JP2883644B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a display member such as a lamp and a light emitting element that can be visually recognized by a player on the front side of the gaming machine.

[Related Art] Conventionally, various game machines such as ball-ball game machines and rotary game machines are provided with a large number of display members including light-emitting elements and lamps on the front side thereof to enliven the atmosphere of the game. ing. This is because light from the light emitting element has directivity and must be used when the decorative member or the like is locally illuminated. This is provided because it needs to be used when emitting light over the entire area. Thus, the display member is mainly used for lighting up or flashing in a complicated manner when the game state in the game becomes a predetermined game state, thereby enlivening the atmosphere of the game. However, recently, when a player is not playing a game, and in a normal game state in which the predetermined game state is not attained even when playing a game (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a normal state), the player In order to attract the interest of, the display is driven by turning on or blinking.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, among the above-mentioned display members, lamps are vulnerable to external vibrations and shocks, and have a shorter life than light emitting elements.
Conventionally, even in the above-described normal state, the light-emitting element also turns on or blinks the lamp, of course, so that even if the light-emitting element is used for a short period of time, the deterioration of the lamp is accelerated and the display drive by the lamp is not performed. There was a problem that the lamps had to be replaced frequently because it was not possible to attract the interests of the players.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can maintain the life of a lamp as a display member as long as possible and can sufficiently attract the interest of a player even in a normal state or a predetermined game state. is there.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention comprises: a first display member including a light emitting element provided on a front side of the gaming machine; and a front side of the gaming machine. A second display member consisting of a lamp provided in the game, a game state determination means for determining that a predetermined game state has been reached in the game, and a gamer whose determination output of the game state determination means has not been derived The first display member is driven for display in a state where the game is not performed and in a normal game state, and the first display member and the second display member are driven in a state where the determination output of the game state determination means is derived. And display drive control means for controlling the display drive.

[Operation] The first display member made of the light-emitting element is driven to be displayed in a state in which a player whose determination output from the game state determination means is not derived is not playing a game or in a normal game state.
For this reason, the second display member composed of the lamp is not driven for display and is in a state of rest. However, when the game state becomes a predetermined game state and the game state determination means is derived, the first display member is of course driven to display the second display member, and the player is notified of the fact. I do. In this way, in a state where the player is not playing a game and a normal game state,
Although the lamp as the second display member is not driven for display, the display of the first display member made of the light emitting element can attract the interest of the player.
Further, the second display member made of a lamp is used in a predetermined game state in which the game time is short, so that its deterioration can be prevented, and the second display member can be used for a long period of time. Even in a given game state, it is possible to attract the interest of the player.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1A to FIG. 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention, and illustrate a ball game machine which plays a ball by hitting a ball as a game machine. First, the overall configuration of the ball game machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 and 6 show a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 6 is a schematic rear view thereof. In FIG. 5, a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko gaming machine 1
A door holding frame 3 is provided around the opening, and a glass door frame 4 for accommodating a glass plate and a front door plate 5 are pivotally attached to one side of the door holding frame 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. A game board holding frame 28 (see FIG. 6) for attaching the game board 10 and a firing rail (not shown) is fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2. A hit ball supply tray 6 is attached to the front door plate 5. Ball supply tray 6
Is configured to store prize balls discharged from a prize ball dispensing device 38, which will be described later, and to guide one stored pachinko ball to a destination firing rail. Also, the hit ball supply tray 6
Speaker 7 specific to the sound generator in the space below the
Is stored. The speaker 7 changes the atmosphere of the game when a specific gaming state described later (hereinafter, referred to as a big hit state) or when a winning ball is generated in the starting winning openings 13a to 13c or the specific winning opening 69 described later. This is for generating a sound effect for exciting.

An operation handle 8 for driving a pachinko ball into a game area 12 of a game board 10 and a surplus ball tray 9 for storing surplus prize balls are attached to a lower portion of the front frame 2. Also,
A hit ball launching device 42 is fixed to the lower back surface of the front frame 2 so as to correspond to the operation handle 8. As shown in FIG. 6, the hitting ball launching device 42 includes a hitting motor 43 that rotates at a constant speed on a mounting board, and a hitting rod 44 that reciprocates and hits the ball by rotating the hitting motor 43. And the hitting rod
The ball feed slide rod 45 is engaged with the lower end of the ball feeder 44 to operate the ball feeder of the hit ball feeding device (not shown).
On the side slightly above the open side of the front frame 2, there is provided a hit ball launching device operation indicator LED 46 which is turned on when the operation handle 8 is operated. The hit ball launching device operation display LED 46 informs a store clerk of the game arcade that the hit ball launching device 42 is operating and a game is being played. That is, the lighting operation is performed even in the normal gaming state, and the lighting operation is performed even in the predetermined gaming state.

On the surface of the game board 10, a ball guiding rail 11a for guiding a ball to the game area 12, a game area forming rail 11b for dividing the game area 12, a large number of obstacle nails (not shown), various winning ball devices and the like are provided. ing. To explain in more detail, the game board
In the ten gaming areas 12, there are normal winning openings 56, 15a, 15b, starting winning openings 13a to 13c, tulip winning openings 17a, 17b, windmill 18a.
18f, a variable winning ball device 50 as a main gaming device having a pair of ball receiving members 58a, 58b, gaming effect lamps 21a, 21b, an out port 20, and the like are provided respectively. Of the above-mentioned components arranged in the game area 12 of the game board 10, the starting winning port 13a
13c are integrally formed on one mounting board, and the gaming effect lamps 14a, 1c are provided outside the right and left starting winning openings 13b, 13c.
4b (this is referred to as a gaming effect lamp C). In addition, gaming effect lamps 16a, 16b are also provided at winning openings 15a, 15b.
(This is referred to as a game effect lamp D), and the windmills 18a, 18 provided on the upper left and right of the six windmills 18a to 18f
b is also a game effect lamp 19a, 19b (this is a game effect lamp E
Is built in. The game effect lamps built into these parts are game effect lamps 21a, 21b,
Together with 2a and 22b, a second display member is formed, in a state in which the player is not playing a game, and in a normal game state, the display is not driven, and when the game state becomes a predetermined game state, For example, display control is performed so that a blinking operation is mainly performed in a state where a hit ball has won the start winning holes 13a to 13c or in the above-described big hit state. This display control will be described later in detail in the operation description.

By the way, the ball hit into the gaming area 12 has the normal winning opening 56, 15a, 15b, and the tulip winning opening 17a,
When the player wins 17b, a predetermined number (for example, 13) of prize balls is paid out by a prize ball payout device 38 described later. The winning port 56 among these normal winning ports is provided in the variable winning ball device 50. In addition, the starting winning opening 13a
When a hit ball wins through 13c, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from the prize ball payout device 38 in the same manner, and the starting winning port
Start winning prize ball detectors 27a to 2 attached to 13a to 13c to be described later.
The ball receiving members 58a and 58b of the variable winning ball device 50 are opened and closed at relatively short time intervals in response to the detection output of 7c. That is, the ball receiving member 58a, 58b opens and closes twice when the ball is hit in the central starting winning opening 13a, and the ball is won in the left and right starting winning holes 13b, 13c. 58a and 58b perform the opening / closing operation once. During the opening / closing operation, when the winning ball guided by the ball receiving members 58a and 58b wins a specific winning opening 69 described later provided in the variable winning ball device 50, a so-called big hit state occurs, and the ball receiving member 58a , 58b are opened and closed at relatively short time intervals 18 times, or the opening and closing operations are performed until 10 winning balls received in the variable winning ball apparatus 50 during the 18 times opening and closing operation are detected ( The opening / closing cycle will be referred to as “opening / closing cycle”, and if the winning prize ball wins the specific winning opening 69 again during the 18 opening / closing operations, the above-described opening / closing cycle can be repeated. However, every time a hit ball wins the specific winning opening 69, the opening / closing cycle is immediately stopped and the next opening / closing cycle is repeated. Further, the repetition of the opening / closing cycle is limited to a maximum of eight times on condition that the winning ball wins the specific winning opening 69.

Also, when a big hit state, the gaming effect lamp 21a,
21b (this is referred to as a game effect lamp F) and the game effect lamps 22a to 22c (hereinafter referred to as a game effect lamp G) provided on the upper portion of the front frame 2 flash so as to notify the player of the fact. Has become. The variable winning ball device 50 will be described later in detail.

The shots that did not enter the various winning openings described above,
Out port 2 provided at the bottom of the game area forming rail 11b
Captured to 0.

Next, the back of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, the game board 10 is detachably fixed to a game board holding frame 28 by a game board attachment 29. On the back surface of the game board 10, a prize-ball collecting cover body 23 is attached so as to cover the back surface of each prize port. In the winning ball collecting cover body 23, a guide path is formed for distributing the winning ball to each of the winning ports to the left and right. The guiding path formed at the center lower part of the guiding path includes a specific winning ball detector 25 that detects a winning ball that has won the specific winning opening 69 of the variable winning ball device 50, and a variable winning ball device 50 Winning ball detector that detects all winning balls
26 are provided. The winning ball detector 26 is provided to count the number of winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device 50. In addition, below the winning ball collecting cover body 23, there are provided starting winning ball detectors 27a to 27c corresponding to the above-mentioned starting winning holes 13a to 13c, and the starting winning ball detectors 27a to 27c are provided.
7c detects a signal for starting the opening / closing operation of the ball receiving members 58a and 58b of the variable winning ball device 50 and sends the signal to a control circuit described later. Further, a relay terminal plate 24 to which wiring from the above-described various electric devices provided on the game board 10 is temporarily connected is attached to the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover body 23.

On the other hand, a mechanism plate 30 is provided so as to be freely opened and closed so as to cover the entire back surface of the game board 10. In the mechanism plate 30, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6, a winning ball processing mechanism for processing a winning ball is formed on the front side thereof, and a prize ball for paying out prize balls on the rear side. A prize ball payout mechanism is formed. The winning prize ball processing mechanism includes a winning prize ball guided to the prize ball collecting cover body 23 and falling left and right or the variable prize ball device 50.
A winning ball collecting gutter 31 for receiving the winning balls in the inside and collecting them on one side, a winning ball processing device 32 for processing the winning balls collected by the collecting gutter 31 one by one, and the winning ball processing device 32
The prize ball payout passage 33 for operating a prize ball payout device 38, which will be described later, by operating a not-shown automatic rod in response to a prize ball discharged from the prize ball. Further, on the front side of the mechanism plate 30, an out ball discharging passage 34 for guiding out balls discharged from the out port 20 is also formed.

On the other hand, the prize ball payout mechanism has a prize ball tank 35 for storing prize balls supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown), and an alignment gutter for arranging the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 35 in two rows and flowing down. 36 and a bent trough 3 that changes the flow direction of the prize ball from the alignment gutter 36 by 180 degrees and reduces the ball pressure.
7, a prize ball payout device 38 which receives a predetermined number (13) of prize balls from the bent trough 37 and pays out the predetermined number of prize balls in response to one winning ball; The surplus is provided through a communication port 39 for discharging the prize ball discharged from the ball 38 to the hitting ball supply tray 6 through a prize ball discharge passage (not shown) and a connection gutter 40 fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2. And a surplus ball passage (not shown) for paying out to the ball tray 9.

A control circuit board box 41 for accommodating a control circuit board is detachably mounted on the back surface of the mechanism plate 30, and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the variable winning ball device 50 and the like is mounted on the control circuit board. It is configured.

Next, the configuration of the variable winning ball device 50 as the main gaming device of the player's attention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1A and 1B.

The variable winning prize ball device 50 has a mounting board 51 mounted on the gaming board 10, a rectangular window opening 52 is formed in the center of the mounting board 51, and a winning space behind the window opening 52.
53 are formed. At the top of the window opening 52, a prize control section
An upper decorative plate 55 is fixed to the front surface of the winning control portion 54, and the normal winning opening 56 is formed on the upper surface of the winning control portion 54 and on the rear surface of the upper decorative plate 55. . In the center of the upper decorative plate 55, a seven-segment LED 57 for indicating the number of continuations of the opening / closing cycle (eight times) is provided so as to face the front. In addition,
The continuation count display 7-segment LED 57 normally displays "0".

A pair of ball receiving members 58 are provided at substantially the center left and right of the window opening 52.
a, 58b are pivotally supported so as to be freely opened and closed. This ball receiving member 58a, 5
8b is a solenoid 59 via a link mechanism (see FIG. 6)
The ball receiving members 58a and 58b alternately change between an open state in which the ball is received and a closed state in which the ball is not received in response to the excitation and non-excitation of the solenoid 59.

The winning space 53 has a concave shape having a depth in the front-rear direction, and ball rolling plates 62a and 62b which divide the winning space 53 up and down are laid down. The ball rolling plates 62a and 62b are provided so as to be inclined downward toward the rear, and are provided with ball receiving members.
A winning ball guided by 58a, 58b, and a ball rolling plate 62
The winning ball on a, 62b rolls backward and falls on a falling path (not shown) which is in front of the rear wall of the winning space 53 and communicates downward, and rolls a lower ball described later. A plurality of winning openings 69, 70 including a specific winning opening 69 to be described later, which fall on the plate 63.
a, 70b. The winning balls guided to the ball rolling plates 62a and 62b tend to flow down along both sides of the lower ball rolling plate 63 because a falling path (not shown) is formed on both sides of the winning space 53. Therefore, the possibility of winning the special winning opening 69 at the center is extremely small.

At the center of the ball rolling plates 62a and 62b, a sorting device 60 provided with an airplane design is provided. This sorting device 60
The nose distribution member 61 is connected to a solenoid 61a (not shown; however, shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2) via a link mechanism, and is vertically moved corresponding to the excitation and non-excitation of the solenoid 61a. It is configured to swing. Thus, the sorting device 60 transfers the winning balls guided by the ball receiving members 58a, 58b to a plurality of winning ports 69, 70a, 70b described later in a delicate positional relationship with the rotation angle of the ball receiving members 58a, 58b. And drop it. More specifically, when the distribution member 61 swings downward, the ball guided to the ball receiving members 58a and 58b has a high possibility of falling downward as it is, and therefore, a plurality of winning holes 69, It is more likely that one of 70a and 70b, especially the special winning opening 69, will win. On the other hand, the sorting member 61
When the ball is in the position of swinging upward, most of the ball is guided from the ball receiving members 58a, 58b to the ball rolling plates 62a, 62b and falls on a falling path (not shown), or a small It flows down from the receiving members 58a, 58b, collides with the side surface of the distribution member 61, and is repelled in the left-right direction.
It is more likely to be induced by b. Therefore, when the solenoid 61a is driven to swing the sorting member 61, the possibility of winning the specific winning opening 69 is higher than when the sorting member 61 is not swinging. For this reason, in this embodiment, the sorting device 60 is driven in the latter half of the opening / closing cycle (for example, after winning five). Further, with the switching of the driving mode of the sorting device 60, the switching of the display mode of the various game effect lamps and the like described above is performed.

Also, on the rear wall of the winning space 53, a winning number display 7-segment LED 64 for displaying the number of winning balls won during one opening / closing cycle when a big hit state is established, and a gaming state in which the gaming state is determined in advance. Game effect lamps 65a and 65b (hereinafter referred to as game effect lamps A) which are driven and displayed at the time of a start winning or a big hit are provided. The winning number display 7-segment LED 64 normally displays “0”.

By the way, the winning balls guided by the ball receiving members 58a, 58b, the winning balls that roll on the ball rolling plates 62a, 62b backward and fall from a falling path (not shown) It is received by the lower ball rolling plate 63 inclined toward
You are guided forward. And the lower ball rolling plate 63
A winning ball receiving frame 66 protrudes in front of the window opening 52 so as to surround the lower side edges and the lower edge of the window opening 52, and a lower decorative plate 68 is attached to a front surface of the winning ball receiving frame 66. Thus, a plurality of winning ports are formed in the winning ball receiving frame 66 by the partition member 67. That is, a specific winning opening 69 is provided at substantially the center of the winning ball receiving frame 66, and a normal winning opening 70
a and 70b are formed respectively. Also, the lower decorative plate 68
Game effect LEDs 71, 72 consisting of light-emitting elements
a, 72b face each of the winning holes 69, 70a, 70b, and are driven and displayed when a player is not playing a game, and a normal game state, or a predetermined game state, respectively. It's getting better. In addition, game effect LE
The D71 is referred to as the game effect LED “B” and the game effect LED 72
a and 72b are referred to as gaming effect LEDs “C”.

In addition to the above-described structure, the variable winning prize ball device 50 is provided with decorative lens portions 73a and 73b on both sides of the center of the mounting substrate 51. The decorative lens portions 73a and 73b are formed of a translucent material, and the game effect LEDs 74a and 7
4b (this is referred to as a gaming effect LED “A”) and gaming effect lamps 75a and 75b (this is referred to as a gaming effect lamp B) are arranged. That is, as shown in FIG. 1B, the gaming effect LED 74a (the layout structure of the gaming effect LED 74b and the gaming effect lamp 75b is the same, and the illustration thereof is omitted) as shown in FIG. 1B. The gaming effect lamp 75a is arranged so as to be accommodated in the recess 78a provided, and the gaming effect lamp 75a is arranged slightly apart. This is LE as a light emitting element
D does not adversely affect the material because the amount of heat generated is small even when the display is driven, whereas the lamp has a large amount of heat generated when the display is driven and may adversely affect the material. For some reasons, and for other reasons, the light emitted from the LED is directional, so if you want to emit light locally (ie use it closer)
The light emitted from the lamp has no directivity, and is used when it is desired to emit light over a wide range (that is, when it is used at a distance). In addition, when the arrangement state of the game effect lamp 75a particularly surrounds the upper part, the heat release hole 79a as shown in FIG.
It is necessary to radiate the heat generated from the gaming effect lamp 75a. In addition, a sticker 76a depicting a pattern 77a is attached to the front surface of the decorative lens portion 73a, but the pattern 77a corresponding to the gaming effect LED 74a is clearly illuminated by light having strong directivity. The symbol 77a corresponding to the gaming effect lamp 75a is displayed over a wide range.

As described above, the variable winning prize ball device 50 is provided with various display means. The gaming effect LEDs 71, 72a, 72b, 74a, 74b as the first display members composed of the light emitting elements, the continuation number display 7 segment LED 57 , And a winning number display 7-segment LED 64, and a gaming effect lamp 65a, 65b, 75a, 75b as a second display member composed of a lamp. Then, in the state where the player is not playing, and in the normal game state, only an arbitrary LED of the first display member is displayed and driven, and in the predetermined game state, the first LED is driven.
And the second display member are mixedly driven for display. By performing display driving in this way, deterioration of the lamp as the second display member having a short life is prevented, and the lamp can be used for a long period of time. In addition, since the power consumption of the LED and the lamp is significantly different, driving only the first display member in a relatively long normal game state (including a state in which no game is performed) is extremely economical. A decorative effect can be obtained. In addition, since the price of the LED is expensive (about twice as much) as that of the lamp, if a large number of LEDs are used, the variable winning ball device 50 becomes expensive. Desirably, on the contrary, there is an advantage that the lifetime is 5 times or more and the power consumption is 25 times or less.

The first display member includes 7-segment LEDs 57, 64.
However, in general terms, a 7-segment LED is composed of a plurality of LED elements (light-emitting diodes and electroluminescence) covered with a bar module glass. It can be regarded as an element, and for the same reason, a dot matrix panel may be used as the first display member. In this embodiment, the two 7-segment LEDs 57 and 64 display "0" in a normal game state. However, other symbols or characters are displayed, the display is scrolled, or The demonstration operation may be performed by sequentially lighting and moving the segments.

The control operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG.

First, control of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the control circuit board box 41.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit formed on a control circuit board housed in the control circuit board. In the figure, the control circuit includes a microcomputer 90 as a control center. The microcomputer 90 includes, for example, an LSI of several chips, in which an MPU 91 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure, a ROM 92 storing operation program data of the MPU 91, and necessary data And a RAM 93 capable of reading and writing data. In the RAM 93, a continuation number counter 94 (abbreviated as VCT) for counting the number of continuations of the opening / closing cycle, and a prize number counter 95 (abbreviated as 10CT) for counting the number of winning balls won during one opening / closing cycle. And Further, the microcomputer 90 includes an input / output circuit 96 which receives input signals and provides input data to the MPU 91, and receives output data from the MPU 91 and outputs the data to the outside. Then, the MPU 91 provides a control signal to the variable winning sphere device 50 and the like in accordance with the program data stored in the RAM 92 and in response to the input of each control signal described below.

The microcomputer 90 receives the following signals as input signals. First, the start winning ball detectors 27a to 2 provided corresponding to the start winning holes 13a to 13c, respectively.
The detection signal of 7c (hereinafter referred to as OPSW) is supplied to the detection circuit 97, and is supplied to the microcomputer 90 as a start winning ball detection signal. The detection signal detected by the specific winning ball detector 25 (hereinafter, referred to as VSW) is supplied to the detection circuit 98, and is supplied to the microcomputer 90 as a big hit state determination signal or a repetition signal. The detection signal detected by the winning ball detector 26 is supplied to the detection circuit 99, and is supplied to the microcomputer 90 as a count signal.

The microcomputer 90 gives control signals to the following circuits and devices. First, game effect LEDs 74a and 74b (hereinafter, referred to as “game effect LEDs”) provided in the variable winning ball device 50 through the control circuit 100.
Game effect LED "A"), game effect LED 71 (hereinafter, game effect LED "B"), and game effect LEDs 72a, 72b.
(Hereinafter referred to as game effect LED “C”) is supplied with a display drive signal. Further, a 7-segment LED 57 for displaying the number of continuations and a 7-segment LED 57 for displaying the number of winning via the control circuit 101.
To the display drive signal. Through the control circuit 102, game effect lamps 65a, 65b (hereinafter, referred to as game effect lamps A), game effect lamps 75a, 75b (hereinafter, game effects) provided on the front frame 2, the game board 10, or the variable winning ball device 50. Lamps B), gaming effect lamps 14a, 14b (hereinafter, gaming effect lamp C), gaming effect lamps 16a, 16b (hereinafter, gaming effect lamp D), gaming effect lamps 19a, 19b (hereinafter, gaming effect lamp E). Game effect lamps 21a, 21
b (hereinafter, referred to as game effect lamp F) and game effect lamps 22a to 22c (hereinafter, referred to as game effect lamp G) are each provided with a display drive signal. Further, a drive signal is given to a solenoid 59 that opens and closes the ball receiving members 58a and 58b via the drive circuit 103 and a solenoid 61a that drives the distribution device 60, respectively. A control signal is provided to the speaker 7 that generates a sound effect via the control circuit 104. A predetermined DC voltage is supplied to each circuit having the above configuration from a power supply circuit (not shown).

Next, the operation of the above-described control circuit will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the display mode relationship table of FIG.

When the power is turned on, the LED "A" and "B" blink processing is performed (step S1). Specifically, the blinking process of the LEDs “A” and “B” is performed by blinking the game effect LED “A” as the first display member as shown in the first column of FIG.
This is a drive display process in which “B” is turned on. Also LED
The "A" and "B" blinking processes are performed in a normal state, that is, a state in which the game is not started, after the power is turned on, and in a state after the game is started until the ball hits the start winning prize holes 13a to 13c. Most are in this state. And LED "A"
Since “B” is provided in the variable winning prize ball device 50 as the main gaming device at the center of the game board 10 and at the position where the player's attention is most attracted, the decoration effect at the time of the demonstration can be sufficiently satisfied. Also, in this normal state, the game effect lamps provided on the game board 10 are not turned on at all, let alone the game effect lamps provided on the variable winning ball device 50, so that deterioration of those lamps is prevented. Long-term use is possible.

When it is determined that the hit ball has won the start winning holes 13a to 13c and the OPSW has been turned on in the state where the above described LED "A" and "B" blinking processes are being performed (step S2), the start opening and closing are performed. Processing is started (step S3). This start opening and closing process
As described above, when a ball is hit in the center starting winning opening 13a, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b are opened and closed twice, and when a ball is hit in the left and right starting winning openings 13b and 13c, 1 is set.
The opening and closing operations are performed twice. At the same time as the start opening / closing process is started, the LED "A", "B", "C" blinking process A is started (step S4), and the lamps A, B, C, F blink process A
Is started (step S5). LED "A""B""C"
The blinking process A and the lamps A, B, C, F blinking process A are, as shown specifically in the second column of FIG. 4, the gaming effect LEDs “A” and “C” as the first display members. Is blinking, and the game effect LED “B” is lit, and the game effect lamps A, C, and F as the second display members are blinked, and the game effect lamp B is lit. In this manner, in the gaming state in which the ball is hit in the starting winning ports 13a to 13c, not only the LED element as the first display member but also the variable display ball device 50 and the second display member provided on the game board 10 are provided. The lamp is also driven and displayed, and the effect is notified to the player.

By the way, during the start opening / closing process, it is determined whether or not the ball guided to the ball receiving members 58a and 58b of the variable winning ball device 50 wins the specific winning opening 69 and turns on the VSW (step S6). , O
If N, a big hit state is reached and step S described later
Proceed to 13. On the other hand, when it is determined that the start opening / closing process has been completed without turning on the VSW (step S7), the process for elapse of 2 seconds is started (step S8). This 2 seconds elapsed processing is
Since the hit ball that has been won just before the opening / closing processing of the ball receiving members 58a and 58b of the variable winning ball device 50 may end up in the specific winning opening 69, the hit ball that has won just before the specific winning opening 69 It allows VSW to be accepted for a sufficient time before reaching 69. When the two-second elapsed process is started, the lamps A, B, C, and F blinking process B is started to change the display mode of only the second display member (step S).
9). In the lamp A, B, C, and F blinking process B, specifically, as shown in the third column of FIG. 4, all the game effect lamps A, B, C, and F blink. . During the two-second elapsed processing period, the display mode of the gaming effect LEDs “A”, “B”, and “C”, which are the first display members, is the same as that during the start-up opening / closing process, and does not change.

VS from the start of 2 seconds processing to the end
If it is determined that W has been turned on (step S10), a big hit state occurs and the process proceeds to step S13 described later. If it is determined that 2 seconds have elapsed without VSW being turned on (step S10).
In S1), after the lamps A, B, C, and F blinking processing B is terminated (step S12), the process returns to step S1, and the normal game state is continued.

On the other hand, in step S6 or step S10, VSW
Is turned on, first, an opening / closing pre-process of 18 times as preparation for the opening / closing cycle is started (step S13). This 18 times opening and closing pre-processing,
It is used to fully inform the player of the big hit condition before the opening / closing cycle starts in earnest, or as an interval between opening / closing cycles, and a time of 3 to 5 seconds is used. Have been. When the 18-time opening / closing pre-processing is started, the LED “A”
"B" and "C" blinking processing B is started (step S14).
At the same time, the lamp A-G blinking process A is started (step S15). The LED “A”, “B”, “C” blinking process B and the lamps A to G blinking process A are, as shown in the fourth column of FIG. led
This is a display mode in which all of “A”, “B”, and “C” blink, game effect lamps A to G except the game effect lamp B as the second display member blink, and only the game effect lamp B is turned on. In addition, during the eighteenth opening / closing pre-processing period, a process of adding “1” to the value of VCT94 is performed (step S16), and thereafter, it is determined whether the eighteenth opening / closing pre-processing is completed (step S16). S17).

If it is determined that the pre-opening / closing process has been completed, the opening / closing process of the ball receiving members 58a and 58b is started (step S1).
8) When it is started, LED “A”, “B”, “C” blinking process C is started (step S19), and lamps A to G blinking process B is started (step S20). LED "A""B"
The “C” blinking process C and the lamps A to G blinking process B are, specifically, the gaming effect LEDs “A” and “C” as the first display members, as shown in the fifth column of FIG. In a display mode in which the game effect LED “B” is turned on, and the game effect lamps A to G, which are the second display members, are all turned on and off. The LED “A”, “B” and “C” blinking process C and the LED “A”, “B” and “C” blinking process A are the same as shown in FIG. By changing the blinking time interval and the like, a different impression is given to the player.

When the opening and closing process is started 18 times, first, VCT9
It is determined whether the value of 4 is "8" (step S2).
1) If it is determined to be "8", that is, if it is determined that this is the last open / close cycle, the process proceeds to step S35 described later. If the value of VCT94 is not "8", it is determined whether or not VSW is turned on (step S2).
2) If it is turned ON, the open / close cycle is immediately terminated and the process returns to step S13. On the other hand, if VSW is not ON, it is determined whether or not the value of 10CT95 is "5" (step S23). If it is less than "5", the process jumps to step S26 to be described later, and " 5 ”, LED“ A ”
"B" and "C" blinking processing D is started (step S24),
The lamps A to G blinking process C is started (step S2).
Five). LED "A""B""C" blinking process D and lamp A ~
The G blinking process C is, specifically, as shown in the sixth column of FIG. 4, the gaming effect LED “A” as the first display member.
This is a display mode in which “B” and “C” are all blinking.
This is a display mode in which all of the game effect lamps A to G, which are the display members of, blink. The LED “A”, “B”, “C” blinking process D, the LED “A”, “B”, “C” blinking process B, and the lamps A to G blinking process C and the lamps A to G blinking process B 4 are the same, but in practice, the blinking time intervals and the like are different so as to give a different impression to the player.

Therefore, during the 18 opening / closing processes, the display driving is performed so that the display mode of the first display member and the display mode of the second display member are different before and after the number of winning balls becomes five. Although the display mode of the display member is as described above, in the game operation, first, it is determined whether or not the opening / closing process has been completed 18 times (step S26). If the process has been completed, the process proceeds to step S29 described later. If not, it is determined whether the value of 10CT95 has become “10” (step S27), and “1”
If it is less than "0", the process returns to step S22, and steps S22 to S27 are repeated. If the number reaches “10”, the opening / closing processing is immediately terminated 18 times (step
S28) Then, the 2-second elapsed process is started (step S2)
9). This two-second processing is provided for the same reason as in step S8. When this processing is started, the LED "A", "B", and "C" blinking processing E starts (step S30), and the lamp A , C to G blinking process is started (step S31). The LED "A", "B", "C" blinking processing E and the lamps A, C to G blinking processing are specifically the first display member as shown in the last seventh column of FIG. This is a display mode in which all of the game effect LEDs “A”, “B”, and “C” blink, and all game effect lamps A and C to G except the game effect lamp B, which is the second display member, blink. It is an aspect. Of course, in this case as well,
This is different from the above-described embodiment.

In this state, it is determined whether or not the VSW is turned on until two seconds elapse (steps S32 and S33).
Returning to step S13, a new opening / closing cycle is repeated, and when two seconds have elapsed without VSW being turned on, after the lamps A, C to G blinking processing is terminated (step S3).
4) Return to the first step S1 to continue the normal gaming state.

If it is determined in step S21 that the value of the VCT 94 is “8”, that is, if it is determined that the last open / close cycle has been performed, the steps S23 to S23 are performed.
Steps S35 to S40, which are almost the same as the processes up to 28, are performed, and if "Y" is determined in the step S38 or S39, the process returns to the first step S1 to continue the normal gaming state. The difference between the processing from step S23 to step S28 and the processing from step S35 to step S40 is that the processing returns to step S22 in order to monitor the ON of the VSW when it is determined to be "N" in step S27. The point is that when it is determined as “N” in step S39 corresponding to step S27, the process returns to step S35 corresponding to step S23. This is because it is not necessary to monitor the VSW in the last switching cycle.

Although the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment has been described above, according to the first embodiment, the state in which the gamer who occupies most of the pachinko game time is not playing, and In the gaming state, the game effect LEDs “A” and “B” formed by the light emitting elements as the first display members provided on the variable winning ball device 50 are driven and displayed to attract the interest of the player, The first display member and the second display state are set only in the predetermined game state in which the game time is short, that is, in the case of the first embodiment, the game state when the start winning is achieved or the game state when the big hit occurs. Since the game effect lamps A to G constituted by the lamps as the display members are also configured to be driven for display,
The second display member, which is susceptible to vibration and shock and has a shorter life than the light emitting element, can reduce the display driving time of the second display member to prevent its deterioration, and therefore can be used for a long period of time. Can attract the interest of the player.

In the first embodiment described above, the light-emitting element as the first display member is provided only on the variable winning ball device 50. In addition, the light-emitting element is provided on the surface of the game board 10 and The display may be driven in a state where the player is not playing a game and a normal game state. Further, the main game device provided on the game board 10 may be not only the variable winning ball device 50 but also, for example, a variable display device or a winning ball device. Further, in the first embodiment described above, the game effect lamp composed of a plurality of lamps is made to blink at the same time. However, for example, the game effect lamps A, B, C, and D are represented by A, B, The display may be driven so as to blink in the order of B, C, and D. Also, multiple game effect LEDs
In this case, the light may be moved like the lamp described above. Further, although not described in detail in the above-described operation of the first embodiment, in the first embodiment, the speaker 7 is turned on according to a change in the display mode of the first display member and the second display member. Different sound effects are output to enhance the game atmosphere.

Needless to say, at the moment of any of the display modes of the first display member and the second display member, they and other electrical components (for example, the solenoid 5).
9, 61a, etc.) are designed to be smaller than the allowable current value of the fuse provided for protecting the control circuit board.

In the above-described first embodiment, the variable winning prize ball device 50 arranged at the center of the game area 12 is shown as the main game apparatus that the player pays the most attention to. It may be provided in the unit. For example, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 (hereinafter, referred to as a second embodiment), an electric tulip-type winning opening 124 and tulip-type winning openings 126a and 126b as main game devices are arranged below the game area 12. It may be something. Here, the configuration of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a partial front view showing a portion below the center of the game area 12 of the game board 10. In the figure, the second area is almost at the center of the game area 12.
In the embodiment, a rotation distribution device 113 as a sub game device to attract the attention of the player next to the main game device is arranged,
A ball passing device 110 is arranged above the rotation sorting device 113. First, the ball passing device 110 will be described.
The ball passing device 110 is provided for taking in a ball falling down the game area 12 and dropping it one by one toward the rotary sorting device 113, and is used to drop a ball flying from the left and right direction of the game area 12. It has a ball guiding section 111 for guiding. The ball guided to the ball guiding portion 111 is guided to a ball rolling plate 112 formed in a slashed shape. At the center of the ball rolling plate 112, a drop hole (not shown) is formed, and the ball falls onto the rotary distribution device 113 from the drop hole, but as described above, the ball rolling plate 112 Since the ball is formed, the time required for the ball to spirally rotate on the ball rolling plate 112 varies depending on the momentum of the ball guided on the ball rolling plate 112, and this causes the ball to be rolled from the ball guiding portion 111. The time taken from being guided on the plate 112 to falling from the drop hole is different for each hit ball.

The hit ball dropped from the ball passing device 110 is
It falls on 13 rotation sorters 114. This rotary sorter 1
14 is rotatably provided on the surface of a mounting plate 116 mounted on the surface of the game board 10, and is constantly rotated by a drive motor (not shown). A plurality of (three) ball receiving grooves 115a to 115c capable of receiving a ball are formed on the outer periphery of the rotary sorting body 114, and the ball dropped from the ball passing device 110 can receive any one of the ball receiving grooves 115a. ~ 115c is accepted. The shapes of the ball receiving grooves 115a to 115c are different from each other, and hit balls are discharged to different positions due to the difference in the shape.

On both left and right sides of the mounting plate 116, guide projections 117a and 117b are provided in an arc shape so as to face the outer periphery of the rotation distributing body 114, and below the guide projections 117a and 117b, a ball is dropped. Are formed. And, the interval forms the falling port 119. Also, two guide ports 118a and 118b are formed in the mounting plate 116, and one guide port 118a
Guides the hit ball supplemented to the ball receiving groove 115a, opens a tulip-type winning opening 125b described later, and
8b guides the hit ball supplemented to the ball receiving groove 115b to open a tulip winning port 125a described later. The hit ball supplemented by the ball receiving groove 115c is dropped downward from the drop port 119, and passes through a passing port 122 described later.
Is to be guided to.

In the above-described rotary distribution device 113 as the sub game device, a game effect lamp 120 as a second display member is provided on the rear surface of the mounting plate 116 and on the upper surface thereof, and the guide protrusions 117a and 117b of the mounting plate 116 are provided. A game effect LED 121 as a first display member is provided outside the camera. Game effect lamp 12
The operation of the game effect LED 121 will be described later in detail.

A passing port 122 is disposed directly below the rotation sorting device 113, and an electric tulip winning port 124 is disposed further below the passing port 122. A passing ball detector 123 is built in the passing port 122, and when the passing ball detector 123 is turned on, the electric tulip type winning port 124 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds). When the electric tulip winning port 124 is opened, the gaming effect lamp 120 flashes to notify the player to that effect. The hitting ball passing through the passage opening 122 is mainly a hitting ball that is captured by the ball receiving groove 115c of the rotary sorting body 114 and falls from the dropping port 119 as described above. 1
The ball hitting from the side between the ball 22 and the ball 22 is prevented by the obstacle nail (not shown) from substantially passing through the passage opening 122.

By the way, in the prize area 12, besides the above-mentioned parts, the tulip-type prize ports 125a, 125b
However, the tulip-type winning openings 126a, 126b are arranged on the left and right of the electric tulip-type winning opening 124, and further, the winning openings 127a, 127b are located above the tulip-type winning openings 125a, 125b, and the tulip-type winning openings 125a, 125b are provided. Winner 128a at the bottom outside
128b are arranged respectively. These relationships are as described below. That is, the tulip winning ports 125a, 125b are provided in the ball receiving grooves 115b, 115
The ball is guided by the guiding ports 118b and 118a while being supplemented by a, and is released via an interlocking mechanism (not shown). When the tulip-type winning ports 125a and 125b are opened, a ball hits the tip of the outer blade, and is easily guided to the winning ports 128a and 128b. And when the ball hits the winning opening 128a, 128b,
Tulip winning port 126 via an interlock mechanism (not shown)
a, 126b are opened. Therefore, as long as the tulip-type winning openings 125a and 125b are open, hit balls can be easily won in the winning openings 128a and 128b, and the winning openings 128a and
8b hit ball and tulip-style winning openings 126a, 126b
And the winning of the ball is alternately performed.

As described above, in the second embodiment described above, in the state where the player is not playing a game, and in the normal game state, the gaming effect LED 121 as the first display member provided on the rotation distribution device 113 which is the auxiliary gaming device. Is displayed so as to blink, and the hit ball is captured by the ball receiving groove 115c of the rotary sorting body 114, passes through the drop port 119 through the passing port 122, and sets the passing ball detector 123 to O.
When N is performed, the electric tulip winning port 124 is opened for a predetermined time. When the electric tulip winning port 124 is in the open game state, the gaming effect LED 121 is, of course, a gaming effect as a second display member provided in the rotation distribution device 113 which is a subsidiary gaming device. The display is driven so that the lamp 120 blinks. That is, also in the second embodiment, in the state where the player who occupies most of the game time is not playing a game, and in the normal game state, the game constituted by the light emitting element as the first display member The effect LED 121 is driven and displayed to attract the interest of the player, and a predetermined playing state in which the playing time is relatively short. In the case of the second embodiment, the hit ball passes through the passage 122 and the electric tulip. Only in the gaming state in which the ceremony winning opening 124 is opened, the game effect lamp 120 constituted by the lamp as the second display member is driven to be displayed together with the first display member. The display driving time of the second display member, which is weak and has a shorter life than the light emitting element, can be shortened to prevent the display member from deteriorating. Therefore, the second display member can be used for a long time. Therefore, it is possible to attract the interest of the game clients even in a predetermined gaming state.

The first embodiment and the second embodiment have been described above. In these two embodiments, the pachinko game machine which is an example of the ball game machine is shown as the game machine, but other ball game machines are used. As an example, a card-type pachinko gaming machine that performs a game using an enclosed ball or an arrangement-type pachinko gaming machine may be used.

Also, as a gaming machine, not a ball-and-ball game machine, for example,
A rotary gaming machine 130 (hereinafter, referred to as a third embodiment) shown in FIG. 8 may be used. The configuration of the rotary gaming machine 130 will be described. The rotary gaming machine 130 has a plurality (three) of rotating drums 131a to 131c near the upper center thereof. The rotating drums 131a to 131c are
By pressing down a start lever 132 provided below the other side of the rotating drums 131a to 131c with a predetermined number (1 to 3) of coins inserted through a coin insertion slot 142 provided below one side of 131a to 131c. The drum stop switch 133a provided in the lateral direction of the start lever 132 after the drum stop switch valid display LEDs 135a to 135c that start rotating and light up after a predetermined time from the start of rotation.
By pressing ~ 133c, the corresponding rotating drum 131a
To 131c are sequentially stopped. Then, in the stopped state, the valid line display LEDs 143, 144a,
A predetermined number of coins (up to 15) are provided on the lower front surface of the rotatable gaming machine 130 when a predetermined combination of a plurality of types of symbols are prepared on the activated line displayed at b, 145a, 145b. The payout coin tray 134 is paid out. When a predetermined specific display mode (for example, a 7-slot) is selected from a plurality of combinations of predetermined symbols, a big hit state is reached, and the maximum payout number is 15 sheets. The corresponding combination of symbols is continuous,
Alternatively, a bonus game that may appear at predetermined intervals can be played once or a plurality of times.

By the way, a plurality of symbols (for example, 16 symbols) are respectively drawn on the rotating drums 131a to 131c, but three symbols can be visually recognized by the player when the rotation of the rotating drums 131a to 131c is stopped. It has become. And
Among the combinations of the three symbols, it is possible to determine the combination of the predetermined symbols on a total of five lines in the central horizontal direction, the vertical horizontal direction, and the vertical diagonal direction. However, the number of valid lines differs depending on the number of coins inserted. That is, when one coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 142, a combination of symbols only on the line in the center horizontal direction is determined, and the effect is indicated by an active line display LED 143 arranged on the side of the rotating drum 131a. When two coins are inserted from the coin insertion slot 142, a combination of symbols on a total of three lines, that is, a horizontal line in the center and a line in the upper and lower directions is determined, and the effect is indicated as an active line. Display LED 143 and LE
When three coins are inserted through the coin slot 142, the combination of symbols on all the lines, that is, a total of five lines, is determined by displaying the active line display LEDs 144a and 144b arranged above and below the D143. The active line display LED 143, the active line display LEDs 144a and 144b, and the active line display LE arranged above and below the active line display LEDs 144a and 144b
D145a and 145b are displayed. Therefore, the player can select the number of activated lines according to the number of coins to be inserted, but if the operation of inserting coins is troublesome, the coin storage game selection switch 136 is operated before starting the game. , A predetermined number of coins (up to a maximum of 50) are inserted from the coin insertion slot 142, and the predetermined number of coins is stored. Then, when starting the game, the player may operate the stored coin insertion switch 137 to subtract the required number of coins from the stored value and play the game. Then, when the automatic insertion mode as described above is selected, the coin storage game display LED 138 is turned on, and the stored number of inserted coins is displayed on the stored coin number display 7-segment LED 141. Conversely, when the manual insertion mode is selected, the coin insertion game display LED 139 is turned on. The coin storage game selection switch 136 and the stored coin insertion switch 137 are provided slightly below the opposite side of the start lever 132, and the coin storage game display LED 138 and the coin insertion game display LED 139 are provided with the activated line display LED 14.
3, 144a, 144b, 145a, 145b are provided on the upper side on the opposite side. In addition, the memory coin number display 7 segment LED 141
Is provided below the coin insertion slot 142. Further, in this embodiment, when a predetermined symbol combination is displayed on the selected activated line, the payout coin number display 7 segment LED 140 for displaying the number of coins to be paid out according to the symbol combination is also provided in the coin insertion slot. It is provided at the top of 142.

Further, in order to notify on which of the effective lines selected when the rotation of the rotating drums 131a to 131c is stopped a predetermined combination has been established, hit line display LEDs 146a to 146d and 147a to 147d, 148a-148d, 149a
To 149d and 150a to 150d. This hit line display LED 146a-146d, 147a-147d, 148a-148d, 149a-1
49d and 150a to 150d are driven not only to display the hit line, but also to be sequentially turned on in a state where the player is not playing a game and in a normal game state. For example, first, the LEDs 146a to 146d are lit and moved in the order of a to d, then the LEDs 147a to 147d are lit and moved in the order of a to d, and thereafter, similarly, 148a to 148d, 149a to 149d, and 150a to 150d are changed to a To d, and then the first LEDs 146a to 146
Returning to d, the above operation is repeated.

In addition, a rotating drum 131a is provided on the upper part of the rotating gaming machine 130.
The combination of the symbols at the time of stop of ~ 131c becomes the above-described specific display mode, and the big hit display lamps 151, 152 which are turned on or blink when the big hit state is provided, and the big hit display strobe lamps 153a, 153b are provided. I have. These big hit display lamps 151, 152, 153a, 153b are not displayed and driven in a state where the player is not playing a game or in a normal game state, and are only displayed and driven in a gaming state of a relatively short big hit state. Things.

As described above, the configuration of the rotary gaming machine 130 according to the third embodiment has been described. In the third embodiment, however, in a state in which a player does not play a game, and in a normal gaming state,
Hit line display LEDs 146a to 146 as first display members
d, 147a-147d, 148a-148d, 149a-149d, 150a-150d
Are driven so as to light up and move, and active line display LEDs 143, 144a, 144b, 145a, 145b, drum stop switch valid display LEDs 135a to 135c, coin storage game display LEDs
138, coin insertion game display LED139, payout coin number display 7
Segment LED 140 and 7 segments of stored coins display
The LED 141 is also driven for display in accordance with each game state.
Further, when the combination of the symbols when the rotation of the rotating drums 131a to 131d is stopped becomes the specific display mode and the big hit state is reached, the hit line display LED on the line determined to be the big hit is displayed and driven, and the big hit display lamp is displayed. 151, 152, 153a, 1
53b is driven for display. That is, also in the third embodiment, in the state where the player who occupies most of the game time is not playing a game, and in the normal game state, the light emitting element which is the first display member is used. The line display LEDs 146 (to 150) a to 146 (to 150) d are driven and displayed to attract the interest of the player, and a predetermined game state in which the game time is relatively short, in the case of the third embodiment, Only in the gaming state of the big hit state, the big hit display lamps 151, 152, 153a, 153b constituted by the lamps as the second display member are driven together with the first display member so as to display and drive. Weak to impact,
In addition, the display driving time of the second display member, which has a shorter life than the light emitting element, can be shortened to prevent the deterioration thereof, and the second display member can be used for a long period of time. Even in a given game state, it is possible to attract the interest of the player.

In a normal game state, the first display member (for example, the drum position stop switch valid display LEDs 135a to 135c and the valid line display LEDs 143, 144a, 144b, 145a, 145b, etc. in the third embodiment) has a short usage time. And a first display member which is not used in a manner in which the blinking or lighting changes rapidly (for example, a hit ball launching device operation display LED 46 in the first embodiment). Even if the lamp used for continuous lighting is replaced with a lamp as the second display member, the deterioration is extremely slow, so that the same operation and effect as those of the present invention can be obtained. It does not depart from the technical scope of.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the gaming machine according to the present invention has a state in which a player who has not derived the determination output of the gaming state determination means is not playing a game and a normal gaming state. In the above, when the first display member composed of a light emitting element is driven for display and a predetermined game state is established and the game state determination means is derived, the second display member composed of the first display member and the lamp In the state where the player is not playing the game, and in the normal game state, the lamp as the second display member is not driven to be displayed, but the second light emitting element is used. Since the display member 1 is driven for display, it is possible to attract the interest of the player. Further, since the second display member made of a lamp is used in a predetermined game state in which the game time is short, it can be prevented from being deteriorated and can be used for a long period of time. It is possible to attract the interest of the player even in the playing state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A to 6 show a first embodiment in which a ball game machine is adopted as a game machine, FIG. 1A is a front view of a variable winning ball device as a main game device, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view showing an attached state of an LED and a lamp arranged in the variable winning ball device, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit for controlling a game operation, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation, FIG. 4 is a display form relationship table showing the relation between the game state and the display forms of the LEDs and the lamps, and FIG. 5 is a pachinko game as an example of a ball game machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a front view of the machine, and FIG. 6 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko gaming machine. FIG. 7 is a partial front view of a game board of a pachinko game machine as a ball game machine, showing a second embodiment in which a ball game machine is adopted as a game machine. FIG. 8 is a front view of a rotary gaming machine, showing a third embodiment in which a rotary gaming machine is employed as a gaming machine. 1 ... Pachinko gaming machine (ball game machine; gaming machine) 25 ... Specific prize ball detector (part of game state determination means) 27a-27c ... Start prize ball detector (part of game state determination means) ) As a first display member, 71... Gaming effect LED 72a, 72b... A gaming effect LED 74a, 74b... A gaming effect LED As a second display member, 14a, 14b... A gaming effect lamp 16a, 16b. Gaming effect lamps 19a, 19b: Gaming effect lamps 21a, 21b: Gaming effect lamps 22a to 22c: Gaming effect lamps 65a, 65b: Gaming effect lamps 75a, 75b: Gaming effect lamps 90: Microcomputer (display (Including drive control means) 120 ... game effect lamp (second display member) 121 ... game effect LED (first display member) 123 ... passing ball detector (game state determination means) 130 ... rotation -Type gaming machines (gaming machines) 131a-131c ... Rotary drum (part of gaming state determination means) As first display member , 146a to 146d: Hit line display LED 147a to 147d: Hit line display LED 148a to 148d: Hit line display LED 149a to 149d: Hit line display LED 150a to 150d: Hit line display LED As display members, 151, 152 ... big hit indicator lamps 153a, 153b ... big hit strobe lamps

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first display member comprising a light emitting element provided on the front side of a gaming machine, a second display member comprising a lamp provided on the front side of the gaming machine, and a game state predetermined in the game. A game state determining unit that determines that the first display member has not been output and a display output of the first display member in a state in which a player who has not derived the determination output of the game state determining unit and a normal game state In the state where the determination output of the game state determination means is derived, the first
And a display drive control means for performing display drive control of the display member and the second display member.