JP4401404B2 - 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, and the like, and more specifically, an electrically variable display device having an image display unit for displaying an image, and a gaming state of the gaming machine. Game control means, and display control means for controlling the electrical variable display device in response to a command signal from the game control means, and display results of a plurality of types of identification information variably displayed on the image display unit The present invention relates to a gaming machine that enters a specific gaming state to which a predetermined gaming value can be given when a predetermined display mode is established .

  For example, the following are generally known as this type of gaming machine. Pachislot machines include mechanical image display devices equipped with electrical image display devices such as CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and rotating drums depicting multiple types of identification information such as symbols. A variable display unit configured using an apparatus or the like is provided. When a plurality of display results are derived and displayed on the variable display portion at different times, and the plurality of display results are a combination of specific display modes determined in advance, prizes are paid out or a gaming state is displayed. A predetermined game value that is advantageous to the player is given.

While a plurality of display results of the variable display unit are being derived and displayed, at a stage where some of the plurality of display results have not yet been derived and displayed, the display result that has already been derived and displayed is the specific display mode. There may be a reach that the display conditions to be combined are satisfied. In the case of reaching , after that, when the remaining display results that have not yet been derived and displayed are derived and displayed, there is a high possibility that a plurality of display results will be a combination of the specific display modes. The player's expectation is particularly strong. Therefore, the display state from the specific state until the remaining display result is derived and displayed is a special type of display state that is rich in visual stimulation and particularly interesting, so that the gaming effect is improved. I try to increase it.

In addition, if reach is established , the player is gradually bored with the special type of display state if the special type of display state is made uniform, in order to prevent such problems. the procedure for controlling the display state of the established reach up to the rest of the display result are derived displayed, leave a plurality of types prepared containing the control procedure for the display state of the special type, reach Each time it is established, the display state of the variable display unit is controlled according to any type of display control procedure selected from a plurality of types of display control procedures, so that a highly varied game can be performed. Yes.

This onset bright object is to provide a gaming machine with an improved game machine according.

Specific examples of means for solving the problems and their effects

( 1 ) An electrically variable display device having an image display unit for displaying an image, a game control means for controlling a gaming state of a gaming machine, and a command signal from the game control means for receiving the electric variable display device. Display control means for controlling, a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed in each of the plurality of identification information display areas in the image display unit, and a display result of the plurality of identification information display areas is determined in advance. A gaming machine that is in a specific gaming state to which a predetermined gaming value can be given when it is a combination of identification information,
The display control means includes
Program storage means for storing a control program for the electrical variable display device;
An arithmetic processing unit that outputs an image display command signal according to the control program;
Character data storage means for storing character data displayed by the electric variable display device;
Image display data storage means for storing a plurality of types of image display data used when displaying a plurality of types of images on the image display unit ;
An image display processing device that performs control to display an image based on the character data on the electrically variable display device in accordance with an image display command signal output from the arithmetic processing device ;
The display control means includes
When reach is established in the image display unit,
The identification information is changed in a predetermined fluctuation pattern in the identification information display area where the display result is uncertain, and then temporarily stopped to stop the identification information in all the identification information display areas, and then the predetermined fluctuation pattern is A first special reach mode in which a final stop is made after changing with a different first special fluctuation pattern;
Secondly, after the identification information is changed in the identification information display area where the display result is uncertain, the identification information is changed by the second special fluctuation pattern different from the first special fluctuation pattern without being changed by the predetermined fluctuation pattern, and finally stopped. Special reach and
Display control of any one of a plurality of predetermined reach modes including,
The display control means further superimposes a plurality of types of identification information images and a background image, and the plurality of types of identification information in a portion where the plurality of types of identification information images overlap the background image. In a state where the image of information is prioritized over the background image, and further, it is possible to execute control for displaying the images of the plurality of types of identification information in the halftone state on the image display unit,
The image display processing device reads the character data stored in the character data storage means, and directly develops the read character data in the image display data storage means to generate the plurality of types of image display data. , Performing the control of reading the developed plural types of image display data and displaying the plural types of images on the image display unit,
The image display data storage means has two storage areas comprising a first storage area for storing image display data of the plurality of types of identification information and a second storage area for storing background image display data. The two storage areas are not provided with two physically separated storage areas, but the same device can be divided into two systems as needed by time share switching processing using a fixed address. It is configured so that it can be switched and used as either
The image display processing device is an image obtained by superimposing the image display data of the plurality of types of identification information read from the storage area of the first system and the background image display data read from the storage area of the second system. The display data is used to display the images of the plurality of types of identification information and the background image on the image display unit, and the image display data of the plurality of types of identification information in the superimposed image display data In a portion where the background image display data overlaps, the display area for displaying the images of the plurality of types of identification information is subdivided using the image display data of the plurality of types of identification information, and the contents of the subdivided display areas Display images of the plurality of types of identification information using image display data of the plurality of types of identification information in a display region for each predetermined interval, and display regions for the predetermined interval Performing control to display an image of the background using the image display data of the background outside the display area.
According to such a configuration, display control in any one of the reach modes is performed from among a plurality of predetermined reach modes including the first special reach mode and the second special reach mode.
(2) It further includes character display means for displaying the type of the special reach mode as characters in the first special reach mode and the second special reach mode, respectively.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a pachinko gaming machine is shown as an example of a gaming machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a display state such as a coin gaming machine or a slot machine is also available. If the gaming machine includes a variable display unit that can change, and when a plurality of display results of the variable display unit are a combination of specific display modes determined in advance, a predetermined gaming value can be given It is possible to apply to all.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of the game board surface of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment. An outer rail 2a and an inner rail 2b are planted in a circular shape on the front surface of the game board 1 of the pachinko gaming machine. A region surrounded by the outer rail 2a and the inner rail 2b is referred to as a game region 3.

  The pachinko gaming machine is provided with a hitting ball operating handle (not shown) for the player to operate the pachinko ball driving. When the player operates the hitting operation handle, pachinko balls are fired one by one. The fired pachinko balls are guided into the game area 3 by a guide path 4 formed between the outer rail 2a and the inner rail 2b. A valve-shaped backflow prevention member 5 for preventing the pachinko ball once driven into the game area 3 from returning back into the guide path 4 is provided at the exit portion from the guide path 4 to the game area 3. It has been. Note that the pachinko balls that are driven into the game area 3 are referred to as “hitting balls” in the following description.

  In the center of the game area 3, a variable display device 7 for variably displaying a plurality of types of images is provided. Below the variable display device 7, a starting port 9 and a variable winning ball device 11 are provided. In the positions called “shoulders” on both the left and right sides of the variable display device 7, normal winning openings 13 a and 13 b are provided. Normal winning openings 15a and 15b are provided at positions called "sleeves" below the respective normal winning openings 13a and 13b. In the positions called “dropping portions” on both the left and right sides of the variable winning ball apparatus 11, normal winning holes 17 a and 17 b are provided. An ordinary winning opening 19 is provided at a position called “top” at the top of the variable display device 7. An out port 21 is provided at the bottom of the game area 3.

  The hit ball that has been driven into the game area 3 is in the middle of flowing down the game area 3 between the start port 9, the variable winning ball device 11, and the normal winning ports 13a, 13b, 15a, 15b, 17a, 17b, and 19 Either one of the winning holes is won or it is guided to the out port 21 and processed as an out ball. When a hitting ball wins the variable winning ball apparatus 11, 15 prize balls are paid out to the player for each winning ball. If a hit ball wins any of the starting hole 9 and the normal winning holes 13a, 13b, 15a, 15b, 17a, 17b, 19, seven prize balls are paid out to the player. Is done. In other words, in the present embodiment, the number of prize balls paid out by the winning balls won in the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is relatively larger than the number of prize balls paid out by the winning balls won in other winning ports. It is set to be.

  Decoration members 23 and 25 are attached to the upper part of the game board 1. A manufacturer name display member 26 for indicating the manufacturer of the pachinko gaming machine is formed on the decorative member 23 on the left side. On the right decorative member 25, a model name display member 27 for indicating the model name of the pachinko gaming machine and a prize ball number display member 29 for indicating the number of prize balls to be paid out to the player are formed. .

  The game area 3 is further provided with windmill decorations 33a, 33b, 34a, 34b, 35a, 35b for decorating the game area 3 and diversifying the flow direction of the hit ball.

In addition, in order to enhance the gaming effect by decorating the game board surface and informing the player of the gaming state in the gaming area 3 and its surroundings, the following various indicators, lamps and LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) is arranged.
The variable display device 7 is provided with a start memory display LED 51. Side lamps 53a and 53b and decorative LEDs 55a and 55b are provided at both left and right ends of the game area 3. Windmill lamps 57a and 57b are provided on the windmill decorations 33a and 33b. Sleeve lamps 61a and 61b are provided at the regular winning openings 15a and 15b of the sleeve. The variable winning ball apparatus 11 is provided with attacker lamps 63a and 63b, decoration LEDs_D 65a and 65b, a winning number display LED 67, and a V display LED 69. Around the game area 3, rail decoration lamps 71a, 71b, 71c, 71d, 71e are provided.

  The decorative symbol display 41 is configured to light up and display ten decorative symbols “1” to “10”. Any one of these decorative symbols is randomly selected in relation to the occurrence of a specific gaming state (described later). Whether the decorative design is not directly related to the game content, but does the game site allow the game to be allowed to continue to play using, for example, a prize ball acquired by the player in a specific game state? Used when determining whether or not.

  Further, although omitted in FIG. 1, a game effect lamp 72 (see FIG. 2) and various sound effects according to the state of the pachinko gaming machine are provided above the gaming board 1 on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine. A speaker (see FIG. 2) for generating is provided.

  The variable display device 7 will be described. The variable display device 7 includes an image display unit 81 for displaying an image. The image display unit 81 includes an LCD display 231 described later. When a hitting ball is won at the start port 9, the image display unit 81 displays three symbol display areas 83a to 83c on the left side, the center, and the right side. Is done. A “big hit” occurs when the combination of the three symbols on the left, center, and right when this variable display is stopped becomes a predetermined specific combination (described later). When a big hit occurs, the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is advantageous for a player who is easy to win a ball from a disadvantageous state for a player who is difficult to hit a ball (hereinafter referred to as “second state”). A state (hereinafter referred to as a “first state”). A state in which a big hit has occurred and the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is in the first state is referred to as a specific gaming state.

  The variable winning ball apparatus 11 will be described. The variable winning ball apparatus 11 is provided with a large winning opening 91. The special winning opening 91 is provided with an opening / closing plate 89 that can be tilted within a predetermined range in the front-rear direction of the game area 3. The opening / closing plate 89 is driven by a solenoid 91 (illustrated by a broken line) provided on the back surface of the game board 1.

  The variable winning ball apparatus 11 is normally in a second state that is disadvantageous for a player who cannot close the opening / closing plate 89 and cannot hit the winning prize opening 87. Then, based on the fact that a hitting ball is won at the starting port 9 as described above, the symbol display is performed on the image display unit 81 of the variable display device 7, and when the variation display is stopped, a specific symbol is displayed. If the winning combination is displayed and the jackpot is generated, the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is advantageous to the player who can open the open / close plate 89 and the hit ball can win the big winning opening 87. It becomes a state.

  The first state of the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is that 29.5 seconds elapse after the open / close plate 89 is in the open state, or 10 hitting balls are won in the big winning opening 87. The process ends when the faster condition is satisfied, and the opening / closing plate 89 is closed, and the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is in the second state. A hit ball that has won a prize winning opening 87 is detected by a winning ball detector 93 (shown by a broken line) provided on the back surface of the game board 1.

  A specific area 95 called “V pocket” is provided in the center of the inside of the special winning opening 87. When the hit ball that has entered the special winning opening 87 wins the specific area 95, the specific winning ball is detected by a specific ball detector 97 (shown by a broken line) provided on the back surface of the game board 1. When the specific winning ball is detected, the repeated continuous control for driving and controlling the variable winning ball device 11 to the first state again after waiting for the completion of the first state of the variable winning ball device 11 of that time. Done. By this repeated continuation control, the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is continuously in the first state up to 16 times.

  The winning number display LED 67 provided in the variable winning ball apparatus 11 displays the number of hit balls that have won the big winning opening 87. By displaying the number of LEDs 67 for displaying the number of winnings, one of the conditions for ending the first state of the variable winning ball device 11 is that the player has reached 10 winning balls in the big winning opening 87. Informed.

  The starting prize will be described. That the hitting ball wins the start opening 9 is particularly called “start winning”. The hit ball that has won the starting hole 9 is detected by a starting ball detector 85 (shown by a broken line) provided on the back surface of the game board 1. In the event that a hitting ball is won at the starting port 9, when the variation display of the symbol is started in the image display unit 81 of the variable display device 7 and a specific symbol combination is displayed when the variation display is stopped, The variable winning ball apparatus 11 is in the first state. If a hitting ball wins at the start opening 9 while the symbol variation display is being performed and the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is in the first state based on the result of the symbol variation display, the start is started. The winning is memorized. This is called starting memory. The number of start memories is notified to the player by lighting the start memory display LED 51. The upper limit of starting memory is set to four. When there is a start memory, after the variable display of the symbol on the image display unit 81 is stopped or after the first state of the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is finished, the variable display of the symbol on the image display unit 81 is again performed. Be started.

  With the configuration of the gaming board 1 described above, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, after the hit ball is driven into the game area 3, if the hit ball wins the start port 9, the image display unit 81 displays the pattern. The change display of is started. When the symbol variation display on the image display unit 81 is stopped, when a specific symbol combination is displayed, the opening / closing plate 89 of the variable winning ball device 11 is opened, and the variable winning ball device 11 is opened. Changes from the second state to the first state. When the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is in the first state, the winning rate of the hit ball is significantly higher than that in the normal state. A player enjoys these series of pachinko games in the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment.

  Next, a control circuit used in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the main control circuit 201. In the present embodiment, the main control circuit 201 controls the pachinko gaming machine according to a predetermined procedure.

  The configuration of the main control circuit 201 will be described with reference to FIG. The main control circuit 201 is driven by receiving a basic circuit (hereinafter referred to as “main basic circuit”) 203 for controlling various devices of the pachinko gaming machine according to a control program and a control command from the main basic circuit 203. Circuit with various functions. As a circuit classified by function, an input circuit 205, an LCD circuit 207, an LED circuit 209, a solenoid circuit 211, an information output circuit 213, an address decoding circuit 215, a ramp circuit 217, a periodic reset circuit 221, There are an initial reset circuit 223, a power supply circuit 225, a voice synthesis circuit 247, and a volume amplification circuit 249.

  In the main basic circuit 203, a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a control program and the like, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) for performing a control operation in accordance with the control program, and a work memory for the CPU RAM (Random Access Memory), an I / O (Input / Output) port, and a clock generation circuit are provided. The internal configuration of the main basic circuit 203 is not shown.

  The switch circuit 205 includes a starting ball detector 85 for detecting a hit ball that has won a winning opening 9, and a winning ball detector 93 for detecting a hit ball that has won a large winning opening 87 of the variable winning ball apparatus 11. And a circuit for transmitting a detection signal from each of the specific winning ball detector 97 for detecting a hit ball that has won a specific area 95 provided in the special winning opening 87 to the main basic circuit 203. is there.

  The solenoid circuit 211 is a circuit for controlling a solenoid 91 (see FIG. 1) for driving the opening / closing plate 89 of the variable winning ball apparatus 11. The solenoid circuit 211 operates the solenoid 91 at a predetermined timing in response to a command signal from the main basic circuit 203.

  The information output circuit 213, based on the data signal given from the main basic circuit 203, jackpot information for indicating information related to the occurrence of the jackpot by the variable display of the image display unit 81 of the variable display device 7, and to the start port 9 To output effective start information for indicating the number actually used for starting the variable display of symbols in the display unit 81 to the management computer for halls which is the host computer, etc. Circuit.

  The address decoding circuit 215 decodes (decodes) the address signal sent from the main basic circuit 203, and selects one of the ROM, RAM, I / O port, etc. included in the main basic circuit 203. This is a circuit for outputting a signal for selection. A signal output from the address decode circuit 215 is sent to the main basic circuit 203 and the switch circuit 205 as a chip select signal.

  The lamp circuit 217 includes a game effect lamp 72 (illustration is omitted for the configuration), rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e (see FIG. 1), windmill lamps 57a and 57b (see FIG. 1), and sleeve lamps 61a and 61b (see FIG. 1). 1 is a circuit for controlling lighting of the side lamps 53a and 53b (see FIG. 1) and the attacker lamps 63a and 63b (see FIG. 1).

  The periodic reset circuit 221 is a circuit for giving a reset pulse to the main basic circuit 203 periodically (for example, every 2 msec) and repeatedly executing a predetermined game control program from the top.

  The initial reset circuit 223 is a circuit for resetting the main basic circuit 203 when power is turned on. In response to the initial reset pulse sent from the initial reset circuit 221, the main basic circuit 203 initializes the pachinko gaming machine.

  The power supply circuit 225 is connected to an AC 24 V AC power supply and supplies a plurality of types of DC voltages of +30 V, +21 V, +12 V, and +5 V to the main control circuit 201.

  The speech synthesis circuit 247 generates sound effect data in response to the sound generation command signal output from the main basic circuit 203 and sends the sound effect data to the volume amplification circuit 249. The volume amplification circuit 249 amplifies the applied sound effect data to a predetermined level and sends the amplified sound effect data to a speaker (illustration is omitted for the configuration). Thereby, a predetermined sound effect is generated from the speaker.

  The LCD circuit 207 is a circuit for driving and controlling the LCD display 231 included in the variable display device 7 in accordance with a control signal from the main basic circuit 203. The signal transmitted from the LCD circuit 207 to the LCD display 231 includes a command signal. The contents of this command signal will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  The LED circuit 209 includes a decorative symbol display 41 for variably displaying decorative symbols, decorative LED_A 43a and 43b, decorative LED_B 44a and 44b, decorative LED_C 45a and 45b, start memory display LED 51, decorative LED_D65, and winning number display. This is a circuit for controlling the LED 67 for use.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the types and contents of random counters used for controlling the variable display of the image display unit 81 in the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, five types of random counters of WCRND1, WCRND_ACT, WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R are used to control the symbol display. The values of these random counters are sequentially counted up at a predetermined timing during the game and read out as random numbers according to a predetermined condition. Based on the read value, a control procedure (to be described later) of symbol variation display is selected in advance, or the type of symbols to be stopped and displayed is determined in advance. The random counter counting process and the value reading process are executed by the CPU provided in the main basic circuit 203 (see FIG. 2) in accordance with the control program in the control ROM.

  WCRND1 is a jackpot determination random counter for determining in advance whether or not to generate a jackpot as a result of the symbol variation display. The procedure for determining in advance whether or not to generate a big hit is shown in FIG. WCRND1 is incremented by 1 every 0.002 seconds in the range of “0” to “204”. Note that 0.002 seconds is an interval at which the control program is repeatedly executed in response to the periodic reset signal output from the periodic reset circuit 221 in the main basic circuit 203.

  WCRND_ACT is a reach selection random counter for selecting and determining a reach mode from a plurality of types when it is determined in advance that “reach” is to be established during symbol variation display. In the present embodiment, a variable display of a plurality of types of symbols (see FIG. 5) is performed in each of the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c (see FIG. 1), and when a predetermined time has elapsed. Any one of a plurality of types of symbols is stopped and displayed in the order of left side, right side, and center. A “big hit” occurs when the combination of these symbols that are stopped and displayed (hereinafter referred to as “stop symbols”) is a combination of three symbols of the same type. The “reach” is the same as the stop symbol of the left symbol display area 83a that stops first and the stop symbol of the right symbol display area 83c that stops next, and then the central symbol display area 83b. In FIG. 5, the combination of the big hits is finally obtained if symbols of the same type as the symbols on the left and right sides are stopped and displayed. The “reach mode” refers to control of the display state from when the reach is established until the variable display in the central symbol display area 83b is stopped. In the present embodiment, any one of the six types of reach 1 to reach 6 is selected according to the value of WCRND_ACT, and the change display of the symbols after reaching the reach is controlled.

  WCRND_ACT is incremented by 1 in the range of “0” to “9”. The count-up of WCRND_ACT is executed once every 0.002 seconds, which is an interval at which the control program is repeatedly executed, and once every predetermined time within the remaining interrupt processing time. The interrupt processing mentioned here is in response to the input of a periodic reset signal for the next execution during a certain execution of a control program that is repeatedly executed in response to the periodic reset signal. An interrupt occurs, the execution of the control program at that time is interrupted, and the control program is re-executed from the top. “Remaining interrupt processing time” refers to the interrupt that occurs when a periodic reset signal for the next execution of the control program is input after the operation according to the main processing instruction included in the control program ends. It is the time until the occurrence.

  WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R are left, middle, and right symbol display random counters for predetermining stop symbols in each of the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c. The correspondence between the value of the random counter and the type of stop symbol will be described later with reference to FIG. WCRND_L is incremented by 1 in the range of “0” to “12”. WCRND_L is counted up once every 0.002 seconds and once every predetermined time within the remainder of the interrupt processing, similarly to WCRND_ACT. WCRND_C is incremented by 1 in the range of “0” to “15”. The count up of WCRND_C is executed once when the value of WCRND_L carries. WCRND_R is incremented by 1 in the range of “0” to “12”. The count up of WCRND_R is executed once when the value of WCRND_C carries.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for determining in advance whether or not to generate a big hit based on the value of the random counter. Referring to the figure, it is determined in advance whether the result of the symbol variation display is a big hit or other than big hit, and the types of stop symbols in each of the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c. The procedure for determining the will be described.

  Whether to win or not is determined by determining the value of WCRND1. If the value of WCRND1 is “7”, it is determined in advance that it is a big hit, and if it is other than “7”, it is not a big hit. When it is determined to be a big hit, the type of stop symbol for generating the big hit is determined by subsequently determining the value of WCRND_L. WCRND_L is originally a random counter for determining the type of stop symbol on the left side, but if it is determined in advance that a big hit will be generated, the value of WCRND_L is set to the type of stop symbol between the center and the right side. Are used so that the types of stop symbols on the left side, the center, and the right side are the same. On the other hand, when it is determined that the game is not a big hit, the types of stop symbols in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c are subsequently determined by determining the values of WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R. Each is decided.

  In addition, in the case of other than jackpot, if the three stop symbols determined based on the values of WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R happen to be the same type and a combination that generates a big hit, By subtracting “1” from the value of WCRND_C for determining the stop symbol to forcibly change the type of the stop symbol in the center, adjustment is made so that the combination of stop symbols is other than the big hit.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of symbols that are variably displayed in the symbol display regions 83a to 83c on the left side, center, and right side. In the following description, the symbols variably displayed in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c are referred to as “left symbol”, “middle symbol”, and “right symbol”, respectively. In the same figure, the values of WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R shown in FIG. 3 and the correspondences between the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol are shown.

  As the left symbol and the right symbol, there are 13 types of symbols representing playing cards “A”, “2” to “10”, “J”, “Q”, and “K”. In addition, as the middle symbol, 13 types of playing card symbols similar to the left symbol and the right symbol, one “special symbol” representing the characters “SPECIAL CARD”, and the characters “LOSE” are represented. There are two “missing designs”. “0” to “12” of the values of WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R are associated with “A” to “K” that are 13 types of playing cards, and for the middle symbol, the value of “13” of WCRND_C ”And“ 15 ”are associated with the“ LOSE ”off symbol, and the value“ 14 ”is associated with the“ SPECIAL CARD ”special symbol.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6 to FIG. 10, control of symbol variation display in the image display unit 81 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the types of symbol variation states. There are 15 types of variation states A to O in the variation state of symbols. In the fluctuation state A, the symbols are variably displayed at a constant speed. In the fluctuation state B, the fluctuation speed is gradually decreased in 0.800 seconds, and the fluctuation is finally stopped. In this fluctuation state B, fluctuations for three symbols are performed. In the fluctuation state C and the fluctuation state D, the fluctuation speed is gradually decreased and finally the symbols are fluctuated at a constant speed. In the fluctuation state C and the fluctuation state D, fluctuations for 16 symbols are performed. In the fluctuation state E, the symbol is fluctuated at a constant speed. In the fluctuation state E, fluctuations of 1 to 16 symbols are performed at a constant speed. In the variation state F, the symbol is varied at a constant speed that varies one symbol in 0.600 seconds.

  In the fluctuation state G, the fluctuation speed is gradually reduced to finally change the symbol at a constant speed. In the fluctuation state G, fluctuations for 30 to 42 symbols are performed. In the fluctuation state H and the fluctuation state I, the fluctuation speed is gradually accelerated and then decelerated to finally change the symbol at a constant speed. In the fluctuation state H, fluctuations for 22 to 37 symbols are performed, and in the fluctuation state I, fluctuations for 24 to 39 symbols are performed.

  In the fluctuation states J to O, a fluctuation is performed in which the vehicle is decelerated before the big hit symbol and accelerated after passing through the big hit symbol. In the variation states J to O, variations for 42, 64, 16, 13, 17, and 16 symbols are performed.

  FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are timing charts showing the control procedure of the symbol variation display when it is not a big hit (hereinafter referred to as “normal time”). Referring to FIG. 7, when a hit ball wins at starting port 9 (see FIG. 1), the winning ball is detected by starting ball detector 85 (see FIG. 1). At the timing when the detection pulse rises, the value of WCRND1 is extracted by the CPU of the main basic circuit 203 (see FIG. 2) and stored in the RAM. Subsequently, the CPU reads the value of WCRND1 from the RAM and determines it. If the value of WCRND1 is not “7” as a result of this determination, the CPU subsequently extracts values of WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R. Further, the CPU extracts the value of WCRND_ACT.

  A specific procedure for the variable display of symbols performed in each of the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c in the normal state is as follows. The main basic circuit 203 (see FIG. 2) sends a control command to the LCD circuit 207 (see FIG. 2) based on the determination result by the CPU, and the LCD circuit 207 displays the LCD display of the variable display device 7 based on the control command. A command signal is sent to the device 231 (see FIG. 2). As a result, in the variable display device 7, when 1.266 seconds have elapsed since the winning of the hitting ball at the start port 9 was detected, the variable display of the symbol is started in the left symbol display area 83a. When 766 seconds have elapsed, the fluctuation starts in the right symbol display area 83c, and when 2.266 seconds have elapsed, the fluctuation starts in the central symbol display area 83b.

  In the symbol display area 83a on the left side, the symbol is changed at a constant speed by the display control of the change state A for 5.534 seconds after the change is started. Note that the fluctuation time indicated in parentheses is the fluctuation time at the time of high probability. The high probability period is a period during which control is performed to increase the probability that the symbol variation display result will be a big hit based on the symbol variation display result or the value of the random counter. In the drawing, the fluctuation times indicated in parentheses are all the fluctuation times at the time of this high probability.

  After that, the symbols in front of the three symbols in the symbol arrangement (see FIG. 5) of the stop symbols of the left symbols determined in advance by the value of WCRND_L are set, and display control of the variation state B is started. Due to the display control of the variation state B, the variation rate of the symbol is gradually decreased for 0.800 seconds, and after the variation for three symbols is performed, the variation is stopped. Thereby, the stop symbol determined in advance in the left symbol is stopped and displayed in the symbol display region 83a on the left side.

  In the symbol display area 83c on the right side, the symbol is varied at a constant speed by the display control of the variation state A within 5.834 seconds (high probability 4.134 seconds) after the variation is started. Subsequently, the symbols before 3 symbols in the symbol arrangement (see FIG. 5) of the stopped symbols determined in advance by the value of WCRND_R are set, and the display control of the variation state B is started. Due to the display control of the fluctuation state B, the fluctuation speed gradually decreases in 0.800 seconds, and the fluctuation is stopped after the fluctuation for three symbols is performed. Thereby, the stop symbol of the right symbol determined in advance is stopped and displayed in the symbol display region 83c on the right side.

  Next, changes in the middle symbol in the central symbol display area 83b will be described. In the middle symbol variation, the display control procedure differs between when the reach is not established (other than the reach) and when the reach is established. Furthermore, when the reach is established, the variation of the design is controlled so that one of the six reach forms of reach 1 to reach 6 is selected according to a predetermined condition.

  Referring to FIG. 8, in a case other than reach, the symbol is changed at a constant speed by display control of the fluctuation state A in 6.134 seconds (high probability 4.434 seconds) after the fluctuation is started. Subsequently, the display control of the variation state B is performed in 0.800 seconds after the symbols three symbols before the symbol pattern of the stopped symbols (see FIG. 5) determined in advance by the value of WCRND_C are set. After the three symbols are changed, the change is stopped. Thereby, the stop symbol of the middle symbol other than the reach is stopped and displayed in the central symbol display area 83b.

  Next, a description will be given of fluctuations in the medium symbol when the reach is established. As conditions for selecting any one of the six types of reach modes, there are conditions 1 to 4 as shown in FIG. Condition 1 is the symbol one symbol before in the symbol arrangement of the jackpot symbol (see FIG. 5) in which the stop symbol of the middle symbol determined in advance by the value of WCRND_C establishes reach in the left symbol and the right symbol. It is established at some time. Condition 2 is satisfied when the stop symbol is a symbol one symbol after the jackpot symbol. Condition 3 is satisfied when the stop symbol is a symbol other than the one for the jackpot symbol. Condition 4 is that the values of WCRND_L and WCRND_R are “0” (corresponding to the symbol “A”), the value of WCRND_C is “15” (corresponding to the symbol “LOSE”), and WCRND_ACT. It is established when the value of “0” is “0”.

  When the condition 1 is satisfied, if the value of WCRND_ACT is “0” to “2”, reach 1 is selected, and if the value of WCRND_ACT is “3” to “6”, reach 3 is selected, and WCRND_ACT If the value is “7” to “9”, reach 4 is selected. Further, when the condition 2 is satisfied, if the value of WCRND_ACT is “0” to “3”, reach 1 is selected, and if the value of WCRND_ACT is “4”, “5”, reach 5 is selected, If the value of WCRND_ACT is “6” to “9”, reach 6 is selected. Further, when the condition 3 is satisfied, the reach 1 is selected. When condition 4 is satisfied, reach 2 is selected. The establishment of condition 4 may overlap with the establishment of other conditions 1 to 3, but if the value of the random counter is a value corresponding to the establishment of condition 4 described above, the condition 4 The establishment is preferentially handled and control is performed so that reach 2 is selected.

  The correspondence relationship between the value of WCRND_ACT and the reach mode when each condition as described above is satisfied is stored as table data for each condition in the ROM built in the main basic circuit 203. The CPU incorporated in the main basic circuit 203 determines whether or not each condition is satisfied, and determines the reach mode with reference to table data corresponding to the satisfied condition (condition 4 has priority).

  Reach 1 will be described. In the reach 1, the symbol is changed at a constant speed by display control of the change state A in 6.134 seconds (high probability 4.434 seconds) after the change of the symbol is started. Next, “A” symbol is set at the time point B when the variation of the right symbol (see FIG. 7) is stopped, and the display control of the variation state C is started. In the fluctuation state C, control is performed so that the fluctuation speed is gradually decreased and finally becomes a constant fluctuation speed in 2.699 seconds. In the variation state C, variation for 16 symbols is performed. Next, display control of the fluctuation state D is performed. In the fluctuation state D, the fluctuation speed is gradually decreased in 3.733 seconds so that a constant fluctuation speed is obtained. In the variation state D, variation for 16 symbols is performed. Next, display control of the fluctuation state E is performed. In the fluctuation state E, fluctuations of 1 to 16 symbols are performed at a constant speed in 0.728 to 5.468 seconds, and finally the stop symbols determined in advance are stopped and displayed.

  Next, the reach 2 will be described. In reach 2, the display control of the fluctuation state A is performed in 6.134 seconds (highly probable 4.434 seconds) after the fluctuation of the symbol is started. After that, the display control of the fluctuation state C is performed for 2.699 seconds. Thereafter, display control of the fluctuation state D is performed in 3.733 seconds. The contents of these fluctuation states A, C, and D are the same as those of reach 1. Thereafter, fluctuations of 1 to 16 symbols are performed at a constant speed by display control of the fluctuation state E in 0.684 to 5.348 seconds. Thereafter, the fluctuation of the symbol is temporarily stopped in 0.450 seconds. Thereafter, display control of the fluctuation state F is performed in 0.600 seconds. By this display control of the fluctuation state F, the fluctuation for one symbol is performed at a constant speed, and finally the stop symbol determined in advance is stopped and displayed.

  Next, the reach 3 will be described. In reach 3, the display control of the fluctuation state A is performed in 6.134 seconds (highly probable 4.434 seconds) after the fluctuation of the symbol is started. After that, the display control of the fluctuation state C is performed for 2.699 seconds. After that, by the display control of the fluctuation state D in 3.851 seconds, the fluctuation speed of the symbol is gradually decreased to be a constant speed. In this variation state D, the variation for 16 symbols is performed, and finally the special symbol (described above) representing the characters “SPECIAL CARD” is temporarily stopped. The special symbol is temporarily stopped in 0.450 seconds, and then the display control of the fluctuation state G is performed. The display control of the fluctuation state G is performed in 8.630 seconds. In the fluctuation state G, the fluctuation speed is gradually slowed to finally reach a constant fluctuation speed, and during this period, fluctuations of 30 to 42 symbols are performed. Thereafter, the control of stopping the fluctuation in 0.450 seconds and then changing again in 0.468 seconds is repeated twice, and finally the stop symbol determined in advance is stopped and displayed.

  Next, the reach 4 will be described. In reach 4, the display control of the fluctuation state A is performed in 6.134 seconds (highly probable 4.434 seconds) after the fluctuation of the symbol is started. Then, the display control of the fluctuation state C is started. After the display control of the variation state C is performed for 2.699 seconds, the display control of the variation state D is performed for 3.851 seconds, and finally the special symbol “SPECIAL CARD” is temporarily stopped. After the special symbol is stopped and displayed in 0.450 seconds, display control of the fluctuation state H is performed in 10.598 to 11.048 seconds. In the variation state H, the variation speed is gradually accelerated and then decelerated, and then the symbol is varied at a constant speed. In this variation state H, the variation of 22 to 37 symbols is performed, and the stop symbol determined in advance is stopped and displayed.

  Next, the reach 5 will be described. In reach 5, the display control of the fluctuation state A is performed in 6.134 seconds (highly probable 4.434 seconds) after the fluctuation of the symbol is started. After that, the display control of the variation state C is performed for 2.699 seconds. Then, after the display control of the fluctuation state D is performed for 3.733 seconds, the special symbol “SPECIAL CARD” is temporarily stopped for 0.450 seconds. Thereafter, display control of the fluctuation state I is performed in 10.598 seconds. In the fluctuation state I, the fluctuation speed is gradually accelerated and then decelerated, and thereafter, the fluctuation speed is controlled to be constant. Stopped symbols are displayed as stopped.

  Next, the reach 6 will be described with reference to FIG. In the above-described reach 1 to reach 5, the variation of the left symbol and the right symbol is the same as when the reach is not established, but in the reach 6, the variation of the left symbol and the right symbol is not established. Are controlled differently. The timing for starting the variation of the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol is 1.266 seconds after the hit of the hitting ball 9 at the start port 9 (see FIG. 1) is detected, as in the case of the reach 1 to reach 5. 1, 766 seconds and 2.266 seconds have passed.

  When the symbol starts to change, the left symbol is 5.534 seconds (3.834 seconds at high probability) and the right symbol is 5.034 seconds (high probability 3.334 seconds). In the design, the display control of the variation state A is performed in 4.534 seconds (2.834 seconds at high probability). The timing at which the display control of the variation state A is finished is the same for the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol. Thereafter, the display control of the variation state J is performed for the left symbol and the right symbol, and the display control of the variation state K is performed for the middle symbol in 10.216 seconds. In the display control of the fluctuation state J between the left symbol and the right symbol, control is performed to decelerate immediately before the big hit symbol and then accelerate, and during this time, variation for 42 symbols is performed. The jackpot symbol here is a symbol that is determined in advance for the left symbol and the right symbol, and is a symbol for which reach is established. In the reach 6, a period in which three symbols, which are targets of reach establishment in the symbol arrangement (see FIG. 5), are changed for the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol during the symbol variation is provided. In the display control of the variation state K of the middle symbol, the control for decelerating before the big hit symbol and then accelerating is performed, and during this time, the variation for 64 symbols is performed.

  In the left symbol, when the display control of the fluctuation state J is completed, the stop symbol finally determined in advance is stopped and displayed. In the right pattern, after the display control of the variation state J is completed, the display control of the variation state L is performed for 3.132 seconds. In the fluctuation state L, control is performed in which the fluctuation speed is decelerated immediately before the three big hit symbols arranged during the fluctuation described above, and then accelerated. In the right symbol, when the display control of the variation state L is finished, the stop symbol finally determined in advance is stopped and displayed. In the middle symbol, after the display control of the variation state K is performed, the display control of the variation state M is performed in 3.132 seconds. In the fluctuation state M, control is performed to decelerate the fluctuation speed immediately before the three big hit symbols arranged during the fluctuation, and then accelerate. In the fluctuation state M, fluctuations for 13 symbols are performed.

  In the middle symbol, after that, display control of the fluctuation state N is performed in 3.598 seconds. In the fluctuation state N, control is performed in which the fluctuation speed is decelerated immediately before the three big hit symbols arranged during the fluctuation and then accelerated. In the middle symbol, after the variation of 17 symbols is performed by the display control of the variation state N, the stop symbol finally determined in advance is stopped and displayed. The reach 6 shown in FIG. 7 is a normal control procedure, and the symbols in the left and right symbols are of the same type and reach is established, but the symbol in the middle symbol is in reach. This is a different kind of symbol from the symbol that has been established.

  FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are timing charts showing a control procedure of symbol variation display when a big hit is generated (hereinafter referred to as “big hit”). At the timing when a hit ball is won at the start port 9 (see FIG. 1) and the detection pulse rises, the value of WCRND1 is extracted by the CPU of the main basic circuit 203 (see FIG. 2) and stored in the RAM. Subsequently, the CPU reads the value of WCRND1 from the RAM, determines the value of WCRND1 according to the procedure shown in FIG. In this case, the value of WCRND1 is “7”, and it is determined in advance that it is a big hit. In the case of a big hit, the CPU subsequently extracts the value of WCRND_L and further extracts the value of WCRND_ACT.

  At the time of big hit, the fluctuation of the symbol is controlled in any one of the six reach modes of reach 1 to reach 6. At the time of big hit, the conditions 1 to 4 in the normal state are not used, and the reach mode is selected according to the value of WCRND_ACT. The correspondence between the value of WCRND_ACT and the reach mode is as follows. Reach 1 if the value is “0”, reach 2 if the value is “1”, reach 3 if the value is “2” or “3”, and value “4” or “5”. If there is a reach 4, the reach 5 is selected if the value is “6”, and the reach 6 is selected if the value is “7” to “9”.

  The correspondence between the value of WCRND_ACT at the time of big hit and the reach mode is stored as table data at the time of big hit in the ROM built in the main basic circuit 203 together with the table data for each condition at the normal time described above. The CPU built in the main basic circuit 203 determines the reach mode with reference to the table data at the time of big hit when the reach is established at the time of big hit.

  Below, the control procedure of each reach aspect of reach 1 to reach 6 is demonstrated. For the left symbol and the right symbol in reach 1 to reach 5, the jackpot symbol determined in advance by the value of WCRND_L is stopped and displayed after passing through the same control procedure as in the normal time. As for the change of medium symbols, reach 1, reach 2, reach 4, and reach 5 are subjected to the same control procedure as normal, and finally the jackpot symbol determined in advance by the value of WCRND_L is stopped and displayed. And controlled to generate a big hit. Regarding the fluctuation control of the middle symbol of reach 3, in normal time, after the display control of the fluctuation state G is finished, immediately before the fluctuation is finally stopped, it is changed for 0.468 seconds after being stopped for 0.450 seconds. Although the control was repeated twice, when the big hit, the control is repeated three times, and then the fluctuation of the symbol is stopped to generate the big hit.

  In reach 6, the control procedure for fluctuations between the left symbol and the right symbol is the same as in normal times. Regarding the fluctuation of the middle symbol of the reach 6, the display control of the fluctuation state N is normally performed in 3.598 seconds while the display control of the fluctuation state O is performed in 3.132 seconds. In the display control of the fluctuation state O, the control is performed to decelerate the acceleration immediately before the big hit symbol and thereafter accelerate, and after the fluctuation for 16 symbols is performed during this time, the big hit symbol is finally stopped. Is displayed.

  The probability that each reach mode of reach 1 to reach 6 described above will be described. The probability that Condition 1 to Condition 4 are satisfied in the normal state is as follows. The total number of medium symbols in the symbol array (see FIG. 5) is 16. Condition 1 and condition 2 are satisfied when one of the 16 symbols becomes a stopped symbol, and condition 3 is satisfied when any of the 14 symbols in 16 symbols is stopped. This is the case. Therefore, the probabilities that Condition 1, Condition 2, and Condition 3 are satisfied are 1/16, 1/16, and 14/16, respectively. Condition 4 is satisfied because the value of WCRND_L is one of thirteen, the value of WCRND_R is one of thirteen, and the value of WCRND_C is one of sixteen. In addition, the value of WCRND_ACT is one of ten, and 1/13 × 1/13 × 1/16 × 1/10 = 1/27040.

  The probability that the reach 1 is normally selected is 1/16 × 3/10 = 3/160 in which the condition 1 is satisfied and the value of WCRND_ACT is any one of the ten, and the condition 2 is 147/160, which is the sum of 1/16 × 4/10 = 4/160 in which the value of WCRND_ACT is any one of 10 out of 10 and 140/160 in which condition 3 is satisfied is there. In addition, the probability that the reach 2 is selected in the normal time is 1/27040 where the condition 4 is satisfied. The probability that the reach 3 is selected in the normal time is 1/16 × 4/10 = 4/160 where the condition 1 is satisfied and the value of WCRND_ACT is any one of the four. The probability that the reach 4 is selected in the normal time is 1/16 × 3/10 = 3/160 where the condition 1 is satisfied and the value of WCRND_ACT is any one of the three. The probability that the reach 5 is normally selected is 1/16 × 2/10 = 2/160 where the condition 2 is satisfied and the value of WCRND_ACT is one of two of ten. The probability that the reach 6 is normally selected is 1/16 × 4/10 = 4/160 where the condition 2 is satisfied and the value of WCRND_ACT is any one of the four values.

  On the other hand, the probability that reach 1 is selected at the time of big hit is 1/10 that the value of WCRND_ACT is 1 out of 10, and similarly, reach 2, reach 3, reach 4, reach 5, reach 6 The respective probabilities to be selected are 1/10, 2/10, 2/10, 1/10, and 3/10, depending on the number of values of WCRND_ACT corresponding to each reach mode.

  Reach 1 is selected with a probability of 147/160 in normal times and a probability of 1/10 at the time of big hit, and reach 2 is selected with a probability of 1/27040 at normal times and a probability of 1/10 at the big hit. Reach 3 is selected with a probability of 4/160 at normal time and 2/10 at the time of big hit, Reach 4 is selected with a probability of 3/160 at normal time and at 2/10 at the big hit, and reach 5 is selected at normal time. 2/160, the jackpot is selected with a probability of 1/10, and the reach 6 is selected with a probability of 4/160 at a normal time, and 3/10 at the jackpot. Thus, in this embodiment, reach 1 is selected with a relatively high probability during normal times, and reach 2 to reach 6 are selected with a relatively high probability during a big hit. The reach 1 is controlled by a relatively simple procedure having no special feature points as compared with the conventional reach mode. On the other hand, reach 2 to reach 6 are control procedures in which various devices for improving the gaming effect are elaborated. In particular, in the reach 3 to reach 5, the special symbol “SPECIAL CARD” is temporarily stopped during the change of the symbol, and thereafter, very characteristic display control (described later) is performed. In the present embodiment, by changing the probability that the reach mode is selected between the normal time and the big hit time, when the big hit occurs, the variation of the design is easily controlled in an interesting manner with a variety of changes. is doing. Further, since the probability that the reach 2 to reach 6 are selected at the time of the big hit is set high, if the display control of the reach 2 to reach 6 is performed from the player side, there is a possibility that the big hit will be finally made. This means that the player's expectation when the reach is established can be increased.

  FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing the temporal relationship between the end of the symbol variation display and the opening / closing of the special winning opening 87 of the variable display device 11. The symbol display is started in the image display unit 81, the symbol on the left side is stopped, the symbol on the right side is subsequently stopped, and finally the symbol in the center is stopped and the variation display is finished. When the second has elapsed, the combination of stop symbols is determined. If the combination of stop symbols is a big hit with three symbols of the same type, the big prize opening 87 is opened when 7.000 seconds have elapsed since the combination of the stop symbols was determined. The open state of the big winning opening 87 ends when 29.500 seconds elapses or ten hitting balls are awarded in the big winning opening 87, whichever comes first. To do. Also, if there is a V prize when the big prize opening 87 is in the open state, the special prize opening 87 is again in the open state when 2.000 seconds have passed since the end of the open state. It becomes.

  FIG. 12 is a timing chart showing the temporal relationship between the opening / closing of the special winning opening 87 and the start of the symbol variation display in the next image display unit 81. When a specific game state is finished and the open prize winning opening 87 is closed, and there is a start-up memory (described above), when 11.002 seconds have elapsed. Then, the process for performing the next variable display of the symbol based on the start-up memory is started. When the processing is started, the CPU of the main basic circuit 203 extracts, stores, reads, and determines the value of WCRND1, extracts the values of WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R, and extracts the value of WCRND_ACT. These processes are the same as the processes performed in response to the rising edge of the detection pulse for hitting a ball at the starting port 9 (see FIG. 1) in the timing charts of FIGS. In the figure, the process is shown in the case where it is determined in advance that the jackpot is not jackpot by the determination of the value of WCRND1. Thus, the value of WCRND_L and the value of WCRND_ACT are extracted. The subsequent control procedure of the symbol variation display is as shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 13 is a timing chart showing the temporal relationship between the end of a certain symbol variation display and the start of the next symbol variation display. The display of the variation of the symbol is started once, the symbol on the left side is stopped, then the symbol on the right side is stopped, and finally, the central symbol is stopped and the variation display is finished. At that time, a combination of stop symbols is determined. If the combination of the stop symbols is other than a big hit with three symbols of the same type, it is determined whether or not there is a start memory, and if there is a start memory, 0. When 002 seconds have passed, processing for performing the next fluctuation display based on the start-up memory is started. When the processing is started, the CPU of the main basic circuit 203 extracts, stores, reads and determines the value of WCRND1, and when the value of WCRND1 is determined to be other than big hit (normal time), then , WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R are extracted, and WCRND_ACT is extracted. On the other hand, when the value of WCRND1 is determined to be a big hit (at the time of big hit), the value of WCRND_L and the value of WCRND_ACT are extracted. These processes correspond to the processes performed at the timing when the detection pulse for hitting the hitting ball at the start port 9 in the timing charts shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 rises. The display control procedure is as shown in FIGS.

  14 to 17 are explanatory diagrams showing the correspondence between the operation state of the pachinko gaming machine, the lighting control of the lamps and LEDs, and the display control of the image display unit 81. In the figure, the operation state of the pachinko gaming machine is “power-on”, which is a state from when the power is turned on until there is a hitting hit to the starting port 9 (see FIG. 1), and hitting the starting port 9 "Start-up winning", which is the state when the win is won, and the first half when reach 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 is established during the symbol display, and reach 3, 4, 5 is established The state of the latter half of the time, the state of the second half when the reach 6 is established, and the state from when all the symbols of the left symbol, the right symbol and the middle symbol are stopped until the combination of the stopped symbols is determined. It is divided into “from all symbols stop to determination”, “big hit” in which a big hit has occurred, and an abnormality occurrence. The state where the big win is generated is “before the big winning opening is opened” which is a state before the big winning opening 87 of the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is opened, and the big winning opening 87 is in the open state. And “after the big prize opening is open”, which is closed after the big prize opening 87 is opened. Furthermore, “Large winning opening is being opened” means “before a specific area winning” which is a state before a hitting ball is won in the specific area 95 and “specific area” is a state when a hitting ball is won in the specific area 95 It is divided into “at the time of winning” and “until the next opening” which is a state between when the hit ball is won in the specific area 95 and until the next big winning opening 87 is opened.

  The lamps and LEDs indicating the lighting control corresponding to each operation state described above include a game effect lamp 72, rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, windmill lamps 57a and 57b, side lamps 53a and 53b, sleeves, and the like. Lamps 61a, 61b, attacker lamps 63a, 63b, decoration LEDs_C45a, 45b, decoration LEDs_D65, decoration LEDs_A 43a, 43b, decoration LEDs_B 44a, 44b, and start memory display LEDs ("storage display LEDs" in the figure) 51 A winning number display LED (“number display LED” in the figure) 67 and a decorative symbol display 41. In addition to these lamps and LEDs, the display state of the image display unit 81 is shown. Further, regarding the configuration, the generation control of sound effects from a speaker (not shown) is divided into A to K.

  Note that “power-on” is determined to be other than big hits by determining the combination of stop symbols after the symbol variation display is performed, and there is no start memory when the determination processing is performed, and When the next starting port 9 (see FIG. 1) has not won a hit ball until the predetermined time has passed, and after a big hit occurs and a specific gaming state (opening of the big winning port 87), This includes the case where there is no start memory at the time when the specific gaming state is ended and there has been no hitting of a hit ball to the next start port 9 until a predetermined time elapses.

  When the power is turned on after the power is turned on until there is a winning hit to the starting port 9 (described above), the decoration LED_A 43a, 43b and the decoration LED_B 44a, 44b are turned on. The lighting movement is to sequentially switch a plurality of LEDs or lamps to be turned on each time a predetermined time elapses. The start memory display LED 51 is controlled to display “0”. The decorative symbol display 41 is controlled so that “0” is displayed until the first big hit occurs after the symbol variation display is performed. In the image display unit 81, as an initial symbol, “A” symbols are displayed in the left and right symbol display regions 83a and 83c, and a special symbol “SPECIAL CARD” is displayed in the central symbol display region 83b. The

  When the winning of the hitting ball to the start port 9 is detected, the windmill lamps 57a and 57b, the side lamps 53a and 53b, the decoration LED_A 43a and 43b, and the decoration LED_B 44a and 44b are blinked. The start memory display LED 51 is turned on from the left side when viewed from the front side of the game board 1 in accordance with the number of memories. In the image display unit 81, as described above, the symbol variation display is performed. Further, the speaker generates the symbol rotation sound of the sound effect A in response to the start of the symbol variation display.

  In the first half state in which reach 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 is established during symbol variation display, windmill lamps 57a, 57b, side lamps 53a, 53b, sleeve lamps 61a, 61b, and attacker lamps 63a, 63b. Then, the decoration LED_C 45a, 45b, the decoration LED_D65, and the decoration LED_B 44a, 44b are blinked, and the decoration LED_A 43a, 43b is turned on. In the image display unit 81, the middle symbols are variably displayed in the central symbol display area 83b. Further, a sound effect C that is a reach sound is generated from the speaker.

  In the latter half of the state in which reach 3, 4 and 5 are established during symbol variation display, rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, windmill lamps 57a and 57b, side lamps 53a and 53b, sleeve lamps 61a and 61b, and an attacker The lamps 63a and 63b, the decoration LED_C45a and 45b, and the decoration LED_D65 are blinked, and the decoration LED_A 43a and 43b and the decoration LED_B 44a and 44b are turned on. In the image display unit 81, the middle symbols are variably displayed in the central symbol display area 83b. The speaker generates a sound effect D when reach 3 is established, and a sound effect E when reach 4 and 5 are established.

  In the latter half of the state where the reach 6 is established, rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, windmill lamps 57a and 57b, side lamps 53a and 53b, sleeve lamps 61a and 61b, attacker lamps 63a and 63b, and decoration LED_C45a and 45b. And decoration LED_D65, decoration LED_A43a, 43b, and decoration LED_B44a, 44b are lighted. In the image display unit 81, the middle symbols are variably displayed in the central symbol display area 83b. Further, a sound effect F corresponding to reach 6 is generated from the speaker.

  During the period from when the variable display of all the symbols of the left symbol, right symbol, and middle symbol is stopped until the combination of the stopped symbols is determined (from the stop of all symbols to the determination), the number of memories stored in the start memory display LED 51 The display and the winning number display LED 67 “0” are displayed, and in the image display section 81, the stop symbols are stopped and displayed in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c.

  As a result of the change display of symbols, a big hit occurs, and then until just before the big prize opening 87 is opened (before the big prize opening is opened), the game effect lamp 72, the rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, the windmill lamp 57a, 57b, side lamps 53a and 53b, sleeve lamps 61a and 61b, attacker lamps 63a and 63b, decoration LED_C45a and 45b, and decoration LED_D65 blink, and decoration LED_A 43a and 43b and decoration LED_B 44a and 44b are turned on. Let The decoration symbol display 41 variably displays in 4.000 seconds after the big hit occurs, and then stops any of the decoration symbols “0” to “9”. The image display unit 81 displays an image representing the start of the big hit. Also, a sound effect G indicating that the big hit (specific game state) has started is generated from the speaker.

  The game effect lamp 72, the rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, the windmill lamps 57a and 57b, and before the hit ball is awarded to the specific area 95 after the grand prize winning opening 87 is in the open state (before the specific area winning) The side lamps 53a and 53b, the sleeve lamps 61a and 61b, the attacker lamps 63a and 63b, the decoration LED_C45a and 45b, the decoration LED_A43a and 43b, and the decoration LED_B44a and 44b are blinked. Then, the display of the number of hits in the big winning opening 87 is started. In the image display unit 81, the number of times of opening of the big prize opening 87 (number of rounds), the number of hits of the hitting balls to the big prize opening 87, a combination of symbols generating a big hit, and the like are displayed. Further, a sound effect H representing that a big hit is being generated (during a specific gaming state) is generated from the speaker.

  When the hit ball is won in the specific area 95 (when the specific area is won), the game effect lamp 72, rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, windmill lamps 57a and 57b, side lamps 53a and 53b, and sleeve lamps 61a and 61b The attacker lamps 63a and 63b, the decoration LEDs_C45a and 45b, and the decoration LED_D65 are blinked at the same interval. Further, the decoration LED_A 43a, 43b and the decoration LED_B 44a, 44b are turned on. In the image display unit 81, the number of times of opening, the number of winning prizes, the combination of the jackpot symbol, and the like are continuously displayed, and a sound effect H is generated from the speaker.

  During the period from when the hit ball is won in the specific area 95 to the next opening of the special winning opening 87 (until the next opening), the game effect lamp 72, rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, the windmill lamp 57a, 57b, side lamps 53a and 53b, sleeve lamps 61a and 61b, attacker lamps 63a and 63b, decoration LED_C45a and 45b, and decoration LED_D65 blink, and decoration LED_A43a and 43b and decoration LED_B44a and 44b are turned on. Move. The image display unit 81 continues to display the number of times of opening, the number of winning prizes, the combination of jackpot symbols, and the like. Further, a sound effect H is generated from the speaker. After the grand prize opening 87 that has been opened is closed, the game effect lamp 72, rail decoration lamps 71a to 71e, windmill lamps 57a and 57b, side lamps 53a and 53b, and sleeve lamp 61a. 61b, the attacker lamps 63a and 63b, the decoration LED_C45a and 45b, and the decoration LED_D65 blink, and the decoration LED_A 43a and 43b and the decoration LED_B 44a and 44b are turned on. The image display unit 81 displays an image representing the end of the big hit, and a sound effect J is generated from the speaker.

  When an abnormality occurs in the pachinko gaming machine due to a malfunction or fraud, the side lamps 53a and 53b are turned on, and the decoration LED_B 44a and 44b, the start memory display LED 51, and the winning number display LED 67 are abnormal. Control is performed to maintain the previous state. The decorative symbol display 41 is controlled to display a numerical decorative symbol representing an error situation. In the image display unit 81, the characters “abnormal occurrence” are displayed. Further, a sound effect K for notifying that an abnormality has occurred is generated from the speaker.

  FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a mode of a command signal transmitted from the main basic circuit 203 to the LCD display 231 (refer to FIG. 2 for the above three parties) via the LCD circuit 207. The command signal includes comH, com0 to com5, and comC. comH is a command header and is fixed to 0EFh. By transmitting this comH, the LCD display 231 determines that a command signal has been sent from the main basic circuit 203.

  com0 is a main status, and is a command for designating the type of display control of the image display unit 81 (see FIG. 1). As shown in the figure, if the main status is 00h, control for turning off the display screen is designated. If the main status is 10h, the image display unit 81 designates a mode for displaying the demonstration screen. If the main status is 20h to 2Eh, each control for displaying the symbol variation is designated. If the main status is 60h, a mode for displaying the end of jackpot is designated. If the main status is 70h, control for displaying an error in the image display unit 81 is designated. If the main status is 72h, control for temporarily stopping image display in the image display unit 81 is designated. If the main status is 30h to 3Fh, the control for displaying the interval screen of each round of 1R to 16R in the specific gaming state after the big hit occurs is designated. If the main status is 40h to 4Fh, control for displaying each round screen of 1R to 16R in the specific gaming state is designated.

  com1 to com3 are commands for designating stop symbols for the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol in the symbol variation display. One of 00h to 0Ch is specified for com1, and one of 00h to 0Fh is specified for com2. Further, com3 is designated as any value from 00h to 0Ch. com4 is a command for designating whether or not the game machine is provided with a card reader device outside or inside the pachinko gaming machine 1. If the 0th bit is in the ON state, it is specified that the machine is a normal machine that does not have a card reader device. Otherwise, it is specified that the machine is a CR machine that has a card reader device.

  “com5” is a command for designating winning number data in order to display the number of winning balls hitting the big winning opening 87 (see FIG. 1) on the image display unit 81. In com5, any value from 00h to 0Ah is designated, and if the fifth bit is in the ON state, there is a V prize in which a hit is won in the specific area 97 (see FIG. 1). It is specified. When the V winning is designated, a character image of V is displayed on the image display unit 81 to notify the player that the V winning has been achieved. comC is a checksum. In comC, 7-bit data representing the sum value of comH to com5 is set.

  FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing the detailed contents of 20h to 2Bh for designating the control of symbol variation display in the main status shown in FIG. As a command signal for controlling the fluctuation display of the symbol, the "pre-fluctuation operation" for controlling the movement immediately before the fluctuation of the symbol and all the fluctuation display of the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol are started. "All symbols fluctuation" for the left symbol, "Left symbol stop" to stop the fluctuation display of the left symbol, "Right symbol stop" to stop the fluctuation display of the right symbol, and the fluctuation display of the middle symbol “Intermediate symbol stop” to stop, and “Normal reach stop” to stop the fluctuation display of the middle symbol when reach 1 (normal reach) is established, and inside when reach 2 (slip reach) is established “Slip Reach Stop” to stop the symbol change display, and three specials (SP) to control the change display of the middle symbol when the special symbol “SPECIAL CARD” is paused in the middle symbol Reach Kiss Reach, Fu-Foo Reach, Fu-Foo Reach Finger Stop, “All-Pattern Variable Reach” to perform display control of Reach 6 that repeatedly decelerates and accelerates all symbols of the left symbol, right symbol, and middle symbol, and jackpot There is a “big hit action” for controlling the action of a character (described later) in the image display unit 81 when the occurrence of the occurrence of the error occurs. A specific display example when each command is received by the LCD display 231 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 20 to 31 together with other display screens.

  FIG. 20 is a demonstration screen displayed when 10h (demo mode) is designated in the main status of com0. The demo screen is composed of three types of screens: a demo display 1, a demo display 2, and a demo display 3. The demo display 1 shown in FIG. 20A includes a night view image 501 of the skyscraper and an image 502 of the night sky over which a star strikes. After the demonstration display 1 is displayed for a predetermined time, the screen of the demonstration display 2 shown in FIG. 20B is displayed. In the demonstration display 2, a character image 503 of “FEVER 7” is displayed at the bottom of the screen, together with an image 501 of the skyscraper and an image 502 of the night sky over which the stars cross. In addition, as a character image, you may comprise so that the model name or manufacturer name of a pachinko game machine may be displayed.

  Subsequently, the screen of the demonstration display 3 shown in FIG. 20C is displayed. The screen of the demo display 3 includes a character image (hereinafter referred to as “dealer image”) 505 of a playing card dealer, and images 507a to 507a of stop symbols of the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol in the previous symbol variation display. 507c is included. On the screen of the demo display 3, the last stop symbol images 507a to 507c are displayed in a so-called “halftone” state in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c, and the stop symbol image is displayed on the screen. While the images 507a to 507c are displayed, the dealer image 505 serving as the background is displayed in a state where the player can see the cards being shuffled. As a result, the type of the previous stop symbol to be notified to the player is displayed, and the action of the character for enhancing the game effect is visible.

  The above-described “halftone” is shown in FIG. FIG. 32A shows an example in which the “A” symbol is displayed in a normal state as an example of the symbol displayed in FIG. A state in which the “A” symbol is displayed in halftone is shown in FIG. As shown in the drawing, the display area is divided into a grid pattern, and an image of the “A” pattern is displayed every other grid area, thereby displaying a halftone state in which the background image looks like a stripe pattern. In the figure, the halftone lattice is in the vertical direction, but of course it may be in the horizontal direction, or it may be in a cross shape between the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. Furthermore, instead of alternately displaying the background image and the pattern image for every other grid area, the pattern image is set to “transparent” so that the background image is transmitted. May be. Which of these display controls is adopted is determined according to the configuration of a VDP (Video Display Processor) mounted on the LCD display 231. For example, if the VDP does not have a function for performing display color transmission processing, it is only necessary to perform arithmetic processing to divide the image into a grid-like image display area and display it in a “halftone” state. When the VDP has a function of performing display color transmission processing, the dealer image 505 is displayed on the background on which the design is displayed, for example, by controlling the color palette without performing complicated display area calculation processing. It may be configured to display in a state where is transmitted.

  FIGS. 21A and 21B are screen configuration diagrams showing display examples of screens when 20h is designated in the main status of com0 (see FIG. 18) and the “pre-design change operation” is controlled. is there. In the pre-fluctuation operation, the pre-shuffle operation screen shown in (A) and the shuffle operation screen shown in (B) are displayed. On the screen before the shuffle operation, the images 507a to 507c of the previous stop symbol are displayed in halftone with the dealer image 505 as a background. When a command specifying 20h in the main status of com0 is received for 800 ms or longer, the screen before shuffle operation in (A) is switched to the screen for shuffle operation in (B), and the dealer image 505 shuffles the playing cards. Is displayed. The dealer image 505 repeats the shuffle operation while the command specifying 20h is received at com0.

  FIG. 21C is a screen configuration diagram of the entire symbol variation screen displayed when 21h is designated as the main status at com0. When 21h is specified in com0, the dealer image 505 distributes cards of cards in the order of left symbol, right symbol, and middle symbol, and the symbols are rotated at high speed in each of the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c. Let When all symbols start to fluctuate, symbols images 507a to 507c that have been displayed in halftone are displayed in a normal state by releasing halftone.

  The state from the start of the left symbol variation to the start of the right symbol, the middle symbol in the order of the symbols, and the start of the variation display of all symbols is shown in FIGS. It is shown.

  When 22h is designated as the main status at com0, the left symbol stop screen shown in FIG. 23 (A) is displayed. When a command with 22h designated as the main status is received, the fluctuation of the left symbol is decelerated, and the stop symbol determined in advance for the left symbol is stopped and displayed in the left symbol display area 83a. Subsequently, when 23h is designated as the main status at com0, the right design stop screen shown in FIG. 23B is displayed. When a command in which 23h is designated as the main status is received, the fluctuation of the right symbol is decelerated and the predetermined stop symbol of the right symbol is stopped and displayed. As shown in the figure, when the change of the symbol is stopped, the dealer image 505 displays an image in a state of giving a signal for stopping the change of the symbol by raising the corresponding hand. Then, when a command with a main status of 24h is received at com0, the middle symbol stop screen shown in FIG. 23C is displayed. When a command in which 24h is designated as the main status is received, the fluctuation of the middle symbol is decelerated, and the stop symbol determined in advance for the middle symbol is stopped and displayed. FIG. 23C shows a state in which all stop symbols of the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol are fixed. In this display example, “A” symbol, “2” symbol, and “3” symbol are stopped and displayed in the left symbol, middle symbol, and right symbol, respectively, except for the big hit.

  As shown in FIG. 23 (C), when it is not a big hit, the dealer image 505 is blinded and a screen showing a state of disappointment is displayed.

  As shown in the figure, each of the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c is set in a relatively wide range so that the preceding and following symbols can be easily understood when the symbols are variably displayed. However, when the change of the symbol stops, it is set to the range of one symbol that is stopped and displayed.

  FIG. 24 is a display example of a hit chance reach screen that is displayed when reach is established during the symbol variation display. When 23h is designated as the main status at com0, the change in the right symbol is stopped. At this time, the reach is established when the same type of symbols as the left symbols that have been stopped and displayed are stopped and displayed as the right symbols. Subsequently, when one of 25h to 2Ah is designated as the main status at com0, and the reach mode of any one of reach 1 to reach 5 is started, the screen displays FIG. 24 (A). As shown, the hit chance image 509 of the characters “HITCHANCE” is displayed, and at the same time, the sound of “hit chance” is generated as a sound effect from the speaker. Reach 1 to 5 are collectively referred to as “hit chance reach”. Thereafter, “good rack” sound is generated as a sound effect from the speaker at a predetermined timing until the change of the middle symbol stops. In the drawing, the symbol “3” is stopped and displayed in the left symbol and the right symbol, and the state where the reach is established is displayed.

  FIG. 24 (B) is an example of a screen following FIG. 24 (A). When the change of the middle symbol stops, “5” symbol is stopped and displayed in the middle symbol, and the reach is established. The example of the display which finally became other than big hit is shown. When the change of the middle symbol stops, the speaker generates a sound indicating the type of the symbol that is stopped. In the illustrated case, “Five” sound is generated. FIG. 24 (C) is another example of the screen following FIG. 24 (A). When the change of the middle symbol is finished, the off symbol representing the character “LOSE” in the middle symbol (hereinafter “lost symbol”). ”) Is an example of a stop display.

  FIG. 25 is a display example of a screen that finally becomes a big hit following FIG. The display example shown in the figure is a screen when reach 1 and reach 2 of 6 types of reach modes are selected. If the main status is set to 25h at com0 and reach 1 is selected, when stopping the fluctuation of the middle symbol, the fluctuation rate of the middle symbol is gradually decelerated, and the symbol changes when it changes by the predetermined symbol. Stop fluctuations. When 26h is designated as the main status and reach 2 is selected, the fluctuation speed of the medium symbol is decelerated, and the temporary stop symbol is temporarily stopped when the symbol is changed by the corresponding symbol. After that, when 450 ms elapses, the middle symbol is changed again, and finally stopped at a predetermined stop symbol. This is called “slip reach”.

  When the change of the middle symbol is finished and the symbol “3” is stopped and displayed in the middle symbol, the sound of “three” is generated as a sound effect from the speaker. If three symbols of the same type (in the example, “3” symbol) are gathered due to the stoppage of the middle symbol variation and a big hit occurs, the dealer image 505 performs a guts pause as shown in FIG. . At the same time, the display color of the three stop symbols is switched to a display color different from that during the variable display. The display color of the stop symbol may be switched by switching the character display color of the symbol or the background color of the symbol in the symbol. Further, as shown in FIG. 25C, a fever image 511 including a character image of “FEVER” representing a big hit is displayed.

  FIGS. 26A and 26B are display examples of the screen following FIG. 24A, and the screen when any one of reach 3 to reach 5 among the six types of reach modes is selected. It is. After the reach is established, if the special symbol of “SPECIAL CARD” (hereinafter referred to as “special card symbol”) is paused in the middle symbol during the middle symbol change, the mode in game is switched to the special time mode. It is done. Even when the special card symbol is paused, the sound of “special card” is generated as a sound effect from the speaker. When the mode is switched to the special time mode, as shown in FIG. 26B, a special time image 513 including a character image of “SPECIAL TIME” is displayed.

  After the screen of FIG. 26 (B) is displayed, the contents displayed on the screen are different between reach 3 and reach 4, 5. At com0, reach 3 is selected when 27h is specified as the main status, reach 4 is selected when 28h is specified, and reach 5 is selected when 29h is specified. When reach 3 is selected, the screens of FIGS. 26C and 27A to 27C are displayed. When reach 4 is selected, FIGS. 28A to 28C are displayed. 29A is displayed and when reach 5 is selected, the screens of FIGS. 28A, 28B, 29B, and 29C are sequentially displayed. These are collectively called “special reach”. According to the display contents of the special reach, the reach 3 is “kiss reach”, the reach 4 is “fu-fu reach”, and the reach 5 is “fu-fu reach finger stop”.

  The kiss reach of reach 3 will be described. The screen shown in FIG. 26 (B) is displayed, and after the special card symbol is paused and displayed for 0.450 seconds as shown in FIG. 8, the middle symbol is changed again by the display control of the changing state G, and it is fast. Control is performed in which the fluctuation speed is gradually reduced from the speed and the fluctuation speed is changed at a constant speed. Thereafter, the kiss reach screen of FIG. 26C is displayed. This screen is displayed in the display mode of reach 3 shown in FIGS. 8 and 10 when the control for 0.468 seconds of fluctuation is repeated immediately after stopping for 0.450 seconds immediately before the fluctuation of the symbols is stopped. Is done.

  In the kiss reach, as shown in FIG. 26C, the dealer image 505 displays a kiss on the playing card and then throws the playing card in the direction of the middle symbol. When the dealer image 505 throws the playing card, the next card is scrolled and displayed so as to cover the previous card with the middle symbol. Until the dealer image 505 kisses the card and throws it, the previous symbol is in a stopped display state, which corresponds to the stop for 0.450 seconds shown in FIGS. 8 and 10. When the playing card is thrown, the next symbol is scroll-displayed corresponding to a fluctuation of 0.468 seconds. At the normal time shown in FIG. 8, two cards are dealt in this manner, and fluctuations for two symbols are performed. Further, at the time of the big hit shown in FIG. 10, three cards are dealt in this manner, and the variation for three symbols is performed.

  In FIG. 27B, in the kiss reach of reach 3, the change of the middle symbol is finished, and the stop symbol of the middle symbol becomes the “2” symbol different from the “3” symbol that has reached the reach, and it is not a big hit. It is a display example in the case of. If it is not a big hit, an image of the dealer image 505 being disappointed and disappointed is displayed.

  FIG. 27 (C) is the same as the “3” symbol in which the stop symbol of the middle symbol is reached at the time when the variation of the middle symbol is completed at the kiss reach of reach 3, and finally a big hit. Indicates the state. If it is a big hit, the dealer image 505 is displayed with a smile and joy.

  Next, a description will be given of the reach 4 reach. When reach 4 is selected, the screen of FIG. 26 (B) is displayed, and after the special card symbol is paused for 0.450 seconds, the screen of FIG. 28 (A) is displayed. And the display control of the fluctuation state H shown in FIG. 10 is started. On this fu-fu reach screen, a state where the dealer image 505 blows on the middle symbol is displayed. When the middle symbol is blown on the dealer image 505, the middle symbol starts to rotate in the direction of the arrow in the drawing. This rotation is controlled so as to be gradually accelerated, decelerated, and finally rotated at a constant speed. FIG. 28B is a screen showing a state where the middle symbol is rotating. As for the middle symbol, every time it rotates once, the next symbol is displayed sequentially. After the fluctuation due to the rotation of the middle symbol is performed for 10.598 to 11.048 seconds, the rotation of the middle symbol is stopped.

  FIG. 28C shows a state in which the combination of the stop symbols is other than the big hit at the time when the change (rotation) of the middle symbols is completed in the reach 4 reach. If it is not a big hit, the dealer image 505 is displayed with a disappointing view.

  Fig. 29 (A) shows that when the change (rotation) of the middle symbol is completed in the reach 4 reach, the combination of the stopped symbols is the same type of symbol ("3" symbol in the example), and a big hit occurs. Shows the state. If a big hit occurs, the dealer image 505 is displayed with a smile and joy.

  Next, a description will be given of the foo-fu reach finger stop of the reach 5. In the reach 4 reach, the dealer image 505 does not perform any particular action when the middle symbol stops rotating. However, in the reach 5 reach stop, the dealer image 505 moves the middle symbol with a finger. By pressing, the rotation of the middle symbol is stopped. FIGS. 29B and 29C show a state in which the dealer image 505 stops the rotation of the middle symbol by finger-holding on the fu-fu reach finger stop screen. FIG. 29 (B) shows a state in which, when the rotation of the middle symbol is stopped by the finger-stopping operation of the dealer image 505, the symbol that is stopped and displayed is “2”, and finally the state other than the big hit. Show. FIG. 29C shows a state where the symbol that is stopped and displayed is “3” when the rotation of the middle symbol is stopped by the finger-stopping operation of the dealer image 505, and the big hit is finally generated. Indicates. Although not shown in the figure, even in this fu-fu reach finger stop screen, when the final hit is not a big hit, the dealer image 505 is closed and eyes are disappointed. In the case of a big hit, the dealer image 505 is displayed with a smile and joy.

  Next, a display example of the screen when the reach 6 shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 is selected will be described. FIG. 30 is a lucky chance reach screen displayed when the display control of the variation state A is completed in the reach 6 timing chart of FIGS. 7 and 9. When the display control of the fluctuation state A is completed, the screen of FIG. 30A is displayed. In this screen, a dealer image 505 is displayed in the background of the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c, and a lucky chance image 515 including a character image of “Lucky CHANCE” is displayed. Reach 6 is called “Lucky Chance Reach”.

  In the reach 6 lucky chance reach, when the display control of the variation state A is completed, the left symbol and the right symbol are always displayed during the variation display, and the reach establishment target is determined. When the symbols are displayed in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c, the same type of symbols are displayed for the middle symbols. Is displayed. In the drawing, a state is shown in which three “3” symbols are displayed in a state of being displayed in a variable manner. In this state, after the variable display is displayed for 10.216 seconds, the left symbol is stopped and displayed first, then the right symbol is stopped and displayed after 3.132 seconds, and further 3.598 seconds (normal time) or 3. When 132 seconds (at the time of big hit) have passed, the middle symbol is stopped and displayed.

  FIGS. 30 (B) and 30 (C) show a state in which the change of the middle symbol is finished by the lucky chance reach of reach 6 and three stop symbols are determined. FIG. 30B shows a state where the stop symbol of the middle symbol is of a different type from the stop symbol of the left symbol and the right symbol, and finally becomes a jackpot. FIG. 30C shows a state in which the stop symbol of the middle symbol is the same type as the stop symbol of the left symbol and the right symbol, and a big hit has finally occurred. Although not shown in the figure, even in the reach 6 lucky chance reach, when the player wins a game other than the big hit, the dealer image 505 is displayed as a sad face and disappointing. , The dealer image 505 is displayed with a smile.

  Next, a display example of a screen displayed on the image display unit 81 while a big hit occurs as a result of the variable display of symbols and the game state is in a specific gaming state will be described. The specific gaming state is continuously repeated by the V winning, and the big winning opening 87 (see FIG. 1) is opened continuously for a maximum of 16 times. Each time the grand prize winning opening 87 is opened, it is called “round”. FIG. 31A is a display example of the interval screen for the first round shown in FIG. The interval screen is displayed when 30h to 3Fh is designated as the main status at com0 included in the command signal. On the interval screen, a round image 517 representing the number of rounds is displayed together with the dealer image 505. By displaying this interval screen, the player is notified of how many rounds will be started.

  After the interval screen is displayed for a predetermined time, the round screen shown in FIG. 31B is displayed by designating 40h to 4Fh as the main status in com0 (see FIG. 18). On the round screen, the symbol display areas 83a to 83c on the left, center, and right are displayed in the same way as when the symbols are changing. In each area, three stop symbols (in the example, the combination of the big hits in this example) are displayed. "7 symbols") images 508a to 508c are displayed. A dealer image 505, a round image 519 representing a round, and a count image that displays the number of hitting balls that have won the big prize opening 87 during the round with the symbol display areas 83a to 83c on the left, center, and right sides as backgrounds. 521 is displayed. The count image 521 counts up the value every time a hit ball wins the big winning opening 87.

  Furthermore, if a hit ball enters the specific area 97 during the round and a V winning is generated, as shown in FIG. In the display area 83b, a character image 519 of “V” is displayed instead of the stop symbol image 508b to notify the player that there has been a V prize.

  One round ends when 29.500 seconds elapses or when either of the ten winning balls 87 is won in the big winning opening 87, whichever comes first. Then, if there is a V prize in the round, the second round screen is displayed by the repeated continuation control, and then the second round screen is displayed, and the round proceeds in sequence.

  FIG. 33 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the LCD display 231. The LCD display 231 includes an LCD control circuit 301 and an LCD display unit 303. The LCD control circuit 301 includes a CPU 311, a VDP (Video Display Processor) 313, a control ROM 315, a VRAM 317, a character ROM 319, and an LCD driver 321.

  The CPU 311 receives the command signals HD00 to HD11 from the LCD circuit 207, and generates the image data to be displayed on the image display unit 81 (see FIG. 1) in response to the received command. To control. The CPU 311 sends an address signal, a data signal, and a control signal to the VDP 313 and the control ROM 315, and transmits / receives a data signal between the VDP 313 and the control ROM 315. The control ROM 315 stores a control program for controlling the operation of the CPU 311 in advance. In response to the address signal and the control signal transmitted from the CPU 311, the corresponding control program is stored in the CPU 311 as a data signal. Send back.

  The VDP 313 generates image data in response to a command signal from the CPU 311. The VDP 313 transmits a VRAM address signal, a VRAM data signal, and a VRAM control signal to the VRAM 317. A VRAM data signal is returned from the VRAM 317 to the VDP 313. The VDP 313 transmits a character ROM address signal, a character ROM data signal, and a character ROM control signal to the character ROM 319. A character ROM data signal is returned from the character ROM 319 to the VDP 313.

  The VDP 313 generates image data for configuring a screen displayed on the display unit 81 in response to a control signal from the CPU 311. The VRAM 317 temporarily stores the image data generated by the VDP 313. The image data generated by the VDP 313 and stored in the VRAM 317 is a character identification number with a set of a predetermined number of dots as a unit. The image data includes the identification numbers of a plurality of characters according to the displayed arrangement relationship. This is called map data. The identification number of each character is stored in the control ROM 315 in advance. Character identification numbers necessary for configuring the screen displayed on the image display unit 81 are read from the control ROM 315 and stored in the VRAM 317 by the VDP 313 as map data for indicating the positional relationship between the characters on the display screen. The

  The character ROM 319 stores dot data corresponding to the character identification number in advance. The VDP 313 reads map data from the VRAM 317 at a predetermined timing, and reads dot data of each character based on the identification number of each character included in the map data. The VDP 313 generates an RGB signal based on the read dot data. The VDP 313 transmits the generated RGB signal to the LCD driver 321. The LCD driver 321 displays images corresponding to various display screens on the LCD display unit 303 based on the transmitted RGB signals. Note that the image display unit 81 of the variable display device 7 illustrated in FIG. 1 is an image display surface included in the LCD display unit 303.

  In the figure, inputs from the LCD circuit 207 to the LCD control circuit 301 are numbered 1 to 20. Input 1 is a + 12.0V backlight power source. Input 2 is a logic power supply of + 12.0V. Input 3 is a power supply for liquid crystal of + 13.0V. Input 4 to input 14 (HD00 to HD10) are the 0th to 10th bits of the received command data. These inputs 4 to 14 are inputs corresponding to comH, com0 to com5 and comC shown in FIG. The input 15 (HD11) is a strobe of received command data. The input 16 is a power supply for liquid crystal of −8.0V. The input 17 is a power source for liquid crystal of −20.0V. Inputs 18 to 20 are GND inputs. The input 18 is used as a power source for the backlight, and the inputs 19 and 20 are used as a common.

  In the drawing, numbers 1 to 16 are assigned to outputs from the LCD control circuit 301 to the LCD display unit 303. Output 1 (/ HSY) is a horizontal synchronizing signal. Output 2 (FRP) is a video signal. This video signal includes a signal whose polarity is inverted.

  Output 3 (SYN) is a composite synchronization signal. Output 4 (VGH) is a power supply for liquid crystal of + 13.0V. Output 5 (VSL) is a power source for liquid crystal of −20.0V. The output 6 (VB) is a blue (B) video signal. The output 7 (VR) is a red (R) video signal. The output 8 (VG) is a green (G) video signal. Output 9 (GND) is common.

  The output 10 (VSH) is a + 5.0V liquid crystal power source. The output 11 (VSL) is a power supply for liquid crystal of −8.0V. The output 12 (VCDC) is a DC bias of the common electrode drive signal. Output 13 (N / P) is an NTSC / PAL switching terminal. Outputs 14 to 16 (VSY, TST, TST) are set to open.

  Next, a display control function in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the VDP 313 (see FIG. 33) together with the relationship among the CPU 311, VRAM 317, and character ROM 319. The VDP 313 includes various registers 601, a timing generator 603, a function controller 605, a palette RAM 607, and a screen selector 609. These functional units are connected to each other via an internal bus 611, and are connected to a CPU 311 (see FIG. 33), a VRAM 317, and a character ROM 319 outside the VDP 313. The CPU 311 is connected to the internal bus 611 via the CPU interface (I / F) 613 and accesses the registers 601, palette RAM 607, and VRAM 317 of the VDP 313.

  The registers 601 accept various command signals and data signals sent from the CPU 311. The timing generator 603 outputs a pulse signal for synchronizing the processing of each functional unit. The function controller 605 controls processing in the VDP 313 based on the command signal and data signal received by the registers 601. The VRAM 317 is means for storing data (hereinafter referred to as “screen data”) of various screens (see FIGS. 20 to 31) displayed on the image display unit 81 (see FIG. 1). The screen data is a set of identification numbers of character data (described later) constituting the display screen.

  The character ROM 319 stores dot information (described later) corresponding to the identification number of the character data stored in the VRAM 317 in advance. The palette RAM 607 is means for storing color data corresponding to palette data included in the dot information. The screen selector 609 is means for associating the color data signal output from the palette RAM 607 with a screen (described later). When displaying the screen on the image display unit 81, the CPU 311 sets a command signal and a data signal in the registers 601 based on the program data in the control ROM 315 (see FIG. 33), and further, in the VRAM 317. Write the identification number of the character data. The VDP 313 reads the identification number of the character data stored in the VRAM 317 under the control of the function controller 605, and reads dot information corresponding to the read identification number from the character ROM 319.

  The VDP 313 reads color data corresponding to the palette data included in the dot information from the palette RAM 607 and sends it to the screen selector 609 as a color data signal. The screen selector 609 associates the color data signal output with reference to the palette RAM 607 with the designated screen, synthesizes the screen data as necessary, and outputs it as an RGB signal to the LCD driver 321 (see FIG. 33). . The LCD driver 321 drives the LCD display unit 303 based on the received RGB signals and displays a predetermined screen on the display unit 81.

  As described above, the VDP 313 is a device for generating screen data to be displayed on the display unit 81 at a predetermined timing. Although the display screen is configured in units of dots, in this embodiment, the dots are grouped in units of blocks, and each block is assigned an identification number for management, and the display screen data includes these blocks. A plurality of types are combined. Such a method is called a character method. By generating the display screen data by the character method, an image composed of a large number of dots can be processed in a relatively short time, and the VRAM 317 for storing the display screen data can be stored in a relatively small memory. Can be configured.

  In this embodiment, one character as a block unit is 16 × 16 dots. Each dot data is composed of four planes to represent 16 types of palette data. The palette data is data including color data composed of 12 bits in total of 4 bits of data for each of the three colors R (red), G (green), and B (blue). Dot data corresponding to each character is stored in the character ROM 319. In this embodiment, a 1-word 8-bit memory is used for the character ROM 319. The amount of data per character is 16 (dots) × 16 (dots) × 4 (planes) = 1024 bits = 128 bytes.

  FIG. 35 shows the correspondence between the address of the character ROM 319 and the character identification number. As shown in the figure, the character ROM 319 stores dot data for each character in 128 bytes in order from the top address. The stored order is the character identification number. The character identification number is called “map data”. The screen data is configured by collecting a plurality of map data. The map data is stored in the VRAM 317 in combination according to the type of display screen. Storing map data in a predetermined storage area of the VRAM 317 is called “mapping”.

  Map data to be stored in the VRAM 317 is sent from the CPU 311 via the VDP 313. In this case, the CPU 311 sets the write address of the VRAM 317 and the map data in predetermined registers included in the registers 601 and writes the map data to the designated address.

  FIG. 36 schematically shows the internal configuration of the VRAM 317. In the figure, the numerical value in each cell is the address of the VRAM 317, and the numerical value in () is the upper left dot coordinate of the character data stored at that address.

Next, the configuration of the display screen will be described.
FIG. 37 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a display screen, where (a) is a plan view and (b) is a perspective view. The VDP 313 configures the data of the display screen 701 with three types of data of a first screen 703, a second screen 705, and a border screen 707. The first and second screens 703 and 705 are areas displayed by dot data in the display screen, respectively. In this embodiment, the size of one screen is 320 dots in the horizontal direction × 224 dots in the vertical direction.

  The border screen 707 is an area where dot data cannot be displayed on the display screen 701, and is an area serving as a background for the first and second screens 703 and 705. On the border screen 707, the dot data cannot be displayed, but the designated color can be displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 37 (b), the display screen 701 includes data with the border screen 707 at the bottom and the second screen 705 and the first screen 703 overlaid thereon. In the figure, a screen viewed from the arrow direction is displayed on the image display unit 81 (see FIG. 1). Which dot data on the first screen 703 and the second screen 705 is preferentially displayed can be arbitrarily changed by changing the setting of the registers 601. In this embodiment, a design image is set on the first screen 703 and a background image is set on the second screen 705. Then, the first screen 703 is displayed on the image display unit 81 with priority over the second screen 705.

  Further, the color of the border screen 707 is displayed in an area where neither the first screen 703 nor the second screen 705 includes dot data. The display color of the border screen 707 can also be selected from a plurality of types of colors by setting the registers 601. In addition, palette data is set independently for each of the first screen 703 and the second screen 705. That is, a maximum of 16 types of color data can be set for each screen.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the data on the two screens can be superimposed and displayed on the display screen. In FIG. 37, for ease of explanation, the size of the first screen 703 and the second screen 705 is shown smaller than the size of the display screen 701. The two screens 703 and 705 both have a one-to-one correspondence with the display screen 701. Therefore, in an actual pachinko gaming machine, when dot data is set on any screen, the area in which the color of the border screen 707 is displayed is a very small range at the periphery of the display screen 701. .

  Two storage areas of the VRAM 317 are provided corresponding to each of the two screens 703 and 705 of the display screen 701. However, instead of having two physically separated storage areas inside the VRAM 317, the same device can be switched and used as one of two systems as required by time share switching processing using a fixed address. To be able to. The size of one storage area is 1024 dots in the horizontal direction × 1024 dots in the vertical direction. As described above, since one screen is 320 dots in the horizontal direction × 224 dots in the vertical direction, one system of storage area has a capacity of 12 screens.

  Next, the scroll function of the VDP 313 will be described. FIG. 38 is a conceptual diagram showing the contents of the scroll function. The first screen 703 and the first system storage area 721 will be described as an example. As described above, one storage area in the VRAM 317 has a capacity of 12 screens. As shown in the figure, by changing the position of the screen 703 on the storage area 721, the range for reading the screen data stored in the storage area 721 can be changed, and the position of the screen 703 can be changed in the image display unit 81. It is possible to display the variation of the image corresponding to the above. This is called a scroll function. This scroll function is controlled by changing a value set in a register for designating the coordinates of the screen included in the registers 601.

  Further, in the storage area 721, the left end A is logically connected to the right end A 'and the upper end B is logically connected to the lower end B' as shown in the figure. Therefore, when the screen 703 is set at the position of the two-dot chain line, among the areas included in the screen 703, the areas 725a, 726a, and 727a that protrude outside the storage area 721 are stored in the areas 725b, 726b, and 727b. Display map data.

  As a result, the scroll screen can be moved on the storage area 721 and can be disguised as if the storage area 721 is infinitely connected. Note that the first screen 703 and the second screen 705 can be individually scrolled on the first storage area 721 and the second storage area (not shown), respectively. .

  Next, the window function of the VDP 313 will be described. FIG. 39A is a conceptual diagram showing the contents of the window function. In the window function, a rectangular area (window area) 731a is set in the first screen 703 set on the storage area 721, and the map data of the window area 731a is different from that in the storage area 721. This is a function of displaying the map data of the window area 731b set at the location. In the present embodiment, four window areas can be set in the first screen 703.

  These four windows can be displayed in an overlapping manner. FIG. 39B schematically shows a state in which the windows are overlapped. In the figure, for the four WA, WB, WC, and WD windows 741a, 743a, 745a, and 747a set on the first screen 703, OA, OB, and OC set at different locations on the storage area 721. , Map data of the OD offset areas 741b, 743b, 745b, and 747b are displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the priority levels of window display are set in the order of WA> WB> WC> WD. This setting is fixed. Therefore, when the WA, WB, WC, and WD windows 741a, 743a, 745a, and 747a are all set to the display mode, an image represented by the map data of the offset area 741b is displayed in the WA window area 741a. For the remaining area of the WB window area 743a, an image represented by the map data of the offset area 743b is displayed. Similarly, the remaining area of the WC window area 745a is represented by the map data of the offset area 745b, and the remaining area of the WD window area 747a is represented by the map data of the offset area 747b. Each image is displayed.

  The window function is controlled by setting data of start point coordinates and end point coordinates indicating the rectangular position of the window area in the window registers included in the registers 601. A CPU included in the main basic circuit 203, a control program for causing the CPU to perform display control shown in the timing charts of FIGS. 7 to 10, an LCD circuit 207, WCRND1, WCRND_ACT, and WCRND_L , WCRND_C and WCRND_R, variable display control means for displaying and displaying a plurality of display results of the variable display unit at different times, and a plurality of types of identification information after the variable display unit variably displays the plurality of types of identification information The variable display control means for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display unit by stopping and displaying any type of identification information among the identification information. The CPU included in the main basic circuit 203 and the CPU are allowed to select one of the six reach modes of reach 1 to reach 6 based on the value of WCRND_ACT so that the selected reach mode is obtained. A display program that has already been derived and displayed at a stage where a part of the plurality of display results of the variable display unit has not yet been derived and displayed by the control program for controlling display and WCRND_ACT is a combination of specific display modes When the display condition is satisfied and the specific state is reached, the display state of the variable display unit is different from the display result of the variable display unit until the part that is not yet derived and displayed is displayed. Specific state control means for controlling the display state to be in a certain kind of display state, and specific identification information after entering the specific state When it is displayed in a predetermined manner, the specific state control means for controlling so that the display state of the variable display unit is a particular type of display mode is configured.

  The image display unit 81 constitutes a variable display unit whose display state can be changed. The image display unit 81, the CPU included in the main basic circuit 203, and a control program for causing the CPU to temporarily stop the special card symbol in the central symbol display area 83b Special display for notifying special display information corresponding to a specific type of display before the display state of the variable display unit is changed to a special type of display state by the specific state control means. The information notification means and the means included in the variable display control means, and when specific state is established, specific identification information is given to the variable display section in a predetermined manner in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied. Special display information notifying means for displaying is configured.

  The reach 1 to reach 6 correspond to a plurality of types of display states, and the reach 3 to reach 5 correspond to special types of display states. In addition, the state in which the reach is established satisfies the display condition in which the display result that has already been derived and displayed in a stage where a part of the plurality of display results of the variable display unit has not yet been derived and displayed is a combination of specific display modes. Corresponds to a specific state.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 40 is a configuration diagram of a display screen of a modified example of the image display unit 81. As shown to (A), the 2nd game by the UFO image 601 and the cannon image 603 is displayed on the display area of the upper part of the image display part 81, displaying the middle symbol variably when the reach is established. In the second game, a bullet image 605 is fired from the cannon image 603. As shown in (B), when the shell image 605 hits the UFO image 601, the mode is switched to the special reach mode thereafter. Although illustration is omitted, a character image of “special reach” is displayed immediately after the bullet image 605 hits.

  When the cannonball image 605 fired from the cannon image 603 hits the UFO image 601, the special reach display state is controlled. After the specific state control means enters the specific state, another display result is obtained in advance. This is an example of controlling so that the display state of the variable display unit becomes a special type of display state when a predetermined special display mode is achieved.

  Furthermore, as another embodiment, the variable display device 7 is provided with a display unit different from the image display unit 81, and the image or character segment of the second game is variably displayed on the separate display unit. If the display result of the second game is in a predetermined special display mode (for example, a state in which a shell is hit), the display on the image display unit 81 is switched to the special reach mode.

  In this case, the special display information may be, for example, a character image of “S” if another display unit can display an image, for example, a character image of “Special Reach”, or another character display unit. And so on.

  Switching to the special reach mode based on the display result of the second game on the other display unit is a display derived and displayed on another variable display unit after the specific state control means enters the specific state. This is an example of controlling the display state of the variable display unit to be a special type of display state when the result is a predetermined special display mode.

  The configuration of the pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. Other characteristic points of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment are listed below.

  (1) In the above-described embodiment configuration, the VRAM 317 constitutes image display data storage means for storing image display data. Map data including a character identification number corresponds to image display data. The VDP 313 constitutes image display control means for reading data from the image display data storage means and displaying an image on the variable display device based on the read data. The CPU 311, VDP 313, and display control program stored in the control ROM 315 constitute data storage control means for storing data to be read by the image display control means in the image display data storage means.

  A plurality of types of images that can be displayed on the variable display device are determined corresponding to each display screen displayed at different times, and the data storage control means can select some types of the plurality of types of images. The display data of each image is switched according to a predetermined condition being satisfied and stored in the image display data storage means.

  This eliminates the need for an image display data storage means capable of storing display data of all types or multiple types of images among a plurality of types of images at the same time, and displays some types of images. The image data storage means can be configured using a storage device having a capacity for storing data.

  (2) In the above-described configuration of the embodiment, the VRAM 317 serving as the image display data storage means includes a storage area for storing display data, and the data storage control means includes at least a part of the storage area. Storage area setting means for defining the area as an area for storing display data of some types of images is included. The storage area setting means includes a CPU 311, a VDP 313, and a program corresponding to a process for designating a storage area on the VRAM 317 included in a display control program stored in the control ROM 315.

  Accordingly, the storage area for storing a plurality of types of images determined corresponding to each display screen displayed at different times can display all or a plurality of types of images among the plurality of types of images. It is not necessary to provide a capacity for storing data, and a storage area having a capacity for storing display data of some types of images can be configured.

  (3) Further, in the configuration of the above-described embodiment, a storage area having a capacity corresponding to the display data amount of some types of images to be stored is defined as at least a partial area and switched to the image data storage means. An area in which a storage area of some types of image data and a storage area of some other types of image display data at least partially overlap among the stored image display data of some types It is characterized by setting.

  Thereby, among some types of image display data switched and stored in the image display data storage means, a storage region for some types of image display data and a storage region for some other types of image display data However, it is possible to set the area so as to at least partially overlap, and to efficiently use the storage area.

  (4) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the display screen displayed at different times is the first demonstration screen (demonstration) displayed between the time when the pachinko machine is turned on and the start prize is received. A display 1) and a second demonstration screen (demo display 2) are included. Then, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the first demonstration screen is started, the second demonstration screen is switched and displayed.

  Thus, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the start winning area in which the display of the image for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device is started when the hit ball that has been driven into the gaming area wins a prize. Is provided so that the second screen is displayed after the first screen after the pachinko gaming machine is turned on until the start winning area is hit. The storage control means stores the display data of the image corresponding to the first screen in the image display data storage means, and then corresponds to the first screen in response to the elapse of a predetermined time. The display data of the image corresponding to the second screen is stored in the image data storage means by switching to the display data of the image.

  As a result, even when a plurality of screens of the first screen and the second screen are switched and displayed between when the power of the pachinko gaming machine is turned on and when there is a start winning prize, Use storage means having a capacity for storing image display data corresponding to each screen without using storage means having a capacity for storing image data corresponding to the screen at a time. It becomes possible.

  (5) In the above-described configuration of the embodiment, if there is a start prize while the first demonstration screen (demonstration display 1) or the second demonstration screen (demonstration display 2) is displayed, the variation of symbols The display is switched to the display screen (including the start screen). As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the data storage control means stores the image data corresponding to the demonstration screen in the image display data storage means, and the hit ball that is driven into the game area is the start winning area. In response to winning, the display data of the image corresponding to the screen for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device by switching to the display data of the image corresponding to the demonstration screen is stored in the image display data storage means It is characterized by.

  As a result, the storage means having a capacity for storing the display data of the image corresponding to the demonstration screen and the display data of the image corresponding to the screen for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device at a time is used. Instead, it is possible to use a storage means having a capacity capable of storing display data of one image at a time.

  (6) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the screen including the fever image 511 is displayed when the combination of jackpot symbols is stopped and displayed when the reel rotation is stopped on the symbol variation display screen. The Thus, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the data storage control unit stores the display data of the image corresponding to the screen for deriving and displaying the display result of the variable display device in the image display data storage unit, In response to the display result of the variable display device becoming a specific display mode determined in advance, the display result of the variable display device is switched to image display data corresponding to a screen for deriving and displaying a predetermined game. The display data of the image corresponding to the screen displayed corresponding to the state where the value can be given is stored in the image data storage means.

  (7) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, when a hit is won in the specific winning area 95 while the round screen is displayed, the display is displayed on the V winning screen including the character image 519 of “V”. Switched. As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes the variable winning ball apparatus that can change between the first state that is advantageous to the player and the second state that is disadvantageous to the player. After the ball device is in the first state, the second state is set, and when a predetermined repeated continuation condition is satisfied, the variable winning ball device in the second state is repeated again in the first state. Drive control means for continuously controlling, the repeated continuation condition is determined to be established by hitting a hit ball in a predetermined predetermined winning area provided in the game area, the data storage control means, The image data corresponding to the screen displayed corresponding to the variable winning ball apparatus being in the first state is stored in the image data storage means, and the hitting ball is won in the specific winning area. In response, the variable winning ball apparatus is the first The display data of the image corresponding to the screen displayed in response to the repeated continuation condition being satisfied is switched to the image data corresponding to the screen displayed corresponding to the state of the image display data. It is stored in a storage means.

  (8) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, when any abnormality cause occurs in the pachinko gaming machine, the failure occurrence screen is displayed by switching to the screen displayed so far. As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes an abnormality detection unit for detecting an abnormality of the pachinko gaming machine, and the data storage control unit converts the image data corresponding to the first display screen into image data. The image data corresponding to the second display screen is stored in the image data by switching to the image data corresponding to the first display screen in response to the output of the detection signal from the abnormality detection means. It is stored in the means.

  (9) In the above-described embodiment configuration, as an example of a plurality of display results, stop symbols that are stopped and displayed in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c are shown. In addition, as an example of the case where a plurality of display results are in a predetermined specific display mode, it is shown that all the stopped symbols are the same type of symbols. As an example of the predetermined game value, it is shown that a jackpot is generated and the open / close plate 87 of the variable winning ball apparatus 11 is opened, which is a first state advantageous to the player.

  (10) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the main basic circuit 203, the LCD circuit 207, the LCD control circuit 301, the VRAM 317, and the character ROM 319 are used to display a plurality of variable display units (left, center, and right symbol display). In each of the regions 83a to 83c), an image changing means for changing a plurality of types of images is configured. In this image changing means, the VDP 313 reads character data from the character ROM 319 in response to a command signal from the CPU 311 and develops the read data on the VRAM 317 to create scroll display data. The generated display data for scrolling is obtained by arranging images of plural kinds of symbols so as to be variably displayed according to the symbol arrangement (see FIG. 5).

  In the arrangement of symbols, there are “Trump card” symbol, “Special card” symbol, and “Lost” symbol representing “A”, “2” to “10”, “J” to “K” of playing cards. And are included. A playing card symbol is a symbol that determines whether or not a big hit is made based on whether or not three images of the same type of symbol have been collected. The special card symbol and the lost symbol are displayed when they are displayed alone. It is a symbol for determining whether or not to change the state to a predetermined state (special reach or disagreement).

  As described above, in the above-described embodiment, each of the plurality of variable display units includes the image changing unit that changes a plurality of types of images, and among the plurality of types of images, the display mode is determined independently. One image and a second image whose display mode is determined by a combination of a plurality of images are included.

  (11) In the above-described embodiment, the CPU included in the main basic circuit 203 reads out and executes the control program stored in the ROM also included in the main basic circuit 203, thereby allowing the CPU via the LCD control circuit 301. The LCD display 303 is controlled to display the symbol fluctuations in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c in the order of left, right, and middle as shown in FIGS. Let

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment has a stopping unit that stops the change in the plurality of variable display units at different stop times, that is, a variable display that displays and displays a plurality of display results at different times. It is characterized by including a control means.

  Here, the variable display control means includes a CPU included in the main basic circuit 203, a ROM that is also included in the main basic circuit 203, and a control program stored in the ROM.

  If a predetermined game value can be given if the display results of the plurality of variable display portions are in a predetermined display mode, the player will It is determined whether or not a specific display mode is achieved or whether or not a display condition for a specific display mode is satisfied.

  Thus, it is possible to set a plurality of timings at which the player expects a specific display mode from the start of the change of the plurality of variable display units to the stop of the change in all the variable display units. In addition, it is possible to change the degree of expectation for a specific display mode of the player.

  Accordingly, whether or not the combination of images is in a specific display mode determined in advance at the time when the combination of images displayed on some of the variable display units is not changed. If it is determined that it is in a specific display mode, it is possible to play a game that can give a game value.

  (12) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the VDP 313 generates display data in which symbols are arranged and stores the display data in the VRAM 87. The VDP 313 reads a part of the display data stored in the VRAM 317 corresponding to the capacity of the data to be displayed on the image display unit 81 and sends it to the LCD display 303 to display a design image. The VDP 313 causes the image display unit 81 to display images of a plurality of types of symbols by sequentially changing the readout range in the display data along the symbol arrangement direction.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the image variation means includes sequential variation control means for displaying a plurality of types of images in a certain order.

  Accordingly, the player can learn the types of images displayed on each of the plurality of variable display units, the display order, and the like. Therefore, for example, when the variable display of a plurality of variable display units is stopped simultaneously or sequentially, a display condition that satisfies a specific display mode that triggers a state in which a game value can be given is satisfied. It can be predicted to some extent during the variable display whether or not this image is displayed in a stopped manner, and the player's expectation can be enhanced through the prediction contents.

  (13) In the above-described embodiment configuration, the plurality of variable display units are configured by the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83 a to 83 c displayed on the image display unit 81.

  Thus, the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment is characterized in that the variable display unit is an electrical image display device.

  In the present embodiment and the modification, the symbols are displayed by processing the signalized electronic data. Therefore, even when a game is performed in which a plurality of types of symbols are displayed on a large number of variable display units, a large number of symbols are displayed on a variable display unit, or a large number of symbols are displayed on a large number of variable display units. Thus, it is not necessary to provide a device that requires a large arrangement space, such as a mechanical fluctuation display means represented by a conventional rotating drum.

  In addition, when changing the type of symbols or increasing / decreasing the number of symbols, it is often possible to cope by changing electronic data such as program data for controlling the variable display and character data stored in the character ROM. It becomes possible to respond quickly and labor-saving to changes in game content.

  (14) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the LCD control circuit 301 displays an image for display in response to a command signal from the CPU 311 in addition to the CPU 311 for executing the control program stored in the control ROM 315. VDP 313 for generating data is included.

  Thus, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the image changing means includes the image data generating means.

  In the LCD control circuit 301, when the CPU 311 has a function of generating image data, the CPU 311 analyzes command data from the outside (LCD circuit 207 in the embodiment) and reads and executes a program from the control ROM 315. A plurality of processes including generation of image data according to the control program is performed. In general, since the CPU 311 sequentially executes a plurality of processes, a problem may occur when a large amount of image data is generated at high speed and sent to the LCD display 303.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, a VDP 313 is provided as a means for generating image data separately from the CPU 311, and the CPU 311 generates control signals for generating and reading image data in response to external command data. The VDP 313 generates and reads out image data in response to a control signal from the CPU 311 so that each of the two types of processors has a dedicated function inside the LCD control circuit 301.

  As a result, the VDP 313 generates, reads, and transmits image data based on the control signal previously received from the CPU 311 while processing such as analysis of command data received by the CPU 311 and reading of a program from the control ROM 315 is performed. On the other hand, while the VDP 313 is generating or reading and transmitting image data, the CPU 311 can perform the next control signal generation process.

  (15) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the control ROM 315 storing control program data is provided in the LCD control circuit 301. The CPU 311 generates signals for controlling each processing such as image data generation or reading and transmission in accordance with a program read from the control ROM 315 in response to command data received from the LCD circuit 207 in the embodiment.

  Thus, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the image changing means includes the program storage means. In the present embodiment, processing procedures such as generation, reading, and transmission of image data of the LCD control circuit 301 are programmed, stored in advance in the program storage means, and executed as necessary. Therefore, the control procedure for image display is changed. In this case, it is possible to respond quickly and labor-saving by changing the contents of the program.

  (16) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the VDP 313 reads out character data as basic data of image data for display from the character ROM 319 and develops the character data in the VRAM 317 to generate image data.

  Thus, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the image changing means includes basic data supply means. By providing means for supplying character data as basic data of image display data as in the present embodiment, it is not necessary for VDP 313 itself to generate basic data, and VDP 313 receives a command signal from CPU 311. Therefore, the process of reading out the corresponding basic data from the basic data supply means may be performed, so that the image display data generation process can be performed quickly and easily. In addition, when changing the content of the image displayed on the variable display unit, it is only necessary to replace the character ROM that is the basic data supply means, and the VDP 313 that is the processing device can often be used as it is. Design changes can be made easily.

  (17) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the VDP 313 generates image data in which a plurality of types of symbols shown in FIG. . The VDP 313 reads the data while changing the read address little by little in the range corresponding to the data capacity to display the image data on the VRAM 317 on the image display unit 81, and transmits it to the LCD display 303. As a result, in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c, a plurality of types of symbols are sequentially variably displayed (scrolled) in the symbol arrangement order shown in FIG.

  Thus, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the image changing means includes scroll means.

  The scroll means includes a scroll screen generator provided in the VDP 313 and a VRAM 317 for storing image display data generated by the scroll screen generator.

  Thus, by including scroll means in the image changing means, a plurality of types of images can be sequentially changed and displayed on the variable display section. For example, by controlling the changing speed and the start / stop timing of the change. It is also possible to form a display screen imitating a rotating drum which is a mechanical variable display device.

  (18) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, in order to switch the dealer image 505 on the display screen shown in FIG. 21 to FIG. In addition, a video plane generator (window function) is provided inside the VDP 313.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the image data generation means includes the moving image plane data generation means.

  As a result, only the image data of the portion to be moved on the display screen can be switched and displayed by the window function (see FIG. 39), and the moving image plane can be efficiently displayed.

  (19) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, a palette RAM (color palette) 607 is provided inside the VDP 313. The palette RAM 607 is a means for generating a signal representing the color of each image included in the display data.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the image data generating means includes the color setting means.

  As a result, it is possible to analyze the color data of each image included in the display data, convert it into a signal that can be input to the means for driving and controlling the variable display section, and output it.

  (20) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the predetermined number of symbols of the scheduled stop symbol is in front of a predetermined time before the change is stopped during the change display of the symbols. The display symbols are controlled so as to set data.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment stores a plurality of types of display image data in a predetermined order and stores them in the image display data storage unit and the image display data storage unit. A plurality of kinds of data on the variable display unit using sequential reading means for sequentially reading the read data at different reading positions and displaying the images in a predetermined order on the variable display unit based on the read data In order to set the reading position of the reading means to a position that is a predetermined amount before the image to be stopped and displayed before stopping the fluctuation of the image in the variable display section. The display symbol switching control means is included.

  This facilitates control for stopping image fluctuations in the variable display section at a scheduled stop image. The image display data storage means is constituted by a VRAM 317, and the sequential reading means is constituted by a scroll screen generator of the VDP 313. Further, the reading control means is constituted by a CPU 311 and control program data stored in a control unit ROM 315 for causing the CPU 311 to generate a control signal for performing display control shown in FIGS.

  (21) In the above-described configuration of the embodiment, when the reach is established, the symbol image is displayed in any one of the reach modes 1 to 6. Which mode is displayed is determined by the value of the random counter WCRND_ACT for determining the reach mode.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment has a display mode of the variable display unit in which the display results are already derived and displayed at a stage where the display results of some of the plurality of variable display units are not yet derived and displayed. Including image content selection means for selecting the content of an image to be displayed from a plurality of predetermined types when a display condition that is a predetermined combination of specific display modes is satisfied Yes.

  As a result, it is possible to prepare a plurality of types of image content to be displayed when a display condition that is a predetermined specific display mode is satisfied, and to easily select any type of image content from among them. It becomes possible.

  The image content selection means generates WCRND_ACT, a CPU included in the main basic circuit 203, and a signal for causing the CPU to perform display control of the symbol image corresponding to the image display unit 81 in accordance with the value of WCRND_ACT. And a control program.

  (22) The configuration of the above-described embodiment includes specific display mode determining means for determining in advance whether or not the display results of the plurality of variable display units are set to a predetermined specific display mode.

  The specific display mode determining means includes a WCRND1, a CPU included in the main basic circuit 203, a control program for causing the CPU to determine the value of WCRND1 and generating a display control command signal according to the determination result It is comprised by.

  When the specific display mode determining means determines the content of the display result of the variable display unit based on the random number value, a plurality of counters are provided for counting the random number value, and a plurality of counters are used in each of the determination processes in a plurality of stages. If the counter value of each of the counters is determined, the upper limit value of each counter may be small, and the program for updating the counter value and the program for determining the counter value The storage capacity required for execution can be reduced. In this case, the specific display mode determination means is characterized by performing a determination process in a plurality of stages.

  (23) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the combination arrangement of the jackpot symbol is determined in advance based on the value of WCRND_L.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment has a predetermined game value when a plurality of display results of the variable display unit become one of a plurality of predetermined display modes. The plurality of specific display modes when it is determined in advance that the plurality of display results are set to any one of the plurality of specific display modes. The display mode selection means for selecting in advance which display mode is selected.

  The specific display mode selection means includes WCRND_L, a CPU included in the main basic circuit 203, and a control program for causing the CPU to determine the value of WCRND_L and outputting a display control command signal according to the determination result. It is configured.

  (24) In the configuration of the above-described embodiment, when the variable display is stopped with a combination of symbols other than the jackpot symbol as a result of the symbol variable display, the symbols on the left, center, and right are determined by the values of WCRND_L, WCRND_C, and WCRND_R. The types of stop symbols other than the big hits in each of the display areas 83a to 83c are determined in advance.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized by including display result determining means for determining in advance the type of identification information as the display results of the plurality of variable display units.

  (25) In the above-described configuration of the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the timing for starting the variable display of the symbols in the left, center, and right symbol display areas 83a to 83c is varied. .

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is characterized in that it includes a change start time control means for starting change display of a plurality of variable display portions at different times.

  As a result, the load on the CPU 311 and the like for controlling the change display can be reduced.

It is a front view which shows the structure of the game board of the pachinko game machine by one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the main control circuit used for a pachinko game machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the list | wrist of a random counter, and its content. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure for deciding beforehand whether it is set as big hit or other than big hit. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of a left symbol, a middle symbol, a right symbol, and the value of a random counter. It is explanatory drawing which shows the kind of variation display state of a symbol. It is a timing chart which shows the procedure of the change display of a symbol when it is set as other than big hit. It is a timing chart which shows the procedure of the change display of a symbol when it is set as other than big hit. It is a timing chart which shows the procedure of the change display of a symbol when it is a big hit. It is a timing chart which shows the procedure of the change display of the symbol when it is a big hit. It is a timing chart which shows the time relationship between completion | finish of the change display of a symbol, and opening / closing of a special winning opening. It is a timing chart which shows the time relationship between opening / closing of a big prize opening and the start of the display of a change of a symbol. It is a timing chart which shows the temporal relationship between the end of the variation display of a certain time and the start of the variation display of the next time. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of the operation state of a pachinko game machine, and lighting control of lamps. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of the operating state of a pachinko gaming machine, and lighting control of lamps and LEDs. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of the operating state of a pachinko game machine, and lighting control of LED. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of the operation state of a pachinko game machine, the display control of a decoration symbol display and an image display part, and the generation control of a sound effect. It is explanatory drawing which shows the content of the command signal sent to a LCD display from a main basic circuit. It is explanatory drawing which shows the kind of main status contained in a command signal. It is a screen block diagram of the demonstration screen displayed on an image display part. (A), (B) is a screen block diagram of the operation screen before a symbol change displayed on an image display part, (C) is a screen block diagram of all the symbol change screens displayed on an image display part. It is a screen block diagram of all the design variation screens displayed on an image display part. It is a screen block diagram of the stop screen of the symbol displayed on an image display part. It is a screen block diagram of the hit chance reach screen of reach 1 and reach 2. It is a screen block diagram of the hit chance reach screen of reach 1 and reach 2. (A), (B) is a screen block diagram which shows the state by which the special card symbol was stopped and displayed on the hit chance reach screen, and (C) is a screen block diagram of the kiss reach screen of reach 3. It is a screen block diagram of the kiss reach screen of reach 3. It is a screen block diagram of the reach 4 reach screen of reach 4. (A) is a screen configuration diagram of the reach 4 reach screen of Reach 4, and (B) and (C) are screen configuration diagrams of the reach 5 finger touch screen of reach 5. It is a screen block diagram of the reach 6 lucky chance reach screen. (A) is a screen configuration diagram of an interval screen, and (B) and (C) are screen configuration diagrams of a round screen. (A) is a block diagram of a symbol displayed in a normal state, and (B) is a block diagram of a symbol displayed in a halftone state. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a LCD control circuit. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of VDP. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of the address of character ROM, and map data. It is a schematic diagram which shows the memory | storage state of VRAM. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of a display screen. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the content of the scroll function of VDP. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the content of the window function of VDP. It is a screen block diagram of the modification of the display screen by other one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board, 3 Game area | region, 7 Variable display apparatus, 9 Start opening, 11 Variable winning ball apparatus, 13a, 13b, 15a, 15b, 17a, 17b, 19 Normal winning opening, 21 Out opening, 23,25 Decoration member, 43a, 43b Decoration LED_A, 44a, 44b Decoration LED_B, 45a, 45b Decoration LED_C, 51 Start memory display LED, 53a, 53b Side lamp, 57a, 57b Windmill lamp, 61a, 61b Sleeve lamp, 63a, 63b Attacker lamp, 65 Decoration LED_D, 67 Award display LED, 69 V display LED, 71a, 71b, 71c, 71d, 71e Rail decoration lamp, 81 Image display area, 83a, 83b, 83c Symbol display area, 87 Grand prize opening, 89 Open / close Board, 91 solenoid, 95 specific area, 93 winning balls Ejector, 201 Main control circuit, 203 Main basic circuit, 207 LCD circuit, 231 LCD display, 301 LCD control circuit, 311 CPU, 313 VDP, 315 Control ROM, 317 VRAM, 319 Character ROM, 321 LCD driver, 501 Skyscraper Night view image, 502 starry night sky image, 505 dealer image, 507a-507c stop symbol image, 509 hit chance image, 511 fever image, 513 special time image, 515 lucky chance image, 517 round image.

Claims (2)

An electrically variable display device having an image display unit for displaying an image, a game control means for controlling the gaming state of the gaming machine, and a display for controlling the electrically variable display device in response to a command signal from the game control means Control means, variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information in each of a plurality of identification information display areas in the image display unit, and a display result of the plurality of identification information display areas is a predetermined identification information A gaming machine that, when combined, becomes a specific gaming state to which a predetermined gaming value can be given,
The display control means includes
Program storage means for storing a control program for the electrical variable display device;
An arithmetic processing unit that outputs an image display command signal according to the control program;
Character data storage means for storing character data displayed by the electric variable display device;
Image display data storage means for storing a plurality of types of image display data used when displaying a plurality of types of images on the image display unit ;
An image display processing device that performs control to display an image based on the character data on the electrically variable display device in accordance with an image display command signal output from the arithmetic processing device ;
The display control means includes
When reach is established in the image display unit,
The identification information is changed in a predetermined fluctuation pattern in the identification information display area where the display result is uncertain, and then temporarily stopped to stop the identification information in all the identification information display areas, and then the predetermined fluctuation pattern is A first special reach mode in which a final stop is made after changing with a different first special fluctuation pattern;
Secondly, after the identification information is changed in the identification information display area where the display result is uncertain, the identification information is changed by the second special fluctuation pattern different from the first special fluctuation pattern without being changed by the predetermined fluctuation pattern, and finally stopped. Special reach and
Display control of any one of a plurality of predetermined reach modes including,
The display control means further superimposes a plurality of types of identification information images and a background image, and the plurality of types of identification information in a portion where the plurality of types of identification information images overlap the background image. In a state where the image of information is prioritized over the background image, and further, it is possible to execute control for displaying the images of the plurality of types of identification information in the halftone state on the image display unit,
The image display processing device reads the character data stored in the character data storage means, and directly develops the read character data in the image display data storage means to generate the plurality of types of image display data. , Performing the control of reading the developed plural types of image display data and displaying the plural types of images on the image display unit,
The image display data storage means has two storage areas comprising a first storage area for storing image display data of the plurality of types of identification information and a second storage area for storing background image display data. The two storage areas are not provided with two physically separated storage areas, but the same device can be divided into two systems as needed by time share switching processing using a fixed address. It is configured so that it can be switched and used as either
The image display processing device is an image obtained by superimposing the image display data of the plurality of types of identification information read from the storage area of the first system and the background image display data read from the storage area of the second system. The display data is used to display the images of the plurality of types of identification information and the background image on the image display unit, and the image display data of the plurality of types of identification information in the superimposed image display data In a portion where the background image display data overlaps, the display area for displaying the images of the plurality of types of identification information is subdivided using the image display data of the plurality of types of identification information, and the contents of the subdivided display areas Display images of the plurality of types of identification information using image display data of the plurality of types of identification information in a display region for each predetermined interval, and display regions for the predetermined interval And performing control to display an image of the background using the image display data of the background outside the display area, Yu technique machine.   2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: character display means for displaying the type of the special reach mode as characters when the first special reach mode and the second special reach mode respectively have special variation patterns. The gaming machine described in 1.

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