of times of the specific control state based on the switching of the output mode by the output means, there is a difference between the number of times of the specific control state in appearance and the number of times in the notification. It is possible to notify the number of times of the specific control state without canceling each of the excellent effects described above.

<Characteristic group B>
Feature B1. A shooting means (game ball shooting mechanism 51) for shooting a game ball toward a game area based on a shooting operation by a player;
A ball entry portion (upper operation port 33 or lower operation port 34) provided in the game area and into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter;
Transition determination means for determining whether or not to transition the game state based on the fact that the game ball has entered the ball entering portion (function for executing the processing of step S401 in the MPU 92 of the main control device 71);
Variable ball entry means ( variable winning device 32),
Variable ball entry control means for executing variable ball entry control for switching the variable ball entry means to the second state after the variable ball entry means is in the first state (function for executing large winning opening opening/closing processing in the MPU 92 of the main controller 71); ,
Specific control setting means (main a function of executing game state transition processing in the MPU 92 of the control device 71;
output control means (function for executing the processing of step S201 in the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71) for controlling the output means (external terminal 81b for open/close execution mode) for outputting a signal to external means;
with
The output control means switches the output mode of the output means on the condition that the second state is maintained for a predetermined period after the variable ball entry means is switched from the first state to the second state. A game machine characterized by comprising switching means (a function of executing standby external output setting processing in the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71).

According to feature B1, since the variable ball entry control is performed to switch to the second state after the specific control state is set to the first state, at least when a predetermined period has elapsed after the specific control state ends, the output of the output means A mode switch is made and external means can identify the end of a particular control state. Also, since the variable ball entry control is performed a plurality of times, the period during which the variable ball entry means is in the second state during the plurality of times of the variable ball entry control is set to a predetermined period or longer or shorter than the predetermined period. Whether or not the output mode of the output means is switched in the specific control state can be made different. With these, it is possible to make the external means specify whether or not to specify one specific control state over multiple times. Even if the game is diversified by directing as if a specific control state is executed multiple times, the specific number of times in an external means and the effect are not contradicted, and the game is suitably diversified. It is possible to plan As the external means, for example, display means for displaying the number of specified switching of the output mode of the output means can be considered.

Feature B2. In the specific control state, a long standby period longer than at least other standby periods is set in the standby period during which the variable ball-entering means switches from the first state to the second state and then switches to the first state again. has been
The gaming machine according to feature B1, wherein the predetermined period is longer than the other standby period and shorter than the long standby period.

According to feature B2, the output mode of the output means is switched during the long standby period, but is not switched during other standby periods. By confirming the switching of the output mode of the output means, the external means can specify a plurality of specific control states before and after the long standby period. Thereby, it is possible to distinguish between a continuous period in which the variable ball entry control is continuously performed in the specific control state and a long waiting period. For example, by providing the continuous period before and after the long standby period, it is possible to produce an effect as if the specific control state is being executed multiple times, and the number of times of switching the output means (specific number of times by external means) and It is possible to set the same number as the number of executions of the performance of the specific control state. As a result, it is possible to suitably diversify the game.

Feature B3. A second output means (external terminal 81a for jackpot) that is provided separately from the output means and outputs a signal to the external means,
The gaming machine according to feature B1 or feature B2, wherein the output control means switches the output mode of the second output means based on the end of the specific control state.

According to feature B3, the external means can specify that the game state of the gaming machine has transitioned to the specific control state by switching the output mode of the second output means. Therefore, as described in feature B1, depending on the output means, one specific control state can be specified multiple times, and depending on the second output means, the number of transitions to the specific control state can be specified. As a result, while diversifying games, for example, it is possible to suitably execute the management of putting out balls in a game hall.

<Characteristic group C>
Feature C1. A shooting means (game ball shooting mechanism 51) for shooting a game ball toward a game area based on a shooting operation by a player;
A ball entry portion (upper operation port 33 or lower operation port 34) provided in the game area and into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter;
Information acquisition means for acquiring special information based on the game ball entering the ball entering portion (function for executing the processing of steps S105 to S108 in the MPU 92 of the main control device 71);
Acquisition information storage means (holding ball storage area 94a) for storing the special information acquired by the information acquisition means, with a predetermined number as the upper limit as a plurality of numbers;
A migration determination is made as to whether or not the special information stored in the acquired information storage means corresponds to preset migration information, and a plurality of pieces of special information are stored in the acquired information storage means. transition determination means (a function of executing the process of step S401 in the MPU 92 of the main control unit 71) for sequentially performing the transition determination with respect to the plurality of special information,
Variable ball entry means ( variable winning device 32),
Variable ball entry control means for executing variable ball entry control for switching the variable ball entry means to the second state after the variable ball entry means is in the first state (function for executing large winning opening opening/closing processing in the MPU 92 of the main controller 71); ,
When the determination result of the transition determination means indicates that the special information to be determined corresponds to the transition information, a specific control state in which the variable ball entry control is performed is set. Game state transition means (function for executing game state transition processing in MPU 92 of main control device 71);
Prior to the transition determination being made by the transition determining means or based on the transition determination being made by the transition determining means, a game rotation operation is started and corresponds to the determination result of the transition determining means. A game round that controls a specific notification means (symbol display device 41) so that the game round operation is performed in each game round, with the end of the game round operation as a notification result being regarded as one game round. Control means (function for executing the processes of steps S1001 to S1004 in the MPU 107 of the sound emission control device 72);
with
The transition response result includes at least a first transition response result (variable probability jackpot result) and a second transition response result (normal jackpot result),
Where the information corresponding to the determination result when the special information acquired by the information acquisition means is subject to the transition determination is specified at a timing before the special information becomes the subject of the transition determination. Provided with a specifying means (a function of executing a game round reservation confirmation process in the MPU 92 of the main control device 71),
The game round control means terminates the game round operation with a first specific notification result as the notification result when the determination result of the transition determining unit is the first transition corresponding result in the game round operation. so as to control the specific notification means, and when the determination result of the transition determination means is the second transition correspondence result, the second specific notification result is used as the notification result, and the game-turn operation is terminated. Transition game round control means for controlling specific notification means (function for executing stop symbol determination processing for game rounds in MPU 107 of sound emission control device 72),
In the action for game replay in which the determination result of the transition determination means is the transition response result, the destination identification means specifies that the special information corresponding to the transition response result is stored in the acquired information storage means. When the determination result of the transition determining means is the result of determination of the first transition response or the second transition response result, the first specific notification result is used as the notification result in the game. It is characterized by comprising a result change means (a function of executing a stop symbol determination process for a game turn in the MPU 102 of the sound emission control device 72) for controlling the specific notification means so as to end the turn operation. game machine.

According to the feature C1, when the determination result of the transition determination means in the current game round is the transition response result and the special information corresponding to the transition response result is also stored in the acquired information storage means, the transition Regardless of whether the type of correspondence result is the first transitional correspondence result or the second transitional correspondence result, the first specific notification result is notified as the notification result in the current game round. The situation shifts to the specific control state based on the transition response result in the current game round, and also shifts to the specific control state when the transition is determined using the special information stored in the acquired information storage means. is the case. Therefore, when the first specific notification result is notified as the notification result, the player expects that the game will transition to the specific control state multiple times thereafter. As a result, it is possible to increase the degree of attention to the notification of the first specific notification result as the notification result, and the degree of attention to the game is also increased.

It should be noted that the configuration limited by the feature B2 or the feature B3 may be applied to the configuration of any one of the features A1 to A18. Further, the configuration limited by any one of the features A1 to A18 may be applied to the configuration of the feature B1 or the feature B2. Further, the configuration limited by any one of the features A1 to A18 and the features B1 to B3 may be applied to the configuration of the feature C1. In these cases, further effects can be obtained by applying each configuration.

The basic configuration of a game machine to which each of the above features can be applied is shown below.

Pachinko machine: an operation means operated by a player, a game ball shooting means for shooting game balls based on the operation of the operation means, a ball passage for guiding the shot game balls to a predetermined game area, and a game This game machine is provided with game parts arranged in an area, and gives a privilege to a player when a game ball passes through a predetermined passing part of the game parts.

10... Pachinko machine 24... Game board 32... Variable winning device 32a... Large winning opening 32c... Variable winning driving unit 33... Upper operating opening 34... Lower operating opening 41... Symbol display device 43... Main Display section 45 First holding lamp section 55 Launch handle 71 Main control device 72 Sound emission control device 81a External terminal for jackpot 81b External terminal for open/close execution mode 92 MPU , 94a... Reserved ball storage area, 102... MPU, 111... Display control device, Ga... Reserved display area, RE... Area for reservation.

Claims (1)

a shooting means for shooting a game ball toward a game area based on a shooting operation by a player;
A ball entry section provided in the game area and capable of entering a game ball flowing down the game area;
Information acquiring means for acquiring special information based on the game ball entering the ball entering portion;
Acquired information storage means for storing the special information acquired by the information acquisition means with an upper limit of a predetermined number as a plurality of numbers;
a first determination means for performing a first determination as to whether or not to shift the game state based on the special information stored in the obtained information storage means;
Variable ball entry means provided in the game area and capable of switching between a first state in which a game ball flowing down the game area is easy to enter and a second state in which it is more difficult or impossible to enter. ,
variable ball entry control means for executing variable ball entry control for switching the variable ball entry means to the second state after the variable ball entry means is set to the first state;
A predetermined period in which the variable ball entry means is in the second state based on the determination result of the first determination means being a transition corresponding result corresponding to the transition of the game state is the variable ball entry control. specific control setting means for setting a specific control state in which the variable ball entry control can be executed a plurality of times so as to exist between the variable ball entry control;
Prior to the first determination being made by the first determination means or after executing a predetermined effect based on the first determination being made by the first determination means, corresponding to the specific control state A specific notification means performs a first special effect to notify one of a plurality of types of contents including advantageous contents suggesting that the specific control state is not supported and non-advantageous contents suggesting that the specific control state is not supported. a first special effect execution means for making it possible to
In the predetermined period during the specific control state, it is suggested to respond to the specific control state after executing a predetermined effect based on the second determination different from the first determination of the first determination means. A second special effect for notifying one of a plurality of types of contents including contents and contents suggesting that the specific control state is not supported is performed by the specific notifying means. a performance execution means;
When the first special effect is performed by the first special effect execution means, a special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the first special effect by the first special effect execution means is performed by a predetermined notification means. 1 number notification means;
When the second special effect is performed by the second special effect execution means, a special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the second special effect by the second special effect execution means is performed by a predetermined notification means. 2 number reporting means;
Means capable of differentiating at least one of a notification mode and a notification area of the special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the first special effect and the special notification corresponding to the number of executions of the second special effect. ,
A game machine characterized by comprising:

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