JP3311393B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention, adjacent to the sphere lending machine provided with a card slot, and the ball discharge control device for controlling to discharge the sphere involving prize balls or lent sphere feed tray provided on a front face A launching device that launches a ball supplied from the supply tray to a game area of a game board, and a control unit that controls an operating unit and the like provided on the game board and controls the number of prize balls related to award ball discharge to a ball discharge control device. And a bonus control device for transmitting to the gaming machine.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Pachinko machines, especially pachinko machines using game balls
In, money is transferred to a cash-type ball rental machine next to the gaming machine.
To borrow a ball for lending and supply it to the pachinko machine
The mainstream was to move to and play games.
Borrow a ball using a prepaid card instead of a bill
There are also card-type pachinko machines that can do this. This card
Pachinko machines are card-type machines located next to pachinko machines.
Inserting a prepaid card into a ball rental machine and performing ball rental operations
With the ball discharging device provided in the pachinko machine,
Rental balls are paid out directly to the supply tray of
Prepaid car from the viewpoint of convenience for both technicians and game stores
In order to spread ball lending by
Adopt game content with higher gambling than no pachinko machines
It has been recognized that.

[0003]

However, there is a high gambling
A cash-type ball rental machine is set up next to a card-type pachinko machine.
And use a card-type pachinko machine to lend money
Prepaid cards become popular
Is hindered. Also, the ball ejection device of pachinko machines
From a card-type ball rental machine,
Activates the ball ejection device based on the signal related to the ball rental
To let the ball rental machine discharge the ball rental machine
Accuracy and reliability of the exchange of signals related to ball lending between
Reliability is required.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention provides a game machine using a card.
Stops firing when not connected to a ball rental machine that performs ball rental
And make the game impossible, and between the gaming machine and the ball rental machine
Improve the accuracy and reliability of the signal exchange related to ball lending
The purpose is to provide a gaming machine.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a ball rental machine provided with a card insertion slot,
A spherical emission control device that performs control for discharging the sphere involving prize balls or lent sphere feed tray provided on a front face, a firing device for firing the gaming area of the game board the supplied balls from the supply tray, the game And a control device for controlling an operating unit and the like provided on the board and transmitting the number of prize balls related to prize ball discharge to the ball discharge control device, the ball discharge control of the game machine. The device and the ball lending machine are connected and configured to be able to transmit and receive each other, and the ball lending machine, when making a conversion request to convert the balance of the inserted card into a predetermined number of lending balls, While transmitting the ball lending signal to the ball discharge control device,
A predetermined number request signal for requesting discharge of a predetermined number is transmitted, and the ball discharge control device transmits the ball lending signal and the predetermined number of balls.
The number request signal and the discharge of the number of rental balls have been completed
Is output via the photocoupler.
To be able to transmit and receive power from the ball rental machine.
By monitoring the source via a photocoupler,
The connection status of the photocoupler corresponding to each signal is the ball rental machine
It is determined whether reception state with the transmission and reception possible while firing stops the firing device when not connected in the state, the ball lending machine in the case that are connected can transmit and receive state on condition input of the sphere credit signal transmitted from
It receives an input of the predetermined number request signal, a predetermined number min
Is performed , and when the predetermined number of lent balls have been discharged , the predetermined number discharge completion signal is transmitted to the ball rental machine.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the ball discharge control device of the gaming machine and the ball lending machine can transmit and receive each other, and the ball lending machine converts the balance of the inserted card into a predetermined number of ball lending. when performing conversion request, sends a ball lending signal to the sphere emission control device, transmits a predetermined number request signal requesting the emission of a predetermined number fraction, the ball discharge control device, the ball lending signal, before
The predetermined number request signal and the discharge of the predetermined number of rental balls
A predetermined number of ejection completion signal indicating that the
Is configured to be able to transmit and receive via the
Power supply is monitored via a photocoupler.
The connection state of the photocoupler corresponding to each signal is
It is determined whether or not transmission / reception is possible with the ball-marking machine, and if the connection is not possible in a state where transmission / reception is possible, the launching device is stopped. It receives an input of the predetermined number request signal on the condition input of the sphere credit signal transmitted from the rental machine, a predetermined number
And controlling the discharge of the predetermined number of balls, and transmitting the predetermined number discharge completion signal to the ball rental machine when the discharge of the predetermined number of balls is completed .

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an installed state of the gaming machine 100 and the ball rental machine 200 of the present embodiment,
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration example of the gaming machine 100. As shown in these figures, a ball-lending machine 200 is installed adjacent to the gaming machine 100, and information about ball lending from the ball-lending machine 200 is incorporated in the gaming machine 100. The ball is discharged by the ball discharge device based on this information. The gaming machine 100 also has a front frame 22, and an opening / closing panel 23 is attached to the front frame 22. A metal frame 27 is attached to the opening / closing panel 23, and a supply tray 24 for storing game balls (hit balls) supplied to the hit ball launching device is attached below the metal frame 27, and further below it. When the prize ball is discharged,
A saucer 25 for storing the spheres overflowing from is provided. In addition, a special game display lamp 26 is provided above the front frame 22 of the game board 3 to notify a player or the like when a special game state referred to as a “big hit” described below occurs as a result of the game. is set up. The supply tray 24
A ball lending operation unit 250 for causing the ball lending machine 200 provided adjacent to the gaming machine to perform a ball lending operation is provided on the right side in front of the game machine.

At the center of the front of the gaming machine 100, a gaming board 3 is installed as shown in FIG. The game board 3 guides a ball shot by a ball shooting device (not shown) driven by rotation of an operation dial 21 provided on a front frame 22 to an upper portion of the game area 4 of the game board 3. A guide rail 5 is provided. Further, a variable display device 30 is provided at the upper center of the game area 4, and a variable winning device 50 is provided immediately below the variable display device 30. In addition, at an appropriate position on the front of the game board 3, a number of windmills 11 that randomly change the direction of a hit ball (game ball) falling from above the game area 4 or change the flow speed and direction of the hit ball. , 11, ..., obstacle nails 12, 12,
, Etc. are provided.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the ball lending machine 200, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view showing a ball lending operation section 250 provided on the supply tray 24 of the gaming machine. As described above, the ball lending machine 200 is installed one by one in one gaming machine, and in this embodiment, it is paired with the gaming machine installed on the right side of the ball lending machine. In the ball lending machine 200, a card insertion slot 210 of a card reader (not shown in the figure) into which a prepaid card is inserted at the time of ball lending is provided substantially at the center thereof. The ball lending machine 200 is moved to the ball lending operation unit 2
Ball lending control device 12 that controls based on a command signal from 50
00 is stored in the card unit 220. The ball lending machine 20 is located above the card unit 220.
A card unit key insertion unit 211 is provided to allow a staff member or the like to release the locked unit from the holder when an abnormality such as 0 occurs. At the top of the ball lending machine 200, there is provided a card availability indicator 231 which is illuminated in a card insertable state, and displays a fraction of the balance of the prepaid card at the lower side of the card lending machine. Fraction display 232 for displaying information, the ball lending machine 20
A connection board direction indicator 233 indicating which of the left and right gaming machines is connected to the gaming machine, and a card insertion indicator 234 which is lit when a prepaid card is inserted to indicate the fact are provided. When the ball lending machine is connected to the gaming machine on the left side, the upper left triangle display section 233a in the figure is turned on when the ball lending machine is connected to the gaming machine,
When connected to the right gaming machine, the lower triangular display section 233b in the figure is turned on.

As shown in FIG. 4, a ball lending operation unit 250 provided on the gaming machine 100 displays a balance display of a prepaid card inserted into the ball lending machine 200 and an error display of the ball lending machine. Frequency indicator 251 for performing, a lending switch 252 used when a player lends a ball, and a lending possible display LE for displaying that the lending switch can be operated.
D253, and a return switch 254 for returning the inserted card are provided. By a single pressing operation of the lending switch 252, a predetermined amount (for example, 300 yen) of game balls is discharged from a ball discharging device described later, and at the same time, the amount is discharged from the inserted prepaid card. It is designed to be subtracted from the balance.

A ball lending operation by a player or the like using the operation unit is performed according to the following procedure. When the card availability indicator 231 on the ball lending machine 200 is turned on, the prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 21.
0, the card reader (not shown) in the ball lending machine 200 pulls in the card (if the display 231 is turned off or blinking, the card reader will not Is not accepted). If the balance of the inserted card is 0 yen, the card is returned as it is. When the card is inserted, the card insertion indicator 234 is displayed.
Then, the lendable display LED 253 is turned on, and the balance of the prepaid card is displayed on the frequency display 251. If the lending switch 252 is pressed once in this state, the game store discharges the number of balls (300 yen worth of game balls) set in advance in the setting unit (not shown) of the card unit. Note that when the lending possible display LED 253 is turned off, the pressing operation of the lending switch is invalidated, and ball lending is not performed. When the lending (discharging) of the desired number of game balls is completed and the return switch 254 is pressed by the player, a card reader (not shown) discharges the inserted prepaid card from the insertion slot 231. When the discharging operation is completed, the lendable display LED 253 is turned off, the card insertion indicator 234 is blinked for a predetermined period, and then turned off.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view showing only the game board 3 of FIG. The variable display device 30 provided slightly above the center of the game board 3 is constituted by a fluorescent display tube, and three variable display portions 30A, 30B, 30C (left symbol display portion 30A, middle symbol display in order from the left) are provided at the center thereof. Section 30B, a right symbol display section 30C) is formed, and special figure start winning storage display sections (displays) 31A to 31D are provided below the variable display section.
Above the variable display section, a background display section 32 is formed. In the variable display device 30, "0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4" is displayed on the left symbol display portion 30A and the right symbol display portion 30C in accordance with a command from the accessory control device 600 described later.
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, P, T, C, E,? 16
In this order, and “0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, P,
T, C, E, X,? At the fastest speed in each of the 17 symbols in this order, the player can fluctuate and display the change in the display at a speed that cannot be visually observed. In addition, the start prize storage display sections 31A to 31D are provided with start prize openings 6 to be described later.
This displays the number of winning balls (winning number storage value) for which no variable display game has been played after winning 6 or 8.

A variable winning device 50 is provided at a position immediately below the variable display device 30 of the game board 3. The variable winning device 50 is normally held in a state where the movable members 51, 51 are closed and game balls are hard to win (the state of FIG. 5),
When the result of the "variable display game" by the variable display device is "big hit", the movable members 51, 51 are opened in an inverted C-shape to easily win a game ball (the open state shown in FIG. 6). ). In this embodiment, the starting winning opening 8, which is provided immediately below the variable display device 30,
Alternatively, the "variable display game" is started on condition that the game balls have won the starting winning ports 6, 6 provided on the left and right sides of the variable winning device 50, and the game result is "big hit".
(When three symbols match),
The open state (reverse C-shape) of the movable members 51, 51 is maintained for a predetermined time (for example, 29 seconds) (one cycle). In addition, this one cycle of "big hit"
The game state ends when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls wins in the special winning opening 52 while the open state is maintained, and during this time, a predetermined continuation condition is achieved. After a predetermined interval time (for example, 3.5 seconds) elapses, the process shifts to the next cycle. This "big hit" game state can be continued until a predetermined cycle (for example, 16 cycles).

In the variable winning device 50, a continuous winning opening 53A (see FIG. 6) is provided at the center of the winning ball inflow portion 53, and it is determined that a gaming ball wins in the winning opening 53A. This is the continuation condition of the game state. Further, winning prize openings 53B, 53 are provided on both left and right sides of the continuous winning prize opening 53A.
B is provided. During one opening operation, the number of game balls that have won the winning ports 53A, 53B, 53B is:
Continuous winning detector SW4, ten count detector SW described later
5, when the number is detected by SW6 and the number becomes "10" or when the above-mentioned predetermined time has elapsed, one cycle of the opening operation is completed.

Returning to FIG. 5, two prize holes 13 are provided at the uppermost portion of the variable display device 30, and a general prize hole 7 is provided at both left and right positions of the variable display device 30 of the game board 3. , 7 are provided, and general winning openings 9, 9 are provided outside the starting winning opening of the variable winning device 50. On the other hand, at the bottom of the game board 3, there is provided an out ball collection port 14 for collecting game balls (out balls) that did not win any of the winning ports.

A large number of decorative lamps L1 to L4 are provided outside the game area 4 of the game board 3, and a completion lamp L10 is provided at the upper left thereof. Decorative lamps (side lamps) L6, L
6 are provided. Further, a plurality of decorative lamps L5 and L5 are built in the body frame of the variable winning device 50, and a decorative lamp L9 is built in the upper part of the variable display device 30.
Further, lamp units 15, 15 provided with a plurality of decorative lamps L7,..., L8,. Among the various decorative lamps installed in this way, L1 to L4 are reach display lamps that notify a so-called "reach state" before a "big hit" occurs, and L5 and L5 satisfy the continuation condition at the "big hit". L6, L6, L7,
L7 is a variation display lamp which lights up during execution of the variable display game (during symbol change), and L8, L8, L9 are game state display lamps which are turned on / off according to other game states.

In the gaming machine 100 configured as described above, when the fired game ball flows into the starting winning openings 8, 6, and 6 among the winning openings provided in the gaming board 3, 1 For example, five prize balls are discharged for one prize ball, and the general prize holes 7, 7, 9, 9, 1
For example, when prize balls 3 and 13 are won, one prize ball is discharged, for example, 10 prize balls, and when a prize ball 52 is won, for example, 15 prize balls are discharged for one prize ball. It has become. In this way, the starting winning openings 8, 6,
By reducing the number of prize balls when the player wins No. 6, a certain number of prize balls can be returned to the player, so that the number of prize balls can be adjusted so as to increase the number of prizes in the starting port with a small number of discharges. It is possible to increase the number of occurrences of “game”.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the variable winning device 50 installed substantially at the center of the game board 3. This variable winning device 50 is attached to the through hole 3B of the game board 3 shown in FIG. 8, and the center of a main body frame 50A forming the outer periphery of the variable winning device 50 is hollow, and this portion is The large winning opening 52 is formed, and the doll member 55 (FIG. 7)
Is installed in the center. The large winning opening 52 is provided with a movable member 51 rotatably attached to the main body frame 50A,
The opening and closing of the movable members 51, 51 achieves a "big hit" gaming state. Specifically, the movable members 51, 51 are normally closed in the game state, and have a "C" shape that is difficult to receive a game ball (FIG. 5). Then, when a “big hit” occurs as a result of the “variable display game”, the variable winning device 50 causes the movable members 51, 51 to be inverted “c” by a special winning opening solenoid A (not shown) attached to the rear side. ”, And the game balls easily flow into the special winning opening 52. The operation control of the solenoid A (ON / OFF)
The off control) is performed based on a control signal from the accessory control device 600 described later.

The main frame 50 having the large winning opening 52 formed therein.
On the front side of the doll member 55 installed substantially in the center of A, a winning ball inflow portion 53 having a continuous winning opening 53A and winning holes 53B, 53B is provided. The winning ball that has flowed into the special winning opening 52 flows into any of the above three winning openings 53A, 53B, 53B, and then is detected by the detectors SW4 to SW6 respectively provided in these winning openings. It is supposed to be. In addition, the winning ball inflow section 5
An inflow prevention mechanism 5 including a closing lever 56a movable horizontally in the left-right direction with respect to the board surface and a continuous winning opening solenoid B (not shown) for performing this movement is provided at the upper end of the board 3.
6 are provided. In the inflow blocking mechanism 56, the closing lever 56a is normally held so that the closing lever 56a is located between the continuous winning opening 53A and the winning opening 53B as shown in FIG. When the condition is satisfied (for example, when the continuation condition is satisfied), the solenoid B moves to the position shown in FIG.
The continuous winning opening 53A is closed to prevent the inflow of game balls.

FIG. 8 shows a flow path of a game ball that has won a prize in the various prize holes formed in the game area 4.
It is a back view which shows the structure of the back side of the game board 3. As shown in this figure, a plurality of through holes 3 </ b> A to 3 </ b> A
3I is provided. Of these, the through hole 3A substantially at the center of the game board 3 is provided for mounting the variable display device 30, and the through hole 3B below it is provided for mounting the variable winning device 50. The through holes 3C and 3D are provided for mounting the lamp units 15, 15 shown in FIG. 5, the second and third starting winning ports 7, 7, and the general winning ports 9, 9, respectively.
The through hole 3E is provided to allow the first starting winning opening 8 to be attached. The through holes 3F and 3G are provided for attaching the general winning openings 7 and 7, the through hole 3H is provided for attaching the completion lamp L10 and the like, and the through hole 3I is provided for the out ball collection port 1.
4 is provided for communicating the out ball collection gutter (not shown).

Each winning opening 6,6 on the front of the game board 3
7,7,9,9,8,13,13,52, and thereafter, a game ball (which reaches the back side of the game board 3 through one of the through holes 3A to 3G formed in the game board 3 ( Winning balls) are formed on the back surface of the gaming board 3 and winning ball guide gutters 3a to 3i,
On the back side of the game board 3, the winning ball collecting gutters 16 are provided at intervals of at least one ball so that the game balls can pass through the inside thereof, and flow down in the direction indicated by the dotted arrow in FIG. 8 respectively. Is collected and the downflow gutter 16a at its lower end is collected.
Thus, the game is guided to a winning ball processing device 810 described later. A plurality of winning ball detectors (SW1 to SW6) are provided on the back side of the gaming board 3 for detecting when a game ball has won a specific winning port among the above-mentioned winning ports. ing.

That is, a start winning switch SW1 for detecting a game ball flowing into the first starting winning opening 8 is provided downstream of the winning ball guide gutters 3e and 3f, and the second and third starting winning openings 6 are provided. , 6 are provided at the winning hole mounting positions of the through holes 3C, 3D. A flow path formed inside the variable winning device 50 attached to the through hole 3B has a ten-count detector SW5 that detects a winning ball that has flowed into the special winning opening 62 when the movable wing pieces 51, 51 are opened. , SW6 and a continuous winning detector SW4, and the game ball flowing into the special winning opening 62 is detected by any of these three detectors. In this embodiment, all the game balls that have won all the winning holes of the game board 3 are detected by the safe sensor (winning ball detector) provided in the winning ball processing device 810 described later. In addition, the detectors SW1 to SW6 provided on the gaming board 3 are used as detectors for determining how many prize balls should be discharged with respect to the winning balls. That is, the detectors SW1 to SW3
"Eject 5" is performed for the number of winning balls detected by "1", and "Discharge 15" is performed for the number of winning balls detected by the detectors SW4 to SW6. If no detection signal is generated from any of the above-described detectors SW1 to SW6 when the winning ball is detected by the safe sensor, "discharge 10 pieces" is performed accordingly.

The gaming machine 100 constructed generally as described above.
The operation is generally controlled as follows by a control means such as the accessory control device 600 which will be described later. When the player turns the operation dial 21 shown in FIG. 2 and the game ball fired wins one of the three starting winning openings 8, 6, and 6 provided on the game board 3, the first to the first effects are notified.
Detected by the third start winning detectors SW1 to SW3, and based on the detection signals from the detectors SW1 to SW3, the accessory control device 600 causes the variable display units 30A to 30C of the variable display device 30 to display variable display games. Is performed. When the variable display game is started, each of the display units 30A to 30C of the above-described variable display device 30 continuously and variably displays 16 or 17 types of symbols over a predetermined period (5.2 seconds or more). When the predetermined period elapses, the symbol change is stopped in the order of the left symbol 30A, the middle symbol 30B, and the right symbol 30C, and a "big hit" / "loss" is determined based on a combination of symbols when the symbols are stopped. When the game result is "losing", the variable winning device 50
Is displayed over a predetermined time (for example, 1.024 sec) while the movable members 51, 51 are kept closed. On the other hand, when the result of the variable display game is “big hit” (at this time, the symbol is in a predetermined stop mode such as “3, 3, 3”, “7, 7, 7”), a predetermined speaker Sound effects (fanfare) over time (for example, 4 seconds)
And then the movable member 5 of the variable winning device 50
The large winning opening 52 is opened by rotating the first and the first 51 in the opening direction for a predetermined time (for example, 29 seconds). When ten game balls win the winning opening 52 during one opening of the winning opening 52, the movable members 51, 51 are once rotated in the closing direction to close the winning opening 52. When the game ball wins the above-mentioned continuous winning opening 53A while the large winning opening 52 is open (continuation condition is satisfied), the closed state of the large winning opening 52 is maintained for a predetermined time (for example, 3.504 sec). In the next cycle, the special winning opening 52 is again set for a predetermined time (29 seconds)
Be released. Such opening operation of the special winning opening 52 can be continued up to a maximum of 16 cycles. When the jackpot game reaches the final (16) cycle, regardless of whether the continuation condition is satisfied or not, the “big hit” game state is set to the end of the opening operation of the special winning opening 52 for a predetermined time (29 seconds) or the special winning opening. The process ends when ten winning balls flow into the game.

When the gaming machine flows into the continuous winning opening while the special winning opening is open and the continuation condition is satisfied, the solenoid B of the inflow preventing mechanism 56 provided in the winning ball inflow portion 53 of the doll member 55 operates. The closing lever 56a is slid to close the continuous winning opening 53A.

By the way, in the gaming machine 100 whose gaming state is controlled as described above, the prize ball corresponding to the winning ball (safe ball) won during the game is discharged by the accessory control device 600 and the ball discharge control. The operation is performed as follows by the operation of the control device such as the device 700. After being launched into the game area 4, the game ball that has won one of the winning holes provided in the game board 3 has through holes 3A to 3G provided in the game board 3, winning ball guiding gutters 3 a to 3 i, and a prize. By the ball collecting gutter 16 etc.
All are guided to the winning ball processing device 810. A prize ball storing section is formed in the prize ball processing device 810, and the stored prize balls are detected by the safe sensor for one piece. A predetermined number of prize balls are ejected by the number of game balls (safe balls) detected by the safe sensor. In the gaming machine 100, the detected winning ball is
Depending on which winning opening is won, that is, the winning ball is
When the prize balls flow into the winning prize ball processing section by flowing from the starting prize ports 8, 6, and 6, five prize balls are discharged per one prize ball. When a prize is won, for example, 15 prize balls are discharged for one prize ball, and when other prize holes are won, for example, 10 prize balls are discharged for one prize ball. I have to. The operation of discharging the three types of prize balls is performed as follows. That is, the gaming balls flowing into the respective winning ports of the gaming board are collected by the winning ball processing device by the winning ball collecting gutter 16 and detected one by one by the safe sensor installed therein. When the first one is detected by the safe sensor, a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the winning ball are discharged once, and when the discharging operation is completed, the winning ball is processed by the processing device. Is more exhausted. When the next winning ball reaches the inside of the safe sensor with this ejection, the building is detected, and the next prize ball is ejected. By the way, on the prize ball processing device side, only the presence or absence of the prize ball is detected by the safe sensor, and it is not determined which prize hole the prize ball has won. In the present embodiment, how many prize balls are to be discharged for the winning ball detected by the safe sensor at this time, that is, which of “5 discharge”, “10 discharge”, and “15 discharge” is performed. Is performed based on winning data stored on the accessory control device 600 side. The winning data is obtained by counting how many game balls have flowed into each winning opening based on the winning signals from the winning detectors SW1 to SW6 and storing this. Therefore,
When the winning ball is detected by the safe sensor, if the accessory control device 600 stores the winning of the game ball to the starting winning openings 8, 6, and 6, the accessory control device 600 will be described later. The data is sent to the ball discharge control device 700 and “5
If a game ball winning to the special winning opening 52 is stored, "15 discharge" is performed based on the data. When the discharge control is performed in this manner, the game ball is detected when it reaches the detection unit on the back side of the game board 3, and thereafter, reaches the winning ball processing device 810 and is detected by the safe sensor. . Therefore, when a large number of winning balls are stored in the winning ball processing device 810, some of the stored winning balls have won the “5 discharge” winning opening (starting winning opening). It is possible to detect how many prize balls have been won in the winning opening (large winning opening) of “15 discharges”, and discharge the prize balls accordingly. In order to discharge the three types of prize balls with different numbers of balls, detectors may be provided at two types of winning openings. In this case, there are already two types of detectors, namely, a start winning detector for starting the variable display game, and a ten count detector for counting the number of winning balls to the big winning opening during the "big hit" (and the continuous winning). Detectors) detect two types of winnings.

In this embodiment, when a large number of winning balls are temporarily stored in the winning ball processing device 810 and the winning ball receiving gutter 17 (FIG. 9) formed on the upstream side thereof, based on the above data. First, "5 discharges" are performed, and when "5 discharges" are no longer stored, "15 discharges" are performed. When the "15 discharges" are no longer stored, the remaining winning balls are deleted. "Eject 10" is performed for the number of balls. As described above, when a large number of winning balls are stored in the winning ball processing device 810 and the winning ball receiving gutter 17, “5 discharges” is performed in preference to “15 discharges”.
The stored prize balls can be released more efficiently than the processing device (one prize ball is released for every five prize balls discharged, and thereafter every 15 prize balls are discharged). 1
This winning ball is released).

When the prize ball is discharged as described above, the following effects can be obtained. In recent gaming machines,
Once a big hit occurs, a game ball is played at a time
The next prize ball is generated until the predetermined number of prize balls have been discharged, and the prize ball processing device 810
In such a case, the prize ball is likely to overflow. In this case, as described above, if the prize ball discharging process (ejecting five prize balls) for a winning ball with a small number of prize balls is performed first, if the same number of prize balls are discharged, The number of the winning balls stored in the processing device can be quickly reduced, so that the overflow of the winning ball processing device can be avoided.

FIG. 9 is a rear view showing the back of the gaming machine 100 and the ball lending machine 200, and FIG. As shown in these figures, the back mechanism board 800 of the gaming machine is provided with a game board 3 at the center of the back surface, and on the upper part of the back mechanism board 800, a spare ball used as a prize ball or a lending ball is provided. A storage tank 820 for storing is provided. This storage tank 8
20 below the two tanks (discharge 1
Side, discharge 2 side) guide gutter 830 (830A, 830B)
Are extended, and the guide gutters 830A and 830B are
It is connected to a ball discharge device 300 formed at a side end (right end in FIG. 7) of the back mechanism board 800. A ball leveling member 823 for leveling the game balls stored in the guide gutters 830A and 830B is rotated below the storage tank 820 in the extending direction of the guide gutter. It is suspended freely.

The ball discharge device 300 is provided with the guiding gutter 830.
A, 830B, which is provided to allow the supply tray 24 or the collection gutter (not shown) of the gaming machine to communicate with each other. , And a ball emptying unit 330 installed on the downstream side. The ball ejection device 300 is provided with a ball removal sensor 350 (not shown in the figure), and a ball removal rod (both not shown) is inserted into an insertion hole provided in the gaming machine. Is detected by the sensor 350, a ball-pulling solenoid described later is excited (ON), and the ball discharging device 300 is converted into a state in which the ball-pulling operation can be performed.

The ball discharge unit 320 and the ball emptying unit 330 constituting the ball discharge device 300 are each provided with two ball passages 340 (discharge 1 side and discharge 2 side).
A, 340B are formed, and these units are:
Two lines are provided to connect the guide gutters 830A and 830B to the supply tray 24 or the collection gutter of the gaming machine, respectively, by being attached to the unit attachment portions 801 and 802 of the right side portion 800B outside the back mechanism board 800, respectively. 340 (340A, 340B) are formed (FIG. 10).

The main body 800 of the outer frame of the back mechanism panel 800
In A, the winning ball processing device 810 includes the winning ball receiving gutter 17.
It is installed so as to communicate with the winning ball collecting gutter 16 on the game board 3 side (shown by a broken line in FIG. 9). Further, a first ball guide gutter 803 for guiding the discharged prize balls and loaned balls to the tray 24 is formed in the main body portion 800A of the back mechanism board 800, and a first ball guide gutter 803 is located at an outward position of the ball guide gutter 803. A second ball guide gutter (not shown) for guiding the discharged ball to a collection gutter.
Are formed.

The main body 800A of the back mechanism panel 800
The accessory control device 600 is installed at the center position on the left side as shown in FIG. This accessory control device 600
Controls the operating units such as the variable display device 30 and the variable winning device 50 provided on the game board 3 and the lighting / flashing control of each decorative LED / lamp provided on the game board 3 according to a program which will be described later in detail. It is what you do.

A ball discharge control device 700 is provided at a position on the right side of the center of the main body 800A of the back mechanism panel 800. The ball discharge control device 700 includes the accessory control device 6
00 based on a data signal (for example, a prize ball data signal) indicating game contents and a data signal (for example, a BRDY signal, a BRQ signal) indicating ball lending request information from the ball lending control device 800. Run the program,
Thus, a desired number of game balls can be discharged from the ball discharging device 30.
0 is performed. The ball discharge control device 7
The 00 main body is provided with an error display 790 (including a 7-segment display section 791 and a Dp display section 792) for displaying an error content or the like relating to the discharge of the ball.
0 indicates that the error indicator 790 can be seen from the back,
It is covered with a transparent protective cover.

The ball lending machine 200 provided adjacent to the gaming machine 100 has a ball lending control device 1200 built therein. The ball lending control device 1200 reads the information of the prepaid card inserted into the ball lending machine 200, recognizes the ball lending information from the ball lending operation unit 250 operated by a player or the like at this time, and The number of game balls to be lent out by the ball lending operation is determined, and a data signal representing the determination result is sent to the ball discharge control device 700.

Further, the main body 800A of the back mechanism board 800
A hit ball launching device 850 is installed at a position on the lower left side. The hitting ball firing device 850 includes a rotary solenoid driven by the rotation of the operation dial 21 shown in FIG. Is to be fired. Further, a speaker 660 that generates various sound effects according to the operation of the accessory based on a command signal from a later-described accessory control device 600 is provided below the back mechanism panel 800.

The ball discharge control device 70 of the back mechanism panel 800
An interface board 860 is provided immediately below the zero. The interface board 860 exchanges control signals between the above-described ball discharge control device 700 provided on the back mechanism board 800, the accessory control device 600, and the ball lending control device 1200. In exchanging such data, a photocoupler is used. More specifically, the interface board 86
11, a connector 861 to which the wiring from the ball lending operation unit 250 is connected as shown in FIG.
The connector 862 to which the wiring from 0 is connected, the connector 863 to which the wiring from the ball lending control device 1200 is connected, and the ball discharge control device 70 via the connectors 862 and 863.
Photocouplers 864a to 864e used for exchanging data between 0 and the ball lending control device 1200, and other devices (such as a fuse 865) are provided. The interface board 860 having such a configuration is provided with the back mechanism board 800.
At a predetermined position (directly below the ball discharge control device 700).

Returning to FIG. 9, the external information terminal board 8 having a large number of external connection terminals is provided on the right side of the storage tank 820 of the back mechanism panel 800 and on the ball discharge device 300.
A predetermined number 70 representing the jackpot information, the rotation information, the start information, and the like is provided between various control devices on the gaming machine side and a central management device (not shown) of the gaming machine via the board 870. Is transmitted.

Also, a probability mode setting section 680 shown in FIG.
Is provided. The probability mode setting unit 680 changes / displays the “probability mode” for adjusting the probability of occurrence of the “big hit” during the execution of the variable display game.
A probability mode setting switch 681 for selecting the “probability mode” and a probability mode display unit 682 for displaying the “probability mode” set by the switch 681 are provided.

The selection of the “probability mode” by operating the probability mode setting section 680 is performed as follows.
First, before turning on the main power of the gaming machine, a specific key (not shown) is inserted into the keyhole 681a of the probability mode setting switch 681, and the inserted key is further turned to the left (counterclockwise in the figure).
When the game machine 100 is turned on and the main power of the gaming machine 100 is turned on (turned on) in this state, the “probability mode” set up to that time is displayed on the probability mode display section 682. When the key is returned to the neutral position (the rotational position shown in FIG. 12) from this state, the display of the “probability mode” is performed for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds). When the key inserted during this time is rotated once to the right and then returned to the neutral position, the value of the displayed “probability mode” increases to “1”, and by repeating this, the “setting mode” becomes “ It changes in three stages, such as “1” → “2” → “3” → “1”. When the displayed value becomes a desired value by such a key rotation operation, the key rotation operation is stopped, and the key is left at a neutral position for a predetermined time (5 seconds). The value displayed at that time is determined as the “probability mode”, and the display ends with this. The “probability mode” determined in this manner is prohibited from being changed until the main power of the gaming machine is turned off, and the “probability mode” is displayed for the predetermined time. After that time, the value is not known. To confirm the set “probability mode”, insert a setting key into the probability mode setting switch 681 and turn it to the left. It is displayed.

Next, the structure and operation of the above-described winning ball processing device 810 provided on the back mechanism board 800 will be described. The winning ball processing device 810 is formed further downstream of the winning ball receiving gutter 17 connected to the downstream side of the winning ball collecting gutter 16, and a ball collection path is provided downstream of the winning ball processing device 810. (Not shown) is provided. As shown in FIG. 13, the prize ball processing device 810 includes a prize ball flow path 8 for causing a prize ball to flow down from the receiving gutter 17.
12 is provided through the inside of the winning ball processing unit 810A, and a ball collection path is connected downstream thereof.

Further, notches 812A and 812B are provided in the middle of the winning ball flow path 812. This notch 81
On 2A and 812B, a downflow prevention member 813 for preventing the winning balls from flowing down, and separation claw members 814 for separating one winning ball to be discharged one by one, are projected. The flow-down preventing member 813 and the separation claw member 814 are linked to each other. When one protrudes into the winning ball flow path 812, the other is lifted up from the flow path 812. These members 813, 8
The operation of 14 is a solenoid 811 (safe solenoid C)
Is controlled by excitation (ON) / demagnetization (OFF).

More specifically, the winning ball processing device 810
In normal operation, the winning ball solenoid 811 is demagnetized (turned off), the operating rod 811a descends and the tip 813a of the flow-down preventing member 813 enters the winning ball channel 812, and the winning ball channel 812 The prize ball B1 inside is prevented from flowing down. At this time, the separation claw member 814
Is rotated back in the direction in which the front end thereof rises due to the weight of the weight portion 815 on the rear side thereof, and the claw portion 814 a at the front end thereof has come out of the winning ball flow path 812. When the safe solenoid 811 is excited (turned on) in this state, the operating rod 811a rotates the downflow prevention member 813 clockwise about the rotation shaft 813b. As a result, the tip 813a of the flow-down preventing member escapes from the inside of the winning ball flow path 812, and the winning ball B1 at the most downstream position in the winning ball flow path 812 can flow down. At this time, the separation claw member 814 interlocked with the downflow prevention member 813 prevents the second and subsequent winning balls B2, B3,... From flowing down when the claw portion 814a enters the winning ball flow path 812. As a result, only the bottom winning ball B1 flows out.

When the safe solenoid 811 is demagnetized again after the winning ball B1 located at the bottom is released,
Again, the tip 813a of the flow-down preventing member 813 enters the winning ball flow path 812, and the claw 814a at the tip of the separation claw member 814 returns to the state of being removed from the winning ball flow path 812, and this time, the second winning is performed. The ball B2 is the downflow prevention member 813
Is stopped by the front end portion 813a. Then, when the safe solenoid 811 is excited again, the claw portion 813a at the tip of the flow-down preventing member 813 comes out of the winning ball flow path 812 and the separation claw member 81
The fourth claw portion 814a enters the winning ball flow path 812 to lock the third and subsequent balls B3, B4,..., And only the second winning ball B2 flows out. In this way, each time the safe solenoid 811 repeats the on / off operation, one winning ball in the winning ball channel 812 flows down. Then, as shown in the figure, each time a winning ball is locked by the flow-down preventing member 813 and the standby state is established, the waiting winning ball is detected by a winning ball detector (safe sensor) 816. . The winning ball processing device 810 is provided with a ball pulling lever 817 for forcibly discharging the winning ball by rotating the flow-down preventing member 813 artificially regardless of the operating state of the safe solenoid 811. Have been.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a storage tank 820 installed on the back of the gaming machine 100. This storage tank 8
Numeral 20 is fixed to mounting holes (not shown) in the upper part of the back mechanism panel 800 (FIG. 9) by mounting pins 821 and 821, and on the lower side thereof, a guide located below the tank 820 is provided. A ball leveling member 823 for leveling the stored balls in the gutters 830A and 830B (FIG. 9) is suspended. The bottom of the storage tank 820 is provided with a tank 8.
Replenishment detector 822 for detecting the storage state of the game balls in 20
Is provided. This replenishment detection unit 822 is configured as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 16, a movable bottom plate portion 822a that can be displaced in the vertical direction with respect to the storage tank, a support lever 822b provided on the bottom plate portion 822a, And a sensor portion 822c for detecting a downward displacement of the lever 822b. The sensor section 822c is connected to the support lever 822.
b and a contacting lever member 822c _1, it is constituted by a microswitch 822c ₂ for outputting a signal representing this fact when the lever member is depressed. The movable bottom plate 822a is urged upward by a return spring (not shown) provided below the movable bottom plate 822a.

In the replenishment detecting section 822 thus configured, when sufficient game balls are stored in the storage tank 820, as shown in FIG. 822a is depressed, the support lever 822b is pressed down the lever member 822c _1, this time the micro switch 822c ₂ outputs an oN signal. On the other hand, when the number of the stored balls in the tank 820 decreases due to the discharge of the prize balls and the lending of the lending balls, the bottom plate portion 822a
There is restored upward by not shown return spring, the output of the microswitch 822c ₂ is turned off. Then
Based on the output signal from the replenishment sensor 822, the storage state of the game balls in the storage tank 820 can be detected.

FIG. 17 shows a guide gutter 830 (830A, 8A) for connecting the storage tank 820 with the ball discharger 300.
FIG. 30B is an exploded perspective view for explaining the configuration of FIG. 30B). The guide gutter 830 includes a main body frame 831 and a separating body 832 formed therein, as shown in FIG. A guide gutter 830A (front side as viewed from the back side) and a second (discharge 2 side) guide gutter 830B are formed, and the upper left side in the figure is connected to the storage tank 820 side and the lower right side is connected to the ball discharge device 300 side. . The first and second guide gutters 830A and 830A
30B, stainless steel plates 833a and 833b are provided for each of the guide gutters 830A and 830B in order to prevent wear of the gutter accompanying the flow of the game ball.

The main body frame 831 of the guide gutter 830 is provided with mounting holes 831a, 831a,..., And the main body frame 831 is provided with the mounting holes 831a and the mounting holes (not shown) on the back mechanism panel side. With the mounting pins 8 aligned.
31b, 831b... Are fixed at predetermined positions on the back mechanism board 800.

Further, on the downstream side of the guide gutter 830, a pressure reducing unit 310 of the ball discharging device 300 is provided in series.
The decompression unit 310 includes a partition plate 310A integrally formed with the main body frame 831, a first lid 310B attached to the partition plate 310A from the near side in the drawing, and a second lid attached to the back side from the back side. 310C. Then, between the partition plate 310A and the lid 310B, and between the partition plate 310A and the lid 310C.
, Two pressure reducing passages 311 (refer to FIG. 18) are provided (first and second pressure reducing passages 311A and 311B), respectively. The second guide gutters 830A and 830B communicate with each other. Thus, the game ball is decompressed 311
While flowing down, the flowing speed of the game ball is reduced, so that the game ball smoothly flows into the ball discharge unit 320 provided on the downstream side without causing clogging or the like. .

The decompression unit 310 includes the above-mentioned 2
An odd sensor 315 for detecting whether or not a game ball exists in the strip decompression paths 311A and 311B is provided. The irregular sensor 315 is connected to the two pressure reducing paths 311.
A, 311B, two detection pieces 316, 316 that rotate around their rotation axes 316a, 316a in accordance with the presence or absence of a game ball in the decompression path, and this detection piece 31.
The U-shaped detectors 317A and 317B output high-level signals when the 6,316 detection projections 316b and 316b are located inside the detection projections 316b and 316b. The odd sensor 315 configured as described above is similar to that of FIG.
As shown in the figure, when a game ball is present in the decompression paths 311A and 311B, the detection pieces 316 and 316 are detected.
Is pushed up by the game ball, and the detecting convex portions 316b, 316b are provided in the U-shaped detecting portions 317A, 317B.
And a high-level signal is output from the two detection units. On the other hand, the decompression paths 311A and 31
When the game ball in 1B runs out, as shown in FIG. 19, the detection pieces 316 and 316 rotate by their own weights,
The detection convex portions 316b, 316b are U-shaped detection portions 31.
7, 317, and the output signals from the detectors 317, 317 become low level.

At the lower end of the decompression unit 310, a channel opening / closing device 319 is provided. This switching device 319
Is provided with an opening / closing member 319a and a closing spring 319b, and the ball discharging unit 32 is provided downstream of the pressure reducing unit 310.
0 is attached, the opening and closing member 319a is
The unit 32 is pushed to the back side against the spring 319.
The spherical flow paths between 1,320 are communicated.
When the ball discharge unit 320 is removed, the opening / closing member 319a is pushed forward by the closing spring 319b, and the most downstream end of the flow path in the pressure reducing unit 310 is closed.

FIG. 20 is a front view showing the internal structure of the ball discharging unit 320 constituting the ball discharging device 300. The ball discharge unit 320 discharges the game balls in the two ball passages 340 (340A, 340B, only 340A on the discharge 1 side (front side) in the drawing) of the ball discharge device 300 to discharge 1, 2 solenoids. The discharge is performed by turning on / off 325 (D) and 325 (E) (the discharge 1 solenoid D installed on the near side as viewed from the back of the gaming machine is shown), and the solenoid is controlled. Is performed based on a command signal from a ball discharge control device 700 described later.

More specifically, the spherical flow path 340 formed in the spherical discharge unit 320 includes a vertical passage portion 341.
And a direction changing passage portion 342. In particular, the rear wall of the lower portion of the vertical passage portion 341 is provided with a sphere reaching the lower portion of the vertical passage portion 341 so that the center of the sphere is higher than the center position of the sphere immediately above it. A ball clogging prevention protrusion 341a that is pushed forward (to the left in the figure) is provided.

In the middle of the spherical flow path 340 thus configured, the notch 343 and the notch 343 form the tip 3
A downflow prevention member 324 from which 24a protrudes is provided. The flow-down preventing member 324 is attached to the ball discharge unit 320 so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 324b. The rotation of the flow-down prevention member 324 is controlled by a discharge solenoid 325 (discharge 1) connected to the ball. , 2 solenoids So
1D, E). Further, a bounce prevention mechanism 327 is provided below the flow-down preventing member 324. The prevention mechanism 327 includes a rubber 327b for preventing the discharge solenoid from debounding when the discharge solenoid is demagnetized and the downflow prevention member 324 descends.
A weight 327a is provided to urge 27b upward. The discharge sensor 326 is provided on the upstream side of the notch 343 from which the flow-down preventing member 324 projects in the spherical flow path 340.
(Discharge 1 and 2 sensors 326A and 326B) are provided. The discharge sensor 326 is configured to output a high-level signal when a game ball is present inside the detection unit 326a. The output signal falls once.

The ball discharging unit 32 thus configured
The discharge of the game ball (prize ball / rental ball) by 0 is roughly performed as follows. That is, when the discharge solenoid 325 is excited (ON) based on a control signal from a ball discharge control device 700 described later, the operating rod 325b is raised against the return spring 325a, and the above-mentioned downflow connected thereto is performed. When the blocking member 324 is rotated clockwise in the drawing, the tip 324a of the flow-down blocking member is pulled up from the ball flow path 340A, and the game ball in the flow path is discharged. During the ball discharge operation, the ball discharge control device 700 counts the number of times the output signal of the discharge sensor 326 has fallen. When the counted value reaches a desired value, the predetermined number of game balls are discharged. Then, the discharge solenoid 325 is demagnetized (OFF), and the discharge operation is terminated.

FIGS. 21 and 22 are front views showing the internal structure of the ball removing unit 330 of the ball discharging device 300. FIG.
In the ball discharge unit 320, two lines (340A, 340
The spherical flow path 340 formed separately in B)
It is integrated into a single line 340C in the ball removing unit 330. The ball removing unit 330 is for controlling whether the game balls discharged from the ball flow path 340C are guided to the supply tray 24 side of the gaming machine or the collection gutter (not shown) side. The single spherical flow path 340C formed in the unit main body 330A is provided at the substantially central portion 33 of the unit 330.
3, the ball discharge gutter 331 communicated with the supply tray 24;
It is branched into a ball draining gutter 332 communicating with the collecting gutter. The downstream side of the ball discharge gutter 331 has an overflow.
When the low sensor 360 (not shown in the figure) is installed and a large number of prize balls are discharged at one time, the game balls cannot be discharged to the supply tray 24 and the tray 25 side of the gaming machine. In addition, the effect is detected by the sensor 360.

At the branch point 333 of the two gutters, a switching gate 335 is mounted by a mounting pin 334 so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 335a. The switching gate 335 is connected to the operating rod 33 of the ball removing solenoid 336 by a connecting mechanism (not shown).
6b. In the ball removing unit 330 configured as described above, usually, the ball removing solenoid 3
The solenoid 336 is demagnetized (OFF).
By the action of the return spring 336a, the rod 336b is lowered, and as a result, the switching gate 335 is moved
2 (the state shown in FIG. 21)
The game balls flowing down from the ball discharging unit 320 flow to the ball discharging gutter 331 side. In this state, when the ball removing solenoid 336 is excited (ON) based on a control signal from the ball discharge control device 700, the operating rod 336b moves the switching gate 335 through the ball discharge gutter 331.
As a result, the game balls flowing down from the ball discharge unit 320 flow toward the ball draining gutter 332 to perform ball pulling (state shown in FIG. 22).

Next, an accessory (variable display device 30, variable winning device) provided in the gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment and various accessory lamps installed in the game board 3, and an accessory control device for controlling LEDs. The configuration of 600 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

As shown in FIG.
Is a CPU including a RAM 611 and a frequency dividing circuit 612.
610, a ROM 601 connected to the CPU 610, an oscillator 602, and a power supply circuit 603 are main components. The CPU 610 has a buffer gate 630 and a low-pass filter 620 connected to its input side via a data bus 606. Output port 65 on the output side
0, a driver 640 is connected. On the input side of the accessory control device 600, the buffer gate 630,
Start winning detector SW via low-pass filter 620
1 to SW3, a continuous winning detector SW4, a ten count detector SW5, SW6, a probability mode setting switch 680, and an output terminal of the ball discharge control device 700 via the photocoupler 46 (for data reception). . On the other hand, on the output side of the accessory control device 600, the output port 65 is provided.
0, via the driver 640, a special winning opening solenoid A,
Continuous winning opening solenoid B, display LED of probability mode display section 682, special game display lamp 26, reach display lamps L1 to L4, continuous display lamp L5, decoration display lamp L6
To L9, fluorescent display tubes (special symbol display devices 30A, 30)
B, 30C, start prize storage displays 31A to 31D), a game information processing unit (big hit information, rotation information, start information) provided in a central management device (not shown), and further, photocouplers 47, 48 (clock transmission). The input terminal of the ball discharge control device 700 is connected to the ball discharge control device 700 (for credit and data transmission).

The accessory control device 600 having the above-described configuration uses the starting winning prize openings 8, 6, provided on the gaming board 3 based on the input signals from the starting prize detectors SW1 to SW3.
6 (FIG. 5), the special symbol display devices 30A, 30B, 30C of the variable display device 30 are provided on condition that this is the case.
To execute the “variable display game”. Then, during the execution of the "variable display game", the above-mentioned starting winning opening 8, 6, 6
When the game ball flows into any of the above, the accessory control device 600
Stores up to four winning numbers, and turns on the starting winning storing indicators 31A to 31D of the fluorescent display tubes of the variable display device by the stored number, and stores the number of winning balls. Each time the corresponding “variable display game” is executed, one display 31A to 31D is turned off, and the unprocessed winning number storage value stored at that time is displayed.

The accessory control device 600 adjusts the "big hit" occurrence probability of the "variable display game" based on the signal indicating the "probability mode" from the probability mode setting switch 680. The set value (probability mode) can be appropriately displayed on the probability mode display unit 682 (FIG. 12) connected to the driver 640.

When the variable display game is performed and the result is a so-called "reach state", the reach display lamps L1 to L4 provided on the game board 3 are turned on to notify the player of the fact. Here, the "reach state" is a display mode that is performed when a "big hit" occurs and a specific "losing" occurs.From the middle of the "variable display game" to the end, for example, the left symbol While the same symbol is used as the middle symbol, the variation is displayed for a certain period of time. The "reach state" is always performed when the game result is "big hit". If a specific "losing" state occurs after the "reach state", the matching left symbol, middle symbol, and right symbol do not coincide with each other, and the symbol fluctuation is stopped. On the other hand, if a "big hit" occurs after the "reach state", after the lapse of a predetermined time, the above-mentioned left symbol,
The middle symbol and the right symbol further match, and the variable display ends. That is, when a "big hit" occurs, the accessory control device 600 transmits the special symbol display devices 30A, 30B, 30.
The symbol display by C is changed to a specific display (a display in which three symbols match, for example, “7”, “7”, “7”, etc.), and the variable display is stopped. Causes the decorative lamp to display "big hit". When the “big hit” occurs in this manner, the accessory control device 600
Further, the special winning opening solenoid A is excited (ON) in a predetermined mode (for example, for 29 seconds) to control the opening and closing of the movable members 51, 51 of the variable winning device 50, thereby giving a great benefit to the player. The "big hit" game to be obtained is started. On the other hand, the accessory control device 600 sends signals representing the big hit information, the rotation information, the start information (of the variable display game), and the like to a central management device (not shown).

As described above, the result of the “variable display game” is “big hit” and the big winning port 52 of the variable winning device 50
When the game ball flows into the special winning opening 52 while the game is opened, the fact is indicated by the ten-count detectors SW5 and SW.
6. Detected by one of the continuous winning detectors SW4 (see FIG. 8). The control unit 600 controls the special winning opening 52 based on the detection signals from the three detectors SW4 to SW6.
The number of balls won during the opening of the game is counted, and the "big hit" is determined based on the detection signal from the continuous winning detector SW4.
Of the continuation condition is satisfied. Then, the accessory control device 600 performs operation control such as start / end of a one-cycle opening operation in the "big hit" game state, and further, when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when a continuation condition is satisfied), a continuous winning is achieved. The continuation winning port 53A is closed by exciting the mouth solenoid B, and the continuation display lamp L5 is lit to indicate that the continuation condition is satisfied.

Further, the accessory control device 600 has a speaker 6 via a sound generator 604 and an amplifier 605.
60 are connected to the speaker 660 so as to generate various sound effects and ball leasing discharge sounds according to the operation of the accessory.

On the other hand, the accessory control device 600 sends detection state signals from the prize detectors SW1 to SW6 to the ball discharge control device 700 via the photocoupler 48. And the ball discharge control device 700
Determines, as described later, how many prize balls should be discharged for one winning ball detected by the safe sensor, and controls discharge of the prize balls for the number of balls. ing. Further, a clock signal for determining the signal transmission timing is output from the accessory control device 600 to the photocoupler 47.
Is input to the ball discharge control device 700 via the. On the other hand, a control signal or the like relating to the discharging operation is input from the ball discharge control device 700 to the accessory control device 600 via the photocoupler 46.

Next, the configuration and operation of the ball discharge control device 700 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG.
A CPU 710 including an OM 711, a RAM 712, a frequency dividing circuit 713, an oscillator 702 connected to the CPU 710, and a power supply circuit 703 are main components. The CPU 710 is connected to a low-pass filter via a data bus. 720 is connected to the input side, that have the driver 740 is connected to the output side. On the input side (low-pass filter side) of the ball discharge control device 700, the discharge 1, 2 sensors 326A and 326B, the ball discharge device 300
Sensor 350, safe sensor 816,
The overflow sensor 360, the detection units 317A and 317B of the odd sensor 315, a reset switch 370 for terminating and returning the error processing of the discharge system, a replenishment sensor 822 provided in the storage tank, and a hitting and firing device 850.
(See FIG. 9)
The accessory control device (clock terminal, data transmission terminal) is connected via the photocouplers 47 and 48. On the output side (driver side), a discharge solenoid 325 (discharge 1 and 2 solenoids D and E), a ball removal solenoid 336 are provided.
(Solenoid F), safe solenoid 811 (solenoid C), error indicator 790 (7-segment display 791, Dp display 792) provided on the ball discharge control device main body, completion lamp provided on the open / close panel of the gaming machine L10, and a photocoupler 46 used for exchanging data with the accessory control device 600 are connected. A relay is connected to each output terminal of the ball discharge control device 700 for outputting a prize ball signal, a ball lending signal, and a firing signal.

Further, an interface board 860 is connected to the driver 740 of the ball discharge control device 700. As will be described later in detail, ball lending information from the ball lending control device 1200 is provided via the board 860. (BRDY signal, BRQ signal) indicating the ball discharge control device 700
And a signal (RDY signal, EXS signal) indicating a ball lending preparation state described later is sent to the ball discharge control device 70.
From 0, it is sent to the ball lending control device 1200. Further, a predetermined power supply voltage (24 V) is supplied to the interface board 860 from the power supply circuit 703.

The ball discharge control device 700 having such a structure discharges a predetermined number (5, 10, 15) of prize balls based on a signal from the safe sensor 816 connected to the ball discharge control device 700. Based on a ball lending signal from the ball lending control device 1200 sent via the interface board 860, a predetermined number of lent balls are discharged. More specifically, the ball discharge control device 700 includes the safe sensor 8
When 16 detects a winning ball, it is determined that a predetermined number of prize balls should be discharged, and the discharge 1, 2 solenoids D and E are excited (ON), thereby discharging the prize ball. Perform the operation. The prize balls discharged at this time are detected by the discharge 1, 2 sensors 326A, 326B, and when the detected prize balls reach a predetermined number, the discharge 1, 2 solenoids D, E are demagnetized (OFF). The discharging operation ends. When the discharging operation of the predetermined number of prize balls is completed as described above, the safe solenoid C is excited (ON), and the prize balls are discharged (one). However, when a large number of winning balls are stored in the above-mentioned winning ball processing device 810, the next winning ball following the discharged winning ball is detected by the safe sensor 816, and a predetermined number corresponding to the winning ball is detected. The discharge of the prize balls of the number of balls is performed in a similar procedure. By the way, how many prize balls should be discharged for the prize ball detected this time is determined based on the prize ball data signal from the above-mentioned accessory control device 600. That is, all the prize balls (safe balls) flowing into the prize hole provided in the game board 3 are collected in the above-mentioned prize ball processing device 810. Of the prize balls, the start prize hole (five discharge prize ports) is provided. ) Are detected by the start winning detectors SW1 to SW3, and the gaming balls flowing into the special winning opening 52 (15 discharging winning openings) are the continuous winning detector SW4 and the ten count detector SW.
The number of game balls which have been detected by SW5 and SW6 and flowed into each winning opening (5 discharging winning opening, 15 discharging winning opening) is stored by the accessory control device 600 (5 discharging discharge, 15 ejection memory). When the discharge operation is started, a request signal is sent from the ball discharge control device 700 to the accessory control device 600, and at this time, based on the stored contents,
The prize ball data signal transmitted to the ball discharge control device 700 is determined, and the prize ball is discharged by the ball discharge control device 700. Accordingly, when a large number of winning balls are accumulated in the winning ball processing device 810 and the discharge control of the prize balls is performed a plurality of times in correspondence with the winning balls, the ball discharging control device 70 is used.
0, for example, when receiving a signal indicating, for example, "five discharges" from the accessory control device 600, discharges five prize balls, and the accessory control device 600 stores "five discharges" every time a prize ball signal is transmitted. Is subtracted by “1”. When the five discharges are performed the number of times stored and the storage is exhausted, the accessory control device 600 next determines whether or not “15 discharge storage” is performed. 15 prize balls are discharged, and the "15"
The value of “individual ejection storage” is subtracted by “1”. Then, when the storage of the 15 balls has been exhausted, "10 discharges" are automatically performed on the winning balls stored in the winning ball processing device 810 thereafter.

Further, upon receiving an input signal from the ball ejection sensor 350, the ball ejection control device 700
6 (Sol. F), the switching gate is rotated from the state shown in FIG. 21 to the state shown in FIG. 22, the ball discharge path is switched from the ball discharge gutter 331 to the ball discharge gutter 332, and the discharge solenoid 1 , 2 are excited and the ball discharging device 30
0 is made to perform the ball removing operation. Also, the ball discharge control device 700
Are the overflow sensor 360 and the U-shaped detection unit 317
A, 317B, and the input signal from the replenishment sensor 822, the state in which the discharge of the prize ball should be prohibited (the overflow state, the end state of the guide gutters 830A, B, the storage tank 820)
Ball shortage state), the discharge of the prize ball is prohibited, and the error indicator is turned on or the completion lamp is turned on.

Further, the ball discharge control device 700 performs a ball lending operation based on a signal indicating the ball lending content from the ball lending control device 1200 transmitted through the interface board 860. That is, when a lending signal is sent to a ball lending control device 1200 described later by operating a lending switch 252 provided in the gaming machine, the control device 1200
Sends a ball lending signal to the ball discharge control device 700, and a predetermined ball lending operation is performed based on the signal.

FIG. 25 shows a ball discharge control device 70 when the ball discharge control device 700 discharges a predetermined number of prize balls.
6 is a timing chart for explaining the exchange of signals between the control device 0 and the accessory control device 600. As shown in this figure,
When the game ball reaches the winning ball processing device 810, the output signal from the safe sensor falls (time t0), and it is determined whether or not this falling state has continued for a predetermined time (for example, 10 msec). At (time t1), it is determined that a winning ball exists. When the presence of the winning ball (safe ball) is confirmed in this way, a request signal is sent from the ball discharge control device 700 to the accessory control device 600 (at time t1 to t2), and the accessory control device that has received the request signal From 600, the prize ball data signal representing the prize ball data ("5 discharges", "15 discharges") is sent twice in succession (from time t2 to t3; from time t3 to t4). When the signals transmitted twice consecutively match each other, it is determined that the prize ball data represents the correct content, and the prize ball data is determined (t
At time 4), a discharging operation (t4 to t5) based on the award ball data (for example, "15 discharging") is performed (for example, discharging 1, 2 until the sensor detects 15 prize balls). 2 solenoids are excited). When the discharging operation is completed (time t5), a discharging wait is performed for a predetermined period. During this discharge weight, the safe solenoid C is excited to discharge the winning ball (t6 to t9).
In this case, the output signal of the safe sensor 816 rises due to the excitation of the safe solenoid C, and when this state continues for a predetermined time (for example, 10 msec), it is determined that the winning ball has been released from the winning ball processing device 810 (at time t8). ), And at a time (time t9) when a predetermined time (for example, 50 msec) has elapsed from this time, the safe solenoid C is demagnetized (OFF). Safe solenoid C as described above
When the next winning prize ball stored in the prize ball processing device 810 reaches the safe sensor 816 when the prize ball is discharged by exciting the prize ball, the fact is detected again by the sensor 816 (t10). At this time, a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the winning ball are discharged (discharge operation after t10). The ball discharge control device 700 sends a prize ball signal for counting the number of winnings to a central management device (not shown) when the discharge of the prize ball corresponding to one winning ball is completed. (At time t6 to t7).

Next, the gaming machine 1
The ball lending control device 12 that causes the ball discharging device 300 to perform a ball lending discharging operation in accordance with the operation of the ball lending operation unit 250 on the 00 side.
The configuration and functions of the 00 will be described with reference to FIG. The ball lending control device 1200 includes a ROM 1211, a RAM 1212, a frequency dividing circuit 121, as shown in FIG.
And a power supply circuit 1203 connected to the CPU 1210. The CPU 1210 includes a receiver 1220, a low-pass filter 12
30 and 1240 are connected to the input side, and drivers 1250, 1260 and 1270 and the transmitter 1280 are connected to the output side.

A card reader is connected to the receiver 1220 of the ball lending control device 1200, and an address setting device for specifying a gaming machine forming a pair with the ball lending machine, and a single ball is connected to the low-pass filter 1230. Ball lending amount setting device to determine how many game balls to rent out by lending operation,
Further, a reset switch for returning the control device 1200 to an initial state is connected to forcibly eject the card drawn into the card reader. In addition, a lending switch 252 and a card return switch 254 provided in the ball lending operation unit 250 of the gaming machine 100 are connected to the low-pass filter 1240 via the interface board 860, and are installed on the board 860. Photocouplers 43 and 44 are connected. Thus, the RDY signal from the ball discharge control device 700 is received via the photocoupler 43, and the EXS signal is received via the photocoupler 44.

The driver 1250 constituting the output side of the ball lending control device 1200 is connected to a card availability indicator 231 provided in the ball lending machine 200 main body. A ball lending management device (not shown) installed at a place or the like and a card insertion indicator (LED) 234 are connected. Driver 1
A frequency display 251 (7-segment display) and a lendable display 253 on the ball lending operation unit side are connected to 260 via an interface board 860. The photocouplers 41 and 42 installed on the substrate 860 are connected to the driver 1270. The BRDY signal and the BRQ signal from the ball lending control device 1200 are transmitted to the ball discharge control device 700 via the photocoupler 41 and the photocoupler 42, respectively. The driver 1260 includes a ball discharge control device 70.
The power supply voltage (24V) is supplied from 0 through the fuse 49. After the power supply voltage is converted to a predetermined level, the power supply voltage is supplied to the ball lending operation unit 250 of the gaming machine 100. Has become. Further, the power supply circuit 1203 connected to the CPU 1210 is connected to a card reader built in the ball lending machine 200 to supply a power supply voltage for driving to the card reader and to provide a photovoltaic device mounted on the interface board 860. A predetermined voltage is supplied to the ball discharge control device 700 via the coupler 45. Thus, the ball discharge control device 700 monitors the voltage level supplied from the power supply circuit 1203 to determine whether the photocoupler 45 installed on the substrate 860 is normally connected or not. It is determined whether the other photocouplers 41 to 44 are normally connected.

The ball lending control device 1200 having the above-described structure informs the ball lending machine 200 that the ball lending machine 200 is ready to lend a ball, by sending a PRDY signal (PRD) sent from the gaming machine.
Y), the card availability indicator 231 is turned on when it is possible. If a prepaid card (not shown) is inserted while this lighting is being performed, the ball lending control device 1200 detects that fact based on an input signal from a card reader, and the prepaid card is inserted. Sometimes, the card insertion indicator 234 provided on the ball lending machine 200 side is turned on to indicate the fact. Further, the ball lending control device 1200 detects the balance of the prepaid card based on a signal from the card reader and displays the same on the frequency display 251 and the balance is equal to or more than a predetermined amount at which a ball can be lent (for example, 100 yen). Above), the lendable indicator 253 is turned on.

When the balance of the prepaid card is equal to or greater than the predetermined amount, a lending switch 252 provided on the gaming machine side
Is performed, a command signal for discharging a predetermined number (for example, 300 yen) of game balls is sent from the lending switch 252 once to the ball lending control device 120 for each pressing operation.
0, and based on this, a BRDY signal is sent from the ball lending control device 1200 to the ball discharge control device 700 via the photocoupler 41, and the ball discharge control device 700 lends a predetermined number of balls to the ball discharge device 300. Cause the ball to be ejected. At this time, the ball lending control device 1200 transmits the data relating to the ball lending performed to the ball lending management device connected by optical communication, and refills the ball lending information to rewrite the balance information of the inserted prepaid card. To a writing device (not shown) of the card reader. After the series of ball lending operations is completed, when the card return switch 254 is pressed thereafter, a command signal indicating card return is sent to the card reader, and the card reader returns the prepaid card.

In transmitting the ball lending information to the ball lending management device, the ball lending control device 1200 sets the ball lending machine 200 to any of the gaming machines based on a signal from the address setting device. And a signal indicating the ball lending status of the ball lending machine is sent to the management device together with a signal specifying the table. The ball lending situation is centrally managed. Note that the ball lending control device 1200 reads the amount setting signal from the ball lending amount setting device, and determines the number of game balls to be lent by one pressing operation of the lending switch 252 based on the value, and that effect. A signal representing the signal is sent to the ball discharge control device 700. The reset switch is used to release the ball lending prohibition state once the ball lending operation is once prohibited due to the occurrence of an abnormality such as an illegal operation. Is input, the ball lending control device 1200 is initialized, and is in a state where ball lending is possible. In addition, ball lending control device 1200,
A prepaid card is returned by operating a card reader based on a signal issued by pressing a card return switch on the gaming machine.

Next, the ball lending control device 1 when executing the ball lending described above.
The exchange of signals between 200 and the ball ejection control device 700 will be described with reference to a timing chart shown in FIG. When the ball discharge device 300 is in a state in which the ball can be discharged, the PRD emitted from the ball discharge control device 700
The Y signal is held at the low level. When the lending switch 252 of the ball lending operation unit 250 is pressed in this state, the ball lending signal falls as shown in the figure (at time t11), and is sent from the ball lending control device 1200 to the ball discharge control device 700 at this time. The BRDY signal falls. At the time when the BRDY signal falls, if the PRDY signal is at a low level, the ball lending control device 1200 causes the ball discharge control device 700
B to require one discharge operation (for example, 100 yen)
Converting the RQ signal to the low level (t ₁₂ time). Ball discharge control device 700 receiving this low level BRQ signal
Is lowering up the EXS signal to represent a ball lending discharge start condition is satisfied (t ₁₃ time), then a predetermined amount the balance of the excitation Doing (converting a drive signal to the high level) at the same time pre-paid card ejection 1,2 solenoid minute (100 yen) is subtracted (t ₁₄ time). When the discharge 1 and 2 solenoids are excited in this way, the game balls stored in the ball discharge device 300 are discharged, and the discharge number is detected by the discharge 1 and 2 sensors. The number of times the signals from the discharge 1 and 2 sensors fall is counted by the ball discharge control device 700. For example, the discharge 1 sensor detects the discharge of 13 game balls, and the discharge 2 sensor detects the discharge of 12 game balls. When the discharge is detected, it is determined that the predetermined number of balls (100 yen) has been lent, and the ball discharge control device 700 returns the drive signal to a low level to terminate the discharge of the game balls ( t ₁₅ time). At the time when the discharge of a predetermined number (for 100 yen; for example, 25) of game balls is completed, the ball discharge control device 700 sets a discharge wait period (for example, 500 msec from this point; t ₁₅ to
migrated to t during _18), wait signal to that effect is high. Further, at the time when the discharge of the predetermined number of balls (25) is completed, the ball discharge control device 700
The rental signal is sent to a central management unit (not shown), and the EXS signal is started up so that the next BRQ signal can be accepted. With the EXS signal rising,
When the BRQ signal falls again, after the elapse of the wait period (the EXS signal also falls at this time), it is determined that the ball lending discharge continuation condition has been satisfied, and the lending of the game balls by the excitation of the discharge 1, 2 solenoids is performed. , The BRQ signal is activated, and the balance of the prepaid card is again set to the predetermined amount (10
0 yen) Subtract. When the discharge of the predetermined number of balls is completed by the excitation of the discharge 1 and 2 solenoids, the ball lending signal is output again, and the EXS signal is started up to output the BRQ signal.
The signal is ready to be accepted. The predetermined number of balls (100
In the present embodiment, the discharging of the game balls (for 25 yen) is performed three times in response to one pressing operation of the lending switch 252. When the discharge of the game ball for 300 yen is completed, the BRDY signal rises,
Lending process is completed (t ₂₂ time). Note that, during the predetermined periods T0 to T4 shown in FIG.
50msec, T2 is 10msec-10sec, T3 is 200mse
c to 10 sec, and T4 and Te are appropriately set under the condition that the maximum is 250 msec.

FIG. 28 is a control block diagram schematically showing the flow of prize ball discharge control by the above-mentioned accessory control device 600 and ball discharge control device 700. As shown in this figure, the determination of the number of prize balls to be discharged is performed by the first-type prize counting storage means 1010, the second-type prize counting storage means 1020, and the prize-ball discharge number determining means 1030. The means 1040 and the ball discharge control means 1050 receive the signal from the prize ball discharge number determination means 1030 and further receive the signals from the safe sensor 816 and the ball lending control device 1200 to discharge the game balls to the ball discharge device 300. It is designed to be.

More specifically, the first-class prize counting storage means 1010 stores a prize port (a starting prize port 6, 6, 8 in this embodiment) for discharging a minimum number (for example, 5) of prize balls. Prize of the first kind prize detector (start prize detector SW1
3) Count based on the signal from 1001 and store the value. In addition, the second kind winning counting storage means 1020
Is a type 2 prize detector (continuous prize detector SW4, ten-count detector SW5, 6) for prize winning in a prize port (large prize port 52) for discharging a maximum number (for example, 15) of prize balls.
The value is counted based on the signal from 002 and the value is stored. The signal representing the value stored in this way is sent to the prize ball discharge number determining means 1030.

On the other hand, the game balls that have won all the winning ports installed on the game board 3 are provided with a winning ball detector (safe sensor) 8.
The detection result is sent to the award ball number signal generation means 1040. The prize ball number signal generating means 10
40, upon receiving the signal from the winning ball detector 816, sends a command signal to the ball discharge control means 1050, and the ball discharge control means 1050 receiving the signal sends a predetermined number of prize balls to the ball discharge device 300. Let it do.

The number of prize balls to be discharged at this time is determined by the prize ball number signal generation means 1040 based on the signal from the prize ball discharge number determination means 1030. More specifically, when the prize ball detector 816 detects a prize ball, the first type prize counting storage means 10
If there are 10 stored values, the prize ball discharge number determining means 1030
Sends a command signal to the number-of-prize-balls signal generating means 1 in order to preferentially set the number of discharged prize balls corresponding to the prize ball to "5".
040, while the first winning ball counting and storing means 10
The value stored at 10 is subtracted by "1". As long as the stored value exists, the prize ball discharge number determining means 10
30 outputs a command signal for setting the discharge number to "5". When the stored value is exhausted as a result of the above subtraction, the prize ball discharge number determination means 1030 then proceeds to the second type winning count storage means. It is determined whether or not there is a stored value of 1020, and if there is a stored value, the number of prize balls to be discharged is set to "15" for one winning ball of this time preferentially. Is sent to the prize ball number signal generation means 1040, while the value stored in the second prize ball count storage means 1020 is subtracted by “1”. As long as the stored value is present, the prize ball discharge number determination means 1030 outputs a command signal for setting the discharge number to “15”. As a result of the subtraction, when the stored value is exhausted, the prize ball discharge number determining means 1030 sends a command signal indicating this to the prize ball number signal generating means 1040, and thereafter, "10" Discharge takes place.

As a result, a winning ball detector (safe sensor)
At the time point when the winning ball is detected by 816, if “5 discharges” and “15 discharges” are stored, “5 discharges” is preferentially performed. Only after all of the "discharge of individual pieces" are performed, "discharge of 15 pieces" is performed. When these prize memories are lost, "1
"0 discharge" is performed. By the way, in the present embodiment, first, when "five balls" are discharged and five prize balls are discharged, one prize ball is discharged from the prize ball processing device 810, and thereafter, "five balls are discharged". Is performed and 15 prize balls are ejected, one winning ball is ejected. In this way, when there are a plurality of winning balls, the prize balls with a small number of ejections are discharged (five), and the winning balls (safe balls) are quickly released. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the number of winning balls processed when the same number of prize balls are discharged, that is, the number of winning balls released from the winning ball processing device 810 (FIG. 13). Occurs, the winning ball is released from the winning ball processing device 810 early, so that a large number of winning balls are stored inside the winning ball processing device 810 and no overflow occurs.

On the other hand, a ball lending control device 1200 is connected to the ball discharge control device 1050 to which the signal from the prize ball number signal generating device 1040 is input.
The ball discharge control means 1050 lends a predetermined number of game balls based on a ball lending command signal sent from the company. It should be noted that the actual ball lending data is stored in the ball lending control device 1.
Returning to the 200 side, a prepaid card rewriting process or the like can be performed.

The ball discharge control means 1050 determines whether or not the ball discharge device 300 discharges the balls 1 and 2 based on a command signal from the prize ball number signal generation means 1040 or a ball lending command signal from the ball lending control device 1200. The solenoid is excited to discharge a desired number of game balls. The ball discharge control means 1050
Is a ball discharging device 300 and a prize ball number signal generating means 1040.
It is detected whether or not the prize ball is being ejected based on the control signal from the CPU, and the ball lending operation is performed based on the command signal from the ball lending control means 1200 on condition that the ball is not being ejected. It is designed to be.

Next, the operation control of the variable display device 30 and the variable winning device 50 by the above-mentioned accessory control device 600 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 29 is a general flowchart showing an outline of the accessory control process by the accessory control device 600, which is started when the power of the gaming machine 100 is turned on, and thereafter 2 msec.
It is repeatedly executed every elapse.

When this program is started, first, initial information is set in step S02, and then the started processing is started by turning on the power, that is, the current loop is a loop immediately after turning on the power. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step S04). If this determination is "Yes", the RAM area is initialized (step S06), and a drive / control signal output process to each operation unit in this initial state is performed (step S08), and the process proceeds to step S30. ,
Perform illegal processing. Then, when it is determined that a fraud has occurred due to the execution of the fraudulent process, the fraudulent operation is continuously executed until the fraud state disappears. On the other hand, if no fraud has occurred during the execution of the fraudulent process, or if the fraudulent state once occurred has been resolved, the process proceeds to step S38, where the display process of the variable display device 30 is performed, and then the sound effect Is performed (step S40), and the program ends.

On the other hand, if the current loop is not the loop immediately after power-on (the determination result of step S04 is “N
o "), prize ball control is performed in step S10, and then
The details will be described later in a probability setting process (step S12), an input process (step S14), and an output process (step S1).
6), random number update processing (step S18), power fail monitoring processing (step S20), count switch winning monitoring processing (step S22), continuous switch winning monitoring processing (step S24), special symbol activation switch winning monitoring processing (step S26) ) Are sequentially performed. When these processes are completed, the process proceeds to a step S28, and the block 1 is selected according to the value of the event counter set at this time.
After any of the processes of (Step S30) to Block 4 (Step S36) is performed, the display process of the variable display device (Step S38) and the sound edit / output process (Step S40) are performed, and Quit the program.

By the way, the event counter branches the program, which is executed every predetermined time (2 msec), in a time-division manner, for example, to execute the processing every 8 msec. (Step S30), special figure game processing of block 2 (step S32), solenoid A and B excitation processing of block 3 (step S34), and ramp / LED processing of block 4 (step S36) are executed every 8 msec. Become so. In describing this program, for convenience,
The processing from step S02 to step SS18 is “Phase 1”, the processing from step S20 to step S26 is “Phase 2”, and the processing from step S28 to step S
The processing up to 36 will be described as "Phase 3", the display processing of the variable display device, and the sound effect generation processing by the speaker 660 (Steps S38 and S40) as "Phase 4".

FIGS. 30 to 75 are detail flowcharts showing the above-mentioned general flowchart (FIG. 29) in detail. FIGS. 30 and 31 are flowcharts showing details of “Phase 1 (Steps S02 to S18)” of the general flowchart.
When the processing of this “Phase 1” is started, processing for setting initial information, that is, setting of a stack pointer (step S1)
02), RAM access permission (step S104),
Timer PCT for generating a reset signal every 2 msec
After setting the interrupt signal of 1 (step S106) and restoring the value of the refresh register (step S108), it is determined whether or not the current process is started by turning on the power (step S106). S110). If the result of this determination is "Yes", initialization processing and output processing (step S0 of the aforementioned general flow) are performed.
6, S08). That is, step S11
2, the RAM area is initialized, the internal register of the amuse is initialized in step S114, the delay time at power-on is updated in step S116, and the output shown in FIG. Processing (OUT
PRC) is performed. Here, the delay time is provided in order to secure an idle time of about 1 second from power-on to start of operation. This output processing (OUT
PRC), the contents of the output area are output to each output port of the CPU as shown in FIG.
When this output processing is completed, a phase 3 described later in detail
The process skips to step S1028 of "block 1" (FIG. 40), and unauthorized processing is performed. Then, after the unauthorized process is performed, the process proceeds to the later-described “Phase 4” process.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S110 is "No", furthermore, in a step S120, the RAM
The next step S122 determines whether the inspection area is normal.
It is determined whether all the RAM areas have been checked. If any of the RAM inspection areas is abnormal during the check of all the RAM areas, the above-described step S
Proceeding to 112, the subsequent processing is performed.

On the other hand, when all the RAM areas are normal (the determination result of step S122 is "Yes"),
Proceed to step S124. In this step S124, the "SV control process (prize ball control)" described later is performed, then in the step S126, the "probability setting display process" described later is performed. Is determined (step S128). If the wait time has not yet elapsed and the result of this determination is “No”, the delay time at power-on is updated in step S116, the output process is performed in the next step S118, and then “ Step S102 of Phase 3 ”
Skip to 8. On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S128 is "Yes", the input information of each switch is set in step S130, and the next step S132
The "switch input process" described later is performed in step S1.
At 34, output processing is performed in the same procedure as in step S118, and thereafter, the processing shifts to "RAND000" processing shown in FIG.

FIG. 31 shows “RND0” performed following the “PRGTOP” process (the first half of phase 1) of FIG.
30 is a program flowchart of the “00” process (the latter half of phase 1) (corresponding to step S18 in FIG. 29), that is, step S134 of “PRGTOP” (output process)
Is completed, the process proceeds to step S136, the value of the probability generation random number for adjusting the "big hit" occurrence probability is updated, and the symbol displayed in the "variable display game" is controlled in the next step S138. Update processing of the symbol display counter is performed, and then, in step S140, a determination process (JUDG) of the update result of the special symbol described in detail later.
11) is performed.

In the next step S142, based on the above determination result, the display symbol is changed to a big hit symbol (for example,
"3, 3, 3", "7, 7, 7", etc.). If the result of the determination is "Yes", a "big hit" symbol area is set in the RAM (step S144), and then the process proceeds to step S148. Is set (step S146), and then the process proceeds to step S148. In step S148, the updated result of the display symbol is stored in the set area, and then the process proceeds to the phase 2 processing.

FIGS. 33 to 35 are program flow charts of "Phase 2" (corresponding to steps S20 to S26 in the general flow chart of FIG. 29).
3 is power fail monitoring processing, ten count detector SW
5, a program flowchart of "PHASE2" processing in which input processing of SW6 is performed, FIG. 34 is a program flowchart of "KZKINP" processing in which input processing of continuous winning detector SW4 is performed, and FIG.
9 is a program flowchart of “TKZINP” processing in which input processing of 1 to SW3 is performed. When this “Phase 2” is started, first, in step S150, “power failure monitoring processing (FALSUB)”, which will be described in detail later,
Is performed, and “No count illegal release processing (NCSUB)” is performed in the next step S152. In this “no count illegal release processing”, as shown in FIG. 36, it is determined whether or not an input has been made from the ten count detectors SW5 and SW6 (step K02).
If “es”, the no-count invalid flag is cleared to “0” in step K04 and there is no input (“N”).
At the time of "o"), the routine is terminated as it is. When these processes are completed, step switching and flag clear are performed (step S154), and in the next step S156, whether or not the illegal operation is already being performed. It is determined whether or not it is.

This fraud detection is performed, for example, in step S1016 of the “block 1” processing (FIG. 40) described later. If the fraud has been detected by the previous loop and the fraudulent operation has already been performed ( The determination result is “Yes”), and the process directly proceeds to “Phase 3” (FIG. 39). On the other hand, if no fraud has yet occurred (the determination result is “No”
), The initial information of the unauthorized sound is set (step S
158), rising or falling (edge) information of the input signal of the ten count detector SW is extracted (step S1)
60), and in the next step S162, the ten-count detector S
It is determined whether the input signals of W5 and SW6 have risen. When the determination result is “No”, the subsequent steps S164 to S180 are skipped and “KZ” shown in FIG.
The processing shifts to “KINP” processing.
In the case of "es", the rising (edge) storage of the input signal from the ten count detector is cleared in step S164, and the "big hit" at this point in the next step S166.
It is determined whether the operation is in progress. The result of this determination is “N
If the answer is "o", the subsequent steps S168 to S180 are skipped and the process shifts to "KZKINP" processing, while if the determination result is "Yes", there is a winning in the special winning opening 52 during the "big hit" operation, and It is determined that the signal from the count detector has risen, and a request to output a winning sound is made to notify the player of the fact (winning during the "big hit") (step S168), and then the ten count detector , The number of wins to the special winning opening 52 during one “big hit” operation is counted, and the counted value is set to a predetermined value (for example, “1” in step S172).
0 ") or more.

If the result of the determination at step S172 is "N
In the case of "o", the subsequent steps S174 to S178 are skipped, and the number is set in the display control area of the RAM so that the variable display device 30 displays the count in step S180. “KZKIN
P. On the other hand, if the determination result in step S172 is "Yes", the number of inputs (count value)
Is corrected to “10”, and then it is determined whether or not the solenoid A is in an off state (off period). If it is already off at the time of this determination (the determination result is “Ye
s "), in step S178, the sequence timer is cleared to measure the execution time of each step, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S180. On the other hand, if the determination result is" No ", step S178 is skipped and step S180 is skipped. Step S180 is executed, and then the flow shifts to "KZKINP" processing.

The processing is the "KZKINP" processing (FIG. 3)
When the process proceeds to 4), first, in step S182, it is determined whether or not the signal from the continuous winning detector SW4 has risen (whether or not there has been an input). When the result of this determination is “No”, the subsequent steps S184 to S212 are skipped, and the processing shifts to “TKZINP” processing shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S18.
In step 4, the rising memory of the signal from the continuous winning detector is cleared, and then the output data of the continuous sound is set so as to generate a sound effect satisfying the continuation condition (step S18).
6) A display command for the latter half operation of the big hit operation is set (step S188), and in step S190, it is determined whether or not the current “big hit” operation is the first half operation (operation for 1 to 8 cycles). You. The result of this determination is “Ye
If "s", the process skips the following steps S192 to S198 and proceeds to step S200. On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S190 is "No", it is determined in step S192 whether or not the valid time before continuation is present. When the determination result of step S192 is “No”,
Steps S194 to S212 are skipped and FIG.
The processing shifts to “TKZINP” processing shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the determination result is “Yes”, that is, when the interval is after the continuation condition is satisfied, the output data of the interval sound is set to notify the player that the interval is being performed (step S194). . And the next step S1
At 96, an "output sound setting process" (SNDSET), which will be described later, is performed. At step S198, a command for displaying that the interval is being performed (during the effective time before continuation) is set, and the process proceeds to step S200.

If the result of the determination in step S190 is "Ye
s "or in step S200 performed after step S198, the continuation winning flag indicating that the continuation condition is satisfied is set to" 1 ", and the next step S202
Then, it is determined whether or not the opening operation of the movable members 51, 51 of the variable winning device 53 is an operation in the end cycle (16th cycle). If the determination result is "Yes", the "big hit" operation is not continued further, that is, the process skips from step S204 to step S212 and shifts to "TKZINP" processing shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the determination result in step S202 is "No", the step after the continuation (the number of continuous cycles) is set in step S204, the step switching flag is set to "1" in step S206, and the display is set in step S208. After the command is stored in the predetermined area of the RAM, it is determined whether or not it is the output timing of the continuous sound. When the determination result is “Yes”, a sound effect indicating that the continuation condition is satisfied is output in step S212.
If “No”, the step S212 is skipped, and the flow shifts to the “TKZINP” process in FIG.

When the processing is "Phase 2", "TKZINP"
In the process (FIG. 35), information for monitoring the inputs of the start winning detectors SW1 to SW3 is set in step S214, and in the next step S216, it is determined whether or not there is an input (rising) from the start winning detector. Is done. If the result of this determination is “No”, the following steps S218 to S242
Is skipped, and the process proceeds to step S244 and subsequent steps.

On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S216 is "Yes", the rising storage of the input signal from the starting winning detector is cleared (step S218).
The input information is updated in response to the rise of the signal from the start winning detector (step S220), and in the next step S22, the updated input information (total value of the winning number) becomes “255” or more. Is determined. While this determination result is “No”, the following step S22
Skip to step S226 and proceed to step S226.
If "Yes", the value of the input information updated in step S224 is decremented by "1", and step S226 is performed.
Proceed to.

In step S226, the start winning detector S
In accordance with the input signals from W1 to SW3, the stored value of the winning number indicating the winning ball number for which the corresponding variable display game has not yet been executed is updated, and in the next step S228,
It is determined whether or not the updated storage value is equal to or greater than “4”. If the determination result in step S228 is "Yes"
In the case of, the subsequent steps S230 to S242 are skipped, and the process directly proceeds to step S244. On the other hand, when the determination result is “No”, new display data of the winning number storage value updated in step S230 is set, and step S232 is performed in order to set the variable display game to the display game time according to the storage value. The symbol variation time corresponding to the winning number storage value is set in step S234. In step S234, an output request for an input sound is made to indicate that a valid start winning has been made, and then the determination in step S236 is performed.

In this step S236, it is determined whether or not the variable display device 30 and the variable winning device 50 installed on the game board 3 are operating normally. The result of this determination is “N
o ", that is, when the gaming machine is in a special gaming state such as" big hit ", step S238 is skipped and step S24 is performed.
0, and when “Yes” (during normal operation), the sequence timer for measuring the execution time of each step is cleared (step S238), and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S240. The "TKZGET" process performed in step S240 is a subroutine for storing and updating random numbers used in the variable display game. When the subroutine is started as shown in FIG. The storage area of the random number for symbol determination is set, and the value of the random number for generating the "big hit" is stored in the next step K08, and then the routine ends.

When the “TKZGET” processing is completed,
In the next step S242, all the start winning detectors SW1
It is determined whether or not the processing of steps S216 to S240 regarding to SW3 has been completed. Accordingly, regarding the input processing of the start winning detector, for example, the start winning detector SW1
Is completed, the input processing for the winning of the starting winning detector SW2 is performed, and then the input processing for the winning of the starting winning detector SW3 is performed.
Then, when the input process for all the start winning detectors is completed (“Yes” in step S242), the process proceeds to step S242.
The processing after 244 is performed.

In step S244, input information relating to “SV” (exchange of prize ball data) described below concerning “five ejection” is set. In the next step S246, “three ejection” relating to “five ejection” is performed. System input number update processing "(SV21N)
Is performed. Further, in the next step S248, the address of the input information of "SV" relating to "15 discharge" is updated, and in the next step S250, "three-system input number update processing" relating to "15 discharge" is performed. Then, the process proceeds to “Phase 3”. FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the "three-system input number update process". When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step K10 whether or not there is an input from a corresponding specific detector (SW). If there is an input and the determination result is “Yes”, the value (the number of inputs) of the storage area specified in advance is updated in step K12.
Skip to step K14 and proceed to step K14, respectively. In step K14, it is determined whether or not all the monitoring of the input information in the area designated in advance has been completed. As long as the determination result is "No", the process returns to step K10.
The input from the next specific detector (SW) is monitored.
Then, the subroutine ends when the input monitoring of all the detectors (SW) is completed (when the determination result of step K14 is turned to "Yes").

Next, a control procedure in “Phase 3” will be described with reference to FIGS. This “Phase 3” corresponds to the above-mentioned general flowchart (FIG. 29)
Is a process corresponding to Steps S28 to S36, and various devices, lamps, and LEDs provided on the game board 3 are actually operated based on the result of executing the above-mentioned "Phase 1" and "Phase 2". It is for. When the processing shifts to “Phase 3”, first, in Step S25
2. The "event counter" stored at this time
Is retrieved. Here, the "event counter" is used to count a variable for determining which of steps S262 to S268 described later is to be executed in the current loop. For example, the "SNDSEL" process of "Phase 4" (FIG. 59) Is determined. Next step S
At 254, it is determined whether or not an illegal operation is being performed. If the determination result is "Yes", the process proceeds to step S256.
Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the extracted event counter is a value (for example, “0”) indicating a fraud. As long as the result of this determination is “No”, the process directly proceeds to “Phase 4” described later. On the other hand, when the unauthorized operation is not being performed (the determination result in step S254 is “No”), or when the value of the event counter is already “0” indicating the invalidity even during the unauthorized operation (step S2)
If the determination result in 56 is “Yes”), step S258
To "branch address calculation processing" (BRANCH). In this "branch address calculation process", it is checked whether or not the value of the event counter is normal. If the value is abnormal, the value is cleared. If the value is normal, the process directly proceeds to the branch process.

When the "branch address calculation process" is completed, a branch process is performed in step S260 based on the value of the "event counter", and the event counter value ("0" to "3") set at this time is executed. In accordance with any of these values, the illegal processing (BLOCK1) in step S262, the special figure game processing (BLOCK2) in step S264, and the solenoid A and B excitation processing (BLOCK) in step S266.
K3), the lamp / LED processing of step S268 (BL
OCK4) is performed, and the process proceeds to “Phase 4”.

FIGS. 40 to 55 illustrate the above-described “BLOCK”.
6 is a program flowchart showing processing contents of “1” to “BLOCK4.” As described above, when the value of the “event counter” is “0”, first, “illegal processing” (B
LOCK1) is performed. Processing is "BLOCK1"
In step S100, as shown in FIG.
In step 2, the level (on, off) information of the ten count detectors SW5 and SW6 is taken out, and then fraud monitoring information is set (step S1004). Further, the specified time of the fraud timer is set (step S1006). The setting of the clear information of the unauthorized timer (Step S1008) is sequentially performed, and in the subsequent Step S1010, it is determined whether or not there is a request for unauthorized monitoring. If the determination result is “No”, the process skips steps S1012 to S1018 and proceeds to step S1020. On the other hand, the step S
When the determination result of 1010 is "Yes" (there is a fraud monitoring request), the count value of the fraud timer is updated in step S1012, and then, in step S1014, the above value is set based on the updated count value of the fraud timer. It is determined whether the specified time has been exceeded. As long as the determination result of step S1014 is “No”, the subsequent steps S1016 and S1018 are skipped, and the process proceeds to step S1020. Is set (step S1016), and the count value of the unauthorized timer is kept at its upper limit (= specified time) (step S101).
8) Then, the process proceeds to step S1020.

In step S1020, the count value of the unauthorized timer at this time is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM.
In the next step S1022, it is determined whether or not all illegal monitoring to be performed has been completed. If all the fraud monitoring has not been completed yet (the determination result is "N
o "), the fraud monitoring process is performed again from step S1004. On the other hand, if all requested fraud monitoring has been completed (the determination result in step S1022 is" Y ").
es ”), the fraud flag set to“ 0 ”or“ 1 ”in step S1016 is stored (step S1016).
1024), it is determined in the next step S1026 whether or not an unauthorized operation is being performed. When the result of this determination is “No”, the flow directly shifts to “Phase 4” without executing the following steps S1028 to S1042.

On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S1026 is "Yes" (during illegal operation), the illegal timer is updated (step S1028), and the lamps L1 to L9 and the LEDs set for the solenoids A and B, the gaming machine are turned on. All are once turned off (step S1030). Then, in the next step S1032, the setting lamps L6 and L9 are turned on and off every 32 msec so as to cause a fraud (step S10).
32). In the following step S1034, input information of “SV” is set, and further “three-system input number update processing” in step S1036 (SV21N; FIG. 38), step S10
Update address of input information of "SV" of step 38, step S
1040 “Three-system input number update processing” (SV21
N) Further, the rising (edge) storage of the input signal of the winning detector (SW) is cleared (step S1042), and then the process proceeds to “Phase 4”.

FIG. 41 shows a case where the value of the "event counter" is "1" and the step S32 of the "phase 3" is performed.
"Special figure game processing" (BLOC) executed in FIG.
It is a program flowchart of K2). This "BL
When OCK2 "is started, first, control information of a fluctuation timer to be updated is set in step S1050, and one of the fluctuation timers is specified and extracted in step S1052. In the next step S1054, the extracted fluctuation timer is set. It is determined whether or not the timer has finished counting. If not, the timer is updated (step S1056). If not, step S1056 is skipped and the timer area is updated. (Step S1058) In the next step S1060, it is determined whether or not all areas have been checked, and while the determination result is “No”, the next timer is updated. Steps S1052 to S10 above
Step 58 is repeatedly executed.

The updating is performed for all the timers to be updated, and the result of the determination in step S1060 is "Y".
If "es" is turned on, it is determined in step S1062 whether or not the sequence timer for measuring the execution time of each step has finished counting. While this determination result is "No", it is determined in step S1064. The count value of the sequence timer is updated, and the process directly proceeds to “Phase 4.” On the other hand, the sequence timer finishes counting and the result of the determination in step S1062 is “Ye”.
s ", branch processing information is set in step S1066, and step branch processing (BRANCH) is performed in step S1068. In this step branch processing (BRANCH), as shown in FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the step number is a normal value (step K16).
At step 18, the step number is cleared, and then the jump address is taken out based on the cleared number (step K20). On the other hand, if the step number is normal, the process directly proceeds to step K20, and the jump address is extracted from the number. Returning to FIG. 41, the next step S1
At 070, a branch is made to processing "STEP10" to "STEP1D" according to the set "step" number. Then, “STEP 1” corresponding to the “step” number
When the processes from “0” to “STEP 1D” are completed, the process shifts to “Phase 4”.

Next, the branching process according to the "step" number will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
3 is a program flowchart showing “normal operation processing” (STEP 10) performed when “step” is “10”. When this program is started, first, step information of normal operation is set in step SS2.
In the next step SS4, it is determined whether or not there is storage.
When the result of this determination is “No”, the next step SS
The process skips steps 6 to SS28, proceeds to step SS30, sets the step switching flag to "1", performs "control number switching processing" (SEQCHG) in step SS32, and then proceeds to "phase 4".

On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step SS4 is "Yes", the winning storage value is updated in step SS6, and information on the winning storage is set in the display control area in the RAM in step SS8. At step SS10, information on the "lucky number" is initialized, and further, the storage area of the random number is updated (step SS1).
2) The update of the fluctuation timer area is performed (step SS14), and thereafter, in step SS16, it is determined whether or not the winning storage value is less than “2”. When the result of this determination is "Yes", the sequence time is set to a relatively long time (for example, 5.2 sec) (step SS1).
8) If "No", the content (count range) of the fluctuation timer is added for 2 seconds (step SS20),
Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S22.

In step SS22, it is determined whether or not the occurrence of the "big hit" in the "variable display game" has a high probability (whether the high-probability flag is "1"), and the determination result is "Yes". At times, data setting of a rotating sound indicating that the operation is being performed with high probability is performed (step SS24).
On the other hand, when the result of the determination is “No”, data setting of the rotation sound indicating that the operation is being performed with a low probability is performed (step SS26). In the next step SS28, "sound output setting processing" (SNDSE
T) is performed. In this “SNDSET” process, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, first, it is determined whether or not the setting of the sound data is prohibited (step SN02). When the determination result is “Yes”, the routine is terminated as it is, and the determination result is “No”. At this time, the data is set in the sound control area of the RAM (step SN04), and then the routine is terminated.

When the "sound output setting process" is completed, the step switching flag is set to "1" in step SS30, and thereafter, the "control number switching process" (step S30).
S32) is performed. This "control number switching process" (SE
QCHG) is performed in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 45. When this program is started, a table address is calculated based on the step information in step SN6, and then in step SN08, the procedure shown in FIG. “Sound output setting processing” (SNDSET) is performed, and further, the sequence switching data is taken out (step S
N10), setting of sequence data (step SN1)
2) are sequentially performed, and thereafter, the present routine is terminated, and the process returns to the program of FIG. 43 and shifts to “Phase 4”.

Next, in the "block 2", when the "step" number set at this time is "11", the "automatic stop time end monitoring process" (STEP 1)
1) will be described with reference to the program flowchart of FIG. When this program is started, first, in step SS34, a “stop symbol capturing process” (FET
CH), and a “symbol determination process” (JUDG10), which will also be described later, is performed in the next step SS36. Then, as a result of the capture of the stop symbol and the determination of the stop symbol, it is determined whether or not the “variable display game” is a symbol for which a reach state is to be generated (for example, a combination of symbols in which the left symbol and the middle symbol match). It is determined (step SS38), and if the result of this determination is "Yes", it
At 40, it is determined whether or not the reach symbol is a symbol of "super reach". Here "Super Reach"
The symbol representing the game result is "lucky number"
(For example, “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, “9”) in the reach state, and when this “super reach” occurs, the “big hit” after that Is controlled so that can occur with “high probability”. When the determination result of step SS40 is "Yes",
Proceeding to step SS42, a command indicating the occurrence of "super reach" is set.
In S44, a command indicating "reach" occurrence is set,
Thereafter, the flow advances to step SS48. On the other hand, the step S
If the decision result in the step S38 is "No", a step SS4 is executed.
At 6, a command indicating that "losing" is set,
Proceed to step SS48. In step SS48, frame feed information is set based on the set command, then step information is set in step SS50, and after skipping to step SS82 of the later-described "STEP 13" process shown in FIG. After the steps SS30 and SS32 of the normal processing “STEP10” described above (FIG. 43) are executed, the processing shifts to “Phase 4”.

In "block 2" (FIG. 41),
The “step” number set at this time is “12”
In the case of, "stop monitoring processing" of the first symbol shown in FIG.
(STEP 12) is performed. In this process, first, in step SS52, frame feed information is set, and in step S52,
In step S54, "step" information is set. After that, after step SS82 of the "STEP 13" process and steps SS30 and SS32 of the above-mentioned "STEP 10" process are executed, the process proceeds to "phase 4".

If the "step" number set at this time is "13", "stop processing of second symbol and reach determination processing" (STEP 13) shown in FIG. 48 are performed. When the "STEP 13" process is started,
First, in step SS60, "symbol determination processing" (JUDG10) described later (FIG. 74) is performed. Then, it is determined whether or not the result of this determination indicates the "reach" state (step SS62). When the determination result is "No", normal (for "losing") frame feed information is set in step SS64. In step SS66, the step information of "losing" stop is set, and the process proceeds to step SS82, where the sequence time is calculated based on the set normal frame feed information. This step is executed by skipping to steps SS30 and SS3), and then proceeds to "Phase 4".

On the other hand, when the determination result of step SS62 is "Yes"("reachstate"), the determined symbol is "lucky number" (left symbol and middle symbol) for generating "super reach". Matches with "reach"
In the state, the two matching symbols in the stopped symbol are “1,1”, “3,3”, “5,5”, “7,7”,
It is determined whether or not the symbol “9, 9” is displayed (step SS68). If the result of this determination is "No", the lucky number flag is cleared in step SS70 in order to perform control according to the normal "reach" state, and the frame reach information of the normal reach is set in step SS72. After the step information of the normal reach is set in step SS74, the process proceeds to the above-described step SS82 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, when the determination result of step SS68 is "Yes" (when the determined symbol represents "lucky number"), first, in step SS7.
At step 6, the lucky number flag is set to "1", and at the next step SS78, frame feed information according to the super reach state is set. In the next step SS80, step information of super reach is set, and thereafter, the process proceeds to the above-mentioned step S82 and subsequent steps.

When the “step” number is “14” or “15” in “block 2” (FIG. 41),
“Stop result determination process” shown in FIG. 49 (STEP 1
4, STEP 15) is performed. When this determination processing is started, first, in step SS84, "symbol determination processing" (JUDG10) described later is performed, and the next step SS84
At 86, it is determined whether or not the result of this determination is "big hit". When the result of this determination is “No”,
This routine ends, and “normal processing” (STEP 10)
After skipping to steps SS30 and SS32 and executing this, the process proceeds to “Phase 4”. On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step SS86 is "Yes", that is, when the determined symbol is a "big hit" symbol, initialization of the number of hitting operations (the number of cycles) is performed in step SS88. In step SS90, the step information of the fanfare is set, and then the lucky number information is set (step SS92), and it is determined whether or not the symbol causing the "big hit" is the "lucky number". (Step SS94). If the determination result in step SS94 is "Yes", the process proceeds to step SS96, where the high-probability flag is set to "1", and proceeds to step SS98.
Step SS96 is skipped, and step SS98 is skipped.
Proceed to. Note that once the high probability flag is set to “1” as described above, the probability of “hit determination” in a variable display game to be performed thereafter is increased, and a “big hit” is more likely to occur (high probability). ). This “high probability” is held until a “big hit” actually occurs, for example.

In the next step SS98, it is determined whether or not the current "big hit" is a hit with a "lucky number". Is set, and based on the setting data, step SS1
04 "Sound output setting process" (SNDSET) is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step SS98 is "Yes", a step SS102 is executed.
The data setting of the super reach fanfare sound is performed.
4 is executed. When the sound output setting process is completed,
Thereafter, the process skips to steps SS30 and SS32 of the normal process (STEP 10) shown in FIG. 43, and after this is executed, shifts to “Phase 4”.

FIG. 50 shows the "end monitoring process of fanfare operation" executed when the "step" number set at this time is "17" or "18" (STEP 1).
7), “End monitoring process in the latter half of interval operation” (ST
It is a flowchart which shows the program of EP18).
When the processing shifts to this program, first, step S
At S106, the count value of the number of big hit operations (the number of cycles)
Is updated, and the count of the number of winnings to the special winning opening 52 is initialized (step SS108). Next step SS
At 110, the number of big hit operations (the number of cycles) and the count at this time are set in the display control area of the RAM, and a continuous winning flag is initialized at step SS112. Then, at step SS114, the "big hit" is set. It is determined whether or not the cycle is the last cycle (16th cycle). While the determination result is “No”, the process proceeds to step SS116 to set the step information of “big hit”. On the other hand, when the big hit operation becomes the last cycle and the determination result turns to “Yes”, the step Proceeding to SS118, the step information of the last cycle of "big hit" is set, and then skip to steps SS30 and SS32 of the normal processing (STEP10) shown in FIG. 43, and then proceed to "Phase 4".

FIG. 51 shows the "big hit operation process before continuation" (STEP 19) and the "big hit operation process after continuation" (STEP 1A) executed when the set "step" number is "19" or "1A". 3) is a flowchart showing a program. When the “step” number is “19”, the processing is started from step SS120 of this program by executing the branch by “step” of “block 2” (step S1070). In step SS120, it is determined whether or not the "big hit" gaming state is in the final cycle at this time. While the determination result is “No”, the process proceeds to step SS122, where a normal “big hit end” command is set. If the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step SS1.
In step 24, the command of "display of jackpot final cycle" is set in the last cycle.
Proceed to 6. In step SS126, step information of the valid time is set, and then, in step SS132, RA
The above command is set in the display control area of M, and the steps SS30 and SS3 of the above-described normal processing (STEP 10) are performed.
Skip to 2, and then go to "Phase 4".

On the other hand, when the set "step" number is "1A", the above-described branching process is performed from step SS128 of the program. In this step SS128, the step information of the interval is set, then the command of the interval is set, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step SS132, where the command is set in the display control area, and thereafter, the steps SS30 and SS32 of the normal processing are performed. To “Phase 4”.

FIG. 52 shows the "effective time end monitoring process" (STEP 1) executed when the "step" number set when "block 2" is executed is "1B" or "1C".
B), “Monitoring process in the first half of interval” (STEP 1)
It is a program flowchart of C). In this program, when the “step” number is “1B”, the process is started from step SS134. In this step SS134, the step information of the big hit end operation is set, and then the continuous winning flag is initialized (step SS13).
After performing 6), it is determined in step SS138 whether or not the input signal has risen in the ten count detector. When the result of this determination is “No”, it is determined that some kind of tampering has been performed, and the process proceeds to step SS140, where a no-count tampering flag is set. Steps SS30 and SS3 of processing (STEP10)
Proceed to 2 and then to “Phase 4”. on the other hand,
When the “step” number is “1C”, the step SS
At step 142, step information of the interval is set, and thereafter, the processing of step SS136 and thereafter is performed.

FIG. 53 shows a "losing operation process" (S) executed when the "step" number is "16" or "1D".
TEP1D), "Big hit end operation end monitoring process" (S
It is a program flowchart of TEP16). When “step” is “1D”, the present program is executed from step SS143. In step SS143, first, it is determined whether or not the lucky number flag is "1". When the result of this determination is “Yes”,
The high probability flag is set to "1" (step SS14).
4) Then, proceed to step SS146. Step SS
In 146, it is determined whether or not there is a winning memory. If the determination result is "No", the step information of the normal operation is set in step SS148, and thereafter, the process skips to step SS32 of the above-described normal processing (STEP 10). Then, shift to “Phase 4”. On the other hand, step SS1
If the result of the determination in step 46 is "Yes" (the winning memory is present), the process skips to step SS2 of the above-described normal processing (STEP 10; FIG. 43), and shifts to "Phase 4" after the end of the normal processing. Has become. When the “step” number is “16”, the step SS14
The processing is performed from 6.

FIG. 54 shows the above-mentioned “normal operation process” (STEP 10) to “big hit end operation end monitoring process” (STEP 1D) performed by branching in the “special figure game process (block 2)” shown in FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an overall flow of the process. When the special figure game processing is started, first, the processing is performed from the normal operation processing (STPE10), the fluctuation of the special figure (displayed symbol by the variable display device 30) is started, and the process proceeds to STEP11 (1). ), An automatic stop time end monitoring process is performed. When the automatic stop time ends, the flow shifts to STEP12 (2), and the stop monitoring processing of the first symbol (left symbol) is performed. When the left symbol is stopped, the process proceeds to STEP 13 (3), where the stop monitoring of the second symbol (middle symbol) and the reach determination process are performed. When the reach determination result is other than reach, the process proceeds to STEP 14 (4) to stop the right symbol and determine the stop result (other than reach).
Then, the process goes to 5 (5), and similarly, the stop processing of the right symbol and the judgment processing of the stop result (at the time of reach) are performed.

At the above STEP14 or STEP15,
When it is determined that the game is "losing" by the determination of the symbol stop result, the process proceeds to STEP16 (6), (6), and the losing operation process is performed. Then, when the losing operation is completed, in the subsequent special figure game processing (BLOCK2), the processing is performed again from STEP 10 (7).

On the other hand, if it is determined that a "big hit" has been determined in the symbol stop result in STEP 15, the STE
The process shifts to P17 (8), and a fanfare operation end monitoring process is performed. When the fanfare operation is completed, the process proceeds to STEP19 (9), and the big hit operation process before the continuation is performed. During this process, when the inflow of the game ball into the continuous winning opening (continuation condition is satisfied) is detected, the process shifts to STEP 1A, and the big hit operation process after the continuation is started,
When the big hit operation processing (STEP 1A) ends, ST
The process shifts to EP1C (12), and the end monitoring process in the first half of the interval is performed. On the other hand, if the above-mentioned continuation condition is not satisfied before the big hit operation process before the continuation in STEP 19 is completed, the process shifts to STEP 1B (1
3) A process of monitoring the end of the effective time of the continuous winning detector is performed. If the above continuation condition is satisfied during the validity time end monitoring process, the process proceeds to STEP 1C (1).
4), the end monitoring process in the first half of the interval is performed. In the end monitoring process of the first half of the interval, when the valid time of the continuous winning detector elapses, the process proceeds to STEP 18 (15), and the monitoring process of the second half of the interval operation is performed. After the elapse of the interval time, the process shifts to the above-described STEP 19 (16), and the big hit operation process before the continuation is performed again. As described above, if the valid time elapses before the continuation condition is satisfied while the big hit operation is repeated, the processing proceeds from STEP 1B to ST 1
The process shifts to EP1D (17), where a big hit end operation end monitoring process is performed, followed by a special figure game process (BLOCK).
In step 2), processing is performed from step 10 (18). Incidentally, when the big hit is the last cycle, the fact is detected in STEP 18 so that the process does not shift to the next cycle. Also, when the jackpot ends without the continuation condition being satisfied,
Or, when the jackpot ends in the last cycle,
If there is the above-mentioned winning memorized value, in the special figure game process (BLOCK2), the process is started from STEP11 (19).

Next, the solenoid A, B excitation process (B) executed in step S266 of "Phase 3" (FIG. 39)
LOCK3) will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. This "BLOCK3" process is executed when the value of the event counter is "2". When this process is started, first, at step S1102, R
The OFF (demagnetization) information of the solenoid A is set in the output range of AM, and then it is determined in step S1104 whether a "big hit" has occurred. The result of this determination is “Yes”
In step S1106, the ON (excitation) information of the solenoid A is set in the output area in step S1106, and the process proceeds to step S1108. On the other hand, when the determination result is “No”, the step S1106 is skipped and the step S1
Proceed to 108. Thereby, the movable members 51, 51 of the variable winning device 50 are rotated in the "big hit" state, and
2 is released (the state shown in FIG. 6).

In the next step S1108, the OFF information of the solenoid B is set in the output area of the RAM. In the next step S1110, it is determined whether or not the continuous winning flag is on at this time (whether or not it is "1"). Is determined. If the result of this determination is "Yes", in step S1112 the on information of the solenoid B is set in the output area, and thereafter the flow proceeds to step S1114. On the other hand, when the determination result is “No”, the step S1112 is skipped and the step S1112 is skipped.
Proceed to 1114. As a result, once the continuation condition is satisfied, the continuation winning port 53A is closed by the closing lever 56a (see FIG. 7).

At the next step S1114, it is determined whether the step number is "0" or not. If the value is other than "0", it is determined in step S1116 whether or not the value stored in the pointer area of the RAM for controlling the information of the start winning detector is "2" or more. If the result is “No”, the process directly proceeds to step S1130, and the “decoration switching process” (U
After (PDATE) is performed, the process proceeds to “Phase 4”. On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S1116 is “Ye
s "(pointer is" 2 "or more), step S
After the “step” number is set to “0” in 1118, the “step” number is stored in step S1126, and in step S1128, the timer used in the processing in step S1130 is cleared. S
At 1130, a decoration switching process (UPDATE) is performed.
Thereafter, the process proceeds to “Phase 4”.

When the result of the determination in step S1114 is "Yes" (the step number is "0"), the processing from step S1120 is performed. That is, in step S1120, the start winning detector is stored (rise storage).
It is determined whether or not there is. When the result of this determination is “No”, the subsequent steps S1122 to S1128 are skipped and the process proceeds to “decoration switching processing” (UPDATE),
Thereafter, the process proceeds to “Phase 4”. On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S1120 is “Yes”, the winning storage value to the starting winning opening is updated in step S1122, and the “step” number is set to “1” in step S1124. The number is stored (step S1126), and the timer is cleared (step S1126).
1128), the “decoration switching process” (UPDA)
TE) is performed, and then the process proceeds to “Phase 4”.

FIG. 56 shows the step S1 of "BLOCK3".
130, step S1136 of "BLOCK4" described later
It is a flowchart showing a subroutine of "decoration switching processing" (UPDATE) executed in the process shown in FIG. When this routine is started, first, in step SS302, the RAM
The address of the data area is calculated, and then "BL
The timer used in the "OCK3" process and the "BLOCK4" process is updated (step SS304), and in the next step SS306, it is determined whether or not the specified time counted by the timer has elapsed, and the result of this determination is " N
If it is “o”, the process proceeds directly to step SS312.
es "), the timer is set to the initial value (step SS
308), and the pointer is updated (step SS31).
0), and then proceed to step SS312. In the next step SS312, it is determined whether or not the updated pointer value has reached the upper limit value. If the determination result is "No", the process directly proceeds to step SS316, and the pointer set at this time is determined. The address is extracted from the table according to the value of. On the other hand, when the value of the pointer is updated to the upper limit value and the determination result of step SS312 turns to “Yes”, the pointer is initialized in step SS314, and the pointer initialized in step SS316 is set. The address is taken out according to the value, and then this routine is terminated.

Next, the lamp / LED control processing (BL) executed in step S268 of "Phase 3" (FIG. 39)
It is a program flowchart of OCK4). This "BLOCK4" process is executed when the event counter is "3". When this process is started, first, the decoration display timer is updated in step S1132,
In step S1134, control information of various lamps is set. In the next step S1136, the above-described “decoration switching process” (UPDATE) is performed, and in step S1138, lighting data is extracted. Subsequently, step S1140
In step S114, it is determined whether or not the big hit operation is being performed.
At 0, it is sequentially determined whether or not a high probability is in progress.

If the result of the determination in step S1140 is "N
o "and the determination result of step S1142 is" Yes "
At this time, the jackpot operation has not been started yet, and if "high probability" has been set at this time, the process proceeds to step S1144 to indicate that "high probability" is being performed.
4. A process of alternately blinking the display units 31A to 31D every 256 msec is performed. Thereafter, this data is set in the RAM output area, and the process shifts to "Phase 4". on the other hand,
When the step S1140 is “Yes” or the step S1142 is “No”, the step S1144 is performed.
Is skipped, the process proceeds to step S1146 to set data, and then the process proceeds to “Phase 4”.

Next, the processing in “Phase 4” for controlling the display unit provided in the gaming machine and performing sound editing and output will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. Among these figures, FIG. 58 is a program flowchart of the “PHASE4” process which forms the first half of “Phase 4”, FIG. 59 is a program flowchart of the “SNDSEL” process which forms the middle stage thereof,
FIG. 60 is a program flowchart of the "SNDPRC" process which forms the latter half.

This "Phase 4" process is performed in steps S38 (display process) and S4 of the general flow shown in FIG.
0 (sound editing and output processing). When this program is started, first, in step S3 of FIG.
At 02, it is determined whether or not the “step” number has been switched. When the determination result is “Yes”, the command data is extracted based on the switched “step” number in step S304, and the next step S30
At 6, it is determined whether the setting of the command is prohibited. When the result of this determination is "No", step S30 is executed.
In step 8, the extracted command is set in the display control area of the RAM, and the flow advances to step S310. On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S302 is “No”, or when the result of the determination in step S306 is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S310.

In step S310, it is determined whether or not data is being transferred. If data is being transferred (the determination result is "Yes"), the flow skips to step S328 described later. On the other hand, when the transfer is not in progress (the determination result is “N
o "), then, it is determined whether or not an illegal operation is being performed.
If the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S31.
Without executing steps 6 to S322, an unauthorized command indicating that an unauthorized operation is being performed is set in the control area in step S314, and then the process proceeds to step S324 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S312 is “No”, it is determined in step S316 whether or not there is a request to transfer priority data. When the result of this determination is “Yes”, the process skips steps S318 to S322 and proceeds to step S324. On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S316 is "No", it is further determined in step S318 whether or not the inspection for all priority data has been completed. While the determination result is “No”, the process returns to step S316, and the determination is repeatedly performed. When the inspection of all priority data is completed, the determination result of step S318 changes to "Yes", the scan counter is updated (step S320), and the corresponding transfer data is taken out (step S322). move on.

In step S324, a transfer flag indicating that data is being transferred is set to "1", and in the next step S326, the transfer data is set in the RAM. Then, in the next step S328, the transfer data is taken out, and after the timer is updated (step S330), it is determined whether or not the time counted by the timer exceeds 60 msec. If 60 msec has elapsed since the previous timer was cleared (step S334), the timer is cleared again in step S334, the data transfer halfway flag is cleared in the next step S336, and the flow advances to step S338. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S332 is “No”, the process proceeds to a step S338,
It is determined whether 8 msec has elapsed since the timer was cleared, and in the next step S340, it is determined whether 50 msec has elapsed. If 8 msec has not yet elapsed since the timer was cleared, steps S340 and S342 are skipped and the process proceeds to step S344. If 8 msec has elapsed since the timer was cleared and 50 msec has not yet elapsed ("No" in step S340), step S340 is executed.
At 342, a strobe signal is set, and thereafter, the flow proceeds to step S344. On the other hand, 50msec after clearing the timer
Has elapsed, step S342 is skipped again and the process proceeds to step S344 and subsequent steps. Step S3
At 34, the transfer data at this time is set in the output area of the RAM, then the rising (edge) information of the start winning detector is initialized (step S346), and the value of the refresh register is stored (step S348). Then, the process proceeds to the "SNDSEL" process shown in FIG.

When the processing shifts to the “SNDSEL” processing, first, an event counter (EVENT) used in the branch processing of “Phase 3” is updated (step S350), and then the corresponding channel is updated based on the event counter. Calculation of the address (step S352),
The sound control area of the unauthorized sound is set (step S354), and thereafter, it is determined whether or not the unauthorized operation is being performed (step S356). At this point, if you ’re in the wrong hands,
The subsequent steps S358 to S362 are skipped, and the process proceeds to the “SNDPRC” process (FIG. 60) described later.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S356 is "No", the control area of the ball lending sound is set in the step S358, and in the next step S360, it is determined whether or not it is the timing to output the ball lending sound. Is done. Then, when it is time to output (when the determination result is “Y
es ") skips step S362 and returns" SN
The process proceeds to "DPRC" process, and when it is not the timing to output the ball lending sound, the sound control area of the special map is set in step S362, and thereafter, the process proceeds to "SNDPRC" process.

When the processing of “Phase 4” shifts to the “SNDPRC” processing shown in FIG. 60, first, in step S364
It is determined whether or not the sound output process is being executed. If the determination result is “No”, the flag “EXECBI” indicating that the corresponding channel is outputting sound data in step S366 in order to start the sound output process.
"T" is set to "1", the "pointer" is initialized in step S368, and the process skips to step S376 described later.On the other hand, if the determination result in step S364 is "Yes", the process proceeds to step S376. The timer set to the predetermined value is updated in S386 (step S3).
70), and proceeds to step S372 to determine whether or not the timer indicates that a specified time has elapsed. The specified time is for determining the timing for updating the ATT data (sound output data). The result of this determination is “N
As long as it is "o", steps S374 to S410 are all skipped, and the process proceeds to step S412 described later. If the determination result turns to "Yes" after the specified time elapses, the processing from step S374 is performed. .

In step S374, the pointer is updated. In the next step S376, the start address of the melody data is extracted from the melody code number for sound output. Then, in step S378, the reference ATT data is extracted. After the address of the melody data table is calculated based on the set pointer value and the time data is extracted (step S382), it is determined in step S384 whether the melody code is an end code. Is determined. In the case of the end code (the determination result is “Yes”), the melody code number to be output next is determined in step S410, and then the process proceeds to step S412. On the other hand, if the end code has not been reached, the process of steps S386 to S408 is further performed, and then the process proceeds to step S412.

That is, when the process proceeds to step S386,
First, a timer is set (step S386) and an ATT timer is initialized (step S388) for use in the determination in step S372, and then it is determined in step S390 whether ATT control is performed. If the determination result is "No", the ATT time stored in the RAM is extracted based on the melody code in step S392, and the ATT control time is set in the next step S394. On the other hand, when the determination result of step S390 is "Yes", the ATT control time at that time is set in step S394 as it is. In step S396, the address of the scale data is calculated based on the melody data.
It is determined whether or not the control is being performed. If the ATT control has already been started, the subsequent steps S400 to S40
Skip to step S412 and proceed to step S412.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S398 is "No", in a step S400, it is determined whether or not the edit channel of the sound output process at this time is a noise channel (set in the noise channel control area of the RAM). It is determined whether or not the output processing is based on the performed data. If the result of this determination is “Yes”, then step S
At 402, the noise control data is stored, and the frequency data is output from the frequency data table based on the data, and then the process proceeds to step S412.
If the determination result of step S400 is "No", the channel address and the frequency data are output in step S406, and the frequency data is further output in the next step S408, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S412.

In step S412, step S3
88 or ATT initialized in step S416 described later
The timer is updated, and in the following step S414, it is determined whether or not the timer has counted a specified time (whether the specified time has elapsed). While this determination result is “No”, steps S416 to S420 are skipped, ATT data is output in step S422, and then an interrupt wait is performed (end of the main routine). When the specified time has elapsed and the result of the determination in step S414 turns to "Yes", the ATT timer is initialized in step S416, and then it is determined whether or not the ATT control is being performed (step S414). S418). If the determination result is "No", the next step S420 is skipped, and the process proceeds to step S422. On the other hand, if the determination result is "Yes", the ATT data is updated in step S420, and thereafter, the step S422 is performed. AT
After the output of the T data, an input of an interrupt signal is waited (end of the main routine).

Next, details of the subroutine executed in the detail flowchart shown in FIGS. 29 to 60 will be described. FIG. 61 is a program flowchart showing the SV processing (SEN000) executed in step S124 of FIG. This SV process is a process for transferring the winning state (the number of winnings in each winning opening, etc.) of the game balls to the winning opening (start winning opening, large winning opening) to the ball discharge control device 700 side. . When this “SV processing” is started,
First, award ball control data is set in step SS202, and in the next step SS204, "decoration switching processing" (UPDATE) according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
Is performed. In subsequent step SS206, data output is performed. In step SS208, the control address is calculated based on the control clock of “SV” in step SS210.
Then, the "SV" received data is fetched, and then the control clock branches. That is, when the control clock is "0", the "data recognition process" (RCV300) shown in FIG. 62 is performed in step SS214, and when the control clock is "3", the "data recognition process" shown in FIG. The data fetch process ”(RCV200) is performed, and when the control block is“ 2 ”or“ 3 ”, this routine is terminated.

The control clock becomes "0" and the "RC"
When the V300 ″ process is started, as shown in FIG.
In step R02, it is determined whether or not the current reception data is the same as the previous reception data. If the determination result is "Yes", the received data is determined to be normal data, and the data is stored in the storage area of the RAM (step R04). On the other hand, “No”
In the case of (1), it is determined that the data is abnormal, and that fact is stored in the storage area of the RAM (step R06), and thereafter, the process proceeds to step R08.

In step R08, it is determined whether or not the start bit is on. If not, the bit count is updated in step R10 without executing steps R12 to R48. To end. On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step R08 is "Yes", it is determined in step R12 whether or not the received data has become 8 bits. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the bit has not yet become 8 bits, this routine is terminated. On the other hand, when the determination result of step R12 is “Yes”,
14, the value of the bit counter is cleared once, the received data is cleared in step R16, and
At R18 and R20, it is determined whether the check bit is normal or not, and whether the result of the parity check is normal. If either one of these two determination results is “No”, this routine is terminated as it is, and when both of these determination results are “Yes”, the processing of step R24 and thereafter is executed.

In Step R24, the ball discharge control device 70
It is determined whether or not there is a transmission request of the prize ball data signal from the 0 side. If the result of this determination is "Yes", it is determined in step R34 whether or not data transmission is already in progress. If data transmission is in progress (determination result is "Yes"), this routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if data is not being transmitted, the storage area of the number of award balls in the RAM is set in step R36. In the present embodiment, a RAM area in which a winning is stored in the winning opening of “5 discharges” (starting winning openings 8, 6, and 6) is set first. Then, in the next step R38, it is determined whether or not there is a prize memory in the storage area relating to “5 discharge”. When the result of this determination is “Yes”, “5 discharge” in this loop
In step R44, the number of stored data is first updated ("1" is subtracted), the number of transmission data is set in step R46, the pointer is cleared in step R48, and the routine ends. . Therefore, when there are many winning memories in the same storage area, updating to another area is not performed until there is no winning memory in the area. On the other hand, if it is determined in step R38 that there is no prize memory in the storage area (the area of “five discharges”), the storage area is updated in step R40 (for example, from the “five discharges” area to “5 discharges”). 15 areas "area) is performed,
Next, it is determined whether or not the search for the presence or absence of the prize storage has been completed for all the storage areas (step R42). Immediately after the area is updated, the result of this determination is “No”, and the search is performed in step R38. As long as there is a prize memory in the storage area updated as described above (the “15 discharge” area), the determination in step R38 is “Yes”, and the data relating to “15 discharge” is stored in the ball discharge control device 7
Sent to the 00 side. Then, if all the prize memories in this storage area are exhausted (step R38 is "N
o "), the storage area is further updated, but if there is no more area to be updated (step R42 returns" Ye ").
s ″), and proceeds to step R44 to update the storage number (subtraction).
After that, steps R46 and R48 are executed, and this routine ends.

If there is no request for a prize ball from the ball discharge control device 700 side (the determination result of step R24 is "N
In step "o"), it is determined in step R26 whether or not there is a data retransmission request. If the determination result is "Yes", the flow advances to step R48 to clear the pointer set at this time. After that, the routine ends.On the other hand, the determination result in the step R26 is "No".
In the case of, it is subsequently determined whether or not a line test is being performed. If the result of this determination is "Yes" (during the line test), the above-mentioned steps R46 and R48 are executed, and thereafter this routine is terminated. It is determined whether there is a ball lending sound request. When the result of this determination is "Yes", the data relating to the ball lending request is set in the RAM in step R32, and thereafter this routine is terminated and "N"
In the case of "o", the step R32 is skipped, and this routine is terminated as it is.
In the data fetch process (RCV200) executed when the clock is "3" in the "000" process, as shown in FIG. 63, the received data at this point is stored in step R50, and then this routine is terminated. It has become. As described above, according to the programs shown in FIGS.
“SV control” is performed.

Next, among the various subroutines, the "probability setting display process" (P
SET) will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Among them, FIG. 64 is a flowchart showing a routine of “probability setting display processing”. When this program is started, the physical state of each winning detector (SW) is read in step SS220, and then the active logic is converted into positive logic in step SS222.
In step SS224, chattering elimination processing is performed, and in step SS226, the current logical state is sequentially calculated. Thereafter, the current state is stored in the RAM (step SS2).
28) In the next step SS230, “PSETP0” to “PSETP0” to
A branch of the “PSETP5” process is performed. That is, when the “step” is “0”, the “set probability reading process” (PS
ETP0), when "1", "SW-X off monitoring process" (PSETP1) is performed, and when "2", "5 second end monitoring process" (PSETP2) is performed.
In the case of "3", "setting data write processing" (PSE
TP3) is performed, and when "4", "write data confirmation processing" (PSETP4) is performed, and when "5", "SW-X input monitoring processing" (PSETP5) is performed.

Next, each process corresponding to the above “step” number will be described with reference to FIGS. When the "step" number is "0", the "set probability reading process" (PSETP0) subroutine shown in FIG. 65 is started. When this subroutine is started, first, step P
“EEPROM read processing” described later (FIG. 71) in S02
(ROMR) is performed, and the data read in the next step PS04 is stored in the RAM.
The “EEPROM reading process” is performed again. In the next step PS08, it is determined whether or not the read data is normal. If the determination result is "Yes" (normal), the 7-segment of step PS82 of "PSETP5" processing (FIG. 70) described later is performed. After the LED lighting process is performed, the PSET process ends.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step PS08 is "No", step number switching information is set in a step PS10, and in a next step PS12,
Whether the probability mode setting switch 680 shown in FIG. 12 is turned to the left (counterclockwise direction in the figure), that is, SW-X
Is turned on. The result of this determination is “N
o ”, a“ PSETP2 ”process described later (FIG. 6)
7) The process proceeds to step PS42 and the subsequent processing is performed. On the other hand, if "Yes", the setting flag is set to "1" in step PS14, the timer is set in step PS16, and the step is performed in step PS18. After the number is changed to “1”, the step number is stored in the RAM in step PS72 of the “PSETP4” process (FIG. 69) described later, and then, after the 7-segment LED is turned on (step in FIG. 70). PS82), and ends the PSET process.

When the "step" number is "1", the "SW-X off monitoring process" (PSTEP1) shown in FIG. 66 is executed by the branch process of FIG. When this subroutine is started, it is determined whether or not the probability mode setting switch (SW-X) is turned on in step PS20. Then, the value indicating the probability mode is displayed (7-segment LED), and the present routine (PSET) ends. On the other hand, step PS2
When the result of the determination of “0” is “No”, step SS22
Sets the “step” number to “2”, and then “P”
Step PS72 of the "SETP4" process (FIG. 69), "P
After the step PS82 of the SET5 ”processing is executed,
The PSET process ends.

FIG. 67 shows "5 seconds end monitoring processing" (PSETP2) executed when the "step" number is "2".
5 is a flowchart showing the program of FIG. When this subroutine is started, in step PS24, it is determined whether or not the above-mentioned probability mode setting switch 680 has been rotated clockwise in FIG. It is determined whether or not it is. When the determination result is “Yes”, the probability mode (“1” to “3”) is updated in step PS26, and the updated probability mode in the next step PS28 is equal to or more than the upper limit value (eg, “3”). Is determined. As long as this determination result is “No”, step PS3
Proceeding to step PS3 when "Yes" is reached
The probability mode updated with "0" is cleared to "1", and the routine proceeds to Step PS32. At step PS32, the switching information is set. At the next step PS34, a 5-second timer is set, and thereafter, the determination at step PS40 is made.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step PS24 is "No", in a step PS36, it is determined whether or not the level of the SW-Y is on level (whether the probability mode setting switch 680 is turned to the right). Is determined. When the result of this determination is "No", the timer is updated in step PS38, and thereafter, the flow proceeds to step PS40. Also, the determination result of step PS36 is "Yes".
In step, after step PS34 is executed, the process proceeds to step PS40. As a result, the timer is set to SW
5 msec is counted after the -Y level is turned off. At step PS40, it is determined whether or not the timer set or updated has finished counting. When the result of this determination is “No”, “PS”
Step PS82 of the ETP5 ″ process (FIG. 70) is executed, and the PSET process ends.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step PS40 is "Yes", the processing after the step SPS42 is performed. First, at step PS42, it is determined whether or not switching of the probability setting mode is requested (whether or not the switching information is set at step PS32). When the determination result is "No", the "step" number is determined at subsequent step PS44. "5" and then "PSET"
Step PS72 of the "P4" process (FIG. 69) and "PSE"
After the step PS82 of the TP5 "process (FIG. 70) is executed, the PSET process is terminated. On the other hand, when the determination result of the step PS42 is" Yes ", the switching information is cleared in a step PS46, and the EEPROM in a step PS48. The setting of the write standby information is sequentially performed, and thereafter, in step PS50, an EEPROM writing process (FIG. 72) described later is executed, and the next step PS52 is executed.
The "step" number is changed to "3" and "P"
Step PS72 of "SETP4" processing and "PSETP"
After the step PS82 of the 5 ″ processing is executed, the PS
The ET processing ends.

FIG. 68 is a flowchart of the setting data writing process executed when the “step” number is “3”. When this program is started, step PS5
At step PS4, setting of EEPROM write information is performed, and then at step PS56, an EEPROM write process described later (FIG. 72).
Is performed, and thereafter, at step PS58, "step"
The number is changed to “4” and the step P72 of the “PSETP4” process and the step P72 of the “PSETP5” process
After S82 is performed, the PSET process ends.

FIG. 69 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of "write data confirmation processing" (PSETP4) executed by the above-mentioned "PSET" processing (FIG. 64) when the "step" number is "4". When this processing is started, first, in step PS60, "EEPROM data reading processing" (ROMR) described later (FIG. 71) is performed, and in the next step PS62, it is determined whether or not the data is normal. . If the result of this determination is "Yes", the write-protection information of the EEPROM is set in step PS66, and then "EEPROM write processing" described later.
(EEPOUT) is performed, and in the next step PS70, the “step” number is changed to “5”. In the next step PS72, the "step" number is stored in the RAM, and thereafter, in step PS82 of the "PSETP5" process.
Is executed, and the PSET process ends. On the other hand, when the step PS62 is "No", the step P62
In step S64, the “step” number is changed to “3”, and after step PS72 is executed, step PS82 of the “PSETP5” process is executed, and the PSETP process ends.

FIG. 70 is a flowchart showing a program of the "SW-X input monitoring process" (PSETP5) executed in the "PSET" process when the "step" number is "5". When this process is started, “PSETP
The value of the setting flag set to “1” in step PS14 of the “0” process is cleared to “0” (step PS7).
4) In the next step PS76, it is determined whether or not SW-X is ON (whether the probability mode setting switch 680 has been rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 12). The result of this determination is “Ye
s ", the 7-segment LE in step PS78 is displayed in order to display the value of the probability mode set at this time.
The lighting information of D is set, and then the lighting process of the 7-segment LED based on the setting information is performed, and the probability mode is displayed on the probability mode display unit 682 (FIG. 12). finish. On the other hand, when the step PS76 is "No", the off information of the 7-segment LED is set in the step PS80, and the next step P80 is executed.
Proceeding to S82, a lighting process is performed (at this time, 7-seg is not lit), and then the PSETP process ends.

FIG. 71 shows the “PSETP0 process” of FIG. 65 and the “ESETP4” process of FIG.
7 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of "EPROM data read processing" (ROMR). When this program is started, first, a read command is set in step PS102, and in the next step PS104, "EEPROM writing" described later is performed. Processing "(EEPOUT) is performed,
Thereafter, the read bit length is set (step PS10).
6), data reading (step PS108), and storing of the read data in the register (step PS110) are sequentially performed. In step PS112, it is determined whether or not reading of all data is completed. The result of this determination is “N
As long as it is "o", steps PS108 and PS110 are repeatedly executed, and when the determination result changes to "Yes", the routine ends.

FIG. 72 shows the "PSETP2" shown in FIG.
FIG. 69 is a flowchart of a process, “EEPROM writing process” (EEPOUT) executed in the “PSETP3” process shown in FIG. 68 and the like. When this program is started, the EEPROM is set in a write standby state in step PS120, and it is determined in the next step PS122 whether or not writing is possible. Then, after waiting for the determination result of step PS122 to change to "Yes", the processing after step PS124 is executed.
In step PS124, the bit length of the write data is set, and then the start bit is set (step PS12).
6) After the writing process (step PS128) is executed, it is determined in step PS130 whether or not the writing has been completed. While the determination result is “No”, the flow returns to step PS128 to perform the writing process, and ends the routine when the determination result changes to “Yes”.

Next, “PRG” of “Phase 1” in FIG.
FIG. 73 shows the “SW input process” (SWRSUB) executed in step S132 of the “TOP” process (FIG. 30).
This will be described according to the flowchart of FIG. When this program is started, in step SS240, the physical state of various winning detectors (winning switches) provided on the game board 3 is read, and then, in step SS242, the active logic is converted into positive logic. Processing for removing chattering appearing in the waveform of the input signal from the detector in step SS424;
In step SS246, the current logical state is sequentially calculated. Thereafter, the current state is stored in the RAM (step SS248). In step SS250, the active state memory is stored. It is determined whether a predetermined time (chattering time) provided for removal has elapsed.
If the chattering time has not yet expired, the input signal during this time is regarded as being due to chattering, and this routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when the chattering time is over (step SS252 is “Ye
s '') The chattering timer is cleared in step SS254, the active status is stored in step SS256, and the active state is cleared in step SS258. Thereafter, this routine ends.

Next, “RND000” of “Phase 1”
Special symbol update determination processing (JUDG11) performed in step S140 of the processing (FIG. 31) and "BLOCK2" processing of "Phase 3" (STEP10 to STEP)
The symbol determination process (JUDG10) performed in 1D) and the like will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. When the process reaches the above-mentioned special symbol update determination judgment process (JUDG11) in “Phase 1”, the display symbol creation area is set in the RAM in step SS260, and then the process proceeds to step S260.
The process proceeds to S264 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, when the processing reaches the above-mentioned symbol determination processing (JUDG10) in “Phase 3”,
In step SS262, the symbol area of the display control area is RA
M is set, and then the process proceeds to step SS264.

In step SS264, the symbol data is extracted, and thereafter, it is determined whether or not the symbol data is a reach symbol (for example, whether the left symbol and the middle symbol match). When the result of this determination is “No”, steps SS268 to SS276 are skipped and
This routine ends. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step SS266 is "Yes", the reach flag is set to "1" in a step SS268, and the step SS270
In addition, the design is lucky number (reach design is "1",
(Comprising “3”, “5”, “7”, and “9”). When the determination result is “No”, the process directly proceeds to the determination in step SS274. When the determination result is “Yes”, the “lucky number flag” is set to “1” to store the occurrence of the lucky number, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step SS274. move on. Step S27
In step 4, it is determined whether or not the symbol data extracted in step SS264 is a "big hit symbol" (whether the three symbols match). If the determination result is "No", the routine ends. . On the other hand, if the determination result is “Y
If "es", the "big hit flag" is set to "1" to store the occurrence of the "big hit" (step SS27).
6) Then, this routine ends.

FIG. 75 shows the “Phase 2” processing (FIG. 33).
"Power fail monitoring process" (FALSU
It is a program flowchart of B). When this routine is started, the fail monitoring counter is updated in step SS278, and it is determined in the next step SS280 whether the updated count value has exceeded the upper limit value.
While the result of this determination is “No”, step SS2
The process skips 82 and proceeds to step SS284. on the other hand,
When the determination result turns to "Yes", step SS282 is executed.
To clear the counter (count value = "0"),
Thereafter, the flow advances to step SS284. Step SS284
In, it is determined whether or not the fail signal is on. If the result of this determination is "Yes", the fail flag is set (step SS286) and the lamp is turned off (step S286).
After S288) is performed, in step SS300, the RAM
Is set to the access prohibition state, and is set to the interrupt waiting state.

If the decision result in the step SS284 is "No", it is decided in a step SS290 whether or not the fail flag has already been turned on. When the result of this determination is “No”, this routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if the result of the determination is "Yes", it is determined in step SS292 whether or not the value of the counter is "0" (whether or not the counter has been cleared). SS300 is executed, and thereafter, an interrupt waiting state is set. When the result of the determination in step SS292 is "Yes", the content stored in the RAM is checked in step SS294.
In the next step SS296, it is determined whether or not the check result is abnormal. When the check result is abnormal (the determination result is “Yes”), the subsequent step SS298 is skipped. On the other hand, when the check result is normal (the determination result is “No”), the “fail flag” is cleared to “0”. (Step SS298), the step S
Step S300 is executed, and thereafter, an interrupt waiting state is set.

FIG. 76 shows the “STEP 11” processing (FIG. 4) of the “BLOCK 2” processing performed in “Phase 3”.
"Stop symbol capture processing" executed in 6) (FETCH)
FIG. When this routine is started, a determination table is set in step FE02, and it is determined in next step EF04 whether "high probability" is set. The result of this determination is “Ye
In the case of "s", the number of determinations at the time of high probability is taken out (step FE06), and in the case of "No", the number of determinations of the time of normal probability is taken out (step SFE08),
Thereafter, in step FE10, the area setting of the big hit symbol is performed.

In the next step FE12, it is determined whether or not the upper byte of the big hit determination value is "0". If the determination result is "No", steps FE14 to FE1 are executed.
The process skips step 8 and proceeds to step FE20 described below. On the other hand, when the determination result is “Yes”, step F
At E14, it is determined whether or not the big hit determination value is a big hit value. If the determination result is "Yes", the process skips to step FE22 described later, and the determination result becomes "N".
If "o", the table address is updated in step FE16, and then it is determined whether or not to end the search (step FE18).
In the case of, the processing from step FE14 is performed again, and if the determination result is "Yes", the loss design area is set in step FE20, and thereafter, the processing in step FE22 is performed.
Then, the storage content of the set area is set as a stop symbol, and the storage of the random numbers used for the current determination is cleared in step FE24, and thereafter, this routine ends.

Next, the ball discharge control by the above-described discharge control device 700 provided for controlling the operation of the ball discharge device 300 installed on the back mechanism panel 800 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. This ball discharge control includes a main process by a background process (FIG. 77), a first interrupt process every 1 msec (FIG. 78),
The second interrupt process is performed every 1.3 msec (FIG. 79). Also, the CPU of the ball discharging device 700 for performing these processes
Consists of a 4-bit microcomputer.

First, the main processing of the ball discharge control repeatedly executed by the background processing will be described with reference to the general flow of FIG. When this program is started, initialization (INIT1) of various flags used for the discharge control, output of each port, and the like is performed in step 02, and in the next step 04, the "BRDY signal" is set for a predetermined time (for example, 2). .5 sec) is determined. This "BRDY signal" is normally kept in a state of rising in the initial state for a fixed time shorter than the predetermined time. If the rise time is equal to or longer than a predetermined time (≧ 2.5 sec), it is determined that the output of the program is a request, and the process proceeds to step 06 to output the program to the loader. On the other hand, if the "BRDY signal" falls within the predetermined time, it is determined that the signal is normal, and the process proceeds to step 08, where a line test (CTEST) is performed. Is performed, and then the process proceeds to the main loop.

This main loop is performed subsequent to the initialization processing as described above, and thereafter, the loop is repeatedly performed unless a reset return error occurs. In this main loop, first, an illegal process (step 12) and then a BB error process (step 14) for monitoring data exchange with the ball rental machine are performed. In the following step 16, it is determined whether or not the "ball movement no error" has occurred. When this error has occurred, the apparatus is placed in a reset waiting state.
On the other hand, if no error has occurred, it is determined in step 18 whether or not both the discharge 1 and 2 sensors are in the ball-present state. If the result of this determination is "Yes", the storage of the "remaining number payout error" is deleted in step 20 and the process proceeds to step 22, and if "No", the above step 2 is performed.
Skip to 0 and proceed to step 22.

At step 22, the winning ball processing device 810
It is determined whether or not a winning ball (safe ball) remains in the game. If the determination result is “No”, the process proceeds to the ball removal process in step 26 as it is, while if “Yes”, the prize ball number signal sent from the accessory control device 600 is received in step 24, Thereafter, in step 26, "ball removal processing" is performed.

When the above-mentioned ball removal processing is completed, step 28
It is determined whether or not 500 msec has been counted by the wait timer (whether the wait processing is being performed). If this wait time has not yet elapsed (the determination result is “No”), the above-described step 12 is performed. And the process is performed. If the result of the determination turns to "Yes" after the elapse of 500 msec, it is determined in step 30 whether or not the ball lending condition is satisfied. If the result of this determination is "Yes", after the ball lending process is performed in step 32, the present loop is terminated, the process returns to step 12 and the process is repeated. On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step 30 is "No" (ball lending condition is not satisfied), it is determined in step 34 whether or not the prize ball condition is further satisfied. If the result of this determination is "Yes", Step 3
6 is performed, and then the present loop ends.
On the other hand, if the decision result in the step 34 is "No", the present loop is ended as it is, and the process returns to the step 12, where the main loop is repeated.

FIG. 78 is a general flowchart of a first interrupt process performed every 1 msec while the main routine is repeatedly executed. When this program is started by issuing an interrupt signal every 1 msec, the "watchdog" is dropped in step 40 (set to "0"), and the status of each port is updated (step 4).
2), error monitoring for overflow, BB connection status, etc. (step 48), prize ball signal processing, ball lending signal processing (step 46), 1 msec timer update (step 48)
Are sequentially performed, and it is determined in step 50 whether or not the 0.5 second timer is on (during counting). When the result of this determination is "Yes", the timer is updated in step 52, and when the result is "No", step 52 is skipped and the process proceeds to step 54 and subsequent steps.

In steps 54 to 64 and step 74, the current interrupt processing is performed in a cycle of 2 msec, a cycle of 4 msec,
It is determined whether the cycle is the msec cycle or the 16 msec cycle. Incidentally, this interrupt processing is performed for 1 ms as described above.
It is performed every ec, therefore, every 1 msec, 2 msec cycle,
4 msec cycle, 2 msec cycle, 8 msec cycle, 2 msec cycle, 4
msec cycle, 2 msec cycle, 16 msec cycle, 2 msec cycle ...
The cycle is set in this order, and the process for each cycle is performed at this timing.

First, at step 54, if it is determined that the current time is a process with a cycle of 2 msec (the determination result is "Yes").
Proceeding to step 56, the 2 msec timer is updated,
Thereafter, the present interrupt processing ends. Step 54 above
Is "No", the next step 58
Then, it is determined whether or not this time is a process in a cycle of 4 msec. If the result of this determination is “Yes”, then step 6
At 0, the 4 msec timer is updated, and then this interrupt processing ends. If the result of the determination in step 58 is "N
In the case of "o", in step 62, the current time is 8 msec.
It is determined whether or not the processing is performed in a cycle. When the result of this determination is “Yes”, the processing of step 64 and thereafter is executed.

First, in step 64, interruption permission is performed every 8 msec. In the next step 66, confirmation of ball removal, odd end, overflow, stop of firing, connection state, and status confirmation are performed. In the above, error processing of odd, overflow, fire stop, and BB connection is performed.
In the following step 70, a firing stop process is performed, and in the next step 72, the 8 msec timer is updated.
The interrupt processing ends.

On the other hand, if the result of the decision at the step 62 is "N
In the case of "o", in step 74, the current time is 16 ms.
It is determined whether or not the processing is in the ec cycle. If the result of this determination is “No”, this interrupt processing is terminated as it is, while if “Yes”, 1 is set in step S76.
After the 6 msec timer has been updated, this interrupt processing ends.

FIG. 79 shows that during the execution of the main routine,
It is a general flowchart of the 2nd interruption process performed every 31.3 msec progress. When an interrupt signal is issued every 31.3 msec and this program is started, step 1 is executed.
At 02, a “watch dock” is set (set to “1”), and then, interrupt permission (step 104), RAM abnormality inspection (step 106), and error status determination (step 108) are sequentially performed.

In the next step 110, it is determined whether or not an error has occurred. If the determination result is "No", the flow advances to step 112 to display the error indicator 790 provided on the back surface of the ball discharge control device 700. After the “Dp” display section 792 is turned off and the completion lamp L10 provided on the game board is turned off (step 114), it is determined whether or not the present time is the display timing. If the result of this determination is "Yes", a "0" code is set to cause an error-free display, and then the process proceeds to step 142, while if "No", a clear code is set and then the process proceeds to step 142. . In step 142, the L of the 7-segment display unit 791 corresponding to the set code is
The ED display process is performed, and then the main interrupt process ends.

When the result of the determination in step 110 is "Y"
If "es" (error is present), it is determined whether or not the game state is such that the completion lamp L1 blinks in step 122. If the determination result is "Yes" (blinking control is being performed), the lighting bit is set in step 126 It is discriminated whether or not there is, and if the bit is a lighting bit, the completion lamp is turned on in step 128;
The process skips 28 and proceeds to step 130, respectively. Thus, the blinking control of the completion lamp is performed. If the determination result of step 122 is “No”, step 1
Proceeding to 24, it is determined whether it is time to further turn on the completion lamp. If the result of this determination is "Yes", the operation proceeds to step 128, the completion lamp is turned on, and the operation proceeds to step 130. If "No", the operation skips step 128 and proceeds to step 130. In step 130, it is determined whether or not it is in a state where display by the error indicator "Dp" 792 is to be performed. Step 13 if "Yes"
In step 136, the lighting of Dp is performed.
Proceed to.

At step 136, it is determined whether or not a duplication error has occurred. If the determination result is "No", the flow directly proceeds to step 142, where the L of 7 segments is set.
After the ED display processing has been performed, this interrupt processing ends. On the other hand, when the determination result of step 136 is "Yes", it is determined whether or not the present time is the display timing. When the determination result is "No", the display code is cleared (step 140), and the LED display processing is performed. The process proceeds to (Step 142). On the other hand, if “Yes”, the process directly proceeds to the LED display process (Step 142), and then the interrupt process ends.

Next, a detail flowchart of the above-described general flowchart (FIG. 77) of the main program will be described with reference to FIGS. 80 to 192. 80 to 82 show the main program (FIG. 77)
7 is a detail flowchart of an initialization process performed in step 02 of FIG. When the process proceeds to this program, the flag “mbl” is set to “0” in step B02,
“Bank” is set to “0” and the margin cycle is 1μ
It is set to sec (step B04), and then initialization of each port of the RAM is performed (step B06). In the next step B08, the output of port 4 ("PMGB") is set to "00001000000b", and step B10
Input / output is set for each bit of port 36 (“PMG
A "is set to" 11100110b "), Step B
12, the outputs of ports 2, 4, 5, and 7 are set ("PM
GB is set to "10110100b", port 8 is set to input in step B14 ("PMGC" is set to "0000b"), and "no pull-up resistor" is set in step B16 ("POGA" is set to "POGA"). 0000
0000b "), and proceeds to step B18 and thereafter to initialize the RAM.

That is, in step B18, the value of "OEFH" is changed to the values of the resists "A", "X", "L", "L" in the RAM 712.
“H” among “H”, “G”, “D”, “C”, and “B”
"L" is set to "A", and "B" is set to "A".
In step 20, "HL" is set to "0", and in step B22, "L-1" is set as the value of "L".

At step B24, it is determined whether or not the value of "L" is "OFH".
If not, the process returns to step B20 and the process is repeated. On the other hand, when "L" is "OFH", the value of "H" is replaced with "H-1" in step B26, and whether or not the value of "H" is "OFH" in step B28. Is determined. If the result of this determination is not “OFH”, the flow returns to step B26, while
If it is "OFH", the process proceeds to step B30, where "5" is set in the RAM monitoring area 1 and "10" is set in the RAM monitoring area 2, and "2" is set in the port 2 in the next step B32. 0000b "is set,
“1001b 00000000b” is set in the ports 4 and 5, “00000000b” is set in the ports 6 and 7, and then the process proceeds to step B34 of FIG.

In step B34 of FIG. 81, the timer cycle is set to 11.7 msec. In step B36, the register “xa” is set to “−256” and the register “HL” is set to “−21”.
After the timer interrupt is permitted in step B38, it is determined in step B40 whether or not there is an interrupt. While the determination result is “absent”, the determination process (step B40) is repeatedly performed, and the process proceeds to step B42 after turning to “present”.

Step B42 will be described later (FIG. 86).
"Watch dock processing (S-WDGT)" is performed, and in the next step B42, it is determined whether or not the port to which the "BRDY signal" is input is at "high level". If the result of this determination is "low level", step B5
Then, the process proceeds to the process after step B46, and when the level is "high", the process proceeds to the process after step B46. Step B4
In 6, the value of the register "L" is replaced with "L + 1", and it is determined whether or not the replaced value of "L" has become "0" (step B48). If the result of this determination is not "0", the flow proceeds to the processing from step B56. On the other hand, in the case of “0”, the process of replacing “H” with “H + 1” is performed in the next step B50, and the replaced “H”
Is determined to be “0” (step B).
52). If this determination result is not “0”, the process proceeds to the process after step B56, while if “0”,
In the next step B54, "protect output" is set to "0", the completion lamp is turned on (ON), "1" is displayed on the 7-segment display 791 of the error display, and "D" is displayed.
Lighting (ON) of the p "display portion 792 is performed, and the initialization processing ends. On the other hand, in the processing after step B56, first, the value of the register" A "is replaced with" A + 1 "(step B56). In the next step B58, it is determined whether or not the value of the thus replaced register "A" has become "0". If it is not "0" as a result of this determination, the process returns to step B40, and the determination of the presence or absence of the interrupt is repeatedly performed. On the other hand, in the case of “0”, the process of replacing the value of the register “X” with “X + 1” is performed in the next step B60, and whether or not the value of the replaced “X” has become “0” Is determined (step B62). If the result of this determination is not "0", the process returns to step B40 and the process is repeated. On the other hand, "0"
If it is determined that the "protect output" is set to "0" in the next step B64, step B6 in FIG.
The process proceeds to the processes after 6.

In step B66, the cycle of the basic interval timer used for the second interrupt processing is 31.3.
msec, the cycle of the timer event counter is set to 1.007 μsec in step B68, then the “RDY signal” is turned off in step B70, and the timer interrupt is permitted in step B72. In step B74, "BRQ, BRDY monitoring processing" (chkts0) is performed, and in step B76, it is determined whether or not any of the "BRQ signal, BRDY signal" is "present". If the determination result is "Yes", the process proceeds to step B78, where "BRQ, BRDY monitoring processing" is performed again, and thereafter, it is determined again whether any of the "BRQ signal and BRDY signal" is "Yes". Is done. In this determination, when it is again determined that “present”, the reset wait state (wai
(trs), the program ends. If it is determined that there is no data in either of the steps B76 and B80, the process is skipped and the program ends.

FIG. 83 shows "BRQ, BRDY" executed in steps B74 and B78 of the initialization processing (init1).
It is a flowchart showing a program of "monitoring process" (chkts0). When this program is started, it is determined whether or not 1 msec has elapsed in step B82, and the process waits until this determination result turns to "Yes". B8
Then, the BRQ input port of the CPU goes to "high level".
Is determined in the next step B86 as to whether or not the BRDY input port is at "high level". When both the determination results are “No” (both are at the low level), it is determined to be normal, and the present program is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if one of the determination results in steps B84 and B86 is "Yes" (either is at a high level), it is determined that an abnormality has occurred (error has occurred), and the program is terminated.

FIG. 84 shows the above initialization processing (init1).
7 is a "reset waiting" (waitrs) program flowchart executed when both of the determination results in steps B76 and B80 are "present". When the process shifts to this “reset waiting”, first, in step B88, “mb
e ”is set to“ 0 ”and“ sp ”is set to“ 0. ”In the next step B90,“ solenoid off processing ”
(Soloff) is executed, and thereafter, step B9
At 2, the "watchdog process" (S-WDGT) is repeatedly executed. When this program is executed after shifting from “illegal discharge determination processing” (chkunf) described later (FIG. 94) (when reset is applied by “dead”), the process directly proceeds to step B92. .

FIG. 85 shows the "reset waiting state" (w
It is a flowchart showing “(discharge) solenoid OFF process” (soloff) executed in step B90 of FIG. When this program is started, first, in step B102, "interrupt permission processing" (ien
abl) is performed, then, in step B104, a safe solenoid OFF waiting process (wtsafe), which will also be described later (FIG. 131), is performed, and further, in step B106, the discharge solenoid OFF process (soloff) is performed. In B108, it is determined whether or not the discharge 1, 2 solenoids were "ON" before the execution of this process.
As a result of this determination, if it is determined that the discharge 1 and 2 solenoids have been "ON" until then, the process proceeds to step B110, where "3 seconds wait processing" (wai3s) shown in FIG. 98 is performed, and the next step B112 , The ball-off solenoid is turned off, and then the program ends. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step B108, when it is determined that the discharge solenoid has been "OFF", step B110 is skipped and step B11 is performed.
After performing step 2, the program ends.

FIG. 86 shows the above-mentioned "initial processing" (ini)
t1) Step B42 (FIG. 81) or Step B92 (FIG. 84) of the "reset waiting" (waitrs)
6 is a program flowchart of a “watchdog (S-WDGT)” process executed by the CPU. When the program is started, first, in step B114, "CY" is set to the value stored in "MBE".
The value of “MBE” is reset to “0” (step B
116). In the next step B118, the watchdog port is set to "1", and in step B120, "xa" is set.
After the value is saved, “RAM check processing”
(Chkram) is performed. In the next step B124, the value of "MBE" is replaced with the value stored in "CY", "8" is set in the register "A" in step B126, and the value of the register "A" is changed to "A" in step B128.
In step B130, it is determined whether the value of "A" is "OFH". If the result of this determination is that it is not "OFH", the process returns to step B128 and the replacement of "A" with "A-1" is continued. As a result of the execution of the step B128, the value of the register “A” becomes “OF”.
When it becomes "H", after the "xa" value is restored in step B132, the level of the watchdog port is set to "0" (low level) in step B134, and the program ends.

FIG. 87 shows the "watch dog process" (S
FIG. 19 is a program flowchart of “RAM check processing” (chkram) executed in step B122 of “−SDGT”, “31.3 msec interrupt processing” (FIG. 190) and the like. When this program is started, first, step B
At 136, it is determined whether the value of "monitoring RAM0" is "5", and then at step B138, "monitoring RAM1" is determined.
Is determined whether or not the value of is “10”. As a result of this determination, when the value of the monitoring RAM 0 is “5” and the value of the RAM 1 is “10”, this program is terminated as it is, otherwise, the line test processing described later (FIG. 8)
Go to 9).

FIG. 88 shows a step B102 (FIG. 8) of the above-mentioned "solenoid off processing" (soloff) processing.
5) and “line test” (FIG. 89) and “3
It is a program flowchart of "interrupt permission processing (ienabl)" performed in "1.3 msec interrupt processing" (FIG. 190) etc. When this processing is started, first, step B
At 140, interrupts are temporarily prohibited, and thereafter, "IST
"0" is set to "0" (step B142), and then the interruption is permitted (step B144), and the program ends.
“IST0” can be reliably set to “0” regardless of the presence or absence of other interrupt processing.

FIG. 89 shows a "line test process" (CTE) executed in step 08 of the main program (FIG. 77).
It is a detail flowchart from ST) to the main loop. When this program is started, first, in step C02, the transmitting flag “sndbsy”, the receiving flag “rcvbsy”, and the serial output “comou”
“t” is set to “0”, and the flag “CLKERR” indicating the clock abnormality is set to “1.” In the next step C04, “discharge solenoid OFF processing” (soloff) is performed according to the above-described flowchart of FIG. Then, after a wait process of 100 msec (executed according to the flow of FIG. 97 described later) is performed in step C06, “mbe” and “sp” are set to “0” in step C08.
In step C10, "interrupt permission processing" (ienable) is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. 88 described above, and then the flag "CLKERR" is set to "1" (step C12), and "COMTST" is transmitted. A “command transmission process” (sendin) is performed according to a flowchart of FIG. 101 described later (step C14).

At the next step C16, it is determined whether or not a "reception error" has occurred. If a reception error has occurred, the process is repeated from step C08. on the other hand,
If there is no "reception error", "C"
It is determined whether or not "COMTST" has been received, and if not, the process returns to step C08 to repeat the processing.If the reception of "COMTST" has been confirmed in step C18, the process proceeds to step C20. The value of the flag "CLKERR" indicating a clock abnormality is set to "0", and a wait process of 100 msec is performed in the same procedure as in step C06 (step C22). The P ready signals (RDY signals) to be issued are set to "1", and the process proceeds to step C26, where various control flags, that is, various control flags, are set.
Discharge 1 sensor rising storage flag “0t1evu”, ball removal sensor rising storage flag “rmvevu”, BRDY rising storage flag “brdevu”, BRDY falling storage flag “brdevd”, BRQ rising storage flag “b”
rqevu ”, BRQ falling storage flag“ brdev ”
d, the clock rising storage flag “clkevu”, and the clock falling storage flag “clkevd” are all reset to “0”, and then, in step C28, “illegal monitoring start processing” (setubq) according to the flowchart of FIG. ) Is performed, and the process proceeds to the main loop.

FIGS. 90 and 91 are flowcharts showing the main routine of the general program (FIG. 77). The processing is performed by this program (steps 12 to 3 in FIG. 77).
When the process proceeds to 6), first, in step C30, the “illegal discharge monitoring process” (chkunf) shown in FIG. 94 is performed.
In the next step C32, it is determined whether or not a clock error has occurred (the next edge has not occurred within 8 msec). If the result of this determination is “Yes”, the process returns to the above-described line test process “ctest”.
It is determined whether the two solenoids are energized. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that there is no power supply, it is waited for the reset to be performed according to the program of the “waitrs” process of FIG. 84 described above, and when it is determined that there is power supply, the “ball lending error process” of step C36 is performed. (Chkeb
r) is performed according to the flow of FIG. 95 described later.

At the next step C38, an error is detected based on the presence or absence of movement of the ball. If there is movement, it is determined that an error has occurred, and the above-mentioned "waitrs" (FIG. 84)
And the process waits until resetting is performed. On the other hand, if there is no movement, it is determined that the operation is normal, and the process proceeds to step C4.
Go to 0. In step C40, it is determined whether or not there is a ball in the discharge 1 and 2 sensors provided in the two discharge channels,
If there is no ball, the process directly proceeds to step C44. If there is a ball, the flag "ZNSOUT" is set to "0" (reset), and then the process proceeds to step C44. In step C44, it is determined whether or not the safe sensor 816 has detected a winning ball (winning ball). When the determination result is “Yes”, the process proceeds to step C46 in FIG.
“Reception processing of the number of award balls” (chk
sat) is performed, and then, in step C48, a ball removal process (remove) is performed, and the flow proceeds to the determination in step C50. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step C44 is "No", the step C46 is skipped and the "ball-pulling process" in the step C48 is performed.
Go to 50. In step C50, it is determined whether or not the 500 msec wait processing has been completed.
As long as it is o ", the above steps C30 to C4
8 is repeatedly executed, and after elapse of 500 msec, the process proceeds to step C52 in FIG.

At step C52, it is determined whether or not the ball lending condition is satisfied. When the result of this determination is “Yes”, “ball leasing discharge process” (brqou) is performed in step C54.
After t) is performed, the process returns to step C30 of the main loop to repeat the processing. On the other hand, when the determined result is “No”, it is determined whether or not the “winning ball condition” is satisfied in step C56, and the determined result is “Ye
s ", the prize ball discharge processing (sfo
ut) is performed, and then step C3 of the main loop is performed.
The process returns to 0 and the process is repeated.

FIG. 92 shows the main routine (FIGS. 90 and 9).
Discrimination of ball lending conditions performed in step C52 of 1) (is
3 is a program flowchart showing a procedure of (brqo). The determination in step C52 is performed as follows. First, in step C110, it is determined whether or not the status of the BRQ signal is "3". If the BRQ status is not "3", it is determined that the ball lending condition is not satisfied, and the program ends. If the BRQ status is "3",
Next, it is determined whether a predetermined time T1 (see FIG. 27) has elapsed (step C112). If T1 has not yet elapsed (the determination result is “No”), the ball lending condition is not satisfied, and this program ends. On the other hand, if T1 has elapsed (“Yes”), the process proceeds to step C114. “B
Whether or not the “RDY signal” is “on” is determined in step C1.
At 16, it is determined whether the "BRQ signal" is "ON". If any one of these signals is "off",
The program is terminated as ball lending conditions are not satisfied.
If all the determination results are "ON", it is further determined in step C118 whether or not the odd sensor 315 is "ON" (i.e., whether there is a game ball in the decompression path 311 shown in FIG. 18). As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the odd state has occurred (off), it is considered that the ball lending condition is not satisfied, and the present program ends. On the other hand, when the odd state has not occurred (ON), further discharge 1,
It is determined whether a sphere exists in both sensors. When the determination result is “No”, the ball lending condition is not satisfied, and the program ends. On the other hand, when “Yes”, that is, when all the conditions of steps C110 to C120 are satisfied, the ball lending condition is determined to be satisfied. Exit the program.

FIG. 93 is a program flowchart showing a procedure (issafe) for determining a winning ball condition performed in step C56 (FIG. 91) of the main routine described above. When this program is started, first, step C
At 122, it is determined whether or not an overflow condition has occurred based on the input signal from the overflow sensor 360. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that overflow has occurred (Yes), the prize ball condition is not satisfied, and the present program ends. On the other hand, when the determination result is “No”, it is determined whether or not the prize ball data signal for discharging the present prize ball has been already received.

As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the prize ball data signal has not been received yet, it is determined that the prize ball condition is not satisfied, and the present program is terminated as it is. As a result of the above determination, when it is determined that the prize ball data signal has been received,
Proceeding to step C126, it is determined whether or not other conditions for discharging the prize ball (for example, that the odd state has not occurred) are satisfied. When this condition is not satisfied (N
In o), it is determined that the prize ball condition is not satisfied, the present program is terminated, and the condition of step C126 is satisfied (Y
es), further in step C128, the winning ball processing device 8
It is determined whether or not there is a winning ball within 10 (FIG. 13) based on a signal from the safe sensor 816. As a result of this determination, when there is no winning ball in the winning ball processing device 810 (No), it is determined that the winning ball condition is not satisfied, the “number of received winning balls” is set to “0”, and the program ends. On the other hand, when all the conditions of the above steps C122 to C126 are satisfied and there is a winning ball for which the corresponding prize ball has not been discharged yet, the prize ball condition is satisfied and the present program ends.

Next, each subroutine of the main routine executed in FIGS. 90 and 91, that is, “illegal discharge management process” (chkunf) in step C30, “ball lending error process” (chkebr) in step C36, and step C46
"Receiving prize ball data signal" (chdsaf), "Remove ball" (remove) in step C48, "Ball leasing processing" (brqout) in step C54, "Prize ball discharging processing" (sfout) in step C58 Will be described.

FIG. 94 is a program flowchart showing the "illegal discharge monitoring process" (chkunf) executed in step C30. When this program is started, it is determined in Steps C132 and C134 whether the outputs of the discharge 1 sensor and the discharge 2 sensor are normal. If it is determined that any one of these two determinations is “abnormal”, the ball-extraction solenoid is energized (turned on) in step C136, and the flag “UNFAIR” is set to “1” to store the illegal discharge. Then, the process skips to step B92 in FIG. 84 and waits for resetting. On the other hand, if the result of the above two determinations indicates that both are "normal", the program is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main routine.

FIGS. 95 and 96 are flowcharts showing a subroutine of "ball lending error processing" (chkebr) executed in step C36 (FIG. 90) of the main routine. When this routine is started, first, in step C202, it is determined whether the flag "T3BRQO" is "ON". This “T3BRQO” is shown in FIG.
Is set to "1" when the "BRQ signal" is on within the time T3 shown in FIG. Therefore, the result of this determination is “OFF”
84, the process skips to FIG. 84 and "reset waiting" is performed. On the other hand, when the result of determination is “ON”, in steps C204 to C210,
Whether “T0BRQE” is “off” (T0BRQ
Is abnormal), whether “T2BRQF” is “off” (T2BRQ is fast), whether “T2BRQN” is “off” (no T2BRQ), and whether “T4BRQE” is “off” It is sequentially determined whether or not there is no T4BRQ. When all of these determination results are "off", the present routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when any one of the determination results is "on", the processes after step C212 are executed.

First, in steps C212 to C238,
The “P-unit ready signal (PRDY signal)” (and the EXS signal) is turned on / off over time. That is, in step C212, the “P-unit ready signal” is turned “ON”,
In the next step C214, “Waiting for 200 msec” (wai2
00) Then, the “P-unit ready signal” is turned off (step C216). In the following step C218, "wait for 2 msec" (wait2) is performed, then the "EXS signal" is turned off, and then "wait for 198 msec" (wait)
198) is performed, and in the following step C224, the “P-unit ready signal” is turned on again. And step C226
Then, "wait for 100 msec" (wai100) is performed, and then the "P-unit ready signal" is turned off (step C228). In the following step C230, after “waiting for 100 msec” (wai100) is performed, step C232 is performed.
The "P unit ready signal" is turned "on". In the next step C234, “wait for 100 msec” (wai100) is performed, and after the “P-unit ready signal” is turned off (step C236), “wait for 10 msec” (wai10s) is performed in step C238. Then step C2
The process proceeds to the process after 40.

In step C240, whether the "BRDY signal" is "1" or "0" is determined, and the next step C242
Then, it is determined whether "BRQ" is "1" or "0". As long as one of these determinations is “0”, these determinations are repeatedly performed. When both of the determinations are “1”, the process proceeds to step C244, where “P” is determined.
Is turned on, and the next step C246
And the values (T0BRQE, T2BRQF, T2BRQN, T4) used for the determination in steps C204 to C210.
BRQN) are all reset to “0”, and this program ends.

FIG. 97 and FIG. 98 show the above-mentioned “ball rental, ball removal”.
Wait processing (wai200, wai100, wa) performed by various programs such as error processing (chkebr)
7 is a program flowchart for executing i2 etc.). Of these, in the program of FIG.
(Wai200), 198 msec (wai198), 10
0 msec (wai100), 35 msec (wait35),
Wait processing of 2 msec (wait2) is performed. If a 200 msec wait process is to be performed, this program is executed from step T01.
198 msec wait processing is performed in step T02, 100 ms
The wait processing of ec is executed in step T03, the wait processing of 35 msec is executed in step T04, and the wait processing of 2 msec is executed in step T05. In each step, the count number (xa) of the 1 msec cycle timer is set to “−199”, “−199”.
197 "," -99 "," -35 ", and" -2 ". Then, Step T06
In, the corresponding value is actually set in the "1 msec period timer" (s0txxx), and is counted up to "1" from the set value for each period, and the value is set to "0".
Is reached, it is determined that the timer has finished counting (step T07). FIG. 98
10sec (wai10s), 3sec
(Wai3s) A wait of 1 sec (wai1s) is performed, and 5 seconds corresponding to the wait time are set in step T08.
The setting of the 00 msec timer is performed (swtxxx). Then, in step T09, the process waits until the timer ends counting, and thereafter ends the wait process.

FIGS. 99 and 100 are flowcharts showing a subroutine of "prize ball data signal reception processing" (chksaf) executed in step C46 of the main routine (FIGS. 90 and 91). When the present routine is started, it is first determined in step C302 whether or not the award ball data signal has been received. When the result of this determination is “Yes”, this routine is terminated without executing the following processing. On the other hand, when the determination result is “No”, the status of each input / output port is initialized in step C304, and the process proceeds to step C308.
Then, the value of the repetition counter is set to "-3", and it is determined in the next step C310 whether a reception error is occurring. "No error" by step C310
In step C312, "xa" is set to the value of "request for the number of awarded balls" in step C312. When "error" is set, "xa" is set to the value of "retransmission request" in step C314. Then, a “command transmission process” (sendin), which will be described in detail later, is performed.

When this “command transmission processing” is completed,
In step C318, it is determined whether or not an error has occurred at this time.
Proceeding to step C340 on the 0 side, it is determined whether the repetition timer has timed out. When the timeout has not occurred, "wait for 100 msec" is performed in step C336 in accordance with the program in FIG. 97 in order to search for another error occurrence state.
At 38, it is determined whether or not a reception error is occurring.
If it is determined that an error has occurred, the process proceeds to step C342 described below. If it is not an error, the process proceeds to step C306 in FIG. 89 to store the reception error, and then performs the processes from step C310. Step C34 above
If it is determined that the repetition timer has timed out due to 0 (the determination result is “Yes”), the process proceeds to step C342.
Then, it is determined whether or not the time-up has been repeated three times. If it has not been repeated three times, the process returns to step C310 to continue the process. Then, if it is repeated three times (the determination result of step C342 is “Ye
s "), and returns to the above-described line test (FIG. 84) to perform processing.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step C318 is that there is no error, step C320
"Received data setting processing" (sbqcnv) described in detail later (FIG. 103) is performed.
In step 2, error determination is performed again. As a result of this determination, if it is determined that there is an error, the process proceeds to step C336 on the side of FIG. 100 and the subsequent processing is executed. If it is determined that there is no error, the process proceeds to step C32 of FIG.
4 and “Reception processing” which will also be described later (FIG. 104).
(Recvin) is performed, and thereafter, error determination (step C326) is performed.

If it is determined in step C 326 that “error is present”, the flow advances to step C 336.
If it is determined that there is no error, the process proceeds to step C328, and the “reception data setting process” (sbqcnv) is performed again.
Is performed. When this process ends, an error determination (step C330) is performed again. If "error exists", the processes in and after step C336 are performed. On the other hand, when there is no error, it is determined in step C332 whether or not the content of the prize ball data signal sent from the accessory control device 600 is the same between the first time and the second time.
If “No”, the processing after step C336 is performed, and if “Yes”, this data is regarded as the normal winning ball data, and the “winning ball number received flag” is set to “C” in step C334. 1 ”is set (turned on), and then this program is terminated.

FIG. 101 is a program flowchart of the "command transmission process (sendin)" executed in step C316 of the above-mentioned "reception ball data signal reception process" (chksaf) (or the line test process of FIG. 89). It is. When this program is started, step C
At 350, "transmission start processing" (sendcm) is performed. In this “sendcm” process, as shown in FIG. 102, first, transmission data is sent to a buffer, and then a value obtained by adding a minus to the number of transmission bits is set in a transmission counter. Returning to FIG. 101, when the “sendcm” processing is completed, it is determined whether or not the transmission is completed in step C352. I'm going back.

FIG. 103 shows the “prize ball data signal reception processing”.
It is a program flowchart of "reception data setting processing" (sbqcnv) performed in step C320 (FIG. 99) of (chksaf). When this program is started, first, in step C354, the data bit is set to "0".
Then, it is determined whether or not the stop bit is “1” (step C356), whether or not the parity is error (step C358), and whether or not the number of award balls is “0”. It is sequentially determined whether or not it is. When the data bit is “1”, the stop bit is “0”, the parity is “normal”, and the number of award balls is other than “0”, the skip is terminated and the “award ball data signal reception process” is performed. Proceed to step C332. In other cases, the process skips to step C336 of the same process.

FIG. 104 shows the "prize ball data signal receiving process".
It is a program flowchart of "reception processing" (recvin) executed in step C324 (FIG. 100) of (chksaf). When this program starts,
First, in step C362, 1 according to the flow of FIG.
The setting of the 00 msec timer is performed, and the next step C364
After the start bit flag is reset (“0”) and the mismatch error flag is reset (“0”), a value obtained by adding a minus to the number of received bits is set in the reception counter in step C366.

In the next step C368, it is determined whether or not the timer set in step C362 has counted 100 msec. When the determination result is "No",
Proceeding to step C372, it is determined whether the reception has been completed. While the result of this determination is “No”, the determination of steps C368 and C372 is repeated, and
When reception ends before 0 msec elapses (step C
The determination result of 372 is “Yes”), “xa” is set to the received data in step C374, and then it is determined whether or not a mismatch error has occurred. If the result of this determination is that there is a "mismatch error", it is determined that an error has occurred, this program is terminated, and the routine skips to step C336 (FIG. 100) of the "prize ball data signal reception process" described above. If "no mismatch error" is determined, the program is terminated, and the process shifts to step C332 of the same process without skipping. If 100 msec has elapsed before the reception is completed (step C36)
8 is “Yes”), the “reception request flag” is set to “0” (step C370), and the program is terminated (timeout).

FIG. 105 is a program for a wait process used in step C362 and the like of the above-mentioned “recvin” process. By this program, 100msec (s
0t100) and 50 msec (s0t50) wait processing. If a wait processing of 100 msec is to be performed, the program is executed from step T11. If a wait processing of 50 msec is to be performed, the program is executed from step T12. In these steps T11 and T12, the count number (xa) of the 1 msec period timer corresponds to the condition of "-99" and "-50", respectively. In the next step T14, the count value timer0 of the timer is set in the register area “H” of the RAM.
L "is set, and the final timer setting (sxtxxx) is performed in step T15 (" HL "value is set in the count area for timer timer0), and then this program ends.

Next, the "ball removal process" (remove) executed in step C48 of the main routine (FIGS. 90 and 91)
e) will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. When this routine is started, it is determined in a step C402 whether or not the ball removal switch is “OFF”, and subsequently, in a step C404, it is determined whether or not there is a ball removal request. If one of these two determinations is “Yes”, that is, if the ball removal switch is “off” or “there is a ball lending request”, the program is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if both of the two determinations are “No”, the process proceeds to step C4.
At 06, the ball-extraction solenoid 336 (FIG. 21) is turned on, and then, at step C408, a 1-second wait process (wai)
1s) is performed according to the flow of FIG. 98 described above.

In the next step C410, a process of monitoring whether or not a ball has moved by executing the ball removing process is started.
In the following step C412, "ball removal operation processing" (rmv) described later (FIG. 106) is performed. When the ball removal operation process is completed, the monitoring process for the presence / absence of the started ball movement is completed (step C414), and in the next step C416, "ball removal solenoid open / close process" (rmv) described later (FIG. 115).
onf) is executed. In the following step C418, the ball-off solenoid 336 is set to "OFF", and in step C420, the "ball-off flag" is set to "0" to store that the ball-off is completed.
5) “Illegal monitoring start processing (setubq)” is performed, and then this program is terminated.

FIG. 107 shows the above-described ball removal processing (remove).
It is a program flowchart of "ball removal operation processing" (rmv) executed in step C412 (FIG. 106) of e). When this program is started, first, step C
At 424, the discharge 1 and 2 solenoids are turned "on" in accordance with the flow shown in FIGS.
In step 426, the "extraction flag" is turned off, and in the next step C428, "1 minute timer processing" (s) described later (FIG. 111).
wt1mn) will be described later in step C430 (FIG. 112).
After the “3 sec timer process” (s4t3s) is performed, the process proceeds to the process after step C432.

In step C432, it is determined whether or not the ball has been moved even when the solenoid is turned on. If the ball has not been moved ("Yes"), the process waits for a reset (the one-minute timer setting). (After) state. When the result of this determination is “No”, it is determined in step C434 whether one minute has elapsed, and the subsequent step C43 is performed.
At 6, it is determined whether or not the ball extraction sensor is "ON".
Further, in step C438, it is determined whether or not the discharge 1 and 2 sensors have detected the presence of a ball, and in step C440, it is determined whether or not 3 seconds have elapsed since the setting of the 3-minute timer. Then, Step C434, Step C43
When any one of the judgment results of No. 6 is “Yes”, the process proceeds to a process after step C446 described later. Then, the two determination results are both “No” (one minute has not passed,
In addition, when it is determined that "there is a ball" as a result of the determination in step C438 under the condition that the ball extraction sensor is "off"), the process returns to the step C430 and the processing is repeated. , 2 sensors also have "no ball"
If 3 seconds have not yet elapsed, the process returns to step C432, and the process is performed. If 3 seconds have already elapsed, the process proceeds to step C442, where the discharge solenoid is turned off, and at the next step C444, The ball movement monitoring process "is terminated, and then the program is terminated. By the way, the determination in step C3438 is as follows.
Specifically, the processing is performed according to the flow of FIG. In this flow, first, it is determined whether or not the discharge sensor has detected the absence of a ball continuously for 50 msec (step H02), and then whether or not the discharge 2 sensor has detected the absence of a ball continuously for 50 msec (step H04). If it is determined that the ball is absent in any step, the process proceeds to step C440, and if it is determined that any one of the steps has a ball, the process returns to step C430.

Returning to FIG. 107, the above-mentioned step C434,
When one of the determination results in C436 is “Yes”, the process of monitoring the absence of a ball is ended in step C446 as in step C444, and the values of the discharge 1 and 2 counters are set to “1” in step C448. Then, after “1 second timer setting process” (s2t1s) is performed in step C450 according to the flow of FIG. 113, it is determined whether 1 second has elapsed (step C452). When this determination result is "No", the following step C454 is performed.
Then, it is determined whether or not the ball has been discharged from any of the discharge passages. When the determination result is “No”, the process returns to step C452 to perform the determination process. When the determination result is “Yes”, , And the process proceeds to step C456. or,
If the decision result in the step C452 is "Yes", the step C454 is skipped and the step C45 is skipped.
Proceed to 6. In step C456, the discharge 1 and 2 solenoids are turned off, and in the next step C458, a wait process (wai3s) of 3 seconds is performed, followed by terminating the present program.

FIG. 109 is a flow chart showing the above-mentioned "ball removal operation process" (rm
It is a flowchart which shows the detailed procedure of step C454 and C456 of v). If the process proceeds to step C454 in “ball removal operation process” (rmv), first, step H
At 10, it is determined whether or not the discharge on the discharge 1 solenoid side has been completed, and if not, the discharge 1 solenoid is demagnetized (turned off) at step H12, and then step H
Proceed to 14. On the other hand, if the discharge has been completed on the discharge 1 solenoid side, the process skips step H12 and proceeds to step H14. In step H14, it is determined whether or not the discharge has been completed on the discharge 2 solenoid side. If the discharge has not been completed yet, the discharge 2 solenoid is demagnetized (turned off) in step H16, and then the process proceeds to step H18. On the other hand, if the discharge has been completed on the discharge 2 solenoid side, the process skips the step H16 and proceeds to the step H18. In the next step H18, the discharge 1 solenoid is excited (ON).
In step H20, it is determined whether the discharge 2 solenoid is energized (ON). When it is detected by this determination that at least one of the discharge 1 and solenoid 2 is on, FIG.
Step C452 is skipped.
On the other hand, when both the discharge 1 and the solenoid 2 are off, the process proceeds to step C458 in FIG. Incidentally, the determination of the end of discharge 1 and the end of discharge 2 in steps H10 and H14 described above (FIG. 109) is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this program, whether the value of the discharge counter is a value of “1” to “12”,
It is determined whether the value is “0” or “13” (step H22), and if it is “1” to “12”,
It is determined that the discharge has been repaired, and the process proceeds to the above-described step H12 or H16. If the value is “0” or “13”, it is determined that the process has not been completed, and the above-described step H12 , H16 are skipped.

FIG. 111 is a flow chart showing the above-mentioned "ball removal operation process" (rm
“1” executed in step C428 (FIG. 103) of v)
It is a program flowchart of "minute timer setting processing" (swt1mn). When this program is started, "xa" is set to "120" in step T20, and the clock timer is initialized in the next step T22, In step T23, the clock timer is started. Then, in step T24, the interruption of the clock timer is enabled, and the "x
The value of “a” is set in the counter as “swtxxx” (step T25), and then the program is terminated.
The processing of step T08 in FIG. 98 (the 500 msec timer setting processing “swtxxx”) is performed in step T2 of this flow.
2 is executed. The "counter setting" (sxtxxx) in step T25 is shown in FIG. 138.
Is performed in the procedure of step T42.

FIG. 112 shows the above-mentioned "ball-pulling operation process" (rm
It is a program flowchart of the program used for "3sec timer setting process" (s4t3s) performed in step C430 of v). If "3 sec" is actually counted, the process is performed from step Z01, and the value of "timer4" is set to "HL". Next, in step Z02, "-186" is set to "xa", and the above-mentioned "counter setting" (sxtxxx) is performed. If 200 msec is counted, "-199" is set to "xa" in step Z03, and
If 0 msec is counted, "-99" is set to "xa" in step Z04, and then "timer setting" (sxtxxx) is performed.

FIG. 113 is a flow chart showing the above-mentioned "ball removal operation process" (rm
It is a program flowchart of "1 second timer setting process (s2t1s)" performed in step C450 of v). When this program is started, step T2
6, the value of the general-purpose timer "timer2" is set to "HL", "xa" is set to "-248" in the next step T28, and then "timer setting" (s
xtxxx) (FIG. 138), and then the program ends.

FIG. 114 is a flowchart showing the “ball-pulling process” shown in FIG. 96.
It is a program flow chart of the ball opening solenoid opening / closing processing (rmvouf) executed in step C416 of (remove). When this program is started, first, at step C460, the reversing operation (rm
von0) is performed, and in the next step C462, it is determined whether or not the ball ejection solenoid is "ON" at this time. If it is "ON" at this point, the flow proceeds to step C464 to turn off the ball-pulling solenoid, and then, in step C468, a wait process (wai500) of 500 msec is performed according to the program shown in FIG. Is executed, and then this routine ends. On the other hand, if the ball-extraction solenoid is already "OFF", the solenoid is turned "ON" in step C466, and thereafter, the wait process in step C468 is executed, and then this program ends. .

FIG. 115 is a flowchart showing the “ball-pulling process” (FIG. 10)
6 is a program flowchart of “illegal monitoring start processing” (setubq) executed in step C422 of step 6). In this program, the discharge number count stop flag is set (turned on) to "1" (step C470), and then the discharge number counter is set to "4" (step C47).
2) After that, the program is terminated.

Next, the "prize ball discharging process" (sfo) executed in step C58 of the main routine (FIGS. 90 and 91).
The subroutine (ut) will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the “prize ball discharging process” is started, first, in step C502, a “prize ball number distribution process” (setsbq) described later (FIG. 117) is performed, and then the value of the winning ball absence monitoring ball stopping counter is set to “ After being set to "3" (step C504), the process proceeds to step C506, and "discharge start processing" described later (FIG. 118).
(Out1sb) is performed.

In the next step C508, it is determined whether or not the discharging operation has been completed. If it is determined that the discharging operation has been completed, the process skips to step C524 and thereafter. On the other hand, when it is determined that the processing has not been completed, a discharge completion signal process described later (FIG. 123) is performed in step C510, and thereafter, it is determined whether or not a timeout has occurred in step C512. If the determination result is “No” without time-out yet, the process skips to step C524 and thereafter. First, in step C524, "start processing of the 500 msec timer" (sltwai) is performed according to the flow described later (FIG. 127), and in the next step C526, it is determined whether or not the ball movement is being monitored. If the ball movement is being monitored, a "winning ball discharge process" (safeout) is performed in step C528, and then the process proceeds to step C530. If the ball movement is not being monitored, the upper step C528 is skipped and the process proceeds to step C530.

In step C530, "the last one ejection waiting process" (out3sb) is performed, and then it is determined whether or not the last one ejection has been normally performed. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the last one has not been discharged yet, the process returns to the step C506 to repeat the processing. When it is determined that the last one has been discharged normally, the step C534 is not performed. After performing the processes of C540 to C540, the program ends.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step C512 is "Yes", "discharge solenoid off processing" (sloff) is performed in a step C514, and thereafter,
In Step C516, it is determined whether or not “ball stop” has occurred three times. While this determination result is “No”, “500 secm stabilization waiting process” (out
esb) is performed, and thereafter, the process returns to step C506 to repeat the processing. On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step C516 turns to “Yes”, after “count inhibition release processing” (clrnog) is performed in step C520, the flag “ZNSOUT” is set to “1” to store the remaining number payout error. Then, it is determined whether or not the discharge of the winning ball has been completed.

If it is determined in the step C534 that the discharge of the winning ball has not been completed yet, a "winning ball payout process" (safeout) is performed in a step C536.
After that, the flag “OUTADJ” is set to “0” in step C538 in order to erase the storage of the emission correction state, and the “illegal discharge monitoring start process” described above in step C540 (FIG. 115). Is executed, and then
Exit this program. On the other hand, the step C534
As a result, if it is determined that the winning balls have been discharged, the step C536 is skipped, the steps C538 and C540 are executed, and the routine is thereafter terminated.

FIG. 117 shows the above-mentioned "prize ball discharge processing" (s
37 is a program flowchart of “prize ball number distribution processing” (setsbq) executed in step C502 of fout). When this program is started, step C5
At step 50, the value of the register “x” allocated to store the count value on the discharge 2 side is set to “−1”, and at step C552, it is determined whether or not the number of prize balls is “9” or more (“prize”). It is determined whether or not “the number of balls−9” is “0” or more. If the number of prize balls is equal to or more than "9", the process proceeds to step C554 to perform combined discharge, and if less than "9", the process proceeds to step C560 to perform alternate discharge. If the number of prize balls is equal to or more than "9", the value obtained by subtracting "9" from the number of prize balls is divided by "2" in step C554, and "4" is added to the value to obtain the value of the discharge 1 counter. That is, the value of the register "A", the value of the discharge 2-side counter, that is, the register "X"
Value. In the next step C566, it is determined whether or not the value obtained by subtracting “9” from the number of winning balls is an even number (whether or not there is a remainder by dividing by “2”). Proceeding to step C564, the registers "A" and "X" are set to the values of the discharge 1 side counter and the discharge 2 side counter, and this program ends. On the other hand, when the value obtained by subtracting “9” from the number of winning balls is an even number (there is no remainder), the value obtained by subtracting “1” from the value of the register “X” set at this time is a new value “X”. Is set in the next step C564, and the values of “A” and “X” are set to discharge 1
Are set to the values of the side counter and the discharge 2 side counter, respectively.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step C552 that the remaining number of prize balls is smaller than “9”, a value obtained by subtracting “1” from the number of prize balls in step C560 is set in the register “A”. Then, in step C562, it is determined whether or not the discharge on the discharge 1 side is being performed. When the determination result is “Yes”, the fact is stored so that the discharge from the discharge 2 side is performed in the next discharge process, and the process proceeds to step C564. On the other hand, when “No”, the register “A” is stored. The value of "X" and the value of "X" are exchanged, and the fact is stored so that discharge from the discharge 1 side is performed in the next discharge processing, and the process proceeds to step C564, after which the present program is terminated.

FIG. 118 shows the award ball discharging process (FIG. 1)
16 is a program flowchart of the discharge start processing (out1sb) executed in step C506 of step 16).
When this program is started, step C5 in FIG.
"Timeout setting process" used for discrimination of 12
(S4tov) is performed (step C570), and
In step C572, “discharge solenoid ON process” (op
ens2), a “wait process” (wait 35) of 35 msec is performed in step C574 in accordance with the flow of FIG. 93, and thereafter, it is determined whether or not the discharging operation has been completed in accordance with the flow of FIG. 109 (step C5).
76). When the result of this determination is “Yes”, the discharge solenoid is turned “off” in step C578,
Thereafter, control at the end of discharge (step C52 in FIG. 116)
4). On the other hand, if “No”, the process directly proceeds to the discharge control at the end of the process (from step C510). By the way, the above step C570
The “timeout setting process” is performed according to the flow in FIG. In this case, the processing is performed from step Z06, and “xa” is set to “−186”.
In the next step Z07, the value “t” of the 16 msec cycle timer
imer4 ”is set to“ HL ”and then“ x
The value of “a” is “timer setting process” described later (FIG. 138).
(Sxtxxx) is set to the timer count value, and the count is performed (step Z0).
8).

FIG. 120 is a flowchart of the above-described step C572 (FIG. 1).
18) “Discharge solenoid ON process” (open
nsl) is a program flowchart. When this program is started, the flag “ot1evd” is set to “1” in order to store the fall of the discharge 1 sensor in step C580.
In the next step C582, it is determined whether or not the discharge should be performed on the discharge 1 side. If the result of this determination is "Yes", the discharge 1 solenoid is turned "on" in step C584 (setot1), and step C5
85, and if “No”, the above-mentioned step C58
Skip to step C585 and proceed to step C585. Step C
At 585, “ot” is stored in order to store the fall of the discharge 2 sensor.
2evd ”is set to“ 1 ”, and the next step C586
Then, it is determined whether or not the discharge should be performed on the discharge 2 side. If the result of this determination is "Yes", then step C
At 588, the discharge 2 solenoid is turned "on" (setot
2) If "No", the program skips step C588 and ends the program.

By the way, "turn on the discharge 1 solenoid" (step 1) in step C584 and "turn on the discharge solenoid" (step 1) in step C588
2) is performed according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 121 and 122, respectively. As shown in these programs,
To turn on the discharge solenoid, first,
The fall of the discharge 1 sensor or the discharge 2 sensor is set to “off”, and then the discharge 1 side or discharge 2 side no-ball movement timer is set, for example, according to the flow shown in FIG. 112 (s
xt200), and then the ball movement no monitoring is started and the program is terminated.

FIG. 123 shows the “prize ball discharge processing” (FIG. 11).
6 is a program flowchart of “ejection end wait processing” (out2sb) executed in step C510 of step 6). When this program is started, Step C590 is executed.
It is determined according to the flow shown in FIG. 133 described later whether or not there is no ball movement. As a result of this determination, if the ball has not yet moved, it is determined that "abnormality has occurred" and a reset wait is performed (FIG. 84). On the other hand, when the ball has moved (in a normal state), it is determined whether or not a timeout has occurred in step C592, and the determination result is “Ye”.
In the case of s ", this program is terminated as it is.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step C 592 is “N”,
In the case of "o", it is determined in step C594 whether or not the discharge on the discharge 1 side has been completed according to the flow shown in FIG. 110, and in the following step C596, it is determined whether or not the discharge on the discharge 2 side has been completed. This is performed according to the flow shown in Fig. 124. Both of these two determination results are "No".
In the case of, the process returns to step C590 and the process is repeated. When the discharge 1 side is completed (step C
If the determination result of 594 is “Yes”), the process proceeds to step C598.
When the subsequent processing is performed and the discharge on the discharge 2 side is terminated first without the discharge on the discharge side (the determination result in step C596 is “Yes”), the processing from step C614 is performed. .

When the discharge on the discharge 1 side ends first and the process proceeds to step C598, the process of turning off the discharge 1 solenoid (out2s1) is performed, and the next step C600
It is determined in the same procedure as in step C590 whether the ball has not moved. When the determination result is “Yes”, it is determined that the state is “abnormal”, and “reset wait” is performed in the flow shown in FIG. 84. It is determined whether or not it is. If the determination result of step C602 is “Ye
s ", this program ends as it is, and" N
In the case of "o", the process proceeds to step C604, and it is determined according to the flow shown in Fig. 124 whether or not the discharge on the discharge 2 side has been completed. The process is repeated until the result of the determination turns to "Yes", and the process proceeds to step C606. In step C610, it is determined whether or not the signal of the discharge 2 sensor has fallen. If the ball movement is being monitored and the signal has fallen, step C610 is executed.
Proceeding to 612, the storage of the falling edge of the signal is erased, the ball movement monitoring flag is turned off, and then the program ends. Otherwise, the above step C6
Step 12 is skipped, and the program ends as it is.

When the discharge on the discharge 2 side ends first before the discharge on the discharge 1 side ends, and the process proceeds to step C614, the discharge 2 solenoid-off process (out2s4) is performed, and the next In step C616, it is determined in the same procedure as in step C590 whether there is no ball movement. If the result of this determination is "Yes", it is determined that "abnormal" and "reset waiting" (FIG. 84) is performed, and if "No", it is further determined in step C618 whether a timeout has occurred. When the determination result of step C618 is "Yes", the present program is terminated as it is, and
If “No”, the process proceeds to step C620, and it is determined according to the flow shown in FIG. 124 whether or not the discharge on the discharge 1 side has been completed. While the determination result is “No”, the process returns to the step C616 to repeat the process. After the determination result turns to “Yes”, the process proceeds to the step C622. In step C622, the discharge 2 solenoid is turned off, and in step C624, it is determined whether the ball movement is being monitored, and in step C626, it is determined whether the signal from the discharge 1 sensor has fallen. When the ball movement is being monitored and a falling of the signal occurs, the process proceeds to step C628, where the memory of the falling of the signal is erased, the ball movement monitoring flag is set to "OFF", and thereafter, the program is executed. finish. Otherwise,
The program skips the step C628 and ends the program. By the way, the aforementioned step C596,
In determining C604 and C620, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, when the value of the discharge counter is "1" to "12" in step H24, it is determined that the operation is not completed, and when the value of the discharge counter is "0" or "13", it is determined that the operation is completed.

FIG. 125 is a program flowchart of the "500 m stabilization waiting process" (outesb) executed in step C518 of the award ball discharging process (FIG. 116). When this program is started, Step C630
Then, "500 msec start processing" (2stwai) is performed, and the timer is set. When the timer is set in this way, in the next step C632, an “error without ball movement”
It is determined whether or not an error has occurred. If “error exists”, the reset wait shown in FIG. 84 is performed. If “no error” occurs, in steps C634 and C636,
It is determined whether the discharge signal on the discharge 1 side has changed and whether the discharge signal on the discharge 2 side has changed, respectively. On the other hand, if a change in the signal is detected, the process returns to step C630 to repeat the process. If no change in the signal is detected in any of the determinations, the timer set in step C638 is used. It is determined whether or not the counting has been completed. If the counting has not been completed, the process returns to the step C632 to repeat the processing. When the counting is completed, “adj” in FIG.
In this program, first, in step C640, “correction processing on the discharge 1 side” (deccn
t) In step C642, “correction processing on discharge 2 side”
(Decccnt) is performed, and discharge 1 is performed in step C644.
The rising memories of the signals on the side and discharge 2 side are erased,
In step C646, the count inhibition state is released.
Thereafter, these programs are terminated.

Incidentally, the step C630 is the same as that shown in FIG.
7 is performed according to the flow. That is, in the 500 msec start process, “-124” is set to “xa” in step Z09, and “timer” is set to “HL” in step Z10.
The value of "2" is set (4 msec period timer setting), and then the timer setting (sxtxxx) is performed according to the procedure of FIG. 138, and the counting of 500 msec is started.
Further, the determination in steps C634 and C636 is performed as shown in FIG.
This is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. That is, in this determination, the value of the input level (determination level) “LVL” stored in the predetermined area of the RAM is compared with the value of the latest information “new” input to the port of the CPU. When there is no change and when they do not match, it is determined that there is a change. Further, in the correction processing (deccnt) in the step C640 or C642, it is first determined according to the flow shown in FIG. 129 whether or not the signal from the discharge sensor has a rising edge (step C147). This routine is terminated, and when there is a rise, the routine proceeds to step C648, where it is determined whether or not the signal level indicates that there is a ball. When the signal indicates that there is no ball, the process proceeds to step C649, in which the remaining number of prize balls is reduced by "1". When the signal indicates that there is a ball, the process proceeds to step C650 to reduce the remaining number by "2". Processing is performed.

FIG. 130 shows “winning ball payout process” (s) executed in step C528 of the prize ball discharging process (FIG. 116).
3 is a program flowchart of (afout). When this program is started, a value obtained by adding the “number of winning balls” and “remaining number of winning ball signals” is set to the accumulator “A” in step C660, and the value “A” is set to “A” in the next step C662. 16 is determined. As a result of this determination, if there are 16 or more, the value obtained by subtracting “10” from the value of “A” set at this time at step C664 is newly added to the accumulator “A”.
And the process proceeds to step C670 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, if the result of the determination is that the number is less than 16, the value of “A” is stored as “remaining number of award ball signals” in step C666, and the value of “A” is set to “10” in step C668. Is determined. If the value of “A” is “1”
If it is less than "0", the process skips to Step C674 described later, and if it is "10" or more, the process proceeds to Step C670.

In step C670, the value of “A” is stored as “remaining prize ball signal number”, and a request for a prize ball signal is made in step C672. In step C674, the "monitoring of no winning ball" flag is set to "0", the safe solenoid is excited (ON) in the next step C676, and "winning ball payout wait processing" (wtsafe) described later (FIG. 131) is performed in step C678. ) Is performed, and the flow proceeds to step C680 to determine whether a safe payout error has occurred. If an error has occurred and the result of determination in step C680 is "Yes", the flow shifts to reset waiting (FIG. 84) to end the discharge operation. On the other hand, if the result of determination is "No", step C682 is executed.
Award ball flag "RCVST" indicating the status
"S" is set to "0", and then the program ends.

FIG. 131 is a program flowchart of the "winning ball payout waiting process" (wtsafe) performed in step C678 of the "safe ball payout process" (and step B104 of the discharge solenoid off process shown in FIG. 85). . When this program is started, it is determined in a step C684 whether or not the safe solenoid is "on". If it is "off", this program is ended as it is. On the other hand, when it is “ON”, the step C6
At 86, the one-minute timer is set according to the flow of FIG.
wt1mn), at step C688, a 200-m timer setting process (s0txxx) according to the flow of FIG. 105 is performed, and at the next step C690, it is determined whether or not the one-minute timer has counted. When it is determined that one minute has elapsed by this determination, the flag “SAFNMV” is set to “1” in step C706 to store the winning ball abnormality.
, And the safe solenoid is turned off in step C708, and then the program is terminated.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step C690 that one minute has not elapsed, it is determined in step C694 whether or not the 200 msec timer has finished counting. The result of this determination is “Ye
s ", that is, waiting for the count to end, and step C69
In order to memorize that the winning ball is abnormal at 6, the flag "SA"
VNMV ”is set to“ 1 ”, and then Step C69
Proceed to 8. In step C698, it is determined whether or not the safe sensor is "ON". While the safe sensor is "ON", the process returns to step C690, and the process is performed. At step C700, when the output is turned off.
Then, “500 msec timer setting processing” (s0t50) is performed according to the flow of FIG.

In the next step C702, it is determined again whether or not the safe sensor is "ON (with ball)". If "safe", the process returns to step C688 and the processing is repeated. If "no ball", it is determined in the next step C704 whether or not the 200-msec timer has finished counting. When the process is completed, the process proceeds to step C708, where the safe solenoid is turned off, and the program ends.

FIG. 132 is a program flowchart of the "last one-piece ejection waiting process" (out3sb) executed in step C530 of the award ball ejection process (FIG. 116). When this program is started, Step C710
To determine whether or not an error has occurred without ball movement (see FIG. 1)
33), the presence or absence of an "error" is determined. When an error without ball movement has occurred, the above-described reset wait shown in FIG. 84 is performed. On the other hand, when the no-ball-movement error has not occurred, it is determined whether or not the output signal of the discharge 1 sensor has fall storage (step C712).
In step 4, the ball movement monitoring flag on the ejection 1 side is set to "0", and the process proceeds to step C716. If "falling is not stored", the process proceeds to step C716. In step C716, it is determined whether the output signal of the discharge 2 sensor falls or not. If the fall storage is present, the ball movement monitoring flag on the discharge 2 side is set to "0" in step C718, and the process proceeds to step C720. If "no fall memory", the process proceeds directly to step C720.

In step C720, it is determined whether or not both the output signals of the discharge 1 and sensor 2 have fallen. If both have fallen, the program is terminated. On the other hand, if either one has not fallen, the process proceeds to step C722 to determine whether or not 400 msec has elapsed. If not, the process returns to step C710 and the process is repeatedly performed.
If 0 msec has elapsed, in step C724, the flag "OUTADJ" is set to "1" in order to store the fact that the emission correction is being performed, and then this program ends.

By the way, the above-mentioned step C710 or step C590 of the above-mentioned discharge completion waiting process (FIG. 123)
Step C63 of the 500 msec stabilization wait process (FIG. 125)
2. The determination of the no-ball-movement error performed in step C432 or the like of the ball removing operation process (FIG. 107) is performed according to the program (chkmnv) in FIG. 133. When this program is started, in steps C730 to C736, whether or not there is no energization of the ball (step C730), whether or not there is no ball movement due to the ball removal operation (step C732), and whether or not there is no ejection ball movement (Step C734), it is sequentially determined whether or not a winning ball absence error has occurred (Step C736). When all the determination results in steps C730 to C736 are “No”, it is determined that no abnormality (error) has occurred, and the program ends. On the other hand, when any one of the determinations is “Yes”, the flow proceeds to step C738, and it is determined whether the generated error is an “error” on the discharge 1 side, and the determination result is “Ye”.
If s ", the discharge 1 solenoid is turned off in step C740, and thereafter, the flow proceeds to step C742.
At 742, the generated error is the “error” on the discharge 2 side.
84. If the determination result is "Yes", the discharge 2 solenoid is turned "off" in step C744. Then, in order to perform a process such as "off" of the ball ejection solenoid, a step of FIG. The process proceeds to B106.

Next, the “ball leasing process” (brq) executed in step C54 of the main routine (FIGS. 90 and 91)
The subroutine (out) will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the “ball lending discharge process” starts, in step C802, “EX
The "S on process" (chkbrq) is performed, and it is determined whether or not an "error" has occurred in the next step C804. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no “error”, “COM” is determined in step C806.
The “SRQ transmission process” (sendcm) is performed according to the flow of FIG.
Next, the discharge 1 side counter is set to "11" (step C808), and the ball stop counter is set (step C810). By setting the values of the discharge 1 and 2 counters to “12” and “11” as described above, 13 and 12 game balls are discharged from the discharge 1 and 2 sides, respectively, for a total of 25 (100) A ball is rented out (for yen).
Is performed, and then it is determined in step C814 whether or not the discharging operation has been completed. When it is determined that the discharging operation has been completed, the process proceeds to step C840 described below, and when it is determined that the discharging operation has not been completed, the process proceeds to step C81.
In FIG. 123, “ejection end wait processing” (out2sb)
After that, it is determined whether or not “discharge timeout” has occurred in step C818. This determination is made in step C57 of the discharge start processing (FIG. 118).
It is determined according to whether or not the time period set at 0 has elapsed. When the determination result is “No”,
The process proceeds to the process after step C840 described below, while “Y
If "es", "discharge solenoid off processing" (sloff) is performed in step C820, and then the flag "ZN" is stored to store that a remaining number payout error has occurred.
SOUT ”is set to“ 1 ”(step C822),
In the next Step C824, it is determined whether or not the ball stops three times.

While the result of this determination is “No”, “500 msec stabilization wait processing” (outesb) is performed in step C826 according to the program of FIG. 125 described above, and thereafter, the processing is repeated from step C812. It is. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step C824 turns to "Yes", in a step C828, the "500 sec start-up process (s2twai)" is performed according to the above-mentioned flow of FIG. 127, and thereafter, the step C8
At 30, whether the odd sensor detects "there is a ball",
In step C832, it is determined whether or not both the ejection 1 and 2 sensors indicate that a ball is present. As long as one of the determination results is “No”, step C8
28, and the process is repeated.
When "es" is reached, it is determined in step C834 whether or not the T3 period (see FIG. 27) has elapsed, and in step C836 whether or not another 500 msec has elapsed.
If any one of the determination results is “No”, the process returns to Step C830 and the process is repeated. On the other hand, if both the determination results in Steps C834 and C836 turn to “Yes”, the process proceeds to Step C838. The “ejection number correction process” (adjrst) is performed according to the flow in FIG. 126, and thereafter, the process returns to step C810 and continues.

In the step C814, "the discharging operation is completed"
Is determined, or when it is determined that “timeout has not occurred” in step C818, in the processing of step C840 and subsequent steps, first, in step C8
"500m weight setting processing (s2twa
i) ”is performed (step C840), and the next step C
At 842, the “last one monitoring process (out3sb)” is performed according to the flow of FIG. 132 described above, and thereafter, it is determined at step C844 whether the output signal of the discharge sensor has fallen. If the result of this determination is that there is no fall, the process returns to step C812, and the process is repeated. On the other hand, when it is determined that “fall is present”, “B” is determined in step C846.
RDY, BRQ monitoring timer area "status is" 5 "
In the next step C848, “T4 period (FIG. 2)
7) Setting process of overtimer for measuring “(sqtxx
After x) is performed according to the flow of FIG. 138, further, in step C850, "OFF" of the "EXS signal", a request for a ball lending signal, a flag "T3OVER" for storing a T3 over error, and a payout error are stored. The flag "ZNSOUT" is set to "0", and step C8
At step 52, the memory switch is erased from memory, and then the discharging process is terminated.

FIG. 135 is a flowchart of the ball lending and discharging process described above (FIG. 13).
It is a program flowchart of "EXS ON processing" (chkbrq) executed in step C802 of 4). When this program starts, first, in step C84,
0, the "EXS signal" is turned on, and "300 ms timer setting process" (s0txxx) is executed in step C842 in FIG.
05, followed by Step C84
4 and C846, “BRDY” is “1” or “0”, respectively.
It is determined whether “BRQ” is “1” or “0”. When the result of the determination in step C844 is "1 (t)", the "EXS signal" is turned off in step C864,
Thereafter, the process proceeds to step C866 described later, and when the above-described step C844 is “0” and the determination result of step C846 is “1”, the flag “T2BRQF” used for the determination of FIG. 95 is set to “1” (step C866). C84
8) Then, the flow proceeds to step C866.

If the results of the determination in steps C844 and C846 are both "0", 30 ms is reached in step C850.
It is determined whether or not the ec timer has timed out, and as long as the determination result is “No”, the process returns to step C844 and the process is repeated. Then, when the result of the determination turns to “Yes”, “20 ms” is determined in step C852.
The “ec timer setting process” (s0txxx) is performed according to the flow of FIG. 105, and in the next step C854, 20 msec
Is determined. If 20 msec has not yet elapsed, it is determined again at steps C858 and C860 whether the "BRDY signal" is "1" or "0" and the "BRQ signal" is "1" or "0". When the result of the determination in the step C858 is "1", the step C858 is executed.
In step 864, the "EXS signal" is turned "off". Thereafter, the flow advances to step C866. When both the steps C858 and C860 are "0", the step C8
Returning to 54, the process is repeated. When the step C858 is "0" and the step C860 is "1", the variable "breqseq" used for branching of the interrupt processing described later (FIG. 169) is set to "1" in step C862.
Is added to a new “breqseq”, and then this routine ends.

After the elapse of the above 20 msec, step C8
When the determination result at step 54 changes to "Yes", the flag "T2BRQN" used for the determination in FIG. 95 is set to "1" (step C856), and thereafter, the flow proceeds to step C866. In step C866, the variable “brcseq” is set to “0”, and thereafter, the “BRDY signal”, “BR
The fall storage of the "Y signal" is turned "off" (step C86).
8) End this program.

FIGS. 136 and 137 show steps C820 of the ball lending discharging process (FIG. 134) and the prize ball discharging process (FIG. 1).
16 is a program flowchart of “discharge solenoid off processing” (sloff) executed in step C514 of step 16). When this program starts, step C
At 870, it is determined whether or not the discharge 1 solenoid is "on", and at step C872, whether or not the discharge 2 solenoid is "on" is determined. If it is determined by these determinations that both of the solenoids are "off", the program is terminated as it is, and if it is determined that one of them is "on", the flow proceeds to step C876. In step C876, the count stop flag is set to "1" first, and in the next step C876, the 50 msec timer is set (sot50) according to the flow of FIG.
In step C880, the ball movement no-observation monitoring timer is turned off, and thereafter, the flow proceeds to the processing of step C882 and the subsequent steps in FIG. 137.

At step C882, it is determined whether or not 50 msec has elapsed. If the determination result is "No", the flow proceeds to step C884 to determine whether there is a rise memory of the discharge 1 sensor. If the result of this determination is "Yes", the discharge 1 solenoid is turned "off" in step C886, and if "No", step C886 is skipped and the process proceeds to step C888. In step C888, similarly, it is determined whether or not the rising of the discharge 2 sensor is stored, and the determination result is “Ye
s ", the discharge 2 solenoid is turned off in step C890, and if" No ", the discharge C2 solenoid is turned off in step C8.
Skip 90. Next step C892, C894
Then, it is determined whether or not the discharge 1 solenoid is "ON" and whether or not the discharge 2 solenoid is "ON". When it is determined that one of the solenoids is "ON" by the two determinations, the process returns to step C882 and the process is repeated. As a result of the determinations in steps C892 and C894, when it is determined that both of the two solenoids are “off” or when 50 msec has elapsed before that (step C882 is “Ye
In step S896), the discharge 1, 2 solenoids are turned off in step C896, and then the program ends.

FIG. 138 shows the ball lending and discharging process described above (see FIG. 1).
34 is a program flowchart for performing “T4 overtimer setting processing” (sqtxxx) executed in step C848 of step 34). When this program is started, the value of “timerq” is set to “H” in step CT40.
Is set to "L", interrupts are prohibited (step T42), the end flag is reset to "0" (step T43), and the counter value is set to "xa" (step T44). Further, the state is returned to the interrupt permission state (step T45), and thereafter, the program ends.

Next, during execution of the main routine described above,
1msec interrupt processing executed every 1msec (Fig. 78)
Will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The 1 msec interrupt processing is for executing a timer update, an input port / status update, a communication with the accessory control apparatus 600 and the communication ball lending control apparatus 500, and the like. FIGS. 139 to 142 are program flowcharts showing the detail flow (t0int) of the 1 msec interrupt processing. When the 1 msec interrupt processing (t0int) is started, first, in step D02 of FIG.
Data stored in the registers “XA”, “HL”,
Stacked in the order of “DE” and “BC”, step D0
After the “watchdog” is turned “off” in step D4, “discharge 1 status update processing” (stphoto0) is performed in step D06.
1), "Emission 2 status update processing" in step D08
(Stfot2), “discharge 1 continuous update processing” (stfol1) in step D10, “discharge 2 continuous update processing” (stfol2) in step D12, “clock status update processing” (stfclk) in step D14, and “clock” in step D16. "Monitoring process" (clktot), "communication interrupt process" (commit) in step D18, and "safe status update process" (stf) in step D20.
saf), “BRDY status update processing” (stfbrd) is performed in step D22, and “BRQ status update” (stfbrq) is sequentially performed in step D24.
The process proceeds to step D26 and subsequent steps of step S26.

In step D26, “ball lending interruption processing” (b
rqint) is performed, and subsequently, in step D28, “discharge ball absence monitoring process” (chkosn), step D30
For "monitoring without ball movement" (chkonm), "prize ball signal processing" (newssg) at step D32, "ball signal processing" (newbsg) at step D34, and "1 msec timer update processing" (newtmr) at step D36. Are sequentially performed, and then, in step D38, it is determined whether the 0.5 msec timer is in a "ready state (waiting)" or a "busy state (processing)". If it is determined that the state is "ready state", "0.5"
If the "sec timer update process" (newmr) is performed, and if it is determined to be "busy", the process skips step D40 and proceeds to step D42. After that, the process proceeds to the process after step D44 in FIG.

In the processing after step D44, first, it is determined whether or not the current processing is the cycle of the 2 msec timer. If the determination result is "Yes", the processing proceeds to step D5
In step 2, "2 msec timer update processing" (newmr) is performed, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step D60, where data is read from the storage area of the stack in the order of "BC", "HL", "XA", and thereafter, an interrupt is performed. Is returned. If the determination result in the step D44 is "No", it is determined in a succeeding step D46 whether or not the current process is the cycle of the 4 msec timer, and if the determination result is "Yes", the "4msec timer update" is performed in a step D54. Processing "(ne
wtmr), and “Diameter passing monitoring process” in step D56
(Stfrms) is performed, and thereafter, the step D6
0 is executed to return from the interrupt state.

If the decision result in the step D46 is "No"
In the following step D48, it is determined whether or not the current process is the cycle of the 8 msec timer, and the determination result is “Ye
If "s", various processes (from step D64) are performed every 8 msec. On the other hand, if the determination result is "No", it is further determined in step D50 whether or not the cycle of the 16 msec timer is reached. If the result of this determination is "Yes", "16 msec timer update processing" (newmr) is performed in step D58, after which step D60 is executed to return from the interrupt state.

If the decision result in the step D48 is "Ye
In the processing after step D64 executed at the time of “s”, first, “8 msec timer update processing” (newm
r) (Step D64), and then Step D64
66 "interrupt permission processing" (ienabl), step D
At 68, “ball status update process” (stfrmv),
In step D70, "incomplete status update processing" (sth
np), “Overflow update processing” in step D72
(Stfout), a “launch stop update process” (stfhsh) is sequentially performed in step D74, and a “connection confirmation update process” (stfchk) is sequentially performed in step D76.
The process proceeds to Step D77 of Step S42.

In the step D77, "safe monitoring processing"
(Cksfs) is performed, and then, in step D78, “semicircular sphere absence monitoring process” (chkhnp), step D80
, “Overflow monitoring process” (chkovf), “Diagnosis stop monitoring process” (chkhsh) in step D82,
In step D84, “connection confirmation monitoring process” (chkch
k), in step D86, “launch stop release processing” (chk
chs) are sequentially performed, and thereafter, step D in FIG.
After returning to step 60 and performing the processing, return from the interrupt state is performed.

FIG. 143 shows the above 1 msec interrupt processing (FIG. 13).
9 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a discharge 1 status update process (stfoot1) executed in step D06 of FIGS. 9 to 142). When this routine starts,
In step D102, the discharge 1 to which the discharge 1 sensor is connected
It is determined whether or not the port level is “1”,
When it is determined to be "1", the process proceeds to a "port input status update" program (FIG. 181) described later. On the other hand, if it is determined that the value is "0", the process proceeds to step D1.
At 04, the status update (nw2obt) is performed as shown in FIG.
This is performed according to the flow of 2, and then it is determined whether or not the output signal of the discharge 1 sensor has been stored at the rising edge (step D106). As a result of this determination, when it is determined that there is no rising memory (OFF), the present routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a rising memory (ON), "discharge counter subtraction processing" (step D108) dec-h1) is performed, and then the rising memory is cleared (off) (step D116).
This routine ends. By the way, when the “discharge counter subtraction process (dec-h1)” is started, FIG.
In step D112, it is determined whether or not the count is prohibited. If the determination result is "Yes", this routine ends, and the process proceeds to step D11 in FIG.
Return to 0. On the other hand, if the determination result is "No", the value of the discharge counter is decremented by "1" in step D114, and thereafter, the present routine is terminated and the process returns to step D110.

FIG. 145 shows the above 1 msec interrupt processing (FIG. 13).
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the discharge 2 status update processing (stfoot2) executed in step D08 of FIGS. 9 to 142). When this routine starts,
In step D122, it is determined whether the level of the discharge 2 port to which the discharge 2 sensor is connected is “1”, and “1” is determined.
, The program proceeds to the program of "port input status update" described later (FIG. 181). On the other hand, when it is determined to be "0" by the above determination, the status update (nw2obt) is performed in step D124, and then it is determined whether or not the rising output signal of the discharge 2 sensor is stored (step S124). D126). As a result of this determination, when it is determined that there is no rising memory (off), the present routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is rising memory (on), “discharge” is performed in step D128 according to the flow of FIG. The counter subtraction process (dec-h1) is performed, and then the rising memory is cleared (off) (step D130), and then this routine ends.

FIGS. 146 and 147 show a “discharge 1 continuous update process” (stfol) executed in steps 10 and D12 of the 1 msec interrupt process (FIGS. 139 to 142), respectively.
It is a program flowchart which shows the subroutine of 1) and "discharge 2 continuation update processing" (stfol2). In these updating processes, first, it is determined whether or not the output level of the discharge sensor 1 or the discharge sensor 2 is "0" (step D132 in FIG. 146, step D132 in FIG. 147).
134), and when the result of the determination is “1”, the program (n12t) shown in FIG.
When it is “0”, the program (n12
f) is executed.

When the input of the discharge 1 and 2 sensors is "0" and the processing shifts to "n12t" in FIG. 148, first, in step D140, the level "new" detected this time is "1 (t)". It is determined whether it is present or “0 (f)”. Then, in step D142, the rising memory “evu” is stored.
Is "1 (t)" or "0 (f)". When the two values are both "1", this routine is terminated as it is. When "new" is "0", the value of "new" is set to "AREG" (step D146), and "DREG" is set in step D150. The value of "AREG" is set in the "status counter", and then this routine ends. Also, when the value of the “new” is “0”,
If the value of “evu” is “0”, the process proceeds to step D144.
, The values of “new” and “evu” are set to “AREG”, and step D5 in FIG. 183 (timer update processing) described later
Proceeding to 74, the timer is updated, and the process ends.

When the "n12f" process of FIG. 149 is started (this routine is started when the output levels of the discharge sensors 1 and 2 are "0"), the level "new" detected this time in step D152. Is determined to be "1", and in the next step D154, the fall storage "ev" is stored.
It is determined whether or not "d" is "1". If it is determined in step D152 that the value is "1", the process proceeds to step D148 in FIG. 148 described above, where the value of "AREG" is set to "0". Then, this routine ends.
Further, when it is determined to be “0” in step D152 and “1” in step D154,
This routine ends. On the other hand, step D152,
If both are determined to be “0” in the determination of D154, the process proceeds to step D156, where the value of “evd” is set to “AREG”. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step D574 of FIG. After the update has taken place,
The processing ends.

FIG. 150 shows a 1 msec interrupt processing (FIG. 139 to FIG. 139).
FIG. 142 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of “clock status update processing” (stfclk) executed in step D14 of FIG. 142). When this routine is started, it is determined whether or not the “CLK port” is “0” in step D160. When the “CLK port” is “0”, the process proceeds to “nw0t” of the status update process to update the status,
When it is “1”, the process proceeds to “nw0f” of the same process.

FIG. 151 shows the status update processing (n
w0t, nw0f) is a program flowchart showing that the program is started when the port is determined to be “0” by the determination in step D160 of the clock status update processing (FIG. 150), for example. Is performed from step D162, and if the processing is started when the port is determined to be "1", the processing is performed from step D172. When the process is started from step D162, the value of the status is set to the accumulator “A”. Next step D16
At 4, it is determined whether or not the value of “new” stored at this time is “1”. If the input state of the port has changed from the previous loop to the current loop, the above value is "0", so that the step D16
At step 6, the current value "1" is stored as "new", and thereafter, the process proceeds to step D182, where the value of the accumulator "A" is returned to the status, and this routine ends. However, if the level of the “CLK port” is still “1” in the next loop, the determination in step D164 is “1”, the process proceeds to step D168, and the determination level “LVL” is “1”. It is determined whether it is 1 ".
If this time is the second loop with the input state changed,
This value has been "0" so far, and the process proceeds to step D170, where the "LVL" value is replaced with "1" and stored, and then the rising storage "EVU"
Is set to "1" and stored, and thereafter, step D182
Proceed to. On the other hand, if the current loop is the third or later loop after the signal level has changed, the LVL has already been set at this point.
Since it is "1", this routine is terminated as it is.

On the other hand, when the processing is started from step D172, the value of the status is set to the accumulator "A". In the next step D174, it is determined whether or not the value of “new” stored at this time is “0”. If the input state of the port has changed from the previous loop to the current loop, the above value is “1”, and the current value “1” is set to “new” in step D176.
Then, the process proceeds to step D182, where the value of the accumulator “A” is returned to the status, and this routine ends. Then, in the next loop, "CL
When the level of the “K port” is “0”, the determination in step D174 is “0”, and
Proceeding to 178, it is determined whether the determination level "LVL" is "1". If the input state has changed this time and this is the second loop, since this value has been “1”, the process proceeds to step D170, where the value is replaced with “0” and stored. Next, the fall storage “EVD” is set to “1” and stored, and then the process proceeds to step D182. On the other hand, if the current loop is the third or later loop after the signal level has changed, the LVL has already become "0" at this point, and thus this routine is terminated.

FIG. 152 shows the 1-msec interrupt processing (FIG. 13).
FIG. 9 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of “clock monitoring processing” (clktot) executed in step D16 of FIGS. 9 to 142). When this routine is started, first, it is determined in a step D200 whether or not the clock signal has changed. When it is determined that "there is a change" by this determination, the process proceeds to step D202 to start the 8 msec timer, and then ends this routine.
On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no change, step D
The routine proceeds to 204, where it is determined whether or not 8 msec has elapsed. If it is determined that 8 msec has not elapsed, this routine is terminated as it is. If 8 msec or more has elapsed in the determination of "no clock change", the flag "CLKERR" indicating clock or more is set to "1" in step D206, and this routine ends.

FIG. 153 shows the above-described 1 msec interrupt processing (FIG. 1).
FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of “communication interrupt processing (commit)” executed in step D18 of FIGS. 39 to 142). When this routine is started, "reception processing" (rcvint) is sequentially performed in step D208, and "transmission processing" (sndint) is sequentially performed in step D210, and then this routine is terminated. The “reception process” (rcvint) is performed according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 154 and 155. That is, when the reception process is started, it is determined in step D212 whether or not reception is being performed, and in the next step D214, it is determined whether or not the clock level is “high level”. When it is determined in step D212 that reception is not being performed, or
In step D214, the clock level is “high level”
When it is determined that this is the case, the present routine is terminated as it is, and the flow proceeds to step D210 (transmission processing) in FIG. 153. If the clock level is low during reception and the clock level is low, the process proceeds to step D216, where 1 is set from the falling edge of the clock signal.
It is determined whether or not msec has elapsed. If it has not elapsed (the determination result is “No”), the process proceeds to step D228.
On the other hand, when 1 msec has elapsed,
At step D218, it is determined whether or not the start bit is "ON". If the result of this determination is that it has not yet been turned "on", step D2
At 20, it is determined whether or not the input port is at the "high level". When the input port is at the "low level", this routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when the input port is at the "high level", the "start bit" is set at step D222. "On",
In step D224, initialization processing of a mismatch error flag is performed, and in step D226, "MS"
The input port is read into "B", and then this routine ends. By the way, the processing of the step D226 is the same as that of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, this is performed by assigning one bit to the "xa" register and setting this value to a new value. FIG.
Returning to the description of 54, when the start bit is turned on in the above-mentioned step D222, in the subsequent processing, the above-mentioned step D21
The determination result at step 8 changes to "completed", and the process proceeds to step D220.
Skip to D224 and proceed to step D226, after which this routine ends.

If the decision result in the step D216 is "N
In the processing after step D228 performed at the time of "o", it is determined whether or not 2 msec has elapsed from the fall of the clock signal, and when the determination result is "No", the present routine is terminated as it is. When 2 msec has elapsed from the fall, the process proceeds to step D230 in Fig. 155 to determine again whether or not the start bit is "ON". The routine ends and the transmission process (sn
dint).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step D230 that the start bit is already “ON”, the flow advances to step D232 to check the level of the input port.
It is determined whether or not the output of the buffer “MSB” matches. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that they match, the process proceeds to step D236, where "1" is added to the value of the input counter. Thereafter, the present routine ends, and it is determined that there is no match. If so, after the mismatch flag is set to "1" in step D234, step D236 is executed, and then this routine ends.

The transmission processing (sndint) executed in step D210 of "communication interruption processing" (FIG. 153).
Is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
That is, when the transmission process is started, step D240
It is determined whether or not the rise of the clock pulse is stored. If the result of this determination is "No", this routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if the determination result is “Ye
If "s", the rise memory is set to "0" in step D242, and it is determined whether or not transmission is in progress in the next step D244. If the result of this determination is "No", this routine is terminated as it is. , “Yes”, “1” is added to the count value of the transmission counter in step D246, and in FIG.
The value of the buffer "LSB" is set to the output port according to the flow of 6, and thereafter, this routine ends.

FIG. 158 shows the 1-msec interrupt processing (FIG.
FIG. 142 is a program showing a subroutine of a safe status update process (stfsaf) executed in step D20 of FIG. 142. When it is determined by this program that the safe port is “0”, step D53 of FIG.
4 and if it is determined to be "1", the flow proceeds to step D554 in FIG. 182, and the status is updated.

FIG. 159 shows step D of the 1 msec interrupt processing.
22, the BRDY status update process (stf
This program indicates a subroutine of (brd). If the BRDY port is determined to be "1" by this program, the process proceeds to step D172 in FIG. 151, and if it is determined to be "0", the process proceeds to step D162. And the status is updated.

FIG. 160 shows a step D of the 1 msec interrupt processing.
24, the BRQ status update processing (stfb
rq) is a program showing a subroutine. When the BRQ port is determined to be “1” by this program, the process proceeds to step D172 in FIG. 151 described above,
If it is determined that the value is “0”, the process proceeds to step D162
And the status is updated.

FIGS. 161 to 167 are program flowcharts showing a subroutine of the ball lending interruption processing (brqint) executed in step D26 of the 1 msec interruption processing (t0int). When this subroutine is started, the monitoring timer is updated (newmr) in step D302 in FIG. 144 according to the flow described later (FIG. 183), and in the next step D304, the variable “brcseq” is set.
Is performed according to the value of. That is, "brcse
When the value of “q” is “0”, the process proceeds to “brq0st” process (FIG. 162), when it is “1”, “brq1st” process (FIG. 163), and when it is “2”, “brq2st” process (FIG. 164). "," Brq3st "for" 3 "
Processing (FIG. 165), "brq4st" when "4"
Processing (FIG. 166), "brq5st" when "5"
Processing (FIG. 167) "is performed.

First, the "brq0st" process (FIG. 162) which proceeds when "brcseq" is "0" will be described. In this process, first, in step D306, “BRD
It is determined whether or not the falling signal of the “Y signal” is stored. If “no”, the routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when “falling memory is present”, the process proceeds to step D308, where “rising / falling BRDY name”, “BRQ”
Each memory of “rising / falling of signal” is set to “0”, a 30 msec timer is set in step D310, an actual timer is set in step D312 according to the flow of FIG. 138, and “brcseq” is set in step D314.
Is added to the value of “1” to obtain a new “brcseq”,
This routine ends.

When the ball lending interruption process is started with the value of “brcseq” being “1”, the process proceeds to step D316 of “brq1st” in FIG. 163 by branching.
It is determined whether or not the level of the "BRDY signal" is "1", and then, in step D318, it is determined whether or not the falling edge of the BRQ signal is stored. If the result of step D316 is that the level of the "BRDY signal" is "1", the flow advances to step D324 to "brcse
The value of q "is set to" 0 ", and this routine ends.
On the other hand, when the bell of the "BRDY signal" is set to "0" in step D316 and it is determined in step D318 that the falling storage of the "BRQ signal" is "1", the "BRQ signal falling storage" is determined in step D320. "Off"
(Reset to “0”), “TOBRQE” used for the determination in FIG. 95 is set to “1” in step D322, and then the flag “brcse” is set in step D324.
After the “q” is set to “0”, the program ends, and when the level of the “BRDY signal” is “0” and the “BR
When the "Q signal fall storage" is "0", it is determined whether or not the 30 msec timer set in step D310 has finished counting (step D326). On the other hand, when the above 30 msec has elapsed, “20 msec” is set in step D328, and thereafter, the process returns to step D312 in FIG. 162 described above, where the timer is set, and then “brcseq” is set. Is incremented by "1" (step D37).
4), end this routine.

When the value of “brcseq” is “2”, the processing is performed by “brcsq” in FIG.
eq2 ”, and in step D330, it is determined in step D332 whether the“ BRDY signal ”level is“ 1 ”.
It is determined whether or not the “BRQ signal falling storage” level is “1”. When the "BRDY signal" level is "1", the process skips step D332 and proceeds to step D334, where "BRQ signal fall storage" is turned off (reset to "0"), and step D33 is executed.
In step 6, the 10 msec timer is set, and the process returns to step D312 in FIG. 162 to perform the processing. Also, "BRDY
When the "signal" level is "0" and the "BRQ signal fall storage" is "1", the step D33 is executed.
After D4 and D36 are executed, step D31 in FIG.
2 and the process is performed. On the other hand, step D
When it is determined at 332 that "BRQ signal falling storage" is "0", it is determined at step D338 whether 50 msec has elapsed from the timer setting, and if it has not yet elapsed (determination result ("No"), the routine ends. When the determination result of step D338 changes to "Yes" after the elapse of 50 msec, the process returns to step D332 in FIG. 163 described above and the processing is performed.

When the value of “brcseq” is “3”, the processing in step D in FIG.
Proceeding to 340, a determination is made as to whether the "BRDY signal" level is "1". If it is determined that the value is "0", the routine ends as it is. If the value is "1", the process returns to step D324 in FIG. I have.

When the value of "brcseq" is "4", the flow advances to step D342 in FIG.
It is determined whether or not “Signal falling storage” is “1.” If the determination result is “Yes”, step D3 is performed.
Going to step 44, "BRQ signal falling storage" is turned off ("0").
Is set to “1”, and the value of “T3BRQ0” used for the determination in FIG. 95 is set to “1” in step D346, and thereafter, this routine ends. On the other hand, step D34
If “BRQ signal fall storage” is determined to be “0” in the determination of step 2, the process proceeds to step D350, and further proceeds to “B
It is determined whether or not "RDY signal rising storage" is present.If the result of this determination is that "BRDY signal rising storage" is "off"("0"), this routine is terminated as it is. If it is determined that it is “ON” (“1”), “BRDY signal rising storage” is turned “OFF” (“0”) in step D352, and step D3
At 54, the value of "T3OVER" used for the determination in FIG. 95 is set to "1", and then this program ends.

Further, when the value of “brcseq” is “5”, the processing in FIG.
t "(FIG. 167). First, step D3
At 56, it is determined whether or not "BRQ signal falling storage" is "1". If it is determined that the variable is "1", the variable "brcseq" is set to "2" in step D358, and thereafter, the process returns to step D334 in FIG. 164 to turn off "BRQ signal falling storage". ("0"), a 10 msec timer is set in step D336, and then, in step D312 in FIG.
To set the timer and "brcseq" in step D314.
After "1" has been added to the value of, this routine ends.
On the other hand, if "BRQ signal falling storage" is determined to be "0" as a result of the determination in step D356, it is determined in subsequent step D360 whether the "BRDY signal" level is "1". , "1", the process returns to step D324 in FIG. 163 and the processing is performed. If it is determined in step D360 that the "BRDY signal" level is "0", it is determined in the next step D362 whether or not 250 msec has elapsed since the timer setting, and it is determined that 250 msec has not yet elapsed. When done
This routine ends as it is. When it is determined that 250 msec has elapsed, in step D364, “T4BRQN” used for determination in FIG. 95 is set to “1”, and the occurrence of an error in the T4 period (FIG. 27) is stored. Returning to step D324 in FIG.
The value of "brcseq" is returned to "0", and thereafter, this routine ends.

FIG. 168 shows the aforementioned 1 msec interrupt processing (FIG. 1).
FIG. 39 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of “ejection ball absence monitoring process (chkosn)” executed in step D28 of FIGS. 39 to 142). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D400 whether or not the discharge sensor has detected a "ball present" state. If the determination result is "Yes", a flag for storing a discharge sensor no ball error “OUTNBL” is reset to “0”, and this routine ends. On the other hand, when the result of the determination is "No", the process proceeds to step D402, where it is determined whether or not the ball absence state has passed 50 msec.
As long as it is o ", this routine is terminated and 5
When 0 mse has elapsed (“Yes” in step D402)
The process proceeds to step D404, where the flag "OUTNBL" is set to "1" in order to store the ball-out error of the discharge sensor, and thereafter, the present routine ends. By the way, specifically, the determination in step D400 is as follows.
This is performed according to the flow of FIG. In this flow,
First, it is determined whether one sensor has detected a ball continuously for 40 msec (step H26), and then whether or not the two sensors have detected a ball continuously for 40msec (step H28). When it is determined that there is a ball in any step, the process proceeds to step D406 in FIG. 168, and when it is determined that there is no ball in any one of the steps, the process proceeds to step D402.

FIG. 170 shows a 1 msec interrupt processing (toni
It is a program flowchart which shows the subroutine of the "ball movement absence monitoring process" (chkonm) executed in step D30 of t). When this subroutine is started, first, the latest information relating to the "discharge 1 sensor" is set to "CY" in step D410, and "ball movement absence determination processing" (chkons) is performed in the next step D412, and step D414 is performed. Then, after the latest information relating to the "discharge 2 sensor" is set to "CY", "ball movement absence determination processing" is performed again in step D416, and thereafter, this subroutine ends.

By the way, steps D412, D41
6 “ball movement absence determination process” (chkon
s) is performed according to the program in FIG. That is,
When the present program is started, it is determined in step D418 whether or not "in error", and if it is determined that "in error", the present program is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not “under error”, the process proceeds to step D420, and it is determined whether or not “error is being monitored”. When the monitoring is not being performed, the program is terminated as it is. When the “error monitoring is being performed”, it is further determined in step D422 whether or not the “ball is present” based on the stored value of “CY”. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that “there is no ball”, the process proceeds to step D424, and the setting of the 200 msec timer (sxt200) is performed as shown in FIG.
This is performed according to the flow of 12, and then the program is terminated. When it is determined in step D422 that "there is a ball", the process proceeds to step D426, and after updating the timer currently counting (newmr) at this point, it is determined whether the timer has finished counting. A determination is made. As a result, when it is determined that counting is in progress,
When the program is terminated as it is and it is determined that the counting is completed, the process proceeds to step D430, and it is further determined whether or not "ball is being removed". When the determination result is “No”, “discharging” is performed in step D432.
The flag “O” is stored in order to store that there is no ball movement (error).
When “UTIVMV” is set to “1”, the program ends.On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step D430 is “Yes”, it is stored that there is no ball movement “being removed” (error) , The flag “RMVNMV” is set to “1”, and then this program is terminated.

FIGS. 172 and 173 illustrate the above-described 1 msec.
It is a program flowchart which shows the subroutine of "prize ball signal processing" (newssg) performed in step D32 of interruption processing (FIGS. 139 to 142). When this subroutine is started, 312 update (newmr) of the "prize ball signal timer" is performed in step D450 in FIG.
This is performed according to the flow of 83, and the next step D452
Then, it is determined whether or not the timer has finished counting. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the processing has not been completed, the present routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when it is determined that the counting is completed, the process proceeds to step D454, in which the "prize ball signal" is turned "off". Thereafter, in step D456, it is determined whether or not the prize ball signal was "off" in the previous loop. Done. If it is determined in the previous loop that the “ON” state has been set, a step D to be described later
The process skips to step 468, and then ends this routine. If it is determined in the previous loop that the prize ball signal is "OFF", the process proceeds to step D458, and it is determined whether there is a request for a "prize ball signal" (ON). When it is determined that “request is present (ON)”, the process skips to step D464 described below.
At 60, it is determined whether or not the number of prize balls is “10” or more. When the result of this determination is “No”, this routine is terminated as it is, and when “Yes” (10 or more), the value obtained by subtracting “10” from the “number of award balls” is set as a new “number of award balls”. And the process proceeds to Step D464 (FIG. 173). In step D464, the prize ball signal request is turned "off", and in the next step D466, the "prize ball signal" is turned "on".
After that, in step D468, the 100 msec timer is started (sxt100) in accordance with the flow of FIG. 112, and thereafter, the present routine ends.

FIG. 174 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of "ball lending signal processing" (newbsg) executed in step D34 of the above-described 1 msec interrupt processing (FIGS. 139 to 142). When this subroutine is started, an update (newmr) of the “ball lending signal timer” is performed in step D470 according to the flow of FIG. 183 described later, and then it is determined whether or not the timer has timed out. . As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the time is not up yet,
When the routine is terminated and it is determined that the timer has expired, the flow proceeds to step D474 to execute a "ball lending signal".
Is turned off, and in step D476, it is determined whether or not the "ball lending signal" was "on" in the previous loop. As a result of this determination, when it is determined that it was “ON” last time, the following steps D478 to D482 are skipped, and the above-mentioned “prize ball signal processing (FIG. 172, FIG. 17)
3)), the 100 msec timer is started, and then this routine is terminated. On the other hand, according to the determination in step D476, the "ball lending signal" was "off" in the previous loop. When it is determined, it is determined whether or not there is a “ball lending signal request” (ON) in step D478. When this routine is finished, and it is determined that “there is a request (ON)”, “Diagram lending signal request” is reset to “NO (OFF)” in step D480, and then the ball lending signal is turned “ON”. (Step D482, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step D468 of the above-mentioned “prize ball signal processing”, and
After starting the 0 msec timer, this routine ends.

FIG. 175 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of the "ball disconnection energization monitoring process" (stfrms) executed in step D56 of the aforementioned 1 msec interrupt process (FIGS. 139 to 142). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D500 whether or not the level of the "port" is "1". When the level is "0", the flow advances to step D502 to read the value of the ball-extraction energizing counter "rmscnt". Is set to “−10”, and this routine ends. If it is determined in step D500 that the value is "1", the flow advances to step D504 to determine whether or not the value of the counter "rmscnt" has become -1 ("rmsnt").
cnt + 1 ”is“ 0 ”or not), and“ − ”
When it is not "1", this routine is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when it is determined that the count value has become “−1”, the value of the flag “RMSOFF” is set to “1” in step D506 to store the occurrence of the “power-off” error. Is to end.

FIGS. 176 to 180 are subroutines for updating the status of each input port of signals indicating a ball-pulling state, an odd state, an overflow state, a firing stop state, and a connection confirmation state. Thus, it is determined from which step of the status update program shown in FIGS. 181 to 183 the status update of the port is started. More specifically, the status update of the port input depends on the type of signal input to the port and whether the port input is “1” or “0”, as shown in FIGS. Thus, the processing is started from different steps. For example, when the status of the ball-extraction port is updated (step D68 in FIG. 141), as shown in FIG. 176, first, in step D520, it is determined whether or not the ball-extraction port is “1”. When it is 1 ", the status update is started from step D532 in FIG. That is, in step D532, the value of “xa” is “−100 /
8 ”, and then, in a step D540, it is determined whether or not the latest information (new) of the storage value of the port is“ 1 ”. When the value is set to "0" in this determination (when the port changes from "0" to "1" in the current loop), the value of "new" is set to "1" in step D542, and the counter is set. After this is performed, this routine ends. On the other hand, when the value of “new” is already “1”, in step D544, the judgment level “LVL”
Is "1". If it is determined that “LVL” is “0” by this determination, step D
At 544, the value of “LVL” (or the value of “EVU”) is set to the accumulator “A”, and the flow proceeds to step D574 of FIG. 183. If it is determined that “LVL” is already “1”, this routine is terminated. In step D574 of FIG. 183, the value of the counter is updated by “1”,
Next, it is determined whether or not the value of the counter has become “0”. Then, as long as the result of this determination is “No”, this routine ends. When the predetermined time has elapsed and the determination in step D576 changes to "Yes", the value of "A" is set to "status" (step D).
578) Then, this routine ends. On the other hand, when the ball removal port is “0” (step D520 in FIG. 176 is “0”), the process proceeds to step D552 in FIG. 182, where the value of “xa” is set to “−100/8”. ,
In step D558, it is determined whether or not the stored latest value (new) of the port is "1". If it is determined to be "1" (when "1" changes to "0" in the current loop), step D560 is executed.
After the value of "new" is set to "0" and the counter is set, the routine ends. On the other hand, "ne
If the value of "w" is already "0", it is further determined in step D562 whether or not the determination level "LVL" is "1", whereby "LVL" is "0". Is determined, the routine ends as it is, and if it is determined to be "1", the process proceeds to step D564.
The value of "LVL" becomes "0" and the value of "EVU" becomes "1".
, And thereafter, the process proceeds to the processing after step D574 in FIG. 183, and this routine is ended.

Regarding the status update (stfhnp) of the odd port among the other ports, as shown in FIG. 177, when the “port” is “1”, the value of “xa” is changed in step D530 of FIG. 181. The status is set to “−199”, and the status is updated in accordance with the procedure from step D540 described above.
Is "0", the value of "xa" is set to "-2000/8" in step D550 in FIG. 182, and the status is updated in accordance with the procedure from step D558 described above.

The status of the overflow port to which the overflow sensor is connected is updated (stfovf).
As shown in FIG. 178, when the “port” is “1”, the value of “xa” is set to “−2000/8” in step D538 of FIG. 181. The status is updated according to the procedure described in (1). On the other hand, when the “port” is “0”, the value of “xa” is set to “−100/8” in step D552 in FIG. The status is updated according to the procedure after D558.

Also, the status of the firing stop port is updated (s
Regarding tfhsh, as shown in FIG. 179, when “port” is “1”, step D538 in FIG.
, The value of “xa” is set to “−2000/8”, then the status is updated in accordance with the procedure from step D540 described above. On the other hand, when “port” is “0”, FIG. In step D552, the value of “xa” is set to “−100/8”, and the status is updated in accordance with the procedure from step D558 described above.

Further, regarding the status update (stfchk) of the connection confirmation port, as shown in FIG.
When “port” is “1”, step D in FIG.
At step 538, the value of “xa” is set to “−2000/8”, and the status is updated according to the procedure from step D540 described above. On the other hand, when “port” is “0”, FIG. In step D552, the value of “xa” is set to “−100/8”.
The status is updated according to the procedure from step D558 described above.

Similarly, when the above-described safe status update processing (FIG. 158) is performed, the status update of the safe port (stfsaf) is performed when the “safe port” is “1”, as shown in FIG. D534
, The value of “xa” is set to “−10”. Thereafter, the status is updated in accordance with the procedure from step D540 described above. On the other hand, when “port” is “0”, step D554 in FIG. Sets the value of “xa” to “−10”, and thereafter, the above-described step D55
The status is updated in accordance with the procedures from step 8 onward.

Incidentally, the above-described 1 msec interrupt processing (FIG. 1)
The timer update process (newmr) executed in steps D36, D40, D52, etc. of FIGS. 39 to 142) is executed according to the program shown in FIG. 183 described above. That is, when the timer update process (newmr) is started,
In step D570 of FIG. 183, the type of the timer (2 mse
“status” representing “c, 4 msec, 8 msec, and 10 msec” is set in the accumulator “A”, and in the next step D572, the value stored in the count area “timrdy” corresponding to the above “status” is “1”. Is determined. If it is determined to be “1” by this determination, steps D574 to D578 are skipped, and this routine (“newmr” process) ends. on the other hand,
When it is determined that the value of the count area “timrdy” is “0”, “1” is added to the value of the counter at this point in step D574, and then the count value is changed to “0” in step D576. It is determined whether or not the value has become "0". When the count value has become "0", the value of the accumulator "A" is set to "status", and then the "newmmr" process is terminated. I have.

FIG. 184 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of the "safe monitoring process" (chksfs) executed in step D77 of the 1 msec interrupt process (FIGS. 139 to 142). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D580 whether safe monitoring is being performed. When the result of this determination is “No”, the present routine ends as it is, and the result of the determination is “Ye”.
s ", it is determined in step D584 whether or not the discharge 1 solenoid is energized (ON) in step D582.
It is determined whether or not the discharge 2 solenoid is excited (ON). If it is determined in the above two determinations that both the discharge 1 and solenoid 2 are off, a 100 msec counter is set in step D588, and then this routine is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step D582 or D584 that either one of the solenoids is on, it is further determined in step D586 whether the safe solenoid is on. If the safe solenoid is turned on at this point, the 100 msec timer is set in step D588, and then this routine ends. Step D586
If it is determined that the safe solenoid has already been turned off at this time, it is determined in the following step D590 whether 100 msec has been counted by the set counter. If 100 msec has not yet elapsed since the safe solenoid was turned off,
The routine is terminated as it is, and at the time when 100 msec has elapsed, the flag SANFBL indicating the safe ball missing abnormality is set to "1" (step D592), and thereafter, the routine terminates.

FIG. 185 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of "semicircular sphere monitoring process" (chkhnp) executed in step D78 of the above-described 1 msec interrupt process (FIGS. 139 to 142). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D600 whether or not the input level from the odd sensor is "1" (there is a ball). If it is determined that the ball is present in this determination, the value of the flag "HNPNBL" for storing the odd sensor ball absence error is reset to "0" in step D602, and this routine ends. If it is determined that there is no ball in the above determination, step D60
The flag "H" is stored in the memory 4 to store that the error has occurred.
NPNBL "is set to" 1 ", and this routine ends.

FIG. 186 shows the 1-msec interrupt processing (t0i).
30 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of “overflow monitoring process” (chkovf) executed in step D80 of (nt). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D606 whether or not the input level from the overflow sensor is "1" (ON). As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the flag is "off", the flag "OVRFLW" for storing the occurrence of overflow is reset to "0" (step D).
608) Then, this routine ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the flag is "ON", the flag "OVRFLW" is set to "1" in step D610 to store that the overflow has occurred, and the firing of the game ball is stopped in step D612. Is performed, and then
This routine ends.

FIG. 187 shows the 1 msec interrupt processing (t0i).
It is a program flowchart which shows the subroutine of "the firing stop monitoring process" (chkhsh) executed in step D82 of (nt). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D614 whether or not the firing stop NO is "ON". As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the firing stop NO is "OFF", the flag "HSHSTP" for storing the firing stop is reset to "0" (step D616), and then the present routine ends. . On the other hand, as a result of the determination, when it is determined that the firing stop NO is “ON”, the flag “HSHSTP” is set to “1” to store the firing stop state in step D618, and the flag is actually set in step D620. Then, the launch of the game ball is stopped, and then the present routine ends.

FIG. 188 shows the 1-msec interrupt processing (t0i).
30 is a program flowchart showing a subroutine of “connection confirmation monitoring processing” (chkchk) executed in step D84 of (nt). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D622 whether the connection level is "1" (present), that is, whether the connection state is normal. When it is determined that the level indicates "connected" by this determination, the flag "BBNCON" for storing an abnormal connection state is reset to "0" (step D624), and thereafter, the present routine is terminated. I do. On the other hand, when it is determined that the connection state is abnormal (no connection), the flag “BBNCO” is stored in step D626 to store the occurrence of the “BB unconnection error”.
"N" is set to "1", the firing of the game ball is stopped in step D628, and then this routine ends.

FIG. 189 is a diagram showing one of the data shown in FIGS.
It is a program flowchart which shows the subroutine of "the firing stop release process" (chkchs) executed in step D86 of the msec interrupt process (t0int). When this subroutine is started, it is determined in step D630 whether or not the overflow sensor is "ON". Then, in step D632, it is determined whether or not firing is stopped (ON). (ON) is determined in order. If any one of these three determinations is “ON”, the present routine is terminated as it is, while all three determination results are “OFF”.
In step D636, the overflow monitoring process (FIG. 186) and the firing stop monitoring process (FIG. 18) are performed.
7), the firing stop performed in the connection confirmation monitoring process (FIG. 188) is released (turned off), and this routine is ended.

Next, the aforementioned main routine (FIG. 77)
Is executed every elapse of 31.3 msec during execution of.
Details of 3 msec interrupt processing (FIG. 79)
This will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

FIG. 190 and FIG. 191 are flow charts showing a program of "31.3 msec interrupt processing" (error). This 31.3 msec interrupt processing (errin
When t) is started, first, step E02 in FIG.
Then, the "watchdog" is set to "1", "register save" is performed in step E04, and the next step E04 is executed.
At step 06, "interrupt permission processing (ienabl)" is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. 88 described above, and step E08 is executed.
The “RAM abnormality monitoring process” (chkram) is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. 87 described above. In the following step E10, "1" is added to the value of the "blink timer". In step E12, the status indicating "error" is initialized. Further, in step E14, the "lamp lighting / blinking information" is stored in the register "DE". , "Error information" is set to the register "HL", and after the interrupt permission state is set to "OFF" (impossible) in step E16, the determination in step E18 is performed.

In this step E18, it is determined whether or not an error has occurred in the stored data by setting a flag in a predetermined storage area (4 bits) in the RAM, and it is determined that "there is an error". Sometimes step E
At 20, an error status update process (newerr) described later (FIG. 192) is performed, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step E22.
The process skips step 20 and proceeds to step E22. In step E22, the interrupt permission state is turned on (enabled) again, and
In the next step E24, it is determined whether or not the check of all error bits provided in the RAM has been completed. If it is determined that the check of all error bits has not been completed yet, it is determined in steps E16 to E22.
Are repeatedly executed, and when the error check is completed, the flow proceeds to the processing after step E26 in FIG. 190.

At step E26, it is determined whether or not an “error” has occurred based on the result of the error check. If “no error” is determined, the processing from step E28 onward includes “error present”. Is set to "", the processing proceeds to the processing after step E42.
That is, in the case of "no error", the completion lamp provided on the game board is turned off at step E28, and then the "Dp lamp" 792 of the error display 790 provided on the ball discharge device main body (FIG. 9) at step E30. Is turned off,
Thereafter, in step E32, it is determined whether or not the LED provided on the 7-segment display section 791 of the error display 790 is being turned on. If it is determined in step E32 that the light is on (ON), then in step E34, LE is determined.
The fact that D is set to "off" (display stop) is stored in "xa", and thereafter, the process proceeds to step E38. To display "0" with the data "LED '
0 ′ ”is stored in“ xa ”, and then the value in step E
Proceed to 38. In this step E38, the value of each "xa" is set to the "LED port" in order to perform each of the above-mentioned displays, the register is restored in the next step E40, and then this routine ends.

If it is determined in step E26 that there is an error, the process proceeds to step E42.
The "LED code" representing each error content is set to "xa", and in the next step E44, it is determined whether or not the completion lamp is already blinking. When the result of this determination is "Yes", the completion lamp is further turned on at this point in "display processing" (ON timing) in step E46.
When it is not the ON timing, the completion lamp is turned off in step E50, and when it is the ON timing, the completion lamp is turned on in step E52, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step E54. on the other hand,
When it is determined in step E44 that the completion lamp is not blinking, it is determined in step E48 whether the completion lamp is "ON" (during display processing). When it is determined that the completion lamp is "ON", the process proceeds to step E52, where the completion lamp is lit. When it is determined that the completion lamp is not "ON", the process proceeds to step E50 to complete. The lamp is turned off, and then the process proceeds to step E54. Step E
At 54, it is determined whether or not the Dp display unit 792 of the error display 790 is performing display processing. If it is determined that display processing is being performed, "Dp" is displayed at step E56, and the display processing is not being performed. If it is determined that "Dp" is turned off in step E58, then step E6
Go to 0.

In this step E60, it is determined whether or not a plurality of "errors" are duplicated (whether or not a later-described duplicate error flag is "1" (on)). In the next step E62, It is determined whether or not it is the timing to turn on the LED. According to the above two determinations, when the error overlaps (the determination result in step D60 is “Yes”) and the timing for turning on the LED of the 7-segment display unit 791 has not come (the determination result in step D62 is “N”).
o)), a control value indicating "LED OFF" is set in the resist "xa" in step E64, and thereafter, after the above-described steps E38 and E40 are performed, the present routine ends. Otherwise, the steps E38 and E40 are executed as they are, and the routine is terminated thereafter.

FIG. 192 is a flowchart showing a "error status update process" (newerr) program executed in step E20 of the above-mentioned 31.3 msec interrupt process (error). When this program is started, the lighting information is set to “a” in the resist in step E102, and the blinking information is set to “x” in the resist in step E104. In the next step E106, it is determined whether or not "lighting-on" (lighting-in process). If "lighting-on", the lighting flag is turned "on" in step E108, and then the process proceeds to step E110. , “No lighting”, the step E10
Skip to step E110 and proceed to step E110. In the next step E110, it is determined whether or not "flashing" (flashing process is being performed).
In step 12, the blinking flag is turned on, and thereafter, step E
On the other hand, if "no blinking", the process skips the step E112 and proceeds to the step E114.

At step E114, an error display code is taken out. At the next step E116, it is determined whether or not an error has already occurred. If it is determined that no error has occurred, the "error flag" is turned "on" in step E118, and the "LED display code" is set to "BC" in the resist in the next step E120. At E122, it is determined whether one error or two or more errors have occurred in a predetermined area (4 bits) of the RAM. If it is determined by this determination that two or more errors have occurred, the "duplicate error flag" is set to "1" in step E124, and then the program ends. On the other hand, if there is one error, the routine skips the step E124 and ends the routine.

Also, according to the determination in the step E116,
If it is determined that an error has already occurred by the previous loop, the "duplicate error flag" is set to "1" at step E126 to store that another error has occurred this time.
(ON), and in the next step E128, “Dp”
It is determined whether or not the display process is being performed. If it is determined that "Dp" is already displayed, "Dp" in the error display section is turned "on" in step E130, and then the program ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the "Dp" display process is not being performed, step E130 is skipped, and the program ends.

As described above in detail, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, when the winning prize holes 8, 6, and 6 are won, "5 discharge" of prize balls is performed. When "15 pieces are discharged" and other general prize ports (for example, prize ports 7, 7, 8, 8, 13) are won, "10 discharge" is performed, and the starting prize port is provided. Game balls that win the game are started winning detectors SW1 to SW
3 and the game balls that have won the special winning opening are ten-count detectors SW5, SW6 and continuous winning detector SW4.
These detection results (the number of winnings in each winning opening) are stored in the accessory control device 600. These memories are used not only for the operation control of the variable winning device 50 but also for the ball discharge control, so that the discharge control of the prize balls having different acquisition numbers can be easily performed (without newly providing a special detector). I can do it. Then, when the data request signal is sent from the ball ejection control device 700, the accessory control device 600 sends a signal (prize ball data signal) representing the prize ball data to the ball ejection control device 700,
Ejection of prize balls having different numbers of acquisitions can be appropriately performed regardless of the actual winning order. Character control device 600
The priority order of the award ball data sent from the to the ball discharge control device 700 is determined by the accessory control device 600 side. In this case, as described above, by performing “5 discharges” prior to “15 discharges”, the winning balls stored in the winning ball processing unit 810 can be efficiently discharged to the collection gutter side. As a result, the winning ball does not overflow in the winning ball processing device 810.

In the present embodiment, the three starting winning openings 8, 6 and 6 provided on the game board 3 are all set to "5 discharges". 8)
Only "5 discharges" and the other winning prize ports 6 and 6 "1"
It may be "5 discharges" or "10 discharges".

In this embodiment, in order to reduce the number of detectors as much as possible, the prize-ball detectors are provided in the starting prize openings 8, 6, 6 and the grand prize opening 52 conventionally used for controlling the operation of the accessory. The signals from SW1 to SW6 are also applied to the control of the discharge of the prize balls, but the prize ball detectors are also provided at other general prize ports (for example, 7, 9, 13) provided on the game board. It may be used for controlling the ejection of a sphere. When the detectors are installed in all winning openings in this way, for example, "5 discharges",
The order of discharge, such as "10 discharges" and "15 discharges", can be more finely adjusted in accordance with the number of obtained balls.

Also, in this embodiment, a gaming machine in which the number of obtained balls is divided into three patterns of “5 discharged”, “10 discharged”, and “15 discharged” is applied. The present invention is also applicable to gaming machines having four or more game machines.

[0326]

The present invention has the following effects as described above. The gaming machine of the present invention disables the game by stopping the launch in a state of being disconnected from the ball lending machine that lends the ball by card. Therefore, a cash-type ball lending machine is provided adjacent to the gaming machine, and it is possible to prevent a game in which the cash-type ball lending machine is used to rent a ball, thereby promoting the spread of prepaid cards. Also,
Since a predetermined number of balls to be lent are discharged by the ball lending signal and the predetermined number request signal, the balls to be lent can be reliably discharged. Then, a photocoupler for transmitting and receiving each signal
Is supplied from the ball rental machine whether the connection is
By monitoring the power supply
Make sure that the connection status of the signal line is determined.
Can be. And, as a result of the judgment, the transmission / reception state
If it is not connected, the firing device will stop firing
On the other hand, if you are connected so that you can send and receive
Predetermined on condition of input of ball lending signal transmitted from the ball lending machine
Accepts the input of the number request signal and discharges a predetermined number of lending balls.
Control, and the discharge of the predetermined number of rental balls is completed.
Sends the predetermined number discharge completion signal to the ball rental machine when
So that it could be accidentally left in a fireable state, or
Prevents accidentally stopping firing. Also with a gaming machine
Accuracy and exchange of signals related to ball lending between ball lending machines
And reliability are guaranteed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an installed state of a gaming machine 100 and a ball lending machine 200 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration example of the gaming machine 100.

3 is a front view of the ball lending machine 200. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a ball lending operation unit 2 provided on a supply tray 24 of the gaming machine.
It is explanatory drawing which expanded and showed 50.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view showing only the game board 3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 shows a variable winning device 5 installed substantially at the center of the game board 3.
FIG.

FIG. 7 shows a main body frame 50 that forms the outer periphery of the variable winning device 50.
It is a perspective view which shows the doll member 55 provided in the center part of A.

FIG. 8 is a rear view showing the configuration of the rear side of the game board 3 in which a flow path of a game ball having won a prize in the various prize holes formed in the game area 4 is formed.

FIG. 9 is a rear view showing the rear surfaces of the gaming machine 100 and the ball lending machine 200.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state where a ball discharging unit 320 and a ball removing unit 330 constituting the ball discharging device 300 are installed on a back mechanism board.

11 is a perspective view showing an interface board 860 provided immediately below the ball ejection control device 700 of the back mechanism board 800. FIG.

12 is a front view showing a probability mode setting unit 680 provided in the accessory control device 600 of the back mechanism panel 800. FIG.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing the internal configuration of the winning ball processing device 810.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a storage tank 820 installed on the back surface of the gaming machine 100.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a supply sensor 822.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state of detection by a detection unit of a supply sensor 822.

FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view for explaining a configuration of a guide gutter 830 (830A, 830B) for communicating the storage tank 820 with the ball discharge device 300.

FIG. 18 shows two pressure reducing passages 311 of the pressure reducing unit 310.
13A is a main part sectional view showing a state of the odd sensor 315 when a ball is present in A and 311B. FIG.

FIG. 19 shows two pressure reducing passages 311 of the pressure reducing unit 310.
13A is a main part sectional view showing a state of the odd sensor 315 when there is no ball in A and 311B. FIG.

FIG. 20 is a front view showing an internal configuration of a ball discharging unit 320 included in the ball discharging device 300.

FIG. 21 is a front view showing a state in which a switching gate inside the ball removing unit 330 of the ball discharging device 300 is switched so that the ball flow path 340C communicates with the ball discharge gutter 331.

FIG. 22 is a front view showing a state in which a switching gate inside the ball removing unit 330 is switched so as to allow the ball channel 340C to communicate with the ball removing gutter 332;

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the accessory control device 600.

FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a ball discharge control device 700.

FIG. 25: Ball discharge control device 700 and accessory control device 600
6 is a timing chart for explaining the exchange of signals with the control unit.

FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the ball lending control device 1200.

FIG. 27: Ball lending control device 1200 and ball discharge control device 70
6 is a timing chart for explaining exchange of a signal with 0.

FIG. 28 shows the accessory control device 600 and the ball discharge control device 70.
FIG. 9 is a control block diagram schematically illustrating a prize ball discharge control by 0.

FIG. 29 is a general flowchart illustrating an outline of the accessory control process by the accessory control device 600.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a “PRGTOP” process which forms the first half of Phase 1 of the accessory control process.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a “RANDOO” process that forms the second half of Phase 1;

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing an “OUTPRC” process.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a phase 2 process.

FIG. 34 shows an input process “KZKI” of the continuous winning detector SW4.
NP "is a flowchart.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart of input processing “TKZINP” of the start winning detectors SW1 to SW3.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a no-count unauthorized release process “NCSUB”.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a random number storage update process “TKZGET”.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a three-system input number update process “SV2IN”;

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a phase 3 process.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing a fraudulent process “BLOCK1” in Phase 3;

FIG. 41. Special figure game processing “BLOCK” of phase 3
It is a flowchart which shows 2 ".

FIG. 42: BLOCK2 step branch processing “BRAN
CH ".

FIG. 43 shows a normal operation process “STEP1” of BLOCK2.
It is a flowchart which shows 0 ".

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing a sound output setting process “SNDSET” performed in “STEP 10”.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a control number switching process “SEQCHG” performed in “STEP 10”.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing an automatic stop time end monitoring process “STEP11” of BLOCK2.

FIG. 47: Stop monitoring processing “S” for the first symbol of BLOCK2
It is a flowchart showing TEP12 ".

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing stop monitoring and reach determination processing “STEP13” of a second symbol of BLOCK2.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a stop result of BLOCK2 “STE
P14, STEP15 ".

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing end monitoring processing “STEP 17” of the fan fare operation of BLOCK 2 and end monitoring processing “STEP 18” of the latter half of the interval operation.

FIG. 51 shows a jackpot operation process “S” before the continuation of BLOCK2.
STEP19 ”, big hit operation processing after continuation“ STEP1A ”
It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 52 is a flowchart showing a process of monitoring the end of the validity time of BLOCK2 “S
STEP1B ", monitoring process in the first half of the interval" STEP1B "
It is a flowchart which shows 1C ".

FIG. 53: Loss operation processing of BLOCK2 “STEP1”
D ”, big hit end operation end monitoring process“ STEP 16 ”
It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 54: “STEP10” to “STEP1D” by branch processing performed according to the step number of BLOCK2
3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the processing of FIG.

FIG. 55: Excitation processing “B” for solenoids A and B in phase 3
It is a flowchart showing LOCK3 ".

FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing a decoration switching process “UPDATE” executed in BLOCK3, BLOCK4, and the like.

FIG. 57: Lamp / LED control processing of phase 3 “BL”
47 is a flowchart of OCK4 ″.

FIG. 58 is a flowchart of “PHASE4” processing which forms the first half of Phase 4;

FIG. 59 is a flowchart of “SNDSEL processing” which forms the middle stage of Phase 4;

FIG. 60 is a flowchart of “SNDPRC processing” which forms the second half of Phase 4;

FIG. 61: SV processing “SEN0” executed in phase 1
It is a flowchart which shows 00 ".

FIG. 62 is a flowchart showing a data recognition process “RCV300” executed when the control clock is “0” in the SV process.

FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing a data fetch process “RCV200” executed when the control clock is “3” in the SV process.

FIG. 64 is a flowchart showing a probability setting display process “PSET” executed in phase 1;

FIG. 65 is a flowchart showing a set probability reading process “PSETP0” executed when the “step” number is “0” in the PSET process.

FIG. 66: SW-X off monitoring process “PSTEP” executed when the “step” number is “1” in the PSET process
It is a flowchart which shows 1 ".

FIG. 67 is a flowchart showing a 5-second end monitoring process “PSETP2” executed when the “step” number is “2” in the PSET process.

FIG. 68: Setting data writing processing “PSETP3” executed when the “step” number is “3” in the PSET processing
It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 69: Write data confirmation processing “PSETP” executed when the “step” number is “4” in the PSET processing
It is a flowchart which shows 4 ".

FIG. 70: SW-X input monitoring processing “PSETP” executed when the “step” number is “5” in the PSET processing
It is a flowchart which shows 5 ".

FIG. 71 is an EEPROM data reading process “ROMR” executed in the PSETP0 process, the PSETP4 process and the like.
It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 72 shows an EEPROM write process “EEPOUT” executed in the PSETP2 process, the PSETP3 process and the like.
It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 73: SW input processing “SW executed in phase 1”
RSUB ".

FIG. 74: Special symbol update determination decision processing “JUDG11” executed in phase 1 and “STEP” in phase 3
10-STEP1D "etc. symbol determination processing" JU
It is a flowchart showing DG10 ".

FIG. 75 is a flowchart showing a power failure monitoring process “FALSUB” executed in phase 2;

FIG. 76: STEP of BLOCK2 processing (phase 3)
Stop symbol capture processing “FETCH” executed in 11 processing
It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 77 is a general flowchart showing main processing of ball discharge control by the ball discharge control device 700.

FIG. 78 is a general flowchart showing a first interruption process performed every 1 msec in the ball ejection control by the ball ejection control process 700.

FIG. 79 is a general flowchart showing a second interruption process performed every 31.3 msec in the ball ejection control by the ball ejection control process 700.

FIG. 80 is a detail flowchart showing control contents in the first half of initialization processing “init1”;

FIG. 81 is a detail flowchart showing the control contents of the middle stage of the initialization processing “init1”.

FIG. 82 is a detail flowchart showing the control contents of the latter half of the initialization processing “init1”.

FIG. 83: BR executed in initialization processing “init1”
It is a flowchart which shows the program of Q, BRDY monitoring processing "chkts0".

FIG. 84 is a flowchart of a reset wait process “waitrs” executed in the initialization process “init1”.

FIG. 85 is a flow chart showing a solenoid-off process “soloff”.

FIG. 86 is a flowchart showing watchdog processing “S-WDGT”.

FIG. 87 is a flowchart showing a RAM check process “chkram”.

FIG. 88 is a flowchart showing interrupt permission processing “ienabl”;

FIG. 89 is a flowchart showing the processing contents from the line test processing “CTEST” to the main loop.

FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the first half of the main routine.

FIG. 91 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the latter half of the main routine.

FIG. 92 is a flowchart showing a ball lending condition determination process “isbrqo” performed in the main routine.

FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing a prize ball condition determination process “issafe” performed in the main routine.

FIG. 94 is a flowchart showing an illegal discharge monitoring process “chkunf”.

FIG. 95 is a flowchart showing the first half of the ball lending error processing “chkebr” executed in the main routine.

FIG. 96 is a flowchart showing the second half of the ball lending error processing “chkebr”;

FIG. 97 is a flowchart for executing a wait process.

FIG. 98 is a flowchart for executing a wait process.

FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing the first half of the award ball data signal reception processing “chksaf” executed in the main routine.

FIG. 100: Prize ball data signal reception processing “chksaf”
9 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the process.

FIG. 101 is a flowchart showing a command transmission process “sendin”;

FIG. 102 is a flowchart showing a transmission start process “sendcm”;

FIG. 103: Prize ball data signal reception processing “chksaf”
9 is a flowchart showing a received data setting process “sbqcnv” executed in FIG.

FIG. 104: Prize sphere data signal reception processing “chksaf”
5 is a flowchart showing a reception process “recvin” executed in FIG.

FIG. 105 is a flowchart for executing a wait process in the reception process “recvin”.

FIG. 106 shows a ball removing process “r” executed in the main routine.
is a flowchart showing “move”.

FIG. 107 is a flowchart showing a ball removing operation process “rmv” executed in the ball removing process “remove”.

FIG. 108 is a flowchart showing the procedure of determining whether or not there is a ball, which is performed in the ball removing operation process “rmv”.

FIG. 109: Step C45 of the ball removing operation process “rmv”
4 is a flowchart showing a detailed processing procedure of C456.

FIG. 110 is a flowchart showing a procedure for determining the end of discharge 1 and the end of discharge 2;

FIG. 111 is a flowchart of a program used in a one-minute timer setting process “swt1mn” executed in the ball removing operation process “rmv”.

112 FIG. 112 is 3se that is executed in the ball removing operation process “rmv”.
It is a flowchart of a program used for c timer setting processing "s4t3s".

FIG. 113 shows 1se executed in ball removing operation process “rmv”
It is a flowchart of the program used for c timer setting processing "s2t1s".

FIG. 114 is a flowchart showing a ball ejection solenoid opening / closing process “rmvouf” executed in the ball ejection process “remove”.

FIG. 115 is a flowchart showing an unauthorized monitoring start process “setubq” executed in the ball removal process “remove”.

FIG. 116 is a flowchart showing award ball discharging processing “sfout” executed in the main routine.

FIG. 117 is a flowchart showing a prize ball number distribution process “setsbq” executed in a prize ball discharge process “sfout”.

FIG. 118 is a flowchart showing a discharge start process “out1sb” executed in the prize ball discharge process “sfout”.

FIG. 119 is a flowchart showing timeout setting processing “s4tov”.

FIG. 120: Discharge solenoid ON processing “opensl”
It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 121: Discharge 1 solenoid ON process “setot”
It is a flowchart which shows 1 ".

FIG. 122: Discharge 2 solenoid on processing “setot”
It is a flowchart which shows 2 ".

FIG. 123 is a flowchart showing a discharge completion waiting process “out2sb” executed in the prize ball discharge process “sfout”.

FIG. 124 is a flowchart showing a process for determining whether or not discharge on the discharge 2 side has been completed.

FIG. 125 is a flowchart showing a process “outesb” in the first half of the 500 m stabilization wait process executed in the prize ball discharge process “sfout”.

FIG. 126: Processing “ad” in the latter half of the 500 m stabilization wait processing
jrst ".

FIG. 127 is a flowchart showing a 500-sec start process “s2twai”.

FIG. 128 is a flowchart showing a program for determining whether or not the signals on the discharge 1 and 2 sides have changed.

FIG. 129 is a flowchart showing a correction process “deccnt”.

FIG. 130 is a flowchart showing a winning ball payout process “safeout” executed in the winning ball discharge process “sfout”.

FIG. 131 is a flowchart showing a winning ball payout waiting process “wtsafe”.

FIG. 132 is a flowchart showing the final one-piece ejection waiting process “out3sb” executed in the award ball ejection process “sfout”.

FIG. 133 is a flowchart showing a program for determining whether or not a no-ball-movement error has occurred.

FIG. 134 is a flowchart showing a ball lending discharge process “brqout” executed in the main routine.

FIG. 135 is a flowchart showing an EXS-on process “chkbrq” executed in the ball lending discharge process “brqout”.

FIG. 136 is a flowchart showing the first half of the discharge solenoid off processing “slwoff” executed in the ball lending discharge processing “brqout” or the prize ball discharge processing “sfout”.

FIG. 137: Discharge solenoid OFF processing “sloff”
9 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the process.

FIG. 138 is a T4 overtimer setting process “sqtxx”
It is a program flowchart for performing x ".

FIG. 139 is a flowchart illustrating an initial processing start of a detail flow “t0int” of a 1-msec interrupt processing (first interrupt processing).

FIG. 140 is a flowchart showing a part of the 1 msec interrupt processing “t0int” following the flowchart of FIG. 139;

FIG. 141 is a flowchart showing a part of the 1 msec interrupt processing “t0int” following the flowchart of FIG. 140;

FIG. 142 is a flowchart showing a part of the 1 msec interrupt processing “t0int” following the flowchart of FIG. 141;

FIG. 143 is a flowchart showing a discharge 1 status update process “stfoot1” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 144 is a flowchart showing a discharge counter subtraction process “dec-h1”.

FIG. 145 is a flowchart showing a discharge 2 status update process “stfoot2” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 146 is a flowchart showing an emission 1 continuous update process “stfol1” executed in a 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”;

FIG. 147 is a flowchart showing a discharge 2 continuation update process “stfol2” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 148 shows “n12” used for updating the status.
It is a flowchart which shows t "process.

FIG. 149 shows “n12” used for updating the status.
It is a flowchart which shows f "process.

FIG. 150 is a flowchart showing a clock status update process “stfclk” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 151 illustrates a status update process “nw0t, nw0”.
It is a flowchart which shows f ".

FIG. 152 is a flowchart showing a clock monitoring process “clktot” executed in the 1-msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 153 is a flowchart showing a communication interrupt process “commit” executed in the 1-msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 154 is a flowchart showing the first half of the reception process “rcvint”;

FIG. 155 is a flowchart showing the second half of the reception process “rcvint”.

FIG. 156 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting an xa register to one bit and setting this value to a new value when reading an input port into “MSB” of the reception buffer.

FIG. 157 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission process “sndint” executed in the communication interrupt process “commit”.

FIG. 158 is a flowchart showing a safe status update process “stfsaf” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 159 is a program showing a BRDY status update process “stfbrd” executed in a 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 160 is a program showing a subroutine of BRQ status update processing “stfbrq” executed in 1 msec interrupt processing “t0int”.

FIG. 161 is a flowchart showing a branch process of the ball lending interruption process “brqint” executed in the 1 msec interruption process “t0int”.

FIG. 162 is a ball lending interruption process “b” following the flow of FIG. 161;
It is a flowchart showing a part of "rqint".

FIG. 163 is a flowchart illustrating a ball lending interruption process “b” following the flow of FIG. 161;
It is a flowchart showing a part of "rqint".

FIG. 164 is a ball lending interruption process “b” following the flow of FIG. 161;
It is a flowchart showing a part of "rqint".

165 is a diagram illustrating a ball lending interruption process “b” following the flow of FIG. 161;
It is a flowchart showing a part of "rqint".

166. FIG. 166. Ball lending interruption processing "b" following the flow of FIG. 161.
It is a flowchart showing a part of "rqint".

FIG. 167 is a ball lending interruption process “b” following the flow of FIG. 161;
It is a flowchart showing a part of "rqint".

FIG. 168 is a flowchart showing a discharge ball absence monitoring process “chkosn” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 169 is a flowchart showing a program for detecting “the presence of a discharge sensor ball”.

FIG. 170 is a flowchart showing a ball movement absence monitoring process “chkonm” executed in a 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 171 is a flowchart showing a ball movement absence determination process “chkons” executed in a ball movement absence monitoring process “chkonm”;

FIG. 172 is a flowchart illustrating the first half of the award ball signal processing “newssg” executed in the 1 msec interrupt processing “t0int”;

FIG. 173 is a flowchart showing the second half of the award ball signal processing “newssg”;

FIG. 174 is a flowchart showing a ballroom signal processing “newbsg” executed in the 1 msec interrupt processing “t0int”.

FIG. 175 is a flowchart showing a ball disconnection energization monitoring process “stfrms” executed in a 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 176. Status update of stairs port “stfr”
It is a flowchart for starting mv ″.

177] FIG. 177 shows the status update of the odd port “stfhn”.
It is a flowchart for starting p ".

Fig. 178 is a flowchart for starting the status update "stfovf" of the overflow port.

FIG. 179 shows the status update “stf” of the firing stop port.
hsh ″ is started.

FIG. 180 illustrates the status update “stf” of the connection confirmation port.
It is a flowchart for starting "chk".

FIG. 181 is a flowchart showing a program at the beginning of status update processing.

FIG. 182 is a flowchart showing a program at the beginning of status update processing start;

FIG. 183 is a flowchart showing a status update processing program executed following the flow of FIG. 181 or 182.

FIG. 184 is a flowchart showing the safe monitoring process “chksfs” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”;

FIG. 185 is a flowchart showing the odd-sphere absence monitoring process “chkhnp” executed in the 1-msec interrupt process “t0int”;

FIG. 186 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of an overflow monitoring process “chkovf” executed in a 1-msec interrupt process “t0int”;

FIG. 187 is a flowchart showing the firing stop monitoring process “chkhsh” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 188 is a flowchart showing a connection confirmation monitoring process “chkchk” executed in the 1 msec interrupt process “t0int”.

FIG. 189 is a flowchart showing the firing stop release processing “chkchs” executed in the 1 msec interrupt processing “t0int”.

FIG. 190 is a flowchart showing the first half of a 31.3 msec interrupt process “erin”;

FIG. 191 is a flowchart showing the second half of the 31.3 msec interrupt processing “error”;

FIG. 192 is an error status update process “newerr” executed in a 31.3 msec interrupt process “erint”
It is a flowchart which shows.

[Description of Signs ] 3 Gaming board 4 Gaming area 24 Supply tray 30 Variable display device (operating unit) 50 Variable winning device (operating unit) 100 Gaming machine 200 Ball lending machine 210 Card insertion slot 300 Ball ejecting device 600 Role control device 700 Ball discharge control device 850 Launching device

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] adjacent to the ball lending machine provided with a card slot, and the ball discharge control device for controlling to discharge the sphere involving prize balls or lent sphere feed tray provided on a front face, supplied from the supply tray A launching device that launches the released ball into the game area of the game board, and an accessory control that controls an operating unit and the like provided on the game board and transmits the number of prize balls related to prize ball discharge to the ball discharge control device. A game machine comprising: a ball discharging machine of the game machine and the ball lending machine connected to each other so as to be able to transmit and receive each other; When performing a conversion request for converting the balance into a predetermined number of ball rentals, a ball lending signal is transmitted to the ball discharge control device, and a predetermined number request signal requesting discharge of a predetermined number is transmitted, and the ball discharge is performed. controller, the ball lending signal, the predetermined number request signal, and A predetermined number
Completed the discharge of the specified number indicating that the rental ball has been discharged
It is configured to be able to transmit and receive signals via a photocoupler, and to supply power supplied from the ball rental machine via the photocoupler
By monitoring, the photo camera corresponding to each of the signals can be monitored.
It is determined whether or not the connection state of the plastic is a state in which transmission and reception with the ball rental machine are possible. If the connection is not possible in a state in which transmission and reception is possible, the firing device is set to stop firing, while transmission and reception are possible. if it is connected in a state ready for input of the predetermined number request signal on the condition input of the sphere credit signal transmitted from the ball lending machine, performs control to discharge a predetermined number fraction rental sphere, When the discharge of the predetermined number of lending balls is completed, the predetermined number of discharges
A gaming machine, comprising: transmitting a completion signal to the ball rental machine.