JP4915446B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball-type game machine represented by a pachinko machine or the like.

In recent years, a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with a display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols, and a game ball (hereinafter abbreviated as “ball”) that is driven into the game area is moved to the operation area. A variation display is started based on entering a ball (winning a winning opening or passing an operating gate). When revealing display results the variation display is predetermined, the predetermined game value jackpot or the like is applied.

By the way, whether or not to emerge predetermined display results, a game condition that we turned into varying in Yu technique machine is being determined based on the timing at which the start condition is satisfied. Therefore, the player will be wavers between hope and fear the timing of establishment of starting conditions and to have a random and fairness improvement of interest has been attempted in view of the predetermined display result.

JP 2002-282465 A

However, the timing of starting condition is satisfied, although the player can know by viewing the game area, the change in game condition that changes in the gaming machine is carried out in internal processing that can not be seen from the player . For this reason, there is a problem that the player can obtain only the same feeling of expectation each time for the predetermined display result when the starting condition is satisfied. In addition , there is a problem in that only a specific player who is excellent in the skill of the ball game can be provided with the interest of the game by demonstrating the skill.

The present invention has been made to solve the like exemplified above problems, it causes strongly expected the application of gaming value to the player by the established timing of the start conditions, a game in which the player may exert workmanship It aims to provide a gaming machine that can be diversified.

In order to achieve this object, the gaming machine according to claim 1 is a display device for displaying identification information, and a detecting means for detecting the entry of a game ball into an operation area provided in a game area into which a game ball is thrown. And whether or not to give a predetermined game value to the player based on the detection time of the game ball entering by the detection means when the detection means detects the entry of the game ball into the operation area and a lottery, and a control means for causing the dynamic display of the identification information on the display device, when the lottery result of imparting the predetermined game value by the control means is derived, predetermined on the display device The display result is displayed to give the predetermined game value, and the storage means stores the game ball on the upstream side in the flow direction of the game ball with respect to the operation area in the game area, and the storage means stores the game ball. Is Before filling the reservoir canceling means for canceling in accordance with the player's manipulation of the storage of the game ball, the timing information indicating an entering-ball detection timing before Symbol controller lottery result of imparting the predetermined game value by is derived Expressing means for displaying the dynamic display that can start the dynamic display immediately after a ball is detected, and the entering detection time indicated by the time information expressed by the expressing means and the storage releasing means When the game ball detection time detected by the detection means after the release is inconsistent, the storage release is performed from two or more types of dynamic display variation types in which different display modes are set. change type selecting means for selecting a change type of the dynamic display in accordance with said detected input sphere detection timing shown with ball entrance detection timing of the detected game ball of said timing information by means after the reservoir is released by means Wherein the control means includes a counter, and acquires depending updating means for updating the count value of the counter at predetermined time intervals, the count value of the counter input sphere detection timing of the game ball by the detection means obtaining Means and lottery means for determining whether to give the predetermined game value based on whether the count value of the counter acquired by the acquiring means is a predetermined specific value, The variation type selecting unit is configured to update the count value of the counter acquired by the acquiring unit in accordance with a detection timing of entering a game ball detected by the detecting unit after the storage is released by the storage releasing unit. A first variation type is selected when the value is within a first section composed of values positioned before the specific value in the update order by the means, and the storage cancellation means The count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit according to the game ball detection time detected by the detection unit after the storage is released is later than the specific value in the update order by the update unit. A second variation type having a display mode different from the first variation type is selected when the value is in a second interval that is a section composed of values that are not overlapped with the first interval .

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the display device for displaying the identification information, the detection means for detecting the entry of the game ball into the operation area provided in the game area into which the game ball is thrown, and the detection means When the entry of a game ball into the operation area is detected, whether or not to give a predetermined game value to the player based on the detection time of the game ball entered by the detecting means is selected, and the display device Control means for performing dynamic display of the identification information, and when the lottery result for giving the predetermined game value is derived by the control means, the display device displays a predetermined display result. The predetermined game value, and storing means for storing the game ball on the upstream side in the flow direction of the game ball with respect to the operation area in the game area, and storing the game ball stored by the storage means Player's Storage cancellation means for releasing according to the game, and timing information indicating the entrance detection timing from which the lottery result for giving the predetermined game value is derived by the control means; The display means that is displayed during the variable standby that can start display, the ball detection time indicated by the time information expressed by the display means, and after the storage is released by the storage release means, the detection means When the detected entry time of the game ball is inconsistent, after the storage is released by the storage release means from the two or more types of dynamic display variation types in which different display modes are set, the A variation type selecting unit that selects the variation type of the dynamic display in accordance with the entrance detection time of the game ball detected by the detection unit and the entrance detection time indicated by the time information; A counter, an update means for updating the count value of the counter every predetermined time, an acquisition means for acquiring the count value of the counter according to the time of detection of the entering of a game ball by the detection means, and acquisition by the acquisition means Lottery means for deciding whether or not to give the predetermined game value based on whether or not the counted value of the counter is a predetermined specific value, and the variation type selecting means includes the storage type The count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit in accordance with the detection timing of the game ball detected by the detection unit after the storage is released by the release unit is the specific value in the update order by the update unit. After the first variation type is selected when the value is within the first section composed of the values positioned earlier, and the storage is released by the storage release means The count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit according to the entry detection time of the game ball detected by the detection unit is configured from a value positioned after the specific value in the update order by the update unit. A second variation type with a display mode different from the first variation type is selected when the value is in a second interval that is an interval and does not overlap with the first interval. Therefore, there is an effect that the player can strongly expect the game value to be given depending on when the start condition is established, and the game in which the player can demonstrate the skill can be diversified.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine in the example of the present invention. It is a front view of a game board, (a) shows the state where the movable member moved backward, and (b) shows the state where the movable member advanced. (A) is the figure which showed the center frame seen from the arrow IIIa direction of FIG. 1, FIG.3 (b) is the figure which showed the center frame by the cross-sectional view by the IIIb-IIIb line | wire of FIG. . It is the block diagram which showed the electrical structure of the pachinko machine. It is the figure which showed the structure of the production | presentation selection table used for selection of the fluctuation pattern at the time of losing reach. It is the figure which illustrated the display screen of the variable display performed with LCD at the time of a normal start winning. It is the figure which illustrated the display screen of the variable display performed with LCD at the time of a normal start winning. It is the figure which illustrated the display screen of the variable display performed with LCD at the time of start winning by a player's discharge | release operation. It is a flowchart of the main process performed with the main control board. It is a flowchart of the start winning variation start process executed in the main process of the main control board. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a normal display command determination process that is executed in the start winning change start process of FIG. 10. FIG. It is a flowchart of the special display command determination process performed in the start winning change variation start process of FIG. It is a flowchart of the process at the time of a fluctuation | variation waiting performed in the start winning prize fluctuation start process of FIG. It is a flowchart of the accessory solenoid drive process performed by the main control board.

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

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A front frame 51 is disposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, and a substantially rectangular opening 51a is formed in a substantially central portion thereof, and a metal frame 52 is provided around the inner periphery of the opening 51a. Yes. Above the inside of the metal frame 52, a glass door frame 53 on which two glass plates are mounted is disposed so as to be openable and closable, and the game board 2 is disposed behind the glass door frame 53.

  A substantially arc-shaped outer rail 2a is planted on the front surface of the game board 2, and an arc-shaped inner rail 2b is planted at an inner position of the outer rail 2a. On the front surface of the game board 2, a substantially circular game area 2 c is formed in which a ball is thrown by an area surrounded by the inner rail 2 b and the outer rail 2 a. The inner rail 2b extends to the upper left side of the game area 2c, and an entrance 2d of the game area 2c is formed at the tip of the inner rail 2b. The entrance 2d is provided with a thin plate-like movable piece that prevents the ball thrown into the game area 2c from returning between the rails 2a and 2b.

  In the center of the game board 2, a liquid crystal display (hereinafter simply referred to as “LCD”) 3 for displaying symbols as a plurality of types of identification information is provided. The display screen of the LCD 3 is divided into two parts in the upper and lower parts, and the upper display area 3a is divided into three parts in the horizontal direction (see FIG. 6 (a)). The symbols are displayed while scrolling vertically from bottom to bottom.

  Below the LCD 3, there is provided a variable winning device 4 that forms a symbol operating port (first type starting port) 4a that opens upward. When the ball (game ball) wins (wins) the symbol operating port 4a, five balls are paid out as winning balls, and the start condition (start win) is established and the above-described variation display on the LCD 3 starts. Is done. If a new ball enters the symbol operating port 4a during the fluctuation display on the LCD 3, the fluctuation display due to the entry cannot be started immediately. The variable display is put on hold. In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the maximum number of times this variable display is held is set to four, and four hold lamps 5 for displaying the number of times this variable display is held are disposed above the LCD 3. . The number of times of hold is displayed by lighting these four hold lamps 5 in order from the left side by the number corresponding to the number of times of hold.

  A specific winning port (large winning port) 6 is provided below the symbol operating port 4a. The specific winning opening 6 becomes a big hit when the display result after the fluctuation of the LCD 3 coincides with one of the predetermined symbol combinations, and a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds elapses) so that the ball can easily win. Or until 10 balls are won). A V zone 6a is provided in the specific winning opening 6, and when the ball passes through the V zone 6a while the specific winning opening 6 is opened, a continuation right is established and the specific winning opening 6 is closed. After that, the specific winning opening 6 is opened again for a predetermined time (or until ten balls are won in the specific winning opening 6). The opening / closing operation of the specific winning opening 6 can be repeated up to 16 times (16 rounds), and the state in which the opening / closing operation can be performed is a state in which a predetermined game value is given (special game state). is there.

  Note that a state in which a predetermined game value is given in the third type pachinko gaming machine (special game state) is specified when the display result after the change of the LCD 3 matches one of the predetermined symbol combinations. It means that the winning opening is opened for a predetermined time. When the ball wins into the specific winning opening while the specific winning opening is opened, a large winning opening provided separately from the specific winning opening is opened a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time.

  Around the symbol operating port 4a, a plurality of winning ports (winning devices) 7 are provided through which five to fifteen balls are paid out by winning a ball. A normal symbol operating port (normal symbol operating device) 8 is provided on the left side of the LCD 3. When the sphere passes through the normal symbol operating port 8, the variable symbol display of the normal symbol display device 9 is started.

  The normal symbol display device 9 is disposed above the LCD 3 and includes a left symbol LED 9a on which a symbol “◯” is displayed and a right symbol LED 9b on which a symbol “x” is displayed. As described above, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol display device 9 is started when the sphere passes through the normal symbol operation port 8, and when the fluctuation display ends with the lighting state of the left symbol LED 9a (normal symbol hit state). The opening / closing valves provided on both sides of the symbol operating port 4a to make it easy to win a ball a predetermined number of times (for example, once or three times) until a predetermined time (for example, approximately 0.3 seconds or 1.9 seconds) elapses. Times) released.

  Around the front side of the LCD 3, a center frame 10 in which the above-described holding lamp 5 and the normal symbol display device 9 are disposed is provided. The center frame 10 is made of a transparent and translucent resin material into a substantially hollow body and incorporates a plurality of lamps, whereby the periphery of the LCD 3 is decorated.

  This center frame 10 is disposed in the center of the game area 2c, leaving a flow path of the ball for playing a ball game on the left and right sides of the game area 2c, and is divided into two paths branched to the left and right sides of the game area 2c. (Region) is formed. A ball thrown into the game area 2c is a path on the left side of the center frame 10 (a path on the side of the arrow X in FIG. And the path on the right side of the center frame 10 (the path on the arrow Y direction side in FIG. 1, hereinafter abbreviated as the right side of the board surface) and flow downward. When a ball is thrown into the game area 2c, most of the balls that started to flow down from the right side of the game area 2c flow down the right side of the board, and most of the balls that started to flow down from the left side flow down the left side of the board. To do.

  On the right side of the center frame 10, a transfer path 10a formed in a tunnel shape so that a sphere can pass is provided. The transfer path 10a is formed in a substantially rectangular shape with a width corresponding to the outer diameter of the sphere, and a sphere inlet 10b opened on the right side of the center frame 10 and a stage formed at the lower part of the center frame 10. 10c is communicated. The sphere flowing in from the sphere inlet 10b is guided onto the stage 10c via the transfer path 10a. Note that the spherical inflow port 10b is not necessarily opened toward the side of the center frame 10, and may be opened upward. Further, the number of the spherical inlets 10b provided in the center frame 10 is not limited to one, and a plurality of spherical inlets may be provided on both the left and right sides.

  A stage 10 c is provided below the center frame 10. The stage 10 c is a member for guiding the sphere guided via the transfer path 10 a to the center of the center frame 10. The stage 10c is formed in a substantially flat shape inclined downward from both sides toward the center, and the center (the exit rail 10e portion) is low so that the sphere guided from the left and right of the stage 10c stops at the center. It is recessed. A guide plate 10d is provided on the front side (the front side in FIG. 1) of the stage 10c in order to prevent the ball from flowing out to the front side. The guide plate 10d is a rib-like member that protrudes upward in a state where the central portion is divided, and extends along the left-right direction.

  An exit rail 10e is formed at the central portion where the guide plate 10d is divided, and is inclined downward from the central portion of the stage 10c toward the front of the game board 2 and directly above the symbol operating port 4a. ing. The exit rail 10e is provided with a protrusion 10f that protrudes upward so as to prevent the ball from rolling to the front side of the exit rail 10e due to a forward tilt, and the ball guided to the exit rail 10e is The protrusion 10f cannot be overcome by its own weight, and is temporarily stopped and stored (storage state).

  This storage state is released when the operation button 56 disposed on the upper plate 55 of the pachinko machine 1 is pressed, and the ball discharge solenoid 15 (see FIG. b) see) pushes the sphere forward in conjunction with the pressing operation of the operation button 56, and the storage of the sphere is released. The balls released from the storage fall through the central exit rail 10e toward the symbol operating port 4a located almost directly below the outlet of the exit rail 10e, and almost all win the symbol operating port 4a. That is, the sphere that has flowed into the sphere inflow port 10b passes through the transfer path 10a, the stage 10c, and the exit rail 10e almost certainly to the symbol operating port 4a.

  The storage state does not necessarily have to be released by pushing the ball forward by the ball discharge solenoid 15 so as to get over the protrusion 10f. A configuration may be adopted in which a solenoid is connected to the projection 10f so that the projection 10f is driven up and down, and the projection 10f protruding on the exit rail 10e is lowered so that the ball flows down in front of the exit rail 10e under its own weight. good.

  On the right side of the center frame 10, there is provided an accessory device 11 for guiding a ball so that it is easy to win the symbol operation port 4a. The accessory device 11 is disposed around the movable member 12, a movable member 12 formed to imitate a crow character on the lower side, an accessory driving solenoid 13 for applying a driving force to the movable member 12, and the movable member 12. The cover member 14 is provided.

  The movable member 12 is formed by molding a synthetic resin into an outer shape imitating a crow. The movable member 12 is provided with a guide portion 12a that forms an inclined surface that descends toward the center frame 10 side, imitating the head of a crow. The movable member 12 is formed to have a thickness that is substantially the same width as the gap from the game board 2 to the glass that covers the game area 2c, and when the ball flows down on the guide portion 12a of the movable member 12. Acting on the flow path of the sphere, the sphere is guided to the center frame 10 side along the guide portion 12a. The details of the accessory device 11 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Above the accessory device 11, a stopping device 16 for stopping the flow of the sphere for a certain time is provided. The stopping device 16 is provided with an inlet and an outlet at the upper and lower sides thereof, and is a so-called croon device that stops the flow of the sphere by circulating the sphere approximately horizontally for a certain period of time. The sphere that has flowed into the stopping device 16 circulates a plurality of times inside the device and then is discharged to the lower accessory device 11 side, and the flow of the sphere is stopped for the time required to circulate a plurality of times. In the pachinko machine 1, the sphere that flows down on the right side of the board (the path in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 1) is guided onto the stopping device 16 by a number of nails arranged upstream of the stopping device 16. Then, after the sphere is stopped for an average of 3 seconds inside the stop device 16, it is discharged to the lower accessory device 11 side.

  A large number of nails are placed on the game board 2, and the ratio of the balls thrown into the game area 2c to the winning ports 4a and 7 including the symbol operating port 4a by the arrangement and orientation of the large number of nails. Is adjusted. The spheres flowing down the left side of the board (the path in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 1) are awarded to any of the winning openings 4a and 7 at a rate of approximately 1 to 10 pieces. On the other hand, the number of spheres flowing down the right side of the board (the path in the direction of the arrow Y in FIG. 1) is less than or equal to about 100 spheres in the retracted state of the movable member 12 (state of FIG. 1). Win prizes 4a and 7 are awarded. That is, when the movable member 12 is retracted, the left side of the board is an advantageous path in which the ratio of the balls that have flowed down to the winning openings 4a and 7 is higher than the right side of the board.

  A front door plate (waist plate) 54 attached to the metal frame 52 so as to be openable and closable is disposed below the game board 2 on which the movable member 12 is disposed. On the front surface (front side in FIG. 1) of the front door plate 54, an upper plate 55 for storing the sphere and supplying the sphere to a sphere launcher (not shown) is disposed.

  An operation button 56 formed in a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front is provided on the left end of the upper plate 55. This operation button 56 is for operating the ball discharge solenoid 15 (see FIG. 3) provided in the center frame 10 at the timing intended by the player by the player's operation. A switch (ball discharge switch 17, see FIG. 4) that switches on and off in conjunction with the operation button 56 is built in the back side of the operation button 56 (back side of the sheet of FIG. 1). In this case, the ball release switch 17 is turned on and an on signal is input to the main control board C described later. When the ON signal of the sphere release switch 17 is input, the main control board C drives the sphere release solenoid 15 inside the center frame 10, and stores the sphere when the sphere is stored in the outlet rail 10 e of the center frame 10. To release.

  Below the upper plate 55, a lower plate 57 for storing balls that could not be stored in the upper plate 55 is disposed in the lower part of the front frame 51. An operation handle 58 that is operated by the player in order to enter the game area 2c is provided.

  The operation handle 58 is connected to a bullet hammer (not shown) that plays a ball via a spring, and the ball is hit by the bullet hammer with a bullet force corresponding to the amount of rotation of the operation handle 58. The ball bounced by the bullet ball hammer rises along the outer rail 2a, is thrown away by a distance corresponding to the bullet force, and is thrown into the game area 2c. The player operates the operation handle 58 to adjust the flow start position at which the ball starts to flow down, and selects the ratio at which the ball flows down on each path formed on the right side and the left side of the center frame 10. The operation handle 58 has a built-in switch that is switched on and off when the player performs a turning operation. When the switch is turned on, a motor (not shown) (see the launch motor 27, see FIG. 4) is driven. The bullet hammer described above operates.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the details of the accessory device 11 will be described together with the operation of the movable member 12 by the accessory driving solenoid 13. 2 is a front view showing a part of the game board 2. FIG. 2 (a) shows a state in which the movable member 12 is retracted, and FIG. 2 (b) shows that the movable member 12 advances obliquely upward to the left. Shows the state. In FIG. 2, among the components arranged on the game board 2, main components such as the symbol operating port 4 a, the center frame 10, the accessory device 11, the stopping device 16, and the nail that are influenced by the operation of the movable member 12. Only members are shown, and other members are omitted.

  The accessory driving solenoid 13 applies a driving force to the movable member 12 to slide the movable member 12 obliquely upward. The state in which the accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned off is a normal gaming state, and forms a state in which the movable member 12 is retracted as shown in FIG. In this retracted state, a sphere hardly flows into the sphere inlet 10b (for example, a state where only one or less of about 100 spheres passing in front of the sphere inlet 10b flow in). ing.

  In the state where the movable member 12 is retracted, it is not always necessary that the sphere hardly flows into the sphere inlet 10b. The sphere may not enter the sphere inlet 10b at all. It may be in a state where it occasionally flows into 10b (for example, a state where it flows in at a rate of 1 or less for about 20 spheres passing in front of the sphere inflow port 10b). The rate at which the spheres flow can be adjusted by the arrangement and orientation of nails placed around the sphere inlet 10b.

  On the other hand, the state where the accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned on is a gaming state advantageous to the player, and as shown in FIG. 2B, the movable member 12 moves forward toward the center frame 10 side, and the movable member The path between the center frame 10 and the center frame 10 is closed. When the movable member 12 moves forward, the sphere that flows down on the right side of the panel (the path in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 2B) is guided to the sphere inlet 10b by the guide portion 12a of the movable member 12 protruding on the sphere's flow path. As a result, the symbol operation port 4a is almost certainly won through the transfer path 10a, the stage 10c, and the exit rail 10e.

  Further, the advancement of the movable member 12 is performed at the time of execution of the crow driving reach, which is one of the variable display patterns performed on the LCD 3. The crow driving reach indicates a variation pattern in which a crow character flies after a reach display appears on the LCD 3 and thereafter three symbols stop. The crow character flies from the left side of the LCD 3 toward the right accessory device 11, and at the same time that the crow character reaches the right side of the LCD 3 screen, the crow imitated by the movable member 12 is driven by the accessory. An effect of moving forward by turning on the solenoid 13 is performed. When the crow driving reach is executed, the accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned on for 6 seconds under the control of the main control board C, which will be described later, and the movable member 12 moves forward (the state shown in FIG. 2B). Is guided so that it is easy to win a prize in the symbol operating port 4a. For this reason, the player is given a gaming state in which the ball easily flows into the transfer path 10a that guides the ball to the symbol operating port 4a when the crow driving reach is executed.

  As described above, when the movable member 12 is switched from the retracted state to the advanced state by the control of the main control board C, the movable member 12 is in a state where the sphere easily flows into the sphere inlet 10b of the transfer path 10a. The player can increase the number of balls guided to the symbol operating port 4a via the transfer path 10a. Since the ball that has flowed into the ball inlet 10b of the transfer path 10a is guided to the symbol operating port 4a with a higher probability than when flowing down the path on the left side of the board (in the direction of arrow X in FIG. 2B), the player As a result of the advancement of the movable member 12, it can be expected that many spheres will win the symbol operating port 4a, and it is possible to give interest by the ball ball game.

  Also, the spheres flowing down the path on the left side of the board (in the direction of arrow X in FIG. 2B) are dispersed in a plurality of directions by nails (not shown), and there is a probability of one ball from approximately 10 balls to 20 balls. The ball that has been guided to the upper part of 4a and then enters the symbol operating port 4a, flows down the path on the right side of the board (in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 2B) and flows into the transfer path 10a. After being guided to the upper part of the symbol operating port 4a via 10c and the exit rail 10e, the symbol operating port 4a is almost certainly won. Therefore, the player can either flow down the ball in a fixed manner via a certain route according to the state of the movable member 12 and win the symbol operating port 4a or be dispersed in a plurality of directions. It can be changed according to the state of the movable member 12 so that the player can visually recognize whether it flows down in various manners and wins the symbol operating port 4a. Can enhance the interest of visually recognizing

  Further, the player plays a game by paying attention to a variable display that displays a predetermined display result when a predetermined game value is given, and the main control board C associates with the variable display. Thus, the forward / backward switching operation of the movable member 12 is controlled. Therefore, the movable member 12 is interlocked with the change display that the player pays attention to, and the switching operation of the movable member 12 can be easily shown to the player who is not visually recognizing the movable member 12 during the game.

  When the crow driving reach associated with the switching of the state of the movable member 12 is performed by the LCD 3, a state in which the movable member 12 is likely to cause the sphere to easily flow into the ball inlet 10 b of the transfer path 10 a of the center frame 10. Become. For this reason, the player adjusts the operation handle 58 to aim the ball inlet 10b of the transfer path 10a and throws the ball into the game area 2c, so that the movable member 12 is in a normal state (FIG. 2 (a More spheres can be guided to the symbol operating port 4a via the transfer path 10a as compared to the case of forming the state of ()). Therefore, the player's consciousness is directed toward the ball inlet 10b of the transfer path 10a in which the ball has been temporarily easily flown by the movable member 12, and an area in which the player is conscious of the ball game is set in the game area 2c. Further, not only the vicinity of the symbol operation opening 4a for starting the variable display but also expanding, it is possible to give the player more interest in games by the ball game.

  Note that the reach display means that a combination of symbols that stops first after the display of the variation display of the symbols on the LCD 3 satisfies the jackpot condition, and depending on the display result of the symbols for which the variation display continues, It is a display that suggests to the player that The suggestive effect is an effect such as causing a predetermined symbol to appear on the display screen of the LCD 3 during the variable display, outputting a specific sound effect from the speaker 39, or vibrating the operation handle 58. This is a preliminary indication to the player that the display result after the change is a big hit and a predetermined game value is given. This suggestion effect is performed not only to make the player aware of the predetermined game value being given in advance, but also to impose the player implicitly when the predetermined game value is not given.

  The cover member 14 is a member for protecting the movable member 12 from the sphere that flows down from the upstream side along the flow direction of the sphere, and is disposed so as to surround the upper and lower sides and the right side of the movable member 12. The cover member 14 is formed of a plate-shaped synthetic resin that protrudes to a position close to the glass that covers the game area 2c, and the upper surface of the cover member 14 is inclined downward toward the left side. The sphere flowing down toward the movable member 12 first comes into contact with the upper surface of the cover member 14. The sphere in contact with the upper surface of the cover member 14 is guided to the left along the inclination of the upper surface, and flows down between the movable member 12 and the center frame 10. Therefore, the number of balls that come into contact with the movable member 12 when the movable member 12 is retracted can be reduced, and deformation and breakage of the movable member 12 can be prevented.

  Further, the movable member 12 protrudes on the flow path of the sphere and changes the path of the sphere only when it is moved forward when the crow drive reach is executed, while in the normal state where the crow drive reach is not performed. The movable member 12 is disposed at a position where the movable member 12 moves away from the flow down path and does not come into contact with the sphere. For this reason, in the normal state, it does not affect the flow path of the ball, and it is possible to ensure the gameability that the ball flows down smoothly. The cover member 14 does not necessarily need to be formed of synthetic resin, and guides the ball so that it does not contact the movable member 12 by placing a plurality of nails side by side on the movable member 12. Also good.

  Next, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, the game which a player plays with respect to the pachinko machine 1 is demonstrated. A player who plays a game turns the operation handle 58 of the pachinko machine 1 to throw the ball into the game area 2c. At the start of the game, the movable member 12 is in a retracted state, and the symbol operation is on the left side of the board (the path on the arrow X direction side in FIG. 1) rather than on the right side of the board (the path on the arrow Y direction side in FIG. 1). This is an advantageous route in which there are many balls winning in the mouth 4a. The player operates the operation handle 58 so that more balls flow down to the left side of the board so as to win more balls into the symbol operating port 4a, and throws the balls into the game area 2c.

  When the ball thrown into the game area 2c wins the symbol operating port 4a, the LCD 3 displays a variation, and if the display result after the variation matches one of the predetermined symbol combinations, The opening / closing operation of the specific winning opening 6 as a special gaming state is performed.

  Here, when the crow driving reach, which is one of the display effects, is performed in the middle of the variable display performed by winning a ball to the symbol operating port 4a, the movable member 12 disposed on the right side of the board moves forward. To do. The crow driving reach indicates a variation pattern in which a crow character flies after a reach display appears on the LCD 3 and thereafter three symbols stop.

  When the crow driving reach is executed, the solenoid 13 is turned on by the main control board C, and the movable member 12 moves forward (the state shown in FIG. 2B). Since the ball that has flowed down the right side of the board (the path in the direction of the arrow Y in FIG. 1) is guided by the advancement of the movable member 12 so as to easily win the symbol operating port 4a, the player has many balls on the right side of the board. The operation handle 58 is adjusted so as to flow down.

  A player who wants to increase the number of balls that flow down the right side of the board and increase the number of balls that win the symbol operating port 4a, operates the operation handle 58 to increase the percentage of balls that flow down the right side of the board. After the operation, when the ball reaches the movable member 12, if the movable member 12 is in the advanced state (the state shown in FIG. 2B), the number of balls guided to the symbol operating port 4a can be increased. On the other hand, even if the ratio of the sphere flowing down on the right side of the board surface is increased, if the movable member 12 is retracted before the sphere reaches the movable member 12 (the state shown in FIG. 2A), the sphere is guided to the symbol operating port 4a. Not.

  In this way, the player increases or decreases the ratio of the spheres flowing down the right side of the board according to the state of the movable member 12, so that the player moves the sphere to the symbol operating port 4a according to the ratio of the spheres determined by the player. Can be induced. Therefore, the player's consciousness with respect to the ball game can be raised, and the player can be provided with the interest of the ball game in which a large profit is gained by the active operation.

  Further, since the operation of switching the movable member 12 from the retracted state to the advanced state is performed at the time of performing the crow driving reach performed in the fluctuation display, the switching operation of the movable member 12 is performed by performing the crow driving reach. Shown to the player. For this reason, the player can confirm the trigger for operating the operation handle 58 in order to efficiently obtain a ball guided to the symbol operating port 4a in the variation display. Therefore, it is possible to give a relevance to the ball game and the change display, and to give the player an integrated interest by both games.

  Further, a large number of nails placed on the game board 2 have a disadvantageous path from the left side of the board surface to the right side of the board surface when the movable member 12 is retracted (the state shown in FIG. 2A). In the state where the head is advanced (the state shown in FIG. 2 (b)), the right side of the board surface is set as an advantageous path from the left side of the board surface. For this reason, the profit state of the board surface left side and the board surface right side is reversed according to the state of the movable member 12, and the player actively operates the operation handle 58 in order to allow many balls to flow down on an advantageous route. Can be made more aware of the ball game. Also, in order to quickly recognize the operation timing of the operation handle 58 and let the ball flow down to an advantageous route for a longer time, the player is given a game that concentrates and watches the change display (start of crow driving reach). It is possible to create an integrated interest by fusing ball game and change display.

  Next, the operation of the ball discharge solenoid 15 disposed at the center of the stage 10c of the center frame 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 3A is a diagram showing the center frame 10 as viewed from the direction of arrow IIIa in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing the center frame 10 in a cross-sectional view taken along the line IIIb-IIIb in FIG. It is. 3A and 3B, the symbol operating port 4a, the ball discharge solenoid 15 and the stored ball detection switch 17 are shown together with the center frame 10. Further, for easy understanding of the drawings, in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, the ball discharge solenoid 15 is shown without a cross-sectional view, and in FIG. 3B, a ball is stored on the stage 10c. It shows the state that was done.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the stage 10c of the center frame 10 is formed to be bilaterally symmetric when viewed from above, and is formed to descend toward an outlet rail 10e provided at the center thereof. After reaching the exit rail 10e, the sphere guided to the stage 10c is stored on the back side of the exit rail 10e (upper side in FIG. 3A) by the projection 10f for storing the sphere, and the stored sphere Thereafter, the spheres guided onto the stage 10c are stored substantially in a line on the stage 10c toward the exit rail 10e as indicated by a chain line in FIG. Behind the exit rail 10e (upper side in FIG. 3A), a ball discharge solenoid 15 is disposed for discharging the balls stored on the exit rail 10e toward the symbol operating port 4a by the projection 10f. Yes.

  The sphere discharge solenoid 15 is a member for releasing the sphere stored on the outlet rail 10e and releasing the sphere, and is configured by a general electromagnetic solenoid. As shown in FIG. 3B, the ball discharge solenoid 15 includes an arm 15a that presses the ball forward of the exit rail 10e, a main body 15b that supports the arm 15a so as to be slidable forward and backward of the stage 10c, And a spring 15c for urging 15a rearward of the stage 10c (right side in FIG. 3B). The ball discharge solenoid 15 has a main body 15b fixed to a part of the center frame 10 with a screw (not shown). In a state where the ball discharge solenoid 15 is not energized, the arm 15a is moved to the rear side of the stage 10c with respect to the main body 15b by the action of the spring 15c, and as shown in FIG. A gap capable of storing one sphere is formed between the protrusion 10f and the arm 15a. For this reason, when the ball discharge solenoid 15 is not energized, the ball guided onto the stage 10c is stored on the exit rail 10c by the projection 10f.

  When the ball discharge solenoid 15 is energized and driven, the arm 15a moves to the front of the stage 10c (projection 10f side) with respect to the main body 15b, and a gap between the projection 10f on the exit rail 10e and the arm 15a is formed. It is shortened. When a ball is stored between the arm 15a and the projection 10f in a state where the ball discharge solenoid 15 is not energized, the stored ball gets over the projection 10f by the pressing of the arm 15a, and the outlet rail 10e is inclined. A prize is awarded to the symbol operating port 4a provided on the front side of the exit rail 10e (the lower side of FIG. 3A). The ball that has won the symbol operating port 4a is guided to the back side of the game board 2 via a passage provided on the back side of the symbol operating port 4a (the right side in FIG. 3B).

  The storage ball detection switch 16 includes a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit, and is configured by a general photosensor that receives reflected light of light emitted from the light projecting unit and can be switched on and off. . As shown in FIG. 3B, the storage ball detection switch 16 is disposed under the floor on the back side of the projection 10f of the exit rail 10e, and when the ball is stored in the exit rail 10e by the projection 10f. Turned on and turned off when there is no sphere storage in the exit rail 10e. When the storage ball detection switch 16 is turned on, an on signal is input to a main control board C, which will be described later, and the main control board C displays an effect that suggests the player to store a ball when the on signal is input. The control board D is executed and the operation of the operation button 56 is validated, and the storage of the sphere stored in the exit rail 10e is released when the operation is performed.

  In this way, the sphere that has flowed into the transfer path 10a of the center frame 10 is stored on the back side of the exit rail 10e by the protrusion 10f on the exit rail 10e, and the storage of the sphere is released by operating the operation button 56. It is released when the solenoid 15 is activated. The ball whose storage has been released will almost certainly win the symbol operating port 4a via the exit rail 10e. For this reason, the player can release the storage of the ball at the timing intended by the player by operating the ball discharge solenoid 15 by his own operation, and can win the symbol operation port 4a. Here, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment draws a lottery to determine whether or not to generate a jackpot based on the time when the start prize is established. When the start prize is established by displaying a special demonstration screen described later, the jackpot is won. The timing (time) at which this occurs is displayed on the LCD 3. Therefore, the player can play a game aiming to acquire a profit by generating a jackpot by operating the operation button 56 to establish a start prize by aiming at a start winning timing when the jackpot is generated.

  Further, when the movable member 12 is in the forward movement state, the sphere is more likely to flow into the sphere inlet 10b of the transfer path 10a than in the backward movement state. The number of spheres flowing into the sphere inlet 10b of 10a increases or decreases. Therefore, it is possible to temporarily increase the opportunities for games that aim to acquire profits from the occurrence of jackpots, and it is possible to further enhance the interest of the game as compared to the case where games opportunities that constantly aim to acquire profits occur. .

  The storage ball detection switch 16 is not necessarily configured by a photosensor having a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit. What is necessary is just to switch on / off depending on whether or not a ball is stored by the projection 10f of the exit rail 10e. For example, the stored ball detection switch 16 is switched by a so-called micro switch that is switched on and off by the movement of a mechanically movable movable piece. May be configured to detect whether or not the sphere is stored by protruding a movable piece from the floor surface of the exit rail 10e.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. On the main control board C of the pachinko machine 1, an MPU 21 as a one-chip microcomputer that is an arithmetic unit is mounted. The MPU 21 includes a ROM 22 for storing various control programs executed by the MPU 21 and fixed value data, and a memory for temporarily storing various data and the like when executing the control program stored in the ROM 22. A certain RAM 23 and various circuits such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data transmission / reception circuit are incorporated. The effect selection table 22a shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the ROM 22 as a part of the fixed value data, and details of these tables will be described later with reference to FIG. 9 to 14 is stored in the ROM 22 as a part of the control program.

  The RAM 23 has a holding ball counter 23a, an internal random number counter 23b, a reach random number counter 23c, a jackpot symbol counter 23d, a lose symbol counter 23e, a variation pattern counter 23f, an effect execution area 23g, and an effect execution 1-4. Memory 23h-23k, counter buffer 23l, and discharge execution flag 23m are provided.

  The holding ball counter 23a is a counter that stores the number of times the variable display is held. The value of the holding ball counter 23a is “0” when the fluctuation display is not performed on the LCD 3 or when the fluctuation display is performed but there is no fluctuation display on hold, and the fluctuation display on hold is one time. In this case, “1”,..., “4” if the pending change display is four times. In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the maximum number of times the variable display is held is 4, so the value of the holding ball counter 23a changes in the range of “0” to “4”. The value of the holding ball counter 23a is counted up when a ball that has won the symbol operation port 4a is detected by the first type start port switch 24 (see S23 in FIG. 10), and the countdown starts the variable display. Sometimes (see S28 in FIG. 10).

  Here, the backup voltage is supplied to the MPU 21 even when the power is cut off. Therefore, even if the power is turned off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like, the data in the RAM 23 of the MPU 21 is retained (backed up). Therefore, the value of the held ball number counter 23a provided in the RAM 23 (the number of times the variable display is held) continues to be held even at the time of a power failure, and after the power failure is resolved, a variable display for the remaining number of times of hold can be performed. The RAM 23 also stores the number of prize balls to be paid out, and the remaining prize balls can be paid out after the power failure is resolved.

  The internal random number counter 23b is a counter for determining the occurrence of a jackpot, and is updated by incrementing one by one within a range of “0 to 599” by a counter update process (see S14 in FIG. 9) described later. After reaching the maximum value (that is, 599), the value is returned to “0” again. The value of the internal random number counter 23b is acquired when a ball thrown into the front surface of the game board 2 wins the symbol operation port 4a and is detected by a first type start port switch 24 described later (at the time of start winning). In normal times, when the value of the internal random number counter 23b acquired at this time is “7” or “307”, the occurrence of the jackpot is determined.

  When the occurrence of the jackpot is determined, a stop symbol command indicating a combination of symbols (jackpot symbol) that is a jackpot is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D described later, and the display control board D receives the stop symbol command. Based on the above, the display result after the fluctuation of the LCD 3 is set as a combination of symbols that is a big hit. In addition, the lottery of whether or not to give a predetermined game value (special game state) to the player is based on the value of the internal random number counter 23b, the process of S41 of the normal display command determination process described later (see FIG. 11). And it is performed in the process of S51 (see FIG. 12) of the special display command determination process. If the value of the internal random number counter 23b acquired at the time of winning the start is a value that generates a jackpot, the lottery result giving a predetermined game value is derived (winning).

  The reach random number counter 23c is a counter for determining occurrence of losing reach. It is determined based on the value of the reach random number counter 23c whether the reach display is caused to appear after the reach display appears in the middle of the variable display, or the normal reach that does not show the reach display. The value of the reach random number counter 23c is updated by incrementing one by one within the range of “0 to 11” in the range of “0 to 11” by a counter update process (see S14 in FIG. 9) described later, and after reaching the maximum value (that is, 11). It is returned to “0” again.

  The value of the reach random number counter 23c is acquired at the time of starting winning similarly to the value of the internal random number counter 23b, and the value of the internal random number counter 23b is not a value that generates a big hit, and the acquired reach random number When the value of the counter 23c is “7”, occurrence of losing reach is determined. At the time of occurrence of this lost reach, a lost reach symbol (combination of symbols constituting the lost reach) stored in a counter buffer 23l described later is set as a stop symbol command (see FIGS. 11, S45, 12, and S55). The lost reach symbol appears as a display result after change. The value of the reach random counter 23c acquired at the time of starting winning is written and stored in the effect execution 1-4 memories 23h-23k indicated by the value of the holding ball counter 23a together with the value of the internal random counter 23b. (See FIG. 10, S25).

  The jackpot symbol counter 23d is a counter for determining a jackpot symbol (special symbol) to be stopped and displayed on the LCD 3 when the jackpot is won. In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the LCD 3 performs variable display using 10 types of symbols composed of numbers from “0” to “9”, and the three symbols displayed in the display area of the LCD 3 are the same. A jackpot occurs when the symbol is stopped and displayed. The value of the jackpot symbol counter 23d is updated by incrementing one by one within the range of “0 to 9” corresponding to the ten symbols that generate jackpots by a counter update process (see S14 in FIG. 9) described later. After reaching the maximum value (that is, 9), the value is returned to “0” again.

  The value of the jackpot symbol counter 23d is acquired at the time of starting winning along with the internal random number counter 23b and the reach random number counter 23c, and when the occurrence of the jackpot is determined based on the value of the internal random number counter 23b acquired at the same time, The value of the jackpot symbol counter 23d is used as the jackpot symbol that is stopped and displayed for the fluctuation display to be generated. In other words, a symbol obtained by arranging and combining three numbers identical to the value of the jackpot symbol counter 23d is set as a stop symbol command (see FIGS. 11, S42, 12, and S52). The value of the jackpot symbol counter 23d acquired at the time of winning the start is written in the effect execution 1-4 memories 23h-23k indicated by the value of the holding ball counter 23a together with the values of the internal random number counter 23b and the reach random number counter 23c. And stored (see S25 in FIG. 10).

  The lost symbol counter 23e is a counter for determining a combination of symbols (lost symbol) to be stopped and displayed on the LCD 3 at the time of loss. The lost symbol counter 23e is composed of three symbol counters associated with symbols displayed in the three display areas on the left side, the center, and the right side of the LCD 3. The lost symbol counter 23e is updated by incrementing one by one from “0” to “9” by a later-described lost symbol counter update process (see S17 in FIG. 9). After reaching “9”, the lost symbol counter 23e is reset to “0” again. It is. When the symbol counter of the right symbol reaches the maximum value, the symbol counter of the central symbol is incremented by 1 and updated. When the symbol counter of the central symbol reaches the maximum value, the symbol counter of the left symbol is updated. 1 is added. When the value of the internal random number counter 23b is not a value that generates a jackpot and the value of the reach random number counter 23c is not a value that generates a loss reach, the variable display stop symbol is the LCD3 according to the value of the loss symbol counter 23e. This is performed by setting the value of the lost symbol counter 23e to the stop symbol command (see S47 in FIG. 11).

  The fluctuation pattern counter 23f is a counter used to determine a pattern (fluctuation pattern) for variably displaying on the LCD 3. In this embodiment, the fluctuation pattern counter 23f is incremented by 1 in order from “0 to 99” and updated to a maximum value (ie 99). After reaching the value, it is returned to “0” again. The value of the fluctuation pattern counter 23f may be referred to in the normal display command determination process (see S32 in FIG. 10) executed at the start of the fluctuation display. In this case, the value of the fluctuation pattern counter 23f referred to is referred to. Data (pattern) corresponding to the value is read from the effect selection table 22a shown in FIG. 5 and set as a variation pattern command transmitted to the display control board D (see S46 in FIG. 11).

  The effect execution area 23g stores the values of the internal random number counter 23b, the reach random number counter 23c, the jackpot symbol counter 23d, and the lose symbol counter 23e for the variation display being executed on the LCD 3 as variation display data (variation display information). It is an area for. In the effect execution area 23g, when the variation display is not being executed on the LCD 3, and the value of the held ball counter 23a is “1” or more and there is a variation display that is on hold, The data of the variable display stored in the effect execution 1 memory 23h that has been written is written (see S29 in FIG. 10).

  The effect execution 1-4 memories 23h-23k are memories for storing the values of the internal random number counter 23b, the reach random number counter 23c, the jackpot symbol counter 23d, and the loss symbol counter 23e with respect to the pending variation display as variation display data. is there. Writing of the variable display data to the effect execution 1 to 4 memories 23h to 23k is executed at the time of starting winning. In addition, since the variable display is suspended four times at the maximum in this embodiment, four effect execution 1-4 memories 23h-23k are provided. When there are pending data in these four effect execution 1 to 4 memories 23h to 23k, the data is written and used in the effect execution area 23g for each change display.

  The counter buffer 23l is an area for temporarily storing the counter value being updated, and the values of the counters 23b to 23f described above are written and stored in the counter buffer 23l every time they are updated. . In addition, when the value of the lost symbol counter 23e is updated by a lost symbol counter update process (see S17 in FIG. 9) described later, when the value (count value) indicates a combination of symbols constituting the lost reach, The count value is stored as a value to be used when losing reach occurs. Specifically, the symbol symbol of the left symbol and the symbol symbol of the right symbol constituting the lose symbol counter 23e are a combination of count values for stopping and displaying the same symbol, and a symbol different from the symbol is displayed at the center. When the symbol counter of the symbol indicates (for example, when the combination of the symbols of the left side, the center, and the right side is “767”, “151”, etc.), the count value of the lost symbol counter 23e constitutes the lost reach. Is stored in the counter buffer 23l as a value indicating the combination of symbols to be processed.

  The release execution flag 23m is a flag for recognizing that the player has performed a release operation for releasing the storage of the balls stored on the stage 10c of the center frame 10. The release execution flag 23m is turned on when the player presses the operation button 56 and the ball release switch 17 is turned on (see S66 in FIG. 13). It is determined that the start winning when the release execution flag 23m is in the on state is due to the player's release operation (see FIG. 10, S31), and a special variation pattern (to be described later) linked to the player's release operation as a variation pattern Any one of “Pattern F” to “Pattern I” is set. The release execution flag 23m is turned off when a start winning is established when the release execution flag 23m is in an on state, and it is determined that the start winning in the off state is not due to a player's release operation. A variation pattern (any one of “Pattern A” to “Pattern E” to be described later) selected at the time is set.

  The MPU 21 incorporating the ROM 22 and the RAM 23 is connected to an input / output port 25. The input / output port 25 includes a payout control board H for controlling payout of prize balls and balls by a payout motor 26, and the above-described symbols. Display control board D for performing control such as fluctuation display, first type start port switch 24, accessory driving solenoid 13, ball discharge solenoid 15, storage ball detection switch 16, ball discharge switch 17, and others Are connected to the input / output device 28 respectively.

  Connected to the payout control board H is a launch control board B for controlling permission and prohibition of driving of the launch motor 27 for launching a ball to the front surface of the game board 2. When the player is operating the operation handle 58 and the player is not pressing a stop switch (not shown), the launch control board B permits driving of the launch motor 27 and launches the ball. Let it be done.

  The display control board D includes an MPU 31, a video RAM 34, a character ROM 35, an image controller 36, an input / output port 38, an output port 37, and the like. One input / output port 38 is connected to the input / output port 25 of the main control board C and the sound lamp control board L. The other input / output port 38 is connected to the MPU 31 via a bus line. . An image controller 36 is connected to the input of the output port 37, and the LCD 3 is connected to the output of the output port 37.

  The MPU 31 of the display control board D is for controlling the (variation) display of the LCD 3 based on the control command transmitted from the main control board C, and includes a ROM 32 and a RAM 33. The ROM 32 stores various control programs executed by the MPU 31 and fixed value data. The RAM 33 is a memory that stores work data and flags used when the MPU 31 executes various programs. The RAM 33 is provided with an effect execution area 33a.

  When the display command transmitted from the main control board C is received, the effect execution area 33a is for storing data relating to the variation pattern and the stop symbol added to the display command. When the display control board D receives the display command, data related to the variation pattern and the stop symbol added to the display command is written in the effect execution area 33a, and the display control board D displays the variation display according to the written data. Execute.

  The video RAM 34 is a memory in which display data displayed on the LCD 3 is stored, and the display content of the LCD 3 is changed by rewriting the content of the video RAM 34. The character ROM 35 is a memory for storing character data such as symbols displayed on the LCD 3. The image controller 36 adjusts the timings of the MPU 31, the video RAM 34, and the output port 37, intervenes in reading and writing data, and displays the display data stored in the video RAM 34 with reference to the character ROM 35 at a predetermined timing. Is displayed.

  The sound lamp control board L performs sound control of sound effects output from the speaker 39 and lighting control of various lamps 40 such as LEDs and the hold lamp 5. The sound lamp control board L is controlled by a command transmitted from the display control board D. The LCD 3 controlled by the display control board D, the speaker 39 controlled by the sound lamp control board L, and various types Various effects are executed in synchronization with the lamp 40.

  The first type start port switch 24 is a switch for detecting a winning ball in the symbol operating port (first type starting port) 4a, and is provided in the vicinity of the symbol operating port 4a. When a ball is detected by the first type start port switch 24, five prize balls are paid out by a payout device (not shown). In addition, when a sphere is detected by the first type start port switch 24, values such as the internal random number counter 23b are acquired, and a variable display according to the acquired values is executed.

  The accessory driving solenoid 13 is a self-holding type keep solenoid, and is configured by combining a permanent magnet with a conventional open frame solenoid. In the accessory driving solenoid 13, a shaft that is partially protruded from the main body is further protruded outward by an instantaneous energization of a built-in coil to form an on state, and a shaft is formed by a permanent magnet in the protruding on position. Is adsorbed and held. On the other hand, when the accessory drive solenoid 13 is turned off, an off state in which the amount of protrusion of the shaft is reduced by performing an instantaneous energization of the reverse power while the shaft protrudes outward is formed. The shaft is attracted and held by the permanent magnet in the off position. A movable member 12 is connected to the shaft, and the forward movement state (see FIG. 2B) and the reverse movement state (see FIG. 2A) of the movable member 12 are selectively selected according to the protruding amount of the shaft. It is formed. Therefore, the movable member 12 can be moved forward by temporarily energizing the accessory driving solenoid 13, so that the advanced state of the movable member 12 can be maintained for a long time without considering damage due to heat generation of the accessory driving solenoid 13. be able to.

  A switch for detecting the protruding state of the shaft is incorporated in the accessory driving solenoid 13 in order to detect the position of the movable member 12, or it is movable in contact with a part of the movable member 12 separately from the accessory driving solenoid 13. It is preferable to provide a switch for detecting whether or not the member 12 is in the forward movement state. In the case where the accessory driving solenoid 13 is a keep solenoid, the game hall suffers a great disadvantage when a failure occurs in which the ON state continues, but depending on the state of the switch, the display control board D has a movable member. 12 is detected to check whether or not the movable member 12 is operating accurately in accordance with the control by the display control board D, and in the event of an error, the state is accurately determined to the outside via the speaker 39 and the lamp 40. Can be announced.

  As described above, the ball discharge solenoid 15 is a solenoid for releasing the storage of the sphere stored on the outlet rail 10e of the center frame 10, and the stored sphere detection switch 16 stores the sphere on the outlet rail 10e. It is a switch for detecting that the state has been set. The ball release switch 17 is a push button type switch that is turned on when the operation button 56 is pressed. When the ball discharge switch 17 is turned on in a state where the storage ball detection switch 16 is on and the ball is stored on the exit rail 10e, the ball discharge solenoid 15 is driven by the control of the main control board C. Thereby, the storage state of the sphere is released, and the stored sphere is released toward the symbol operating port 4a.

  Next, the effect selection table 22a in which data corresponding to the value of the variation pattern counter 23f is set will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the effect selection table 22a used for selecting the variation pattern.

  The effect selection table 22a is a table used for selecting a variation pattern to be executed at the time of lose reach. In this effect selection table 22a, four types of variation patterns from “pattern B” to “pattern E” are set as variation patterns that generate losing reach with reach display.

  Here, each fluctuation pattern set in the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating examples of display screens of variable display performed on the LCD 3 during normal start winning. FIG. 8 is a view showing a display screen of the LCD 3 at the time of starting winning a prize by the player's release operation. In FIG. 8, the symbol operation port 4a and the center frame 10 are shown together with the LCD 3 for easy understanding of the drawing.

  The pachinko machine 1 has four types of variation patterns that generate losing reach and another five types of variation patterns as variation patterns. There are a total of nine types from “Pattern A” to “Pattern I”. Is set.

  “Pattern A” is a pattern for displaying a lost symbol that is not accompanied by a reach display. In “Pattern A”, after the variation of the three symbol reels displayed in the upper display area 3a of the LCD 3 is started (the state shown in FIG. 6A), the variation of the symbol reel on the left side is stopped after seven seconds. After 8 seconds, the fluctuation of the right symbol reel is stopped (state shown in FIG. 6B), and after 9 seconds, the fluctuation of the central symbol reel is stopped. In “pattern A”, an animation of a character imitating a golf player is displayed in the lower display area 3 b of the LCD 3. Specifically, the swing of the golf club is gradually started from the start of the fluctuation display, and an animation that the golf player swings at the same time as the fluctuation of the right symbol reel is stopped is displayed. The symbol reel is a virtual reel in which symbols “0 to 9” displayed on the LCD 3 are arranged in order in the vertical direction.

  “Pattern B” is a pattern called green reach. In “Pattern B”, after the variable display is started in the upper display area 3a (the state shown in FIG. 6A), the change of the left symbol reel is stopped after seven seconds, and the change of the right symbol reel after eight seconds. Is stopped and a reach display appears (state shown in FIG. 6C). At this time, an animation in which the golf player hits the ball and the ball flies is displayed in the lower display area 3b.

  After the fluctuation of the right symbol reel is stopped, the central symbol reel is scrolled and stopped for 4 seconds (that is, until 12 seconds have passed after the fluctuation starts). In the lower display area 3b, an animation in which the ball falls to the green and rolls toward the hole (cup) on the green is displayed, and the stop symbol at the center is the same as the left and right symbols stopped earlier. When displaying the jackpot, an animation in which the ball enters (cups in) the cup is displayed (see FIG. 6D). On the other hand, when the stop symbol at the center is different from the left and right symbols stopped earlier, and the game is lost, an animation is displayed in which the ball stops at a position shifted from the cup.

  “Pattern C” is a pattern referred to as pond haze reach, and is different from “pattern B” only in the animation displayed in the lower display area 3b after the change of the right symbol reel is stopped. After the change of the right symbol reel is stopped, an animation in which the ball falls into the pond is displayed in the lower display area 3b (see FIG. 7A).

  “Pattern D” is a pattern referred to as a grass squeeze losing reach, and the animation displayed in the lower display area 3b after the stop of the fluctuation of the right symbol reel is different from “pattern B”. After the stop of the fluctuation of the right symbol reel, the lower display area 3b displays an animation in which the ball falls on the grass (see FIG. 7B).

  “Pattern E” is a pattern referred to as crow drive reach, and the effect is continuously performed after “Fluctuation stop” of the central symbol reel with respect to “Pattern D”. After the central symbol reel has stopped fluctuating (after 12 seconds have passed since the fluctuating start), in the lower display area 3b, the crow picks up a grass ball and flies to the right, along with an animation of the game area 2c. A “right-handed” character that prompts the player to throw the ball to the right side and an arrow pointing to the right side (see FIG. 7C) are displayed for 6 seconds (hereinafter, this display is referred to as a crow chance display). During the appearance of the crow chance display, the accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned on so that the movable member 12 simulating a crow advances obliquely upward, and the movable member 12 causes the ball to flow into the transfer path 10a of the center frame 10. An easy-to-operate state (hereinafter referred to as a crow chance) is maintained (see FIG. 2B). When 6 seconds elapse after the crow chance display appears, the accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned off and the movable member 12 moves backward (see FIG. 2A).

  In a state in which the accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned on and the movable member 12 moves forward, the ball easily flows into the transfer path 10a of the center frame 10 and is stored on the exit rail 10e in the center of the stage 10c via the transfer path 10a. It is easy to be done. The player operates the operation handle 58 so that the ball continuously flows down to the right side of the center frame 10 during the crow chance for 6 seconds after the crow chance display appears, that is, when the movable member 12 moves forward. By causing the spheres to flow into the transfer path 10a, about 5, 6 spheres are stored from the exit rail 10e to the stage 10c.

  Here, a game method performed by the player regarding the advance of the movable member 12 will be described. Among the above-described variation patterns, when the variation display by the variation pattern of “pattern E” is performed, the movable member 12 is in a state of being advanced for a predetermined time. During this forward state, the player can cause the ball to flow into the transfer path 10a of the center frame 10 by increasing the proportion of the ball flowing down the right side of the board surface by the ball game. The game methods when the movable member 12 moves forward are roughly divided into the following two methods.

  As a first method, in the state where the movable member 12 is retracted, a left-handed game in which a large number of balls flow down to the left side of the board (the path in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 1) in order to win the balls in the symbol operating port 4a. When it is confirmed that the movable member 12 has moved forward, the game is switched to a right-handed game in which many balls flow down to the right side of the board. In this method, by confirming the advance of the movable member 12 and switching to the right-handed game, the ball can surely flow into the transfer path 10a. Therefore, it is possible to reliably win the symbol operating port 4a.

  As a second game method, there is a method of predicting that the movable member 12 moves forward before the movable member 12 moves forward and switching to a right-handed game in which many balls flow down from the left side of the board to the right side of the board. If a reach display appears in the variation display (see FIG. 6C), the player recognizes that a variation pattern other than “Pattern A” has been set, and displays grass on the LCD 3 (FIG. 6). 7 (b)), it is recognized that it is either “pattern D” or “pattern E”. Thus, the player can switch to the right-handed game in advance, assuming that a crow chance display will appear later. When the crow chance is executed when switching to the right-handed game, more balls can be flowed into the transfer path 10a than in the first game method. On the other hand, if the crow chance is not executed, useless balls will be spent. With this second gaming method, the player can inject more balls into the transfer path 10a while being more dangerous than the first gaming method, and the balls stored in the exit rail 10e of the center frame 10 It is possible to more enjoy the gameability in which the player is directly involved in the flow of the ball, that is, releasing the storage of the player by his own operation. A player can play a game in accordance with a game method selected by one of the two game methods described above.

  In the pachinko machine 1, the variation pattern set at the time of big hit is only “Pattern B” among the four types of variation patterns “Pattern B” to “Pattern E” with reach display. “Pattern C” to “Pattern E” are variation patterns that are executed only when the display result after variation is lost, and the value of the internal random number counter 23b acquired at the time of starting winning a prize generates a big hit It is selected only when it is not. Further, the above-mentioned “pattern A” to “pattern E” are variation patterns selected at the time of normal start winning.

  “Pattern F” to “Pattern I” are special variation patterns that are selected not at the time of normal start winning, but at the time of starting winning by a player's release operation. When a player depresses the operation button 56 and wins the ball stored on the exit rail 10e of the center frame 10 at the time of the crow chance to win the symbol operating port 4a, any one of “Pattern F” to “Pattern I” Is selected as the fluctuation pattern. The “pattern F” to “pattern I” are executed when the storage ball detection switch 16 is on and the storage of the ball on the exit rail 10e is detected in the demonstration screen waiting for the start of the variable display. This is a variation pattern that is executed after the special demonstration screen is displayed and is set so that the effect after the start winning prize is continuous with the effect on the special demo screen.

  During the display of the special demonstration screen, as shown in FIG. 8A, the display area 3a in the upper part of the LCD 3 displays “well aim!” And “3”, “2”, “1”, “0” ”Is displayed, and the lower display area 3b holds the golf club with the front end of the golf club facing the exit rail 10e as if hitting a ball stored on the exit rail 10e. The golf player is displayed and the ball stored on the exit rail 10e is associated with the display in the lower display area 3b.

  If the ball release switch 17 is turned on by performing a release operation in which the player presses the operation button 56 while the special demonstration screen is displayed, a golf player is displayed in the lower display area 3b in conjunction with the player's operation. Displays a state of swinging and hitting a ball (see FIG. 8 (b)), releasing the storage of the ball on the exit rail 10e and releasing the ball toward the symbol operating port 4a. After that, when a ball wins the symbol operating port 4a, a start winning is made and the variable display from “Pattern F” to “Pattern I” is started continuously on the special demonstration screen.

  “Pattern F” is a pattern that is set when a jackpot is generated by the player's ball release operation. In the “pattern F”, the left and right symbol reels are stopped and the reach display appears in the upper display area 3a immediately after the start of variation (see FIG. 6C). After the change starts, the central symbol reel is scrolled for 3 seconds, and then the central stop symbol is stopped at the same symbol as the left and right symbols stopped earlier, and the jackpot is displayed. In the lower display area 3b, an animation of a cup-in after the ball on the green rolls toward the cup is displayed in 3 seconds.

  “Pattern G” is one of the patterns set when the player loses the ball when the player performs a ball release operation. This "pattern G" stops the central stop symbol with respect to the "pattern F" with a symbol different from the left and right symbols previously stopped. In the lower display area 3b, an animation that stops in front of the cup after the ball on the green rolls toward the cup is displayed in 3 seconds.

  “Pattern H”, like “Pattern G”, is one of the patterns that is set when the player loses the ball when the player performs a ball release operation. This “pattern H” differs from “pattern G” only in the animation displayed in the lower display area 3b. In the lower display area 3b, an animation that stops at the back of the cup after the ball on the green rolls toward the cup is displayed in 3 seconds.

  “Pattern I” is one of the patterns set at the time of losing when the player performs a ball release operation, similarly to “Pattern G” and “Pattern H”. This “pattern I” also differs from “pattern G” only in the animation displayed in the lower display area 3b. After the start of the fluctuation, an animation for displaying a state (OB) where the ball is falling into the forest is displayed for 3 seconds in the lower display area 3b.

  As described above, “Pattern A” to “Pattern E” are set as the variation patterns selected at the time of normal start winning, while “Pattern F” is selected as the variation pattern selected at the start winning by the player's release operation. “Pattern I” is set, and different variation patterns are selected depending on the winning mode for the symbol operating port 4a. For this reason, the selected variation pattern can be a different variation pattern with different contents at the time of a start winning by the player's release operation and at the time of a normal start winning, and the different variation pattern can be changed by the player. Selection can be made in relation to the discharge operation. Therefore, the player can expect a variation pattern of the variation display that can be selected by performing the release operation of the player, and change the expectation that the player holds, Encourage execution and increase participation in games.

  Further, “pattern F” to “pattern I”, which are variation patterns selected at the time of starting winning by the player's release operation, are variation patterns that display symbols accompanied by reach display. Since the jackpot is generated after the reach display appears, if the player wins the start by the release operation, the jackpot generated after the reach display displayed on the LCD 3 is displayed so that the reach display does not appear. Can be made more conscious than when executing.

  Here, in the special demonstration screen, four numbers (see FIG. 8A) displayed in the upper display area 3a are specific timings (time periods) at which the value of the internal random number counter 23b generates a big hit by the start winning. The numbers from “0” to “3” blink one by one in descending order at intervals of 1.2 seconds corresponding to one cycle of the internal random number counter 23b. After the number “0” blinks, the number “3” blinks again, and the countdown display in which the numbers “3” to “0” blink sequentially is repeated. When the stored ball detection switch 16 detects that a ball is stored on the exit rail 10e during the waiting for the fluctuation display, the value of the internal random number counter 23b is transferred from the main control board C to the display control board D. A special demonstration display command is transmitted (see S62 in FIG. 13), and a special demonstration screen is displayed on the LCD 3 under the control of the display control board D based on the command. The internal random number counter 23b is a counter that can take a total of 600 values within the range of “0 to 599”, and is incremented by 1 every 2 ms by a counter update process described later. Therefore, one cycle of the internal random number counter 23b is a time obtained by multiplying 600 by 2 ms (that is, 1.2 seconds).

  The timing at which the flashing of the number displayed in the upper display area 3a is switched indicates to the player the value “7” of the internal random number counter 23b that generates the jackpot, and it has been a certain period of time after reaching the count value of “7”. (0.5 seconds) ago, blinking numbers are switched and displayed. The pachinko machine 1 is almost every time after the release operation for releasing the storage of the ball on the exit rail 10e is performed by the player, until the released ball is detected by the first type start port switch. A time of 0.5 seconds is required, and the blinking number is switched by this time before the value of the internal random number counter 23b reaches “7”. The count value when switching the blinking number is “357”, which is a value that reaches “7” after updating the count value 250 times. Therefore, when the player performs the timing of the release operation for releasing the storage of the ball on the exit rail 10e in accordance with the timing at which the flashing of the number is switched, the timing for winning the symbol operation port 4a after the release of the storage of the ball Can be in the vicinity of “7”, and it is possible to obtain an interest in a game aiming for a big hit while taking the timing of executing the release operation from “3” to “0”.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1, a countdown display indicating the start winning establishment time (hereinafter abbreviated as the jackpot occurrence timing) for generating a big hit by the control of the main control board C is displayed on the display control board D. It is displayed on the LCD 3 by the control. For this reason, the player can estimate the occurrence time of the jackpot based on the countdown display displayed on the LCD 3, and the time when the start winning is established is close to the jackpot occurrence time estimated based on the countdown display. As you feel, you can expect a big hit.

  Further, in the pachinko machine 1, the storage of the ball on the exit rail 10e is released at the timing when the player presses the operation button 56, so that the player is notified of the jackpot occurrence time estimated based on the countdown display. It is possible to play a game aiming for profit by operating the operation button 56 so that a ball wins the symbol operation opening 4a. Therefore, a player can give a game that acquires more profits than other players by performing a release operation aiming at an appropriate timing, thereby increasing the consciousness of participation in the game, It is possible to enhance the interest of the game by diversifying the games in which the player can demonstrate the skill.

  Furthermore, after the storage of the ball by the projection 10f of the center frame 10 is released by the ball discharge solenoid 15, the symbol operation is performed until the first type start port switch 24 detects the winning of the ball to the symbol operation port 4a. An average time of 0.5 seconds (time lag) is required depending on the arrangement position of the mouth 4a and the protrusion 10f. According to the pachinko machine 1, the information on the jackpot occurrence time is displayed on the LCD 3 by the control of the display control board D. The ball enters the symbol operating port 4a after the ball release solenoid 15 releases the storage of the ball. The blinking display of the countdown is updated at a time earlier than the big hit occurrence time by 0.5 seconds, which is substantially the same as the time lag until the ball is struck. For this reason, the player can bring the start winning prize and the jackpot occurrence time closer by merely operating the ball release solenoid 15 by operating the operation button 56 in accordance with the timing when the blinking display of the countdown is switched. Without considering the time lag when operating the operation button 56, it is possible to aim at generating a big hit with a simple operation. Therefore, it is possible to provide an entertainment of a game aiming to acquire a profit by generating a jackpot to a large number of players including a player who is unfamiliar with the game.

  In addition, since it is aimed to obtain profits from the occurrence of jackpots through the physical operation of the flow of the ball released from the storage by the ball discharge solenoid 15, variations in the manufacturing or installation of the pachinko machine 1, Due to slight changes such as dirt, the time lag from when the operation button 56 is operated until the ball wins the symbol operation opening 4a varies. Therefore, no matter how much the player increases the skill, it is difficult to generate a big hit every time due to variations in the time lag, and the randomness with respect to the big hit can be maintained.

  Further, since the countdown display is displayed on the LCD 3 by the control of the display control board D during the waiting for change, the player is awarded a big hit based on the start winning established by operating the ball discharge solenoid 15. Whether or not it is possible to immediately start the variable display. If the winning prize is established in a situation where the fluctuation display cannot be started immediately such as during the fluctuation display or during the big hit, it takes time to start the fluctuation display established by the player's release operation, and the game is enhanced by aiming for the big hit The person's tension and excitement are easy to awaken. On the other hand, the player's expectation that he wants to quickly confirm the jackpot lottery result for the release operation performed by participating in the game by immediately starting the variable display for the establishment of the start prize by the release operation of the ball It can respond to the feeling and can enhance the interest of the game.

  Furthermore, since the display of the change in which the start winning is established during the waiting for change can be started immediately, the start is based on the display of the jackpot occurrence timing and the establishment of the start winning by the player's ball release operation. It is possible to show the player as a series of effects that the variable display is continuous. That is, during the display of the countdown indicating the time of occurrence of the big hit, a display that the golf player wants to hit the ball is displayed in the lower display area 3b, and the “pattern F” that is started by the player releasing the ball from “pattern F” to “ In the variation display of “Pattern I”, an effect by animation from when the golf player hits the ball until the ball enters the cup can be shown to the player as a continuous effect. Therefore, it is possible to set an effect with a high degree of freedom and to further enhance the interest of the game.

  In addition, a countdown display indicating the jackpot occurrence time is displayed on the LCD 3 on which the symbol variation display is performed under the control of the display control board D. Since the player who is playing the game pays attention to the LCD 3 indicating the occurrence of the jackpot to the player, the countdown display indicating the jackpot occurrence time is displayed on the LCD 3 so that the player is on the exit rail 10e. While showing that it is possible to execute a game aiming at gaining profit by storing the ball, it is possible to simultaneously indicate the jackpot occurrence time in an easily understandable manner.

  It is not always necessary to display information indicating the jackpot occurrence time on the LCD 3 to the player. A command according to the value of the internal random number counter 23b may be transmitted from the display control board D to the sound lamp control board L, and a sound effect may be periodically output in synchronization with the jackpot occurrence time. In addition, a motor that generates vibration may be built in the operation handle 56 so that the operation handle 56 periodically vibrates in synchronization with the big hit occurrence time.

  In addition, it is not always necessary to advance the countdown blinking display for the jackpot occurrence time by the time lag from the release operation to the start winning prize, and the countdown blinking display is updated at the same time as the jackpot occurrence time. The display on the LCD 3 may be controlled by the display control board D. Considering the time lag, the player is given a game that aims to acquire profits by pressing the operation button 56 at an earlier stage by the time lag. Therefore, by simply operating the operation button 56 in synchronization with the countdown display, it is possible to increase the difficulty of the skill required of the player rather than aiming to acquire profits, and to provide the player with a high technical intervention. can do.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the effect selection table 22a will be described. In the effect selection table 22a, the values of the variation pattern counter 23f for the four types of variation patterns from the “pattern B” to the “pattern E” described above are classified. Specifically, the value of the fluctuation pattern counter 23f updated within the range of “0 to 99” is “0 to 39” for “pattern B” of the green reach and “pattern C” of the pond lose reach. “40 to 69”, “70 to 89” with respect to “pattern D” of grass grass reach reach, and “90 to 99” with respect to “pattern E” of crow drive reach. That is, the variation patterns of “Pattern B”, “Pattern C”, “Pattern D”, and “Pattern E” are divided into a ratio of 40: 30: 20: 10. This production selection table 22a is set to have the smallest crow driving reach compared to the green reach, the pond haze reach, and the grass haze reach reach. Therefore, during the crow chance display after the crow driving reach is set, the movable member 12 moves forward for 6 seconds, and the player is in a state (crow chance) where the ball easily flows into the entrance (ball inlet 10b) of the transfer path 10a. As a limitation, it is possible to give the player an emphasis on the interests of a game that expects a crow chance.

  Note that the value of the fluctuation pattern counter 23f is not necessarily divided into the ratios set in the effect selection table 22a, and the ratio of each fluctuation pattern may be divided into different ratios. The variation patterns set in the effect selection table 22a are not necessarily limited to four types, but may be two types, three types, or five or more types. Note that the value of the fluctuation pattern counter 23f is not necessarily divided into the ratios set in the effect selection table 22a, and the ratio of each fluctuation pattern may be divided into different ratios.

  When a variation pattern is selected based on a lottery using an effect selection table 22a for selecting a variation pattern and a variation pattern counter 23f, data “BD” corresponding to each variation pattern is displayed as a display command. Is output to the display control board D as one command (variation pattern command). When receiving the variation pattern command, the display control board D executes an effect for the time set corresponding to the data of each variation pattern.

  Next, each process executed by the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 14. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a main process executed on the main control board C of the pachinko machine 1. In the main processing, initialization processing (S11) such as restoration when there is backup data, initialization of each value such as RAM and I / O, and setting of each interrupt such as a timer interrupt is executed. After that, the processes from S12 to S17 are repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals (in this embodiment, every 2 ms) to control the game.

  In the start winning variation start process (S12), it is confirmed whether or not the ball has won the symbol operation port (first type start port) 4a, and the content of the variation display is set. A display command for starting the variable display is transmitted to the display control board D. Details of the start winning variation start process (S12) will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In the fluctuation stop process (S13), first, it is determined whether or not a big hit is being made. Here, the jackpot includes a special game displayed on the LCD 3 at the time of the big jackpot and a predetermined time after the special game ends. The predetermined time after the end of the special game is set as, for example, the time required for adjusting each state of the pachinko machine 1. If it is determined that the jackpot is not being hit, it is determined whether or not the variation time in the variation pattern has ended. This process is performed by determining whether the time set for each variation pattern has elapsed. If the fluctuation time has ended, a confirmation command, which is one of the control commands, is output to the display control board D in order to stop and check the fluctuation, and this process ends. When the display control board D receives the confirmation command, the display control board D stops the variable display on the LCD 3.

  In the counter update process (S14), the values of the internal random number counter 23b, reach random number counter 23c, jackpot symbol counter 23d, and fluctuation pattern counter 23f are updated. In the jackpot process (S15), it is determined whether or not the jackpot is big. If the jackpot is big, the specific winning opening 6 (see FIG. 1) is released. On the other hand, if it is not a big hit, the process is skipped and the process is terminated. In the opening process of the specific winning opening 6, the specific winning opening 6 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, until 30 seconds have passed or 10 balls have been won) so that the balls can easily win. If the ball passes through the V zone 6a while the specific prize opening 6 is opened, a continuation right is established, and after the specific prize opening 6 is closed, the specific prize opening 6 is again opened for a predetermined time (or 10 balls). Open until you win. The opening / closing operation of the specific winning award 6 is repeated up to 16 times (16 rounds). In other processing (S16), other processing such as transmitting a command instructing the payout of prize balls is executed. The accessory solenoid driving process for driving the accessory driving solenoid 13 shown in FIG. 14 is performed in the process of S16.

  In the lost symbol counter update process (S17), the value of the lost symbol counter 23e is updated. After that, the lost symbol counter update process (S17) is repeatedly executed for the remaining time until the next execution timing of the process of S12 comes. Since each process of S12 to S16 needs to be executed periodically, in the process of S18, an elapsed time from the previous execution of the process of S12 is checked (S18). As a result of the check, if a predetermined time (2 ms) has elapsed since the previous execution of the process of S12 (S18: Yes), the process proceeds to S12. On the other hand, if the predetermined time has not elapsed (S18: No), the process proceeds to S17, and the lost symbol counter update process (S17) is repeated. Here, since the execution time of each process of S12-S16 changes according to the state of a game, the remaining time until the next execution timing of the process of S12 comes is not a fixed time. Therefore, by repeatedly executing the lost symbol counter update process (S17) using the remaining time, the value of the lost symbol counter 23e can be updated at random.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the start winning variation start process (S12) executed in the main process of the main control board C (see FIG. 9). This start winning variation start processing (S12) is the first when the value of the holding ball counter 23a is "3" or less and the variation display data can be stored in the effect execution 1-4 memories 23h-23k. When the seed start switch 24 detects a ball and a start winning is established, the value of the internal random number counter 23b or the like at the time of the start winning is acquired as the data of fluctuation display, and the effect execution 1 indicated by the value of the reserved ball counter 23a is performed. This process is stored in the four memories 23h to 23k. In addition, in the start winning variation start process (S12), when the value of the holding ball counter 23a is “1” or more, the display of the fluctuation is not performed on the LCD 3 and the value of the holding ball counter 23a is not being hit. "1" is subtracted to write the variation display data on hold to the effect execution area 23g to execute the variation display. On the other hand, if the variation display is being performed, the execution of the suspended variation display is suspended (standby). It is a process to make.

  In the start winning variation start process (S12), first, it is confirmed whether or not the first type start port switch 24 has detected a ball (S21). If the first type start port switch 24 detects a ball (S21: Yes), it is next checked whether or not the value of the reserved ball counter 23a is "4" or more (S22). If the value of the holding ball counter 23a is less than “4” (S22: No), the variable display data is not stored for the maximum number of holding times, so “1” is added to the value of the holding ball counter 23a ( S23). Thereafter, a command to turn on one hold lamp 5 is transmitted to the display control board D (S24), and one hold lamp 5 indicating the number of times the variable display is held is turned on. Furthermore, each value of the internal random number counter 23b, the reach random number counter 23c, the jackpot symbol counter 23d, and the lost symbol counter 23e is used as variable display data in the effect execution 1-4 memory 23h-23k indicated by the value of the holding ball counter 23a. Write (S25), the process proceeds to S26.

  On the other hand, in the process of S21, if the first type start port switch 24 has not detected a ball (S21: No), it is not the time when the start winning is established, and the value of the reserved ball counter 23a is " If it is 4 ”or more (S22: Yes), since the variable display data is written in all of the effect execution 1-4 memories 23h-23k provided for the variable display hold count, the processing of S23-S25 is performed. The process skips to S26.

  In the processing from S26, first, it is confirmed whether or not it is in a variable display or a big hit (in a special gaming state to which a predetermined gaming value is given) (S26). If the fluctuation display is not being performed and the big hit is not being made (S26: No), it is confirmed whether or not the value of the holding ball counter 23a is "1" or more (S27). If it is “1” or more (S27: Yes), “1” is subtracted from the value of the holding ball counter 23a (S28), and the data of the variable display stored in the effect execution 1 memory 23h is used as the effect execution area 23g. (S29).

  Next, the variation display data stored in the production execution 2 to 4 memories 23i to 23k are shifted one by one to the production execution 1 to 3 memories 23h to 23j (S30), and it is confirmed whether the discharge execution flag 23m is on. (S31). If the release execution flag 23m is not on (S31: No), that is, if the ball is not stored in the exit rail 10e of the center frame 10, or the player performs the ball release operation by the operation button 56. If there is no change (see S35, FIG. 13), since the ball stored in the exit rail 10e of the center frame 10 is released and executed by the player, the change pattern is changed from “Pattern A” to “Pattern”. E ”is performed to perform a normal display command determination process for setting a variation pattern and a stop pattern (see S32 and FIG. 11), and the display determined by the normal display command determination process (S32). The command is transmitted to the display control board D (S33), and this start winning change start processing (S21) is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the release execution flag 23m is turned on in the process of S31, that is, if the player has performed a ball release operation with the operation button 56 (S35, see FIG. 13) (S31: Yes), the player Since the released ball is a variation display that starts when winning the symbol operation opening 4a, a process of selecting any one of “pattern F” to “pattern I” as the variation pattern is performed, and the variation pattern and the stop symbol are selected. Is performed (S34, see FIG. 12), and the process proceeds to S33.

  In addition, when it is confirmed in the processing of S27 that the value of the holding ball counter 23a is less than “1”, that is, “0” (S26: No), the change display is immediately displayed when the start winning is established. It is waiting for a change that can be started. For this reason, the variable standby process (S35, FIG. 13) for displaying on the LCD 3 via the display control board D a special demo screen that indicates the timing at which the player operates the operation button 56 as a demo screen displayed during the variable standby. The start winning variation start processing (S21) is terminated. If it is confirmed in the process of S26 that the change display is being performed or the jackpot is being made (S26: Yes), the process of S27 to S35 is skipped and the start winning change start process (S12) is terminated.

  In this way, by confirming whether the release execution flag is on or off, it is possible to confirm whether or not the ball won in the symbol operating port 4a is a ball by a ball release operation by the player's operation button 56. it can.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the normal display command determination process (S32) executed in the start winning change start process (S12) shown in FIG. The display command is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D, and is a stop for designating the symbol at the time of stop after three symbol reels displayed on the LCD 3 are variably displayed downward. It consists of a symbol command and a variation pattern command for designating a variation pattern for variation display. In the normal display command determination process (S32), the display command is not based on the ball released from the exit rail 10e of the center frame 10, but based on the data of the change display for the start winning that was established without the player performing the release operation. The stop symbol command and the variation pattern command to be configured are determined.

  In this normal display command determination process (S32), first, it is confirmed whether or not the value of the internal random number counter 23b stored in the effect execution area 23g is a value that generates a big hit (S41). If the value is a value that generates a jackpot (S41: Yes), a value indicating a combination of symbols corresponding to the value of the jackpot symbol counter 23d stored in the effect execution area 23g is set in the stop symbol command (S42). Further, “B” for displaying the cup-in from the green reach is set as the data of the variation pattern command (S43), and the normal display command determination process (S32) is terminated.

  In the process of S41, if the value of the internal random number counter 23b is not a value that generates a big hit (S41: No), is the value of the reach random number counter 23c stored in the effect execution area 23g a value that generates a loss reach? Confirm (S44). If the value is a value that causes losing reach (S44: Yes), a value indicating a combination of symbols constituting the losing reach stored in the counter buffer 23l is set in the stop symbol command (S45), and Data (pattern) indicated by the value of the fluctuation pattern counter 23f is read from the effect selection table 22a and set as a fluctuation pattern command (S46), and this display command determination process (S32) is terminated.

  If the value of the reach random number counter 23c stored in the effect execution area 23g in the process of S44 is not a value that causes a loss reach (S44: No), the value of the lose symbol counter 23e stored in the effect execution area 23g is set. The stop symbol command is set (S47), and the variation display of the loss without the reach display is made. Therefore, the data “A” indicating the variation pattern of “Pattern A” is set as the data of the variation pattern command (S48). The normal display command determination process (S32) is terminated.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the special display command determination process (S34) executed in the start winning change start process (S12) shown in FIG. In this special display command determination process (S34), the stop symbol command and the fluctuation pattern command constituting the display command are based on the data of the fluctuation display acquired at the time of starting winning by the player's release operation and the value of the internal random number counter 23b. To decide.

  In the special display command determination process (S34), first, it is confirmed whether or not the value of the internal random number counter 23b stored in the effect execution area 23g is a value that generates a big hit (S51). If the value is a value that generates a jackpot (S51: Yes), a value indicating a combination of symbols corresponding to the value of the jackpot symbol counter 23d stored in the effect execution area 23g is set in the stop symbol command (S52). . Thereafter, “F”, in which the cup-in display is performed after the reach display appears simultaneously with the start of the fluctuation, is set as the data of the fluctuation pattern command (S53), the discharge execution flag 23m is turned off (S54), and the special display is performed. The command determination process (S34) ends.

  When the value of the internal random number counter 23b is not a value that generates a big hit in the processing of S51 (S51: No), the value indicating the combination of symbols constituting the lose reach stored in the counter buffer 23l is used as the stop symbol command. It is set (S55), and it is confirmed whether the value of the internal random number counter 23b stored in the effect execution area 23g is within the range of “0 to 6” (S56). If it is within the range of “0 to 6” (S56: Yes), the player releases the ball with the operation button 56 at a timing slightly earlier than the value “7” of the internal random number counter 23b that generates the jackpot. Yes. In this case, “G” is displayed as the data of the fluctuation pattern command in which the ball stops in front of the cup after the reach display appears simultaneously with the start of fluctuation (S57), and the process proceeds to S54. To do.

  If the value of the internal random number counter 23b confirmed in the process of S56 is not within the range of “0-6” (S56: No), it is confirmed whether the value of the internal random number counter 23b is within the range of “8-15”. (S58). If it is within the range of “8 to 15” (S58: Yes), the player releases the ball by the operation button 56 at a timing slightly delayed from the value “7” of the internal random number counter 23b that generates the jackpot. ing. In this case, “H” is displayed as the data of the fluctuation pattern command in which the ball stops at the back side of the cup after the reach display appears simultaneously with the start of the fluctuation (S59), and the process proceeds to S54. Transition. If the value of the internal random number counter 23b confirmed in the process of S58 is not within the range of “0-6” (S56: No), the value of the internal random number counter 23b is outside the range of “0-15”. In this case, “I”, which is displayed as “OB” when the ball reaches the forest after the reach display appears simultaneously with the start of the change, is set as the data of the change pattern command (S60). The process proceeds to S54.

  In this way, in the special display command determination process (S34) of FIG. 12, the stop that constitutes the display command is based on the data of the variable display acquired at the time of starting winning by the player's release operation and the value of the internal random number counter 23b. After the player's release operation can be performed, the symbol pattern and the variation pattern command can be determined. Any variation pattern from “pattern F” to “pattern I” which is a variation pattern continuous on the special demo screen Can be set.

  In the special display command determination process (S34), it is determined that the player has performed a ball release operation with the operation button 56 at a timing slightly earlier than the value “7” of the internal random number counter 23b that generates the jackpot. In this case, the data of “G” is set as the data of the variation pattern command by the process of S57, and the variation display by the variation pattern of “Pattern G” is displayed on the LCD 3 so that the ball stops before the cup. The On the other hand, if it is determined by the player that the operation of releasing the ball with the operation button 56 is performed at a timing slightly later than the value “7” of the internal random number counter 23b that generates the jackpot, the process changes in S59. “H” data is set as the pattern command data, and a variation display based on a variation pattern of “pattern H” is displayed on the LCD 3 so that the ball stops at the back of the cup. Therefore, it is possible to indicate to the player whether the start winning timing is early or late according to the display content of the LCD 3. Therefore, the player can increase the interest in the game by knowing whether the timing of the start winning based on the winning to the symbol operating port 4a by his / her operation is earlier or later than the specific timing for generating the jackpot. In addition, in the operation before the previous time, the result can be reflected in the subsequent operation depending on whether the start winning timing is earlier or later than the specific timing for generating the jackpot. Therefore, it is possible to provide a game that gradually increases the skill of the game.

  Further, in the special display command determination process (S34), the value of the internal random number counter 23b is outside the range of “0 to 15” and the value “7” that generates a big hit is counted for 6 count values, that is, 6 in 2 ms. If it is determined that there is a time lag of 12 ms or more multiplied by, and the player has performed a ball release operation, the data of “I” is set as the data of the variation pattern command by the process of S60. The reach display appears at the same time as the start of the change, and then the ball falls into the forest and “OB” is displayed on the LCD 3. The player releases the ball with a time lag of 12 ms or less with respect to the timing indicating the value “7” for generating the jackpot within the value of the internal random number counter 23b within the range of “0 to 15”. If it is determined that the ball is on the green according to any of the variation patterns “Pattern F”, “Pattern G”, and “Pattern H”, the animation is displayed on the LCD 3. Depending on the display content, it is possible to indicate a timing shift such as whether the start winning timing is close to or far from the timing of generating the big hit. Therefore, the player further raises the interest in the game in which he / she participates actively by knowing the degree of deviation between the timing of the start winning based on the winning of the symbol operating port 4a by his / her operation and the timing of generating the jackpot. be able to.

  Moreover, the variation display by “Pattern G” and “Pattern H” is the same as “Pattern F”, while the animation that the ball on the green rolls toward the cup is displayed on the LCD 3, while the variation display by “Pattern I” is displayed. Unlike “Pattern F”, “Pattern G”, and “Pattern H”, after the reach display appears, the ball falls into the forest and becomes “OB”. In other words, the variation pattern of “Pattern G” and “Pattern H” selected when the difference between the timing of the start winning prize and the timing of generating the jackpot is small is the same display content as “Pattern F” from the reach display ( On the other hand, the variation pattern of “pattern I” selected when the deviation is large is the variation pattern of the period displayed with the same display content as “pattern F”. It is a short variation pattern. The player can expect the jackpot to be generated as the variable display is continued with the same kind of display contents as the contents displayed when the jackpot is generated. Therefore, when the difference between the timing of the start winning prize and the timing for generating the jackpot is small, it is possible to show the player a variation pattern that can expect a big hit, and the fact that the timing shift is small It is easy to understand and can be shown to the player to improve the interest of the game.

  Note that it is not always necessary to select a different variation pattern depending on whether the timing of the start winning is early or late with respect to the timing for generating the big hit, or depending on the magnitude of the difference between the two timings. You may make it select a different variation pattern only in 2 types, when the timing of a start winning is early or late with respect to the specific timing which generates a big hit. The player can recognize whether the timing of the start winning by the player's own operation was early or late according to the displayed fluctuation pattern, and the results before and after the deviation in the previous operation before the next time It can be reliably reflected by the operation. Different variation types may be selected only depending on the difference between the timing of the start winning prize and the timing of generating the big hit.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the fluctuation waiting time process (S35) executed in the starting winning fluctuation starting process (see FIG. 10). The fluctuation waiting time process (S35) is a process executed during the fluctuation waiting time in which the fluctuation display can be started immediately when the start winning is established. In the variable standby process (S35), a special demo screen indicating the timing of operating the operation button 56 is displayed on the display control board D as a demo screen displayed during the variable standby, and is operated by the player. This is a process of releasing the storage of the sphere stored on the exit rail 10e at the timing when the release operation for the button 56 is performed.

  In this fluctuation waiting time process (S35), it is confirmed whether the storage ball detection switch 16 is on (S61). If the storage ball detection switch 16 is on (S61: Yes), the ball is stored on the exit rail 10e of the center frame 10, and the player is caused to press the operation button 56 to perform the release operation. Since it is necessary, a special demonstration display command is transmitted to the display control board D based on the value of the internal random number counter 23b (S62). When a special demonstration display command is transmitted to the display control board D, a special demonstration screen is displayed that displays a countdown in which the numbers “3” to “0” blink repeatedly under the control of the display control board D ( (See FIG. 8 (a)).

  Thereafter, it is confirmed whether or not the ball release switch 17 is turned on (S63). If the ball release switch 17 is turned on (S63, Yes), it is the timing when the player presses the operation button 56 as the release operation, so the ball release solenoid 15 is driven (S64) and the ball is released onto the exit rail 10e. The stored sphere is released toward the symbol operating port 4a, and a sphere release execution command is transmitted to the display control board D (S65). When a ball release execution command is transmitted to the display control board D, a state in which the golf player hits a ball is displayed in the lower display area 3b of the LCD 3 under the control of the display control board D (FIG. 8B). reference).

  After the process of S65, the discharge execution flag 23m is turned on (S66), and this fluctuation waiting process (S35) is terminated. By the processing of S66, it is stored in the main control board C that the ball has been released by the player's release operation, so that the next variable display is based on the start winning by the player's release operation. It can be stored in the main control board C. Therefore, for the variation display to be started next time, any variation pattern from “Pattern F” to “Pattern I” that performs continuous variation display on the special demonstration screen is processed as a special display command determination process (FIG. 10, FIG. (See S34).

  On the other hand, if the ball release switch 17 is off in the process of S63 (S63: No), the player has not yet operated the operation button 56, so the process of S64 to S66 is skipped, and the process during waiting for change ( S35) is terminated. If the storage ball detection switch 16 is off in the process of S61 (S61: No), no ball is stored on the exit rail 10e of the center frame 10, so the title or manufacturer name of the pachinko machine 1, or A normal demonstration display command for displaying a normal demonstration screen other than the special demonstration screen for displaying an animation or the like is transmitted to the display control board D (S67), and the processing at the time of change waiting (S35) is terminated.

  As described above, in the variable standby process (S35) executed during the variable standby, the main control board C displays a special demonstration display command based on the value of the internal random number counter 23b by the process of S62. The special demonstration screen (countdown) is displayed on the LCD 3 while waiting for change through the display control board D. For this reason, the player is caused to perform a release operation for operating the ball release solenoid 15 aiming at the time of occurrence of the big hit during the fluctuation waiting, and whether or not the big win is generated based on the start winning established by the release operation. It is possible to immediately start the variable display and show it to the player.

  Further, only when it is determined that the stored ball detection switch 16 is on and the ball is stored on the exit rail 10e by the process of S61, the special demonstration screen indicating the big hit occurrence time is displayed by the process of S62 on the LCD3. Therefore, the player can easily understand that the ball is stored based on the display of the special demonstration screen, and can prompt the execution of the operation of the operation button 56 for releasing the storage of the ball. Therefore, even a player who is unfamiliar with the game can easily understand the interest of the game aiming to acquire a profit by generating the jackpot.

  Further, when a ball release execution command is transmitted to the display control board D by the processing of S65, a state in which the golf player hits the ball is displayed in the lower display area 3b of the LCD 3 by the control of the display control board D. The Therefore, the player has the impression that the golf player displayed in the lower display area 3b of the LCD 3 at the timing when the operation button 56 is operated hits a ball that is a game medium used for a ball game. It is possible to make the game interesting by producing a fusion of the ball game and the display effect.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the accessory solenoid driving process executed in the main control board C. This accessory solenoid driving process is a process periodically executed as one of the other processes (S16) in the main process shown in FIG. This accessory solenoid driving process is performed by driving the accessory driving solenoid 13 and selecting the crow when the “pattern E” crow driving reach is selected by the process of selecting the fluctuation pattern of the loss reach (the process of S46 in FIG. 11). It is the process which drives the movable member 12 which imitated.

  In this accessory solenoid driving process, first, it is confirmed whether or not the fluctuation display of the crow driving reach of “Pattern E” is being executed (S71). If the fluctuation display of the crow driving reach is being executed (S71: Yes), the fluctuation is displayed. It is confirmed whether 12 seconds have passed since the start (S72). If 12 seconds have elapsed since the start of the fluctuation (S72: Yes), the accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned on (S73), the movable member 12 simulating a crow is advanced, and this accessory solenoid driving process is completed. To do. In the process of S72, if 12 seconds have elapsed after the start of variation or after 12 seconds or more have elapsed (S72: No), it is confirmed whether 18 seconds have elapsed since the start of variation (S74). If it is the time when 18 seconds have elapsed since the start of the fluctuation (S74: Yes), it is the time to turn off the turned-on accessory driving solenoid 13, so the turned-off accessory driving solenoid 13 is turned off (S75). The driving process ends.

  If it is before 18 seconds have elapsed since the start of fluctuation in the process of S74 or after 18 seconds have elapsed (S74: No), the process of S75 is skipped and the accessory solenoid drive process is terminated. If it is confirmed that the variability display of the crow driving reach is not being executed in the processing of S71 (S71: No), it is not necessary to drive the accessory driving solenoid 13, so the processing of S72 to S75 is skipped. The accessory solenoid driving process is terminated.

  As described above, in the accessory solenoid driving process, when the crow driving reach of “pattern E” is selected by the process of lottery of the fluctuation pattern of the fluctuation display (the processes of S44 and S46 in FIG. 11), the main control board C switches the movable member 12 simulating a crow from the retracted state to the advanced state via the accessory driving solenoid 13 for 6 seconds. When the movable member 12 is switched to the forward movement state, the ball easily flows into the transfer path 10a of the center frame 10, and the player performs a special game that positively aims for a big hit by releasing the stored ball. be able to. Therefore, the player can confirm the operation of the movable member 12 by visually recognizing the fluctuation display indicating the occurrence of the jackpot, and execute the switching operation of the movable member 12 without continuing to visually recognize the movable member 12 during the game. Can be recognized in an easy-to-understand manner, and can be obtained accurately without missing a special game opportunity to actively aim for a big hit.

  As described above, the player can estimate the jackpot occurrence time based on the countdown display (see FIG. 8A) indicating the jackpot occurrence time as a game that actively aims for the jackpot. The bigger the winning prize is when the winning prize is established in a state where the winning time is close to the jackpot occurrence time estimated based on the display of the countdown, the stronger the jackpot can be expected. Therefore, the interest of the game can be enhanced by the gameability that has an expectation with an inflection according to the time when the start winning prize is established.

  In addition, the player can release the ball that has flowed into the transfer path 10a of the center frame 10 and stored on the exit rail 10e by operating the operation button 56, so that the player can count down. A game aiming for a big hit can be performed by operating the operation button 56 so that a ball wins the symbol operating port 4a aiming at the big hit occurrence time estimated based on the display. Therefore, the player can obtain an opportunity to acquire more profits than other players by performing a release operation aiming at an appropriate timing, and the player's participation consciousness can be enhanced, and the player can By diversifying the games that can demonstrate the skill, it is possible to obtain the interest of the game that obtains a large profit by increasing the skill.

  Furthermore, when a ball is won at the symbol operating port 4a and a start win is made, the timing of the start win does not match the timing (specific timing) at which the internal random number counter 23b becomes “7” to generate a big hit. If the difference is found, the variation display variation pattern corresponding to the start winning timing with respect to the specific timing is selected by the special display command determination process (S33) shown in FIG. For this reason, the change display based on the change pattern corresponding to the timing of the start winning with respect to the specific timing can be displayed on the LCD 3 by the control of the display control board D by the special display command determination process (S33). Therefore, the player can guess the difference between the timing of the start winning of the ball won by the user's own operation to the symbol operating port 4a and the timing of generating the jackpot, and the game for the execution of the variable display during the game The interest of the person can be raised and the interest of the game can be improved.

  In addition, as the display means in the gaming machine according to claim 1 and the gaming machine 0 described later, the processing of S62 of FIG. 13 in the above embodiment is exemplified, and in the gaming machine according to claim 1 and the gaming machine 0 described later The specific detection time is exemplified by a time when the internal random number counter 23b has a value of “7” causing a big hit, and time information indicating a specific detection time in the gaming machine according to claim 1 and a gaming machine 0 described later. As an example, a countdown display displayed on the special demo screen by the special demo display command in the process of S62 is exemplified. Further, as the player's operation in the gaming machine according to claim 1 and the gaming machine 0 described later, an operation in which the player presses the upper plate button 56 in the above embodiment is exemplified. Further, as the variation type selection means in the gaming machine according to claim 1 and gaming machine 0 described later, a special display command determination process (S33) shown in FIG. 12 in the above embodiment is exemplified. In addition, when the specific detection time and the ball detection timing in the gaming machine according to claim 1 and the game machine 0 described later do not coincide with each other, the game ball has been detected to be out of the specific detection time. Means the case.

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

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, in the display of the special demonstration screen, the jackpot occurrence time at which the internal random number counter 23b generates a jackpot to the player is shown by synchronizing the timing at which the blinking of the countdown is switched with the jackpot occurrence time. The information indicating the big hit occurrence time is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, when the indication of a needle rotating at a constant speed indicates a specific direction (e.g., directly above) and the time of jackpot occurrence are synchronized, the player can visually recognize the rotation of the needle and aim for the jackpot, etc. Information indicating the jackpot occurrence time may be displayed by a continuous animation.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the variation pattern of the variation display lottered for each start winning prize is the crow driving reach of “pattern E”, the movable member 12 is controlled via the accessory driving solenoid under the control of the main control board C. Was advanced for 6 seconds, and the player was given a special game opportunity to positively aim for a big hit by releasing the stored ball, but it was not always necessary to move the movable member 12 in accordance with the fluctuation pattern to win the big hit There is no need to give players the opportunity to aim. For example, the main control board C is provided with a counter that counts the number of executions of variable display after the occurrence of the big hit, and the movable member when the number of executions of the variable display counted by the counter reaches a predetermined number (for example, 1000 times). The accessory driving solenoid 13 may be controlled so that 12 is switched from the backward state to the forward state for a certain period. As the number of executions of the variable display after the jackpot is increased, the player's dissatisfaction is raised, so the player who has not been awarded the jackpot despite the predetermined number of variable displays has been executed. On the other hand, it is possible to give the opportunity to positively win the jackpot by performing the release operation of the ball, increasing the expectation and tension to the jackpot at the time of executing the release operation, further increasing the interest of the game Can be increased. The predetermined number of times as a condition for switching the movable member 12 from the retracted state to the advanced state for a certain period may be every certain number of times (for example, every 100 times).

  In the above embodiment, the special control display command is transmitted from the main control board C to the display control board D, and the countdown display is displayed on the LCD 3 by the control of the display control board D, so that the time of jackpot occurrence is determined. However, it is not always necessary to indicate to the player the time of jackpot occurrence using the pachinko machine 1. A process of outputting a command indicating the jackpot occurrence time to an external device that is installed on the side or top of the pachinko machine 1 and displays information related to the pachinko machine 1 such as the number of jackpots and the number of executions of variable display, and an output terminal for outputting the command May be provided in the pachinko machine 1, and a command indicating the jackpot occurrence time may be output from the output terminal under the control of the main control board C to display information indicating the jackpot occurrence time on an external device. Since information indicating the jackpot occurrence time can be provided to the player by a device other than the pachinko machine 1, for example, the game hall such as showing information indicating the jackpot occurrence time to the player on a specific event day, etc. Can increase the degree of freedom in management.

  In the above embodiment, the accessory driving solenoid 13 is driven by the main control board C to control the forward and backward movements of the movable member 12. However, the accessory driving solenoid 13 is not necessarily driven by the control of the main control board C. It is not necessary to control, and a command for operating the movable member 12 may be transmitted from the main control board C to another board such as the display control board D, and the driving of the accessory driving solenoid 13 may be controlled by the board. .

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the movable member 12 was comprised so that it might slide along the diagonally upper direction of the game board 2, the direction to which the movable member 12 slides is not limited to the said Example. A movable member that is buried behind the front surface of the game board 2 may be projected to the front surface of the game board 2 to guide the ball to the transfer path 10a (ball inlet 10b) of the center frame 10, Alternatively, the sphere may be guided to the transfer path 10a by sliding the movable member in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, or by rotating the movable member. Further, the driving force applied to the movable member 12 is not limited to the solenoid driven by energization, and other driving devices such as a motor may be used.

  In addition, as shown in the above embodiment, when a ball wins (wins) a winning opening 4a, 7 including a symbol operating opening 4a, a certain number of balls are always paid out as a winning ball, which is beneficial to the player. It is not necessary to give the player, and a profit may be given to the player by writing data corresponding to the winning of the ball to the winning openings 4a and 7 to the magnetic card. In addition, a gate that forms a passage through which a ball can pass is provided at a predetermined position on the front surface of the game board 2, and when the ball passes through the passage, a prize ball is paid out or data is written to a magnetic card. A profit may be given to the player.

  Further, as shown in the above-described embodiment, the variable display, which is a kind of dynamic display, is not limited to the one that scrolls the pattern as identification information in the vertical direction on the LCD 3, but a predetermined path such as a horizontal direction or an L-shape. It may be performed by moving and displaying symbols along the line. In addition, the dynamic display of the identification information is not limited to the display of variation of the symbol. The effect display etc. which are displayed are also included. In this case, one or more characters are used as identification information together with the symbols or separately from the symbols.

  Further, the appearance of the movable member 12 and the contents of the display effects performed for each variation pattern are not limited to the display effects in the present embodiment, but imitate other objects (for example, a ball or a car). The variation pattern may be formed by forming a movable member or by another display effect (for example, an effect by a ball game or an effect by a car race). In this case, it is preferable that the display effect be accompanied by a display related to the appearance of the movable member.

  Furthermore, as shown in the above embodiment, the operation button 56 is provided on the left end of the upper plate 55. However, the position of the operation button 56 is not limited to this, for example, it is integrated with the operation handle 58 and operated. A button 56 may be arranged. Since the player who operates the pachinko machine 1 always keeps holding the operation handle 58, the player can easily operate the operation button 56 with the hand holding the operation handle 58.

  You may implement this invention in the pachinko machine etc. of a different type from the said Example. For example, once a big hit, a pachinko machine (commonly known as a two-time right, a three-time right, etc.) that increases the expected value of the big hit until a big hit state occurs (for example, twice or three times). May also be implemented. Moreover, after the jackpot symbol is displayed, it may be implemented as a pachinko machine that enters a special game state under the condition that a ball is awarded in a predetermined area. Further, in addition to the pachinko machine, the present invention may be implemented by another ball-type game machine such as an alepacchi or a sparrow ball.

The gaming machine and modified examples of the present invention are shown below. A display device for displaying identification information; detection means for detecting entry of a game ball into an operation area provided in a game area into which a game ball is inserted; and entry of the game ball into the operation area by the detection means Is detected, and whether or not to give a predetermined game value to the player based on the detection timing of the game ball entered by the detecting means is selected and the display device displays the identification information dynamically. Control means to perform, and when the lottery result for giving the predetermined game value is derived by the control means, the display device displays a predetermined display result and gives the predetermined game value In the gaming machine, storage means for storing the game ball on the upstream side in the flow direction of the game ball with respect to the operation area in the game area,
The storage release means for releasing the storage of the game ball stored by the storage means in response to the player's operation, and the control means when the detection means detects that the game ball has entered the operation area. Expressing means for expressing time information indicating a specific detection time from which a lottery result for giving the predetermined game value is derived; and the specific detection time indicated by the time information expressed by the expressing means; When the entrance detection timing is inconsistent, at least two types of the dynamic display variation types with different display modes set according to the entrance detection timing with respect to the specific detection time are included. A gaming machine 0 comprising a variation type selecting means for selecting a variation type for dynamic display.

  In the gaming machine 0, the variation type selecting means selects the first variation type when the entrance detection timing is within a first period earlier than the specific detection time, and the entrance detection timing is the specific detection time. A gaming machine 1 that selects a second variation type with a display mode different from the first variation type in a second period later than a detection time.

  According to the gaming machine 1, different variation types are selected depending on the first period in which the game ball entry detection time is earlier than the specific detection time and the second period later than the specific detection time. For this reason, the player can recognize whether the incoming detection time of the game ball is earlier or later than the specific detection time based on the difference in the display mode according to the variation type. Therefore, the player's interest in the game can be further increased by notifying the player of the operation result whether the incoming detection time of the game ball entered into the operation area by his / her operation is earlier or later than the specific detection time. In addition to increasing the game performance, the results before and after the shift in the previous operation can be reflected in the subsequent operation to give the gameability that the game skill is gradually increased.

  It should be noted that the specific detection time is a specific winning value in a gaming machine to which a predetermined gaming value is given when a starting condition is satisfied when a counter value updated at a predetermined timing shows a specific winning value. In the embodiment, it means a time indicating (when the value of the internal random number counter 23b indicates “7”). In addition, the first period (or the second period) is a certain period in which a predetermined width is given at a time earlier (or later) than a specific detection time.

  Further, as the first period in the gaming machine 1, for example, a period in which the value of the internal random number counter 23b updated every 2 ms in the above embodiment is 0 to 6 is exemplified, and the second period in the gaming machine 1 is exemplified. For example, a period in which the value of the internal random number counter 23b updated every 2 ms in the above embodiment is 8 to 15 is exemplified.

  In the gaming machine 0, the control means includes a counter that is updated every predetermined time, an update means that updates the count value of the counter, and the count value of the counter at the time when the game ball is detected by the detection means. And a lottery means for determining whether or not to give the predetermined game value based on whether or not the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition means is a predetermined specific value. The variation type selecting means is a value within a first interval in which the count value of the counter acquired by the acquiring means reaches the specific value by updating the predetermined first number or less by the updating means. In some cases, the first variation type is selected, and the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit is a predetermined second time by the update unit with respect to the specific value. Game machine 2, wherein the following if the value in the second section indicating an update, wherein the first variation type is to select the second variation type with different display modes.

  According to the gaming machine 2, the count value of the counter is acquired by the acquisition unit according to the entry detection timing of the game ball, and is specified when the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit is a predetermined specific value. As a result, it is determined that the predetermined game value is given by the lottery means. Here, when the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit is a value in the first section that reaches the specific value by the update of the first number or less by the update unit, the first variation type is selected by the variation type selection unit. Is selected. For this reason, when the entrance detection time of the game ball is earlier than a specific detection time within a certain time, the dynamic display based on the first variation type is selected by the variation type selection means.

  On the other hand, when the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit is a value within the second section indicating the update of the second number or less by the update unit with respect to the specific value, the first variation is performed by the variation type selection unit. A second variation type with a display mode different from the type is selected. For this reason, when the entrance detection time of the game ball is delayed within a certain time with respect to the specific detection time, the dynamic display based on the second change type is selected by the change type selecting means. Therefore, it is possible for the player to recognize whether the entry detection time of the game ball is earlier or later than the specific detection time based on the difference in display mode according to each variation type, and enter the operation area by his own operation. It is possible to give the gameability that the skill of the game is gradually increased by reflecting the operation result thus made on the subsequent operations.

  An example of the counter in the gaming machine 2 is an internal random number counter 23b provided in the RAM 23 of the main control board C in the above embodiment. The update means is exemplified by a counter update process (S14 in FIG. 9) for updating the value of the internal random number counter 23b, etc., and the acquisition means is S25 in the start winning variation start process (S12) shown in FIG. The process is illustrated. As the lottery means, the process of S51 in the special display command determination process (S33) shown in FIG. 12 is exemplified. Further, as the first interval in the above-described embodiment, the value of “0-6” that reaches the value “7” as the specific value by updating the value (count value) of the internal random number counter 23b seven times (first number) or less. As the second section, a section in which the value of the internal random number counter 23b indicates a value of “8 to 15” indicating update of the specific value 8 times (second number) or less is illustrated. The Here, the first number of times and the second number of times are not limited to the number corresponding to the above embodiment, and may be other numbers.

  In any one of the gaming machines 0 to 2, the variation type selecting means has a predetermined time on at least one of the early detection side and the late detection side with respect to the specific detection timing. A third variation type is selected in some cases, and a variation type other than the third variation type is selected when the entrance detection timing deviates to the one side from the certain time with respect to the specific detection timing. A gaming machine 3 that is characterized by

  According to the gaming machine 3, the variation type selecting means selects different variation types for the case where the difference between the entry detection time and the specific detection time is within a certain time and when the displacement is larger than the certain time. Can do. For this reason, the player can be made aware of the degree of timing difference between the detection timing of entering the operation area and the specific detection time based on the variation type selected by the variation type selection means. Therefore, the player's interest in the game is further heightened by notifying the player of the degree of timing difference between the entry detection timing of the game ball entered into the operation area by his own operation and the specific detection timing. Can improve the fun of gaming.

  In any one of the gaming machines 0 to 2, the control means includes a counter that is updated every predetermined time, an update means that updates the count value of the counter, and a count value of the counter that is detected by the detection means. Whether or not to give the predetermined game value based on whether the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition means and the count value acquired by the acquisition means is a predetermined specific value, which is acquired according to the entrance detection time Lottery means for determining the variation type selecting means, wherein the variation type selecting means is at least one of the count value of the counter acquired by the acquiring means before reaching the specific value or after reaching the specific value A third variation type is selected when the value is within a third interval indicating an update of a predetermined third number of times or less by the updating means on the side of In addition, the count value of the counter is a value within the fourth interval indicating an update for the number of times greater than the third number of times with respect to the specific value and an update of the fourth number of times greater than the third number of times. The gaming machine 4 is characterized in that a fourth variation type different from the third variation type is selected.

  According to the gaming machine 4, when the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit is a value in the third section indicating the update of the third number or less with respect to the specific value, In the case where the value is within the fourth section indicating the update for the number of times greater than the number of times and the update for the fourth number of times greater than the third number of times, separate variation types are selected by the variation selection means. For this reason, different variation types are used for the case where the difference between the game ball entry detection time and the specific detection time is within a certain time required for the update less than or equal to the third number of times, and when the deviation is larger than the certain time. Can be selected. Therefore, the player's interest in the game is further heightened by notifying the player of the degree of timing difference between the entry detection timing of the game ball entered into the operation area by his own operation and the specific detection timing. Can improve the fun of gaming.

  An example of the counter in the gaming machine 4 is an internal random number counter 23b provided in the RAM 23 of the main control board C in the above embodiment. An example of the updating means is a counter update process (the process of S14 in FIG. 9), and an example of the obtaining means is the process of S25 in the start winning variation start process (S12) shown in FIG. As the lottery means, the process of S51 in the special display command determination process (S33) shown in FIG. 12 is exemplified.

  Further, the third section in the gaming machine 4 indicates an update of 7 times (third number) or less before the value (count value) of the internal random number counter 23b in the above embodiment reaches “7” as the specific value. An interval indicating a value of “0 to 6” is exemplified. As the fourth interval, the value (count value) of the internal random number counter 23b is updated more than 7 times with respect to the specific value, and is updated 299 times ( (4th times) A section indicating a value of “308 to 599” indicating the following update is exemplified. Here, the third number of times and the fourth number of times are not limited to the number corresponding to the above embodiment, and may be other numbers. In addition, the third number and the fourth number may be set to the same number before reaching the specific value and after reaching the specific value, respectively, before reaching the specific value and after reaching the specific value. It may be set to a different number.

  In the gaming machine 3 or 4, the control means uses a specific fourth variation type when the lottery result that gives the predetermined game value is derived by the coincidence of the ball detection timing and the specific detection timing. The display device performs dynamic display, and the third variation type is the same type as the fourth variation type from the start of the dynamic display as compared to a variation type other than the third variation type. The gaming machine 5 is characterized in that it is a variable type with a long period of displaying the display mode.

  According to the gaming machine 5, the third variation type has a display mode of the same type as the fourth variation type performed by derivation of a lottery result that gives a predetermined game value as compared to a variation type other than the third variation type. It is a variable type with a long period of appearance. For this reason, it is possible to increase the degree of reliability (reliability) that allows the player to trust the jackpot when executing the third variation type as compared with the variation types other than the third variation type. Therefore, due to the third variation type selected when the difference between the entry detection time and the specific detection time is within a certain time, the difference in timing between the entry detection timing of the game ball and the specific detection time is small. This can be shown to the player more strongly. The same type of display mode is not necessarily required to be completely the same, and includes cases where the main display of the variation type is the same type and the identification information that can take various values is different. is there.

  In any one of the gaming machines 0 to 5, the second variation type selecting means selects only the variation type with an entertainment effect that appears in the middle of the dynamic display and allows the player to expect a predetermined game value. A gaming machine 6 characterized by being a thing.

  According to the gaming machine 6, since the variation type selected by the second variation type selection means is only the variation type accompanied by the entertainment effect, the storage releasing means is operated by the player's operation and the game ball is moved to the operation area. When entering the ball, the variation type accompanied by the entertainment effect is selected as the variation type of the dynamic display. Therefore, it is possible to make the player more aware of the gaming state that transitions after the dynamic display, and to change the sense of expectation that the player holds.

  In addition, the entertainment effect is one that appears in the middle of dynamic display through the player's visual, auditory, or tactile sensation and makes the player expect to be given a predetermined game value. As an entertainment effect, for example, a part of the dynamic display is stopped in the middle of the dynamic display and a part of the predetermined display result is constituted by a part of the stopped dynamic display to give the player a predetermined game value. The reach display that expects to be given is exemplified.

  In any one of the gaming machines 0 to 6, the expressing means expresses the specific detection time as the time information.

  According to the gaming machine 7, since the specific detection time from which the lottery result to which a predetermined game value is given is derived is expressed as time information by the expressing means, the player is notified of the specific detection time. It can be confirmed directly and easily based on the time information expressed by the means. Therefore, when a starting ball is entered when the game ball enters the operating region and the starting condition is satisfied, the player can perform a predetermined operation based on the time when the starting condition is satisfied and the specific detection time directly indicated by the expression means. It is possible to easily have different senses of expectation for giving game value.

  In addition, since the specific detection time is expressed as time information by the display means, after the storage of the game ball by the storage means is released by the storage release means, the detection means detects the entry of the game ball into the operation area The required time (time lag) required until the start condition is satisfied can be taken into consideration, and the storage release means can be operated at an earlier stage by the time lag so that the player can aim to acquire a predetermined game value. Therefore, if the storage release means is not operated in consideration of both the time information expressed by the expression means and the time lag, the starting condition cannot be established at the specific detection time, and the skill required of the player This makes it possible to increase the difficulty of the game and provide the player with a high level of technical intervention.

  In any one of the gaming machines 0 to 6, the display means is substantially the same as the time required for the game balls to enter the operating area after the storage of the game balls is released by the storage release means. The gaming machine 8 is characterized in that a time earlier than the specific detection time by time is expressed as the time information. After the storage of the game ball by the storage means is released by the storage release means, the operation area, the storage means, and the time from entering the operation area and detecting the entry of the game ball to the operation area by the detection means It requires a substantially constant time (time lag) according to the arrangement.

  According to the gaming machine 8, the time information is displayed by the displaying means substantially the same as the time required for the game ball to enter the operation area after the storage of the game ball is released by the storage releasing means. It is said that the time is earlier than the specific detection time by the amount of time. For this reason, the player can bring the time when the game ball enters the operating area closer to the specific detection time by operating the storage release means in accordance with the time information expressed by the display means. It is possible to aim for acquisition of a predetermined game value without considering a time lag during the operation of operating the storage release means. Therefore, it is possible to provide more players with an interest in gaming that aims to acquire a predetermined gaming value.

  In addition, since it is aimed to acquire a predetermined game value through the physical action of the flow of the game ball released from the storage by the storage release means, variations in the manufacturing or installation of the gaming machine, Due to minute changes such as dirt, the time lag until the game ball enters the operation area after the storage release means is operated varies. Therefore, even if the player increases the skill, it is possible to have a gameability that cannot always obtain a predetermined game value due to variations in the time lag, and it is possible to maintain a randomness for giving a predetermined game value. .

  In any one of the gaming machine 0 to the gaming machine 8, the display means is in a standby state where the dynamic display can be started when the detecting means detects that a game ball has entered the operation area. A gaming machine 9 that expresses the time information. When the starting means is satisfied when the detecting means detects that a game ball has entered the operating area during the waiting for change, execution of the dynamic display in which the starting condition is satisfied is immediately started.

  According to the gaming machine 9, since the timing information is expressed by the expressing means during the fluctuation waiting, the player can start the storage release means aiming at a specific detection time during the fluctuation waiting. The lottery result as to whether or not to give a predetermined game value to the condition can be shown at an earlier stage than when not waiting for change. Therefore, it is possible to respond to the player's expectation that the player wants to quickly confirm the result of the operation performed by participating in the game himself, and the interest of the game can be enhanced.

  In addition, since the dynamic display in which the start condition is satisfied during the fluctuation waiting can be started immediately, a series of continuous display of the timing information and the dynamic display that is started when the start condition is satisfied. It can be shown to the player as an effect, and the entertainment of the game can be enhanced by the effect with a high degree of freedom.

  Note that “waiting for fluctuation” indicates a period during which dynamic display can be started when the detecting means detects that a game ball has entered the operating area. Waiting for change is a period excluding during the execution of dynamic display or a specific game state such as a special game state, and the start condition is satisfied to wait for execution of one or more dynamic displays. In a gaming machine provided with storage means for storing dynamic display information, a state in which information on dynamic display during standby in which a start condition is satisfied is not stored in the storage means is exemplified. In addition, the control unit may include a determination unit that determines whether or not the variation is on standby, and the display unit may display the time information based on a determination result by the determination unit. As the determination means, for example, the processing of S26 in FIG. 10 and the processing of S27 in the above embodiment are exemplified.

  In any of the gaming machines 0 to 9, a ball storage detecting unit that detects whether or not the storage unit stores a game ball, and whether or not the storage unit stores a game ball by the ball storage detection unit. Sphere storage determining means for determining whether the storage means determines that the storage means stores the game ball when the storage means determines that the storage means is storing a game ball. A gaming machine 10 characterized by being.

  According to the gaming machine 10, when the storage means determines that the storage means stores the game ball, the timing information is expressed by the display means, so it is determined that the game ball is stored. Based on the expression of the information, it is possible to show the player in an easy-to-understand manner and to prompt the execution of an operation for releasing the storage of the game ball.

  In addition, as a ball storage detection means, the storage ball detection switch 16 in the said Example is illustrated, and a process of S61 of FIG. 13 in the said Example is illustrated as a ball storage determination means.

  In any one of the gaming machines 0 to 10, the display means displays the time information by causing at least the display device to display the time information. A player plays a game by paying attention to a dynamic display in which a predetermined display result appears when a predetermined game value is given.

  According to the gaming machine 11, the display means displays the time information by displaying the time information on at least a display device on which dynamic display is performed, so that the player pays attention to the game machine. The time information can be displayed on the device to be played, and a specific detection time from which a lottery result for giving a predetermined game value based on the time information is derived can be easily shown to the player.

  Examples of the display device include a liquid crystal display device (LCD) and a dot effect device using a light emitting diode. Further, the time information need not be displayed by displaying the time information on a display device on which the identification information is dynamically displayed. A second display device that is different from the display device that performs dynamic display may be provided, and the display means may display the time information on the other display device to display the time information. It is possible to prevent the display area of the dynamic display from being narrowed by displaying the time information.

  Any of the gaming machines 0 to 11 includes a sound output device capable of outputting a sound effect, and the display means outputs at least a specific sound effect to the sound output device to display the time information. A gaming machine 12 that is characterized by the following.

  According to the gaming machine 12, the player can easily recognize the time information based on the specific sound effect output by the sound output device without directing his / her line of sight to the position where the display device or the like is provided. In addition, as a sound output device, a speaker is illustrated, for example, and as a specific sound effect, a sound effect that is repeatedly output at a constant time interval in synchronization with a specific detection time is illustrated.

  Any one of the gaming machines 0 to 12, further comprising output means for outputting information relating to the gaming machine to an external device, wherein the expression means outputs the time information to the output means. Machine 13.

  According to the gaming machine 13, since the output means is provided with the output means for outputting the timing information to the external device, the timing information is shown to the player by connecting a device other than the gaming machine as the external device. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to freely determine whether or not to show the timing information to the player in accordance with the management policy of the game hall, and the degree of freedom of management of the game hall can be increased.

  Note that the output means in the gaming machine 13 is a process for outputting in synchronism with a specific detection time at which a lottery result to which a predetermined game value is given is derived by the control means, or on the back side of the gaming machine. An output terminal for outputting a typical on / off signal to an external device is exemplified.

  In any one of the gaming machines 0 to 13, the storage assisting means formed by switching between the first state and the second state in which the storage means is likely to store game balls from the first state, and establishment of a predetermined gaming condition The game machine 14 is provided with operation control means for controlling the switching operation of the storage auxiliary means based on the operation control means.

  According to the gaming machine 14, when the storage assisting means is switched from the first state to the second state by the control of the operation control means, the storage means is in a state where it is easy to store the game ball, and the storage releasing means is operated by the player's operation. The player is given many opportunities to act to obtain a predetermined game value. Since the switching operation of the storage assisting means is controlled based on the establishment of the predetermined game condition, the opportunity for an operation to release the storage of the game ball can be temporarily increased when the predetermined game condition is satisfied, It is possible to increase the attention and interest of the game that a player aims to acquire a predetermined game value by operating the storage release means.

  It should be noted that the second state in which game balls are more likely to be stored in the storage means than the first state formed by the storage auxiliary means is the second state in which more game balls are more likely to be stored in the storage means than in the first state. The 2nd state which raises the probability which stores a game ball in the storage means from the 1st state may be sufficient. For example, as the second state in which the probability of storing the game ball in the storage unit is higher than that in the first state formed by the storage assisting unit, the protrusion amount of the protrusion protruding on the specific path where the game ball is stored by the storage unit Can be adjusted, and the protrusion amount of the protrusion is increased to increase the probability of storing the game ball in a specific route. The storage assisting means in the gaming machine 14 is formed by switching between the forward state and the backward state in the above embodiment, and flows into the ball inlet 10b of the transfer path 10a of the center frame 10 provided with the projection 10f for storing the game ball. The movable member 12 that changes the number of game balls to be played is exemplified, and the operation control means is exemplified by the main control board C that controls the driving of the accessory driving solenoid 13 that operates the movable member 12.

  The gaming machine 14 includes guide means for forming a guide path for guiding the game ball to the operation area, and the storage means allows the game ball flowing from the entrance of the guide path formed by the guide means to be on the guide path. The storage auxiliary means is formed by switching between a first state and a second state in which game balls easily flow into the entrance of the guide path formed by the guide means from the first state. A gaming machine 15 characterized in that

  According to the gaming machine 15, the game ball guided to the guide route is stored on the guide route by the storage unit, and the storage of the game ball is released by the storage release unit according to the player's operation. Since the number of game balls flowing into the guide path changes according to the state of the storage assisting means that is switched when the predetermined game condition is established, the storage assisting means is in the second state for the player. When formed, it is possible to give a game property that more game balls are guided to the guide route. In addition, the center frame 10 in the said Example is illustrated as a guidance means in the gaming machine 15, for example, and the transfer path 10a, the stage 10c, and the exit rail are illustrated as the guidance path.

  In the gaming machine 14 or 15, the operation control means changes the storage auxiliary means from the first state to the second state for a certain period when a special display suggesting the operation of the storage auxiliary means is displayed on the dynamic display. A gaming machine 16 characterized in that a switching operation is performed.

  According to the gaming machine 16, what is displayed on the dynamic display when the storage assisting means is switched from the first state to the second state by the operation control means is a special display that suggests the operation of the storage assisting means. Therefore, the player can easily recognize that the switching operation of the storage auxiliary means has been performed by the special display. In addition, since the operation control means performs an operation of switching the storage auxiliary means to the second state for a certain period when the special display is displayed, the game in the second state is limited to the player, and the second state It can be given to the player with emphasis on the interest of the game that is expected to be switched to.

  In addition, as a special display, it is a display related to the storage auxiliary means, and is a display indicating the same object as the appearance of the storage auxiliary means or an object related to the storage auxiliary means, or a display indicating the position of the storage auxiliary means. Etc. are exemplified. The special display in the above embodiment corresponds to a crow reach display that displays a crow character that is the same object as the movable member 12 simulating a crow. Further, as the second state in the above-described embodiment, a state where the path between the center frame 10 and the movable member 12 is closed and the game ball flowing down between the two members is guided to the entrance of the transfer path 10a is illustrated. Is done.

  In any one of the gaming machines 14 to 16, the control means includes dynamic number counting means for counting the number of executions of the dynamic display performed after the predetermined game value is given, and the operation control means includes The game is characterized in that when the number of executions of the dynamic display counted by the dynamic number counting means reaches a predetermined number, the storage auxiliary means is controlled to be switched to the second state for a certain period. Machine 17. As the number of executions of the dynamic display after the predetermined game value is given increases, the player's dissatisfaction is raised.

  According to the gaming machine 17, when the number of executions of dynamic display after a predetermined game value is given reaches a predetermined number, the storage assisting unit is in the second state for a certain period of time under the control of the operation control unit. Can be switched. Therefore, for a player who has not been given a predetermined game value despite the execution of a predetermined number of dynamic displays, he / she activates the storage release means to actively acquire the predetermined game value. The opportunity to play can be given, and the interest of the game at the time of operation which operates the storage cancellation | release means can be improved further.

  Any one of the gaming machines 0 to 17 includes an operation means for inputting the player's operation information, and the previous-term storage release means stores the game balls stored by the storage means according to the operation information input by the operation means. A gaming machine 18 characterized in that the storage is released. As the operation means, the upper pan button 56 and the ball release switch 17 in the above embodiment are exemplified.

  A gaming machine 19 according to any one of the gaming machines 0 to 18, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko machine. Above all, the basic configuration of a pachinko machine is provided with an operation handle as an operation unit, and in response to the operation of the operation handle, a game ball is launched into a predetermined game area, and the game ball is arranged at a predetermined position in the game area. As a necessary condition for entering the actuated operating area (winning or passing through the actuating gate), the identification information dynamically displayed on the display device is confirmed and stopped after a predetermined time. In addition, when a special gaming state occurs as a given game value, a variable winning device (specific prize opening) arranged at a predetermined position in the gaming area can be opened in a predetermined manner to win a game ball And valuable value (including data written on a magnetic card as well as premium balls) according to the number of winnings.

1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
2 Game board 2c Game area 3 LCD (display device)
4a Design working port (working area)
10 Center frame 10f Protrusion (storage means)
15 Ball release solenoid (storage release means)
23b Internal random number counter (counter)
24 Type 1 start port switch (detection means)
C Main control board (part of control means)
D Control board for display (part of control means)
S14 Counter update process
S51 Lottery means

Claims (1)

A display device for displaying identification information; detection means for detecting entry of a game ball into an operation area provided in a game area into which a game ball is inserted; and entry of the game ball into the operation area by the detection means Is detected, based on the detection time of the game ball entered by the detection means, whether or not to give a predetermined game value to the player, lottery, and dynamic display of the identification information on the display device Control means to perform, and when the lottery result for giving the predetermined game value is derived by the control means, the display device displays the predetermined display result to give the predetermined game value In gaming machines,
Reserving means for storing the game ball on the upstream side in the flow direction of the game ball with respect to the operation area in the game area;
A storage release means for releasing the storage of the game ball stored by the storage means in accordance with the player's operation;
Table while starting can change waiting immediately the dynamic display are detected entering-sphere timing information indicating the entering-ball detection timing of the lottery result of applying the predetermined game value is derived by the previous SL control means An expression means to be issued;
When the entrance detection time indicated by the time information expressed by the display means and the entrance detection timing of the game ball detected by the detection means after the storage release by the storage release means are inconsistent The game ball entry detection time and the time information detected by the detection means after the storage is released by the storage release means from two or more types of dynamic display fluctuation types in which different display modes are set And a variation type selecting means for selecting the variation type of the dynamic display according to the entrance detection time indicated by
The control means includes a counter, an update means for updating the count value of the counter every predetermined time, an acquisition means for obtaining the count value of the counter in accordance with a game ball entry detection time by the detection means, Lottery means for determining whether to give the predetermined game value based on whether the count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition means is a predetermined specific value,
The variation type selecting means is
The count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit according to the entrance detection time of the game ball detected by the detection unit after the storage is released by the storage release unit is updated in the update order by the update unit. When the value is in the first section composed of values located before the specific value, the first variation type is selected,
The count value of the counter acquired by the acquisition unit according to the entrance detection time of the game ball detected by the detection unit after the storage is released by the storage release unit is updated in the update order by the update unit. A second variation type with a display mode different from the first variation type when the value is in a second interval that is configured from values positioned after a specific value and does not overlap with the first interval. gaming machine, characterized in der Rukoto those selected.

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