JP4737744B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine.

  A type of pachinko machine called a “seven machine” generally changes the design by performing a lottery lottery when a ball wins a winning prize opening. When the symbol variation on the display section is interrupted, the player feels like he has fallen into a slump. For this reason, game machines that do not continue to fluctuate in symbols are easily shunned and the operating rate is difficult to increase.

Therefore, in recent pachinko machines, when the number of reserved balls is small, the symbol variation time is set longer, and when there are many reserved balls, the symbol variation time is set short, so that the symbol variation is not interrupted as much as possible. Yes. Further, in Patent Document 1 below, the ball firing state is detected, the symbol is always changed when in the firing state, and the ball wins / loses in response to the ball winning the stop winning portion (corresponding to the start winning opening). A pachinko gaming machine that stops the symbol variation and displays the lottery result is described.
JP 2003-260226 A

  Certainly, according to the pachinko gaming machine including the proposal in Patent Document 1, it seems that the slump feeling of the player who is actually sitting on the table can be eased or wiped away. However, there is no attraction to attract players when in a non-operating state where no balls are fired.

  In view of the circumstances as described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine that is devised to draw players even in a non-operating state and can easily increase the operation.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention executes a jackpot lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot according to the start winning prize, and as a result of the jackpot lottery, the first jackpot lottery, 2 jackpot lottery means capable of deriving two jackpots and loses, a symbol display means for displaying the results of the jackpot lottery process in a jackpot symbol or a loser pattern, and starting the symbol change of the symbol display means with the start winning as a starting condition Regardless of whether the result of the jackpot lottery process is the first jackpot, the second jackpot, or the loss, the start winning after the starting prize, which is the start condition, is stopped as a stop condition, while the symbol variation is stopped, the jackpot lottery process If the result of No. 1 is the first jackpot, the symbol change is stopped without waiting for the start winning prize, which is the stop condition. Display control means for performing control to display the results, with a symbol display means, first reach effect as the effect display in symbol variation, and is capable of displaying a second reach demonstration, the first reach demonstration, and The second reach effect is an effect display indicating that the degree of expectation of jackpot is higher than the case where those effect displays are not performed , and whether or not the jackpot lottery means performs the first reach effect and the second reach effect. or executed in response to start winning as a start condition reach lottery process to decide, the first reach demonstration, and when performing the second reach demonstration, derived as a lottery result or perform any of their is possible, the display control means, when the first reach Starring unloading lottery result indicating that performing at reach lottery process is derived, to start the first reach demonstration or without start winning as a stop condition hand that When the lottery result indicating that performing the second reach Starring unloading is derived is mainly characterized in that for controlling the display to initiate a second reach effect as a condition that there is a starting winning as a stop condition.

  According to the present invention described above, symbol variation is performed even in a non-operating state in which no balls are fired. Then, the player comes to use the speculation “Would you win with the current symbol variation?” And would like to hit the gaming table during the symbol variation. In this way, it is possible to attract players even in a non-operating state. Further, when the player quits the game, the lottery result based on the last start winning prize is not confirmed. However, since the player has a desire to confirm the lottery result to the end, it is difficult to stop the game. As a result, the operating rate of the game machine is increased. In addition, since the symbol variation is constantly performed, the player's feeling of slump can be alleviated.

In a preferred aspect, the present invention is a display effect associated with the result of the jackpot lottery process to be displayed when the symbol change is stopped while the symbol display means is changing the symbol , It further includes display effect means for repeatedly executing the notice effect indicating the degree of expectation of jackpot at irregular intervals . To put it simply, even if there is no vacant board where no one is playing, the display effect informs the possibility that the current symbol variation will lead to a jackpot. According to such a configuration, the player can check the variation of the vacant board firmly, and is forced to hit the game board where the performance that is likely to be a big hit is performed. That is, it is possible to attract players even in a non-operating state.

  The display control means described above can be configured as means for executing the following control. That is, when the result of the jackpot lottery process is a predetermined jackpot, control is performed to stop the symbol variation of the symbol display means without waiting for the start winning as a stop condition. Specifically, the result of the jackpot lottery process is identified as the first jackpot or the second jackpot with a different jackpot random number, and the first jackpot is identified as the first jackpot. On the other hand, the control for stopping the symbol variation of the symbol display means is executed without waiting for the next start winning, while the next start winning is determined as a condition when the second big hit is identified. Control for stopping the symbol variation of the display means is executed. According to such a configuration, when the symbol variation enters the stop operation without the next start winning, the jackpot is determined, so that the player can be greatly satisfied.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a front glass door 5 attached to the underframe and a game board 3 disposed inside the underframe and covered by the glass door 5. The game board 3 forms a circular game area. Below the game board 3, a ball supply tray 6 is provided. The game balls (pachinko balls) prepared on the ball supply tray 6 are fired toward the game board 3 by a launching device including a handle 7 and the like. The ball that has reached the game board 3 through the rail jumps out of the ball launcher and falls by its own weight while being bounced by a number of nails driven into the game board 3. An out ball collection port 15 for collecting out balls is provided at the lowermost center of the game board 3.

  A liquid crystal display 11 is arranged in the approximate center of the game area formed by the game board 3. Instead of the liquid crystal display, a 7-segment display device using a light emitting diode or a reel type display device can also be adopted. The liquid crystal display 11 displays three (plural) symbols (characters) such as Arabic numerals. In addition, a holding ball display unit 13 using an LED lamp is provided around the liquid crystal display 11. The holding ball display unit 13 displays the number of lottery results stored in the holding ball storage unit 52a (see FIG. 11). The number of lottery results stored in the reserved ball storage unit 52a is referred to as the number of reserved balls. Below the liquid crystal display 11, a start winning opening 17 and a big winning opening 19 are arranged. The special winning opening 19 is configured by an attacker-type electric winning device.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 100 (main control part), a display control board 105 (display control part), a voice control board 106 (voice control part), and lamp control. It is configured to include a substrate 107 (lamp control unit), a payout control substrate 108 (prize ball control unit), and a firing control substrate 109 (launch control unit). A configuration in which each substrate individually includes a CPU and a memory is common, but is omitted in FIG. The power supply circuit unit 110 generates power of a predetermined voltage and supplies it to each substrate.

  The display control board 105 executes processing for displaying an image on the liquid crystal display 11 in accordance with a display control signal input from the main control board 100. The sound control board 106 executes processing for outputting sound from the speaker 116 in accordance with the input sound control signal. The lamp control board 107 controls lighting / extinguishing of the lamps 117 according to the input lamp control signal. The payout control board 108 controls the payout device 118 according to the input prize ball signal, and pays out a predetermined amount of prize balls to the player. The launch control board 109 activates the launch device 119 provided corresponding to the handle 7 in response to the player operating the handle 7 (operation unit). Depending on the amount of operation of the handle 7, it is possible to adjust the ball launching strength (ball flight distance). The main control board 100 includes a CPU 50, a ROM 51 for storing programs, a RAM 52, and an input / output interface 53, which are connected by a bus.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the RAM 52 includes a reserved ball storage unit 52a, a reserved ball number counter 52b, a big hit lottery counter 52c, a first warning timer 52d, a second warning timer 52e, a first stop timer 52f, and a second stop timer 52g. It is used as a program work area. The role of various counters and timers will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, on the main control board 100, a start winning detector 171 provided in the start winning opening 17 and a big winning detector 191 provided in the big winning opening 19 are connected via an input / output interface 53. Are electrically connected. These detectors 171 and 191 are constituted by contact type or non-contact type sensors. The opening / closing of the attacker constituting the special winning opening 19 is performed by switching excitation / de-energization of the special winning solenoid 192 connected to the main control board 100 via the input / output interface 53 and a drive circuit (not shown). .

  When a ball wins the start winning opening 17, the start winning detector 171 detects the passage of the ball and generates a start winning signal. The winning of a ball in the start winning opening 17 is called a start winning. When a ball wins the big prize opening 19, the big prize detector 191 generates a big prize signal. These winning signals are input to the main control board 100. The CPU 50 of the main control board 100 acquires a start winning signal from the start winning detector 171 and executes predetermined electrical processing according to the signal acquisition timing (input timing). The electrical processing includes a jackpot lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot in the pachinko gaming machine 1, a display process for deriving and displaying the result of the jackpot lottery process on the liquid crystal display 11, and a liquid crystal display 11 includes a symbol lottery process for determining a symbol to be derived and displayed.

  The CPU 50 of the main control board 100 determines a symbol to be derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display 11 according to the result of the jackpot lottery process, and performs display control of a display control signal (control command) to display the symbol determined by the symbol lottery process. Output to the substrate 105. The display control board 105 displays the design, background, etc. of the liquid crystal display 11 in accordance with the input display control signal. For example, when the jackpot lottery process is won, the jackpot symbol (for example, a doublet such as “777”) is finally displayed on the liquid crystal display 11 through screen scrolling for a predetermined time.

  The display control board 105 generates a video signal (RGB signal, sync signal) based on the control signal sent from the main control board 100 and sends it to the liquid crystal display 11. Also, the screen scrolling is started by the fluctuation pattern designation signal (fluctuation start signal), and the fluctuation of the liquid crystal display 11 is stopped by receiving the left symbol designation signal, the right symbol designation signal, the middle symbol designation signal, and the fluctuation stop signal. Display a jackpot or lose symbol.

  Here, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present invention is characterized by the fact that the liquid crystal display 11 starts symbol variation with one start winning as a starting condition, and symbol variation with the starting winning after the starting winning as a starting condition as a stopping condition. The point is to stop and to display the jackpot symbol or the lost symbol. Specifically, after the CPU 50 of the main control board 100 transmits a change start signal to the display control board 105, a change stop signal is transmitted to the display control board 105 on condition that the next start winning signal is acquired. The display control board 105 performs control to continue the design fluctuation of the liquid crystal display 11 until a design change stop signal is received from the main control board 100. The liquid crystal display 11 has a fluctuating pattern even when no one is playing.

  Hereinafter, this will be described in detail with reference to flowcharts. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of main processing executed by the CPU 50 of the main control board 100, and the main processing program is stored in the ROM 51. After the power is turned on, the CPU 50 executes initialization processing such as interrupt mode setting and RAM check (S1). After the initialization process is completed, the game process (S2) is executed. As shown in FIG. 4, the game process of S2 includes subroutines such as a start winning process, a symbol variation start process, a symbol variation in-progress process, a stop determination process, a symbol variation stop process, and a jackpot process. Further, the non-constant speed counter addition process (S3) is executed using the remaining time of the game process. The non-constant speed counter includes a jackpot symbol lottery counter for determining a jackpot symbol to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 11, and a lose symbol lottery counter for determining a lose symbol. When the timer interrupt (S4) occurs, the game process of S2 is executed again from the beginning. Each game process includes a start winning process and a symbol changing process which are performed when a ball wins the start winning opening 17.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the start winning process. The start winning process is a process to be executed in response to a ball winning at the start winning port 17. First, the CPU 50 reads the state of a predetermined port of the switch circuit to which the start winning signal is input from the start winning detector 171 and determines whether or not there is a start winning (S11). If it is determined that there is a start winning prize, the number of held balls counter 52b is read to determine whether or not the number of held balls in the held ball storage unit 52a is 4 (S12). In other words, the process of S12 is a process of determining whether or not there is a free area in which a random number (lottery result) extracted from the jackpot lottery counter 52c can be newly stored. If it is determined that there is an empty area in the reserved ball storage unit 52a, a random number is acquired from the big hit lottery counter 52c, and the acquired random number is stored in the reserved ball storage unit 52a (S13). Then, the reserved ball number counter 52b for counting the number of held balls is incremented (S14).

  As described above, the acquired random number that is the result of the jackpot lottery process is temporarily stored in the reserved ball storage unit 52 a assigned to a predetermined area of the RAM 52. The CPU 50 reads out the oldest lottery result after confirming whether or not the liquid crystal display 11 can perform a new symbol variation. This is because the symbol variation related to the subsequent jackpot lottery process cannot be performed while the symbol variation related to the previous jackpot lottery process is being performed. When the symbol variation related to the previous jackpot lottery process is continuing, the acquired random number as the result of the jackpot lottery process is held in the reserved ball storage unit 52 a of the RAM 52.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the jackpot lottery counter 52c indicates any integer value within a certain numerical range such as “0 to 1499”, and is updated every time the CPU 50 receives a timer interrupt (specifically). In other words, after reaching “1499”, it is counted up again from “0” or a randomly determined value. In other words, the jackpot lottery counter 52c is a counter in which a random value that can be taken changes cyclically within a certain numerical range. In a normal gaming state, when a ball wins the start winning opening 17, a random number is acquired from the jackpot lottery counter 52c according to the winning, and the random number matches a predetermined jackpot random number “101 to 106”. It is a big win. The timer interrupt of the CPU 50 is generated approximately every 2 msec using a reset circuit unit (not shown) provided on the main control board 100. And the program (FIG. 3) for controlling operation | movement of the pachinko game machine 1 is repeatedly performed with this timer interruption as a trigger.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 12, the types of jackpots include a first jackpot and a second jackpot that have different jackpot random numbers. Specifically, “101, 104” is won for the first jackpot, and “102, 103, 105, 106” is won for the second jackpot. The first jackpot is a jackpot for displaying the jackpot symbol by stopping the symbol variation of the liquid crystal display 11 on the condition that a predetermined time elapses from the start of the symbol variation even if the number of reserved balls is zero. On the other hand, in the case of winning the second jackpot, the pattern variation of the liquid crystal display 11 is continued until there is a next start prize (including a holding ball). In the case of a loss, the symbol variation is continued until the next start prize is received. Therefore, the liquid crystal display 11 is changing the pattern even when no one is playing except when the power is turned on.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the symbol variation start process. First, it is confirmed that the jackpot flag is off, the liquid crystal display 11 is stopped, and there is a holding ball (S21, S22, S23). The presence or absence of the reserved ball is determined by referring to the reserved ball number counter 52b. If there is a holding ball, the holding ball information is read from the holding ball storage unit 52a and the holding ball number counter 52b is decremented (S24). The holding ball information is a random number acquired from the big hit lottery counter 52b and stored.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the read random number matches the jackpot random number (S25). If they match, the symbol variation that finally stops at the jackpot symbol is started, and if they do not match, the symbol variation that stops at the lost symbol is started (S26, S27). Specifically, the jackpot symbol or lose symbol to be finally displayed on the liquid crystal display 11 and the start signal of symbol variation are converted into display control commands to be transmitted to the display control board 105 until the transmission timing arrives. The command is held in a storage means such as a register or RAM 52.

  Next, it is determined whether the random number read from the holding ball storage unit 52a is a random number won for the first notice effect or a random number won for the second notice effect (S28, S30). The first notice effect and the second notice effect are display effects indicating the degree of expectation that the symbol variation is linked to the jackpot. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10A, an effect of displaying a small character during the symbol variation of the liquid crystal display 11 is the first notice effect. As shown in FIG. 10B, the second notice effect is an effect of displaying a character that is larger and more conspicuous than that of the first notice effect while the design of the liquid crystal display 11 is changing. These notice effects are generated with a high probability when the symbol variation being executed at that time is a big hit. The expectation degree of jackpot is higher in the second notice effect in FIG.

  FIG. 13 shows a list of setting examples of random numbers for generating the jackpot notice effect and the reach effect. In this embodiment, as shown in S28 and S30 of the flow of FIG. 6, whether to perform the notice effect of FIGS. 11A and 11B is determined by using the random number acquired from the big hit lottery counter 52c. ing. Of course, a random number counter may be provided separately. As can be seen from the list of FIG. 13, the expectation of jackpot when the second notice effect is developed to the first reach is as high as about 67%. Further, even when the second notice effect is developed to the second reach, the big hit expectation degree is 25%, and even when the first notice effect is generated, the big hit expectation degree is 20% or 10%. If a player finds a vacant stand where a notice effect is being performed, the player cannot afford to hit it.

  Moreover, the 1st reach production and the 2nd reach production are provided as a kind of reach production. FIG. 10C shows a reach state in which the left and right symbols are the same symbol and only the central symbol is fluctuating. The first reach effect is a reach effect that develops to the reach state of FIG. 10C regardless of whether or not there is a next start prize. On the other hand, the second reach effect is a reach effect that develops to the reach state of FIG. 10C on condition that there is a next start prize. However, even when the first reach effect is performed, the symbol variation continues in the reach state of FIG. 10C until there is a next start prize except when the first big win is won.

  In the present embodiment, both the first reach effect and the second reach effect are accompanied by the notice effect. However, the reach effect without the notice effect may be performed, and the reach effect without the notice effect is a big hit. The symbol may be stopped. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the first jackpot is made only when the first reach effect occurs, but the first jackpot may be made even in the case of the second reach effect. In this case, when it is a big hit without the next start winning, it is preferable to perform display control that skips the reach effect and stops at the big win symbol. Of course, when the start winning is stored as the holding ball, the second reach effect is performed and the jackpot symbol is stopped. Further, when the reach state is reached, the notice effect may not be performed.

  Further, the first notice effect and the second notice effect shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B are designed so that the character appears when a predetermined time has elapsed after the symbol variation of the liquid crystal display 11 starts. Timers that measure the predetermined time after the start of symbol variation are the first notice timer 52d and the second notice timer 52e set in the RAM 52 (see FIG. 11). Therefore, if it is determined in S28 or S30 in the flow of FIG. 6 that the notice effect is won, the first notice timer 52d or the second notice timer 52e is started. Note that the first notice timer 52d and the second notice timer 52e may be either an up counter or a down counter. The timers 52d and 52e are configured as constant speed counters that are updated each time the CPU 50 is reset.

  Further, the first notice effect and / or the second notice effect shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B are preferably performed in such a manner that the character quickly runs away from the left to the right on the screen. If the first notice effect and / or the second notice effect is finished in a short time or instant, only the player who happens to pass during the effect can see it, so the notice effect is performed. It is difficult to play by selecting only the table that is on (hyena prevention effect).

  Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the process during symbol variation. First, in S41, it is determined whether or not the symbol is changing. For example, by setting a flag that is turned on when a symbol variation start signal is transmitted to the display control substrate 105 and is turned off when a symbol variation stop signal is transmitted to the display control substrate 105, the main control substrate 100 causes the display control substrate 105 to be turned on. It is possible to determine whether or not the liquid crystal display 11 is changing the pattern without access. If it is confirmed that the symbol is changing, it is determined whether the symbol stop flag is on or off (S42). This symbol stop flag is a flag for determining whether or not there is one or more reserved balls in the reserved ball storage unit 52a. If it is ON, it indicates that there is one or more reserved balls at that time, that is, that there has been another start prize after the start prize which is the trigger of the current symbol variation. If it is off, it indicates that the number of reserved balls is zero at that time, that is, that there is not yet another start prize after the start prize that is the trigger of the current symbol variation.

  When the symbol stop flag is off, it is determined whether the first notice timer 52d or the second notice timer 52e described above is timed up (S43, S45). When the first notice timer 52d is up, a command for instructing the display control board 105 to execute the first notice effect is transmitted, or preparation for transmission is made (S44). The same applies to the second notice timer 52e (S46). Each notice timer 52d, 52e restarts in S52. According to this flow, although related to the set time of the notice timers 52d and 52e, when the notice timers 52d and 52e for setting the time at the start of symbol change time up, the notice effect is performed once, and the notice timer 52d at that time. , 52e is restarted, the same notice effect is repeated many times during one symbol change. By adopting a configuration in which the notice effect is repeatedly performed, the notice effect is regularly performed even when the vacant stand is used for a relatively long time, so that the effect of inviting the player is maintained.

  The time measured by the first notice timer 52d may be constant or indefinite. The same applies to the second notice timer 52e. When the time measured by each notice timer 52d, 52e is constant, when the notice timers 52d, 52e are restarted in S52, the set time of each notice timer 52d, 52e is the same as the previous set time. On the other hand, in the case of indefinite, in S29, S31 and S52, the time to be measured by each notice timer 52d, 52e is selected by random number lottery from a plurality of set times (for example, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 30 minutes). You may do it. In this way, the notice effect is generated at random time intervals when the vacant stand is in the state, which contributes to a variety of effects. Note that the random number lottery timing for the time to be measured by the notice timers 52d and 52e can be set as the random number acquisition timing (S13) at the time of starting winning.

  Next, it is determined whether or not reach production is in progress (S47). If it is confirmed that the reach production is not in progress, the random number read from the reserved ball storage unit 52a in S24 of FIG. 6 (which is temporarily stored in a storage means such as a register of the CPU 50) is used as the first reach production. Judge whether it is a winning random number. If the first reach effect is won, a command for instructing to perform the reach effect by stopping the left and right symbols is transmitted to the display control board 105, and the reach effect is started (S49). It is determined whether or not the first jackpot is won (S50). In the case of winning the first jackpot, the second stop timer 52g is started (S51). When the second stop timer 52g expires, a command to stop the current symbol variation is transmitted to the display control board 105 regardless of whether or not the next start winning is made.

  For example, if the second stop timer 52g is set to about 20 to 30 seconds, it is possible to reliably stop the game by reliably winning the big hit only when the first big win is won. On the other hand, when the second stop timer 52g is set to a considerably long time (for example, 30 minutes), even if the symbol variation stops regardless of whether or not the next start winning is made, a big hit is given when no one is playing a game. May occur. Therefore, if the second stop timer 52g expires when the first big hit occurs, it is determined whether or not the game is being played by the player. It can be configured to generate a jackpot immediately after becoming inside. In this way, it is possible to solve the problem that a big hit occurs on an unattended game machine. In addition, when it fluctuates in the reach state, the expectation of jackpot is considerably high, and the player's willingness to play can be invited. Whether or not a game is in progress can be determined from one or a plurality of conditions such as whether or not a steering operation is being performed and whether or not an out ball has occurred.

  Further, even when the reach effect is started, the process of S52 is executed, so that the notice effect is also performed during the reach effect, and it is possible to notify the player of the expectation level of the reach effect. Of course, the notice timer may not be operated during the reach effect, and the notice effect may not be performed. If it is determined in S47 that the reach effect is being performed, it is determined whether or not the second stop timer 52g started in S51 is up (S53). When it is determined that the second stop timer is timed up, the symbol stop flag is switched on (S54).

  Next, FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the stop determination process. First, it is determined whether the symbol is changing (S61). If it is confirmed that the symbol is changing, the presence / absence of a holding ball is determined (S62). If there is a holding ball, the symbol stop flag is switched on and the first stop timer 52f is started (S63, S64). The first stop timer 52f and the second stop timer 52g that measure the timing for stopping the symbol variation are provided in the RAM 52 as constant velocity counters that are incremented each time the CPU 50 is reset.

  Next, FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the symbol variation stop process. First, it is determined whether the symbol stop flag is on or off (S71). The fact that the symbol stop flag is on means that there has been another start winning, or that the second stop timer 52g has timed up (FIG. 7: S54), so the current symbol variation is terminated. it can. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the reach effect is being performed, it is confirmed that the reach effect is not being performed (S72), and it is determined whether or not the first stop timer 52f is up (S73). When it is confirmed that the first stop timer 52f has timed up, it is determined whether the random number read from the holding ball storage unit 52a in S24 of FIG. 6 is a random number won for the first notice effect or a random number won for the second notice effect. Judgment is made (S74, S76). If it is determined that the first notice effect is won, a command instructing execution of the first notice effect is transmitted to the display control board 105 (S75). The same applies to the second notice timer 52e (S77). The display control board 105 acquires the command and executes the first notice effect or the second notice effect. In addition, it is determined whether or not the random number read from the holding ball storage unit 52a is a win for reach (S78). In the case of winning, a reach command is transmitted to the display control board 105 (S79).

  Then, a command for stopping the symbol variation is transmitted to the display control board 105, and the symbol stop flag is switched off (S80, S81). The display control board 105 controls the display on the liquid crystal display 11 to display a jackpot symbol or a lost symbol. When the symbol variation is stopped and the symbol finally displayed on the liquid crystal display 11 is a jackpot symbol, the jackpot flag is switched on (S82, S83). Similarly, when it is determined in S72 that the reach effect is being performed, a process of stopping the symbol variation is performed. According to the flow of FIG. 9, the notice effect is not performed during the reach effect, but the notice effect may be overlapped during the reach effect. Then, the player can confirm the effect again. In addition, since the processes of S75 and S77 are executed in response to the time-up of the first stop timer 52f instead of the notice timer, the player can confirm the effect again when the start prize is won, or “30 minutes” is given to the notice timer. Even when a long time such as is set, it is possible to start the notice effect according to the start winning prize.

  When the power is turned on, it can be started from the symbol stop state in the same manner as a normal pachinko gaming machine, and the processing described in the flowchart can be performed after the first start winning. When the power is turned off, the symbol variation is forcibly terminated and the lottery result is deleted. On the other hand, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the symbol variation starts from the time of power-on. Specifically, the ROM 51 is composed of a non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM, and the lottery result that is fluctuating when the power is turned off is stored in the ROM 51, and the symbol variation is changed based on the stored lottery result when the power is turned on. Resume. In addition, at the time of factory shipment, only one lottery result is written in the ROM 51 in advance (about one in 100 units may be shipped with a jackpot lottery result written). With such a configuration, the player who plays first after turning on the power does not lose one start prize.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the symbol variation is stopped by the winning next to the start winning to start the symbol variation. However, the symbol variation may be stopped by any starting winning after the next winning. For example, two or three start winnings after the start winning to start symbol variation can be set as the stop condition. In addition, stop condition changing means (CPU 50) for changing the start winning at which the symbol variation is stopped is changed according to random number lottery or jackpot expectation (when the expectation is high, the fourth winning start winning is used as a stop condition). ) May be provided. The timing of random number lottery can be set, for example, at the time of a start winning prize for starting symbol variation. Furthermore, stop condition display means (CPU 50) may be provided for displaying how many start winnings or how many start winnings are required until the start winning condition is satisfied. Then, the player can make a good desire to confirm the lottery result. Furthermore, if the start winning prize that is a stop condition is changed according to the jackpot expectation level, the interest when the stop condition with a high expectation level is displayed increases, and the game cannot be stopped, and the operation rate increases.

The front schematic diagram of the pachinko game machine of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. The flowchart of the main process performed with a main control board. The flowchart of game processing. The flowchart of a start winning process. The flowchart of a design variation start process. The flowchart of the process during symbol fluctuation. The flowchart of a stop determination process. The flowchart of a design fluctuation stop process. The figure which illustrates the display production using a liquid crystal display. The conceptual diagram of RAM of a main control board. The conceptual diagram of the jackpot lottery counter. Example of setting random numbers to generate jackpot notice effect and reach effect.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 11 Liquid crystal display (design display means)
50 CPU (big hit lottery means, display control means, display effect means)
52 RAM
100 main control board (display control means, display effect means)
105 Display control board (display control means, display effect means)

Claims (4)

A jackpot lottery means for executing a jackpot lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot according to the start winning prize, and capable of deriving a first jackpot, a second jackpot, and a lose as a result of the jackpot lottery;
A symbol display means for displaying the result of the jackpot lottery process in a jackpot symbol or a lost symbol;
The symbol change of the symbol display means is started with the start prize as a start condition, and the start prize that becomes the start condition is obtained regardless of whether the result of the jackpot lottery process is the first jackpot, the second jackpot, or the loss. Subsequent start winnings are used as a stop condition, and the symbol variation is stopped. On the other hand, if the result of the jackpot lottery process is the first jackpot, the symbol variation is stopped without waiting for the start winning as the stop condition. Display control means for performing control to display the result of the jackpot lottery process,
The symbol display means can display a first reach effect and a second reach effect as an effect display during the symbol change,
The 1st reach production and the 2nd reach production are production displays which show that a jackpot expectation is high compared with the case where those production displays are not performed,
The jackpot lottery means executes a reach lottery process for determining whether or not to perform the first reach effect and the second reach effect according to the start winning as the start condition, and the first reach effect, and when performing the second reach demonstration is derivable as a lottery result or perform any of their,
Wherein the display control means, when the reach lottery process lottery result indicating that performing the first reach Starring unloading at is derived, regardless of the presence or absence of start winning to be the stop condition starts the first reach demonstration hand you, when the lottery result that performing the second reach Starring unloading is derived performs display control to start the second reach effect as a condition that there is a start winning to be the stop condition A pachinko machine characterized by that. A display effect associated with the result of the jackpot lottery process to be displayed when the symbol variation is stopped while the symbol display means is performing the symbol variation, and a notice effect indicating a jackpot expectation degree The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a display effect unit that repeatedly and irregularly executes. The start condition after the start prize that becomes the start condition is provided with stop condition change means for changing which start prize that satisfies the stop condition that satisfies the stop condition is changed according to the jackpot expectation. A pachinko gaming machine according to 1 or 2. There is provided stop condition display means for displaying how many start winnings satisfy the stop condition or how many more start winnings are required until the start winning condition is satisfied. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 3.

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