JP4433220B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko machine or the like.

The main control board for controlling the game of the pachinko machine or the like, and dispensing control board paid out control such as winning balls and rental ball, sound effect control board controlling the output of the sound effect, the display of the variation display of symbols A display control board for performing control is connected. Among these boards, the control of the display control board is performed by a control command transmitted from the main control board to the display control board .

  When the display device that performs variable display of symbols consists of three columns, the left column, the middle column, and the right column, and the variable display is performed while scrolling vertically from top to bottom for each of the three columns For example, as shown in FIG. 21, control commands (1) to (10) are transmitted from the main control board to the display control board, and a series of symbol variation display is performed.

First, in accordance with the control command (1), the variable display of symbols is started for all three columns of the left column, the middle column, and the right column. Then, replacement of symbols, with the left column symbols by the control command (2), with the middle column symbols by the control commands (3), the symbol in the right column the control command (4), respectively Done. The control display (5) decelerates the display of fluctuation in all three columns that have been fluctuated at high speed, and the control command (6) causes the display of the left and right columns to change back and forth repeatedly and repeatedly. At the same time, the change display in the middle row is the medium speed change. Furthermore, the control command (7) causes the middle row to display a low-speed fluctuation, and then the control command (8) stops the left-side fluctuation display, and the control command (9) causes the right row to change. The display is stopped, and the variable display in the middle row is stopped by the control command (10). As a result, the variation display in all three columns is stopped, and the series of variation display ends.

Since the control command for controlling the variation display is transmitted from the main control board to the display control board at each point where the state of the variation display changes, most control of the variation display is performed by the main control board. It will be .

The present invention has been made to solve the above illustrated problem like, to provide a gaming machine is not necessary to transmit the control command from the main control unit for each point variable display state changes It is an object.

In order to achieve this object, the gaming machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that the display is based on display means for displaying a symbol , main control means for controlling a game, and a control command transmitted from the main control means. and a display control means for causing the variable display of the symbols by means, a control command transmitted from the main control means includes a variation pattern commands showing the fluctuation pattern of the variable display, wherein the variable display The stop design determining command used when determining the stop symbol to be stopped and displayed on the display means at the end of the display, and a stop command for ending the variable display , the display control means, Storage means for storing the symbol data displayed on the display means, reading the symbol data from the storage means based on the stop symbol determination command, The display unit is configured to display a stop symbol determined based on the stop symbol determination command when the stop command is received at the end of the variation display based on the variation pattern command. When the stop command is received even if the start means for starting the variable display based on the variation pattern command and before the end timing of the variable display based on the variation pattern command arrives. The stop symbol determined based on the stop symbol determination command is stopped based on the stop symbol determination command displayed on the display unit, the termination unit stopping the variable display and stopping the display on the display unit. Switching means for switching the stopped symbol to another display after a predetermined time has elapsed .
The gaming machine according to claim 2 is the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the variable display of symbols performed by the display control means is a horizontal scroll display.
The gaming machine according to claim 3 is the gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko machine.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, there is no need to transmit control commands from the main control unit for each point fluctuations display the state changes.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, a pachinko machine that is a kind of a ball game machine, in particular, a first type pachinko game machine will be described as an example of the game machine. Note that it is naturally possible to use the present invention for the third kind pachinko gaming machine and other gaming machines.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine P according to the present embodiment. Around the game board 1, there are provided a plurality of winning holes 2 through which 5 to 15 balls are paid out when a hit ball is won. In the center of the game board 1, a liquid crystal (LCD) display 3 for displaying symbols as a plurality of types of identification information is provided. The display screen of the LCD display 3 is divided into three parts in the vertical direction. In each of the three divided display areas, a variable display of symbols is performed while scrolling in the vertical direction from top to bottom.

  Below the LCD display 3, a symbol operating port (first type starting port) 4 is provided. When the hit ball passes through the symbol operating port 4, the above-described variation display of the LCD display 3 is started. Below the symbol operating port 4, a specific winning port (large winning port) 5 is provided. The specific winning opening 5 is a big hit when the display result after the fluctuation of the LCD display 3 coincides with one of the predetermined symbol combinations, so that the hitting ball is easy to win for a predetermined time (for example, 30 It is a winning opening that is opened (until the second elapses or 10 hitting balls are won). A V zone 5a is provided in the specific winning opening 5, and when the hit ball passes through the V zone 5a while the specific winning opening 5 is opened, a continuation right is established and the specific winning opening 5 is closed. Thereafter, the specific winning opening 5 is opened again for a predetermined time (or until a predetermined number of hit balls win the specific winning opening 5). The opening / closing operation of the specific winning opening 5 can be repeated up to 16 times (16 rounds), and the state in which the opening / closing operation can be performed is a state in which a predetermined game value is given (special game state). is there.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine P. As shown in FIG. On the main control board C of the pachinko machine P, an MPU 11 that is an arithmetic unit, a ROM 12 that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 11 and fixed value data, and various types of data are temporarily stored. A RAM 13 as a memory is mounted. The programs of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are stored in the ROM 12 as a part of the control program.

  The RAM 13 includes a transmission buffer 13a and a command counter 13b. The transmission buffer 13 a is a buffer for storing a control command transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D for controlling the variable display of the LCD display 3. Since the control command is composed of 2 bytes, the transmission buffer 13a is also composed of 2 bytes. The control command set (written) in the transmission buffer 13a is transmitted to the display control board D byte by byte by the timer interrupt process.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which the display screen of the LCD display 3 is divided into nine display areas. As described above, the variable display of this embodiment is performed while scrolling in the vertical direction in the direction of arrow A in each of the three display areas 3a, 3b, 3c divided into three in the vertical direction. The three display areas 3a, 3b, 3c divided into three in the vertical direction are further divided into three display areas 3a1,..., 3c3 in the horizontal direction, and the nine display areas 3a1,. , 3c3, nine symbol numbers 32a of "symbol 1 to symbol 9" are numbered and attached as shown in FIG. The numbering order of the symbol numbers 32a is performed in a direction orthogonal to the scrolling direction (arrow A direction) of the variable display. In FIG. 3, five gray circle circles 1 to 5 indicate five hit lines. As a result of the variable display, one of the hit lines circle circle 1 to circle circle 5 is hit. If you have three symbols, you will win a special game.

  The command counter 13b shown in FIG. 2 is a counter for indicating the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the LCD display 3 designated by the stop symbol designation command 32 (see FIG. 5) which is a kind of control command. "1" in the range of "". When the value of the command counter 13b is within the range of “1-9”, the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the symbol number 32a (see FIG. 5) corresponding to the value of the command counter 13b are designated. When the value of the command counter 13b is “10”, no display area is designated.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the MPU 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus line 14, and the bus line 14 is also connected to an input / output port 15. The input / output port 15 is connected to the display control board D and other input / output devices 16. The main control board C sends various commands to the display control board D and other input / output devices 16 via the input / output port 15 to control these devices. The main control board C and the display control board D are connected via two buffers (inverter gates) 17 and 28 having fixed inputs and outputs. Therefore, transmission / reception of a control command between the main control board C and the display control board D is performed only in one direction from the main control board C to the display control board D, and the display control board D performs main control. A control command or the like cannot be transmitted to the substrate C.

  The display control board D includes an MPU 21, a program ROM 22, a work RAM 23, a video RAM 24, a character ROM 25, an image controller 26, an input port 29, and an output port 27. The output of the inverter gate 28 is connected to the input of the input port 29, and the output of the input port 29 is connected to a bus line connecting the MPU 21, the program ROM 22, and the work RAM 23. An image controller 26 is connected to the input of the output port 27, and the LCD display 3 is connected to the output of the output port 27.

  The MPU 21 of the display control board D is for controlling the (variation) display of the LCD display 3 based on the control command transmitted from the main control board C. The program ROM 22 is executed by the MPU 21. Various control programs to be executed are stored. The programs of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 are stored in the program ROM 22 as a part of the control program.

  The work RAM 23 is a memory that stores work data and flags used when the MPU 21 executes various programs. The work RAM 23 includes a reception buffer 23a, a command reception flag 23b, and nine stop symbols 1 to 9 memories 23c to 23k. I have.

  The reception buffer 23a is a buffer for receiving a control command transmitted from the main control board C. Since the control command is composed of 2 bytes, the reception buffer 23a is also composed of 2 bytes. The command reception flag 23b is a flag that is turned on when a new control command is stored in the reception buffer 23a. When the command reception flag 23b is turned on, the control command stored in the reception buffer 23a is read out, and the fluctuation display of the LCD display 3 is controlled based on the read out control command. The command reception flag 23b once turned on is turned off when a control command is read from the reception buffer 23a.

  The stop symbol 1-9 memories 23c-23k are memories for storing a stop symbol code 32b (see FIG. 5) transmitted by a stop symbol designation command 32 which is a kind of control command. A total of nine stop symbols 1 to 9 memories 23c to 23k are provided corresponding to the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 (see FIG. 3). The details of the stop symbol 1-9 memories 23c-23k will be described later.

  The video RAM 24 is a memory for storing display data displayed on the LCD display 3, and the display content of the LCD display 3 is changed by rewriting the content of the video RAM 24. That is, the variable display of symbols in the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 is performed by rewriting the contents of the video RAM 24. The character ROM 25 is a memory for storing character data such as symbols displayed on the LCD display 3. The image controller 26 adjusts the timing of each of the MPU 21, the video RAM 24, and the output port 27, intervenes in reading and writing data, and displays the display data stored in the video RAM 24 at a predetermined timing with reference to the character ROM 25. This is displayed on the display 3.

  Next, a control command transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D for control of variable display will be described with reference to FIGS. The control command includes three types of commands: a variation pattern designation command 31, a stop symbol designation command 32, and a symbol stop command 33. Since the control command is composed of 2 bytes, the most significant bit is set in the 1st byte command code to distinguish the 1st byte from the 2nd byte command code. The most significant bit of the code is reset.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the command code of the variation pattern designation command 31 and the command contents. The fluctuation pattern designation command 31 is a command for starting a fluctuation display and designating a series of fluctuation patterns from the start to the end of the fluctuation display. The command code of the first byte is “C0H” or “C1H”, and a total of 56 types of variation patterns are prepared.

  Note that the control of the variation display designated by the variation pattern designation command 31 is performed by the display control board D that has received the variation pattern designation command 31, so that the content of the control program of the display control board D is changed. Thus, the contents of the fluctuation display for the fluctuation pattern designation command 31 of the same code can be changed. That is, the contents of the variable display can be changed by changing the control program of the display control board D without changing the control program of the main control board C.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram showing the correspondence between the command code of the stop symbol designation command 32 and the symbol number 32a designated by the command code. As described above, each display area 3a1 to 3c3 shown in FIG. 3 is associated with each symbol number 32a. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing the correspondence between 20 types of symbol codes 32b and symbol names 32c.

  The stop symbol designation command 32 is a command for designating symbols to be stopped and displayed in the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the LCD display 3 at the end of the variation display of the variation pattern designated by the variation pattern designation command 31. . The stop symbol designation command 32 is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D for each of the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the LCD display 3 after the fluctuation pattern designation command 31 is transmitted and the fluctuation display is started. Sent to.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the LCD display 3 are numbered in the order of “symbol 1” to “symbol 9”. It is transmitted to each of the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 in the order in which they are numbered. That is, the stop symbol designating command 32 includes commands 32 for the display areas 3a1 to 3c3, the display area 3a1 for "symbol 1", the display area 3b1 for "symbol 2", the display area 3c1 for "symbol 3", and the "symbol 4" , And the display area 3c3 of “symbol 9” are transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D in this order. The transmission order of the stop symbol designation command 32 is a direction orthogonal to the scrolling direction of the variable display (the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3).

  This stop symbol designating command 32 is composed of 2 bytes, like the variation pattern designating command 31. In the first byte of the stop symbol designation command 32, a command code for designating the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of symbols 1 to 9 is set. As shown in FIG. 5A, if the command code of the first byte of the stop symbol designation command 32 is “90H”, the display area 3a1 of symbol 1 is displayed. If “A0H”, the display area 3b1 of symbol 2 is displayed. ..., “B2H” designates the display area 3c3 of the symbol 9 respectively. In the second byte of the stop symbol designation command 32, the symbol code 32b of the symbol to be stopped and displayed in the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of symbols 1 to 9 designated by the command code of the first byte is set. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, “10H” is displayed when the symbol to be stopped is “octopus”, “11H” is displayed when “Harisenbon” is displayed,. In the case of (2), “23H” is set as the second byte code of the stop symbol designation command 32.

  When receiving the stop symbol designation command 32, the display control board D considers the variation pattern being executed, and ends the variation display with the symbol of the symbol code 32b designated by the stop symbol designation command 32. Replace the changing design. Since the symbol replacement is performed only when the fluctuation display is fluctuating at high speed, the player is not aware that the symbol replacement has been performed.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, a different symbol code 32b is assigned to each symbol. In particular, the symbol names 32c “shark (1)” and “shark (2)” are displayed on the LCD display 3 as exactly the same symbol, but as shown in FIG. ”And“ 23H ”are assigned different symbol codes 32b. Similarly, the symbol names 32c “shellfish (1)” to “shellfish (10)” are also displayed on the LCD display 3 as the same symbols, but as shown in FIG. 5B, “19H” to “22H”. The different symbol code 32b is given.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of the virtual symbol reels 41 to 43 in each of the left column, the middle column, and the right column. FIG. 6A schematically shows the configuration of the virtual symbol reel 41 in the left column that is displayed in a variable manner in the display region 3 a in the left column of the LCD display 3. As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the virtual symbol reel 41 in the left column has 18 types of symbols "shell (9)", "crab", "shell (8)", ..., "octopus". Next to the last “octopus” symbol, the symbol “Shell (9)”, “Crab”, “Shell (8)”,... Arranged. The virtual symbol reels 41 in the left column are variably displayed by scrolling from the top to the bottom in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

  Similarly, FIG. 6C schematically illustrates the configuration of the virtual symbol reels 43 in the right column that are variably displayed in the display region 3 c in the right column of the LCD display 3. As shown in FIG. 6C, the virtual symbol reel 43 in the right row has an arrangement that is completely opposite to that of the virtual symbol reel 41 in the left row, and 18 kinds of symbols are “octopus” and “shell (1)”. , “Harisenbon”,..., “Shell (9)”. Next to the last “shell (9)” symbol, the symbols “octopus”, “shellfish (1)”, “harisenbon”,... The virtual symbol reels 43 in the right column are variably displayed by scrolling from the top to the bottom in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3 in the display region 3c in the right column of the LCD display 3 in the order in which the symbols are arranged.

  FIG. 6B schematically shows the configuration of the middle row virtual symbol reels 42 that are variably displayed in the middle row display area 3 b of the LCD display 3. As shown in FIG. 6B, the middle row of virtual symbol reels 42 has two types of “shark (2)” and “shell (10)” at the end of the arrangement of the virtual symbol reels 43 in the right row. A total of 20 symbols including symbols are arranged in order. As in the case of the virtual symbol reels 41 and 43 in the left column and the right column, after the symbol of the last “shellfish (10)”, the head symbol is returned to “octopus”, “shellfish (1)”, Each symbol of "Harisenbon", ... is arranged. The virtual symbol reels 42 in the middle row are variably displayed by scrolling from the top to the bottom in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3 in the display region 3b in the middle row of the LCD display 3 in the order in which the symbols are arranged.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the command code of the symbol stop command 33 and the contents of the command. The symbol stop command 33 is a command for stopping and confirming the symbol variably displayed in the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the designated symbol number 32a. When the display control board D receives the symbol stop command 33, the stop symbols already specified by the stop symbol specifying command 32 are stopped and displayed in the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 specified by the symbol stop command 33. The symbols 3a1 to 3c3 are fixed. That is, the variable display of the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 designated by the symbol stop command 33 is finished. When the symbols of all nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 are determined by the symbol stop command 33, the series of variation display started by the variation pattern designation command 31 is completed.

  The display control board D considers the contents of the variation pattern designation command 31 and the stop symbol designation command 32, and the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 corresponding to the symbols designated by the stop symbol designation command 32 at the timing of the variation display end. As shown in the above, symbols are replaced in advance during high-speed fluctuation of the fluctuation display. In addition, the main control board C controls to transmit the symbol stop command 33 to the display control board D at the timing when the fluctuation pattern of the fluctuation display designated by the fluctuation pattern designation command 31 ends. Therefore, the symbol stop display (decision) by the symbol stop command 33 is performed smoothly without giving the player a sense of incongruity.

  The symbol stop command 33 includes nine commands for individually determining the symbols of the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3, one command for determining all the symbols of the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 at a time, Three types of commands for individually determining the symbols of the three display areas 3a, 3b, and 3c divided into three columns, a column, a middle column, and a right column are prepared for a total of 13 types of commands. Has been. Of these, symbol stop commands 33 ((1) “80H, 0BH”, (2) “3”) that determine three symbols at a time for each of the left column, middle column, and right column as scroll units. 80H, 0CH ", (3)" 80H, 0DH "), the scroll of the virtual symbol reels 41 to 43 shown on the display of the LCD display 3 by control is the same as the actual symbol reel scroll. It can be performed, and the interest of the player can be further improved.

  Next, each process executed by the pachinko machine P configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a reset interrupt process executed every 4 ms in the main control board C of the pachinko machine P. The main control of the pachinko machine P is executed by this reset interrupt process.

  In the reset interrupt process, first, a stack pointer is set (S1), and a pattern written in a predetermined area of the RAM 13 is checked (S2). If the predetermined pattern is written in the predetermined area as a result of the check, the RAM 13 is normal and normal (S2: normal), and the process proceeds to S3. On the other hand, if the predetermined pattern is not written in the predetermined area as a result of the check in S2, it is the reset interrupt process executed first after the power is turned on, or there is an abnormality in the RAM 13 (S2: abnormal) In this case, the process proceeds to S21, and once the contents of the RAM 13 are cleared, an initial value is written into the RAM 13 (S21), and the next reset interrupt process is awaited. Note that the initial value written in the RAM 13 in the process of S21 includes a predetermined pattern checked in the process of S2.

  In the process of S3, a timer interrupt is set (S3). Examples of the timer interrupt set here include a timer interrupt that generates a strobe signal for transmitting a control command for controlling the fluctuation display of the LCD display 3 to the display control board D. After setting the timer interrupt, each interrupt is permitted (S4). After the permission of the interrupt, the output data updated in the previous reset interrupt process by the special symbol variation process (S15), the display data creation process (S17), the ramp / information processing (S18), etc. A port output process for outputting to the port is executed (S5).

  Further, a random number update process (S6) for updating the value of the random number counter for determining the jackpot is performed by “+1”, and a storage timer subtraction process is executed (S7). The storage timer subtraction process shortens the time for symbol variation display when there are a predetermined number or more of reserve balls for jackpot determination and the symbol display is being varied on the LCD display 3.

  In the switch reading process (S8), the value of each switch is read, and the ball that has been struck into the game area 1 enters the winning port 2 or the big winning port 5 (including the V zone 5a) and passes through the symbol operating port 4. Further, it is a process for detecting a winning ball or a rental ball. The count abnormality monitoring process (S9) is a process for monitoring whether there is an abnormality in the switch data read by the switch reading process of S8. For example, even though the big winning opening 5 is opened and a hit ball is detected by the V count switch that detects the passing of the hit ball through the V zone 5a, the winning in the big winning openings 5 other than the V zone 5a is detected 10 If a single shot cannot be detected by the count switch, some abnormality has occurred in the 10 count switch, for example, by removing the 10 count switch. Further, when a single prize ball is not paid out even though the motor for paying out a prize ball is driven, some abnormality has occurred in the prize ball payout device. As described above, in the count abnormality monitoring process (S9), the presence / absence of the abnormality as described above is monitored based on the switch data read by the switch reading process (S8).

  In the symbol counter update process (S10), a counter update process for determining a symbol to be stopped and displayed as a result of the variable display performed on the LCD display 3 is performed. In the symbol check process (S11), based on the counter value updated in the symbol counter update process (S10), the jackpot symbol, the off symbol, and the reach symbol used in the special symbol variation process (S15). Etc. are determined.

  If no error has occurred in the processing from S3 to S11 (S12: normal), the normal symbol variation processing (S13) displays the variation of the 7-segment LED (not shown) and the result of the variation display. When a hit occurs, a hit process for opening a normal electric accessory (not shown) for a predetermined time is executed. After that, the state flag is checked (S14), and if the symbol change is started or displayed on the LCD display 3 (S14: symbol changing), the ball hits the symbol operating port 4 by the special symbol changing process (S15). Based on the value of the random number counter read at the passing timing, it is determined whether or not the game is a big hit, and a symbol variation process is executed on the LCD display 3. On the other hand, if the result of checking the status flag is a big hit (S14: big hit), a big hit process (S16) such as opening the big prize opening 5 is executed. Further, as a result of checking the status flag, if the symbol is not changing or big hit (S14: Other), the processing of S15 and S16 is skipped and the process proceeds to the display data creation processing of S17. If an error is confirmed in the process of S12 (S12: error), each process of S13 to S16 is skipped and the process proceeds to a display data creation process of S17.

  In the display data creation process (S17), demo data displayed on the LCD display 3, display data of the 7 segment LED, and the like are created in addition to the symbol variation display. In the lamp / information processing (S18), the lamp of the holding ball is displayed. Various lamp data including data are created. In the sound effect process (S19), sound effect data corresponding to the game situation is created. These display data and sound effect data are output to each device by the port output process (S5) and the timer interrupt process described above.

  After the sound effect process (S19) ends, the symbol counter update process (S20), which is the same process as S10, is repeatedly executed for the remaining time until the next reset interrupt process occurs. Since the execution time of each process of S1-S19 changes according to the state of the game, the remaining time until the next reset interrupt process occurs is not a fixed time. Therefore, the stop symbol can be changed at random by repeatedly executing the symbol counter update process (S20) using the remaining time.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the command setting process executed in the special symbol variation process (S15) of the reset interrupt process in FIG. In this command setting process, a variation pattern designation command 31, a stop symbol designation command 32, and a symbol stop command 33, which are control commands for controlling variation display on the LCD display 3, are transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D. This is a process for writing (setting) the commands 31 to 33 to the transmission buffer 13a.

  In the command setting process, first, the state of the variable display is checked by the status flag (S31). As a result of the check, if variation display is started (S31: variation start), the variation pattern designation command 31 is written to the transmission buffer 13a (S32), the value of the command counter 13b is set to “1” (S33), and this processing is performed. finish. As described above, the variation pattern designation command 31 written to the transmission buffer 13a is transmitted to the display control board D byte by byte by the timer interrupt process set in the process of S3.

  In the process of S31, as a result of checking the state flag, if the symbol variation is being displayed (S31: during variation display), it is checked whether the value of the command counter 13b is equal to or less than “9” (S34). If the value of the command counter 13b is equal to or less than “9” (S34: Yes), the first byte of the stop symbol designation command 32 corresponding to the value of the command counter 13b is written to the upper byte of the transmission buffer 13a (S35). Based on the correspondence shown in FIG. 5A, for example, if the value of the command counter 13b is “1”, “90H” is obtained, and if the value of the command counter 13b is “2”, “A0H” is obtained. If the value of the command counter 13b is “9”, “B2H” is written to the upper byte of the transmission buffer 13a.

  Further, the symbol code 32b of the stop symbol corresponding to the value of the command counter 13b is written to the lower byte of the transmission buffer 13a (S36). For example, if the value of the command counter 13b is “1”, the symbol code 32b of the symbol that is stopped and displayed in the display area of the symbol 1 (3a1), and if the value of the command counter 13b is “2”, the symbol 2 (3b1) ) The symbol code 32b of the symbol that is stopped and displayed in the display area of..., And if the value of the command counter 13b is “9”, the symbol code 32b of the symbol that is stopped and displayed in the display area of symbol 9 (3c3) Are written to the lower byte of the transmission buffer 13a based on the correspondence shown in FIG. Here, when the symbol “octopus” is designated as the stop symbol, the symbol code 32b of “10H” is designated, and when the symbol “Harisenbon” is designated, the symbol code 32b of “11H” is ... When the symbol “shark (2)” is designated, the symbol code 32b “23H” is designated.

  After the 2-byte stop symbol designation command 32 is written to the transmission buffer 13a by the processing of S35 and S36, the value of the command counter 13b is incremented by “1” (S37), and this processing is terminated. The stop symbol designation command 32 written to the transmission buffer 13a is transmitted byte by byte to the display control board D by the timer interruption process set in the process of S3, as in the case of the variation pattern designation command 31. Is done.

  As described above, the stop symbol designating command 32 is transmitted to the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the LCD display 3 in the order in which the numbers of "symbol 1" to "symbol 9" are numbered by the processes of S35 to S37. The data is set in the buffer 13a and transmitted to the display control board D in the order of setting. That is, the stop symbol designating command 32 includes commands 32 for the display areas 3a1 to 3c3, the display area 3a1 for "symbol 1", the display area 3b1 for "symbol 2", the display area 3c1 for "symbol 3", and the "symbol 4" , And the display area 3c3 of “symbol 9” are transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D in this order. The transmission order of the stop symbol designation command 32 is a direction orthogonal to the scrolling direction of the variable display (the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3).

  On the other hand, if the value of the command counter 13b is “10” or more (S34: No), this means that the stop symbol designation command 32 has been transmitted for all nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3. Therefore, in such a case, each process of S35 to S37 is skipped, and this process is terminated.

  In the process of S31, if the status flag is checked and the timing of the end of the variable display is reached (S31: end of the variable display), all symbols in the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 are stopped and displayed at once to be fixed. The command 33 (80H, 0AH) is written to the transmission buffer 13a (S38), and this process is terminated. The symbol stop command 33 written to the transmission buffer 13a is transmitted to the display control board D byte by byte by the timer interrupt process set in the process of S3, as in the case of the variation pattern designation command 31. By transmitting the symbol stop command 33 to the display control board D, a series of variation display started by the variation pattern designation command 31 is completed.

  The symbol stop display (decision) by the symbol stop command 33 does not necessarily require all nine symbols to be confirmed at once. For example, nine symbols can be confirmed separately or scrolling can be performed. The symbol may be determined for each unit of the units to be displayed, that is, the symbol in the left column, the symbol in the middle column, and the symbol in the right column. In the former case, as shown in FIG. 7, a symbol stop command 33 of “80H, 01H” to “80H, 09H” is used, and in the latter case, symbols of “80H, 0BH” to “80H, 0DH” are used. A stop command 33 is used.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of command reception processing executed in the reception interrupt processing of the display control board D. This command reception process is executed when a control command is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D. First, the control command transmitted from the main control board C and received by the display control board D is written into the reception buffer 23a (S41), and the command reception flag 23b is turned on (S42), and a new control command is received. This process ends after indicating that it is stored in the reception buffer 23a.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the variable display process executed in the main process of the display control board D. In the fluctuation display process, the fluctuation display is controlled based on the control command received from the main control board C.

  First, it is confirmed whether or not the command reception flag 23b is turned on (S51). If the command reception flag 23b is turned on (S51: Yes), after turning it off (S52), the type of control command is confirmed based on the data stored in the upper byte of the reception buffer 23a (S53). If the upper byte of the control command stored in the reception buffer 23 a is “C0H” or “C1H”, the control command is the variation pattern designation command 31. Therefore, in such a case (S53: variation pattern designation command), the contents of all the stopped symbols 1-9 memories 23c-23k are cleared to 0 (S54), and then the variation display corresponding to the variation pattern designation command 31 is displayed. The process starts on the LCD display 3 (S56).

  On the other hand, in the process of S53, if the upper byte of the control command stored in the reception buffer 23a is any one of “90H to 92H”, “A0H to A2H”, or “B0H to B2H”, the control command is This is a stop symbol designation command 32. Therefore, in such a case (S53: stop symbol designation command), the symbol code 32b which is the second byte command of the stop symbol designation command 32 is written to the corresponding stop symbol 1-9 memories 23c-23k (S57). As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, for example, if the stop symbol designation command 32 stored in the reception buffer 23a is “90H, 14H”, the stop symbol 1 memory 23c corresponding to “90H” The symbol code 32b of “14H (shrimp symbol)” is written. If the stop symbol designation command 32 stored in the reception buffer 23a is “B2H, 21H”, the symbol code 32b of “21H (shell symbol)” is stored in the stop symbol 9 memory 23k corresponding to “B2H”. Written.

  Thereafter, the symbol code stored in the stop symbols 1 to 9 memories 23c to 23k in consideration of the variation pattern and the progress status of the variation pattern, the symbol being varied at high speed on the LCD display 3 The changing symbol is replaced so that the changing display ends with the symbol 32b (S58). For example, when “14H” is stored in the stop symbol 1 memory 23c, the variation display in the display area 3a1 of symbol 1 ends with the symbol “shrimp” which is the symbol code 32b of “14H”. The symbol is replaced. In addition, when “21H” is stored in the stop symbol 9 memory 23k, the variation display in the display area 3c3 of the symbol 9 ends with the symbol “shell” which is the symbol code 32b of “21H”. The symbol is replaced.

  In the process of S53, if the upper byte of the control command stored in the reception buffer 23a is “80H”, the control command is the symbol stop command 33. Therefore, in such a case (S53: symbol stop command), the symbols of the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 of the symbol number 32a designated by the symbol stop command 33 are determined (S59), and correspond to the display areas 3a1 to 3c3. Stop displaying symbols.

  For example, if the symbol stop command 33 of “80H, 0AH” is stored in the reception buffer 23a, the symbols of all nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 are determined at a time and stopped. If the symbol stop command 33 of “80H, 0CH” is stored in the reception buffer 23a, the three symbols 2, 5, and 8 displayed in the middle row display area 3b are determined at a time and stopped. .

  Even before the end timing of the variable display, when the symbol stop command 33 is received, the variable display in the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 instructed by the symbol stop command 33 is immediately stopped (confirmed). To do. Therefore, the fluctuation display can be actually ended at the timing of receiving the symbol stop command 33.

  When the command reception flag 23b is turned off in the process of S51 (S51: No), or after the execution of the processes of S56, S58, and S59, the processes are executed according to the status of the variable display (S60). Thereafter, the variation display process is terminated.

  Next, with reference to the timing charts of FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the timing of the variable display based on the above description will be described. First, with reference to FIG. 12, the timing for stopping and displaying (determining) all nine symbols at once will be described. When the variation pattern designation command 31 is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D, the variation display is started for all the symbols from symbol 1 (3a1) to symbol 9 (3c3). Following this variation pattern designation command 31, a stop symbol designation command 32 is sequentially transmitted to the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 during the high-speed variation. When the stop symbol designation command 32 is received by the display control board D, symbols are replaced during high-speed fluctuation in accordance with the stop symbol designated by the stop symbol designation command 32.

  Thereafter, the variation display specified by the variation pattern designation command 31 continues the variation display by the display control board D, and all nine symbols are transferred from the main control board C to the display control board D at the end timing of the variation display. The symbol stop command 33 (80H, 0AH (see FIG. 7)) for stopping and displaying (determining) is transmitted at once. When the symbol stop command 33 is received by the display control board D, a series of variation display started by the variation pattern designation command 31 is completed. After the end of the variable display, the display of the stop symbol designated by the stop symbol designation command 32 stopped and displayed in each of the display areas 3a1 to 3c3 is switched to another display as a predetermined time elapses.

  If the display control board D receives the symbol stop command 33 before the end timing of the variable display comes, the end timing of the variable display specified by the change pattern specifying command 31 has not arrived. In addition, the stop symbol designated by the stop symbol designation command 32 is immediately stopped and displayed in the designated display areas 3a1 to 3c3. With such control, the variable display can be terminated in accordance with the transmission (reception) timing of the symbol stop command 33.

  Next, with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 13, the timing when nine symbols are stopped and displayed (determined) by three symbols in the order of the left column, the right column, and the middle column will be described. Until the stop symbol designation command 32 is transmitted, it is performed in the same manner as the timing of FIG. 12, and symbols are replaced during high-speed fluctuation.

  At the timing of the end of the variable display, first, a symbol stop command 33 for stopping and displaying (determining) the symbols displayed in the display area 3a in the left column is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D (80H, 0BH (see FIG. 7)). When this symbol stop command 33 is received by the display control board D, the symbols 1, 4 and 7 in the left column are stopped (displayed) (see FIG. 3). Next, the symbol stop command 33 for stopping and displaying (determining) the symbols displayed in the display area 3c in the right column is transmitted (80H, 0DH (see FIG. 7)), and the symbols 3, 6, and 9 in the right column are stopped. Display (determine) (see FIG. 3). Further, a symbol stop command 33 for stopping and displaying (determining) the symbols displayed in the middle row display area 3b is transmitted (80H, 0CH (see FIG. 7)), and the middle row symbols 2, 5, and 8 are confirmed. (See FIG. 3). With the above three symbol stop commands 33, a series of variation display started by the variation pattern designation command 31 is completed.

  In this way, the virtual symbols reels 41 to 43 represented on the display by the control are displayed by stopping and displaying (determining) the symbols in the order of the left column, the right column, and the middle column in accordance with the scroll direction of the symbols. It can be expressed like a symbol reel. When the symbol scroll direction is the horizontal direction, the symbol stop display (determination) is performed in the order of, for example, the upper row, the lower row, and the middle row.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment, since a series of variation patterns can be designated at once by the variation pattern designation command 31, the main control is performed for each point at which the variation display state changes. There is no need to transmit a control command from the substrate C. Therefore, the control load of the variable display by the main control board C can be reduced, and the program capacity and data capacity mounted on the main control board C for the control of the variable display can be reduced, so that the main control board C Program development can be facilitated.

  Further, if the control of the variation display corresponding to the variation pattern designation command 31 is changed on the display control board D side, the variation pattern can be changed without changing the program of the main control board C. Therefore, different variable displays can be performed on the LCD display 3 by simply replacing the display control board D while making the main control board C common.

  Next, referring to FIG. 14 to FIG. 16, when the variation display of the LCD display 3 performed in 3 rows and 3 columns in the pachinko machine P is performed in 2 rows and 3 columns reduced by 1 row in the direction of the variation display. The change point of the control of variation display of the main control board C will be described.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state in which the display screen of the LCD display 3 is divided into six display areas in two rows and three columns. The variable display is performed while scrolling in the vertical direction in the direction of arrow B in each of the three display areas 3a, 3b, and 3c divided into three in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 14, six symbol numbers “symbol 1 to symbol 6” are numbered and attached to the six display areas 3a1 to 3c2. Since the numbering order of the symbol numbers is performed in a direction orthogonal to the scrolling direction (arrow B direction) of the variable display, “symbol 1 to symbol 9” in the case of 3 rows and 3 columns shown in FIG. Among the numbering, the part of “symbol 1 to symbol 6” can be used as it is.

  In FIG. 14, two gray banded circles 1 and 2 represent two hit lines. As a result of the variable display, if three hit symbols are arranged on either hit line circle circle 1 or circle circle 2, it becomes a big hit and a special game state is entered.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a command setting process executed in the special symbol variation process (S15) of the reset interrupt process (FIG. 8) in the main control board C when the variation display is performed in 2 rows and 3 columns. is there. In the command setting process, as in the case of the command setting process shown in FIG. 9 described above, the fluctuation pattern designation command 31 for controlling the fluctuation display, the stop symbol designation command 32, and the symbol stop command 33 are controlled for display from the main control board C. This is a process for writing (setting) these commands 31 to 33 to the transmission buffer 13a for transmission to the substrate D.

  In this command setting process, the process of S34 is changed to the process of S39 with respect to the command setting process shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, since it is necessary to specify nine stop symbols in order to perform the variable display of 3 rows and 3 columns, the value of the command counter 13b is compared with “9” in the process of S34 of FIG. is doing. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, in the case of the variable display of 2 rows and 3 columns, it is sufficient to specify 6 stop symbols, so in the process of S39, it is compared with “6”.

  As described above, the numbering of the display areas 3a to 3c is performed in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the variable display (symbol scroll direction), so that the variable display of 3 rows and 3 columns is changed to 2 rows and 3 columns. Even when the display is changed, it is not necessary to change the numbering of the display areas 3a to 3c. Therefore, the change display control of the main control board C can be easily changed from 3 rows 3 columns to 2 rows 3 columns simply by changing the processing of S34 to the processing of S39.

  With reference to the timing chart of FIG. 16, the timing of the 2 × 3 variation display will be described. When the variation pattern designation command 31 is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D, the variation display is started for all the symbols from symbol 1 (3a1) to symbol 6 (3c2). Following this variation pattern designation command 31, a stop symbol designation command 32 is sequentially transmitted to the six display areas 3a1 to 3c2 during high-speed variation. When the stop symbol designation command 32 is received by the display control board D, symbols are replaced during high-speed fluctuation in accordance with the stop symbol designated by the stop symbol designation command 32.

  Thereafter, the variable display is continued by the display control board D with the change pattern specified by the change pattern specifying command 31, and all six symbols are transferred from the main control board C to the display control board D at the end timing of the change display. Are stopped (displayed) at a time. When the symbol stop command 33 is received by the display control board D, a series of variation display started by the variation pattern designation command 31 is completed. After the end of the variable display, the display of the stop symbol designated by the stop symbol designation command 32 stopped and displayed in each of the display areas 3a1 to 3c2 is switched to another display as a predetermined time elapses.

  Next, referring to FIGS. 17 to 19, main control board C in the case where the variable display of LCD display 3 performed in 3 rows and 3 columns is performed in 1 row and 3 columns reduced by 2 rows in the direction of the variable display. The change of the control of the fluctuation display will be described.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a state in which the display screen of the LCD display 3 is divided into three display areas in one row and three columns. The variable display is performed while scrolling in the vertical direction in the direction of arrow C in each of the three display areas 3a, 3b, 3c divided into three in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 17, three symbol numbers “symbol 1 to symbol 3” are numbered and attached to the three display areas 3a1 to 3c1. Since the numbering order of the symbol numbers is performed in a direction orthogonal to the scrolling direction (arrow C direction) of the variable display, the “symbol 1 to symbol 9” in the case of 3 rows and 3 columns shown in FIG. Among the numbering, the part of “symbol 1 to 3” can be used as it is. In FIG. 17, the gray belt circle 1 indicates a hit line. As a result of the variable display, when three hit symbols are arranged on the hit line circle 1, a big win is obtained and a special game state is set.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a command setting process executed in the special symbol variation process (S15) of the reset interrupt process (FIG. 8) in the main control board C when the variable display is performed in one row and three columns. is there. In the command setting process, the process of S34 is changed to the process of S40 with respect to the command setting process shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, since it is necessary to specify nine stop symbols in order to perform the variable display of 3 rows and 3 columns, the value of the command counter 13b is compared with “9” in the process of S34 of FIG. is doing. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17, in the case of the variable display of 1 row and 3 columns, it is sufficient to specify three stop symbols, so the process of S40 is compared with “3”.

  As described above, the numbering of the display areas 3a to 3c is performed in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the variable display (symbol scroll direction), so that the variable display of 3 rows and 3 columns is changed to 1 row and 3 columns. Even when the display is changed, it is not necessary to change the numbering of the display areas 3a to 3c. Therefore, the change display control of the main control board C can be easily changed from 3 rows 3 columns to 1 row 3 columns simply by changing the processing of S34 to the processing of S40.

  FIG. 19 shows a timing chart of the variable display of 1 row and 3 columns. The timing of the variable display of 1 row and 3 columns shown in FIG. 19 is different from the timing of 2 rows and 3 columns shown in FIG. 16 in the case where the symbols to be changed are “symbol 1 (3a1) to symbol 6”. Since it is the same except that it is changed from “(3c2)” to “symbol 1 (3a1) to symbol 3 (3c1)”, the description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 20 illustrates a state in which the display screen of the LCD display 3 is divided into nine display areas by three rows and three columns so as to have eight hit line circle circles 1 to 8. . In this case, the variable display is performed in nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 each divided into three in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction while scrolling in the vertical direction in the arrow D direction in the display areas 3a1 to 3c3.

  These nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 are numbered with nine symbol numbers “symbol 1 to symbol 9”. This numbering is based on three lines of five hit lines shown in FIG. This is the same as in the case of three columns of variable display. That is, the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3 are numbered in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the variable display (arrow A direction) in FIG. Therefore, when changing the winning line from 5 to 8 or from 8 to 5 in the variation display of 3 rows and 3 columns, the numbering of “symbol 1 to symbol 9” shown in FIG. 3 is used as it is. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the numbering of the nine display areas 3a1 to 3c3, and the control of the variable display on the main control board C can be easily changed.

  As described above, for example, if the three-row and three-column variable display of the five hit lines shown in FIG. 3 is considered as a reference, the display area number in the direction orthogonal to the variable display direction (arrow A direction) By designating each stop symbol by the stop symbol designation command 32 in the numbered order, the variable display of 3 rows and 3 columns of 5 hit lines is displayed as 2 of 2 hit lines. The display can be easily changed to a change display of three rows and three columns, a change display of one row and three columns of one hit line, and a change display of three rows and three columns of eight hit lines. . When the variable display is performed in the horizontal direction, the display areas are numbered in the vertical direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction.

  The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be easily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It can be guessed.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the control command of the present invention is directly transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D that controls the variable display. However, instead of this, a control command is once transmitted from the main control board C to a sub board other than the display control board D, and a control command is sent from the sub board to the display control board D. Control the fluctuation display, or expand the control command in detail for each point where the fluctuation display changes by the sub board, and send the developed command from the sub board to the display control board D to change the display. The display may be controlled. In addition, if it is the latter structure, the control burden of the variable display in the main control board C and the display control board D can be reduced. In the latter case, the display control board D and the sub-board as a whole correspond to the display control means .

  The control command of the present invention was used for controlling the fluctuation display of the LCD display 3, but by using such a control command or its command system, a sound effect board for generating a sound effect and various lamps You may make it control the lamp board | substrate which blinks.

  The modification of this invention is shown below. A display device for displaying symbols and the like, a main control board for controlling a game, and a display control board for causing the display device to perform variable display of symbols based on a control command transmitted from the main control board The control command transmitted from the main control board includes a variation pattern designation command for designating a series of variation patterns of the variation display and a stop at the display device at the end of the variation display. A stop symbol designation command for designating a stop symbol to be displayed, and the display device includes a plurality of display areas for stopping and displaying a plurality of symbols at the end of the variation display, and the direction of the variation display. Command transmission means that is numbered in the orthogonal direction and the main control board transmits the control command to the display control board Provided, the command transmitting unit to a plurality of display areas of the display device, the control device of each game machine and transmits the stop symbol designating command to the numbered sequentially 1.

  2. The gaming machine control device according to claim 1, or the gaming machine control device 1, wherein the command transmission means transmits the stop symbol designation command after the variable display is started. Control device 2 of the machine.

  2. The timing control device according to claim 1 or the gaming machine control device 1 or 2, wherein the stop symbol designated by the stop symbol designation command is stopped and displayed (determined display) on the display device. A game machine control device 3 comprising a symbol stop command for the control command as a kind of the control command. From the transmission timing of the symbol stop command, the display control board side can know the end timing of the variable display.

  The symbol stop command includes (1) a command for stopping and displaying (determining) symbols displayed in all display areas of a display device on which variable display is performed, and (2) a display device on which variable display is performed. One that stops (determines) a plurality of symbols displayed in a plurality of predetermined display areas at one time, or (3) one for each display area of a plurality of display areas of a display device that performs variable display There are three types: one that stops and displays (determines) each symbol.

  2. The gaming machine control device according to claim 1, or the gaming machine control devices 1 to 3, further comprising one-way means for transmitting the control command from the main control board only in one direction. A control device 4 of a gaming machine characterized by the above.

  2. The gaming machine control device according to claim 1, or the gaming machine control devices 1 to 4, wherein the control command transmitted from the main control board is directly transmitted to the display control board. A control device 5 of a gaming machine characterized by the above.

It is a front view of the game board of the pachinko machine which is one Example of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the electrical structure of the pachinko machine. It is the figure which showed a mode that the display screen of the liquid crystal display was divided | segmented into nine display areas. It is the figure which showed the command code of the fluctuation pattern designation command and the command contents. (A) is the figure which showed the correspondence of the command code of a stop symbol designation | designated command, and the symbol number designated by the command code. (B) is the figure which showed the correspondence of 20 types of symbol codes and symbol names. (A) is the figure which showed typically the structure of the virtual symbol reel variably displayed in the display area of a left row, (b) is the structure of the virtual symbol reel variably displayed in the display area of a middle row. (C) is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a virtual symbol reel that is variably displayed in the display area on the right column. It is the figure which showed the command code of the symbol stop command and the command contents. It is the flowchart which showed the reset interruption process performed with the main control board. It is the flowchart which showed the command setting process performed in a reset interruption process. It is the flowchart which showed the command reception process performed by the interruption process of the display control board. It is the flowchart which showed the fluctuation | variation display process performed by the main process of the control board for a display. It is a timing chart of the variable display which fixes all symbols at once. It is a timing chart of the change display which decides nine symbols every three symbols. It is the figure which showed a mode that the display screen of the liquid crystal display was divided | segmented into 6 display areas by 2 rows 3 columns. It is the flowchart which showed the command setting process in the case of performing a variable display by 2 rows 3 columns. It is a timing chart in the case of performing a variable display by 2 rows 3 columns. It is the figure which showed a mode that the display screen of the liquid crystal display was divided | segmented into 3 display areas by 1 line 3 columns. It is the flowchart which showed the command setting process in the case of performing a variable display by 1 line 3 columns. It is a timing chart in the case of performing a variable display by 1 line 3 columns. It is the figure which showed a mode that the display screen of the liquid crystal display was divided | segmented into 9 display areas by 3 rows 3 columns so that it might have eight hit lines. It is the chart which showed the timing of the fluctuation display in the prior art. It is the figure which showed numbering of each display area in the case of performing variable display in a prior art, (a) is a figure in the case of performing variable display of 3 rows 3 columns, (b) is 2 rows 3 columns. It is a figure in the case of performing a variable display, (c) is a figure in the case of performing a variable display of 1 row 3 columns.

3 Liquid crystal (LCD) display (display means )
Display area 3a1~3c3 display area 31 fluctuation pattern specified for each symbol in the display area 3c right column of the display area 3b in the column of 3a left column commands 32 stop symbol specified command 32a symbol number 32b symbol code 32c symbol name 33 symbol stop command 41-43 virtual design reels C main control board (main control means)
D Display control board (display control means)
P Pachinko machine (game machine)

Claims (3)

Display means for displaying symbols , main control means for controlling the game, and display control means for causing the display means to perform variable display of symbols based on control commands transmitted from the main control means. In the gaming machine
Control command transmitted from the main control unit, used to determine the variation pattern commands showing the fluctuation pattern of the variable display, the stop symbols stopped and displayed on the display unit when the variable display of the termination A stop symbol determination command to be performed and a stop command to end the variation display ,
The display control means includes
Comprising storage means for storing symbol data displayed on the display means, configured to read the symbol data from the storage means based on the stop symbol determination command, and to display a symbol corresponding to the data;
When the stop command is received at the end of the variation display based on the variation pattern command, the stop symbol determined based on the stop symbol determination command is stopped and displayed on the display means.
Starting means for starting a variation display based on the variation pattern command;
Even before the end timing of the variation display based on the variation pattern command has arrived, when the stop command is received, the stop symbol determined based on the stop symbol determination command is stopped on the display means. Ending means for ending the variable display;
A gaming machine comprising switching means for switching a stop symbol determined based on the stop symbol determination command stopped and displayed on the display means to another display after a predetermined time has elapsed . The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the symbol variation display performed by the display control means is a horizontal scroll display. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko machine.

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