JP4172596B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like. Specifically, a variable display device capable of deriving and displaying a plurality of display modes as display results by changing the display state, and providing a game value to a variable display control microcomputer for controlling the display of the variable display device, etc. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that is included separately from a gaming control microcomputer to be controlled.

  Conventionally known as this type of gaming machine is provided with a variable display device in which a plurality of variable display units are arranged in a linear or matrix form on a board surface of a gaming machine, for example. When the display result of the variable display unit when the variable display device is stopped is a combination of predetermined display modes, the game is performed by setting the variable winning ball device to a first state that is advantageous to the player. Some players are configured to be in a gaming state in which a predetermined game value can be given to the player.

  A sub CPU (variable display control microcomputer) for variable display control is provided separately from the basic circuit for controlling the game machine (microcomputer for game control), and this sub CPU is provided in the variable display device to control the gaming machine. The basic circuit for control and this sub CPU are connected using a cable, and the display of the variable display device is exclusively performed in response to a command from the basic circuit for controlling the gaming machine, so that an advanced and complicated display is achieved. In some cases, the basic circuit for gaming machine control can be performed while reducing the burden as much as possible.

  However, even with a gaming machine configured as described above, if the display control performed by the variable display device is more sophisticated and complicated, the amount of data transmitted from the basic circuit for gaming machine control to the sub CPU As a result, the time required for data transmission increases, and the adverse effect on the control of the gaming machine may increase.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which the time for transmitting the data from the basic circuit for controlling the gaming machine is relatively short even when the amount of control data for variable display control increases. .

Given when the onset Ming, a plurality of types of identification information comprises a variable display, variable display device, a display result of the variable display device has become one of the particular display mode of plural kinds of predetermined The probability variation that the display value of the variable display device is likely to become a specific display mode after the big hit state ends when it becomes a jackpot state to which the game value can be assigned and becomes a special display mode among the plurality of specific display modes A gaming machine that becomes a state ,
Game control means for controlling the gaming state of the gaming machine;
Variable display control means for controlling the variable display device,
The game control means transmits to the variable display control means is divided into a plurality of steps a command containing certain possible types data type of the command to a plurality of kinds of commands required for controlling the variable display device,
It said variable display control means, based on the transmission type data included in the command that has been signal, determine the type of said command, rows that have based the control of the kind of the said command,
The game control means includes
Specific display state determination numerical information updating means for updating specific display state determination numerical information;
Specific display state type determination numerical information updating means for updating specific display state type determination numerical information;
The display result of the variable display device when the specific display state determining numerical information updated by the specific display state determining numerical information updating means is extracted and it is determined that the numerical information matches the hit determination value Specific display mode determining means for determining to be a specific display mode of a type corresponding to the specific display state type determining numerical information updated by the specific display state type determining numerical information updating unit,
The game control means displays, as the command, data for specifying a type of variable display pattern of identification information of the variable display device and data for specifying a display result of the variable display device. Transmitted to the variable display control means only at the start of variable display of the device,
The variable display control means receives the data for specifying the type of the variable display pattern and the data for specifying the display result of the variable display device after receiving at the start of the variable display. Control without variable display and control to derive the display result,
The game control means, as data for specifying the display result of the variable display device, data indicating that the display result is not a specific display mode, according to the determination content of the specific display mode determination means, Any one of data indicating a specific display mode other than the display mode and data indicating a special display mode is transmitted to the variable display control means .

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In the gaming machine according to the present invention, when the display result of the variable display device is any one of a plurality of specific display modes determined in advance, a big hit state to which a predetermined game value can be given, When the special display mode is selected among the specific display modes, the display result of the variable display device is likely to be in a specific display mode after the big hit state ends. A plurality of types of commands required for controlling the variable display device are transmitted to the variable display control means in a plurality of stages. The command includes type data that can specify the type of command . Variable display control means, based on the type data included in the command sent, determines the type of command, because performed based control according to the type in the command, depending on the state of the game, the time Thus, only the necessary command is transmitted to the variable display control means, and the variable display device can be controlled based on the command . Therefore, the amount of command data transmitted at a time can be kept relatively small. The game control means includes: specific display state determination numerical information update means for updating the specific display state determination numerical information; specific display state type determination numerical information update means for updating the specific display state type determination numerical information; Extracting the specific display state determining numerical information updated by the display state determining numerical information updating means and specifying the display result of the variable display device when it is determined that the numerical information matches the hit determination value Specific display mode determining means for determining that a specific display mode of a type corresponding to the specific display state type determining numerical information updated by the state type determining numerical information updating unit is included. The game control means uses, as commands, data for specifying the type of variable display pattern of the identification information of the variable display device and data for specifying the display result of the variable display device for variable display of the variable display device. It is transmitted to the variable display control means only at the start. After receiving the variable display control means at the start of the variable display, the variable display control means does not receive the data for specifying the type of the variable display pattern and the data for specifying the display result of the variable display device. Then, control for deriving the display result is performed. As data for specifying the display result of the variable display device by the action of the game control means, data indicating that the display result is not a specific display mode according to the determination content of the specific display mode determination unit, a special display Either data indicating a specific display mode other than the display mode or data indicating a special display mode is transmitted to the variable display control means.

As described above, according to the present invention, the command transmitted from the game control means to the variable display control means includes type data that can specify the type of command . The variable display control means determines the type of the transmitted command based on the type data included in the transmitted command , and performs control according to the type based on the command . Since only the necessary commands need to be sent when needed, the amount of command data to be sent at one time is reduced, and even if the number of commands increases due to complicated variable display control, all types of commands can be sent. Compared with the case where transmission is performed as one control unit, the transmission time can be made relatively short.
Further, the game control means uses, as commands, data for specifying the type of the variable display pattern of the identification information of the variable display device and data for specifying the display result of the variable display device. Since data is transmitted to the variable display control means only at the start of display, after transmission at the start of variable display of the variable display device, data for specifying the type of variable display pattern of the identification information of the variable display device, and variable There is no need to transmit data for specifying the display result of the display device, and the control burden on the game control means is reduced.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine as an example of the gaming machine according to the present invention. When a player operates a hitting operation handle (not shown), pachinko balls stored in a hitting stand (not shown) are put into the game area 2 formed on the front surface of the game board 1 one by one. . The game area 2 is provided with a variable display device 3 using a rotating drum that can variably display a plurality of types of identification information, and a start port 10. The pachinko balls that have won in the start opening 10 are respectively detected by a start winning ball detector (start opening switch) 11. The variable display device is not limited to the one using a rotating drum, and may be a liquid crystal display device, a CRT (cathode ray display tube), or the like.

  Based on the detection signal of the start port switch 11, each symbol display section of the variable display device 3 is variably started. In the variable display device 3, nine symbol display portions arranged in a matrix of 3 rows × 3 columns are formed by the symbols of the rotating drums 4a, 4b, and 4c, and illuminated from behind by the drum lamps 7a to 7i, respectively. Yes. Each symbol display unit sequentially rotates and displays a predetermined plurality of symbols during variable display. Then, based on the elapse of a predetermined time, first, the leftmost rotating drum 4a stops, then the rightmost rotating drum 4c stops, and finally the central rotating drum 4b stops. In addition, the order at the time of a stop is not limited to this, For example, you may carry out stop control in order of left, middle, and right. The number of rotating drums is not limited to three but may be two or less or four or more. Furthermore, the variable display of the variable display device 3 is stopped by pressing a stop button (not shown) of the player, or a predetermined time has elapsed or the stop operation of the player is pressed, whichever comes first. The stop control may be performed based on the fact that the method is performed.

  If the display result at the time of the stop is a combination of specific display modes determined in advance, the opening / closing plate 14 of the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is opened to be a first state advantageous to the player, and a predetermined game value can be given To make sure When the left and right symbols are stopped, if a condition for a combination of specific display modes is satisfied, this is called a reach state.

  As described above, the symbols displayed by the variable display device 3 are arranged in a 3 × 3 matrix. By this matrix, a total of five display lines are formed including three horizontal lines and two diagonal lines. In the present embodiment, any of these five lines is a combination effective column, and if a combination of specific display modes (for example, “777” or “FEVER”) is stopped and displayed on this line, The gaming machine is controlled to be in the first state. In addition, specific symbols (for example, red “7”, blue “7”) are called stochastic fluctuation symbols. If these are all combined and a big hit occurs, the variable display is stopped until the big hit occurs twice. The probability of winning a big hit is 5 times the normal value. In addition, when the probability variation symbols become even more big hits while this probability is high, the high probability state continues from that point until another big hit occurs. However, during the big hit, the probability of the big hit is returned to the normal value.

  If the pachinko ball wins the start opening 10 during the variable display of the variable display device 3, the start winning is stored, and after the variable display of the variable display device 3 stops, the variable display device 3 starts variable again based on the storage. Is done. The upper limit value of the start winning memory is set to “4”, for example. The start winning memory number is displayed on the start memory display 8. A guide member 9 for guiding the pachinko balls to the upper side of the start port 10 is provided on the left and right sides of the start port 10 below the variable display device 3.

  On the other hand, the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is in a second state that is disadvantageous for a player who cannot normally win a pachinko ball in the opening 13 because the opening 13 is closed by the opening / closing plate 14 in a normal state. However, when the opening / closing plate 14 is opened, a first state advantageous to a player who can win a pachinko ball in the opening 13 is obtained. The first state of the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is that the condition that the earlier one of winning a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls into the openings 13 or elapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) is satisfied. And the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is switched to the second state. The number of winning balls in the opening 13 is counted by a 10 count switch 16 and a V switch 17. The number of winning balls won in the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is displayed by a winning number display 18.

  On the other hand, a specific winning area is formed at a predetermined location (the right side in the figure) in the opening 13, and if a pachinko ball that has won the variable winning ball device 12 wins this specific winning area, it is detected by the V switch 17. Then, after the first state of the variable winning ball apparatus 12 at that time is finished and becomes the second state, the opening / closing plate 14 is opened again, and the first state is repeatedly controlled continuously. The upper limit number of this repeated continuation control is set to 16 times, for example. In the figure, 15 is a solenoid for driving the opening / closing plate 14 to open and close.

  The second state of the variable winning ball apparatus 12 may not be a state where a hit ball cannot be won at all, but a state where a hit ball is difficult to win.

  A cover 5 is provided on the top of the variable display device 3. The game area 2 is further provided with a lucky number display LED 19, a rail decoration lamp 20, and a normal winning opening.

  FIG. 2 shows the symbols formed on the rotating drums 4a to 4c of the variable display device 3 in a developed view format. Symbol codes 00H to 14H (hexadecimal display) are assigned to each symbol. The left symbol and the middle symbol are the same symbol, but only the right symbol has a slightly different arrangement from the other symbols.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine. The control circuit 39 of the pachinko gaming machine receives detection signals from the main basic circuit 21 for performing gaming machine control according to a program for controlling various devices, the start port switch 11, the V switch 17, and the 10 count switch 16. The switch circuit 29 for giving to the main basic circuit 21 and the solenoid 15 are driven according to the command of the main basic circuit 21, and the rail decoration lamp 20 is driven according to the data given from the main basic circuit 21, and the jackpot information, probability variation information, A lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 28 for outputting effective start information to the hall management computer, etc., and a start memory display 8, a V display LED 35, and a prize display 18 according to data given from the main basic circuit 21. And the number-of-releases display 6 and the lucky number display LED 19 are driven. It includes a 7-segment · LED drive circuit 28 for drives a speaker 34 in accordance with the sound data supplied from the main base circuit 21, and a sound circuit 26 for generating sound effects.

  An initial reset circuit 24 for resetting the main basic circuit 21 when the power is turned on and a reset pulse are given to the main basic circuit 21 periodically (for example, every 2 msec) for predetermined game control. Any one of ROM, RAM, I / O port, etc. included in the main basic circuit is decoded by decoding the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23 for repeatedly executing the program from the head and the main basic circuit 21. An address decoding circuit 25 for outputting a signal for selecting one is connected.

  The main basic circuit 21 and the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23 are connected to the drum lamps 7a to 7i and the drum motor left 36a in accordance with detection signals from the drum sensors 37a to 37c included in the drum unit 38 and instructions from the main basic circuit 21. The sub basic circuit 22 for controlling variable display by the drum motor middle 36b and the drum motor right 36c is connected. The drum lamps 7 a to 7 i are connected to the sub basic circuit 22 via the drum lamp circuit 30, the drum motors 36 a to 36 c are connected to the motor circuit 31, and the drum sensors 37 a to 37 c are connected to the sub basic circuit 22 via the sensor circuit 32. The sensor circuit 32 is also connected to the main basic circuit 21.

  In addition, the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine includes a power supply circuit 33 that is connected to an AC 24V AC power source and generates a plurality of types of DC voltages. The power supply circuit 33 also includes a drum lamp power supply 33A.

  The main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 of the control circuit 39 are both provided on the same gaming machine control board 40. The main basic circuit 21 and the sub basic circuit 22 are connected not by a cable but by wiring on the substrate 40, and the length of the connection line also makes the sub basic circuit 22 different from the substrate of the main basic circuit 21. This is much shorter than when it is provided on the control substrate. Therefore, when the display control signal is transmitted from the main basic circuit 21 to the sub basic circuit 22, there is an effect that the possibility of noise being mixed into the display control signal is reduced.

  In order to prevent noise from entering the display control signal from the sub basic circuit 22 to the variable display device 3, the variable display device 3 may be provided with a noise prevention buffer. Specifically, using an element that conducts when a voltage higher than a predetermined potential is applied, such as a Zener diode or varistor, when excessive levels of noise are input, the noise is caused to flow, for example, to the ground potential. To.

  The main basic circuit 21 is given the following signal via the switch circuit 29. The 10-count switch 16 gives a detection signal of a winning ball won to the variable winning ball apparatus 12 to the main basic circuit 21 via the switch circuit 29. The V switch 17 detects a winning ball that has won a specific winning area of the variable winning ball apparatus 12, and provides a detection signal to the main basic circuit 21 through the switch circuit 29. The start port switch 11 detects a pachinko ball that has won the start port 10 and provides a detection signal to the main basic circuit 21 for game control via the switch circuit 29.

  The sub basic circuit 22 is controlled by the game control main basic circuit 21 to display as follows. First, at the normal time, the sub basic circuit 22 stops all the three rotating drums 4a to 4c. When a start winning is generated and variably started, all the rotating drums rotate at a high speed. The rotary drum left 4a is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed. That is, the rotating drum left 4a rotates slowly from one symbol before the scheduled stop symbol and is stopped at the scheduled stop symbol. This stop symbol is determined in advance using a random number based on the start winning prize.

  When a predetermined time elapses after the rotating drum left 4a is stopped, the rotating drum right 4c is stopped. That is, the rotating drum right 4c is slowly rotated from 6 symbols before the scheduled stop symbol, and stopped at the scheduled stop symbol. Further, after a predetermined time has elapsed, the rotating drum 4b is similarly stopped. That is, the rotating drum 4b is slowly rotated from 11 symbols before the planned stop symbol and stopped at the planned stop symbol. However, in this case, if a reach line occurs when the rotating drum right 4c stops, the rotating drum 4b is slowly scrolled for a longer time (for example, 10 seconds) than the normal stopping time, and the scheduled stop pattern is displayed. Stop. In the case of a break that does not reach reach, the time from the start of variable display to the stop is controlled to be a predetermined time.

  If the combination of specific display modes (for example, “777”) is aligned on any of the effective lines according to the display result at the time of stoppage, a big hit will occur. In this case, the main basic circuit 21 drives the speaker 34 to generate a fanfare sound.

  While the big win and the variable winning ball apparatus 12 are in the open state, the sub basic circuit 22 displays a stop symbol and blinks the drum lamps 7a to 7i from the back of the line where the big hit combination is established. indicate.

  When there is a V prize, the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is temporarily closed depending on whether a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls have won the variable winning ball apparatus 12 or a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) has passed. After the completion, the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is opened again after an interval of 2 seconds. The upper limit of the number of repetitions is limited to a predetermined number (for example, 16 times).

  When the variable winning ball apparatus 12 is repeated 16 times and the final opening is finished, the big hit control is finished.

  As described above, when the probability variation symbols are aligned and a big hit occurs, the probability of a big hit at the time of variable display is five times the normal time until the big hit occurs twice thereafter. In addition, when the probability variation symbols become even more big hits while this probability is high, the high probability state continues from that point until another big hit occurs. In the present embodiment, the normal probability is 1/352, and the probability at high probability is 5/352. This probability variation information is output to the hall management computer.

  The rail decoration lamp 20 is turned on, turned off, and blinking according to the gaming state, and the speaker 34 generates a sound effect that is predetermined according to the gaming state. The solenoid 15 opens and closes the variable winning ball apparatus 12 according to the control of the main basic circuit 21. The start memory display 8 stores and displays the number when a start prize is received during variable display or the like. The winning number display 18 displays the number of winning pachinko balls in one opening of the variable winning ball apparatus 12.

  The variable display device may display a boxing game, for example, and give a predetermined game value if a boxer on the player side wins. In this case, for example, if the player's boxer takes 2 downs, the KO wins and wins a big hit, and whether or not the first down can be taken based on the random number generated by the random number generation means. Make a decision beforehand. That is, the display is not limited to scroll display or switching display of a plurality of types of symbols, and may continue to be variably displayed even after the display result is derived and displayed.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a main routine for explaining the operation of control circuit 39 shown in FIG.

  As described above, the main routine program shown in FIG. 4 is executed once every 2 msec, for example. This execution is started in response to a reset pulse generated once every 2 msec by the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23 of FIG. First, in step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 1, stack setting processing is performed, and whether or not there is a RAM error is determined in S2. This determination is performed by reading the contents of a predetermined address in the RAM included in the main basic circuit 21 and examining whether the value is equal to a predetermined value (6802H in this embodiment), as will be described later. . Since the data stored in the RAM is indefinite when the program runs away or immediately after the power is turned on, the answer to this determination is NO and control proceeds to S3.

  In S3, a predetermined initial process such as writing initial data to a predetermined address in the RAM is performed. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, this initial process is performed in a plurality of times. By dividing into multiple times, the processing performed in response to the input of one reset pulse is small and the time required for it is short. For example, the reset pulse generation interval is unstable immediately after the power is turned on. Thus, even when a subsequent reset pulse is input for a relatively short time, there is little possibility of shifting to normal game control while the initial process remains incomplete.

  After S3, the control proceeds to S15. The processing after S15 will be described later. Since predetermined initial data is written in the RAM by executing S3 a plurality of times, the answer to the determination in S2 is YES and the control proceeds to S4 when the main routine is executed thereafter.

  Subsequently, in S4, it is determined whether or not the 10 count motor error flag is set. This processing is for determining whether or not the 10 count switch 16 or the V switch 17 has an abnormality in the motors 36a to 36c of the rotating drums 4a to 4c. If no error has occurred, the control proceeds to S5, and it is determined whether or not the motor recovery flag is set. The motor recovery flag is set when it is determined that a motor error has occurred and the motor is stopped and a certain error reset operation as described later is performed. Is to be restored to a predetermined initial state. Therefore, if the motor recovery flag is set, the process proceeds to S6, the motor recovery flag is cleared, the voltage applied to the motor is set to the normal voltage, the motor is turned on, and the process flag is set to the sub CPU command set. The value is set to “13” indicating the inside. This process flag is necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine while maintaining a predetermined control time in the process of S7 described later. After S6, the control proceeds to S7. Further, if it is determined in S5 that the motor restoration flag is not ON, that is, the process proceeds from S5 to S7 even during normal operation.

  The process process of S7 is a step for performing necessary processes according to various processes of the game, as will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  After the process is executed, in S8, a process of outputting a command issued to the sub basic circuit 22 (hereinafter referred to as a sub CPU) shown in FIG. 3 from the I / O port to the sub CPU is performed. It is. By this process, a command for displaying according to the gaming state is given to the sub CPU. The contents of these commands will be described later with reference to FIG. 14, but the command transmission method has a feature of the present invention.

  Subsequently, in S9, switch input processing for inputting detection signals from various detectors is performed. This content will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, an error recovery check process is performed in S10. This process is a process for checking whether or not any reset process for recovering errors such as a 10 count error, a V switch, and a motor has been performed. Actually, this reset process is performed by releasing the 10 count switch and V switch in case of disconnection, short circuit, and clogging. If it is not detected or a motor error has occurred, it is performed by passing one game ball through the 10 count switch or V switch. When the control circuit detects that one game ball has been passed through the 10-count switch in the error state, the control circuit performs a recovery process from the error state in response thereto. Details of the error recovery check process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Subsequently, in S11, processing for setting a command to the sub CPU according to the current gaming state to the output port is performed. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, in S12, processing for outputting the probability variation information and the effective start information to the hall management computer via the lamp / solenoid / information output circuit 28 (see FIG. 3) is performed.

  In S13, processing is performed to check whether or not an abnormality such as disconnection, short circuit, or a ball jam has occurred in the V switch and the 10 count switch.

  Next, in step S14, in order to know whether or not a motor reference position detection signal is input from the motor sensors 37a to 37c, a motor step check process is performed to check the input from the motor sensors 37a to 37c. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, in S15, processing for updating the count value of the random 1 counter is performed. The random 1 counter is used to determine whether or not the display result when the variable display device 3 is stopped is a specific combination of identification information (for example, 777) that generates a big hit.

  Subsequently, in S16, processing for setting data for driving the LED to the I / O port is performed.

  Next, in S17, a determination is made as to whether the reset count is “0” or “1-15”. The number of resets means the number of times the main basic circuit 21 is reset according to the periodic reset pulse generated from the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23. Each time the reset is performed, the number of resets is incremented by one from “0”. After reaching “15”, it is further incremented to “0”. When the number of resets is “0”, the process proceeds to S18, a process for changing the lucky number display LED 19 is performed, and the process proceeds to S20. When the reset count is other than “0”, an output data table is selected, and processing for setting LED / lamp data is executed. Based on this control, display control of the rail decoration lamp 20 and the like described above is performed. The control after S19 proceeds to S20.

  In S20, a winning storage area storing process described later with reference to FIG. 13A is performed. The post-process of S20 proceeds to S21, and update processing of a random 2 counter, a random 3 counter, a random 4 counter, and a random 5 counter is performed. The random 2 counter is used to determine a stop symbol at the time of big hit. The random 3 counter is used to determine the left symbol, middle symbol, and right symbol at the time of loss. The random 4 counter is used to determine whether or not to idle the symbol by one symbol more when the symbol changes. The random 5 counter is used to determine the stop position of the lucky number display LED 19. The processing of S21 is performed by performing the processing from S1 to S20 within the time (2 msec) reset by the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23 and using the reset waiting time which is the remaining time. Since the processing time from S1 to S20 is random, the processing time by S21 is also random. As a result of the update processing by S21, the count values of the random 2 counter, random 3 counter, random 4 counter, and random 5 counter are random. Will take the value.

  FIG. 5A is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the system initial process performed in S3 of FIG. This system initial process is executed a plurality of times until all initial data is written in the RAM after power-on.

  First, in S22, it is determined whether or not the pattern data is “2086H”. This pattern data is data written to a predetermined address in the RAM, and when this system initial process is executed for the first time, the value “2086H” is written as the first stage, and this system initial process is performed. When 6 is finished, the value “6802H” is written. In S2 described above, it is checked whether or not the pattern data has a value of “6802H”. If it is “6802H”, the process proceeds to S4. Therefore, even if “2086H” is written to this address in S23, which will be described later, control as a result of the determination in S2 proceeds to S3, and this system initial process is repeatedly executed.

  If it is determined in S22 that the pattern data is not “2086H”, the process proceeds to S23, where “1” is set in the variable “initial step” indicating which stage the system initial processing is in, and the pattern is set to the specific address described above. Data “2086H” is written. After S23, a reset pulse is waited. Since “2086H” is written in S23, the determination result in S2 of FIG. 4 is “NO”, but in the subsequent system initial process, the determination result in S22 is YES, and the control proceeds to S24. .

  When the system initial process is executed for the second time, the control proceeds to S24 as described above. In S24, it is determined whether or not the content of the initial step is “1”. If it is “1”, it is the second stage of the system initial process, and otherwise, it is the third stage or later of the system initial process. Accordingly, if the determination result in S24 is YES, the control proceeds to S25, the variable “initial step” is incremented by 1, and the RAM area is cleared to 0. After S25, the process waits for a reset. If the result of determination in S24 is NO, the control proceeds to S26 because it is the third and subsequent stages of the system initial process.

  When the system initial process is executed for the third time, the answer to the determination in S22 is YES, and the answer to the determination in S24 is NO. Therefore, the control proceeds to S26, where data for initializing the gaming machine is output from the input / output port. Subsequently, in S27, it is determined whether or not the value of the variable “initial step” is “2”. If it is “2”, control proceeds to S28, otherwise control proceeds to S31.

  In S28, the third stage process of the system initial process is performed. First, in S28, a time indicating the drum initialization waiting time (about 10.77 seconds) is set in the process timer for controlling the progress time of the process, and the value of the variable “initial step” is incremented by one. Subsequently, in S29, processing for writing necessary initial data in the RAM is performed. Subsequently, in S30, a process for initializing the sound generator is performed, and a reset is awaited. Since 1 is added to the initial step in S28, when this system initial process is executed next, the result of determination in S27 is NO, and the control proceeds to S31.

  When this system initial process is executed for the fourth time, the control proceeds to S31 as described above, and a motor step check process is performed in S31. This motor step check process is the same as that shown in S14 of FIG. 4 and will be described later with reference to FIG. After S31, control proceeds to S32.

  In S32, it is determined whether or not the value of the variable “initial step” is 3. If it is 3, the control proceeds to S33, and if it is other than 3, the control proceeds to S35. Since the initial step is 3 in the fourth execution of the system initial process, the control advances to S33, and after the process timer check process is performed, a process of incrementing the variable “initial step” by 1 is performed in S34 and awaiting reset It becomes. Since the initial step is incremented by 1 in S34, the result of determination in S32 is NO and the control proceeds to S35 in the fifth and subsequent executions of the system initial process.

  The process timer check process executed in S33 is shown in FIG. First, in S43, it is determined whether or not the process timer is zero. If it is 0, this subroutine ends. If it is not 0, the process timer is decremented by 1 in S44, and this subroutine ends. Therefore, every time this process timer check process is executed, 1 is subtracted until the process timer becomes zero.

  In the fifth execution of the system initial process, the control proceeds to S35 as described above. The value of the variable “Initial Step” is 4. In S35, a determination is made as to whether the initial step is 4. In the fifth execution of the system initial process, the result of this determination is YES, and control proceeds to S36. In S36, the process timer check process described above is performed, and the process proceeds to S37. In S37, it is determined whether or not the process timer has become 0 as a result of the process in S36. If it is not 0, the system initial process ends immediately, but if the process timer reaches 0, the control proceeds to S38. In other words, since the process timer for which the drum initialization waiting time has been set in S28 becomes 0 and control proceeds to S38, the drum state must be completely initialized before S38 is performed. become.

  After S38, the process proceeds to S39, where a determination is made as to whether the drum rotation counter is less than 12. This drum rotation counter is for counting the number of rotations of three drums, and is counted up by one when one drum rotates once. In the case of this embodiment, since it is determined that the drum initialization is completed only after at least 4 rotations of each drum, if the determination result in S39 is YES, the motor is rotating normally. If it is not determined, the control proceeds to S41. If the result of determination in S39 is NO, it is determined that drum initialization has been performed normally and the motor is rotating normally, and control proceeds to S40.

  In S40, “0” is set in the variable “initial step”, “6802H” is written as the pattern data, and this process is terminated. Since the pattern data “6802H” is written in S40, a determination of YES is made in S2 of FIG. 4 after the execution of S40, and normal game control after S4 is performed. On the other hand, if the determination result in S39 is YES, a value "08H" indicating a motor error is set in the error flag in S41, and "0FH" is set in the variable "Initial step" in S42, and this subroutine ends. . That is, when the system initial process is not normally completed, an error flag is set, and a specific value is also set to the value of the variable “initial step”.

  As described above, in the system initial process shown in FIG. 5, the processes from the first stage to the fourth stage are each performed once, and the process timer set in S28 is completed in the fifth stage process. It is executed repeatedly until. By executing the system initial process in a plurality of times as described above, the number of processes performed in each system initial process is extremely small. When a game machine is turned on, the reset pulse generation interval for resetting the main basic circuit may not be constant, and the reset pulse is input at an interval shorter than the scheduled interval. There is a possibility that the next process can be started before the process that has been completed can not be completed, but the system initial can be completed in a short time by dividing the system initial process into multiple times in this way. There is an effect that the possibility of shifting to normal game control before all the processes are completed is reduced.

  FIG. 6A is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the motor step check process shown in S14 of FIG. 4 and S31 of FIG. 5A. First, in step S45, processing for inputting a signal from the motor sensor is performed. Subsequently, in S46, it is determined whether or not the output of the motor sensor is ON as a result of the input in S45. If it is ON, control proceeds to S48, otherwise control proceeds to S47.

  In S47, since it is determined that the motor sensor is OFF, processing for setting the value of the sensor ON counter to the initial value “2” is performed. This sensor ON counter is provided to prevent erroneous determination due to chattering of the input of the motor sensor. The control after S47 proceeds to S52.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the output of the motor sensor is ON, in S48, it is determined whether or not the value of the sensor ON counter is zero. As described above, the sensor ON counter is set to the initial value “2” in S47, and is decremented by 1 in S51, which will be described later, whenever it is determined that the signal from the motor sensor is ON. Therefore, while this motor step check process is performed three times, the answer to the determination in S48 is YES and control proceeds to S50 only when the signal from the motor sensor is continuously ON. In S50, a drum rotation counter prepared in advance for each drum is incremented by 1, and it is determined that the drum corresponding to the motor sensor has rotated once. The control after S50 proceeds to S51.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S48 that the sensor counter is not yet 0, the control proceeds to S49 and a determination is made as to whether the sensor ON counter is greater than 0. If it is greater than 0, control proceeds to S51, and if not, control proceeds to S52. In S51, a process of subtracting 1 from the value of the sensor ON counter is performed.

  Subsequently, in S52, it is determined whether or not the processes of S46 to S51 described above have been completed for all the sensors. If completed, this subroutine is completed, and if not completed, the processing from S46 is repeated.

  As described above, in this motor step check process, the value of the drum rotation counter is incremented by 1 in S50 only after the input from the motor sensor of a certain drum is turned on three times continuously. If noise is mixed in the input signal from the motor sensor, the signal level of the noise is considered to rise in a short time and return to the normal level again in a short time. Therefore, if YES is once determined in S46 due to such noise, NO is first determined in S48, and the process proceeds from S49 to S51 to decrement the value of the sensor ON counter by 1. Then, the motor step check When the process is performed, the signal level is OFF, so the result of determination in S46 is NO and the process proceeds to S47. Therefore, since the initial value “2” is set again in the sensor ON counter in S47, there is no possibility of erroneously determining that the drum has rotated once due to noise.

  FIGS. 6B to 11B are flowcharts showing a subroutine program of the process process shown in S7 of FIG. Control jumps to each subroutine with reference to the value of the process flag. This process flag is set to each value by processing such as S56, S60, S65, S74, S87, S99, S103, S111, S115, S121, S125, S128, S130, S132, S137, S142, S144, S152, which will be described later. It is set and is necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine while maintaining a predetermined control time. A subroutine program to be executed is selected according to the value of the process flag.

  When the process flag is “0”, the normal process shown in FIG. 6B is performed. When the process flag is “1”, the drum rotation pre-process shown in FIG. 7A is performed. 7 is a jackpot symbol set process shown in FIG. 7B. In the case of “3”, the off symbol set process shown in FIG. 8A is executed, and in the case of “4” to “11”. The off symbol check process shown in FIG. 8B is performed. In the case of “12”, the sub CPU command set mid-process shown in FIG. 9A is executed, and in the case of “13”, the process shown in FIG. ), And in the case of “14” to “18”, the drum stop waiting process shown in FIG. 10 (14 is the left drum stop process, 15 is the right drum stop process, and 16 is the middle Drum stop process, 17 is medium symbol stop process during reach, 18 is probability variation The middle symbol stop process at the time of reach is performed, and in the case of “19”, the big hit check process shown in FIG. 11A is performed, and in the case of “20, 21”, the pre-release process (20 is normal) , 21 is a big hit with a probability variation symbol), and in the case of “22-25”, the open processing (22 is before V winning, 23 is after V winning, 24 is a big hit with probability variation symbol) Before the V prize at 25, 25 is after the V prize at the jackpot with the probability variation symbol), and in the case of "26, 27", the post-release processing (26 before the V prize and 27 after the V prize) is performed. In the case of “28”, the big hit operation end waiting process shown in FIG. 11B is performed. The flowchart and the description of the pre-opening process, the opening process, and the post-opening process are omitted.

  FIG. 6B is a flowchart showing a subroutine program for normal processing in the process processing shown in S7 of FIG. First, in S53, it is determined whether there is a winning memory. This winning memory is incremented by “1” in S177, which will be described later, and is decremented by “1” each time variable display for the start winning is started.

  If there is no winning record, the control proceeds to S54, where the jackpot information OFF output to the hall management computer and the OFF output of the solenoid 15 are set, and this subroutine is completed. On the other hand, if there is a winning memory, the control proceeds to S55, and a timer for outputting valid start information to the hall management computer is set. This timer is for measuring the time for outputting the effective start information to the outside, and is a value corresponding to 0.5 seconds in the present embodiment. In S56, 1 is set in the process flag, and the pre-rotation time is set in the process timer. In the case of the present embodiment, a value corresponding to 128 ms is set in the process timer. Since the process flag is set to 1 in S56, when S7 in FIG. 4 is performed next, the drum pre-rotation process shown in FIG. 7A is performed. After S56, this subroutine ends.

  FIG. 7A is a flowchart of drum rotation pre-processing performed when the value of the process flag is “1” in the process processing performed in S7 of FIG. This process is executed when it is determined that there is a winning memory in the normal process.

  First, in S57, it is determined whether or not the process timer set in S56 of FIG. 6B has expired. If not finished, the process proceeds to S58 and 1 is subtracted from the process timer. In S59, it is determined again whether or not the process timer has ended. If it has not yet ended, this subroutine ends.

  If it is determined in either S57 or S59 that the process timer has expired, a process of setting 2 to the process flag is performed in S60. Since 2 is set in the process flag, a big hit symbol set process, which will be described later, is performed when the process process is performed next.

  In S61, the value of the random 1 counter stored in the winning storage area 1 is read. This winning memory area is an area for storing the value of the random 1 counter at that time when there is a start winning prize, and in order to hold four winning memories, a total of four places are prepared. Yes. In S61, the value of the random 1 counter is read from area 1 for storing the oldest data.

  Subsequently, in S62, a determination is made as to whether or not the read value of the random 1 counter matches a predetermined jackpot determination value (one way). If they match, the subroutine ends immediately. Therefore, if it is a big hit, the value of the process flag is “2”, and the big hit symbol set processing is performed next as described above. On the other hand, if it is determined that the value is not the big hit determination value, the control proceeds to S63. In S63, a determination is made as to whether or not the current probability variation flag is set. This probability variation flag is a flag that is set when a big hit occurs in a specific probability variation pattern as described above. If this flag is set, two big hits occur after the big hit. Until then, the probability that a big hit will occur is five times.

  If it is determined in S63 that the probability variation flag is not set, the control proceeds to S65. On the other hand, if it is determined that the value is set, the process proceeds to S64, and a determination is made as to whether or not the value of the read random 1 counter is equal to the jackpot determination value at the time of probability fluctuation. In addition to the jackpot determination value used in S62, four types of jackpot determination values at the time of changing probability are determined in advance. Therefore, when the probability variation flag is set, the probability of a big hit is five times as described above compared to other cases. If it is determined that the value of the random 1 counter read as a result of S64 is equal to any of the jackpot determination values, this subroutine is immediately terminated, but if it is determined that neither of them matches, the process proceeds to S65. In S65, “3” is set in the process flag. When the process flag is set to “3”, the off-set symbol set process is performed the next time the process process shown in S7 of FIG. 4 is executed.

  FIG. 7B is a flowchart illustrating a subroutine program for the jackpot symbol set process executed when the process flag is “2” in the process process shown in S7 of FIG. First, in S66, a process of setting the winning symbol corresponding to the value of the random 2 counter stored in the winning memory area 1 to the left, middle and right of the stop symbol number is performed with reference to the big hit symbol table. In this case, when the left middle right symbol arrangement is the same and the hit line is only one line, the left symbol number, the middle symbol number, and the right symbol number may be matched, as in this embodiment. There is no need to use a jackpot symbol table.

  In S67, the drum lamp data 1 and 2 of the drum lamp control data transmitted as the command code “2” as described above in the sub CPU command data in accordance with the hit symbol line set in S66. (Reach) and drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) are set. The drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach) and the drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) are data of 8 bits each. As described above, the display columns on the variable display device are 9 columns of 3 × 3. Since the drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach) and the drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) are 16 bits in total, 9 bits of these 16 bits are assigned to each column bit by bit, The blinking of the drum lamp in each row is specified by each bit.

  In S68, “big hit, reach” is set in the big hit flag, and the flow proceeds to S69. In S69, it is determined whether or not the stop symbol set in S66 is a probability variation symbol. If it is not a probability variation symbol, the control proceeds to S71, and if it is a probability variation symbol, the control proceeds to S70. In S70, “big hit, probable big hit, reach, probability change reach” is set in the big hit flag, and the process proceeds to S71.

  In S71, processing is performed for setting the number of idle rotation symbols according to the current value of the random 4 counter. The number of idling symbols is the number of changes when the number of symbols that change before the symbol stops is changed by a predetermined number. Specifically, “1” is set as the number of idle rotation symbols when the value of the random 4 counter is an odd number, and “0” is set when the value is an even number.

  In S72, referring to the drum re-rotation table, the number of re-rotation symbols corresponding to random 4 and the big hit check waiting time are set. The re-rotation symbol number is used in the following drum control at the time of big hit. In the present embodiment, before the symbol of the variable display device stops, whether or not the big hit is already determined by S62 or S64 of FIG. Therefore, when it is determined that it is a big hit, in order to improve the interest of the game, in addition to the stop method of sequentially stopping each of the symbols after a certain time after starting variable display, the symbols for the central drum 4b are displayed. There are two methods: a method in which the symbol is temporarily stopped and then the symbol is changed again and then stopped at the big hit symbol. The number of re-rotated symbols set in S72 is the number of symbols that fluctuate again after being temporarily stopped. The value of the random 4 counter can take 40 values from 0 to 39, but in the case of 0 to 19, the symbol is stopped straight, in the case of 20 to 39, it is temporarily stopped and then re-rotated to make a big hit. Stop at the symbol. That is, when the random 4 counter is 20 to 39, the number of re-rotation symbols in S72 is determined. There are 21 symbols, and it is not meaningful to stop once again with the stop symbol, and then re-rotate and stop again with the same symbol. Is done.

  Next, in S73, a process of setting the stop position of the lucky number display LED 19 with the value of the random 5 counter is performed.

  In S74, “12” is set in the process flag. By setting the process flag to 12, when the process process of S7 is executed next time, the process during sub CPU command setting described later with reference to FIG. 9A is executed. After S74, this subroutine ends.

  By the processes of S62 to S64, it is determined whether or not the display result when the variable display device is stopped is a combination of specific display modes. Since each of the rotating drums has 21 symbols, and there are 5 combinations of 8 winning symbols, that is, 40 winning combinations, the probability of generating a winning jackpot on the display is 40/2133 1 / 231.5. On the other hand, the probability of being a big hit on software is determined by the range of values that the random 1 counter can take, as can be seen from S62 to S64 in FIG. In the case of this embodiment, the random 1 counter takes a value of 0 to 351, and there are one or five jackpots (at the time of probability change). Therefore, the probability of occurrence of a big jackpot on software is 1/352 or 5/352 as described above.

  FIG. 8A is a flowchart showing a subroutine program for the off-set symbol set performed when the process flag is “3”. This process is executed when the process flag is set to “3”, that is, when it is determined that the lottery result is out of place.

  First, in S75, a process of adding the lower-order data of the value of the random 3 counter stored in the winning storage area 1 and the previous left stop symbol number is performed. In S76, a determination is made as to whether or not the result of the addition in S75 is 21 or more. If the result is 21 or more, 21 is subtracted from the addition result in S77 and a new left stop symbol number is advanced through S75 to S77. Is determined and set in S78. By determining the stop symbol number in S75 to S78, there is an effect that the appearance mode (the appearance) of each symbol is less biased than in the case where the stop symbol is determined only by random 3.

  S79 to S82 and S83 to S86 are processes for performing the same process as S75 to S78 in the stop symbol number and on the right of the stop symbol number, respectively. Except that the values of the random 3 counter used for the addition are middle and high, respectively, these processes are the same as the processes for determining the stop symbol number left, and the details are omitted here.

  In S87, the big hit flag is cleared, the number of re-rotation symbols is cleared, the big hit check waiting time (245 or 490 ms) is set, the big hit symbol table address is set, and the process flag is set to four. The jackpot symbol table address indicates the head of the table address when data is read from the jackpot symbol table in S88 of the off symbol check process of FIG. In addition, since “4” is set in the process flag, the symbol check process is performed when the next process process is executed.

  FIG. 8B is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the off symbol check process performed when the process flag is “4” to “11”. This process determines where the reach line is occurring, and whether there is a line where the stop symbol is a combination of accidental hits as a result of the off-set symbol set process performed in FIG. It is a process to do. In the case of a variable display device using a rotating drum as in the present embodiment, there are a total of five lines where a big hit may occur. There are 8 types of jackpot symbols displayed on the left, middle and right symbol display sections. Therefore, in this missed symbol check process, every time this missed symbol check process is executed, the above-mentioned 5 lines are checked for only one symbol out of 8 symbols, and this is repeated 8 times in total. Check all 8 symbols. Process flags 4 to 11 correspond to these 8 symbols, respectively. In this way, checking only one symbol at a time reduces the number of processes during the execution of this main routine once, and resets before the end of the predetermined process, resulting in an abnormal game control. This is to prevent this from happening.

  First, in S88, data is read from the jackpot symbol table according to the jackpot symbol table address set in S87. Then, “5” is set in the variable “number of checks”.

  In S89, a determination is made as to whether the number of checks is zero. If 0, the process proceeds to S99, and if not 0, the process proceeds to S90. In S90, a determination is made as to whether or not the jackpot symbol table has ended. If completed, control proceeds to S99, and if not completed, control proceeds to S91. In S91, a determination is made as to whether the left of the stop symbol is a winning symbol of the table. If it is not a winning symbol, the control proceeds to S93, and if it is a winning symbol, the control proceeds to S92. In S92, it is determined whether the right symbol of the stop symbol is a winning symbol. If it is a winning symbol, the control proceeds to S94, and if it is not a winning symbol, the control proceeds to S93. If YES is obtained in S91 and YES is obtained in S92, it is determined that reach has occurred.

  In S93, the jackpot symbol table address is updated, the number of checks is decremented by 1, and the process returns to S89. The case where the control has proceeded to S93 is a case where the symbol set in the off symbol setting process of FIG. 8A is neither a big hit combination nor a reach combination. Therefore, it is necessary to repeatedly execute the processes of S89 to S93 for all the five lines. Therefore, the number of checks is decremented by 1 in S93, and this process is repeatedly executed until the number of checks becomes 0 in S89.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S92 that reach has occurred, there is no need to further check the other lines of the symbol. Therefore, in this case, the control proceeds to S94, and the check at the time of reach is further performed after S94.

  First, in S94, data specifying the corresponding line is set in the drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach). In S95, “reach” is set in the big hit flag. In S96, the number of idle rotation symbols is set according to the value of the random 4 counter. In S97, it is determined whether the middle symbol of the stop symbol is a winning symbol. If it is a winning symbol, this line is not just a reach but a big winning combination. Therefore, in S98, the stop symbol number is forcibly shifted by 1 to make a combination of deviations. If it is determined in S97 that it is not a winning symbol, and the control after S98 proceeds to S99.

  In S99, the address of the jackpot symbol table to be referred to next time is set, and 1 is added to the process flag. Therefore, if the process flag is 4 to 10, the symbol check process is continuously performed in the next process process. If the process flag is 11, the sub CPU command set is set when the next process process is executed. Medium processing is performed.

  FIG. 9A is a flowchart of the sub CPU command set mid-process performed when the process flag is 12. First, in S100, a process for shifting the winning storage area is performed. By this processing, the contents of the prize storage area 2 are shifted to the prize storage area 1, the contents of the prize storage area 3 are shifted to the prize storage area 2, and the contents of the prize storage area 4 are shifted to the prize storage area 3, respectively. The contents of are cleared. In S101, the drum rotation flag is set to a value (00H) indicating normal rotation. The drum rotation flag is a flag indicated by area 8 in FIG. 14A, and is data transmitted from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU. Further, in S102, a sub CPU command set mid-process described later is performed. In S103, 1 is added to the process flag, and the sub CPU command set mid-process is terminated. Since the process flag is 13, the next sub-CPU command output process shown in FIG. 9C is performed when the next process process is executed.

  FIG. 9B is a flowchart of a subroutine program of sub CPU command set processing as control data shown in S102 of FIG. 9A. First, in S104, processing for setting fixed values in the command headers 0 to 6 shown in FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b) is performed. In S105, a process of setting “01” to the command code as the type data is performed. Thus, the drum rotation control data is set to be transmitted as a sub CPU command. In S106, the contents of the drum rotation flag set in S101 of FIG. In S107, processing for setting the left, middle, and right values of the stop symbol numbers set in the jackpot symbol setting process or the off symbol setting process in areas 9 to 11 is performed.

  In S108, processing for setting the contents of the big hit flag is performed. This jackpot flag is 1-byte data, the value of the drum rotation increase counter is set in bits 0 and 1, bit 3 is set to 1 when reaching, and bit 4 is set to 1 when reaching in the probability variation symbol Bit 5 is set to 1 in the case of a big hit and bit 7 is set to 1 in the case of a big win.

  After the number of idling symbols is set in S109 and the number of re-rotating symbols is set in S110 in areas 13 and 14 of FIG. 14A, respectively, a process of setting the command output counter to “1” is performed in S111. This command output counter is for counting the number of data transmitted from the main CPU to the sub CPU. If the command output counter is 1, the first data (first byte) of the sub CPU command is stored. Will be sent. In the case of drum rotation control data, the sub CPU command is output until the command output counter reaches 15, as will be described later, and in the case of drum lamp control data, the sub CPU command is output until 13.

  FIG. 9C is a flowchart of a subroutine program of sub CPU command output processing performed when the process flag is 13. First, in S112, processing for turning on the motor, that is, processing for setting the voltage applied to the motor to the normal voltage is performed. Subsequently, in S113, it is determined whether or not the command output counter is 0. If it is 0, control proceeds to S114, and if it is not 0, this subroutine program is immediately terminated.

  In S114, 0 is set in the drum rotation counter, and then in S115, a value corresponding to the left drum stop waiting time is set in the process timer. In this embodiment, about 0.646 seconds is set as the left drum stop waiting time. Further, 1 is added to the process flag, and this subroutine program ends. Since the process flag is incremented by 1, the left drum stop waiting process is executed when the next process process is executed.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum stop waiting processing performed when the process flag is 14-18. When the process flag is 14, the left drum stop waiting process is performed. When the process flag is 15, the middle drum stop waiting process is performed. When the process flag is 17, the middle drum stop waiting process (reach) is performed. Drum stop waiting processing (probability change reach) is performed.

  First, in S116, a determination is made as to whether or not the process timer has reached zero. If it is 0, control proceeds to S119. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S117, and the process timer is further decremented by 1, and it is determined whether or not the process timer has become 0 in S118. If the process timer is 0, the process proceeds to S119. That is, the process proceeds to S119 and subsequent steps only after a predetermined time has elapsed until the process timer reaches 0, and the corresponding drum is stopped.

  In S119, drum stop sound data is set. In S120, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is 14. The process flag of 14 indicates that the process is waiting for the left drum to stop. In cases other than 14, the control proceeds to S122. If it is 14, the process proceeds to S121, the right drum stop waiting time (0.8 seconds) is set in the process timer, the process flag is incremented by 1, and this subroutine program ends. Since the process flag is 15, when the next process process is executed, the right drum stop waiting process is performed, and the answer to the determination in S120 is NO.

  In S122, a determination is made as to whether the process flag is 15. If it is other than 15, the process proceeds to S132. If it is 15, the process proceeds to S123, where it is determined whether the drum rotation counter is less than 12. If the drum rotation counter is less than 12, it is determined that the motor has stopped for some reason, so control proceeds to S124, a value (08H) indicating a motor error is set in the error flag, and this subroutine program ends. To do. If it is equal to or greater than 12, the process proceeds to S125, the medium drum stop waiting time (0.8 seconds) is set in the process timer, and 16 is set in the process flag. Since the process flag is set to 16 and the process process is executed next time, the intermediate drum stop waiting process is performed. Subsequently, in S126, a determination is made as to whether or not the big hit flag is reach. If it is reach, the process proceeds to S127, but if it is not reach, this subroutine program ends.

  In S127, referring to the reach time table prepared in advance according to the result of subtracting the value in the previous stop symbol number and the number of re-rotation symbols from the value in the stop symbol number and the number of idle rotation symbols A process for calculating the reach time is performed. The reach time indicates the time from when the right drum stops until when the middle drum finally stops. In S128, 17 is set to the process flag. Since the process flag is set to 17, when the next process process is performed, the middle drum stop waiting process (reach) is executed. The post-processing of S128 proceeds to S129.

  In S129, it is further determined whether or not the big hit flag is a value indicating probability variation reach. If the probability change reach is reached, the process flag is set to 18 in S130, and the process proceeds to S131. If it is not the probability variation reach, the process proceeds directly to S131. When 18 is set in the process flag, the middle drum stop waiting process (probability change reach) is executed in the next process process.

  In S131, the time calculated in S127 is set in the process timer, and this subroutine program is terminated.

  FIG. 11A shows a flowchart of a subroutine program for the big hit check process performed when the process flag is 19. First, in S133, it is determined whether or not the process timer has become zero. If the process timer is not yet 0, the subroutine program is immediately terminated, and control proceeds to S134 only when the process timer becomes 0.

  In S134, a process for turning off the motor, that is, a process for reducing the voltage applied to the motor is performed. Subsequently, in S135, a process of storing the middle symbol number in the previous middle symbol number storage area is performed.

  Subsequently, in S136, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is a big hit. If it is not a big hit, 0 is set in the process flag in S137, and this subroutine program ends. Therefore, in this case, control returns to normal processing. If the big hit flag is a big hit, the control proceeds to S138. In S138, a determination is made as to whether the probability variation counter is zero. This probability variation counter is set to “2” when the probability variation symbol is a big hit. If it is 0, the control immediately proceeds to S140, but if it is not 0, the probability variation counter is decremented by 1 in S139, and the process proceeds to S140. In other words, the probability variation counter is decremented by one each time a big hit occurs after “2” is set when the big hit is made by the probability variation symbol. And if it is 0, the probability that a big hit will occur becomes a low (normal) probability, and if it is not 0, it becomes a high probability.

  In S140, processing for clearing the probability variation flag is performed. This is to make the probability of occurrence of a big hit once low even during a big hit even at a high probability. Subsequently, in S141, the stop position of the lucky number display LED is set, and the fluctuation time of the lucky number display LED is set. Further, in S142, the pre-release time is set in the process timer. In the case of the present embodiment, a time corresponding to 5 seconds is set as the time before opening. Then, 20 is set in the process flag, and the process proceeds to S143. Since 20 is set in the process flag, pre-release processing is performed the next time process processing is executed.

  In S143, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is a probable big hit. If it is a probable big hit, control proceeds to S144 and 21 is set in the process flag. After S144, and if the big hit flag is not a probable big hit, this subroutine ends. When 21 is set in the process flag, the pre-release processing (probability big hit) is executed when the next process processing is executed. The processing before opening (probability big hit) is different from normal opening processing in that sound effects, drum lamps and other lamp controls are changed, and the fun of the game is further improved.

  FIG. 11B is a flowchart of a subroutine program for the big hit operation end waiting process performed when the process flag becomes 28. First, in S145, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. Control proceeds to S146 only after the process timer expires, and the jackpot information and probability variation information transmitted to the hall management computer or the like are turned off. Subsequently, in S147, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is a probable big hit. If it is not the probability variation big hit, the control proceeds to S149, but if it is the probability variation big hit, the probability variation counter is set to 2 in S148 and then proceeds to S149.

  In S149, processing for setting the value of the probability variation counter as it is in the probability variation flag is performed. Subsequently, in S150, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is set, that is, whether or not the probability variation flag is 0. If it is 0, the control proceeds to S152, but if it is not 0, the hole management is performed in S151. After the probability variation information output to the computer is turned on, the process proceeds to S152. In S152, after the release number counter is cleared, the process flag is set to 0, and normal processing is executed from the next time. By this big hit operation end waiting process, the occurrence probability of the big hit that was once returned to the low probability during the big hit is reset to a high probability again when the probability changes.

  FIG. 12A is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the error recovery check process shown in S10 of FIG. First, in S153, it is determined whether or not the error flag is set. If the error flag is not set, the subroutine program ends immediately without doing anything. If it is set, the process proceeds to S154.

  In S154, V switch error recovery check processing is performed, and in subsequent S155, 10 count switch error recovery check processing is performed. In these two processes, it is checked whether a process corresponding to a predetermined error flag reset process using a V switch or a 10 count switch has been performed. If it is determined that it has been performed, the error flag is reset. For example, when no winning ball is detected in the opening of the variable winning ball device 12 during a big hit, or when a motor error occurs, in the case of this embodiment, a game ball is placed in the 10 count switch. The error flag is reset by passing one.

  In S156, it is determined whether or not the error flag is set after the processing in S154 and S155. If it is still set, control proceeds to S161. If it is not set, control proceeds to S157.

  In S157, it is determined whether or not the process flag is less than 13. If it is less than 13, the control proceeds to S161. If it is equal to or greater than 13, control proceeds to S158 where a determination is made as to whether the process flag is greater than 18. If it is greater than 18, control proceeds to S161. If it is 18 or less, the control proceeds to S159. By the processing of S157 and S158, the control proceeds to S159 only when the process flag is 13 or more and 18 or less, that is, when the motor should be rotating. In other cases, it is not necessary to restore the motor again, and the direct control proceeds to S161 as described above.

  In S159, a motor restoration flag is set for causing the drum motor to perform an initial operation using the sub CPU. Subsequently, in S160, a sub CPU command set process is performed. This sub CPU command set process has already been described with reference to FIG. In S106 in the sub CPU command setting process, the motor recovery flag value (normal time 0, recovery time 1) is set as it is.

  If it is determined that the error flag is set in S156, if the process flag is determined to be less than 13 or greater than 18 in S157 and S158, and after S160 is executed, the control proceeds to S161. The contents of the error flag are set, and this subroutine program ends.

  FIG. 12B is a flowchart of the sub CPU command output set process and subroutine program shown in S11 of FIG. First, in S162, it is determined whether or not the command output counter is 0. If it is 0, this subroutine program ends immediately. If it is other than 0, the control advances to S163, and the sub CPU command output is set. In step S164, the command output counter is incremented by one. Further, in S165, it is determined whether or not the command code of area 7 shown in FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b) is “01”. If 01, the drum rotation control data having a total of 15 areas is transmitted, and if not, the drum lamp control data having a total of 13 data is output. If the command code is 01, the process proceeds to S166, where it is determined whether the command output counter is 15 or less. If it is 15 or less, this subroutine program ends. If it exceeds 15, the process proceeds to S168, a process of clearing the command output counter to 0 is performed, and this subroutine program ends.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S165 that the command code is not 01, the process proceeds to S167, where it is determined whether the command output counter is 13 or less. If it is 13 or less, this subroutine program ends immediately. If it exceeds 13, the process proceeds to S168, the command output counter is cleared to 0, and this subroutine program ends.

  FIG. 13A is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the winning storage area storing process shown in S20 of FIG. By S169, it is determined whether or not the number of start winnings is “0”. The start winning number is incremented by “1” by S177 described later, and is subtracted by “1” by S171 described later. If the starting prize is “0”, the subroutine program ends. If the start winning number is not 0, the process proceeds to S170, and processing for storing the values of the random 1 counter, the random 2 counter, and the random 3 counter in the corresponding areas of the start winning storage area is performed. The start winning storage area has a plurality (four in this embodiment) of count value storage areas for storing the values of the random counters in accordance with the number of starting winning memories.

  Next, the process proceeds to S171, where the process of subtracting “1” from the start winning number is performed as described above, and the process returns to S169 again. The processes of S169 to S171 are repeated until the number of winning prizes reaches “0”. By this winning storage area storing process, the values of the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, and random 3 counter corresponding to each start winning are stored in the respective winning storage areas.

  FIG. 13B is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the switch input process shown in S9 of FIG. First, in S172, processing for inputting detection signals of various detectors from the I / O port is performed. Next, in S173, whether or not an error such as a disconnection or a short circuit has occurred in the 10 count switch (winning number detector) 16 is checked based on whether or not an error flag is set. If it has occurred, control proceeds to S178.

  If the error flag is not set, control proceeds to S174, where it is determined whether the signal from the start port switch is ON. If it is ON, the control proceeds to S178, but if it is not ON, the control proceeds to S175. In S175, a determination is made as to whether or not it may be determined that a start winning ball has won the start opening switch. That is, a determination is made as to whether or not the winning timing is reached. In the case of the present embodiment, since it is determined that the winning timing has been reached when the start-up switch has been in the ON state for a predetermined time and falls to OFF, determination processing such as S174 and S175 is performed.

  If it is determined in S175 that it is not a winning timing, the process proceeds to S178, but if it is a winning timing, the process proceeds to S176.

  In S176, a determination is made as to whether the number of winning prizes is already 4 or more, and if it is 4 or more, there is no room for further storage, and the control advances to S178. If it is less than 4, the process proceeds to S177, and both the winning memorized number and the starting winning number are added by one. After S177, the control proceeds to S178.

  In S178, a process for checking whether an error has occurred in the V switch is performed. If an error has occurred, a V switch error flag is set. Similarly, in S179, a process for checking whether an error has occurred in the 10 count switch is performed. If an error has occurred, a 10 count switch error flag is set.

  When the pachinko ball wins the start opening 10 and is detected by the start switch 11, a detection pulse having a predetermined pulse width is derived from the start switch 11 and applied to the basic circuit 21. In this case, every time the switch input processing subroutine is executed during the time of the pulse width of the detected pulse, the determination of YES is continued in S174. Each time the start-port switch ON counter is counted up, the count value reaches a predetermined value (for example, 3) or more, and the start-port switch is turned OFF again. It is determined that there was a prize. On the other hand, there is a case where the output from the start switch 11 is instantaneously determined to be ON due to noise caused by static electricity or the like. In such a case, the input from the start switch 11 has a pulse width. The signal is almost zero. Therefore, even if the determination of S174 is performed once at the same timing as the input timing of such noise and the value of the ON counter is incremented by 1, the determination is continued at S175 when the pulse falls. In determining whether or not the ON counter has reached a predetermined number (for example, 3), it is determined NO, and therefore it is not immediately determined that the start port switch 11 has detected a pachinko ball. Since the noise has already fallen when the subsequent switch input process is executed, the determination in S175 is always NO and the ON counter of the start port switch is cleared. Therefore, there is no possibility that the start port switch is erroneously determined to be ON due to noise.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing the contents of the sub CPU command shown in S11 of FIG. 4 and FIGS. 9A to 9C.

  Referring to FIG. 14A, the sub CPU command areas prepared in the game control microcomputer are fixed data (“1FH” “00H” “01H” “02H” “04H” “08H” “10H”, respectively. ) And a command code area 7 for indicating whether the following data is data for drum rotation control or data for drum lamp control. Of these, areas similar to the sub CPU command areas 1 to 14 are also prepared as sub CPU command input areas in the sub basic circuit (sub CPU) 22, and each data area of the drum control command area of the basic circuit 21 is provided. Data is transmitted to the corresponding data area of the sub CPU command input area.

  When the command code is “01”, the following seven areas of the command code are valid, and each of the drum rotation code areas (00 indicates normal rotation and 01 indicates abnormality recovery) 8 respectively. Areas 9, 10, and 11 for designating left, middle, and right stop symbols that can take 21 values (00 to 14 in hexadecimal notation), and a big hit flag (drum rotation increase counter, reach, probability variation symbol) Reach, area 12 for jackpot and jackpot with probability variation symbols, area 13 for storing the number of idle rotation symbols (00, 01), number of re-rotation symbols for jackpot (00-14H) 21 areas) are stored. The number of re-spinning symbols is to increase the fun of the game at the time of jackpot by temporarily stopping before the symbol is finally stopped at the jackpot, then rotating again after that and stopping at the final stop symbol It is.

  When the command code is “02”, the five areas are valid, and each of the six values (00 to 05, 00 is normal, 01 is during drum rotation, 02 is during reach, or off interval, (03 indicates before opening, 04 indicates opening, and 05 indicates after opening), an area 8 for storing drum control codes, areas 9 and 10 for storing drum ramp data at the time of reach, and a drum at the time of big hit Areas 11 and 12 for storing lamp data are provided.

  In the sub CPU, it is determined whether or not the head of the input data is 1F and whether the subsequent 6 bytes match the fixed header, and it is determined that the sub CPU command has been input. It is determined whether the code is 01 or 02, and it is determined whether the subsequent seven or five areas are data for drum rotation control or data for drum lamp control.

  Generally, the drum rotation control data only needs to be sent to the sub CPU at the time of variable start, and the sub CPU controls the drum motor in accordance with the sent drum rotation control data and uses the stop pattern designated by the sub CPU command. Stop. Therefore, it is not necessary to transmit the drum rotation control data to the sub CPU when the variable display is not performed and after the variable display is started. On the other hand, it is necessary to transmit the drum lamp control data regardless of whether the variable display is being performed. Therefore, two types of sub CPU commands are prepared as described above, and command code “01” data is transmitted only at the start of variable display, and command code “02” data is transmitted at other times. By doing so, the amount of data transmitted at one time is reduced and the time required for transmission is shortened compared to the case of simultaneously transmitting drum rotation control data and drum lamp control data. Therefore, there is an effect that the burden on the game control microcomputer is reduced.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, information specifying each stop symbol is transmitted from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU, and information indicating the current display symbol is not transmitted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information designating which symbol is currently displayed may be transmitted from the game control microcomputer to the sub CPU as necessary.

  Referring to FIG. 14B, the drum lamp control code takes any of 00 to 05H. 00 means normal state, 01 means drum rotation, 02 means reach rotation or off-going interval, 03 means before release, 04 means release, and 05 means after release. Indicates. The drum ramp data 1 and 2 (reach) and the drum ramp data 1 and 2 (big hit) are data specified to indicate the line where the reach or the big hit has occurred.

  FIGS. 15 to 21 are flowcharts of a control program for the variable display device executed by the sub CPU. FIG. 22A shows a motor control area, and FIG. 22B shows acceleration / deceleration of the motor. Shows a motor control data table to be referred to.

  FIG. 15A is a flowchart of the main routine of the sub CPU for controlling the variable display device. This main routine is repeatedly executed from its head every predetermined time in response to the reset pulse from the clock reset pulse generating circuit 23 shown in FIG.

  First, in S201, the I / O port is initialized and the interrupt mask is set. Subsequently, in S202, whether or not the RAM is in a normal state is determined by reading data at a predetermined address in the RAM and determining whether or not the value is a predetermined value (for example, 6805H). Immediately after the power is turned on, the contents stored in the RAM are indeterminate, so the result of determination in S202 proceeds to S203, and system initial processing is performed. In this system initial process, as will be described later, predetermined data (the above-mentioned 6805H) is written at a predetermined address in the RAM. Therefore, after the system initial process is completed, the result of determination in S202 is YES, and control proceeds to S204. The contents of S203 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In S204, I / O is output, and in S205, the display timer is updated. The display timer is a timer used as a clock for display, and is incremented by 1 every 8 msec. Further, in S206, a process of jumping to each process routine is performed according to the value of the operation flag prepared in advance in the program of the sub CPU. This process is exactly the same as the process of S7 shown in FIG. 4, and the process flag of S7 corresponds to the operation flag of FIG. Each process routine will be described later. When the operation flag is 0, the operation is stopped, when the operation flag is 1, drum rotation is started, and when the operation flag is 2, processing during drum rotation is performed. Subsequently, in S207, drum lamp data set processing, sub CPU command check processing, and sub CPU command input processing are performed. Details of the processing of S207 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 15B, 18A, and 17A, respectively.

  FIG. 15B is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum lamp data set processing performed in S207. First, in S237, a determination is made as to whether the drum lamp control code is 0, 1, 2, 2, 3 or 5, or 4. The drum lamp control code indicates data transmitted from the main CPU stored in the area 8 in the drum lamp control data in FIG.

  When the drum lamp control code is 0, normal processing is performed, and data for blinking the drum lamp at intervals of 1024 ms is set.

  When the drum lamp control code is 1, drum lamp data corresponding to the drum rotation process is set. That is, in S239, data for lighting all the drum lamps is set.

  When the drum lamp control code is 2, data corresponding to the reach rotation or the off interval is set. First, in S240, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is reach. If reach, the process proceeds to S241, and if not reach, the process proceeds to S239. In S239, data for lighting all the drum lamps is set as described above. On the other hand, in S241, data for lighting the drum lamp corresponding to reach is set. That is, the middle drum lamp is turned on, and data is set for blinking the left and right drum lamps at 128 ms intervals in accordance with the drum lamp data (reach) shown in areas 9 and 10 in FIG.

  When the drum lamp control code is 3 or 5, drum lamp data corresponding to pre-opening processing and post-opening processing is set. First, in S242, data is set for blinking the drum lamps in a row determined according to the drum lamp data (big hit) transmitted from the main CPU in the areas 11 and 12 in FIG.

  When the drum lamp control code is 4, the drum lamp corresponding to the open process is controlled. That is, in S243, data is set for blinking the drum lamp of the line where the big hit occurs at 128 ms intervals in accordance with the drum lamp data (big hit) transmitted from the main CPU. When these processes are completed, the subroutine program for the drum lamp data set process is completed.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the subroutine program of the system initial process shown in S203 of FIG. This system initial process is executed in seven stages as will be described later. Among these, the first stage to the third stage are performed once, and the subsequent processing is repeatedly executed until a predetermined process timer expires.

  First, through S208 and S209, a determination is made as to whether the pattern data at a predetermined address in the RAM is 5086H. If it is not 5086H, it is determined that this system initial process is executed for the first time (first time), and the process proceeds to S210. In S210, “1” is set in the variable “initial step” as the first stage process, 5086H is set in the pattern data, and this subroutine program ends. Since data of 5086H is written at a predetermined address in RAM in S210, the answer to the judgment in S202 of FIG. 15A is still NO, but the answer to the judgment in S208 and S209 (FIG. 16) is both YES. When the system initial process is executed next, the process proceeds to S211.

  In S211, a determination is made as to whether the initial step is 1. If the initial step is 1, the process proceeds to S212, the initial step is incremented by 1, and the RAM area is cleared to 0. The process of S212 corresponds to the second stage process. After S212, this subroutine program ends.

  As a result of the determination in S211, if it is determined that the initial step is not 1, the control proceeds to S213. In S213, I / O output is performed, and in S214, it is determined whether or not the initial step is 2. If it is 2, the control proceeds to S215, and the third stage process of the system initial process is performed. That is, in S215, 3 of the motor excitation pattern is output, 250 (0.5 seconds) is set in the process timer, and 1 is added to the initial step. After S215, this subroutine program ends.

  Since the initial step is incremented by 1 and becomes 3, the next time the system initial process is executed, the result of the determination in S214 is NO, and the control proceeds to S216. In S216, it is determined whether the initial step is 3. If it is 3, the process proceeds to S217, and the fourth stage process of the system initial process is performed. First, in S217, 1 is subtracted from the process timer set in S215, and a determination is made as to whether or not the process timer has reached 0 in S218. If it is not 0, this subroutine program is terminated, and control proceeds to S219 only when it becomes 0. That is, the process of S219 is performed only after 0.5 seconds have elapsed. In S219, the motor excitation pattern 0 (reference pattern) is output, 250 (0.5 seconds) is set again in the process timer, and 1 is added to the initial step. After S219, this subroutine program ends. Since the initial step is incremented by 1 to 4, when the system initial process is executed next, the determination result in S216 is NO, and the control proceeds to S220.

  In S220, a determination is made as to whether the initial step is 4. If it is 4, the process proceeds to S221, and the fifth stage process of the system initial process is performed. First, in S221, the process timer set in S219 is decremented by 1, and in S222, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If not, the subroutine program ends, and control proceeds to S223 only after the process timer ends. In S223, an initial timer is set, and an initial value (70) is set for the sensor check counter. Further, in S224, a drum rotation start process to be described later is performed. In S225, 1 is added to the initial step, and this subroutine program ends. Since the initial step is 5, in the next system initial process, the result of the determination in S220 is NO, and the control proceeds to S226.

  In S226, a determination is made as to whether the initial step is 5. If it is 5, the process proceeds to S227, and the sixth stage process of the system initial process is performed. First, in S227, it is determined whether or not the initial timer set in S223 is zero. If 0, the process proceeds to S229. If not 0, the initial timer is decremented by 1 in S228, and then the process proceeds to S229. As will be described later, the initial timer is used to provide at least a predetermined interval between the fifth stage process and the seventh stage process of the system initial process.

  In S229, a drum rotation process to be described later is performed. Subsequently, in S230, it is determined whether or not the operation flag is 0. If this operation flag is 0, 1 is added to the initial step in S231, and this subroutine program ends. If the operation flag is not 0, this subroutine program is immediately terminated. When the initial step is incremented by 1 in S231 and becomes 6, when this system initial process is executed next, the result of determination in S226 is NO, and the control proceeds to S232.

  The processes after S232 are the final stage (seventh stage) of the system initial process. First, in S232, a determination is made as to whether the initial step is 6. If it is other than 6, this subroutine program ends immediately. If it is 6, control proceeds to S233, and a determination is made as to whether the initial timer set in S223 is zero. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S234, and 1 is subtracted from the initial timer. Further, in S235, it is determined whether or not the initial timer is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S236. If it is not 0 yet, this subroutine program is immediately terminated. Therefore, the process of S236 is performed only after the initial timer set in S223 is ended. In S236, first, 14 is set to the sub CPU command length, the initial value is set to the display timer, 0 is set to the initial step, and 6805H is set to the pattern data. After S236, this system initial process ends. When 6805H is written in the pattern data in S236, when the main routine of FIG. 15A is executed next, the result of determination in S202 is YES, and the processing from S204 onward is executed.

  FIG. 17A is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a sub CPU command input process for receiving a sub CPU command from the main CPU on the sub CPU side. This process is performed in S207 of FIG.

  First, in S330, it is determined whether or not the input data is “1F”. As shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, since the header 0 of the sub CPU command is “1F”, whether or not the command input should be started by detecting this header 0. It is because it judges. If it is determined in S330 that the input data is 1F, the process proceeds to S331, the value of the command input counter is set to 1, and this subroutine program ends. On the other hand, if it is not 1F, the process proceeds to S332, where it is determined whether the command input counter is 0 or not. If it is 0, it means that the input of the sub CPU command has not started, and thus this subroutine program ends. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S333.

  In S333, a sub CPU command set process for storing one byte of the transmitted sub CPU command in a predetermined storage area is performed. Subsequently, in S334, it is determined whether or not the command input counter is 7. If it is not 7, the control proceeds to S338, and if it is 7, the control proceeds to S335. This processing of S334 is for performing different processing between the headers 1 to 6 of the sub CPU command shown in FIG. In S335, since the sub CPU command set in S333 is the data in area 7, that is, the command code, it is determined whether or not this command code is “01”. If it is “01”, it is the drum rotation control data shown in FIG. 14A, so that 14 is set as the command length in S336, and the flow proceeds to S338. If it is not 1, the data is the drum lamp control data shown in FIG. 14B, so the process proceeds to S337, 12 is set as the command length, and the process proceeds to S338.

  In S338, the command input counter is incremented by 1, and it is determined whether the command input counter after the addition in S339 is less than the command length set in S336 or S337. If the result of determination in S339 is YES, this subroutine program is immediately terminated. If NO, the program proceeds to S340, in which processing for indicating completion of command input, that is, command input flag setting and command input is performed. The counter is cleared. The command length is set to 14 or 12 in S336 or S337, and this value is not cleared. Therefore, if the result of determination in S334 is NO and control proceeds from S338 to S339, if the counter is 6 or less, the command length set in the previous sub CPU command input process is used, In this case, the command length set in S336 or S337 of the current sub CPU command input process is used. Even if the command length up to the previous time is used when the counter is 6 or less, the command length in the current sub CPU command input process is correctly set when the counter becomes 7, so the determination in S339 is This is correctly done based on the command code of the current sub CPU command.

  FIG. 17B is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum rotation start processing executed in S224 of FIG. First, in S341, the motor control flag is set to a value indicating acceleration / deceleration, and the constant speed feed symbol number is set. The number of symbols for constant speed feed refers to the number of symbols that are displayed until each drum stops after reaching a predetermined speed after the drum starts rotating. “11” is set for “” and “6” is set for the right drum. In the case of constant speed feeding, one step of the motor is 20 ms, and eight steps are required to send one symbol. Therefore, during constant speed feeding, symbols are sent at a speed of 1 symbol per 160 ms. In the present embodiment, one motor control area is provided for each of the left, middle, and right drum motors. The motor control area is schematically shown in FIG.

  Prior to the description of the following processing, FIG. 22A will be briefly described. Referring to FIG. 22A, for example, the left motor control area includes a motor control flag area, a stop symbol number area, a one-step timer area, a next one-step timer data save area, and a current motor step number area. , A sensor ON counter area, a sensor check counter area, a sensor mask data area, a step number area in one symbol, a current symbol number area, and a constant speed feed symbol number area.

  The motor control flag area uses the lower 4 bits. The lowest bit 0 indicates acceleration / deceleration. In this case, table data is used for motor control. The contents will be described later. Bit 1 indicates processing during constant speed. Bit 2 indicates stop processing. Bit 3 indicates a paused process corresponding to a temporary stop of the symbol at the time of big hit. The current motor step number takes any value in the range of 00-03. The sensor check counter is used for detecting a motor error. The sensor mask data is 10H for the left motor, 20H for the middle motor, and 40H for the right motor. Since the number of steps in one symbol is 8 steps as described above, one of the values in the range of 00 to 07 is stored. The current symbol number indicates the symbol number currently being displayed. Since there are 21 symbol numbers as described above, the symbol number takes a value of 00 to 14H. As described above, the constant-speed feed symbol number is set to 01H for the left motor, 0BH (11 in decimal notation) for the middle motor, and 06H for the right motor.

  Referring to S342, first, an initial value of a one-step timer is set for each motor. In this embodiment, 1 is set for the left motor, 2 is set for the middle motor, and 3 is set for the right motor. Subsequently, the number of steps in area 3 of each motor control area is set to an initial value. That is, 0 is cleared. Subsequently, a process for setting a drum control data address is performed with reference to the left, right, and right motor control areas. This drum control data is prepared in order to make the time required from the start to the end of symbol rotation constant regardless of the symbol at the start of rotation. An example thereof is shown in FIG. FIG. 22 (b) shows two drum control data tables as an example. This table can be sent to the target symbol in a certain time regardless of the relationship between the symbol at the start of rotation and the target symbol. 21 types are prepared in total.

  For example, a data table called DRTB16 in FIG. 22B is a data table when 968 steps are sent in 6300 ms as the number of symbol sending steps. This number of 6300 ms is common to all data tables. In the DRTB 16, the numbers (for example, 16/2, 14/2, etc.) shown on the left side of “,” indicate the timer count number per step, that is, the time required for the step feed. The right side of “,” represents the number of steps sent by the timer count per one step described on the left side. The total number of steps is 968 steps in the case of DRTB16. Since one symbol requires 8 steps as described above, 121 symbols, that is, 5 revolutions of the drum and 16 symbols are fed in 968 steps.

  On the other hand, the DRTB 17 is a data table in the case where the symbol feed of 808 steps is performed in 6300 ms. Step 808 corresponds to 101 symbols, that is, 4 drum rotations and 17 symbols.

  When the DRTB 16 and the DRTB 17 are compared, both the fifth line from the top and the sixth line from the bottom are equal. The top five lines correspond to the drum rotation start, and the bottom six lines correspond to the drum stop. The data from the 6th line to the 7th line from the top is timed so that the time until the symbol finally stops by absorbing the difference in the number of steps while rotating the drum at a substantially constant speed. Used to adjust.

  In this way, by setting the time from the start of drum rotation to the stop of the drum constant, only one type of timer is prepared for controlling the variable display by the main CPU. Therefore, there is an effect that control time management for variable display on the main CPU side can be easily performed.

  Referring to FIG. 17B again, after S342, in S343, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag (see FIG. 14A) transmitted from the main CPU is reach. If it is not reach, the control proceeds to S345. If it is reach, the process proceeds to S344, and the middle drum control table 0 is set. By the process of S344, in the case of reach, the symbol displayed for the middle drum at the end of the drum control data returns to the first symbol. In S345, "2" is set in the operation flag, and this subroutine program ends. Since “2” is set in the operation flag, when the main routine program shown in FIG. 15 is executed next, a process during drum rotation is performed in S206.

  FIG. 17C is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum rotation processing performed in S229 (see FIG. 16). In S346, S347, and S348, drum control left, middle, and right processes are performed, respectively. Details of this drum control process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Subsequently, in S349, it is determined whether or not each motor control flag is stopped. If it is stopped, the process proceeds to S350, and 0 is set to the operation flag. Since 0 is set in the operation flag, each motor is stopped. If NO is determined in S349 and if the process of S350 is terminated, the subroutine program is terminated.

  FIG. 18A is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the sub CPU command check process performed in S207 of FIG. First, in S244, a determination is made as to whether the command input flag is set. This command input flag is a flag set in S340 of FIG. 17A, and indicates whether or not reception of the sub CPU command is completed. If it is set, the command input flag is cleared in S245. Subsequently, in S246, it is determined whether or not the headers 1 to 6 of the received sub CPU command are normal data. As for the headers 1 to 6, fixed data is determined in advance as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is for determining whether or not the received command is valid depending on whether or not the fixed data is correctly received as the headers 1 to 6. If it is normal, the processing from S247 is performed. If it is not normal, this subroutine program ends.

  In S247, it is determined whether or not the command code of the received sub CPU command is 2. If it is 2, control proceeds to S248, otherwise control proceeds to S249. In S248, a drum lamp control code command extraction process is performed. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG. After S248, this subroutine program ends.

  On the other hand, in S249, it is determined whether or not the command code is 1. If it is 1, the control proceeds to S250, and a drum rotation command extraction process is performed. Details of the drum rotation command extraction processing will be described later with reference to FIG. If it is determined in S249 that the command code is not 1, this subroutine program ends because it is determined that the received data is not normal.

  FIG. 18B is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the drum lamp control code command extraction process shown in S248. First, in S251, a drum lamp control code is set from the sub CPU command input area to a storage area in the RAM. Subsequently, drum lamps 1 and 2 data (reach) are set in the same manner in S252, and drum lamps 1 and 2 data (big hit) are set in the same manner in S253. In S254, the display timer is cleared and the display timer is set to an initial value. In the case of the present embodiment, a value corresponding to 2.048 seconds is set as an initial value. After S254, this subroutine ends.

  FIG. 18C is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum rotation command extraction processing performed in FIG. First, in S255, it is determined whether the drum rotation command is an abnormal recovery by checking if the drum rotation data in the area 8 is 7H after the head (header 1) of the drum rotation control data. Judging. If normal, the control proceeds to S257. If it is a restoration process, the process proceeds to S256, and the initial value 70 is set to the sensor check counter. After S256, the control proceeds to S257.

  In S257, the left of the stop symbol number is set. In S258, the intermediate stop symbol number is set, and the data of the set intermediate stop symbol number is set in the storage area. The middle stop symbol number in this storage area is used in S329 in FIG. In S259, the right stop symbol number is set, and in S260, the contents input as the sub CPU command are set in the big hit flag. Similarly, in S261 and S262, the number of idle rotation symbols and the number of re-rotation symbols of the sub CPU command are set as variables in the program.

  In S263, it is determined whether or not the number of re-rotation symbols set in S262 is zero. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S268, but if it is other than 0, the control proceeds to S264. In S264, the number of re-rotation symbols is subtracted from the middle stop symbol number, and in S265, it is determined whether or not the subtraction result is 0 or more. If it is 0 or more, the process proceeds to S267, but if it is less than 0, the process proceeds to S266, and 21 is added to the calculation result. As a result, the calculation result takes any value from 0 to 20. Subsequently, in S267, a process of setting the calculation results of S264 to S266 in the stop symbol number is performed, and the process proceeds to S268.

  In S268, 1 is set to the operation flag. Since the operation flag is set to 1, the drum rotation start process is performed at the next execution of S206 in FIG. After S268, this subroutine program ends.

  FIG. 19A is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum control processing performed in S346, S347, and S348 in FIG. First, in S369, it is determined whether or not the motor control flag is stopped. If it is stopped, nothing is done and this subroutine program ends. If not stopped, the process proceeds to S270, and a process of inputting an output from the motor sensor is performed. Subsequently, in S271, it is determined whether or not the signal from the motor sensor is ON. If it is not ON, the process proceeds to S272. In S272, it is determined whether or not the ON counter is 0. If it is 0, the control proceeds to S276, and if it is not 0, the control proceeds to S273. In S273, the sensor ON counter is decremented by 1, and the process proceeds to S276.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S271 that the sensor is ON, the process proceeds to S274, where it is determined whether the content of the sensor ON counter is 3 or more. If it is 3 or more, nothing is done and the control proceeds to S276, and if it is less than 3, 1 is added to the ON counter in S275 and the process proceeds to S276. By the processing of S270 to S275, while the signal from the sensor is ON, the ON counter is added up to 3 and when it is OFF, 1 is subtracted and the control proceeds to S276. If the motor is not in the reference position, the output of the motor sensor is OFF. If the ON counter is 0, the control proceeds to S271, S272, and S276. If not, the control proceeds to S271 until the ON counter becomes 0. , S272, S273 are performed.

  By using the ON counter in this manner, if spike-like noise is mixed in the signal from the motor sensor for some reason, even if the ON counter is added once through S274 and S275, the drum control processing is performed next. Is executed, the spike noise falls to the OFF level, so the process proceeds from S271 to S272 and S273, and the ON counter is decremented by 1. It is determined that the motor is in the reference position when the ON counter is 2 or more, and therefore, there is little possibility that the motor is erroneously determined to be in the reference position due to spike noise.

  In S276, a determination is made as to whether the motor control flag is acceleration / deceleration. If it is not acceleration / deceleration, the process proceeds to S278. If it is acceleration / deceleration, the process proceeds to S277, and drum acceleration / deceleration processing is executed. This process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In S278, it is further determined whether or not the motor control flag is constant speed. If the speed is constant, the drum constant speed process is executed in S279, and if not, the drum pause process is executed in S280, and this subroutine program ends. The drum constant speed process in S279 and the drum temporary stop process in S280 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 19B is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum acceleration / deceleration processing shown in S277 of FIG. In S281, a determination is made as to whether or not the one-step timer set in S342 of FIG. If not completed, the subroutine program ends, and control proceeds to S282 only after the one-step timer is completed. In step S282, step check processing is performed. This step check process is a process for checking whether or not any abnormality has occurred in the motor, and details thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. In S283, it is determined whether or not the operation flag is 0 as a result of the processing in S282. The case where the operation flag is 0 indicates a case where the motor is stopped for some reason or a case where the motor should be stopped. If it is 0, this subroutine program ends. If it is other than 0, the process proceeds to S284, and timer data for the next one step is set. In S285, a determination is made as to whether or not the number of steps set in 3 of the motor control area (see FIG. 22) has ended. If not, control proceeds to S296, and if it has ended, The control proceeds to S286.

  In S286, it is determined whether or not the drum control table has been completed. If it has been completed (if the data is $ FF), the process proceeds to S288, and if not, the process proceeds to S287. . In S287, the next control data is set in the storage area in the program, and the address of the control data is further updated. After S287, control proceeds to S296.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S286 that the drum control table has been completed, the process proceeds to S288, in which it is determined whether the motor currently being controlled is a middle drum motor. If it is not a middle drum motor, the control proceeds to S293, and if it is a middle drum, the control proceeds to S289. First, the middle drum will be described.

  First, in S289, it is determined whether or not the rotation increase counter for increasing the rotation number of the middle drum at the time of reach is zero. If it is 0, a determination is made in S291 as to whether the number of idling symbols is 0 or not. If 0, the process proceeds to S293. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to S292, where the number of steps of one symbol (8 steps) is set, and the number of idling symbols is subtracted by 1, and the process proceeds to S296. On the other hand, if the rotation increase counter is not 0, the flow proceeds to S290, the reach rotation increase step number is set as the step number, the rotation increase counter is decremented by 1, and the flow proceeds to S296.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S288 that the drum is not a middle drum and if it is determined in S291 that the number of idle rotation symbols is 0, the process proceeds to S293, the motor control flag is set to a constant speed, and the initial step (see FIG. A determination is made as to whether or not (see 16) is zero. If it is 0, since it is normal time, the control proceeds to S296 as it is, but if it is other than 0, since it is a drum acceleration / deceleration process performed in the system initial process of FIG. 16, the stop symbol number is set to 0 in S295. Is set and the process proceeds to S296. Since the stop symbol number 0 is “red 7”, “red 777” is aligned at the center of the drum of the variable display device during the initial operation.

  In S296, motor output data is set and this subroutine program ends.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a step check process for determining the state of the motor based on the signal from the motor sensor obtained by the processes of S270 to S275 in FIG. is there.

  This motor sensor detects the rotation reference position of the motor, and each time the motor makes one rotation, when the ON counter of FIG. Is done.

  FIG. 20A shows the specific contents of the program shown in S282 of FIG. The “motor excitation pattern” shown in S297 of FIG. 20A is an excitation pattern that excites the coil of the stepping motor, and there are four excitation patterns of the stepping motor of this embodiment including the reference pattern. . Of the motor excitation patterns, the motor reference pattern is defined as “0”.

  Since one rotation of the drum corresponds to 168 steps of the stepping motor, the number of reference excitation patterns during one rotation of the drum is 168/4 = 42 times, and YES is determined 42 times by S297 during one rotation of the drum. Made. If YES is determined in S297, the process proceeds to S298, and it is determined whether or not the sensor ON counter is less than 2. This sensor ON counter is a counter having a value of 0 to 3, which is incremented by 1 in S275 of FIG. 19 and subtracted by 1 in S272, and prevents erroneous determination due to chattering of the output signal of the motor sensor as described above. Provided for. The sensor ON counter is usually 0, and 3 or 2 when there is a valid input.

  When it is determined that the sensor ON counter is 2 or more, since the drum has reached the reference position, as shown in S299, step NO. Is set to 0 and the current symbol NO. A process of setting 0 to 0 is performed.

  Step NO. And present design NO. If the number of steps corresponding to one symbol is 8 steps, step NO. Can take values from 0 to 7. Since the number of symbols drawn on the drum is 21, the current symbol No. Can take values between 0 and 20. And step NO. When the value of 8 reaches 8, the current symbol NO. 1 is added to the value of step 1 and step NO. The value of the symbol No. is set to 0 and the result of addition is the current symbol No. When the value of 21 reaches 21, the current symbol NO. The value of is also set to zero. These processes are performed in the motor output data set process shown in FIG. 20B. If it is determined that the motor sensor is ON when the motor reference pattern is obtained, the motor output data set process is entered. Regardless, both are set to 0 in S299.

  Next, in S300, it is determined whether or not the value of the sensor check counter is “100” or more. The sensor check counter is counted down by S305 every time the motor ON sensor is determined OFF in S298 from the initial set value “70” in S223 in FIG. During variable display, the value of the sensor check counter when it is determined to be ON in S298 is initially set to “100” in S303 and then counted down 42 times in S305. Become. Therefore, as long as the operation is normal, NO is determined for both S300 and S302, including when the power is turned on and when the power is restored, and the value of the sensor ON counter is updated to “100” in S303. The reason why the sensor check counter is initially set to “70” is to set it to “0” to prevent an error determination in S306 at power-on or recovery.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S300 that the sensor check counter is less than “100” and the sensor check counter is “82” or more in S302, the process proceeds to S307, and 0 is set in the operation flag. That is, if it is determined that the motor sensor is ON before the drum is rotated about half a half after the reference position is detected, a process for stopping the motor operation is performed in S304. The cause of this error is, for example, when the sensor is broken or the reflection position of the motor reference position is shifted.

  Next, when NO is determined in S298 and the value of the sensor check counter is “100” or more, the sensor check counter is incremented by “1” by S301, and the sensor ON counter is less than “105” by S304. A determination is made whether or not. If it is equal to or greater than “105”, the process proceeds to S307 and 0 is set in the operation flag. That is, since the sensor check counter normally has an initial value of 100 as described above, if the drum sensor is turned on more than 5 times in the reference pattern, the drum sensor is broken or the drum sensor In this case, the operation flag is set to 0 in S307.

  If the motor sensor is not determined to be ON when the motor reference pattern is reached (ON counter is less than 2), the sensor check ON counter is decremented by “1” in S305. That is, S305 counts down how many times the motor reference pattern has been set from when the motor sensor is switched off until when it is next switched on. When the motor reference pattern is generated 42 times under normal conditions, the drum is rotating once, so this sensor ON counter takes a value of 100 to 58. If it is determined in S306 that the value of the sensor ON counter is equal to or less than “7”, that is, if the non-reflective portion is not detected even if the drum rotates more than two rotations, the process proceeds to S307 and the operation flag is set to 0. Is set. The motor error in this case may be a failure, the motor or reel is in contact with a part of the variable display device, or the stepping motor may not rotate due to an external force caused by the player trying to stop the drum forcibly. It is done.

  FIG. 20B is a flowchart of a subroutine program of the motor output data set process performed in S296 of FIG. 19B. First, in S308, data is read from the corresponding address in the motor control area. In S309, the motor step number is added, and in S310, one step number in one symbol is added. In S311, a determination is made as to whether the step number in one symbol has reached the maximum value (8 in the present embodiment) as a result of the addition. If it is the maximum value, the control proceeds to S312. Otherwise, the control proceeds to S316.

  In S312, since the display of one symbol has just ended, the current symbol number is incremented by one. Subsequently, in S313, a determination is made as to whether the current symbol number has reached the maximum value (21 in this embodiment) as a result of the addition. If it is not the maximum value, the control proceeds to S315, but if it is the maximum value, the current symbol number is set to 0 in S314 and then proceeds to S315. In S315, a process of setting the step number in one symbol to 0 is performed, and the process proceeds to S316.

  In S316, processing for setting a motor excitation pattern corresponding to the motor step number is performed. After S316, this subroutine program ends.

  FIG. 21 (a) is a flowchart of a subroutine program for constant drum speed processing shown in S279 of FIG. 19 (a). First, in S317, a determination is made as to whether the one-step timer has expired. If not, this subroutine ends immediately. When the one-step timer expires, the control proceeds to S318, the step check process of FIG. 20 is performed, and the process proceeds to S319. In S319, it is determined whether or not the operation flag has become 0 as a result of the step check process. If the operation flag is 0, this subroutine program is immediately terminated. If the operation flag is other than 0, the control proceeds to S320, and the step number in the current symbol is checked. In S321, a determination is made as to whether the step number in the symbol is zero. If it is other than 0, it is in the middle of the symbol, so the control proceeds to S323. When it is 0, it progresses to S322, and it is judged whether the present symbol number corresponds with the stop symbol number. If they match, the control proceeds to S324, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to S323. In S323, the motor output data is continuously set, and the rotation of the drum is continued. After S323, this subroutine program ends.

  On the other hand, if the current symbol number matches the stopped symbol number, “stopped” is set in the motor control flag in S324. In S325, it is determined whether or not the number of re-rotation symbols is 0. If it is 0, this subroutine program ends. If it is not 0, 245 (490 ms) is set in the process timer in S326, “Pause” is set in the motor control flag. Since temporary stop is set in the motor control flag, control is performed such that the medium symbol is temporarily stopped for the time set in the process timer, and then starts rotating again and stops at the stop symbol.

  FIG. 21B is a flowchart of a subroutine program for drum pause processing shown in S280 of FIG. This process is performed when the motor control flag is “pause”. First, in S327, the process timer set in S326 is decremented by 1, and in S328, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If not completed, this subroutine program ends. Control proceeds to S329 only after the process timer expires. In S329, the data in the stop symbol number stored in the stop symbol number storage area is reset as the stop symbol number, a one-step timer at constant speed (corresponding to 20 ms) is set, and the motor control flag is set to “fixed”. Speed ", and the process of clearing the number of re-rotation symbols is performed. After S329, this program ends.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the command data is included in the sub CPU command transmitted from the main CPU to the sub CPU, and the contents of the command data transmitted by the command code are distinguished. Data for drum rotation control, such as a stop symbol, need only be sent at the start of drum rotation, and need not be sent in other cases. Therefore, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, since it is no longer necessary to constantly transmit data that does not normally need to be transmitted to the sub CPU as a sub CPU command, transmission data is reduced and transmission time is reduced. Can do. Therefore, the time required for transmission can be shortened, and the adverse effect of variable display control on game control can be minimized.

In this embodiment, an example of improving the probability of winning a jackpot when a big hit with a specific probability variation symbol is described, and the normal probability and the probability at the time of high probability are each fixed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and by providing a probability setting switch, the probability may be changed at the normal time, at the high probability, or both, or the probability may not be changed.
Next, what is shown in parentheses for specific disclosure contents in the embodiment of the means for solving the problem will be described below.
A variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information (FIG. 1: the game area 2 is provided with a variable display device 3 using a rotating drum capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information. The variable display device is not limited to the one using a rotating drum, and may include a liquid crystal display device, a CRT (cathode ray display tube) or the like. When the result is one of a plurality of specific display modes determined in advance, a big hit state where a predetermined game value can be given (a specific display on any active line depending on the display result at the time of stoppage) When the combination of modes (for example, “777”) is complete, it is a big win: The variable display device displays a boxing game, for example, and gives a predetermined game value if the boxer on the player side wins. When a special display mode is selected from the plurality of types of specific display modes, the display result of the variable display device is likely to be in a specific display mode after the big hit state ends ( Specific symbols (for example, red “7”, blue “7”) are called stochastic fluctuation symbols, and when these are all combined and a big hit occurs, until the big hit occurs twice, Is 5 times the normal time.) Gaming machines (pachinko machines)
Game control means (main basic circuit 21) for controlling the gaming state of the gaming machine;
Variable display control means (sub basic circuit 22) for controlling the variable display device,
The game control means uses a plurality of types of commands necessary for controlling the variable display device (FIG. 14: after the process is executed, in S8, the sub basic circuit 22 shown in FIG. 3 (hereinafter referred to as a sub CPU). ) Is issued to the sub CPU from the I / O port, thereby giving the sub CPU a command for displaying according to the gaming state.) Then, the type data that can specify the type of the command (FIG. 9B, FIG. 14: In S105, a process of setting “01” to the command code as the type data is performed. The command including the drum rotation control data is transmitted to the variable display control means in a plurality of stages (FIG. 12B). 14: A process of setting the command output counter to “1” is performed in S111.This command output counter is for counting the number of data transmitted from the main CPU to the sub CPU. If it is 1, the first data (first byte) of the sub CPU command is transmitted, and in the case of drum rotation control data, the drum output until this command output counter becomes 15, as will be described later. In the case of lamp control data, sub CPU commands are output until 13).
The variable display control means discriminates the type of the command based on the type data included in the transmitted command (FIG. 14: In S165, the areas shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B). 7 is determined based on the command (FIGS. 15 to 21).
The game control means includes
Specific display state determining numerical information updating means for updating the specific display state determining numerical information (FIG. 4: processing for updating the count value of the random 1 counter is performed in S15);
Specific display state type determination numerical information updating means for updating the specific display state type determination numerical information (FIG. 4: the post-processing of S20 proceeds to S21, and update processing of random 2 counters... Is performed. Is used to determine the stop symbol at jackpot)
The display result of the variable display device when the specific display state determining numerical information updated by the specific display state determining numerical information updating means is extracted and it is determined that the numerical information matches the hit determination value Specific display mode determining means for determining that the specific display mode of the type corresponding to the specific display state type determining numerical information updated by the specific display state type determining numerical information updating means (FIG. 7A) : In S61, the value of the random 1 counter stored in the winning memory area 1 is read out .: In S62, the value of the read random 1 counter matches the predetermined big hit determination value (one way). If there is a match, this subroutine is immediately terminated, so if it is a big hit, the value of the process flag is “2”, which is described above. The big hit symbol set processing is performed as follows: First, in S66, the big hit symbol table is referred to, and the winning symbol corresponding to the value of the random 2 counter stored in the winning memory area 1 is set to the left and middle of the stopped symbol number , Processing to set to the right is performed)
The game control means uses, as the command, data for specifying the type of variable display pattern of the identification information of the variable display device (FIG. 9B, FIG. 14: processing for setting the contents of the big hit flag in S108) This jackpot flag is 1-byte data, the value of the drum rotation increase counter is set in bits 0 and 1, and bit 3 is set to 1 when reaching) (FIG. 17 (b): again 17B, after S342, in S343, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag (see FIG. 14A) transmitted from the main CPU is reach. In this case, the control proceeds to S345, but if it is reach, the process proceeds to S344, and the middle drum control table 0 is set. In this case, the symbol displayed for the middle drum at the end of the drum control data returns to the first symbol.) (FIG. 19B: First, in S289, the number of rotations of the middle drum at the time of reach A determination is made as to whether or not the rotation increase counter for increasing the value is 0. If the rotation increase counter is not 0, the flow proceeds to S290, the reach rotation increase step number is set as the step number, and the rotation increase counter is set to 1. Subtract and proceed to S296.) And data for specifying the display result of the variable display device (FIG. 9B, FIG. 14: set in jackpot symbol set processing or outlier symbol set processing in S107) Processing for setting the left, middle and right values of the stop symbol number is performed in each of the areas 9 to 11. In S108, processing for setting the contents of the big hit flag is performed. The big hit flag is 1 byte data,..., Bit 5 is set to 1 in the case of big hit in the probability variation pattern, and bit 7 is set to 1 in the case of big hit). It is transmitted to the variable display control means only at the start of variable display (the drum rotation control data may be sent to the sub CPU only at the variable start, and the sub CPU sends the drum motor according to the sent drum rotation control data. The motor is stopped at the stop pattern designated by the sub CPU command, so that it is not necessary to transmit the drum rotation control data to the sub CPU after the variable display is started.
The variable display control means receives data for specifying the type of the variable display pattern and data for specifying the display result of the variable display device after receiving at the start of the variable display. The sub-CPU controls the drum motor according to the sent drum rotation control data and stops the motor with the stop symbol designated by the sub-CPU command. ),
The game control means, as data for specifying the display result of the variable display device, data indicating that the display result is not a specific display mode according to the determination content of the specific display mode determination means (big hit) Flag bit 5 and bit 7 are “0”), data indicating a specific display mode other than a special display mode (bit 5 of the big hit flag is “0” and bit 7 is “1”), special Either of the data indicating the display mode (bits 5 and 7 of the big hit flag is “1”) is transmitted to the variable display control means (in S68, “big hit, reach” is set in the big hit flag: In S70, “big hit, probable big hit, reach, probable reach” is set in the big hit flag: the big hit flag is 1-byte data,... Is set to 1 when the bit 7 is set to 1 when the jackpot.).

It is a front view which shows the game area | region of the pachinko game machine of an example of the game machine concerning this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the various symbols displayed by each rotating drum of a variable display apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the control circuit used for a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the main routine of the program for demonstrating operation | movement of the main basic circuit shown by FIG. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of system initial processing and process timer check processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of motor step check processing and normal time processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum rotation pre-processing and jackpot symbol set processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a missed symbol set process and a missed symbol check process. 10 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of sub CPU command set processing, sub CPU command set processing, and sub CPU command output processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum stop waiting processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a big hit check process and a big hit operation end waiting process. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of error recovery check processing and sub CPU command output set processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program for winning storage area storage processing and switch input processing. It is a schematic diagram which shows the command area for the data transmission to the sub CPU from the game control microcomputer. 5 is a flowchart of a main routine executed by a sub CPU and a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum lamp data set processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of system initial processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of sub CPU command input processing, drum rotation start processing, and drum rotation processing. 10 is a flowchart of a subroutine program of sub CPU command check processing, drum lamp control code command extraction processing, and drum rotation command extraction processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum control processing and drum acceleration / deceleration processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of a step check process and a motor output data set process. It is a flowchart of a subroutine program of drum constant speed processing and drum pause processing. It is a schematic diagram which shows a motor control area and two examples of the data table for drum control.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board, 3 Variable display apparatus, 4a-4b Rotating drum, 6 Opening number display apparatus, 12 Variable winning ball apparatus, 7a-7i Drum lamp, 8 Start memory display, 9 Guide member, 10 Start opening, 11 Start opening Switch, 15 Solenoid, 16 10 count switch, 17 V switch, 18 Winning number display, 21 Main basic circuit, 22 Sub basic circuit, 39 Control circuit, 40 Game machine control board.

Claims (1)

A plurality of types of identification information comprises a variable display, variable display device, a predetermined game value when a one of the particular display mode of plural types displayed results predetermined for the variable display device is applied A gaming machine that has a possible big hit state, and when the special display mode is selected from the plurality of types of specific display modes, the display result of the variable display device is likely to be in a specific display mode after the big hit state ends. Because
Game control means for controlling the gaming state of the gaming machine;
Variable display control means for controlling the variable display device,
The game control means transmits to the variable display control means is divided into a plurality of steps a command containing certain possible types data type of the command to a plurality of kinds of commands required for controlling the variable display device,
It said variable display control means, based on the transmission type data included in the command that has been signal, determine the type of said command, rows that have based the control of the kind of the said command,
The game control means includes
Specific display state determination numerical information updating means for updating specific display state determination numerical information;
Specific display state type determination numerical information updating means for updating specific display state type determination numerical information;
The display result of the variable display device when the specific display state determining numerical information updated by the specific display state determining numerical information updating means is extracted and it is determined that the numerical information matches the hit determination value Specific display mode determining means for determining to be a specific display mode of a type corresponding to the specific display state type determining numerical information updated by the specific display state type determining numerical information updating unit,
The game control means displays, as the command, data for specifying a type of variable display pattern of identification information of the variable display device and data for specifying a display result of the variable display device. Transmitted to the variable display control means only at the start of variable display of the device,
The variable display control means receives the data for specifying the type of the variable display pattern and the data for specifying the display result of the variable display device after receiving at the start of the variable display. Control without variable display and control to derive the display result,
The game control means, as data for specifying the display result of the variable display device, data indicating that the display result is not a specific display mode, according to the determination content of the specific display mode determination means, Any one of data indicating a specific display mode other than the display mode and data indicating a special display mode is transmitted to the variable display control means .

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