JP4879604B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to opening / closing control of a variable winning device including a movable piece that can be opened and closed in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine that makes a winning game ball win a prize opening.

  2. Description of the Related Art A game machine that launches game balls such as pachinko machines and wins a predetermined prize opening is provided with a variable prize device having a movable piece that can be opened and closed.

  In a pachinko machine called Type 1, when a game ball wins a winning opening called a start winning opening, a random number is used for lottery, and when a “hit” occurs, the variable winning device performs a predetermined opening / closing operation. In a pachinko machine called type 2, a variable area is provided with a specific area that generates a “hit” when winning, and a game ball that has entered the variable prize apparatus by a distribution mechanism is placed in this specific area. The lottery is done by allocating what enters and does not. In the second type, the variable winning device opens and closes when a game ball wins a winning opening called a start winning opening, and a predetermined opening and closing operation is also performed when a “hit” occurs.

  FIG. 81 is an explanatory diagram showing an open / close control method for a variable prize device as a prior art. FIG. 81 (a) shows an open / close control method for the first type pachinko machine. As shown in the figure, in the first type pachinko machine, a periodic opening / closing operation corresponding to the “number of open time elements” is performed. The time that the movable piece of the variable winning device is open is defined by a control parameter called “open time element”, and the time that the movable piece of the variable winning device is closed is a control parameter called “element interval time”. It is prescribed. In the first type pachinko machine, three control parameters of “number of open time elements”, “open time element”, and “element interval time” are used.

  FIG. 81 (b) shows an open / close control method for the second type pachinko machine. The opening and closing operation of the second type pachinko machine takes a double periodic operation form in which a series of periodic opening and closing operations called blocks are repeated a predetermined number of times. For convenience, the operation in each block corresponding to the first cycle is referred to as a first layer, and the operation corresponding to the second cycle in units of blocks is referred to as a second layer. The time during which the movable piece of the variable winning device is open in the first hierarchy is defined by “open time element”, and the time during which the movable piece of the variable winning device is closed is defined by “element interval time”. The number of times of opening and closing is defined by the “number of open time elements”. The number of repeated blocks in the second hierarchy is defined by “number of blocks”. Further, the time during which the movable piece of the variable winning device is closed between the blocks is defined by “time between blocks”. In the second type pachinko machine, three control parameters “number of open time elements”, “open time element”, “element interval time” for the first layer, and two control parameters “number of blocks” for the second layer, A total of five control parameters of “time between blocks” are used.

  For the first type pachinko machine, a technique for changing the operation of the movable piece of the variable winning device by changing the control parameter described above has been proposed. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for changing control parameters such as opening time when the probability of occurrence of a big hit is high and low as a result of lottery for the first type pachinko machine. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for selectively using four types of opening / closing patterns in advance according to random numbers for the first type pachinko machine.

  As for the pachinko machine, in addition to the conventional classification of the first type and the second type, a model called a multifunction machine having the functions of the first type and second type pachinko machine is being proposed. For example, Patent Document 3 discloses a pachinko machine having both a variable winning device that operates as a first type pachinko machine and a variable winning device that operates as a second type pachinko machine. The opening / closing operation of the movable piece of each variable winning device is controlled by the individual control module for the first type / second type. This is because, as shown in FIG. 81, the control modules for the first type / second type are configured based on different ideas.

JP-A-11-99246 Japanese Patent No. 3466540 JP 2002-177555 A

  In actual gaming machines, the ability of the CPU for control and the memory capacity for storing the control program are severely restricted. In gaming machines, it is desired to be able to realize a variety of games that can enhance interests under such restrictions. The multi-function device has been proposed in response to such a request, but in the method of controlling the first type / second type operation with a separate control module for the variable winning device, due to restrictions such as memory capacity, The game content that can be realized is limited. In other words, the method using individual control modules cannot realize a variety of game contents that make full use of the characteristics of the multifunction machine.

  The above-mentioned problems are not limited to the multi-function peripheral, but are common problems when the variable winning device realizes various operations and realizes various games. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize various operations with a simple control module for a variable winning device.

  The present invention is directed to a gaming machine in which a prize ball can be paid out when the launched game ball enters a predetermined prize opening on the game board. Such gaming machines include, for example, pachinko machines. This gaming machine is provided with at least one variable winning device having a movable piece that opens under a predetermined condition, and a starting winning port is provided in the gaming area of the game board as one of the winning ports.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention performs a first lottery in response to a ball entering the start winning opening, and obtains a first lottery result including at least three modes of big hit, small hit, and lose. When the first lottery result is a small hit, the movable piece of at least one variable winning device is opened, the second lottery is performed according to the game ball entering the variable winning device, A second lottery result including at least two aspects is obtained. The gaming machine opens the movable piece of the variable winning device with respect to the jackpot generated by the lottery in a plurality of stages. At this time, by adopting the following control, the opening operation can be switched when a big win occurs in the first lottery and when a big win occurs in the second lottery.

  In order to control the opening operation, the gaming machine has a control parameter including, as common elements, an opening time that represents a time for opening the movable piece of the variable prize apparatus, and an opening number that represents the number of times the movable piece of the variable prize apparatus is opened. Prepared in advance and stored in correspondence with the jackpot of the first lottery result and the jackpot of the second lottery result. Then, depending on whether the big hit is the big win of the first lottery result or the big lot of the second lottery result, the corresponding control parameters are acquired, and the movable piece of the variable winning device is opened.

  As described above, the gaming machine of the present invention has a possibility of causing a big hit in a plurality of stages. Two stages: a case where a “big hit” occurs due to the first lottery, and a case where a “big hit” occurs due to the second lottery after the “lottery” equivalent to the execution qualification of the second lottery is obtained in the first lottery It is. In the second lottery, the third and subsequent stages may be further provided by providing “small hits” corresponding to the qualification for execution of the third lottery. The gaming machine of the present invention realizes various opening / closing operations according to the occurrence status of the jackpot while making the control program common by making the control parameter used for the opening / closing operation of the variable winning device variable when the jackpot occurs. Can do. As described above, the gaming machine of the present invention realizes a variety of games that can enhance the interest by the synergistic effect of the jackpot chance provided in multiple stages and the opening / closing operation that fluctuates according to the occurrence situation of the jackpot. Can do.

  The gaming machine of the present invention may be configured to control the opening of the movable piece of the variable prize apparatus in a plurality of operation modes in the following manner regardless of whether or not the first lottery and the second lottery are performed. In this configuration, the control parameter includes “opening time” indicating the time for opening the movable piece of the variable winning device, “closing time” indicating the time for closing, and “opening number” indicating the number of times for opening as common elements. Is used. The control parameter is prepared in association with each operation mode, and the number of releases is set to one for at least one of the plurality of operation modes. The gaming machine sets an operation mode based on a predetermined condition, obtains a control parameter corresponding to the set operation mode, and opens the movable piece of the variable winning device.

  For an operation mode in which the number of times of opening is set to one, the “number of times of opening” is essentially a meaningless control parameter. When considering only this operation mode, a simple module should be sufficient if the module for controlling the opening is prepared separately. However, according to the present invention, the control parameter “number of times of opening”, which seems to be meaningless, is also used for the operation mode in which the number of times of opening is set to one, so that the opening control in each operation mode is made common. As a whole, the opening control module can be simplified. This common use of opening control has the advantage that a variety of opening operations can be realized in a variable winning device of a gaming machine with a small memory capacity or a small circuit configuration, and the opening control of a conventional gaming machine is newly added. There is also an advantage that the load required for the development of a new model can be reduced by diverting it to a variety of gaming machines.

  As an example showing the advantages of the above-described control mode, consider the aperture control shown in FIG. In the above-described control mode, each “open time element” in FIG. 81A is regarded as a block of “number of times of opening” (see FIG. 81B). The “element interval time” corresponds to the time between blocks. As a result, FIG. 81 (a) shows the opening / closing operation of a plurality of blocks. However, the above-described control mode is not premised on the operation having a plurality of blocks. The present invention can also be applied to an opening / closing operation in which the time element is only once.

  For the operation of FIG. 81 (a), in addition to the above-described control mode, there is also a method of sharing the control with respect to FIG. 81 (b) by considering “number of blocks” as one. However, in this aspect, when a preparation process for moving to the next block is provided as a process to be executed at the end of each block or at the time between blocks, the operation shown in FIG. The opportunity to execute the process will be lost. The preparation process can include various processes for avoiding a malfunction of the variable winning device. From this point of view, it is desirable that the above-described preparation process can be commonly applied in a plurality of operation modes. In the operation of FIG. 81 (a), instead of considering “number of blocks” as 1, this preparation processing is performed by assuming that a plurality of “release count” times are executed as in the present invention. Even in the case where is provided, there is an advantage that it is possible to easily achieve commonality in each operation mode.

  In the present invention, in the operation mode of “number of times of opening”, “closing time” is a meaningless control parameter, and any value is set without any trouble. Therefore, the “closing time” set in the operation mode in which the “number of times of opening” is a plurality of times can be used as a common value in all the operation modes. As a result, it is possible to reduce the processing time required for reading by making the storage area of the closing time common to suppress the storage capacity of the control parameter, or by giving the closing time as a fixed value in the control program. it can.

  When controlling the opening of the variable winning device, it detects whether the variable winning device is open, that is, whether it is open or closed, and selects and outputs either the close command or the open command according to the open state. There is a need to. Further, it is necessary to select a control parameter to be used for opening control among the opening time and the closing time according to the opening state. Here, the opening state can be detected by a sensor, but it is preferable to determine based on the number of previous outputs of a command for opening or closing. When the variable winning device is operated under the condition that the opening command and the closing command are alternately output, the command output count and the open status correspond one-to-one, so the open status can be easily determined from the command output count. Can be judged. For example, when opening control is started from a state where the variable winning device is closed, the variable winning device is open when the command output number is an odd number, and closed when the command output number is an even number. I can judge. According to the above-described aspect, the gaming machine can easily determine whether or not to use the opening time among the control parameters and whether to output an opening or closing command next.

  In the gaming machine of the present invention, the control parameter may include the number of rounds representing the number of round operations repeated. The round operation means a series of opening / closing operations of the variable winning device based on the opening time and the number of opening times, and corresponds to the block shown in FIG. By including the number of rounds in the control parameter, the opening operation over two layers can be realized, and the opening operation of the variable winning device can be diversified.

  When the game machine repeatedly executes the round action according to the number of rounds, the game machine may sandwich an interval action that closes the movable piece of the variable winning device for a predetermined period that does not depend on the control parameter. The closing period in the interval operation may be different from the closing time during the round operation. By doing so, the closing period of the variable winning device changes periodically, and the monotonous operation of the variable winning device can be avoided.

  During the interval operation, a preparation process for smoothly executing the next round operation may be performed. As the preparation process, for example, an operation for eliminating a slight ball clogging generated in the variable winning device can be cited. By doing so, each round operation can be executed without any trouble, and the operating rate of the gaming machine can be improved.

  The gaming machine may perform an irregular discharge waiting operation that waits until the game ball is discharged from the variable winning device after the variable winning device is finally closed in each round operation. The discharge waiting operation is, for example, a mode in which sensors for detecting the number of balls entered and the number of balls discharged to the variable prize device are provided, and the movable piece of the variable prize device is closed while the detection result of each sensor matches. Can be taken. Only a sensor for detecting an incoming ball may be provided, and a mode may be adopted in which it is considered that the discharge has been completed when a predetermined time has elapsed after the final detection of the incoming ball. It is also possible to employ a mode in which only a sensor for detecting discharge is provided, and discharge is considered complete when the detection interval is not less than a predetermined time. By putting in such a waiting-for-discharge operation, there is a possibility that a ball is clogged in the variable winning device or that an illegal act such as illegally placing a game ball in the variable winning device is being performed. The presence or absence can be determined, and continuation of the round operation in a fair state can be ensured. It is also possible to realize a prompt response when trouble occurs, such as outputting an alarm if necessary.

  The gaming machine of the present invention may be configured to include a plurality of variable winning devices. In such a case, the variable winning device that opens at the time of the big win in the first lottery and the variable winning device that opens at the time of the big win in the second lottery may be separated. Further, only one variable winning device may be provided, and the first lottery and the second lottery may be opened in common. In this case, the variable prize device has a movable piece and a movable piece for distributing the destination of the game ball between a plurality of paths having different probabilities of reaching the specific area and a specific area through which the game ball should pass to become a big hit. This sort of distribution mechanism may be provided so that the same lottery as the second type can be realized as the second lottery.

  As described above, the gaming machine of the present invention can operate the movable piece of the variable prize apparatus in various operation modes. For example, a drive mechanism using a solenoid can be applied to the variable winning device. When the variable winning device is driven in a plurality of operation modes, it may be preferable to adjust the supply current to the solenoid in accordance with the operation modes. For example, when opening and closing the movable piece of the variable winning device with a relatively short period, it is preferable to apply a high voltage to the solenoid in order to quickly move the movable piece. On the other hand, when the movable piece of the variable winning device is opened or closed for a long time, the solenoid may be required to be energized for a long time. In such a case, it is preferable to apply a low voltage in order to prevent seizure of the solenoid.

  From the above viewpoint, the gaming machine of the present invention may be provided with a drive circuit described below in order to adjust the supply current to the solenoid according to the operation mode. First, the drive circuit is supplied with two kinds of currents, a high current and a low current, from a single power supply voltage by at least one current adjusting element. As the current adjusting element, a resistor may be used, or a DC / DC converter that is an element that adjusts the supply current by increasing or decreasing the voltage may be used. In the supply current generation circuit, a high current side switching element is connected to a circuit that generates a high current, and a low current side switching element is connected to a circuit that generates a low current. By turning on these switching elements, a circuit configuration capable of supplying a high current and a low current is obtained. The drive circuit is provided with a signal input line for inputting an on signal for turning on the switching element from the outside.

  Further, when an ON signal is input to the drive circuit, the high current side switching element and the low current side are set so that the supply current to the solenoid is set to a high current for a predetermined period after the ON signal is input and then switched to a low current. A current switching circuit for controlling the switching element is provided. In the drive circuit according to the present invention, by providing such a current switching circuit, when an ON signal is input, the current can be supplied to the solenoid by switching from a high current to a low current after a predetermined time has elapsed. As a result, since the time during which a high current is supplied can be suppressed within a predetermined time, overheating and seizure of the solenoid can be avoided without performing complicated control.

  The current switching circuit can take various configurations. For example, after branching the ON signal, one is used to directly turn on the high current side switching element, and the other is interposed with a delay circuit to turn off the high current side switching element, and the low current side switching element. You may make it use for ON. In order to switch the current, it is not necessary to exclusively turn on / off the high current side switching element and the low current side switching element. For example, in a circuit in which a resistor is provided in a circuit that generates a low current, when a high current is supplied, both the high current side switching element and the low current side switching element may be turned on. This is because the supply current is determined by the circuit of the high current side switching element having a small resistance. Thus, even if both the high current side switching element and the low current side switching element are turned on, the supply current can be switched with a simple circuit configuration by adopting a circuit configuration capable of supplying a high current or a low current. . In addition, current switching can be performed without going through a period in which both switching elements are turned off, so that there is an advantage that current can be supplied stably. In these circuits, both the high-current side switching element and the low-current side switching element are turned on in response to an ON signal input, and then only the high-current side switching element is turned off when a predetermined period has elapsed. The circuit can be used as a current switching circuit, for example, a one-shot circuit can be used as this circuit.

  In the present invention, the operation mode of the solenoid may be provided with a short-time operation mode that is turned on / off in a short operation time and a long-time operation mode that is turned on / off in a long operation time. In this case, the predetermined period during which the voltage is switched is preferably longer than the operation time in the short-time operation mode and shorter than the operation time in the long-time operation mode. By doing so, since a high current can be continuously applied within the operation time in the short-time operation mode, it is possible to easily ensure the quick opening / closing of the variable winning device.

  The various features of the invention described above need not all be provided. Any one of them may be omitted or combined as appropriate. In addition to the configuration as the gaming machine described above, the present invention may be configured as a computer program for causing the gaming machine to perform the opening control described above, a ROM recording such a computer program, or other recording medium. .

A pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a “pachinko machine”) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in the following items based on the drawings.
A. Game machine configuration:
A1. overall structure:
A2. Game area:
A3. Relationship between variable prize device and game area:
A4. Body frame 3:
A5. Back structure:
B. Variable winning device 91:
B1. overall structure:
B2. Movable piece 456:
B3. First rolling effect device:
B4. Second rolling effect device:
B5. Third rolling effect device:
B6. Warp passage:
B7. Assembly of the variable winning device 91:
C. Functional configuration of main board and peripheral board:
C1. overall structure:
C2. Communication circuit configuration:
C3. Command transmission of main control board:
C4. Receipt control board command reception:
C5. Modification of communication circuit configuration:
D. Game processing:
D1. Game contents:
D2. General flow:
D3. Game processing:
D4. Change start processing:
D5. Fluctuation display pattern setting process:
D6. Processing during change:
D7. Opening and closing processing for prize money
D8. Big hit game start processing:
D9. Big hit game processing:
E. Production display:
E1. Main board functional blocks:
E2. Peripheral board functional blocks:
E3. Example display screen:
E4. Specific direction:
E5. Production display processing:
E6. Second effect mode display processing:
E7. Third effect mode display process:
E8. Specific effect mode display processing:
E9. Examples of special specific effects:
F. Reservation memory display control:
F1. Display control example:
F2. Reserved memory display example:
F3. Modified example (1) of display control of reserved memory:
F4. Modified example of display control of reserved memory (2):
G. Opening / closing control of the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory:
G1. Big prize opening control processing:
G2. Driving circuit of the big prize opening:

A. Game machine configuration:
A1. overall structure:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a pachinko machine 1 as an embodiment. The state where the outer frame 2, the main body frame 3, and the front frame 4 are opened is shown. In order to avoid complication of the drawing, the decorative members in the game area are not shown. These frames are connected by a hinge mechanism 7 so as to be opened and closed.

  The outer frame 2 is a vertically long wooden frame. A lower receiving plate 6 that receives the lower surface of the main body frame 3 is provided at the front lower portion of the outer frame 2.

  The main body frame 3 has a shape that fits on the upper side of the lower receiving plate 6. The front frame 11 that defines the outer shape of the main body frame 3 is a rectangular frame made of a synthetic resin material. A speaker mounting plate 17 and a speaker 18 are mounted on the left side of the front lower portion of the front frame body 11. A game ball launch rail 19 is attached to the lower portion at an angle. A lower front plate 30 is mounted under the front frame 11. A lower tray 31 for storing game balls is provided at a substantially central portion of the lower front plate 30, an operation handle 32 is provided on the right side, and an ashtray 33 is provided on the left side. The lower plate 31 is provided with a ball discharge lever 34 for discharging the game ball downward.

  A game board 5 is attached to the main body frame 3. The game board 5 has a square plate shape that can be detachably inserted into the main body frame 3 from the front. On the front surface of the game board 5 (hereinafter also referred to as “board surface”), a guide rail 78 including an outer rail 76 and an inner rail 77 for guiding game balls is provided. The inside of the guide rail is a game area 37. A gap is provided between the launch rail 19 and the guide rail 78 for discharging the game ball that has returned from the guide rail 78 due to insufficient launch momentum to the lower plate 31.

  The front frame 4 is attached by a hinge mechanism 36 so that it can be opened and closed. A substantially circular opening window 38 is formed in the front frame 4 in accordance with the game area 37 of the game board 5. A rectangular window frame 39 larger than the opening window 38 is provided on the rear side of the front frame 4, and a transparent plate 50 such as a glass plate or a transparent resin plate is mounted.

  A locking device 70 for locking the outer frame 2, the main body frame 3, and the front frame 4 in the closed state is mounted on the free end side of the front frame body 11. The main body frame locking hook 72 of the locking device 70 locks the outer frame 2 and the main body frame 3 by engaging with the closing tool 71 of the outer frame 2. The door locking hook 74 engages with the closing tool 73 of the front frame 4 to lock the front frame 4 and the main body frame 3. These locking and unlocking can be performed by key operation of the cylinder lock 75.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1. The front frame 4, the main body frame 3, and the outer frame 2 are closed. The main body frame 3 and the outer frame 2 are connected by a hinge mechanism 7 having an outer frame side hinge device 14 and a main body frame side hinge device 15 shown on the upper left and lower sides in the drawing.

  An upper plate 51 is provided at the lower part of the front frame 4, and a button 60 for operation by the player is provided on the left side of the upper plate 51. Around the opening window 38, a side decoration device 52 is mounted on the left and right sides, and an acoustic lighting device 53 is mounted on the top. The side decoration device 52 has a configuration in which a lamp substrate is disposed inside and is covered with a side decoration body 54 formed of a synthetic resin material. A plurality of horizontally long slits are arranged in the side decorative body 54, and a lens 55 is incorporated in each slit. The acoustic illumination device 53 is a unit that includes a transparent cover body 56, a speaker 57, a speaker cover 58, and the like.

  The lower front plate 30 provided at the lower portion is provided with the lower tray 31 and the ashtray 33 provided with the ball discharge lever 34 and the operation handle 32 as described above. Above that, a cylinder lock 75 is provided.

A2. Game area:
FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view showing the configuration of the game area 37. A windmill 90 is provided at an appropriate position in the game area 37. Many obstacle nails are also arranged in a gauge, but the illustration is omitted. In the middle of the game area 37, an assembling hole is provided, through which a variable winning device 91 is fitted. As shown in FIG. 3, the variable winning device 91 is sized to occupy a relatively wide range of the game area and can be recognized at a glance. Thereby, while the pachinko machine 1 of this example can be identified easily, it becomes easy to attract a player's interest.

  The variable winning device 91 has a frame-shaped decorative body, and after the game balls flowing down along the game board 5 are taken into the back side of the variable winning device 91 at the upper edge or the left and right side edges of the variable winning device 91, A passage (hereinafter referred to as a “warp passage”) is provided for discharging again from the middle or lower edge of the device 91 to the game board surface.

  Above the variable winning device 91, a prize winning port 92 for an accessory for taking a game ball into the variable winning device is provided so as to be openable and closable. A swingable first rolling effect device 95 is provided in the center of the variable winning device 91. The game ball taken in from the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory rolls in either the left or right direction in the drawing according to the swing of the first rolling effect device 95 and is released from the right end or the left end.

  At the right end of the first rolling effect device 95, there is provided a jackpot winning port 93 or a loser winning port 94, and a third rolling effect device 101 for guiding the game ball to one of these winning ports 93, 94 while rotating. It has been. At the left end of the first rolling effect device 95, there is provided a second rolling effect device 100 for hitting a game ball in the right direction in the figure. A fourth rolling effect device 102 for guiding the hit game ball to the third rolling effect device 101 is provided.

  An effect display device 115 is disposed on the back side of the variable winning device 91. The effect display device 115 is mounted so that the display surface faces the opening window of the variable winning device 91. The effect display device 115 displays an effect such as an image such as a moving image or an operation of a movable member. As the effect display device 115, a liquid crystal display device, an EL display device, a plasma display device, a CRT, or the like can be used.

  Below the variable winning device 91, a pair of start winning ports 96 are arranged side by side. When a game ball enters the start winning opening 96, the payout of the winning ball is performed, and a predetermined lottery is performed, and the prize winning port 92 for the accessory of the variable winning device 91 opens and closes according to the lottery result. Yes. In the game area 37, three general winning ports 98 are arranged. When a game ball enters the general winning opening 98, the prize ball is paid out. At this time, the variable winning device 91 does not operate.

  In the variable winning device 91, a special symbol display 121 for displaying a lottery result is provided above the effect display device 115. A series of displays performed by the special symbol display 121 at the time of the lottery, that is, a series of displays from the start of the variable display to the stop display of the display result is referred to as “special symbol display” or “special symbol”. As an effect display in accordance with the display of the special symbol on the special symbol display device 121, the effect display device 115 performs a variable display of identification information such as a moving image display of a character, for example.

  In the upper right of the game area 37 in the figure, a reservation indicator 122 for displaying the reservation memory of the lottery result is provided along the outer periphery. The reserved storage of the lottery result is also displayed on the effect display device 115 in two display modes, a normal display mode and a special display mode. In the normal gaming state, the normal display mode is used regardless of whether or not the game ball is likely to win the jackpot receiving port 93. If there is a reserved memory stored at the end of the jackpot game, the normal display mode and the special display mode are selected depending on whether or not the game ball that has won the prize winning opening 92 for the bonus item may win the jackpot entrance 93. The display which uses the display mode properly is performed. The normal display mode is used when there is no possibility of winning the jackpot receiving port 93, and the special display mode is used when there is a possibility.

A3. The relationship between the character and game area:
FIG. 4 is a front view showing an arrangement configuration of an accessory or the like in the game area. As shown in the drawing, the width W1 in the left-right direction of the variable prize apparatus 91 is 80% to 95% with respect to the maximum width W2 of the game area 37, and the ratio of the variable prize apparatus 91 to the game area 37 is as follows. Compared to conventional pachinko machines, it is larger. As a result, the variable prize-winning device 91 is greatly entered in the line of sight of the player, and the pachinko machine 1 has an impact, and can be distinguished from other pachinko machines, allowing the player to pay attention to the game. It can be made easier. The minimum gap S between the left and right ends of the variable winning device 91 and the outer periphery of the game area 37 is preferably 1.5 to 6 times the diameter of the game ball B. It is more desirable that the size be four times. The gap S may be uneven on the left and right.

  Below the variable winning device 91, a start winning port 96 and a general winning port 98 are arranged. The start winning opening 96 is disposed immediately below the outlet 513 of the warp passage 510. Thereby, the possibility that the game ball B that has flowed out from the outlet 513 of the warp passage 510 enters the start winning opening 96 is increased, and the usefulness of the warp passage 510 can be suggested to the player. .

  On the upper left and upper right sides of the start winning opening 96, general winning openings 98 are respectively arranged. As a result, it is possible to increase the possibility that the game ball B that has flowed out from the discharge port 513 of the warp passage 510 will win either the start winning port 96 or the general winning port 98, and will win any winning port. However, it can be expected that the interest of the player can be enhanced.

  Although illustration is omitted, in the game area 37, obstacles such as obstacle nails and a windmill 90 may be appropriately arranged. For example, they are placed between the discharge port 513 of the warp passage 510 and the start winning port 96. By appropriately arranging, it becomes possible to change the probability that the game ball B that has flowed out from the discharge port 513 will win the start winning port 96 and the like, and by increasing the difficulty of the game, the player's interest is enhanced. The effect on the hall side where the pachinko machine 1 is installed can be reduced.

  Further, in the variable winning device 91, the guiding portions 515 are respectively arranged on the left and right outer sides of the receiving port 511 of the warp passage 510, and the range W3 in which the game ball B can be guided to the warp passage 510 when the movable piece 456 is closed. Is 50% to 70% of the width W 2 of the game area 37, and the game ball B driven above the variable winning device 91 easily flows out below the variable winning device 91 through the warp passage 510. It has become.

A4. Body frame 3:
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the main body frame 3 and the game board 5 of the pachinko machine 1. The main body frame 3 is configured by integrally molding the front frame body 11, the game board mounting frame 12, and the mechanism mounting body 13 with a synthetic resin material. The front frame 11 is a rectangular frame having a size corresponding to the outer shape excluding the support plate 6 on the front side of the outer frame 2 (see FIG. 1). A main body frame side hinge 15 for fixing the main body frame to the outer frame 2 so as to be rotatable is fixed to the upper and lower portions of one side of the front frame body 11.

  On the front side of the front frame body 11, a speaker box portion 16 is integrally formed below the game board mounting frame 12 (lower left side in the figure). A speaker mounting plate 17 having a speaker 18 mounted on the back surface is mounted on the front opening of the speaker box section 16. As described with reference to FIG. 1, the firing rail 19 is attached to the lower portion of the front surface of the front frame 11 in an inclined manner.

  The main body frame 3 is formed with a payout device mounting portion 135 for mounting the ball payout device 170. The payout device mounting portion 135 is formed with an opening 173 for allowing the ball payout device 170 to be arranged with the payout motor 172 protruding.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the main body of the main body frame 3 from the diagonally upper right rear. A tank mounting portion 133, a rail mounting portion 134, a dispensing device mounting portion 135, and the like are formed on the mechanism mounting body 13 of the main body frame 3. The rail mounting portion 134 is a member for mounting each member constituting the tank rail for supplying the game balls stored from the tank, and has a predetermined depth integrally formed close to the tank mounting portion 133. This is a recess. The rear side wall of the recess serves as the front wall portion 151 of the tank rail. The lower surface of the recess is an inclined rail shelf 155 that tilts downward from the left end in FIG. An upward surface extending in the lateral direction of the rail shelf 155 is referred to as a rail receiving portion 158.

  In the mechanism mounting body 13, a vertically long dispensing device mounting portion 135 is formed on one side of the main body frame 3 along the vertical direction. The payout device mounting portion 135 is a recess for mounting a ball payout device (ball payout unit) described later. The back of the dispensing device mounting portion 135 has a stepped shape, and an opening 173 through which the dispensing motor 172 (see FIG. 5) of the ball dispensing device 170 can project is formed.

  FIG. 7 is a rear perspective view of the main body frame 3. A state in which a mechanism for storing and supplying game balls is mounted on the main body frame 3 described in FIG. 6 is shown. A ball tank 136 is mounted on the back surface of the tank mounting portion 133 (FIG. 6). The ball tank 136 is a box that opens upward and can store a large number of game balls supplied from the island facility. The ball tank 136 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and the storage state of the game ball can be visually recognized. A discharge port 138 for discharging a game ball in the bottom plate portion 137 of the ball tank 136 is formed, and the bottom plate portion 137 is inclined toward the discharge port 138.

  Members constituting the tank rail 150 are mounted on the rail mounting portion 134 (FIG. 6). The rail constituting member 139 is integrally provided with a rear wall portion 152 serving as a wall of the tank rail 150 and an inclined lower plate portion. The end of the rail shelf 155 (FIG. 6), the rear wall portion of the tank rail 150, and the rear side wall of the ball tank 136 are arranged so as to be substantially flush with each other. The rail constituent member 139 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material, and thus the flow state of the game balls in the rail passage is visible through the rear wall portion 152 of the rail constituent member 139.

  Although not shown in FIG. 7, a partition wall is provided integrally with the lower plate portion on the upper surface of the lower plate portion along the direction in which the game ball flows in the center. The partition wall has a function of dividing the flow path into a plurality of rows (in this embodiment, two rows). The game balls that flow out from the discharge port 138 of the ball tank 136 with their own weight flow through the respective flow paths partitioned by the partition walls after being received by the tank rail 150.

  Above the tank rail 150, a rectifying body 156 is provided for preventing the game balls flowing in the rail passage from overlapping vertically. The rectifying body 156 is mounted so as to be swingable about the upper shaft 157, and a weight is provided from the central portion to the lower portion.

  A ball dispensing device 170 is mounted on the dispensing device mounting unit 135. The ball payout device 170 is fitted into the payout device mounting portion 135 from behind and is mounted by appropriate mounting means (for example, mounting means such as an elastic clip, a locking claw, and a screw). The rear surface of the ball dispensing device 170 is substantially flush with the rear edge of the dispensing device mounting portion 135, the ball tank 136, and the tank rail 150.

  A plurality of rows (for example, two rows in front and rear) of ball passages communicating with the rail passage of the tank rail 150 are formed inside the ball dispensing device 170. The position in the front-rear direction of the ball payout device 170 is adjusted so that game balls from the rail passage flow into the ball passage of the ball payout device 170. These ball passages are bifurcated into a prize ball, a ball rental ball passage, and a ball removal ball passage in the downstream portion. The branch is provided with a payout member (not shown) for distributing and paying out game balls to any of the passages by a rotating body that can rotate forward and backward.

  A lower plate ball derivative 253 is mounted on the rear side of the speaker box 16 near the hinge in the rear lower region of the main body frame 3. The lower plate ball derivative 253 is a member for guiding the game ball to be paid out from the ball payout device 170 to the upper plate 31 when the upper plate 51 is full of game balls. A board box 254 for housing the interface board 252 is mounted on the outer surface of the rear wall of the lower dish ball derivative 253. The interface board 252 is a board for transmitting and receiving signals related to ball rental between the ball lending machine installed adjacent to the pachinko machine 1 and the payout control board 197.

  Hinge bodies 214 are formed at a total of three locations above and below and in the middle of the side wall portion of the mechanism mounting body 13. As will be described later, the hinge body 214 is a member constituting a hinge mechanism that attaches a cover that covers a part of the back surface of the main body frame 3 so as to be opened and closed.

  FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view of the game board 5. A display device control board box 117 and a main control board box 132 are attached to the back of the game board 5. A display device control board 116 for controlling the display of the effect display device 115 is mounted inside the display device control board box 117.

  FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view of the main body frame 3 attached to the outer frame 2. The effect display device 115 is installed slightly above the center.

A5. Back structure:
FIG. 10 is a rear view showing the entire rear side of the pachinko machine 1. A box mounting base 118 is provided at the lower rear side of the game board 5. The box mounting base 118 has a function as a collective cage for receiving the game balls that have flowed into the winning devices of the game board 5 to a predetermined position. The box mounting base 118 also has a function as a box mounting portion for mounting the sub control board box 130 and the main control board box 132. The sub control board box 130 is a box for storing a sub control board 119 such as a sound control board or a lamp control board. The main control board box 132 is a box for storing the main control board 131. The main control board box 132 is mounted in a state of being superimposed on the rear side of the sub control board box 130. The box mounting base 118, the sub control board box 130, and the main control board box 132 are arranged so as not to protrude outward from the outline of the game board 5. By arranging in this way, the game board 5 can be fitted and installed from the front of the main body frame 3 with the box mounting base 118, the sub control board box 130 and the main control board box 132 attached to the game board 5. Is possible.

  On one side (left side as viewed in FIG. 10) of the rear lower region of the main body frame 3, a launcher unit 194 is mounted. The launcher unit 194 is configured by assembling a launch motor 192 or the like for driving a launch hammer for launching a game ball from the launch rail 19 (FIG. 5) on the mounting substrate 193. A power supply board box 196 that houses a power supply board 195 is mounted at a substantially central portion of the rear lower region. A payout control board box 198 that houses the payout control board 197 in a state of being superimposed on the rear side of the power supply board box 196 is mounted. The payout control board 197 includes a RAM for storing the number of payout game balls, and controls the payout motor 172 by outputting a control signal for paying out game balls in accordance with a payout signal transmitted from the main control board 131.

  The rear cover body 210 is a member that covers the variable winning device 91 and the effect display device 115 from the back. The rear cover body 210 is made of a transparent synthetic resin material, and is attached by a cover hinge mechanism 211 so as to be opened / closed and detachable. A hinge body 216 is integrally formed on one side of the rear cover body 210. A hinge pin 215 is formed on the hinge body 216 downward, and the cover hinge mechanism 211 is configured by fitting the hinge pin 215 into the hinge hole of the hinge body 214 (FIG. 7) from above.

  FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the entire rear side of the pachinko machine 1. The rear cover body 210 is integrally formed with a rear wall portion 212 and a peripheral wall portion 213 that stands upright on the outer peripheral edge of the rear wall portion 212. The hinge body 216 described in FIG. 10 is integrally formed with one wall portion 213a of the peripheral wall portion 213. An elastic closing body 217 is integrally formed on the wall portion 213b facing the wall portion 213a. The elastic closing body 217 is a locking claw that elastically engages with a locking hole formed on one side wall of the dispensing device mounting portion 135, and is a member for holding the rear cover body 210 in a closed state. .

  A substantially C-shaped and elastically deformable cord that holds a power cord (not shown) in a properly folded state at predetermined positions (two places on the left and right in this embodiment) of the upper side wall portion 213c of the rear cover body 210 The holding body 237 extends toward the rear wall surface of the upper tank rail 150 (the rear wall surface of the rail component 139). A knob for removing the power cord by elastically deforming the cord holder 237 is formed at the tip of the cord holder 237. One end of the power cord is detachably connected to the board connector 239 of the distribution board 238, and the power plug at the other end is inserted into a power outlet. By holding the power cord, the cord holder 237 of the rear cover body 210 can prevent a problem that the power cord hangs when it is transported and stored, or that it is caught by a foreign object.

B. Configuration of the variable winning device 91:
B1. overall structure:
FIG. 12 is a front view showing an example of a variable winning device in the present embodiment. In the upper part of the variable winning device 91, a prize winning port 92 for an accessory through which a game ball can enter is provided. The prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is an opening serving as a passage when a game ball enters the variable winning apparatus 91 and is arranged at the upper center of the variable winning apparatus 91. In the present embodiment, the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is a mouth of the character body 455 having a large opening, and an effect of enhancing the fun of the game is produced by creating an atmosphere in which the game ball is swallowed by the character body 455. .

  A pair of left and right movable pieces 456 (blade members) are arranged on the right and left sides of the mouth of the character body 455 in the prize winning opening 92 for the bonus item. Between the movable pieces 456, a ball inlet 457 is provided for guiding the game ball into the variable winning device. The ball entrance 457 is provided with a count sensor 319 as a game ball detection sensor that detects a game ball that has passed.

  The game ball that has entered the prize winning port 92 for an accessory passes through the count sensor 319 and is then discharged from the delivery port 458 onto the first rolling effect device 95. The first rolling effect device 95 swings, thereby rolling the game ball and releasing it to one of the two directions. On the right side of FIG. 12, the third rolling effect device 101 is arranged on the other discharge side (right side in FIG. 12) of the first rolling effect device 95. Near the third rolling effect device 101, a first rectifying means 500b for rectifying the flow of the released game ball is provided. The third rolling effect device 101 is rotating, and the game ball released from the first rolling effect device 95 wins either the big hit receiving port 93 or the lose receiving port 94 according to the timing of the release.

  In the present embodiment, the count sensor 319 is arranged on the left side of the variable winning device 91. Accordingly, the game balls B are supplied biased to the left side of the guide member 491, and the release probability from the left side of the guide member 491 is higher than the release probability from the right side. As a result, the chance of being released to the second rolling effect device 100 side can be increased, the game by the second rolling effect device 100 can be more enjoyed, and an advantageous game can be achieved only by turning the guide member 491. A game in which an advantageous gaming state can be expected in two stages by the guide member 491 and the second rolling effect production device 100, rather than a game in which the state is determined, can be more interesting. Be able to.

  Since the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is arranged at the approximate center in the left-right direction of the variable prize winning device 91, the game ball B that has entered the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is supplied to the center of the guide member 491 at first glance. So that the left and right sorting by the guide member 491 is evenly distributed, and the player is always expected to enter the game ball B into the prize winning port 92 for an accessory A feeling can be given and it can prevent that interest falls. On the other hand, on the hall side where the pachinko machine 1 is installed, since the rate of outflow from the right end where the jackpot receiving port 93 is arranged is low, the chance of an advantageous gaming state is suppressed and the burden on the hall side increases. Can be prevented.

  The second rolling effect device 100 is disposed on the left side of the first rolling effect device 95 in the drawing, and the released game ball can be hit with the foot 534 of the character body 533. The hit game ball is guided to the third rolling effect device 101 by the fourth rolling effect device 102. Near the second rolling effect device 100, a first rectifying means 500a for rectifying the flow of the released game ball is provided. The first rectifying means 500a includes a partition portion 501 extending in the vertical direction on the left side, a receiving portion 502 that receives a game ball at the lower end of the partition portion 501 and leads to the back of the variable winning device 91, and a lower side of the receiving portion 502 And an outflow port 503 through which the game ball received by the receiving unit 502 flows out to the game area. The game ball received by the first rectifying means 500a is rectified by the partition portion 501 and the receiving portion 502 and sent from the outlet 503 to the second rolling effect device 100 disposed below the outlet 503. A game ball sensor 361 for detecting a game ball B passing therethrough is disposed in the first rectifying means 500a.

  A warp passage 510 is provided on the outside of the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory. The warp passage 510 causes game balls that have not entered the variable winning device 91 to be detoured so as not to hit the first rolling effect device 95 and the fourth rolling effect device 102 and be released to the lower side of the variable winning device 91. Is the passage. The receiving port 511 of the warp passage 510 has a position and a size so that the upper side is substantially covered when the movable piece 456 of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory is opened. As a result, if the game ball B is driven in aiming at the receiving port 511 of the warp passage 510, it is possible to win the prize winning port 92 for an accessory when the movable piece 456 is opened. The driving operation for aiming at the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory can be made substantially the same operation, so that it is possible to prevent the game ball B from being complicated and to reduce the interest.

  The variable winning device 91 includes a guiding portion 515 that guides the game ball B to the receiving port 511 of the warp passage 510. The guiding portion 515 is an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward the receiving port 511. The flow range of the game ball B received in the receiving port 511 can be widened by the action of the guide portion 515.

  In the present embodiment, by providing the warp passage 510, it is possible to prevent a game ball that has not won the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory from entering the guide member 491 from a part other than the delivery opening 458. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the other game balls from obstructing the movement of the game ball on the guide member 491 and the fourth rolling effect device 102 by regularly winning in the variable winning device 91.

  FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the variable winning device 91. A solenoid 331 for driving the movable piece 456 is disposed on the back surface of the variable winning device 91. When the solenoid 331 is driven, the linear movement causes the drive shaft 471 to rotate via the link mechanism 470, thereby rotating the movable piece 456.

  In this embodiment, as will be described later, the variable winning device 91 is operated in various operation modes according to the winning mode. The circuit for driving the solenoid 331 and the control processing are also configured to support these multiple operation modes. However, this configuration will be described again after the description of the entire structure of the pachinko machine 1 and the entire game content realized by the pachinko machine 1 is completed.

B2. Movable piece 456:
FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the movable piece 456. FIG. 14A is a front view showing a prize winning opening for an accessory according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14 (A), the movable piece 456 rotates so as to open and close the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory. When the tip of the movable piece 456 rotates in a direction away from the movable piece 456, a game ball can enter the variable winning device 92. On the other hand, when the tip of the movable piece 456 is rotated in the approaching direction, it is impossible to enter the variable winning device 92.

  FIG. 14B is an enlarged view showing the operation of the movable piece 456. The main movable piece 472 rotates around a drive shaft 471 that is driven to rotate by driving of the solenoid 331. The sub movable piece 474 rotates about the rotation shaft 473 as the rotation center of the main movable piece 472. The position of the rotation shaft 473 is shifted from the drive shaft 471 of the main movable piece 472.

  The upper surface of the sub movable piece 474 in the solid line in FIG. 14B is formed to be substantially flat, and constitutes a guide surface 479 for guiding the game ball when the movable piece 474 is opened. The sub movable piece 474 is provided with a slit formed substantially in parallel with the guide portion 477, that is, the guide surface 479.

  A guiding portion 476 for guiding the game ball is formed at the tip of the rotation extending portion 475 of the main movable piece 472. The rotation extending portion 475 is also formed with a guided portion 478 which is a protrusion for engaging with the guide portion 477 of the sub movable piece 474.

  The rotation shaft 473, the guide portion 477, and the guided portion 478 are respectively disposed above the drive shaft 471, and the rotation radius of the main movable piece 472 around the drive shaft 471 is centered on the rotation shaft 473. The rotation radius of the sub movable piece 474 is larger. In this state, when the main movable piece 472 rotates, the guided portion 478 slides the guide portion 477, thereby rotating the sub movable piece 474.

  When the movable piece 456 is in a position (first posture) for closing the prize winning port 92 for an accessory, as indicated by a one-dot chain line and a two-dot chain line in FIG. The guide portion 476 is located on the end portion approaching the rotation shaft 473 so as to largely overlap the guide surface 479.

  When the drive shaft 471 is rotated (counterclockwise in the figure) by driving the solenoid 331 from this state, the movable piece 456 opens the second prize winning port 92 for the accessory as shown by the solid line in the figure (second position). ). At that time, the guided portion 478 of the main movable piece 472 moves in the direction away from the rotation shaft 473 in the guide portion 477 of the sub movable piece 474. In this state, as shown in the drawing, the portion where the guide portion 476 of the main movable piece 472 overlaps the guide surface 479 of the sub-movable piece 474 is reduced, and the position where the guide portion 476 protrudes outward from the guide surface 479. Become.

  As described above, when the movable piece 456 is opened, the guide portion 476 relatively moves along the guide portion 477 until the guide portion 476 reaches a position where the guide portion 476 protrudes outward from the tip of the guide surface 479. Looks like it's getting longer. This makes it possible for the player to think that the game ball is likely to win the prize-winning hole 92 for an accessory, and to make him / her want to play with the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, among a number of gaming machines. In addition to being able to increase the sense of expectation for winning the prize, it is possible to increase interest. Actually, since the opening width of the opened pair of movable pieces 456 does not change, the rate of winning is not increased from the appearance, and it is possible to prevent the interest from becoming higher than necessary and to increase the burden on the hall side. Can be suppressed.

  The movable range of the movable piece 456 is regulated by the rotation range of the drive shaft 471 and by extension, the movable range of the plunger in the solenoid 331. In addition, the movable range of the movable piece 456 may be restricted by restricting the movable range of the guided part 478 according to the dimensions of the guide part 477.

B3. First rolling effect device:
FIG. 15 is a front view showing a schematic structure of the first rolling effect device. The guide member 491 is a long member extending in the left-right direction, and a rolling surface 490 on which a game ball can roll is formed on the upper surface. The guide member 491 is rotatably supported by a rotation support shaft 492. The guide member 491 is swung by the rotation driving means 493. The swing state of the guide member 491 is detected by a rotation detection sensor 494.

  The guide member 491 is provided with a weir portion 495 that prevents the game ball from dropping from the rolling surface 490 to the front side (the player side with respect to the gaming machine) over substantially the entire length of the rolling surface 490. . Rolling surface 490 is inclined in the front-rear direction so that its front side is lowered. Thereby, the game ball B thrown on the rolling surface 490 rolls along the dam portion 495 without hitting the delivery port 458 arranged on the rear side of the guide member 491.

  FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the first rolling effect device. The rotation drive unit 493 includes a motor 332 and a transmission mechanism 480 that converts the rotational drive of the motor 332 into a reciprocating drive and transmits the reciprocating drive to the guide member 491. The motor 332 and the transmission mechanism 480 are assembled in the casing 486. The rotation of the motor 332 is converted into a reciprocating motion of the reciprocating member 485 by the transmission mechanism 480. The sliding support member 485 is a cylindrical rod made of metal (for example, iron, brass, aluminum, etc.) that supports the reciprocating member 485 on the casing 486. A friction reducing layer 496 is formed on the surface of the sliding support member 485. The friction reducing layer 496 can be a coating film having a predetermined thickness made of, for example, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, (for example, Teflon (registered trademark))) as a fluorine-based resin. The friction between the reciprocating member 485 and the sliding connection portion 488 is reduced by the action of the friction reducing layer 496, and the reciprocating member 485 can slide well over a long period of time.

  The reciprocating motion of the reciprocating member 485 reciprocates the transmission portion 489 formed to protrude outward from the reciprocating member 484. Pins 497 that protrude rearward are provided on the rear surfaces of both ends of the guide member 491. The pin 497 on the rotation driving means 498 side is disposed at a position where the transmission portion 489 abuts from below. When the transmission part 489 rises, the guide part 491 is swung in order to push up the pin 497 from below. The pin 497 is biased downward by a spring (coil spring) 498. When the transmission portion 489 is lowered, the pin 497 moves downward by the biasing force of the spring 498. The biasing force of the spring 498 is transmitted to the reciprocating member 485 via the pin 497 of the guide member 491 and the transmission portion 489. In this embodiment, the sliding support member 485 is made of metal and can secure sufficient rigidity. Therefore, the deformation of the sliding support member 485 can be suppressed to such an extent that the sliding of the reciprocating member 485 is not hindered.

  A pin 497 provided at the end opposite to the rotation drive means 493 (right side in the figure) supports the rotation detection unit 499. When the guide member 491 swings, the end of the rotation detection unit 499 passes through the rotation detection sensor 494. The rotation detection sensor 494 can detect the swinging state of the guide member 491 by detecting the passage of the rotation detection unit 499.

  As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the motor 332 is arranged such that the axial direction is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the guide member 491. In general, the dimension of the motor 332 is smaller in the radial direction than in the axial direction. Therefore, by adopting the above-described arrangement, the depth of the rotation driving means 493 can be suppressed, and the apparatus can be miniaturized.

  FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of the first rotation driving means 493. A first gear 481 is fixed to the rotation shaft of the motor 332. The second gear 482 is a member that rotates in mesh with the first gear 481. A crank pin 483 is integrally formed with the second second gear 482 at a position eccentric with respect to the second rotation axis.

  The crankpin 483 is held in a long hole-shaped crankpin holding groove 487 formed in the reciprocating member 485. The reciprocating member 485 is formed with a sliding connection portion 488, through which the sliding support member 485 passes. The sliding support member 485 is fixed by being fitted into recesses provided at the top and bottom of the casing 486. When the motor 332 rotates, the crank pin 483 revolves and slides in the crank pin holding groove 487. Accompanying this movement, the reciprocating member 484 reciprocates linearly in a substantially vertical direction along the sliding support member 485. This reciprocating motion is transmitted to the guide member 491 via a transmission portion 489 formed to protrude outward from the reciprocating member 484, and as described above, the guide member 491 is swung.

  FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the first rolling effect device. When the motor 332 is rotated, the guide member 491 swings around the rotation support shaft 492 by the action of the transmission mechanism 480. In this embodiment, when the motor 332 is rotated once, the guide member 491 swings twice.

  A rotation detector 499 is provided at the end of the guide member 491. As shown in FIG. 18A, the rotation detection sensor 494 is disposed at a position where the rotation detection unit 499 can be detected when the guide member 491 is in a substantially horizontal position. In this embodiment, the rotation detection sensor 494 is in a detection state when the rotation detection unit 499 is above the horizontal (the guide member 491 is rising to the right in the drawing), and is below the horizontal. In the state (the state in which the guide member 491 is lowered to the right as shown in FIG. 18B), the non-detection state is established.

  FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the game ball B in the first first rolling effect device 95. For convenience of explanation, the description will be made assuming that the counterclockwise swing is positive and the clockwise swing is negative. It is assumed that the game ball B is supplied to the rolling surface 490 while the guide member 491 is swinging at a predetermined cycle. At this time, for example, when the guide member 491 tilts to the right side in the figure (FIG. 19A), the game ball B rolls toward the right end of the guide member 491.

  Thereafter, when the guide member 491 swings in the forward direction and tilts to the left (FIG. 19 (A)), the rolling direction of the game ball B changes to the left. However, since there is an influence of inertial force when rolling in the right direction, the rolling direction of the game ball B is reversed to the left after a while after the inclination direction of the guide member 491 is changed. It is.

  Similarly, the game ball B approaches one end of the guide member 491 while rolling in the left-right direction in accordance with the swing of the guide member 491 (FIG. 19C to FIG. 19F). Eventually, it is discharged from the end of the guide member 491 (FIG. 19 (G)). The swing of the guide member 491 may adopt a mode in which the cycle is changed or the swing is sometimes stopped in addition to a mode in which a constant cycle is maintained.

  In the process of releasing the game ball B, as shown in FIGS. 19 (o) and (f), the game ball B that has rolled to the vicinity of the right end of the guide member 491 may be folded back in the opposite direction. The 1st rolling production | presentation apparatus 95 can perform the production rich in the inflection which makes a player harassment and pounding by making it move so that the game ball B is not likely to be discharge | released.

  FIG. 20 is a time chart showing the operation of the motor in the first rolling effect device. In the present embodiment, as shown in the drawing, every time the rotation detection unit 499 is detected four times by the rotation detection sensor 494, the motor 332 is stopped for a predetermined time after the detection. By doing so, the guide member 491 can be stopped for a predetermined time in a state of rising to the right, and the game ball B can be released from the left end portion of the guide member 491. The rotation control of the motor 332 is controlled by rolling effect control means that functions by executing a predetermined program in the CPU 314 of the main control board 131 in the main board 310.

B4. Second rolling effect device:
FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the second rolling effect device. The second rolling effect device 100 is disposed on the left side of the guide member 491 toward the game board 5 in the variable winning device 91. As shown in FIG. 21A, the second rolling effect device 100 includes a hitting unit 531 for hitting the game ball B in the right direction, and a hitting unit driving means 532 for driving the hitting unit 531. I have. The hitting portion 531 is configured as a foot 534 of the character body 533. The second rolling effect device 100 is also provided with movable effect means 543 that performs a predetermined effect operation with the arm 541 and the face 542 of the character body 533.

  FIG. 21B is a rear view showing the configuration of the hitting portion driving means 532 in the second rolling effect device. As shown in the figure, in the pushing portion driving means 532, the pushing portion 531 is rotatably supported by a rotation shaft 535. A first gear 536 is fixed to the rotation shaft 535. A fan-shaped second gear 537 meshes with the first gear 536. A crank pin 538 is disposed on the second gear 537 at a position away from the center of rotation by a predetermined distance. The crank pin 538 is slidably held by a crank pin holder 539. The pushing solenoid 325 moves the crank pin holder 539 in the up and down direction when the plunger 540 moves in and out (advances and retreats). Due to the vertical movement, the crank pin 538 is moved up and down, so that the second gear 537 rotates around the axis and the first gear 536 rotates.

  The pushing portion driving means 532 includes a rotation transmission joint 525 having a loose fitting of a predetermined rotation angle between the rotation shaft 535 and the first gear 536. The rotation transmission joint 525 includes a first rotating plate 527 and a second rotating plate 529. The first rotating plate 527 is fixed to the rotating shaft 535 and has two protrusions 526 that protrude to the first gear 536 side. The second rotating plate 529 has a groove 528 that engages with the protrusion 526. The rotation is transmitted by engaging the protrusion 526 of the first rotating plate 527 and the groove 528 of the second rotating plate 529. In order to have a predetermined play in the rotation direction, the width of the groove 528 is larger than the width of the protrusion 526. A weight 530 having a predetermined weight for urging the first rotating plate 527 to rotate (turn) in a predetermined direction is attached to the outer periphery of the first rotating plate 527. The operation of the weight 530 will be described later.

  FIG. 22 is an exploded perspective view of the second rolling effect device 100. The pushing portion driving means 532 is a mechanism for turning the pushing portion 531 by turning the turning shaft 535 by causing the plunger 540 to appear and retract by the pushing solenoid 325. In this embodiment, when the plunger 540 is immersed in the pushing solenoid 325, the foot 534 is raised, and when the plunger 540 is advanced, the foot 534 is lowered.

  The movable effect means 543 is configured such that the arm (right arm) 541 of the character body 533 is rotatable about the shoulder, and the face (portion above the upper jaw) 542 is slidable in the vertical direction. . The arm 541 is rotatably supported by a support pin 520 provided at a portion corresponding to the shoulder. A pin-shaped protrusion 521 is provided at a position away from the support pin 520 by a predetermined distance in the tip (hand) direction of the arm 541. Support pins 522 projecting rearward are also provided on the back side of the face 542. The support pin 522 of the face 542 is rotatably supported by the support portion 523 of the slide member 546. A protrusion contact portion 524 of a slide member 546 is in contact with the protrusion 521 of the arm 541 from below.

  The movable effect means 543 is driven by an accessory solenoid 362 that moves in and out of the plunger 544. When the plunger 544 appears and disappears, the tip of the link mechanism 545 rotates. The distal end of the link mechanism 545 is connected to a connecting portion 547 formed on the back surface of the slide member 546 (the surface opposite to the character body 533). When the slide member 546 is lifted by the accessory solenoid 362, the face 542 is lifted, and the protrusion contact portion 524 of the slide member 546 pushes up the protrusion 521 of the arm 541 from below to rotate the arm 541. Since the support pin 522 of the face 542 is pivotally supported by the slide member 546, the face 542 swings about the support portion 523 with the momentum of the face 542 rising.

  FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a movable effect in the second rolling effect device 100. As described above, the face 542 moves up and down in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and the arm 541 rotates about the shoulder as indicated by the arrow in the figure. An arc-shaped receiving portion 105 capable of rolling the game ball B is provided below the second rolling effect device 100. At the bottom of the receiving portion 105, a loss receiving port 94 is opened. The game ball that has entered the lose receiving port 94 is discharged out of the game area. The center of the inner surface of the receiving portion 105 is substantially concentric with the center of rotation of the punching portion 531, and the radius is slightly larger than the radius of the arc locus drawn by the tip of the punching portion 531. The right end portion of the receiving portion 105 in the drawing is a position lower by a predetermined distance than the position where the pushing portion 531 is most raised, and is connected to the upper end portion (left end portion) of the fourth rolling effect means 102. .

  FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the hitting unit in the second rolling effect device. As described above, the weight 530 is attached to the outer periphery of the first rotating plate 527 of the pushing portion driving unit 532. When the first pushing portion 531 is at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 24A, that is, on the right side of the top portion, the gravity acting on the weight 530 generates a counterclockwise moment. When the pushing portion 531 is located at a position indicated by a broken line in the drawing, that is, on the left side of the top portion, the gravity acting on the weight 530 generates a clockwise moment.

  The movable range of the hitting unit 531 is from the first range below the boundary between the receiving unit 105 and the fourth rolling effect device 102 and from the boundary between the receiving unit 105 and the fourth rolling effect device 102. Is also divided into an upper second range. The turning range of the pressing portion 531 indicated by the broken line and the two-dot chain line in FIG. 24A corresponds to the first range, and the turning range of the pressing portion 531 indicated by the two-dot chain line and the solid line is the second range. It corresponds to. The pushing portion 531 is driven by the pushing solenoid 325 in the first range, but can be rotated by the urging force of the weight 530 in the second range. In this embodiment, by appropriately setting the weight of the weight 530, at least a part of the moment generated by the pushing portion 531 on the rotating shaft 535 can be canceled, so that the driving force of the pushing solenoid 325 can be reduced. In addition, there is also an advantage that the pushing solenoid 325 can be reduced in size.

  The operation of the second rolling effect device 100 will be described. When the game ball is detected by the count sensor 319 of the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory, the second rolling effect device 100 rotates the hitting portion 531 to a position where the game ball can be hit by the pressing solenoid 325. . In this embodiment, the hitting portion 531 is rotated after a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 to 2.5 seconds) after the game ball B is detected by the count sensor 319. As a result, the game ball that has entered the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory swings on the guide member 491 and is then played at the pushing portion 531 in accordance with the timing at which the game ball is released toward the second rolling effect unit 100. The ball can be hit. Actually, the time until the game ball B reaches the second rolling effect device 100 varies, and the hitting unit 531 may not be able to hit the game ball with good timing. In accordance with the movement of the swinging game ball, it is possible to make the player more exciting and exciting by increasing the excitement.

  FIG. 24B shows a movable effect. In this embodiment, as will be described later, the guide member 491 may be fixed in a state where the second rolling effect device 100 side is lowered under predetermined conditions. In this state, since many game balls are released to the second rolling effect device 100 side, the possibility that the game ball B is hit by the hitting unit 531 becomes extremely high. In this embodiment, when the probability that the game ball is hit is very high, the arm 541 of the character body 533 is rotated and the face 542 is raised. As a result, the character body 533 performs a unique pose as shown in FIG. 24B with the hands and feet bent and the mouth (face 542) shaken with the mouth wide open. By doing so, the unique pose of the character body 533 can indicate to the player that a chance has arrived, thereby enhancing the interest.

  FIG. 25 is an explanatory view illustrating the movement of a game ball in the second rolling effect device 100. FIG. 25A shows a game ball when the game ball B is supplied at the timing when the pushing portion 531 reaches the substantially upper end portion of the first range by driving the pushing solenoid 325. Shows the movement. In this case, the game ball B comes into contact with the pushing portion 531 and is pushed to the fourth rolling effect device 102.

  FIG. 25 (B) shows the timing when the hitting portion 531 reaches the upper end of the first range by driving the pressing solenoid 325 and then reaches the vicinity of the upper end of the second range by the action of the weight 530. The case where it was supplied is illustrated. In this case, the force of the game ball B abutting against the pushing portion 531 rotates the pushing portion 531 downward (the lower end of the second range) against the urging force of the weight 530, and the game ball B descends together with the pushing portion 531 and is sent to the fourth rolling effect device 102. As a result, the game ball B flowing down can be sent after being brought into contact with the hitting portion 531 and then lowered, so that the movement of the game ball B can be accented and enjoyed.

  FIG. 25C illustrates a case in which it hits the hitting portion 531 while rolling in the direction of the loss receiving port 94 along the receiving portion 105. This corresponds to the case where the game ball B is supplied before the pushing means 531 reaches the upper end of the first range by driving the pushing solenoid 325. The game ball B rolling on the first receiving portion 105 is raised along the receiving portion 105 by the pushing portion 531 during the rolling, and from the upper end of the receiving portion 105 to the fourth rolling effect device 102. Sent. As a result, the game ball B is once sent to the fourth rolling effect device 102 side after being discouraged after the game ball B will enter the loss receiving port 94. It will be possible to be irritated.

B5. Third rolling effect device:
FIG. 26 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the third rolling effect device. The third rolling effect device 101 is a mechanism that distributes the game balls B sent from the first rolling effect device 95 or the second rolling effect device 100 to either the big hit receiving port 93 or the lose receiving port 94. . FIG. 26B is a perspective view of the third rolling effect device 101. As shown in FIG. 26 (B), the third rolling effect device 101 is provided with a rotating body 552. The rotating body 552 is rotationally driven around the rotating shaft 553 by the rotating body motor 326.

  Around the rotating body, a plurality of storage portions 550 for storing game balls are arranged. The accommodating portion 550 is a U-shaped groove that is open on the front side and the radially outer side. As the accommodating part 550, three types, the 1st accommodating part 550a with a short length extended toward the center part from the outer periphery of the rotary body 552, the long 2nd accommodating part 550b, and the specific accommodating part, are prepared. The difference in length between the second storage portion 550b and the first storage portion 550a is equal to or greater than the diameter of the game ball. Four first accommodating portions 550a are arranged in the circumferential direction at intervals of 90 °. Three second accommodating portions 550b are arranged in the middle between the first accommodating portions 550a.

  The remaining one region (the lowermost region in the drawing) sandwiched between the first housing portions 550a is the specific housing portion. The specific accommodation member 550c is attached to the specific accommodation portion. The specific accommodation member 550c is open in both the front-rear direction of the rotating body 552, but is closed in the radial direction. For this reason, the specific accommodation member 550 c can hold the game ball in the specific accommodation member 550 c while the rotating body 552 is rotating, and acts to guide the game ball to the big hit winning opening 93. Both the first storage portion 550 a and the second storage portion 550 b act to guide the game ball to the lose prize winning opening 94.

  A protrusion 560 that protrudes forward in the axial direction is attached to the rotating body 552. The outer periphery of the protrusion 560 is recessed in a U shape in accordance with the shape of the second storage portion 550b and the specific storage portion. In the present embodiment, the rotating body 552, the protruding portion 560, and the specific housing member 550c are separate members, but they may be integrally formed. On the back side of the rotator 552, a big hit guiding portion 556 having a big hit winning opening 93 is provided. The big hit guiding portion 556 is formed with a passage for guiding the game ball that has entered the big hit winning opening 93 to the big hit winning sensor 330.

  FIG. 26A is a cross-sectional view of the third rolling effect device 101. The rotating body 552 is attached to the rotating shaft 553. The rotating shaft 553 is driven by a rotating body motor 326 via a set of gears 555. At a position covering the outer periphery of the rotating body 552, a loss guiding portion 557 is provided. The lose guidance part 557 is a member that forms a passage that guides the game ball B that has entered a lose acceptance port formed at a predetermined position in the circumferential direction to the lose acceptance sensor 329.

  FIG. 27 is an exploded perspective view of the drive mechanism of the third rolling effect device 101. The third rolling effect device 101 is driven by a rotating body motor 326. The rotating body motor 326 is attached to the drive casing portion 577. The drive casing unit 577 houses a rotation shaft 553, a rotation detection unit 554, a set of gears 555, and a rotation position detection sensor 321. The power of the rotation motor 326 is transmitted to the rotation shaft 553 via the gear 555. A rotation detector 554 is fixed to the rotation shaft 553. The rotation position detection sensor 321 is a photo sensor, and transmits an ON / OFF signal according to the light shielding state by the rotation detection unit 554. It is possible to detect the rotational position of the rotator 552 (for example, the position of a specific accommodating portion 550c described later) by the rise or fall of this signal.

  A light emitting substrate 575 provided with light emitting means (for example, LEDs) of various colors is disposed in front of the drive casing portion 577, and a light emitting storage portion 576 is disposed so as to cover the light emitting substrate 575. A big hit guiding portion 556 is mounted in front of the light emitting storage portion 576. A big hit receiving port 93 is formed in the big hit guiding portion 556. The big hit guiding portion 556 and the light emitting storage portion 576 are respectively formed with plate-shaped partition wall portions 578a and 578b in which a plurality of lenses are formed. A rolling passage 579 in which a game ball can roll is formed between the partition walls 578a and 578b. The rolling passage 579 is a passage that communicates the jackpot receiving port 93 and the jackpot receiving sensor 330. The big hit acceptance sensor 330 is sandwiched between the big hit guiding portion 556 and the light emitting storage portion 576. In the present embodiment, the rotating body 552, the big hit guiding portion 556, and the light emitting storage portion 576 are formed of a material having translucency.

  FIG. 28 is a front view of the third rolling effect device 101. As shown in the figure, the third rolling effect device 101 is provided with a partition portion 561. The partition portion 561 includes a first accommodation area where the game ball can enter any of the first accommodation portion 550a, the second accommodation portion 550b, and the specific accommodation portion, and a second accommodation in which accommodation in the first accommodation portion 550a is prevented. An annular member that partitions the region.

  The partition portion 561 has an annular partition plate 564 in which an insertion hole 562 into which the protruding portion 560 is fitted is formed. Around the insertion hole 562, a covering portion 565 configured with an upright wall that covers a part of the outer periphery of the protruding portion 560 is provided. A fan-shaped opening 563 is provided at a lower portion of the partition plate 564 and has a size opposed to the first housing portion 550a. In the present embodiment, the size of the opening 563 is 1.5 to 3 times the diameter of the game ball B.

  The partition plate 564 is attached in a state where the rotating body 552, the protruding portion 560, and the specific accommodation member 550c are assembled. At this time, the partition plate 564 is in a state where the rotating body 552 is covered from the front at the outer peripheral portion of the protrusion 560. As a result, the game ball supplied in the vicinity of the protruding portion 560 on the front side of the partition plate 564 is accommodated only in either the second accommodation portion 550b or the specific accommodation portion. As described above, the specific accommodating portion acts to guide the game ball to the big hit winning opening 93, and in this case, the big hit comes out with a probability of 1/4. On the other hand, the game ball supplied to the lower opening 563 is accommodated in any of the first accommodation part 550a, the second accommodation part 550b, or the specific accommodation part. In this case, a big hit comes out with a probability of 1/8.

  Below the right end of the right end portion of the guide member 491, a second rectifying means 500b that receives the released game ball and rectifies its movement is provided. The second rectifying means 500b is formed to imitate the bowl of the character body 504, and has a cup shape with an open top. The game ball is rectified while swirling and dropping while drawing a spiral trajectory in the second rectifying means 500 b and sent to the third rolling effect device 101. By this rectifying action, smooth delivery of the game ball from the guide member 491 to the third rolling effect device 101 can be realized.

  FIG. 28 also shows a schematic configuration of the fourth rolling effect device 102. The fourth rolling effect device 102 is a mechanism for guiding the game ball hit by the second rolling effect device 100 to the third rolling effect device 101. The fourth rolling effect device 102 may be called from the second rolling effect device 100 side (hereinafter also referred to as “upstream side”) to the third rolling effect device 101 side (hereinafter referred to as “downstream side”). A guide surface 571 that is gently inclined. The length of the guide surface 571 is substantially the same as that of the guide member 491. An arcuate rocking surface 572 is provided at the downstream end of the guide surface 571 along the lower edge of the opening 563 of the third rolling effect production device 101. In the present embodiment, the guide surface 571 is shown as a smooth surface, but the guide surface 571 may be provided with a plurality of irregularities.

  The guide surface 571 on which the second game ball rolls in the fourth rolling effect device 102 has a length and an inclination that allow the player to recognize the movement of the game ball. Thereby, the player can enjoy whether or not the game ball arrives at the timing when it is accommodated in the specific accommodation unit 550c of the third rolling effect production device 101. Since the game ball is housed in the housing portion 550 after being swung by the rocking surface 572 at the tip of the guide surface 571, it is difficult to predict the timing of being housed in the housing portion 550. It can be exciting and entertaining.

  Based on FIG. 28, the operation of the third rolling effect device 101 will be described. First, it is assumed that the game ball is released from the right end portion of the guide member 491 in a state where the rotating body 552 rotates at a predetermined speed in the clockwise direction. This game ball is supplied to the third rolling effect device 101 via the second rectifying means 500b. Since the game ball is prevented from entering the first storage portion 550a by the partition portion 561, the game ball is stored in either the second storage portion 550b or the specific storage portion. The game ball is initially located on the axial center side, but when the rotating body 552 rotates 90 ° or more, it moves to the outer peripheral side by gravity.

  The game ball hit by the second rolling effect device 100 rolls on the guide surface 571, reciprocates left and right on the rocking surface 572, and then is provided in the rotating body 552 through the opening 563. It is accommodated in any of the accommodating portions 550.

  FIG. 29 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the game ball stored in the specific storage unit. FIG. 29A shows a state in which the game ball is accommodated in the specific accommodation portion and is positioned at the lowermost end. FIG. 29B shows a state in which the rotating body 552 has rotated from this state and the specific accommodation portion has reached the opening position of the big hit winning opening 93. As described above, the rear side of the specific housing portion is not blocked. Accordingly, in the state of FIG. 29B, the game ball enters the big hit winning opening 93 and is detected by the big hit winning sensor 330 through the big hit guiding portion 556 as indicated by an arrow in the figure. Since the specific housing portion is not opened radially outward, the game ball cannot enter the lose prize winning hole 94.

  FIG. 30 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the game ball accommodated in the accommodating portion 550 other than the specific accommodating portion. FIG. 30A shows a state in which game balls are stored in the storage units 550 other than the specific storage unit. FIG. 30B shows a state in which the rotating body 552 has rotated from this state, and the housing portion 550 has reached the lose prize opening 94 that opens to the cylindrical portion 558. Since the housing portions 550 other than the specific housing portion are opened in the radial direction, the housing portion 550 is detected by the lost winning sensor 329 through the lost guiding portion 557 including the cylindrical portion 558 and the guiding portion 559. Since the storage units 550 other than the specific storage unit are not opened on the rear side, the game balls cannot enter the jackpot winning opening 93.

  As described above, the third rolling effect device 101 uses the rotating body 552 including the plurality of storage units 550 to store the game ball B in either the specific storage unit 550c or the other storage unit 550. Thus, the game balls can be guided and distributed to the big hit receiving port 93 or the lost receiving port 94. Since the big hit is obtained by being accommodated in the specific accommodation portion 550c, it is important to determine whether or not the supplied game ball B is accommodated in the specific accommodation portion 550c, the movement of the game ball B and the rotating body 552. Until the game ball is accommodated by the rotation of, the excitement can be enhanced by thrilling and thrilling.

B6. Warp passage:
FIG. 31 is a side sectional view of the warp passage 510. In the figure, the left side is the front side of the game board 5, and the right side is the back side. As previously shown in FIG. 12, the warp passage 510 is disposed on the left and right sides of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory, and is a passage through which a game ball that has not entered the prize winning port 92 for an accessory passes. As shown in FIG. 31, the game ball flowing down the game board 5 is received by the receiving port 511 and flows into the warp passage 510. The game ball is discharged from the outlet 513 through a guide path 512 provided on the back surface of the guide member 491. The outlet 513 is provided on the fourth rolling effect device 102.

  A partition portion 713 that partitions each other is provided between the first front region 711 above the first rolling effect device 95 in the variable winning device 91 and the rear region 712 where the guide path 512 is formed. Therefore, the game balls B cannot come and go between the front area 711 and the rear area 712.

  Although the front region 711 and the rear region 712 are partitioned by a partition portion 713 in the front and rear, they overlap in a planar positional relationship when the game board 5 is viewed from the front. Therefore, the game balls B moving in the front region 711 and the rear region 712 can cross each other when viewed from the front.

  In the present embodiment, the partition wall in front of the variable winning device 91 and the partitioning portion 713 are both transparent, or are formed of a semi-transparent member in which the surface has vertical unevenness and minute unevenness such as a pear-like pattern. ing. Therefore, the player can visually recognize both the behavior of the game ball B in the front region 711 and the game ball B in the rear region 712.

  A buffer portion 512 a for slowing the passing speed of the game ball B is provided on the inner wall surface of the guide path 512. The buffer part 512a is a ridge extending in the width direction of the guide path 512, and is arranged in a staggered manner on the front side wall and the rear side wall.

  The game ball B that has passed through the guide path 512 falls down the guide path 512 while being killed by the buffer 512a, and is released from the outlet 513 of the warp passage 510 (see arrow c in FIG. 31). The outlet 513 is disposed above the fourth rolling effect device 102 in the variable winning device 91. The game ball B released from the outlet 513 falls on the front region 721 in front of the fourth rolling effect device 102. A partition portion 723 that partitions each other is provided between the front region 721 and the rear region 722 in which the fourth rolling effect device 102 in the variable winning device 91 is incorporated. By being partitioned by the partition portion 723, the game balls B cannot travel between the front region 721 and the rear region 722. However, since the front area 721 and the rear area 722 overlap when viewed from the front, the game ball moves in a crossable state. The partition part 723 is configured by a transparent or translucent member, and the player can visually recognize the game ball B moving in the rear region 722.

  In the present embodiment, the game ball B moving in the second rear area 722 only has a monotonous movement that moves in the second direction in the one direction. Therefore, even if a game ball passes through the front area 721, the confirmation of the behavior of the game ball B in the rear area 722 does not hinder the game and does not hinder the game.

  The pachinko machine 1 configured in this way realizes an unprecedented behavior of the game ball B such that the pachinko machine 1 intersects with each other in a state in which the game area 37 does not interfere with each other in the first and second front views. The visual effect can improve the fun of the game.

  Further, according to the structure of the present embodiment, the game ball B is always visible in the game area 37, so that the fairness of the game can be ensured. In other words, if the game ball B is concealed in a part of the game area 37 and cannot be seen, the suspicion may be that some processing is performed on the game ball B inside the pachinko machine 1. Although the possibility that the player can hold cannot be denied, in the present embodiment, since the first game ball B is visible, it is possible to suppress the possibility that the second player has such unnecessary doubts.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, there is an advantage that the variable winning device 91 can be enlarged. When the distribution path of the game ball B that has not entered the variable winning device 91 is formed outside the variable winning device 91, it is necessary to secure a sufficient surplus area around the variable winning device 91 in the game board 5. However, if the warp passage 510 of this embodiment is used, such a restriction can be avoided. In particular, in the pachinko machine 1, the game balls B are usually driven so as to gather in the vicinity of the prize winning hole 92 for an accessory, and the entry into the variable prize winning device 91 can be achieved below the prize winning hole 92 for an accessory. Since there is a tendency that a large amount of game balls B that did not exist gather and there is a tendency that a large surplus area is required outside the variable winning device 91, it can be said that the usefulness of the warp passage 510 of this embodiment is even higher.

  In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the first variable winning device 91 can be positively increased in the lateral direction as described above, and various mechanisms can be incorporated in the variable winning device 91. Therefore, it is possible to deepen the fun by making the game ball B behave in various ways.

B7. Assembly of the variable winning device 91:
FIG. 32 is an exploded perspective view of the variable winning device 91. In the variable winning device 91, each mechanism described above is assembled to a mounting structure 590 described below. The mounting structure includes an accessory base 591, a passage forming plate 592, and a base plate 593. The accessory base 591 includes a rotation driving unit 493 of the first rolling effect device 95, a pressing unit driving unit 532 of the second rolling effect device 100, a moving unit 551 of the third rolling effect device 101, and an effect display device. It is a member for fixing 115 and the like. The passage forming plate 592 is disposed so as to cover the front surface of the accessory base 591, and a guide member 491, a character body 504, a character body 533, and the like are disposed on the front surface. The passage forming plate 592 also forms a passage for the game ball B inside the variable winning device 91. The base plate 593 is disposed in front of the passage forming plate 592 and forms a passage for the game ball B together with the passage forming plate 592. The base plate 593 also functions as a member for attaching the variable winning device 91 to the game board 5.

  The accessory base 591 is provided with a plurality of bosses, mounting grooves and the like for fixing the rotation driving means 493, the punching part driving means 532, the moving means 551, and the like on the back surface thereof. The passage forming plate 592 is formed of a transparent resin material, and on the front surface thereof, a receiving portion 502 of the first rectifying means 500a, a covering portion 565 that covers the protruding portion 560 of the rotating body 552, and the like are formed. .

  The base plate 593 has a frame-shaped frame-shaped attachment portion 595 having an opening at the center. A front cover portion 596 is fitted into the opening of the frame-shaped attachment portion 595. The front cover portion 596 has the same shape as the opening of the frame-shaped attachment portion 595, and when fitted, the surfaces of the frame-shaped attachment portion 595 and the front cover portion 596 are substantially the same surface. The surfaces of both the frame-shaped attachment portion 595 and the front cover portion 596 are integrally covered with a reinforcing film. A support portion 594 is formed on the back surface of the frame-shaped attachment portion 595 by an upright wall that supports the passage forming plate 592. The support portion 594 is provided not on the outer periphery of the frame-shaped attachment portion 595 but on the inner portion. As a result, a flange portion that protrudes from the outer periphery of the support portion 594 remains in the frame-shaped attachment portion 595. As will be described later, the flange portion abuts against the surface of the game board 5, so that the variable winning device 91 can be obtained. Can be firmly fixed to the game board 5. A front decoration portion 600 of the variable winning device 91 is attached to the front surface of the base plate 593.

  FIG. 33 is a side sectional view showing a state where the variable winning device 91 is attached to the game board 5. The variable winning device 91 is attached in such a manner that the support portion 594 of the base plate 593, the accessory base 591, and the passage forming plate 592 are inserted into the opening 598 formed in the game board 5. The front-rear position of the variable winning device 91 is restricted by the flange portion of the frame-shaped mounting portion 595 constituting the base plate 593 hitting the surface of the game board 5. As shown in FIG. 33A, the frame-shaped mounting portion 595 and the front surface covering portion 596 form a single plate-shaped member, and the support portion 594 stands upright on the back surface of the frame-shaped member 595. The frame-shaped attachment portion 595 and the front surface covering portion 596 and the support portion 594 are formed to have a substantially T-shaped cross section, whereby the rigidity of the frame-shaped attachment portion 595 can be ensured. Since the support portion 594 is not a divided upright wall but a continuous wall substantially along the opening 598 of the game board 5, the rigidity can be further improved. A part of the support portion 594 located on the lower side in the drawing also serves as the guide surface 571 of the fourth rolling effect device 102.

  The base plate 593 is made of a transparent resin material (for example, polycarbonate, polypropylene, etc.). FIG. 33B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a part of the frame-shaped attachment portion 595. A decoration layer 599 is provided on the surface of the base plate 593, and the surface is covered with a reinforcing film 597.

  Here, a method for forming the base plate 593 will be described. First, a predetermined decoration layer 599 is printed on the back surface of a transparent resin film (for example, polycarbonate) using a known printing method such as screen printing. At this time, printing is performed so that the decorative surface is on the resin film side. Thereafter, the resin film having the decorative layer 599 is pressure-molded using a mold to obtain a reinforcing film 597. When the reinforcing film 597 is formed, predetermined trimming or punching may be performed at the same time, or trimming may be performed after forming the reinforcing film 597 into a predetermined shape. Next, a reinforcing film 597 is set on a molding die (injection molding die) for the base plate 593, and then a predetermined molten resin (for example, polycarbonate or the like) is injected into the cavity to mold the base plate 593 and at the same time the reinforcing film. 597 is integrated. That is, the base plate 593 in which the reinforcing film 597 is integrated is formed by insert molding.

  The base plate 593 molded in this manner has a plate thickness of the frame-like mounting portion 595 and the front stomach portion 596 integrated with the reinforcing film 597, which is greater than the plate thickness obtained in a good state by normal injection molding. The thickness of the reinforcing film 597 can be increased, and the rigidity can be improved. Before the base plate 593 is insert-molded, an adhesive layer may be provided on the back surface of the reinforcing film 597. Alternatively, a protective layer may be further provided on the back of the decorative layer 599 in order to prevent the decorative layer 599 from melting and flowing during injection molding. The decoration layer 599 and the reinforcing film 597 may be provided on members other than the base plate 593.

  In this embodiment, the decoration layer 599 is protected by the reinforcing pseudo-retainer 597, so that the decoration layer 599 can be prevented from peeling off due to contact with the game ball B. Further, the use of the decoration layer 599 has an advantage that various decorations can be easily applied with a simple structure without the need for decoration by assembling separate parts having different colors and the like.

  In the attachment structure 590, as shown in the figure, the passage forming plate 592 is attached so as to block the rear of the support portion 594 of the base plate 593. By doing so, the mounting structure 590 can be formed in a box shape by the passage forming plate 592, the support portion 594, and the front surface covering portion 596, and the rigidity can be further improved. As a result, it becomes possible to favorably support the larger effect display device 115 and the variable winning device 91, and the interest of the pachinko machine 1 can be enhanced.

C. Functional configuration of main board and peripheral board:
C1. overall structure:
FIG. 34 is a block diagram schematically showing a control configuration. The control of the pachinko machine 1 is broadly divided into a group of the main board 310 and a group of the peripheral boards 311, and among these, the group of the main board 310 plays game operations (winning detection, winning judgment, special symbol display, awards, etc.). Sphere payout etc.), and a group of peripheral boards 311 controls production operations (light emitting decoration, sound output, liquid crystal display, etc.).

  The main board 310 includes a main control board 131 and a payout control board 197. The main control board 131 includes a CPU 314, a ROM 315, and a RAM 316. The CPU 314 controls various games performed in the pachinko machine 1 by executing a control program stored in the ROM 315, and creates a command signal to be output to the peripheral board 311 and the payout control board 197. The RAM 316 temporarily stores various data generated in various processes executed by the main control board 131 and information such as input signals. Detection signals from the start port sensor 318, the count sensor 319, the big hit acceptance sensor 330, the loss acceptance sensor 329, the rotation detection sensor 494, the rotation position detection sensor 321 and the like are input to the main control board 131. On the other hand, the main control board 131 outputs a drive signal to the special symbol display 121, the reservation display 122, the solenoid 331, the motor 332, the pushing solenoid 325, the rotating body motor 326, and the like. The payout control board 197 includes a CPU 333, a ROM 334, and a RAM 335. The payout control board 197 processes the command signal input from the main control board 131 and outputs a drive signal to the ball payout device 170. The ball payout device 170 pays out a game ball in accordance with this drive signal.

  Bidirectional communication is performed between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197. For example, when the main control board 131 transmits a prize ball command, the payout control board 197 responds to the main control board 131. An ACK signal is returned.

  The peripheral board 311 includes, for example, a plurality of illumination control boards 337 and 338, a waveform control board 339 and the like in addition to the sub-integrated board 336. Even if a command is transmitted between the main control board 131 and the sub-integrated board 336 by unidirectional communication from the main control board 131 to the sub-integrated board 336, the reverse is not performed.

  The sub-integrated board 336 includes a CPU 350, a ROM 351, a RAM 352, and the like, and executes a predetermined effect control program. Bidirectional communication is performed between the sub-integrated board 336 and the other illumination control boards 337 and 338 and the waveform control board 339. The illumination control boards 337 and 338 and the waveform control board 339 also include CPUs 357, 358 and 359, ROMs 370, 371 and 372, and RAMs 373, 374 and 375, respectively. A decoration lamp 353 mainly including the side decoration device 52 and the like is connected to the first electrical decoration control board 337. When the lighting signal of the decoration lamp 353 is transmitted from the sub-integrated board 336 to the decoration control board 337, the decoration control board 337 receives the signal and turns on the decoration lamp 353. An effect lamp 354 is connected to the second illumination control board 338 together with the effect display device 115. For example, when a display command for the effect display device 115 is transmitted from the sub-integrated board 336 to the illumination control board 338, the illumination control board 338 receives this and activates the effect display device 115. The sub-integrated board 336 receives a detection signal from the game ball sensor 361 and outputs a drive signal to the accessory solenoid 362.

  The waveform control board 339 performs processing for generating and transmitting / receiving waveform signals such as inaudible ultrasonic waves in addition to audible sound waves as acoustic outputs. For example, when a sound output command is transmitted from the sub-integrated board 336 to the waveform control board 339, the waveform control board 339 receives this and drives the speakers 18 and 57 described above. Connected to the waveform control board 339 is an ultrasonic transmission / reception device 356 for ultrasonic communication between a plurality of platforms. By using this communication function, a plurality of pachinko machines 1 can synchronize the effect operation or exchange game information between specific stands.

  Next, communication processing between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 will be described in detail. A signal name preceded by “#” means a negative theory. “High level” means “1” level of the two levels of the binary signal, and “Low level” means “0” level. Various commands are transmitted between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 by serial transfer. The board that has normally received the command transmits an ACK (Acknowledge) signal that indicates that the command has been received normally to the board that has transmitted the command. As main commands from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197, there are commands related to payout of game balls and commands for instructing the payout control board 197 to report the operation state. As commands relating to game ball payout, for example, a command for designating the number of game balls to be paid out, a command for instructing start of payout of game balls, a command for instructing stop of payout of game balls, and the like are conceivable. As a main command from the payout control board 197 to the main control board 131, there is a command for transmitting an operation state of the payout control board 197.

C2. Communication circuit configuration:
FIG. 35 is a block diagram showing details of the electrical configuration of the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197. The main control board 131 includes a CPU 314 (main CPU) having a serial communication function and a parallel communication function with the outside as a CPU for performing various arithmetic processes in the main control board 131. The CPU 314 has a circuit configuration of an arithmetic processing unit 390 that performs arithmetic processing, a serial IF unit 391 as a serial communication unit that performs serial communication with the outside, and a parallel IF unit 392 that performs parallel communication with the outside. . Exchange of commands with the payout control board 197 is performed via the serial IF unit 391, and exchange of ACK signals with the payout control board 197 is performed via the parallel IF unit 392.

  The serial IF unit 391 receives the parallel data TDa from the arithmetic processing unit 390, receives the transmission buffer register 393 that stores the data, and the data stored in the transmission buffer register 393, converts the data into serial data Dab, and The transmission shift register 394 for serial transfer to the payout control board 197, the serial data Dba from the payout control board 197, the reception shift register 395 for storing the data, the data stored in the reception shift register 395, and the data Is received and stored as parallel data RDa by the arithmetic processing unit 390, and a serial management unit 397 for managing the operation state of each unit in the serial IF unit 391. These are integrated on one chip. Is There. The transmission buffer register 393, the transmission shift register 394, the reception shift register 395, and the reception buffer register 396 are registers each having a storage capacity of 1 byte.

  The serial management unit 397 allows the transmission shift register 394 and the transmission buffer register 393 to transfer data from the transmission buffer register 393 to the transmission shift register 394 when the transmission shift register 394 is not performing serial transfer. The data is erased from the transmission buffer register 393.

  The serial management unit 397 permits the data transfer from the reception shift register 395 to the reception buffer register 396 when the data is not stored in the reception buffer register 396 with respect to the reception shift register 395 and the reception buffer register 396. The processing unit 390 reads the parallel data RDa from the reception buffer register 396 and then erases the data from the reception buffer register 396.

  The transfer rate of serial transfer by the serial IF unit 391 is determined based on a signal obtained by dividing the clock signal for operating the CPU 314. The frequency division ratio of the clock signal that determines the transfer rate can be set by the value of a register (not shown) included in the serial IF unit 391.

  The arithmetic processing unit 390 writes the parallel data TDa to the transmission buffer register 393 by raising the write signal #WRa to the transmission buffer register 393, and raises the read signal #REa to the reception buffer register 396. As a result, the parallel data RDa is read from the reception buffer register 396.

  The arithmetic processing unit 390 receives signals indicating various states in the serial IF unit 391 from the serial management unit 397. Signals that the arithmetic processing unit 390 receives from the serial management unit 397 include a transmission buffer empty signal TEa that is set to a high level when the transmission buffer register 393 is cleared, and a transmission shift register 394 that is performing serial transfer. There is a serial transfer signal TCa that is set to a high level, and a reception data presence signal DFa that is set to a high level when data is stored in the reception buffer register 396.

  As shown in FIG. 35, the payout control board 197 includes a CPU 333 (payout CPU) for performing various arithmetic processes in the payout control board 197, a serial IF chip 398 in which a circuit for serial communication with the outside is formed, and an external And a parallel IF chip 399 on which a circuit for performing parallel communication is formed. Commands are exchanged with the main control board 131 via the serial IF chip 398, and ACK signals are exchanged with the main control board 131 via the parallel IF chip 399.

  The serial IF chip 398 receives the parallel data TDb from the CPU 333, receives the transmission buffer register 400 that stores the data, and the data stored in the transmission buffer register 400, converts the data into serial data Dba, and converts the data into the main control board. The transmission shift register 401 for serial transfer to 131, the serial data Dab from the main control board 131, the reception shift register 402 for storing the data, the data stored in the reception shift register 402, and the data by the CPU 333 A reception buffer register 403 that stores data readable as parallel data RDb, and a serial management unit 404 that manages the operation state of each unit in the serial IF chip 398 are provided, and these are integrated on one chip. . The transmission buffer register 400, the transmission shift register 401, the reception shift register 402, and the reception buffer register 403 are registers each having a storage capacity of 1 byte.

  The serial management unit 404 allows the transmission shift register 401 and the transmission buffer register 400 to transfer data from the transmission buffer register 400 to the transmission shift register 401 when the transmission shift register 401 is not performing serial transfer. The data is erased from the transmission buffer register 400.

  The serial management unit 404 permits the transfer of data from the reception shift register 402 to the reception buffer register 403 when no data is stored in the reception buffer register 403 with respect to the reception shift register 402 and the reception buffer register 403, and the CPU 333. Is configured to erase data from the reception buffer register 403 after reading the parallel data RDb from the reception buffer register 403.

  The timing at which the serial IF chip 398 samples the serially transferred command is determined based on a sampling clock obtained by dividing the clock signal for operating the CPU 314 of the main control board 131. The frequency division ratio of the clock signal for determining the sampling clock can be set by the value of a register (not shown) included in the serial IF chip 398.

  The CPU 333 writes the parallel data TDb to the transmission buffer register 400 by raising the write signal #WRb to the transmission buffer register 400, and raises the read signal #RDb to the reception buffer register 403. Then, the parallel data RDb is read from the reception buffer register 403.

  The CPU 333 receives signals indicating various states in the serial IF chip 398 from the serial management unit 404. The signal received by the CPU 333 from the serial management unit 404 includes a transmission buffer empty signal TEb that is high when the transmission buffer register 400 is cleared, and a high level when the transmission shift register 401 is performing serial transfer. There is a serial transfer in-progress signal TCb and a reception data presence signal DFb which is set to a high level when data is stored in the reception buffer register 403.

C3. Command transmission of main control board:
Next, the operation at the time of command transfer between the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197 will be described. The pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment can perform command transfer from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197 and command transfer from the payout control board 197 to the main control board 131.

  FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing command transmission processing executed by the arithmetic processing unit 390 of the main control board 131. An operation of the main control board 131 that transmits a command to the payout control board 197 is shown. The arithmetic processing unit 390 of the main control board 131 repeatedly executes a scheduled interrupt process at a predetermined interval (in this embodiment, 4 milliseconds (hereinafter referred to as ms)) in order to realize a process for controlling the progress of the game. Then, as a part of the regularly executed interrupt process, the command transmission process shown in FIG. 36 is executed when a command is transmitted to the payout control board 197.

  When the command processing shown in FIG. 36 is started, the arithmetic processing unit 390 generates a command for the payout control board 197 (step S1001). In this embodiment, the command for the payout control board 197 is a 2-byte command larger than 1 byte which is the storage capacity of each register of the serial IF unit 391.

  After the command is generated (step S1001), whether or not “transmission buffer empty signal TEa is high level” and “serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is low level”, that is, “data is stored in transmission buffer register 393” It is determined whether or not “when there is no” and “when the transmission shift register 394 is not performing serial transfer” (step S1002).

  When “the transmission buffer empty signal TEa is at the high level” and “the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is at the low level” (step S1002), the first byte which is the upper 1 byte among the 2 bytes of the generated command is transmitted. Write to the buffer register 393 (step S1003). Thereafter, after waiting for a preset write standby period Lwa (step S1004), the second lower byte of the generated command is written into the transmission buffer register 393 (step S1005). The transmission process ends.

  Here, the write standby period Lwa is longer than the transmission register delivery period Lbs, which is the period from the writing of the first byte of the command to the transmission buffer register 393 until the transfer of the first byte to the transmission shift register 394. Is a period in which the second byte write process (step S1005 in FIG. 36) is allowed to be executed before the end of the scheduled interrupt process, and the period is prolonged until the start of the next scheduled interrupt process. is not. The write standby period Lwa is shorter than the serial transfer period Lsc which is a period until the serial transfer of the first byte of the command is completed, and is shorter than 4 ms which is the interval of the regular interrupt processing. . In this embodiment, the write standby period Lwa is set to 2.5 microseconds (hereinafter referred to as μs). The transmission register delivery period Lbs according to the hardware specifications of the serial IF unit 391 of this embodiment is about 1.25 μs. If the calculation processing time of the calculation processing unit 390 required for the second byte write processing (step S1005 in FIG. 36) is abnormal in the transmission register delivery period Lbs of the serial IF unit 391, the command shown in FIG. The standby process (step S1004) by the standby process software is not necessary.

  FIG. 37 is a time chart showing the state of each signal on the main control board 131 when the command transmission process is executed. If it is determined in the command transmission process described above that “the transmission buffer empty signal TEa is at the high level” and “the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is at the low level” (step S1002 in FIG. 36), the command is sent to the parallel data TDa. Output of the first byte is started (timing ta1). Thereafter, the first byte of the command is written to the transmission buffer register 393 at the rising edge of the write signal #WRa (timing ta2, step S1002 in FIG. 36).

  The transmission buffer register 393 delivers the first byte of the written command to the transmission shift register 394, and is cleared by the serial management unit 397 when the delivery is completed. The transmission shift register 394 outputs the first byte of the command received from the transmission buffer register 393 to the serial data Dab. In serial data Dab during serial transfer, each bit from the first bit D0 to the eighth bit D7 of the command follows the start bit ST, and finally a stop bit SP is output. Thus, when the serial transfer of the first byte of the command is started, the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa becomes high level (timing ta3).

  After writing the first byte of the command (timing ta2, step S1002 in FIG. 36) and after waiting for the write standby period Lwa (step S1004 in FIG. 36), the transmission buffer is similar to the first byte of the command. The second byte of the command is written to the register 393 (timing ta4, step S1005 in FIG. 36).

  At this time, the transmission shift register 394 is serially transferring the first byte of the command and cannot receive the second byte of the command from the transmission buffer register 393. The byte is stored and held, and the transmission buffer empty signal TEa becomes low level (timing ta4).

  Thereafter, when the serial transfer of the first byte of the command by the transmission shift register 394 is completed, the transmission buffer register 393 delivers the second byte of the command to be stored to the transmission shift register 394, and when this delivery is completed, the serial management unit 397 Cleared and the transmission buffer empty signal TEa becomes high level (timing ta5).

  Thereafter, the transmission shift register 394 outputs the second byte of the command received from the transmission buffer register 393 to the serial data Dab in the same manner as the first byte of the command (timing ta6 to ta7).

  By the operation of the main control board 131 described above, a 2-byte command is transmitted to the payout control board 197. The main control board 131 according to the present embodiment retransmits the command when there is no response of the ACK signal from the payout control board 197 within a predetermined period after transmitting the command to the payout control board 197.

  On the contrary, the operation of the payout control board 197 that transmits a command to the main control board 131 is replaced with the CPU 333 instead of the arithmetic processing unit 390, the transmission buffer register 400 instead of the transmission buffer register 393, and the transmission shift register 394. The transmission shift register 401 is realized by performing the same operation as that of the main control board 131 described above.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU 314 repeatedly executes the scheduled interrupt processing in a sense of 4 milliseconds, whereas the serial IF unit 391 executes serial transfer at a transfer rate of 1200 bps (Bit Per Second). Therefore, in the present embodiment, the time for serial transfer of the 2-byte command by the serial IF unit 391 is about 16.7 ms, and the CPU 314 repeatedly executes the scheduled interrupt process about four times during that time. As described above, if the CPU 314 writes a command in the transmission buffer register 393, the serial IF unit 391 can leave the serial transfer of the command to the payout control board 197. The transfer rate of 1200 bps in serial transfer is a transfer rate that can ensure the reliability of command transfer with respect to electrical noise, and can be transferred serially by isolation using a relatively inexpensive photocoupler. It is.

  The main control board 131 executes other control processing such as storing winning information if there is a win without interrupting the control processing during serial transfer (a state in which there is a command in the transmission buffer register 393). In the case of a pachinko machine, the number of game balls launched into the game board 13 is restricted to a maximum of 100 per minute, so the launch interval of game balls is about 600 ms. Therefore, even if game balls continuously win the winning opening 61, the main control board 131 can process the detection information of the game balls without delay and serially transfer the prize ball commands to the payout control board 197.

C4. Receipt control board command reception:
FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing command reception processing executed by the CPU 333 of the payout control board 197. An operation of the payout control board 197 that receives a command from the main control board 131 is shown. The CPU 333 of the payout control board 197 repeatedly executes the command receiving process shown in FIG. 38 at a predetermined timing in order to receive a command from the main control board 131 as part of controlling the payout of the game ball.

  When starting the command reception process, the CPU 333 determines whether or not the “reception data present signal DFb is at a high level” (step S1101). Among the 2-byte commands transmitted from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197, when the first byte of the command is stored in the reception buffer register 403, “the reception data present signal DFb is at the high level”. Determination is made (step S1101), and the first byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is read (step S1102). Thereafter, the second byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 is read via the reception shift register 402 (step S1103), and the command reception process is terminated. In other cases, the process of steps S1102 and S1103 is skipped, and the command reception process is terminated.

  FIG. 39 is a time chart showing the state of each signal on the payout control board 197 when the command receiving process is executed. When the first byte of the command is output to the serial data Dab by the command transmission process in the main control board 131 described above (timing tb1 to tb2), the first byte of the command is stored in the reception shift register 402 and then received. The first byte of the command is transferred to the buffer register 403, and the received data presence signal DFb becomes high level.

  When the second byte of the command is output to the serial data Dab following the first byte of the command (timing tb1 to tb2), the second byte of the command is stored in the reception shift register 402. At this time, since the first byte of the command has not been read from the reception buffer register 403 and the reception buffer register 403 has not been cleared by the serial management unit 404, the reception shift register 402 has the second byte of the command. Retain memory.

  Thereafter, in the command reception process shown in FIG. 38, when it is determined that “the reception data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1101 in FIG. 38), the reception buffer #REb The first byte of the command is output from the register 403 to the parallel data RDb, and the first byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 by the CPU 333 (timing tb5 to tb6, step S1102 in FIG. 38).

  When the reading of the first byte of the command is completed, the reception buffer register 403 is cleared by the serial management unit 404, and the reception data presence signal DFb becomes low level (timing tb6). Thereafter, when the second byte of the command is passed from the reception shift register 402 to the reception buffer register, the received presence signal DFb becomes high level (timing tb7). Thereafter, the second byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 in the same manner as the first byte of the command (timing tb8 to tb9, step S1103 in FIG. 38). For convenience of explanation, in FIG. 39, the scale of the serial transfer time between the first byte and the second byte of the command is reduced as compared with the scale of the arithmetic processing time of the CPU 333. The serial transfer time between the second byte and the second byte requires a considerable time compared to the calculation processing time of the CPU 333. Therefore, the command reception process shown in FIG. 38 is a process that is executed by being divided into a plurality of scheduled interrupt processes as part of the scheduled interrupt process that the CPU 333 repeatedly executes at predetermined intervals.

  Through the operation of the payout control board 197 described above, a 2-byte command transmitted from the main control board 131 is received. The payout control board 197 of this embodiment transmits an ACK signal to the main control board 131 during a predetermined period after receiving the command from the main control board 131.

  In this embodiment, the sampling timing of the serial IF chip 398 is set to 19.2 kilohertz (kHz), which is 16 times the transfer rate (1200 bps). In this embodiment, the serial IF chip 398 performs sampling three times for each of the start bit, each data bit of the command, and each bit of the stop bit, and determines the majority of the values detected by these three samplings. As a result, the reliability of command reception is improved.

  Conversely, the operation of the main control board 131 that receives a command from the payout control board 197 is received in place of the CPU 333 instead of the CPU 333, the reception shift register 395 instead of the reception shift register 402, and the reception buffer register 403. The buffer register 396 is realized by performing the same operation as that of the above-described payout control board 197.

  With the above configuration, while the CPU 314 of the main control board 131 performs one timed interrupt processing, the serial IF unit 391 transmits two bytes of commands that can be serially transferred, the transmission buffer register 393 of the serial IF unit 391, and the transmission The data can be stored in the shift register 394, and the CPU 314 of the main control board 131 can shorten the period related to the serial transfer of commands. As a result, the progress of other control processes on the main control board 131 and the complexity of the control program executed on the main control board 131 can be suppressed. Therefore, smooth game control can be realized when commands are divided and serially transferred.

C5. Modification of communication circuit configuration:
FIG. 40 is a block diagram showing a modification of the electrical configuration of the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197. In the embodiment, the configuration including the CPU 333, the serial IF chip 398, and the parallel IF chip 399 is shown, but the payout control board 197 of the modified example is a circuit that performs serial communication and parallel communication with the CPU 333 (payout CPU). Is formed. The serial IF chip 405 includes a parallel IF unit 406 that performs parallel communication with the parallel IF unit 392 of the main control board 131. The serial management unit 407 in the modification deletes data from the reception buffer register 403 based on the buffer clear signal #CBb from the CPU 333.

  FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing command transmission processing executed by the arithmetic processing unit 390. This is one of the processes that the arithmetic processing unit 390 repeatedly executes in order to control the progress of the game.

  When the command transmission process shown in FIG. 41 is started, the arithmetic processing unit 390 determines the value of the job flag Fj (step S1201). The job flag Fj is a flag indicating a state in the command transmission process, and is set to “0” when the arithmetic processing unit 390 is activated. If “job flag Fj = 0”, command output processing for outputting a command to the payout control board 197 is executed (step S1202). If “job flag Fj = 1”, the payout control board 197 is executed. An ACK wait process for confirming the ACK signal from is executed (step S1203). After completing the command output process (step S1202) or the ACK waiting process (step S1203), the command transmission process is terminated.

  FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing command output processing (step S1202 in FIG. 41). When the command processing shown in FIG. 42 is started, the arithmetic processing unit 390 determines that “the transmission buffer empty signal TEa is at the high level” and “the serial transfer in-progress signal TCa is at the low level”, that is, “transmission” When it is determined that “when no data is stored in the buffer register 393” and “when the transmission shift register 394 is not performing serial transfer” (step S1301), it is determined whether “check flag Fc = 1”. Is determined (step S1302). The check flag Fc is a flag for instructing the payout control board 197 to report the operation state when the ACK signal from the payout control board 197 cannot be confirmed, and is set to “0” when the arithmetic processing unit 390 is activated. Is set.

  If the “check flag Fc = 1” is not satisfied (step S1302) and the game ball is awarded to the winning opening (step S1303), the arithmetic processing unit 390 has a predetermined number of items on the payout control board 197. A first byte of a winning command for instructing payout of a prize ball is generated (step S1304). If “check flag Fc = 1” (step S1302), the check flag Fc is set to “0” (step S1305), and a check command 1 for instructing the payout control board 197 to report the operation state is set. A byte is generated (step S1306). The main control board 131 receives the report of the operation state from the payout control board 197 in the form of a command from the payout control board 197 to the main control board 131.

  After generating the first byte of the winning command or the check command (steps S1304 and S1306), the arithmetic processing unit 390 inverts each bit of the generated first byte, that is, among the bits of the first byte, “ The bit that is “0” is set to “1”, the bit that is “1” is set to “0”, and the second byte of the command is generated (step S1307). In this embodiment, the first byte of the command is data having a substantial meaning as a command, and the second byte of the command is data for determining whether the command is correct on the payout control board 197 side.

  The arithmetic processing unit 390 generates the second byte of the command (step S1307) and then transmits the generated command (steps S1308 to S1310). This process (steps S1308 to S1310) is the same as the process (steps S1003 to S1005) in the command transmission process shown in FIG. After transmitting the command (steps S1308 to S1310), the job flag Fj is set to “1” (step S1311), and the command output process is terminated.

  The state of each signal on the main control board 131 when command transmission is executed in the command output process (steps S1308 to S1310) is the same as the state of each signal on the main control board 131 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 43 is a flowchart of the ACK wait process. This is processing corresponding to step S1203 in FIG. When the arithmetic processing unit 390 starts the ACK waiting process shown in FIG. 43 and detects an ACK signal from the payout control board 197 (steps S1401 and S1401), the arithmetic processing unit 390 sets the job flag Fj to “0” (step S1401). S1402), the ACK waiting process is terminated. If no ACK signal is detected (step S1401), it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the completion of command transmission (steps S1308 to S1310 in FIG. 42) (step S1403). This predetermined time is a time for waiting for the response of the ACK signal from the payout control board 197, and is set to 100 ms in this embodiment. If the predetermined time has not elapsed (step S1403), the ACK waiting process is terminated as it is, and if the predetermined time has elapsed (step S1403), the check flag Fc is set to “1” (step S1403). S1404) After setting the job flag Fj to “0” (step S1402), the ACK waiting process is terminated.

  By the operation of the main control board 131 described above, a 2-byte command is transmitted to the payout control board 197. On the contrary, the operation of the payout control board 197 that transmits a command to the main control board 131 is replaced with the CPU 333 instead of the arithmetic processing unit 390, the transmission buffer register 400 instead of the transmission buffer register 393, and the transmission shift register 394. The transmission shift register 401 is realized by performing the same operation as that of the main control board 131 described above.

  FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing command reception processing executed by the CPU 333 of the payout control board 197. The CPU 333 of the payout control board 197 executes the command receiving process shown in FIG. 44 when receiving a command from the main control board 131 as part of controlling the payout of the game ball. The command reception process shown in FIG. 44 is a process executed by dividing into a plurality of scheduled interrupt processes as part of the scheduled interrupt process repeatedly executed by the CPU 333 at predetermined intervals.

  When starting the command reception process, the CPU 333 determines whether or not the “reception data present signal DFb is at a high level” (step S1501). Among the 2-byte commands transmitted from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197, the state in which the first byte of the command is stored in the reception buffer register 403 is “the reception data present signal DFb is at the high level”. (Step S1501), the CPU 333 reads the first byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 (Step S1502), and then again reads the first byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403. Is read out (step S1503). When the first byte of the command read first time matches the first byte of the command read second time (steps S1504 and S1505), the CPU 333 lowers the buffer clear signal #CBb and sets the command The first byte is cleared (step S1506). When the first byte command is cleared, the second byte of the command stored in the reception shift register 402 is transferred to the reception buffer register 403.

  Next, the CPU 333 reads the second byte of the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 twice, and when the two match, clears the reception buffer register 403 (steps S1507 to S1511).

  The CPU 333 determines whether or not the first byte and the second byte of the command match (steps S1512 and S1513). As described above, since the second byte of the command is data obtained by inverting each bit of the first byte, if the two are consistent, for example, if the logical product of the two is taken, the value becomes 0. . When the first byte and the second byte of the command match (step S1513), the CPU 333 transmits an ACK signal to the main control board 131 (step S1514), and ends the command transmission process. If it is determined in step S1505, S1510, or Sstep S1513 that there is a mismatch, the CPU 333 clears the reception shift register 402 and the reception buffer register 403 to prepare for the next command reception (step S1515). The command transmission process ends.

  FIG. 45 is a time chart showing the state of each signal on the payout control board 197 when the command receiving process is executed. For convenience of explanation, in FIG. 45, the scale of the serial transfer time of the first byte and the second byte of the command is reduced compared to the scale of the arithmetic processing time of the CPU 333.

  If it is determined in the command reception process shown in FIG. 44 that “the received data present signal DFb is at the high level” (step S1501 in FIG. 44), the reception buffer register 403 is detected by the fall of the read signal #REb. The first byte of the command is output to the parallel data RDb, and the first byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 by the CPU 333 (timing tb11 to tb12, step S1502 in FIG. 44). Thereafter, the first byte of the command is further read in the same manner as the first time (timing tb13 to tb14, step S1503 in FIG. 44).

  After the second reading of the first byte of the command is completed, the reception buffer register 403 is cleared by the fall of the buffer clear signal #CBb, and the reception data presence signal DFb becomes low level (timing tb15, in FIG. 44). Step S1506). Thereafter, when the second byte of the command is transferred from the reception shift register 402 to the reception buffer register, the reception data present signal DFb becomes high level (timing tb16).

  Thereafter, the second byte of the command is read from the reception buffer register 403 in the same manner as the first byte of the command (timing tb21 to tb24, steps S1507 and S1508 in FIG. 44). After the reading of the second byte of the command is completed, the reception buffer register 403 is cleared by the fall of the buffer clear signal #CBb, and the reception data presence signal DFb becomes low level (timing tb25, step S1511 in FIG. 44). .

  Through the operation of the payout control board 197 described above, a 2-byte command transmitted from the main control board 131 is received. On the contrary, the operation of the main control board 131 that receives a command from the payout control board 197 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  As described above, according to the configuration shown in FIGS. 40 to 45, it is possible to suppress the progress of other control processes on the main control board 131 and the complexity of the control program executed on the main control board 131. Furthermore, since the command stored in the reception buffer register 403 can be erased according to the convenience of the CPU 333 side of the payout control board 197, for the command serially transferred in units of 2 bytes, The CPU 333 can facilitate the handling in units of 2 bytes.

  Further, the payout control board 197 reads the command redundantly and collates the redundantly read command (steps S1502 to S1505 in FIG. 44), so that the command is transferred from the reception buffer register 403 to the CPU 333. It is possible to prevent the processing from being performed based on an abnormal command that has been rewritten due to the influence of noise or the like.

  The main control board 131 inverts the first byte of the command to generate the second byte (step S1307 in FIG. 42), and the payout control board 197 collates the first byte and the second byte of the command. (Steps S1512 to S1513 in FIG. 44), processing is performed based on an abnormal command that has been rewritten due to the influence of noise or the like when the command is transferred from the main control board 131 to the payout control board 197. Can be prevented.

  Further, since the payout control board 197 that has received the command transmits an ACK signal to the main control board 131, the main control board 131 can confirm whether or not the command has been normally transferred. Further, since the main control board 131 transmits a check command to the payout control board 197 when there is no response of the ACK signal from the payout control board 197, the reason why the command was not normally transferred is the payout control board. It can be determined whether or not it is based on an abnormal operation in 197.

  The configurations shown in FIGS. 35 to 45 can be applied to the sub-integrated board 336, the illumination control boards 337 and 338, and the waveform control board 339, or the main control board 131 and the sub-integrated board 336. You may apply to the command transfer between. As a command from the main control board 131 to the sub integrated board 336, there is an effect command for instructing the effect contents of the display image on the effect display device 115.

  Further, a command of 2 bytes or more generated by the sending CPU may be an even number of bytes. As a result, it is possible to efficiently store a command for 2 bytes per one-time interrupt process from the sending CPU to the serial communication unit. For example, the main control board 131 generates a total of 4-byte commands consisting of a 3-byte instruction command defining the production instruction and a 1-byte check command for calculating the checksum of the instruction command as a group of commands. A group of 4-byte commands may be divided into two portions and serially transferred every two bytes by two scheduled interrupt processes.

  The main control board 131 also generates a total of 8 bytes of commands as a group of commands, including a 4-byte inversion command obtained by inverting each bit of the 3-byte instruction command and the 1-byte check command. A group of commands of 8 bytes may be divided into 4 times, and serial transfer may be performed every 2 bytes by 4 scheduled interrupt processes.

D. Game processing:
D1. Game contents:
The contents of the game performed in the pachinko machine 1 and the control process therefor will be described below. The pachinko machine 1 launches a game ball, causes the game ball to enter the start winning port 96, the general winning port 98, and the prize winning port 92 for an accessory, and performs a game to obtain many award balls. When a winning at the start winning opening 96 (hereinafter also referred to as a “start winning”) occurs, a winning loss is determined by lottery.

  FIG. 46 is an explanatory diagram showing a determination flow for winning / losing. When there is a winning at the start winning opening 96, a lottery using a random number called a big hit determination random number is performed as the first stage lottery. In this embodiment, four types of “losing”, “first normal hit”, “second normal hit”, and “special hit” are prepared as the lottery results based on the big hit determination random number. “First normal hit” and “second normal hit” may be collectively referred to as “small hit”.

  In the case of “losing” as the lottery result, the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is not opened or closed. In the “first normal hit”, the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is opened and closed for a first opening time (between 0.3 sec and 0.6 sec, preferably about 0.4 sec). In the “second ordinary hit”, the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is opened and closed for a second opening time (between 1.5 seconds and 2.0 seconds, preferably about 1.8 seconds). When a game ball that has entered the variable prize winning device 91 from the prize winning port 92 for a feature in “first ordinary hit” or “second ordinary hit” is received in the big hit receiving port 93 (hereinafter referred to as “V winning”). ) "Big hit game" can be generated as an advantageous gaming state. When a V prize is generated, a round lottery using a random number called “continuation number determination random number” is performed, and the number of rounds in which the big hit game is continued is determined to be 2, 8, or 16. In the “special hit”, the winning ball 92 for the role is opened to allow the game ball to enter the variable winning device 91, and the “hit game” is generated even if the game ball is not received in the jackpot receiving port 93. In other words, a “big hit game” is generated directly only by winning a game ball at the start winning opening 96, and by drawing this, it is possible to greatly enhance the interest of the player.

  The number of round operations includes the timing of entering a game ball into the start winning opening 96 (more specifically, the timing of detecting the game ball by the start opening sensor 318), and the entrance of the game ball into the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory. Appropriate timing such as timing (more specifically, detection timing of the game ball by the count sensor 319), timing of entering the big hit receiving port 93 (more specifically, detection timing of the game ball by the big hit receiving sensor 330), etc. Alternatively, it is determined according to the result of a lottery performed by a game ball distribution destination or the like in the variable winning device 91.

D2. General flow:
FIG. 47 is a flowchart showing the processing after the pachinko machine 1 is turned on. This is a process executed by the CPU 314 of the main board 310. When the power is turned on, the CPU 314 sets the interrupt code to “2” (step S10). This mode is a setting mode in which interruption is permitted. In the I / O mapped I / O selection process (step S11), the CPU 314 sets each input / output port of the main board 310.

  Next, the CPU 314 validates a watchdog timer (hereinafter abbreviated as “WDT”) (step S12), and monitors the power failure signal while clearing the WDT (steps S13 and S14). WDT is cleared by writing three values in the order of A value, B value, and C value in the WDT clear register. The power failure signal is a signal output from the power supply board when the voltage drops from a normal value such as when a power failure occurs. By monitoring the power failure signal, it is possible to detect whether the power supply voltage is stable. The WDT is a timer that is appropriately cleared while the above-described processing is being performed appropriately, but is not cleared when an error occurs in the processing process, and the timer advances time measurement. When the WDT timing result reaches a predetermined value, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the processing, and the operation of the pachinko machine 1 is reset.

  When the power failure signal is OFF (step S14), the CPU 314 determines that the power supply is stable, and acquires information on the main RAM erase signal (step S15). This is a process of acquiring the operating state of a switch called a RAM clear switch provided on the main board 310. When the pachinko machine 1 is turned off, it holds the RAM value at that time with a backup power supply. Based on the backup data that is retained when the power is turned on, it has a function that allows it to return to the state at the time of disconnection. The RAM clear switch is a switch for instructing whether or not to perform this return. When this switch is operated, it means that no return is performed.

  Thereafter, while appropriately clearing the WDT, a loop process for waiting for the completion of activation of the other substrate is performed (step S16). When it is determined that the activation of the other substrate has been completed, writing to the read / write memory (RWM) is permitted (step S17). ), The stack pointer (SP) is set (step S18), and a state in which a program for game processing can be executed is prepared.

  FIG. 48 is a flowchart (2) showing the processing after the pachinko machine 1 is powered on. The CPU 314 executes the following processing depending on whether or not the main RAM erase signal acquired in step S15 is ON. When the main RAM erase signal is ON (step S19), the main RAM is cleared (step S23), the initial setting of the work area (step S24), and the transmission reservation command for the power-on command (step S25). Execute. The transmission reservation of the power-on command is a process of creating and setting a RAM clear notification command when the RAM is cleared, and creating and setting a return command when the RAM is not cleared. .

  When the main RAM erase signal is OFF (step S19), even when the RAM is abnormal (step S20), the above-described processes (steps S23 to S25) are executed. The abnormality of the RAM can be determined by the following procedure using the checksum. First, when the power is turned off, data in the RAM work area is added to calculate a checksum, and this value is stored in the RAM area. However, the checksum is calculated using data in an area excluding a backup flag described later. When the power is turned on, the checksum is calculated again by the above-described method as the abnormality determination of the RAM, and compared with the value calculated when the power is turned off. Also, it is determined whether or not the backup flag value is correct. If both match and the backup flag value is correct, it can be determined that there is no abnormality in the RAM. If the mismatch or backup flag value is not correct, it is determined that there is an abnormality. Can do.

  When the main RAM erasure signal is OFF (step S19), when the RAM is normal (step S20), the CPU 314 clears the backup flag (step S21), and performs the work area power recovery setting (step S22). The work area power recovery setting is a process for resuming the operation of the pachinko machine 1 from the operation state before the power is turned off.

  After completing the above processing, the CPU 314 performs initial setting of interrupt (step S26), and starts the main loop. In the main loop, various processes are executed while interrupting at regular intervals of 4 ms. Details of processing executed in the main loop will be described later. In combination with these processes, the CPU 314 executes the power failure signal monitoring (step S29) and the non-winning random number update process (step S30) while appropriately writing the A value in the WDT clear register (step S28) as shown in the figure. To do. The non-winning random number update process is a process for updating various random numbers used in games other than the random number used for the jackpot determination.

  FIG. 49 is a flowchart of the power-off process. This is processing when the power failure signal is ON in step S29 of the main loop (FIG. 48), that is, when an abnormality in the power supply voltage is confirmed. In this process, the CPU 314 secures a state in which the stored contents in the RAM are not updated by prohibiting interrupts (step S31), calculates a checksum, and stores it in the checksum value storage area (step S31). S32). Then, a fixed value is set in the backup flag (step S33), and writing to the RAM is prohibited (step S34). Thereafter, WDT is cleared (step S35), and infinite loop processing is executed.

  FIG. 50 is a flowchart of the interrupt process. This process is executed in parallel with the process of the main loop (steps S28 to S30 in FIG. 48) by the CPU 314 of the main board 310. Here, for the sake of convenience shown in the form of a flowchart, each process in the figure will be described as being executed sequentially, but some of these processes may be interchangeable in execution order. In this embodiment, the interrupt process is executed at a cycle of 4 ms, but the execution cycle is not limited to this.

  In the interrupt process, the CPU 314 first saves the storage contents related to the previous process stored in the register to a predetermined area of the RAM (step S50), writes the B value in the WDT clear register (step S51), Start executing various processes. First, the CPU 314 inputs the state of various switches or sensors of the pachinko machine 1 (step S52). Examples of the switch to be processed include a count sensor 319 that detects a ball entering the variable winning device 91, a game ball sensor 361 that detects the release of a game ball toward the second rolling effect device 100, and the like. Can be mentioned.

  Further, the CPU 314 performs timer subtraction processing (step S53) and random number update processing (step S54). The timer subtraction process is a process of subtracting the open time timer of the solenoid that drives the movable piece and subtracting the close time timer. The random number update process is a process for updating a random number used for a lottery or the like for determining whether or not the game is a big hit.

  Hereinafter, an outline of each process executed by the CPU 314 will be described in order. The prize ball control process (step S55) is a process for transmitting a prize ball payout command to the payout control board. The prize ball check process (step S56) is a process for determining whether or not there is a prize for all the winning holes of the pachinko machine 1. The frame command reception process (step S57) is a process of creating an abnormal command for displaying an abnormality notification on the sub-integrated board when receiving an abnormal signal such as a broken ball from the payout control board.

  The special symbol / special electric accessory control process (step S57) is a substantial game process including the lottery shown in FIG. 46 and the opening / closing control of the variable winning device 91. Details of this processing will be described later.

  The ball allocating section process (step S59) is a process for driving and controlling the first rolling effect device 95 (FIG. 3) in the variable winning device 91. The rotator process (step S60) is a process for driving and controlling the third transfer effect device 101 (FIG. 3). The ball path changing unit process (step S61) is a process for driving and controlling the second rolling effect device 100. The big prize opening operation process (step S62) is an opening / closing control process of the prize opening (the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory) of the variable prize winning device 91.

  The output data setting process (step S63) performs external output and test signal output, LED data output for direct lighting control of the main board, output of excitation data for a motor such as a rotating body, and drive of a solenoid for driving a movable piece. This is a process of outputting data. The peripheral board command control process (step S64) is a process for transmitting a command for presentation and other commands to a peripheral board such as a sub-integrated board.

  After executing each of the above processes, the CPU 314 writes the C value to the WDT clear register (step S65), restores the register (step S66), permits the interrupt (step S67), and completes the interrupt process. .

D3. Game processing:
FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing an example of the game process. When the start port sensor 318 is outputting an ON detection signal (step S1601), the CPU 314 of the main board 310 determines that a game ball has won the start winning port 96 and determines various random numbers (big hit determination random number, number of continuations). (Determining random number, variation display pattern random number, etc.). The big hit determination random number is a random number used for determination of the result of the lottery. The continuation count determination random number is a random number used for setting a set maximum continuation count that is the number of rounds of the big hit game. The variation display pattern random number is a random number used for determining the variation display pattern.

  Next, the CPU 314 determines whether or not the value of the reserved ball number counter provided in the RAM 316 is less than 4 which is the upper limit value (step S1602). If the value of the reserved ball number counter is less than 4, the CPU 314 performs a start-up storage process for storing the predetermined random number acquired in step S1601 in the RAM 316 as a storage unit (step S1603). When the start port sensor 318 is not ON (step S1601), or when the value of the retained ball number counter is 4 or more (step S1602), the start storage storing process is skipped.

  In the start memory storing process, the CPU 314 adds “1” to the reserved ball number counter, and changes the number of reserved balls displayed on the reservation indicator 122 via the reserved number display control means in accordance with this addition. . In this embodiment, the reservation indicator 122 is composed of four lamps, so the CPU 314 turns on the lamps according to the number of reserved balls. The CPU 314 also stores the obtained random number value (for example, the big hit determination random number, the continuation number determination random number, etc.) in the storage area of the start memory in the RAM 316 in accordance with the count value of the reservation ball number counter. ) Method. Thus, the reserved ball number counter is a counter indicating the number of random values stored in the storage area of the start memory. If the value of the reserved ball number counter is greater than or equal to the upper limit value in step S1602, the start memory storage process is skipped, and the random value acquired in step S1601 is discarded. Various random numbers can be acquired in the storage area of the start memory, for example, after the determination that the reserved ball number counter is less than the upper limit in step S1602, or the start memory store You may acquire by a process (step S1603).

Next, the CPU 314 executes the following processes according to the value of the process selection flag indicating the progress of the game.
When the process selection flag is [0] ... variation start process (step S1604);
When the process selection flag is [1]... Fluctuation display pattern setting process (step S1605);
When the process selection flag is [2] ... changing process (step S1606);
When the process selection flag is [3]... A prize winning opening / closing process for an accessory (step S1607);
When the process selection flag is [4]: jackpot game start process (step S1608);
When the process selection flag is [5]... Big hit game process (step S1609).

  The variation start process (step S1604) executed when the process selection flag is [0] is “special hit”, “first normal hit”, “second normal hit”, and “lost” according to the big hit determination random number. ”Is a process for determining which of the above. In the variable display pattern setting process (step S1605) executed when the process selection flag is [1], settings related to special symbols and symbol variable display are performed. In the changing process (step S1606) executed when the process selection flag is [2], the timer set with the changing time is monitored in the changing display pattern setting process (step S1605). To stop.

  In the prize winning opening / closing process (step S1607) executed when the process selection flag is [3], when the lottery result is “first ordinary hit” or “second ordinary hit”, the lottery result is displayed. The opening / closing of the corresponding prize winning opening 92 is executed. In the jackpot game start process (step S1608) executed when the process selection flag is [4], settings for starting the jackpot game state are performed. In the big hit game processing (step S1609) executed when the process selection flag is [5], the opening / closing control of the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is controlled until the number of balls entered and the elapsed time satisfy predetermined conditions. Hereinafter, each processing content will be described in detail.

D4. Change start processing:
FIG. 52 is a flowchart of the fluctuation start process. This corresponds to the processing in step S1604 in FIG. In the variation start process, the CPU 314 determines whether or not the value of the reserved ball number counter is 0 (step S1621). Since the value of the reserved ball number counter indicates the number of random numbers stored in the storage area of the starting memory, if the value of the reserved ball number counter is 0, the CPU 314 determines that there is no starting memory and fluctuates. End the start process.

  If the value of the reserved ball number counter is not 0 (step S1621), the start memory transfer process shown below is executed (step S1622). The CPU 314 decrements the reservation ball number counter by 1, and starts various random numbers stored in the storage area corresponding to n (n = 1, 2, 3, 4) of the reservation ball number counter in the start storage storage area. Shift to a storage area corresponding to n-1 (n = 0, 1, 2, 3) of the reserved ball number counter in the storage area of storage. The CPU 314 reads a random number such as a big hit determination random number corresponding to 0 of the reserved ball number counter from the data stored in the FIFO in the starting storage storage area.

  The CPU 314 performs a big hit determination process for determining whether the lottery result is “special hit”, “first normal hit”, or “second normal hit” using the read big hit determination random number (step S1623). The process selection flag is updated to [1] (step S1624). With this update, the next time the game process (see FIG. 51) is executed, the variable display pattern setting process (step S1605 in FIG. 51) is executed.

  FIG. 53 is a flowchart of the big hit determination process. This is a process corresponding to step S1623 of the fluctuation start process (FIG. 52). In this process, the CPU 314 selects a jackpot determination table stored in the ROM 315 (step S1641). The big hit determination table is a table in which big hit determination random numbers such as “special hit”, “first normal hit”, “second normal hit”, and “lost” are recorded. In the present embodiment, since the random value takes a value of 0 to 199, in the big hit determination table, a disturbance corresponding to “special hit”, “first normal hit”, and “second normal hit” among 0 to 199. Numeric values are recorded. The big hit determination table can also be called a winning table for these wins. The probability of obtaining each lottery result is determined according to the contents of the jackpot determination table. In this embodiment, “lost” is set to 1/200, “first normal hit” is set to 188/200, “second normal hit” is set to 10/200, and “special hit” is set to 1/200. The probability of can be arbitrarily set under the condition that the probability of “special hit” is the lowest. There is no need for “losing”.

  When it is determined that the big hit determination random number is “special hit” based on the big hit determination table (step S1642), the CPU 314 sets the special hit flag to ON (step S1644) and ends the big hit determination process. If it is not “special hit” (step S1642), if it corresponds to “first normal hit” (step S1644), the CPU 314 turns on the first normal hit flag (step S1645) and ends the big hit determination process. . If it is not “first normal hit” (step S1644), and if it corresponds to “second normal hit” (step S1646), the CPU 134 turns on the second normal hit flag (step S1647) and performs the big hit determination process. finish. If it does not correspond to “second ordinary hit” (step S1646), it corresponds to “losing”, so the CPU 314 ends the big hit determination process with all the hit flags being OFF.

D5. Fluctuation display pattern setting process:
FIG. 54 is a flowchart of the variable display pattern setting process. This process corresponds to step S1605 of the game process (FIG. 51). When the special hit flag is in the ON state (step S1661), the CPU 314 determines “special hit” and selects a special hit fluctuation display pattern table stored in the ROM 315 (step S1662). When the special hit flag is OFF (step S1661), when either the first second first normal hit flag or the second normal hit flag is ON (step S1663), “first normal hit” or It is determined that it is “second normal hit”, and the normal hit fluctuation display pattern table is selected from the ROM 315 (step S1664). In the present embodiment, a common table is used for “first normal hit” and “second normal hit”, but there are two types, a first normal hit fluctuation display pattern table and a second normal hit fluctuation display pattern table. Different tables may be used properly. If it is neither “first normal hit” nor “second normal hit” (step S1663), it is determined as “lost”, and the loss variation display pattern table stored in the ROM 315 is selected (step S1665).

  When the variation display pattern table is selected, the CPU 314 determines the corresponding variation display pattern from the variation display pattern table previously selected in accordance with the variation display pattern random number read in step S1622 of the variation start process (FIG. 52). (Step S1666), and a variable display pattern command corresponding to the result is set (Step S1667).

  Next, the CPU 314 sets a variation time corresponding to the variation display pattern determination result in the timer (step S1668). In this embodiment, in the case of “first normal hit” or “second normal hit”, a fluctuation time of 1 sec to 2 sec (hereinafter referred to as “first execution time”) is set. In the case of “special hit” or “losing”, a variation time longer than the first execution time (hereinafter referred to as “second execution time”) is set. Because the fluctuation time for “special hit” or “losing” is longer than normal hit, the player can easily recognize that it is not a normal hit during the game, and the result of “special hit” or “lost” is exciting. The excitement will increase because you will wait while you are excited.

  After setting the variation time, the CPU 314 updates the processing selection flag to [2] in order to shift to “processing during variation” (step S1669), and determines or sets the jackpot determination random number determined by the above processing. A command for transmitting the fluctuation display pattern random number, the fluctuation display pattern command, the fluctuation time, and the like to the peripheral substrate 311 is set (step S1670). As a result, based on the determined variation display pattern, the variation display of the special symbol on the special symbol display 121 is started.

D6. Processing during change:
FIG. 55 is a flowchart of the changing process. This process corresponds to step S1606 of the game process (FIG. 51). The CPU 314 terminates this routine without performing any processing unless the time of variation of the special symbol being variably displayed on the special symbol display device 121 is up (step S1681).

  When the time is up (step S1681), if the lottery result being executed is “special win” (step S1682), the CPU 314 sets the process selection flag to “big hit game start process”. 4] (step S1683), and this routine ends. At that time, a special symbol indicating “special hit” is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 121.

  When it is not “special winning” (step S1682), and when it is “first ordinary winning” or “second ordinary winning” (step S1684), the CPU 314 selects a process to shift to the prize winning opening / closing process for the bonus item. The flag is updated to [3] (step S1585), and this routine ends. At that time, the special symbol display 121 stops and displays the special symbol suggesting “first normal hit” or “second normal hit” according to the lottery result.

  When the lottery result is not “first normal hit” or “second normal hit”, that is, “losing” (step S1684), the CPU 314 sets the process selection flag to [0] in order to shift to the variation start process. (Step S1686), and this routine ends. At that time, the special symbol display 121 stops and displays the special symbol suggesting “losing”.

D7. Opening and closing processing for prize money
FIG. 56 is a flowchart of the prize winning opening / closing process for an accessory. This is a process corresponding to step S1607 of the game process (FIG. 51). If the lottery result is “first normal hit” (step S1701), the CPU 314 sets the first opening time (step S1702). If it is not “first normal hit”, ie, “second normal hit” (step S1701), the CPU 314 sets the second opening time (step S1703).

  The CPU 314 performs an opening / closing operation of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory according to the set opening time (step S1704). At the time of “first normal hit”, the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is opened or opened for 0.3 sec to 0.6 sec corresponding to the first opening time, and is further opened for about 0.4 seconds. . At the time of “second regular hit”, the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is opened or opened for 1.5 seconds to 2.0 seconds corresponding to the second opening time, and further opened for about 1.8 seconds. Let

  Next, the CPU 314 determines whether or not the big hit acceptance sensor 330 is turned on (step S1705). This is a determination as to whether or not a “hit” has occurred as a result of the game ball being received at the jackpot receiving port 93 in the variable winning device 91. When the big hit acceptance sensor 330 is ON, the CPU 314 determines that the “big hit” has been reached, and updates the process selection flag to [4] in order to shift to the “big hit game start process” (step S1706). A command for displaying the effect display pattern is set on the effect display device 115 (step S1707), and this routine is terminated. If the big hit acceptance sensor 330 is not ON (step S1705), the CPU 314 updates the process selection flag to [0] so as to shift to the fluctuation start process (step S1708), and ends this routine.

D8. Big hit game start processing:
FIG. 57 is a flowchart of the big hit game start process. This process corresponds to step S1608 of the game process (FIG. 51). The big hit game start process is a process that is started when the lottery result accompanying the winning at the start winning opening 96 is “special win” or when the game ball enters the big hit receiving port 93 in the variable winning device 91. is there. The CPU 314 sets a set maximum continuation number, which is the number of rounds of the big hit game, based on the continuation number determination random number read in step S1622 of the variation start process (FIG. 52) (step S1721). In the present embodiment, the selection is made by associating the random number value with the round number so that the ratio of selecting each round number of 2, 8, and 16 is 1/4, 1/4, and 1/2. A table is prepared in advance, and the number of rounds is set by referring to this selection table based on the continuous number determination random number. The continuation number determination random number can be set at various timings, and may be generated when winning the start winning opening 96, or may be generated when starting the big hit process.

  Next, the CPU 314 performs the following processing as the continuation count determination display processing (step S1722). The CPU 314 determines a continuation number determination display pattern corresponding to the continuation number determination random number from the continuation number determination display pattern table stored in the ROM 315, and transmits a display pattern command representing the result to the peripheral board 311. Various display patterns, such as a display pattern that suggests the set maximum number of continuous times and a display pattern that suggests a number of rounds smaller than the maximum number of rounds, are prepared as the number of continuous determination display patterns. For example, when the set maximum number of continuations is 16, initially the number of rounds is displayed as 8, and an effect display (for example, re-lottery display) is performed so that the number of rounds is changed during the big hit game. The display may be as if the number has increased to 16. Since the number of rounds more advantageous than the number of rounds displayed at this place is displayed, it is possible to make the player feel as if they were lucky, and the interest can be enhanced.

  When the continuation count determination display process ends, the CPU 314 updates the process selection flag to [5] to shift to the big hit game process, and ends this routine.

D9. Big hit game processing:
FIG. 58 is a flowchart of the big hit game processing. This is a process corresponding to step S1609 of the game process (FIG. 51). The CPU 314 sets the value 2 as the initial value of the round counter. The round counter is a variable for counting the number of rounds in the jackpot game, and when the value reaches the set maximum number of times, the jackpot processing is terminated. In the present embodiment, the initial value is set to 2. In the present embodiment, the opening / closing operation of the prize winning port 92 for the accessory performed at the time of winning the winning prize opening 96 is “first round”. This is because it corresponds to the processing of the round operation after the round. Various initial values can be set according to the number of rounds.

  The CPU 314 sets “0” in the winning ball counter (step S 1742), and opens / closes the prize winning opening 92 for the bonus item at predetermined time intervals (step S 1743). While the number of opening / closing of the prize winning opening 92 for the bonus item is not more than the set maximum number (step S1744), it is determined whether or not the value of the winning ball counter is less than 10 (step S1745). When the value of the winning ball counter is less than 10 (step S1745), it is determined whether or not the detection signal of the count sensor 319 corresponding to the big winning opening is turned on (step S1746). When the count sensor 319 is turned on (step S1746), it indicates that a game ball has been won in the variable winning device 91, so the CPU 314 adds “1” to the winning ball counter, and after step S1744 Repeat the judgment. When the count sensor 319 is OFF, it means that there has been no winning in the variable winning device 91. Therefore, the processing from step S1744 is repeated without adding the winning ball counter.

  As a result of the determinations in steps S1744 and S1745, any one of the conditions that the opening / closing of the prize winning opening 92 for the feature reaches the set maximum number of 18 times during one round operation, or the condition that the number of winning balls reaches 10 counts. If the condition is satisfied, the CPU 314 ends one round and stops the opening / closing operation of the prize winning port 92 for the bonus item (step S1748). If the value of the round counter has not reached the set maximum number of continuations (step S1749), the CPU 314 adds “1” to the round counter value (step S1750) and resets the winning ball counter to “0”. (Step S 1742) The next round process, that is, the process after Step S 1742 is executed again. When the round operation is repeated by the above processing and the value of the round counter reaches the set maximum number of continuations (step S1749), the CPU 314 performs reservation storage display processing (step S1751), and selects a process to shift to the change start processing. The flag is updated to [0] and the big hit game processing is terminated.

  According to the game processing of the present embodiment described above, the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is opened and closed in a relatively short time when the winning winning opening 96 is won except when the special symbol is being changed or the jackpot is being processed. Since it operates, it is possible for a player to entertain a game similar to a conventional second type pachinko machine without a sense of incongruity. Since the special symbol is stopped and displayed before the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory is opened and closed, the player can recognize the pattern of the opening and closing operation (the lottery result), and the advantage of the game can be realized by suggesting the special symbol. Can change the interest of the player.

  Also, since the variation time of special symbols is longer than normal hits, the player can easily recognize that the lottery result is not “normal hits” but “losing” or “special hits” due to the difference in fluctuation times. The player can be thrilled and excited until the lottery result is displayed. In addition, it is similar to the conventional type 1 game in that it is provided with a “special hit” that is a big hit by winning at the start winning opening 96, and it is possible to suppress the player's uncomfortable feeling.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the opening / closing operation of the prize winning port 92 for an accessory is different for each of “special hit”, “first normal hit”, and “second normal hit”. This open / close control may be individually provided with a control mode according to each hit mode, but in this embodiment, it is realized by a common control process. The contents of the opening / closing control will be described again after explaining the entire contents of the game executed on the pachinko machine 1 including the effect display.

E. Production display:
E1. Main board functional blocks:
FIG. 59 is an explanatory diagram showing functional blocks of the main board in effect display control. The pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment can display a character, a background, and the like on the effect display device 115 disposed substantially at the center of the variable winning device 91. The main board 310 controls the display mode of the effect display device 115 according to the gaming state with the configuration shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, each functional block shown in FIG. 59 is realized by software by an effect program. At least a part of these functional blocks may be configured in hardware.

  The lottery means 620 receives a winning detection result from the start opening sensor 318 to the start winning opening 96 and causes the random number generation means 611 to generate a big hit determination random number. Further, lottery is performed with reference to a jackpot determination table prepared in advance based on the jackpot determination random number.

  The execution holding means 621 executes or reserves the display of the lottery result drawn by the lottery means 620 according to the gaming state. The execution time selection means 622 sets the execution time until the display of the lottery result with the special symbol according to the lottery result. In the present embodiment, as described above, when the lottery result is “first normal hit” or “second normal hit”, the first execution time is set, and the lottery result is “lost” or “special hit”. Set the time to the second execution time.

  The special symbol display control unit 623 displays a plurality of special symbols on the special symbol display unit 121 when the execution holding unit 621 starts displaying the lottery result. Further, when the execution time corresponding to the lottery result has elapsed, the lottery result is displayed.

  When the lottery result is “special hit” or winning to the big hit receiving port 93 of the third rolling effect producing device 101, the advantageous game state generating means 612 has an advantageous game state (see FIG. 58) that is advantageous to the player as a big hit. The variable winning device 91 is driven and controlled in the big hit game process). The advantageous game state generating means 612 receives a detection signal from the count sensor 319 for counting the number of winnings in the winning prize winning port 92 as information used for this control.

  The opening / closing control means 614 controls the opening / closing of the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory by driving the movable piece 456 by the solenoid 311 when the lottery result is either “first normal hit” or “second normal hit”. To do. The storage unit 624 causes the RAM 316 to store various random numbers used for the lottery during execution reservation by the execution holding unit 621. The reservation number display means 625 displays the lottery reservation number (reserved ball number) stored in the storage means 624 on the reservation indicator 122. The command transmission unit 613 transmits the lottery result as a control command to the peripheral board 311 such as the sub integrated board 336.

  The execution holding means 621 holds the lottery result or the lottery result immediately after the lottery according to the open / close control of the variable winning device 91 by the open / close control means 614, the display state of the special symbol by the special symbol display control means 623, etc. Alternatively, the lottery result stored (reserved) in the storage unit 624 is extracted and executed.

  The rolling effect control means 615 controls the motor 332 based on the detection signal from the rotation detection sensor 494, and the operation of the first rolling effect means 95 so that the game ball swings on the guide member 491. To control. Detection signals from the start port sensor 318, the rotation detection sensor 494, the count sensor 319, and the rotational position detection sensor 321 are also transmitted to the peripheral substrate 311 via the command transmission unit 613.

E2. Peripheral board functional blocks:
FIG. 60 is an explanatory diagram showing functional blocks of the peripheral board in effect display control. In the present embodiment, these functional blocks are configured by software, but at least a part thereof may be configured by hardware.

  The command receiving unit 631 has a function of receiving a control command transmitted from the main board 310. The effect display control means 632 displays a predetermined effect display on the effect display device 115 based on the received control command. The release degree determination means 633 is a game in the direction from the guide member 491 to the third rolling effect device 101 based on control commands related to the start port sensor 318, the count sensor 319, the rotation detection sensor 494, and the rotation position detection sensor 321. The probability of the sphere being released (hereinafter also referred to as “release degree”) is determined, and the result is output to the effect display control means 632. A detection signal from the game ball sensor 361 is sent to the effect display control means 632.

  The effect display control means 632 causes the effect display device 115 to display a predetermined effect mode according to the gaming state, using the functional blocks shown in the drawing. The character control means 634 displays the character as a still image or a moving image. The background control means 635 displays the background as a still image or a moving image. The symbol control means 636 displays the symbol as a still image or a moving image. Image data necessary for displaying such as still images and moving images such as characters and backgrounds is stored in advance in storage means (for example, the ROM 351 and the ROM 371 of the sub-integration board 336 and the illumination control board 338).

  The effect display control means 632 includes an effect mode change means 637 that changes the effect mode according to the gaming state by the speed change means 638 and the release degree display control means 639. The speed changing unit 638 changes the moving speed of the character, the background, and the like. The release degree display control means 639 performs an effect display that suggests the release degree to the player, such as changing the color, facial expression, pose, etc. of the character based on the determination result by the release degree determination means 633.

  The degree suggestion symbol control means 640 displays the degree suggestion symbol suggesting the number of rounds of the big hit on the effect display device 115 according to the lottery result before executing the big hit process. In order to perform this display, the peripheral board 311 stores data for realizing a plurality of types of effects in advance as a round lottery table. The production mode may include a mode in which the number of rounds is displayed from the beginning, and a mode in which a value smaller than the original number of rounds is initially displayed and is changed to the original number of rounds in the middle. The degree suggestion design control means 640 displays the degree suggestion design using the aspect selected according to the lottery result from the plurality of types of effect forms.

E3. Example display screen:
FIG. 61 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the effect mode. The change of each production mode from FIG. 61A to FIG. 61D is controlled by the production mode change unit 637 in the production display control unit 632.

  FIG. 61A shows a screen example of the first effect mode. In the first effect mode, a display is made in which the character C1 moves the limbs as if walking in the left direction in the figure in the approximate center of the screen. After the character C1, the background H (the heel or the road) is moved and displayed in the right direction opposite to the direction of the character C1 at a speed that matches the movement of the character C1's limbs. Thereby, a display is made as if the character C1 is walking in the left direction. At the same time, random numbers are generated by the peripheral board 311, and according to the result, a dog C 2, a cage C 3, a bird C 4, an accessory (can) C 5, etc. are appropriately displayed. By doing so, the screen of the first effect mode is changed, and an interesting screen display is realized that is hard to get tired of.

  FIG. 61B is a screen example of the second effect mode. In the second effect mode, the character C1 is displayed with an action running leftward. The background H is moved and displayed on the right side in the figure at a speed corresponding to this. The moving speed of the background in the second effect mode is faster than the moving speed in the first effect mode. The background moving speed is controlled by speed changing means 638 (FIG. 60).

  FIG. 61C and FIG. 61D are screen examples of the third effect mode. These screens are displayed continuously. In the screen of FIG. 61 (c), a display is made in which the tarai C6 falls on the character C1 and hits the character C1. Background H is stopped. Thereafter, the screen shifts to the screen shown in FIG. 61 (d), and the character C1 looks up and swings his face to the left and right, and a display wonders where the tarai C6 has fallen.

  FIG. 62 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen example of the special second effect mode. It is a screen used as a variation of the 2nd production mode (Drawing 61 (b)). In the special second effect mode, as shown in FIG. 62 (a), the character C1 is displayed in a hurry running toward the right where the third rolling effect device 101 is arranged. In accordance with this movement, the background is moved and displayed in the left direction opposite to the direction of the character C1. The movement of the character C1 and the background is faster than the second effect mode. As a result, it is possible to display an effect such that the character C1 is rushing in a direction where the jackpot receiving port 93 is present, and it can be suggested that the game ball is released to the jackpot receiving port 93 side.

  Also, in the special second effect mode, as shown in FIG. 62 (b), the expression of the character C1 is changed (for example, changed to a surprised expression) by the emission degree display control means 639 according to the emission degree. Or the face color is changed (for example, changed from skin color to red), and an effect display that changes the urgency of the character C1 running toward the big hit reception port 93 is performed, and the release degree is suggested to the player.

  FIG. 63 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen example such as a special third effect mode. FIG. 63A shows a screen example of a special third effect mode used as a variation of the third effect mode (FIGS. 61C and 61D). On this screen, a background H indicating a flame is displayed before and after the character C1, and the character C1 is enlarged and displayed with a facial expression that seems to be burned by the flame. The effect display in which the character C1 is in a terrible state due to the flame has an effect of enhancing the interest by making the player feel terrified so that the player can recognize the arrival of a big hit.

  FIG. 63B shows a screen example when a big hit occurs. On this screen, a background including the characters “big hit” and a smiling character C1 are displayed. With this screen, the player can recognize the occurrence of the big hit, and the player can feel relieved and the excitement can be suppressed with the smiling state of the character C1.

  FIG. 63 (c) shows a screen example of the lost effect mode. In the lost effect mode, as shown in the figure, a screen is displayed in which the character C1 lies in a state of being completely black and charred. In the special third performance mode (FIG. 63 (a)), the character C1 wrapped in flames is burnt out in black and actively suggests that it has lost, and the heightened expectation is reduced at once. The game can be rich.

E4. Specific direction:
FIG. 64 is an explanatory diagram showing the state of the variable winning device 91 when the specific effect mode is displayed. The specific effect mode is a display screen used when the game ball B is hit in the right direction in the drawing by the second rolling effect device 100. In the specific effect mode, the same character C7 as the character body 533 is displayed on the effect display device 115 in substantially the same pose. The character C7 is moved and displayed from the left side to the right side of the effect display device 115 while leaving an afterimage.

  FIG. 65 is a display screen example of a specific effect mode. After the above-described movement display, the character C7 temporarily stops at the approximate center of the effect display device 115 as shown in FIG. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 65 (b), it is moved and displayed out of the display area on the right side of the effect display device 115 so as to be pushed by the symbol TB imitating the game ball B from the left side in the drawing.

  In the various effects described above, as shown in FIG. 61, a character other than the character C1, such as a dog C2 or a cage C3, may appear as appropriate, or the background H may be changed as appropriate.

E5. Production display processing:
FIG. 66 is a flowchart of the effect display process. This is a process executed by the CPU 314 of the main board 310. In this process, the CPU 314 performs a first effect mode display process (step S1801) and causes the effect display device 115 to display the screen shown in FIG. This display continues to be displayed until the game ball enters the start winning opening 96 and is detected by the start port sensor 318 (step S1802).

  When the CPU 314 detects a ball entering the start winning opening 96, a second effect mode display process (step S1803) is performed. In the second mode display process, a screen display using the second effect mode display (FIG. 61 (b)) and the special second effect mode display (FIG. 62) is performed according to the game situation. In the second effect mode, the background or the like is changed depending on the position of the start winning opening 96 where the game ball has entered, the type of the lottery result, or a character other than the character C1 is appropriately displayed as in the first effect mode. You may do it.

  The CPU 314 determines whether or not a winning to the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory is detected by the count sensor 319 (step S1804). This determination is repeated until a predetermined time elapses after entering the start winning opening 96 (step S1805). As the predetermined time, an execution time (see FIG. 54) selected according to the lottery result is used. During this time, the effect display device 115 continues to display the screen by the second effect mode process. If no game ball is detected by the count sensor 319 even after the predetermined time has elapsed, the CPU 314 ends the second effect mode and returns to the display state of the first effect mode (step S1806).

  When a game ball is detected by the count sensor 319 within a predetermined time (step S1804), the CPU 314 performs a third effect mode display process instead of the second effect mode display process (step S1807). In the third effect mode display process, the third effect mode display (FIG. 61 (c), FIG. 61 (d)) and the special third effect mode display (FIG. 63 (a)) are used according to the game situation. Screen display is performed.

  In the third effect mode, the timing is entered in conjunction with the movement of the game ball that enters the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory, passes through the ball entrance 457 (FIG. 12), and is transferred from the lower delivery port 458 onto the guide member 491. Thus, an effect display in which the tarai C6 shown in FIG. 61 (c) falls on the head of the character C1 is performed. In the present embodiment, the effect display device 115 is disposed directly below the guide member 491, so that by matching the timing in this way, the game ball changes to the Talay C6 and appears to the player as if it hits the character C1. An interesting display with an illusion is realized. Thereafter, the screen shown in FIG. 61 (d), in which the character C1 crawls while looking up, is displayed substantially in synchronization with the timing at which the game ball swings in the left-right direction on the guide member 491. Therefore, the character C1 swings. An effect display that can entertain the player as if watching a game ball is realized.

  The CPU 314 determines whether or not a game ball has entered the jackpot receiving port 93 by the jackpot receiving sensor 330 (step S1810). This determination is repeated until a predetermined time elapses after entering the start winning opening 96 (step S1809). During this time, the effect display device 115 continues to display the screen by the third effect mode display process. As the predetermined time, an execution time (see FIG. 54) selected according to the lottery result may be used, or a value different from this may be used. Further, the measurement of the predetermined time may be started from winning a prize winning opening 92 for an accessory.

  If a game ball is detected by the big hit acceptance sensor 330 within a predetermined time (step S1808), the CPU 314 performs a big hit presentation mode display process instead of the third presentation mode display process (step S1810). In the big hit effect mode display processing, for example, after the display shown in FIG. 63 (b), the round effect display in the advantageous gaming state according to the random number (lottery result) generated by the random number generating means 611, the count sensor A predetermined effect display such as a count effect display by 319 is performed. When the advantageous gaming state ends, the CPU 314 returns to the display state of the first effect mode (step S1806). FIG. 67 shows the processing when the big hit acceptance sensor 330 does not detect a game ball even after the predetermined time has elapsed (step S1809).

  FIG. 67 is a flowchart of the effect mode display process at the time of “losing”. This corresponds to the processing after step S1809 described above. When a predetermined time elapses without detection of the game ball by the big hit acceptance sensor 330 (step S1809), when the special third effect mode is not displayed, the CPU 314 ends the third effect mode process and the first effect. The display in the mode is performed (step S1806). If the special third effect mode is displayed (step S2101), the CPU 314 displays the loss effect mode (FIG. 63C) and then displays the first effect mode (step S1806). .

E6. Second effect mode display processing:
FIG. 68 is a flowchart of the second effect mode display process. This is a process corresponding to step S1803 of the effect display process (FIG. 66). In this process, the CPU 314 acquires the operation status of the guide member 491 based on the outputs of the rotation position detection sensor 321 and the rotation detection sensor 494 of the motor 332 (FIG. 20) that drives the guide member 491 (step S1901). With this process, the rotation angle, rotation direction, rotation position, and the like of the guide member 491 when the game ball is detected by the start port sensor 318 are acquired.

  CPU314 calculates | requires the probability that a game ball is discharge | released from the guide member 491 to the direction of the 3rd rolling effect apparatus 101 by predetermined | prescribed arithmetic expression based on the rotation angle and direction of the guide member 491. FIG. Instead of the arithmetic expression, a method of referring to a table in which the relationship between the rotation angle and direction of the guide member 491 and the release degree is stored in advance may be employed.

  When the calculated release degree is less than a predetermined value (for example, 75% or more) (step S1903), the CPU 314 displays the second effect mode shown in FIG. 61B (step S1904), and releases it. If the degree is greater than or equal to the predetermined level, the special second effect mode exemplified next is displayed (step S1905).

E7. Third effect mode display process:
FIG. 69 is a flowchart of the third effect mode display process. This is a process corresponding to step S1807 of the effect display process (FIG. 66). In the third effect mode display processing, when the special second effect mode shown in FIG. 62 is not displayed (step S2001), the CPU 314 first displays the third effect mode shown in FIGS. 61 (c) and (d). An effect mode is displayed (step S2002). Processing after this display is performed will be described later.

  When the special second effect mode is displayed (step S2001), the CPU 314 guides the guide member 491 at the time when the game ball is detected by the start port sensor 318 as in the second effect mode display process (FIG. 68). The rotation angle, the rotation direction, the rotation position, and the like are acquired (step S2003), and the release degree is detected by the count sensor 319 instead of the rotation angle at the time of detection by the start port sensor 318. You may calculate using the value at the time, ie, the time at which the winning to the variable winning device 91 is detected. The degree of release is obtained (step S2004). And when this discharge | release degree is less than predetermined value (for example, 75% or more) (step S2005), the 3rd effect aspect shown to FIG.61 (c) and (d) is displayed (step S2002), and discharge | release If the degree is greater than or equal to the predetermined level, the special third effect mode shown in FIG. 63A is displayed (step S2006).

E8. Specific effect mode display processing:
FIG. 70 is a flowchart showing the specific effect mode display process. This is a process following step S2002 of the third effect mode display process (FIG. 69), and when the release degree is less than the predetermined value, that is, when there is a high possibility of being released from the guide member 91 to the second rolling effect device 100. It is a process to be executed. In this process, the display mode on the effect display device 115 is properly used according to the possibility that the game ball is hit from the second rolling effect device 100 to the third rolling effect device 101 side.

  As shown in FIG. 70, the CPU 314 repeats the display in the third effect mode until K1 time elapses after the game ball is detected by the count sensor 319 (steps S2002 and S2201). When the K1 time has elapsed, the CPU 314 determines whether or not a game ball has been released from the guide member 91 to the second rolling effect device 100 based on the detection result of the game ball sensor 361 (FIG. 12) (step S2202). This determination is repeatedly executed until K2 hours elapse after the game ball is detected by the count sensor 319 (step S2203). The K1 time and K2 time used in the above determination can be set based on the timing until the second rolling effect device 100 can hit the game ball after detection by the count sensor 319. The relationship can be set such that K1 time <K2 time, for example, 0.5 ≦ K1 <K2 ≦ 2.5. For the elapsed time from the detection of the game ball B by the count sensor 319, for example, a method using a measuring unit that starts by the detection of the count sensor 319 can be employed. Further, the elapsed time may be calculated from the time when the game ball B is detected by the count sensor 319 and the time when the game ball B is detected by the game ball sensor 361. In the latter mode, since it is not necessary to provide the above-described measuring means for measuring elapsed time, the configuration can be simplified.

  When the K2 time has elapsed without detecting the release of the game ball to the second rolling effect device 100 (step S2203), the CPU 314 ends the third effect mode as it is. When the release of the game ball to the second rolling effect device 100 is detected (step S2203), the CPU 314 determines whether or not the rotating body 552 of the third rolling effect device 101 is in a predetermined rotation state ( Step S2204). The predetermined rotation state is a state in which the game ball from the second rolling effect device 100 is highly likely to be stored in the specific storage unit 550c. In this embodiment, since the rotation speed of the rotating body 552 is constant, the rotation position of the rotating body 552 at the time of detection by the count sensor 319 is determined by using the rotation detecting unit 554 provided on the rotating shaft 553 as the rotation position detecting sensor 321. If it is detected by the (rotational position detecting means), it is possible to calculate the time required until the specific accommodation portion 550c comes to a lower position where the game ball can be accommodated. On the other hand, the rolling time until the game ball that has passed through the count sensor 319 rolls on the fourth rolling effect device 102 and reaches the third rolling effect device 101 can be estimated with a certain width. The reason why the rolling time varies is that the rolling of the game ball is affected by the coincidence or mismatch of the fall timing of the game ball and the timing of the movement of the pushing portion 531 of the second rolling effect producing device 100. is there. CPU314 can obtain | require the probability accommodated in the specific accommodating part 550c from the relationship between the above-mentioned required time and rolling time. A table that gives the probability according to the required time may be experimentally created in advance and obtained by referring to this table, or may be calculated by an analytical expression set analytically.

  When the probability of being accommodated in the specific accommodating portion 550c is lower than the predetermined reference value, the CPU 314 determines that the rotating body 552 is not in the predetermined rotation state (step S2204), and the specific effect mode (FIGS. 64 and 64). Is displayed (step S2205). In the variable winning device 91, the pushing portion 531 in the second rolling effect device 100 performs an operation of pushing the game ball B. In the specific effect mode, the character C7 is displayed to be pushed out by the game ball B, which suggests a low probability of being stored in the specific storage unit 550c.

  When it is determined that the rotating body 552 is in a predetermined rotation state (step S2204), that is, when it is determined that the game ball B is likely to be stored in the specific storage unit 550c, the CPU 314 performs the special specific effect mode. Is displayed, and the accessory solenoid 362 is driven (step S2206).

E9. Examples of special specific effects:
FIG. 71 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the special specific effect mode. In the special specific effect mode, the character C7 is faced to the front, and the character C7 is gradually enlarged as if approaching the player. Further, by the driving of the accessory solenoid 362, a movable effect in which the character body 533 takes a predetermined pose as shown in FIG. 71 is executed. With these effects, it is possible to surprise the player, suggest that the hit game ball B is likely to be accommodated in the specific accommodation portion 550c, and enhance interest.

  In the above-described specific effect mode display process, for example, the detection by the game ball sensor 361 may be performed only within a predetermined time range from the detection of the game ball B by the count sensor 319. Thereby, it is not necessary to always perform the detection process by the game ball sensor 361, and the load on the control process can be reduced.

F. Reservation memory display control:
Next, the display control of reserved memory at the end of the big hit game in this embodiment (step S1751 of the big hit game processing) will be described. In the display control of reserved memory, the effect display device 115 displays up to four symbols corresponding to the reserved memory. In this embodiment, two types of symbols, a normal display mode and a special display mode, are prepared, and a game ball is stored in the specific storage unit 550c of the rotating body 552 and is used depending on whether or not there is a possibility of V winning. Since the possibility of V winning varies depending on the situation of the game, the display control of reserved memory judges the possibility of V winning for each of the four reserved memories at the end of the big hit game. After the symbol is determined and displayed, this determination is updated according to the game situation, and the symbol is switched (hereinafter, this switching is referred to as a display mode change).

F1. Display control example:
FIG. 72 is a time chart (1) showing a display control example of reserved storage. FIG. 72 shows an example in which the display mode is not changed midway. In the display control of the reserved memory, the normal display mode and the special display mode are separately used depending on whether or not the game ball is stored in the specific storage unit 550c of the rotator 552 and a V winning may occur.

  The CPU 314 displays the variation of the special symbol on the special symbol display 121 based on the reserved memory for a predetermined variation time (1.3 seconds), and the movable piece 456 is moved almost simultaneously with the end of the variation display (display of the lottery result). Open for 0.3 seconds. Then, after the interval period of 0.2 seconds is set, the symbol variation based on the second reserved memory is started, but the determination timing (same as 1.0 second) after the end of the interval period (same as above) By determining whether or not the timing indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in the figure and the timing at which 2.8 seconds have elapsed from the start of the symbol variation) matches the timing at which the game ball is accommodated in the specific accommodating portion 550c. Determine the chance of winning. In the example of the figure, since the determination timing does not coincide with the reception timing of the specific accommodation unit 550c, it is determined that there is no possibility of winning V, and the effect display device 115 displays the normal display mode (in the figure, “normal reservation” Is displayed).

  In this embodiment, the rotator 552 rotates at a cycle of 2.0 seconds. The specific accommodating portion 550c is one of eight accommodating portions provided evenly on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating body 552. Therefore, the accommodable period during which the game ball can be accommodated in the specific accommodating portion 550c is 0.25 seconds (= 2.0 / 8). The start timing of the accommodation period is determined based on the detection of the rotational position of the rotating body 552 (specific accommodation unit 550c) by the rotational position detection sensor 321.

  The interval period (0.2 seconds) is used to determine whether or not the game ball has won the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory as the movable piece 456 is opened (whether or not the game ball is detected by the count sensor 319). This is the detection grace period. The specific time (1.0 second) is the time required for the game ball that has entered the prize winning opening 92 for the role to roll in the variable winning device 91 and be accommodated in the specific accommodation unit 550c.

  For the second to fourth reserved memories, the possibility of V winning is determined in the same manner. However, the start timing of the symbol fluctuation based on the second reserved memory is the timing after the interval period (0.2 seconds) from the end of opening (closing) of the movable piece 456 in the first reserved memory as described above. It becomes. Similarly, the start timing of the symbol variation based on the third and fourth reserved memories is also the timing after the interval period (0.2 seconds) from the previous opening end (closing). In the example in the figure, it is determined that there is no possibility of V winning with respect to the second and third reserved memories, and display in the normal display mode is performed. With respect to the fourth reserved memory, it is determined that there is a possibility of winning a V, and a display in a special display mode (described as “special reserve” in the figure) is performed. In the example of FIG. 72, the game ball has not won the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory during each opening period of the movable piece 456 based on the first to third reserved memories. The normal display mode in the third reserved memory and the special display mode in the fourth reserved memory are continuously controlled without being changed midway.

  FIG. 73 is a time chart (2) showing a display control example of reserved storage. FIG. 73 shows an example in which the display mode is changed on the way. However, also in the display control shown in FIG. 73, four reserved memories are stored at the end of the big hit game as in the display control shown in FIG. 72, and the rotation timing of the rotating body 552 at the end of the big hit game, In other words, the description will be made assuming that the reception timing of the specific accommodation unit 550c is the same as the timing shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 73, at the end of the big hit game, the same determination result as in FIG. 72 is obtained, and it is determined that there is no possibility of winning V for the first to third reserved memories. Display in the display mode is performed. For the fourth reserved memory, it is determined that there is a possibility of winning V, and a special display mode (described as “special reserve” in the figure) is displayed.

  Suppose that the game ball wins the prize winning slot 92 for an accessory during the opening period of the movable piece 456 based on the first reserved memory (the game ball is detected by the count sensor 319 as indicated by * in the figure). If you do). This game ball is accommodated in the first accommodating portion 550a or the second accommodating portion 550b other than the specific accommodating portion 550c, and then detected by the loss acceptance sensor 329 (the loss acceptance sensor 329 is turned on). The variation of the symbol based on the second reserved memory is started after a minute time (for example, 0.1 second) has elapsed since the detection of the game ball by the loss acceptance sensor 329. In the figure, an example is shown in which the loss acceptance sensor 329 is turned on 1.6 seconds after the game ball detection grace period by the count sensor 319 ends.

  By shifting the start timing of symbol variation based on the second reserved memory, the start timing of symbol variation based on the third and fourth reserved memories is also shifted in a chain. Accordingly, the display modes of the second and subsequent reserved memories are all changed to the normal display mode. As shown in the figure, for the fourth reserved memory, the determination timing 2.8 seconds after the start of symbol variation does not coincide with the acceptance timing of the specific accommodation unit 550c, and it is determined that there is no possibility of V winning. Because it will be. In the embodiment, when winning is made in the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory, the display mode of the remaining reservation memory is all changed to the normal display mode unconditionally, but whether or not there is a possibility of V winning again? And the display mode of each reserved memory may be controlled.

F2. Reserved memory display example:
FIG. 74 is an explanatory view showing a display mode example of reserved storage. In the effect display device 115, the reserved storage of the lottery result is displayed in the same manner as the reservation display 122 displays. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 74A, four “oden” (characters corresponding to reserved memory) corresponding to each reserved memory are first displayed in the lower part of the display screen of the effect display device 115. Displayed as the fourth reserved memory 115a to 115d. “Oden” is a normal display mode.

  FIG. 74B shows a state in which only the fourth reserved storage 115d is displayed in the special display mode “cactus”. This corresponds to the state described above with reference to FIG. By this display, even if the movable piece 456 is released due to the symbol variation based on the first to third reserved memories, the player performs a game ball stop, etc., and places the game ball in the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory. If the movable piece 456 is released due to the symbol variation based on the fourth reserved memory without winning a prize, and if the game ball is awarded to the prize winning port 92 for an accessory in accordance with the opening, there is a possibility of winning a V prize. Can be recognized.

  Thereafter, when symbol variation based on the first reserved memory is started, the display of the first reserved memory 115a shown in FIG. 74 (B) disappears as shown in FIG. 74 (C), and FIG. The second to fourth reserved memories 115b to 115d shown in (B) are slid and displayed as they are, and the normal display mode ("Oden") is displayed in the reserved memories 115a and 115b, and the special display mode (" Cactus ") is displayed in the third reserved storage 115c. Thereafter, each time the symbol variation starts, as shown in FIGS. 74 (D) and 74 (E), the reservation storage 115a disappears one by one, and the remaining reservation storage 115b and the like are slid and displayed. The

  Next, it is assumed that the game ball wins the prize winning opening 92 for the bonus item at the time of release corresponding to the reserved memory 115a in FIG. As described above with reference to FIG. 73, in this case, when the game ball is detected by the count sensor 319, as shown in FIGS. 74 (F) and 74 (G), the special display mode of the second reserved memory 115b is displayed. The display mode is changed to the normal display mode (“Oden”). Thereafter, every time symbol variation is started, as shown in FIGS. 74 (G) and 74 (H), the display of the reserved memory 115a disappears and the remaining reserved memory 115b is slid and displayed.

F3. Modified example (1) of display control of reserved memory:
FIG. 75 is an explanatory view showing a modified example (1) of the display control of reserved memory. In the embodiment, an example in which the display mode is switched depending on whether or not there is a possibility of V winning is shown. However, in the modified example, the display mode of the reserved memory is changed according to the degree of acceptance, that is, the probability of V winning.

First, as shown in FIG. 75 (A), each housing part of the rotating body 552 can be classified into the following four parts based on the specific housing part 550c (denoted as “V” in the figure).
1st accommodating part ("1" in a figure) ... The accommodating part 550a adjacent to the specific accommodating part 550c;
2nd accommodating part ("2" in a figure) ... The accommodating part 550b spaced apart from the specific accommodating part 550c;
3rd accommodating part ("3" in a figure) ... The accommodating part 550a spaced apart from the specific accommodating part 550c;
4th accommodating part ("4" in a figure) ... Accommodating part 550b facing the specific accommodating part 550c;
Each of these classifications correlates with the probability for occurrence of a V prize.

  FIG. 75B shows the transition of the reception timing at which the specific storage unit and the first to fourth storage units can receive the gaming machine. Based on this timing, the CPU 314 determines, based on this timing, the determination timing after 2.8 seconds from the start point of the symbol variation matches the receiving timing of which housing unit. In the example of FIG. 75 (B), the reception timings of the game balls in the first to fourth reserved memories are the reception timings of the third storage unit, the second storage unit, the first storage unit, and the specific storage unit, respectively. Match.

  As described above, since the storage section has a correlation with the probability of V winning, when the acceptance timing is determined, the probability that the game ball is accepted into the jackpot entrance 93 based on the result (hereinafter, this is referred to as V expectation). (Also called degrees) is determined. For example, in the case of the acceptance timing in the “V” accommodating portion 550c, the expected V degree is almost 100%. The V expectation is about 50% in the case of the first housing part, about 30% in the case of the second main part, about 10% in the case of the third housing part, and about 0% in the case of the fourth housing part. In the display control of the modified example, as shown in FIG. 75C, the color of the circle is changed according to the V expectation degree. When V expectation is 10%, green is used, 30% is blue, 50% is red, and 100% is rainbow. Although not shown, black is used when the V expectation is almost 0%. These colors and the shape of reserved memory can be arbitrarily set. As described above, by changing the display mode of the reserved memory according to the degree of acceptance, it is possible to vary the reliability of the notice, thereby realizing various notice effects and avoiding a decrease in interest.

F4. Modified example of display control of reserved memory (2):
FIG. 76 is an explanatory view showing a modified example (2) of the display control of reserved memory. In the embodiment, the fixed storage period (0.25 seconds) that allows the game ball to be stored is set as the determination range. However, the display control of the reserved memory is set by changing the determination range for each reservation memory. You may make it do. FIG. 76 shows an example in which the determination range is sequentially narrowed for the first to fourth reserved memories. In the first reserved memory, as shown in FIG. 76 (A), 0.3 is recorded before and after the storage period (0.25 seconds) in which the game balls can be stored in the specific storage unit 550c. The determination range is set to 0.85 seconds provided with a determination effective period of seconds. In the second reserved memory, as shown in FIG. 76 (B), a determination range of 0.45 seconds is provided with a determination effective period of 0.1 seconds before and after the accommodation period (0.25 seconds). Set to. In the third reserved storage, as shown in FIG. 76C, the accommodable period (0.25 seconds) is set as it is in the determination range. In the fourth reserved storage, as shown in FIG. 76D, 0.15 seconds obtained by reducing the accommodable period (0.25 seconds) by 0.5 seconds before and after is set as the determination range. As described above, by changing the V winning determination criterion (determination range in the embodiment) for each reserved memory, diversification of various notice effects can be realized and a decrease in interest can be avoided.

G. Opening / closing control of the prize winning opening 92 for an accessory:
In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the prize winning opening 92 for the accessory of the variable prize winning device 91 (hereinafter also referred to as “big prize winning opening”) in various modes in the game process. Open and close. Hereinafter, a control process and a circuit for realizing the opening / closing will be described.

G1. Big prize opening control processing:
FIG. 77 is an explanatory diagram showing control parameters used in the special winning opening control process. The parameter definition is shown in the center of the figure, an example of setting at the time of “special hit” is shown above, and an example of setting at the time of “V winning” is shown below. The hatched part in the figure shows the section where the prize winning opening is open with time as the horizontal axis (hereinafter referred to as “open section”), and the white part is closed (hereinafter referred to as “closed section”). Called).

  In this embodiment, as shown in the figure, a series of opening / closing operations is referred to as “round”. The pachinko machine 1 repeats the opening / closing operation for the set number of rounds with the interval INT interposed therebetween. In this embodiment, the interval INT is a constant value of 2000 ms. Although not shown, the set value of the number of rounds is also included in the parameters used in the big prize opening control process.

  The opening time TOP defines the time during which the special winning opening is open. The closing time TCL defines the time of the closing section sandwiched between the opening sections in a series of opening / closing control. The number of open times NOP is the number of open sections to be executed in one round. The TWT is a time for waiting for the game ball to be completely discharged from the variable winning device 91 after the opening / closing of the big winning opening is completed (hereinafter referred to as “discharge waiting time”). In this embodiment, the discharge waiting time TWT is set to a maximum of 7000 ms. If it is confirmed that the game ball has been completely discharged from the variable winning device 91 by the time 7000 ms elapses, the pachinko machine 1 interrupts the waiting for discharge and proceeds to the next round after an interval INT. . Whether or not it has been completely discharged is confirmed by the variable winning device 91 including the number of balls entered into the variable winning device 91 detected by the count sensor provided at the big winning opening and the V winning and losing. This can be determined by comparison with the number of game balls.

  When the “special hit” occurred, the opening time was set to 15000 ms and the opening frequency NOP was set to 1 as shown in the upper part of the figure. At this time, since there is no closed section sandwiched between the open sections, it is not necessary to set the closing time TCL. The open / closed state realized based on this setting is also illustrated in the figure. As shown in the figure, after a long open section, the process proceeds to the next round after passing through the discharge waiting time TWT and the interval INT.

  When “V winning” occurred, the opening time was set to 800 ms, the closing time was set to 500 ms, and the opening frequency NOP was set to 18 times as shown in the lower part of the figure. The open / closed state realized based on this setting is also illustrated in the figure. After the 800 ms open section and the 500 ms closed section are repeated 18 times, the process proceeds to the next round after passing through the discharge waiting time TWT and the interval INT.

  FIG. 78 is a flowchart of the special winning opening control process. The opening / closing process of the big prize opening has already been described with reference to FIG. 51 and FIGS. 56 to 58. In FIG. 78, the opening / closing of the big prize opening realized through these processes is shown as one sequence. This process corresponds to the excerpt of FIGS. 51 and 56 to 58 and is executed by the CPU 314 of the main board 310.

  When the variable display ends (step S100), the CPU 314 executes the following processes according to the lottery result. When the lottery result is “losing” (step S101), since it is not necessary to open / close the big winning opening, the big winning opening control process is ended as it is.

  If the lottery result is “special win” (step S101), control parameters used to open / close the big prize opening are set (step S110), and the big prize opening process, that is, the solenoid is driven to open the big prize opening. A control process for opening and closing is executed (step S125). The details of the big prize opening process will be described later. The meanings and setting examples of the control parameters are as described above with reference to FIG. As described later, in the “special hit”, the opening / closing control can be performed without using the closing time TCL. In other words, “special hit” means that any value may be set for the closing time. In step S110, the setting value of the closing time is not shown based on the above-described reason, and in the process of step S110, a new value is not set for the closing time and is set or held in the past. It means that it is left as it is.

  When the lottery result is “small hit” (step S101), a small hit value is set for the control parameter used for opening / closing control of the big winning opening (step S120), and the small hit release process is executed. (Step S121). In the figure, control parameter setting examples are shown for each of the first normal hit and the second normal hit. In the case of the first normal hit, the CPU 314 sets the number of rounds once, the opening time is 400 ms, and the number of times of opening is one. In the case of the second ordinary hit, the CPU 314 sets the number of rounds once, the opening time 1800 ms, and the number of times of opening.

  The small hit release process (step S121) is an open / close control process for the big prize opening when the small hit occurs. Since it is necessary to monitor whether or not a V prize has occurred in parallel with the opening / closing control when a small hit occurs, in this embodiment, a process separate from the big prize opening process (step S125). . Except for monitoring whether or not there is a V prize, the opening / closing control of the big prize opening is the same as the big prize opening opening process (step S125), so the detailed description of the small hit opening process is omitted here.

  In the small hit release process (step S121), when the V prize is not generated (step S122), it is not necessary to open the big prize opening, so the CPU 314 ends the big prize opening control process as it is.

  When a V winning is generated (step S122), a round lottery is performed (step S123), a V winning control parameter is set (step S124), and a special winning opening releasing process is executed (step S125). The round lottery is processing corresponding to step S1721 in FIG. 57, and is processing for determining the number of rounds by lottery. For determining the number of rounds, a random number called a continuation number determination random number is used. The meaning and setting example of each parameter of the opening time, the closing time, and the number of opening times are as described in FIG.

  FIG. 79 is a flowchart of the special winning opening opening process. This is a process corresponding to step S125 of the above-described special winning opening control process (FIG. 78), and is a process for opening and closing the special winning opening based on the control parameters.

  In this process, the CPU 314 switches the process based on whether or not the current big prize opening is open (step S200). Whether or not it is open can be easily determined by counting the number of commands to turn on / off the solenoid output for opening / closing the special winning opening. Since it is assumed that the big prize opening process is started from the state where the big prize opening is closed, the odd number command corresponds to the big prize opening and the even number command corresponds to the closing. Therefore, it can be determined that the prize winning opening is open at the present time when an odd number of command outputs are performed in the previous processing, and can be determined to be closed when an even number of command outputs are performed. Of course, a sensor that detects the open / closed state of the special winning opening may be used.

  First, as a first opening operation, a special winning opening is set to open (step S199). If the big winning opening is currently open (step S200: YES), the set opening time has elapsed or a game ball with a predetermined maximum number of winnings (set to 10 in this embodiment) has won. When at least one of the conditions to do is satisfied, the special winning opening is closed. This corresponds to the control realized in step S1745 in FIG.

  In order to realize the above-described operation, when it is determined that the opening time has elapsed (step S201), the CPU 314 closes the special winning opening (step S202). At this time, when the number of times of opening set by the “number of times of opening” parameter has been completed (step S203: YES), the process proceeds to the next process. Even when it is less than the “number of times to open” (step S203: NO), when the number of winnings in the big winning opening reaches the maximum number (10) (step S220), the process proceeds to the next process.

  When the opening time has not elapsed (step S201: NO), when the number of winnings is less than the maximum number of winnings (10), the CPU 314 repeats the processing after step S200 (step S220).

  When the special winning opening is closed (step S200), the CPU 314 opens the special winning opening when the closing time has elapsed (step S210) (step S211). When the number of winnings in the big winning opening is less than the maximum number of winnings (10), the CPU 314 repeats the processing after step S200 (step S220). At the time of step S200, when the big prize opening is closed, it is assumed that the big prize opening is less than the set number of times of opening, so the determination of step S203 regarding the number of times of opening is skipped. The

  In the present embodiment, in the case of “special hit”, the number of times of opening is set to one. Accordingly, when the first release is completed by the operations of steps S200 to S202, the release operation reaches the specified number of releases (step S203), so the processes of steps S210 and S211 are not executed. As described above with reference to FIG. 77, in the case of a special hit, among the control parameters, the closing time is unnecessary for controlling the opening operation. In other words, regardless of what value the closing time is set, the special opening operation can be controlled appropriately.

  If attention is paid to the processing at the time of “special hit”, since only opening and closing is performed once in one round, it is possible to realize control by processing simplified more than the processing shown in FIG. However, in the present application, the special prize opening process is designated as “special hit”, “V” by deliberately introducing a control parameter that is unnecessary for the process of “special hit”, which is the number of times of opening (see step S110 in FIG. 78). It can also be used for "winning" and the overall program capacity is suppressed. In addition, by setting the number of “special hits” to be open once, the closing time becomes a meaningful value only at the time of “V prize” as described above. Therefore, the closing time may be incorporated as a fixed value in the program. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the process and shorten the time required for the process. Furthermore, by introducing control parameters that are not necessary for the processing at the “special winning”, the “special winning” can be moved in the same manner as the “V winning”. However, it is also possible to set the number of times of opening to “2 or more” in “special hit”. At this time, the value for special hit may be set as an effective parameter for the closing time.

  After opening the grand prize winning opening according to the control parameters by the above process, the CPU 314 executes a game ball discharge waiting process (step S221). That is, the process waits until the detection result of the number of balls entered into the variable winning device 91 matches the detection result of the number of game balls discharged from the variable winning device 91. However, the waiting time here is limited to a maximum of 7000 ms as shown in FIG. Although not shown in the flowchart, when the maximum waiting time elapses without confirming the discharge, the CPU 314 displays an error. Inconsistencies in the number of game balls may occur due to minor obstacles such as a slight sensor failure or a slight clogging in the variable winning device 91, so an error is displayed even when the maximum waiting time has elapsed. You may make it continue a game without it.

  The above processing is the open / close control corresponding to one round. The CPU 314 repeatedly executes the above processing through the interval processing (step S223) until the number of rounds specified by the control parameter is reached (step S222). As shown in FIG. 77, the interval process (step S222) is a process of waiting for a predetermined time until the next round opening timing is started with the special winning opening closed. During this time, the first rolling effect device 95 may be operated in order to eliminate the ball clogging. When the control of the final round is completed (step S222), the CPU 314 stops the operation of the variable winning device 91 (step S224) and ends the big prize opening process.

G2. Driving circuit of the big prize opening:
FIG. 80 is an explanatory diagram showing a drive circuit for a special winning opening. The circuit for supplying an electric current to the solenoid 331 (FIG. 13) which drives a special winning opening is shown. In this figure, the solenoid 331 is shown as a solenoid SOL.

  In the present embodiment, the special winning opening is operated with different opening / closing patterns for “special hit” and “V winning”. At the “special hit”, as shown in FIG. 77, the long-time opening is performed only once in each round. During the “V prize”, short-time opening is performed 18 times in each round. These operations are realized by supplying current to the solenoid 331. However, when opening is continued for a long time, it is preferable to supply a low current from the viewpoint of preventing seizure of the solenoid 331, and when repeating opening and closing in a short time, a high current is supplied to realize a quick operation. It is preferable. The circuit of this embodiment is a circuit that can easily realize such conflicting requirements.

  As shown in FIG. 80A, in this embodiment, the application of voltage to the solenoid SOL is turned on / off using the transistors TR1 and TR2. A resistor R2 for suppressing the current supplied to the solenoid SOL is connected to the transistor TR2. Therefore, a high current is supplied to the solenoid SOL when the transistor TR1 is turned on, and a low current is supplied to the solenoid SOL when the transistor TR2 is turned on.

  In this embodiment, the one-shot circuit HC is connected to the base of the transistor TR1. In the examples, an IC called “TC74HC221” (product of Toshiba Corporation) was used. The one-shot circuit HC has a function of inputting a high signal to the terminal B when a low signal is input to the terminal A, and then outputting a high signal from the terminal Q for a predetermined time and then switching to a low signal. The time until the output of the terminal Q is switched is determined according to the terminal CX, the capacitor C1 connected to the terminal RX / CX, and the resistor R1. In this embodiment, the output is set to switch in about 1 second.

  The CPU 314 outputs a drive signal SOL_ON1 for “special hit” and a drive signal SOL_ON2 for “V winning”. The drive signal SOL_ON1 is branched, one is input to the terminal B of the one-shot circuit HC, and the other is input to the base of the transistor TR2. The drive signal SOL_ON2 is connected to the OR gate ORG together with the output Q of the one-shot circuit HC. The output of the OR gate ORG is connected to the base of the transistor TR1.

  FIG. 80 (b) shows the state of on / off of the transistors TR1 and TR2 and the solenoid voltage across the solenoid SOL. Assume that the CPU 314 outputs high as the drive signal SOL_ON1 during the opening time TOP of the big prize opening. At this time, high is output from the terminal Q for one second based on the function of the one-shot circuit HC. Therefore, the transistor TR1 is turned on for 1 second. On the other hand, since the drive signal SOL_ON1 branches and is also input to the transistor TR2, the transistor TR2 is turned on during the time TOP during which the drive signal SOL_ON1 is on. When the transistors TR1 and TR2 are turned on in the above state, the solenoid SOL has a high voltage VH for the first second when the transistor TR1 is turned on. After that, since the solenoid voltage becomes the low voltage VL, a low current is supplied in a state where the resistor R2 is also a load. Therefore, the CPU 314 can supply a low current to the solenoid SOL simply by continuously outputting a high signal to the drive signal SOL_ON1 according to the time when the solenoid should be opened.

  On the other hand, when winning V, the CPU 314 sets the drive signal SOL_ON2 to high during the opening time TOP. Since the drive signal SOL_ON2 is connected only to the transistor TR1 via the OR gate ORG, the transistor TR1 is continuously turned on while the drive signal SOL_ON2 is on. Accordingly, during this time, a high current is supplied to the solenoid SOL.

  As described above, according to the drive circuit of the present embodiment, the CPU 314 turns on the drive signal SOL_ON1 when “special hit” is set, and turns on the drive signal SOL_ON2 when “V winning” is set, so that the solenoid SOL is turned on. The supply current to the can be easily switched. Therefore, the solenoid SOL can be prevented from being burned by supplying a low current during “special hit”, and a quick opening / closing operation can be realized by supplying a high current during “V winning”. In addition, since the current amount supplied from a single power source is switched by a resistor, there is an advantage that the circuit configuration can be simplified without having to facilitate a plurality of power sources.

  As a modification of the circuit of the embodiment, a circuit configuration in which the OR gate ORG and the drive signal SOL_ON2 are omitted from the circuit of FIG. 80 may be employed, and a configuration in which the drive signals SOL_ON1 and SOL_ON2 are shared may be employed. At this time, the output of the terminal Q is connected to the transistor TR1 through a predetermined resistor without passing through the OR gate ORG. Also in this circuit, when the CPU 314 turns on the drive signal SOL_ON1, the solenoid voltage shown in FIG. 80B is applied to the solenoid SOL.

  In the embodiment, the solenoid opening time at the time of “V winning” is 1 second or less (see FIG. 77). Therefore, as long as the voltage of FIG. 80B is applied, at the time of “V winning”, the solenoid is supplied with a high current for the first one second. As a result, according to the circuit of the modified example, a desired current can be supplied to the solenoid SOL in both “special hit” and “V winning” by the output to the drive signal SOL_ON1. Processing can be simplified.

  The circuit configuration shown in the modified example can be realized even when the “V winning” release time is 1 second or longer. In FIG. 80B, the values of the capacitor C1 and the resistor R1 connected to the one-shot circuit HC may be set so that the time during which the transistor TR1 is turned on becomes longer than the release time of the “V winning”.

  The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various improvements can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as described below. And design changes are possible. That is, in the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is shown as a gaming machine, but a gaming machine other than the pachinko machine, for example, a gaming machine or the like in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are integrated. The present invention can also be applied.

It is a perspective view showing the whole pachinko machine 1 composition as an example. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view showing a configuration of a game area 37. FIG. It is a front view which shows the arrangement configuration of the accessory etc. in a game area | region. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main body frame 3 and a game board 5 of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the main body of the main body frame 3 from diagonally upper right back. 3 is a rear perspective view of the main body frame 3. FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the game board 5. FIG. FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of the main body frame 3 attached to the outer frame 2. 2 is a rear view showing the entire rear side of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the entire rear side of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. It is a front view which shows an example of the accessory in this embodiment. 3 is a perspective view of a variable winning device 91. FIG. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the movable piece 456. It is a front view showing a schematic structure of the first rolling effect device. It is a perspective view of the 1st rolling production device. It is a disassembled perspective view of the 1st rotation drive means 493. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of a 1st rolling effect apparatus. FIG. 45 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the game ball B in the first first rolling effect device 95. It is a time chart which shows operation | movement of the motor in a 1st rolling effect apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a 2nd rolling effect apparatus. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the second rolling effect device 100. It is explanatory drawing which shows the movable effect in the 2nd rolling effect apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the pressing part in a 2nd rolling effect apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates the motion of the game ball in the 2nd rolling effect apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a 3rd rolling effect apparatus. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of a drive mechanism of a third rolling effect device 101. It is a front view of the 3rd rolling effect device 101. It is explanatory drawing which shows the motion of the game ball accommodated in the specific accommodating part. It is explanatory drawing which shows a motion of the game ball accommodated in accommodating parts 550 other than a specific accommodating part. 4 is a side sectional view of a warp passage 510. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a variable winning device 91. FIG. FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a state where the variable winning device 91 is attached to the game board 5. It is a block diagram which shows a control structure roughly. 5 is a block diagram showing details of the electrical configuration of a main control board 131 and a payout control board 197. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the command transmission process which the arithmetic processing part 390 of the main control board 131 performs. It is a time chart which shows the mode of each signal in the main control board 131 at the time of command transmission processing being performed. It is a flowchart which shows the command reception process which CPU333 of the payout control board 197 performs. It is a time chart which shows the mode of each signal in the payout control board 197 when command reception processing is performed. It is a block diagram showing a modification of the electrical configuration of the main control board 131 and the payout control board 197. It is a flowchart which shows the command transmission process which the arithmetic process part 390 performs. 42 is a flowchart showing command output processing (step S1202 in FIG. 41). It is a flowchart of an ACK waiting process. It is a flowchart which shows the command reception process which CPU333 of the payout control board 197 performs. It is a time chart which shows the mode of each signal in the payout control board 197 when command reception processing is performed. It is explanatory drawing which shows the determination flow of a winning / losing. It is a flowchart which shows the process after power activation of the pachinko machine. It is a flowchart (2) which shows the process after the power supply of the pachinko machine 1 is turned on. It is a flowchart of the process at the time of power-off. It is a flowchart of an interruption process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a game process. It is a flowchart of a fluctuation start process. It is a flowchart of a big hit determination process. It is a flowchart of a change display pattern setting process. It is a flowchart of the process during a fluctuation | variation. It is a flowchart of a prize opening opening / closing process for an accessory. It is a flowchart of a big hit game start process. It is a flowchart of processing during big hit game. It is explanatory drawing which shows the functional block of the main board | substrate in effect display control. It is explanatory drawing which shows the functional block of the peripheral board in effect display control. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of an effect aspect. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen of a special 2nd production aspect. It is explanatory drawing which shows screen examples, such as a special 3rd production aspect. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the variable winning apparatus 91 at the time of the display of a specific production | presentation aspect. It is an example of a display screen of a specific production mode. It is a flowchart of an effect display process. It is a flowchart of an effect mode display process at the time of “losing”. It is a flowchart of the 2nd production mode display processing. It is a flowchart of the 3rd production mode display processing. It is a flowchart which shows a specific production | presentation aspect display process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of an effect of a special specific effect aspect. It is a time chart (1) which shows the example of display control of reservation storage. It is a time chart (2) which shows the example of display control of reservation storage. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display mode of reservation memory. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification (1) of the display control of reservation memory. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification (2) of the display control of reservation memory. It is explanatory drawing which shows the control parameter used by a big winning opening control process. It is a flowchart of a big winning opening control process. It is a flowchart of a big winning opening opening process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the drive circuit of a big winning opening. It is explanatory drawing which shows the opening / closing control method of the variable prize apparatus as a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 5 Game board 37 Game area 91 Accompaniment 92 Prize winning opening 93 for jackpots Big hit receiving opening 94 Loss receiving opening 95 1st rolling production | presentation apparatus 96 Start winning prize opening 100 2nd rolling production | presentation apparatus 101 3rd rolling production Device 102 Fourth rolling effect device 115 Effect display device 170 Ball payout device 121 Special symbol display device 122 Reservation display device 318 Start port sensor 319 Count sensor 321 Rotation position detection sensor 325 Pushing solenoid 326 Rotating body motor 329 Loss acceptance Sensor 330 Big hit acceptance sensor 331 Solenoid 332 Motor 361 Game ball sensor 456 Movable piece 494 Rotation detection sensor 499 Rotation detection unit 500a First rectifying means 510 Warp passage 511 Receiving port 512 Guiding passage 513 Outlet 515 Guiding portion 531 Pushing portion 532 Pushing part drive means 543 Movable presentation means 550 Description unit 550a first container portion 550b second housing part 550c specific accommodating portion 551 moving unit 552 rotating body

Claims (3)

A gaming machine in which a prize ball can be paid out when a launched game ball enters a predetermined prize opening on the game board,
At least one variable winning device including a movable piece that opens under a predetermined condition;
A start winning opening installed in the gaming area of the game board as one of the winning openings;
A first lottery unit that obtains a first lottery result including at least three aspects of big hit, small hit, and loss in response to a ball entering the start winning opening;
When the first lottery result is a small win, at least one movable piece of the variable winning device is opened, and at least two modes of big winning and losing are determined according to the game ball entering the variable winning device. A second lottery section for obtaining a second lottery result including:
An opening control unit that opens the movable piece of the variable winning device when the first lottery result is a big hit or the second lottery result is a big hit;
The opening controller is
Based on the opening time indicating the time for opening the movable piece of the variable winning device, the closing time indicating the time for closing the movable piece, the number of opening times for opening the movable piece, the opening time and the number of times for opening. Control parameters including the number of rounds representing the number of repetitions of the round operation as a series of opening / closing operations of the variable prize-winning device made as a common element correspond to the big win of the first lottery result and the big win of the second lottery result A control parameter storage unit for storing
A control parameter acquisition unit that acquires the control parameter associated with the jackpot according to whether the jackpot is a jackpot of the first lottery result or a jackpot of the second lottery result;
Based on the control parameter acquired by the control parameter acquisition unit , the variable for a predetermined period not depending on the control parameter by a common control process for the big hit by the first lottery result and the big hit by the second lottery result The interval operation for closing the movable piece of the winning device is sandwiched between the round operations according to the number of rounds, the movable piece of the variable winning device is opened ,
Based on the number of previous outputs of the command for opening or closing the movable piece of the variable winning device, whether to use the opening time of the control parameter, and then outputting either the opening or closing command A gaming machine that decides what to do. The gaming machine according to claim 1,
  Among the control parameters, the closing time is a common value in all operation modes.
Machine.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 and 2,
  It has only one variable winning device,
  The variable winning device is:
    The movable piece;
    A specific area through which game balls must pass in order to win
    For distributing the destination of game balls among a plurality of routes having different probabilities of reaching the specific area
A gaming machine equipped with a movable distribution mechanism.