JP5283149B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can properly control presentation to inform a player of the status of the game based on the determination of big winning and the suspended number of random numbers for determining big winning. <P>SOLUTION: The command to report the number of balls to be suspended for running the special pattern and the command to report the game status determined at the time of determination of big winning are transferred to the sub integrated-board from the main board. On the sub integrated-board, time to send information of time shortening winning presentation showing whether normal winning is determined during the time shortening and details the information, and whether the information will be sent are controlled based on these commands. Thus, visually continuous presentation for multiple determinations of big winning is performed uninterruptedly and the status of the game at the time of determination of the next normal winning is reported to the player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine in which an effect is provided by a display screen, a lighting device, a speaker, and the like.

  Conventionally, a main control board that controls the main control of games such as detection of winning of game balls and determination of jackpots, and a sub-control board that controls the display screen, lighting device, speakers, etc. to produce an effect that further enhances the interest of the player A gaming machine equipped with is known. In this gaming machine, various signals are transmitted from the main control board to the sub-control board in accordance with various controls such as detection of a winning game ball and determination of jackpot. The sub-control board performs various effects synchronized with the progress of the game by controlling the effects according to the received signals. In addition, recently, with the reception of a signal transmitted from the main board, the contents of the production can be diversified by performing control for determining one of a plurality of productions on the sub-control board side. It has been broken.

  In such a gaming machine, a signal is transmitted from the main control board to the sub-control board every time a big hit determination is made, and the sub-control board determines the contents of the presentation and starts the presentation every time the signal is received. . Therefore, the production is divided for each jackpot determination, which is monotonous.

In view of this, a gaming machine has been proposed that has a visual relevance with the effect related to the previous jackpot determination (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this gaming machine, the content of the effect related to the previous jackpot determination is stored, and the content of the current effect is forcibly selected based on the stored content. As a result, it is possible to execute an effect over a plurality of jackpot determinations and improve game playability.
JP 2006-263317 A

  However, in such a conventional gaming machine, when the jackpot determination is performed continuously, it is possible to perform a visual relevance that spans multiple jackpot determinations, but the success of the jackpot determination is interrupted. In such a case, the relevance and continuity of the production are interrupted, causing a problem that makes the player feel uncomfortable. That is, there is a problem in that it is not possible to appropriately control the effect mode such as continuity according to the number of jackpot determination random numbers that are put on hold. Furthermore, when the game state at that time is notified to the player using a continuous effect, there is a possibility that the game state cannot be notified to the player if the effect is interrupted.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and appropriately provides an effect of notifying the player of the gaming state according to the determination result of the jackpot determination and the number of the jackpot determination random numbers that are put on hold. It is an object to provide a gaming machine that can be controlled.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 includes a gaming board in which a gaming area in which gaming balls flow down is formed, and an opening / closing member provided on the gaming board. Opening and closing the variable start opening and closing member of the variable start opening , the start opening game ball detecting means for detecting the winning of the game ball to the variable start opening, the winning of the game ball is possible when the member is opened A variable start opening / closing means, a passage provided on the game board, through which a game ball passes, a passage opening game ball detecting means for detecting the passage of the game ball to the passage, and the main control of the game A main control board for transmitting a signal in accordance with the control, a notification means for performing an effect of notifying the player of the gaming state, and a sub-control board for controlling a notification mode of the notification means by a signal received from the main control board A game machine comprising the main The control board acquires a jackpot random number for determining whether or not to execute a jackpot game, which is a game advantageous to the player, due to the detection of the game ball by the start opening game ball detecting means. A jackpot random number acquisition means, a jackpot random number storage means for sequentially storing the jackpot random numbers acquired by the jackpot random number acquisition means, and the jackpot random numbers stored in the jackpot random number storage means are predetermined predetermined jackpots. The jackpot determining means for determining whether the number is a random number, the gaming state control means for generating any one of a plurality of gaming states after the jackpot game is finished, and the jackpot determining means are determined to be a jackpot. Before the game state control means starts after the jackpot game to be executed thereafter A gaming state determination unit that determines a gaming state, a determined gaming state signal transmission unit that transmits a determined gaming state signal that is a signal indicating the gaming state determined by the gaming state determination unit, and a memory that is stored in the jackpot random number storage unit Among the received jackpot random numbers, the number-of-holds signal transmission means for transmitting a number-of-holds signal indicating a number of holds that is the number of jackpot random numbers that have not yet been determined by the jackpot determination means; and the passage port A normal hit random number for acquiring a normal hit random number for determining whether or not to execute a normal hit game for opening the opening / closing member of the variable start port due to the detection of the game ball by the game ball detecting means The normal random number acquired by the acquisition means and the normal random number acquisition means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as the normal random number. A normal hit determining means for determining whether or not the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determining means, and when the normal hit determining means controls the variable start opening / closing means to control the opening / closing member of the variable start opening for a predetermined time. The variable start opening / closing control means to be opened and the normal hit for measuring a predetermined first waiting time until the next determination by the normal hit determination means is made when the normal hit determination means determines that the normal hit is determined. Determination waiting time measuring means, and for each gaming state, at least one of a probability of being determined to be a big hit by the jackpot determining means and a probability of being determined to be a normal hit by the normal hit determining means is different, and the normal hit The determination means performs the next normal hit determination after the measurement of the first standby time by the normal hit determination standby time measuring means is completed. The measurement of the first waiting time by the normal hit determination waiting time measuring means is performed for all of the big hit random numbers stored in the big hit random number storage means by one normal hit game of the determination result by the big hit determination means. The sub-control board continues until after the display is finished, and the sub-control board notifies time of a specific effect indicating whether or not the gaming state after the determination by the jackpot determination means is a specific gaming state advantageous to the player, The notification content and whether or not to perform notification are controlled by the number-of-holds signal and the determined gaming state signal, and when the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determination means, the predetermined effect until the specific effect is performed Specific production start standby time measuring means for measuring the second standby time of the, the specific gaming state is determined by the normal hit determination means It is a normal high probability game state in which the probability of being determined to be a success is higher than normal, the measurement of the second standby time by the specific effect start standby time measuring means is completed, and the hold indicated by the hold number signal When the number is 0, control for executing the specific effect is performed .

The gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention has a game board in which a game area where game balls flow down is formed, and an opening / closing member provided on the game board, and the opening / closing member is opened. A variable start opening that allows a game ball to be won, a start opening game ball detecting means for detecting a winning of the game ball to the variable start opening, and a variable start opening that opens and closes the opening and closing member of the variable start opening Opening / closing means, a passage opening provided on the game board, through which a game ball passes, a passage opening game ball detecting means for detecting the passage of the game ball to the passage opening , and controlling the main control of the game. A main control board for transmitting a corresponding signal, an informing means for informing the player of the gaming state, and a sub-control board for controlling an informing mode of the informing means by a signal received from the main control board. The main control board is a gaming machine. A jackpot random number obtaining means for obtaining a jackpot random number for determining whether or not to execute a jackpot game which is a game advantageous to the player due to the detection of the game ball by the start opening game ball detecting means And whether the jackpot random number storage means for sequentially storing the jackpot random number acquired by the jackpot random number acquisition means, and whether the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number storage means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as a jackpot A jackpot determining means for determining whether or not, a gaming state control means for generating any one of a plurality of gaming states after the jackpot game is ended, and a jackpot determining means determined by the jackpot determining means The game state generated by the game state control means after completion of the jackpot game executed thereafter A gaming state determining means to be determined, a determined gaming state signal transmitting means for transmitting a determined gaming state signal which is a signal indicating the gaming state determined by the gaming state determining means, and the jackpot random number storage means stored in the jackpot random number storage means Among the jackpot random numbers, the number-of-holds signal transmitting means for transmitting the number-of-holds signal indicating the number of holds, which is the number of the jackpot random numbers that have not yet been determined by the jackpot determination means, and the passage game ball detection A normal hit random number acquisition means for acquiring a normal hit random number for determining whether or not to execute a normal hit game for opening the opening / closing member of the variable start port due to the detection of the game ball by the means; Determining whether or not the normal random number acquired by the normal random number acquisition means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as normal A normal hit determining means for performing a constant adjustment, and a variable start opening for controlling the variable start opening / closing means to open the opening / closing member of the variable start opening for a predetermined time when it is determined that the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determining means. A normal hit determination waiting time measuring means for measuring a predetermined first waiting time until the next determination by the normal hit determining means is performed when the normal hit determining means is determined by the opening / closing control means and the normal hit determining means. with the door, for each of the gaming state, the probability is determined that the jackpot by the jackpot determining means, and the Ri at least one of Do different probabilities that are determined per common by conventional hit determination means, the ordinary hit determination means, After the measurement of the first standby time by the normal hit determination standby time measuring means is completed, the next normal hit determination is performed, and the normal win determination is performed. The first waiting time is measured by the jackpot determination waiting time measuring means for all the jackpot random numbers stored in the jackpot random number storage means by one ordinary hit game, and determined by the jackpot determining means, and the jackpot The sub-control board continues until after the jackpot game executed when the jackpot is determined to be a big hit, and the sub-control board specifies that the gaming state after the judgment by the jackpot determiner is advantageous to the player The notification timing, the notification content, and whether or not to perform notification regarding the specific effect indicating whether or not the gaming state is entered are controlled by the holding number signal and the determined gaming state signal, and the normal hit determination means performs a normal hit. When it is determined that the specific production start standby time for measuring the predetermined second standby time until the specific production is performed Measuring means, and the specific gaming state is a normal high probability game state in which the probability of being determined as normal hit by the normal hit determination means is higher than normal, and the second stage by the specific effect start waiting time measuring means. Control of executing the specific effect is performed when the measurement of the waiting time is completed and the number of holds indicated by the hold number signal is zero .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect of the invention, the sub-control board is configured to notify the start of measurement by the specific effect start standby time measuring means. The means is controlled to start a pre-notification effect which is an effect before performing the specific effect.

In addition, in the gaming machine according to claim 4 of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 3 , the length of the pre-notification effect controlled by the sub-control board is equal to or longer than the second waiting time. It is characterized by the length.

Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 5 of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , the specific effect start waiting time measuring means is a normal hit by the normal hit determining means. When the first game ball wins the variable start port, the measurement of the second waiting time is started.

Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 6 of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , the measurement of the second waiting time by the specific effect start waiting time measuring means is It ends before the measurement of the first waiting time by the normal hit determination waiting time measuring means ends.

Further, the gaming machine according to claim 7 of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the sub-control board, the second by the specific effect start waiting time measuring means When the measurement of the standby time is completed and the number of holds indicated by the hold number signal is not 0, control is performed to execute a notification extension effect which is an effect performed until the specific effect is started. It is characterized by that.

Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 8 of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , the sub-control board has the gaming state indicated by the determined gaming state signal. It is characterized by comprising a determined gaming state storage means for storing whether or not it is the specific gaming state, and the notification content of the specific effect is controlled by the gaming state stored in the determined gaming state storage means.

According to the gaming machine of claim 1, a hold number signal indicating the number of holds that is the number of jackpot random numbers that have not yet been determined by the jackpot determination means, and a determined gaming state that indicates a gaming state after the end of the jackpot game A signal is transmitted from the main control board to the sub control board. Then, the sub-control board determines the notification time, the notification content, and whether or not to perform notification regarding the specific effect as to whether or not the gaming state after the determination by the jackpot determination means becomes a specific gaming state advantageous to the player. Control by the number-of-holds signal and the determined gaming state signal. Therefore, the effect of notifying the player of the gaming state can be appropriately controlled according to the determination result of the jackpot determination and the holding ball. Further, the jackpot determination is not performed unless it is determined to be a normal hit, and at least one of the probability of being determined to be a big hit by the jackpot determining means and the probability of being determined to be a normal hit by the normal hit determining means is a game. It can be changed for each state. Therefore, if the probability of being determined to be a normal hit is different, the time (difficulty) required until the opportunity to make a jackpot determination is changed, so that the player has a gaming state with a high probability of being determined to be a normal hit. You can enjoy the game while hoping to be born. Further, by providing a plurality of gaming states with different probabilities of being determined to be big hits, the player can enjoy the game while hoping that a gaming state with a high probability of being determined to be big hits will occur. Furthermore, since the effect by the notification means can be appropriately controlled according to the number of game balls won in the opened variable start opening, which game state among a plurality of game states is caused to occur. The interest of the player can be enhanced. In addition, since the specific gaming state advantageous to the player is a normal probability high-probability gaming state in which the probability of being determined to be a normal hit by the normal hit determination means is higher than normal, a jackpot determination is performed when the specific gaming state is reached. The time until is shorter than in other gaming states. Therefore, the player can play a game while expecting to enter a specific gaming state. In addition, it is possible to appropriately perform a notification effect as to whether or not a specific gaming state that is easily determined to be a normal hit is obtained as compared with other gaming states, and it is possible to enhance the interest of the player. In addition, when it is determined that the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determination unit, the determination by the next normal hit determination unit is performed after the predetermined first standby time is measured, and therefore the first standby time is set to an appropriate length. By doing so, it is possible to set the timing at which the normal hit determination is performed again after the normal hit is determined. In addition, for all the big hit random numbers stored in the big hit random number storage means by one normal hit game, since the measurement of the first waiting time continues after the display of the determination result by the big hit determination means, the big hit determination means It is possible to prevent the normal hit determination from being made before the jackpot determination by the end. Therefore, since the normal hit determination is performed according to the gaming state after the end of the jackpot determination, the game content is not complicated and does not impair the player's interest. Then, it is possible to provide a notification effect as to whether or not a specific gaming state is entered, with the digestion of jackpot determination for all the game balls won at the variable start opening by one normal winning game as one unit. Furthermore, it is possible to control the notification effect corresponding to the number of game balls won in the variable start opening. In addition, since the specific effect is not performed unless the measurement of the second standby time is completed, it is possible to adjust the time when the specific effect can be started by setting the second standby time to an appropriate length. it can. When the number of holds is 0, the game state at the time of the next normal hit determination is determined, so that a specific effect can be performed based on the determined game state. Therefore, when the jackpot determination is made for all the game balls that have won the variable start opening, the specific effect can be appropriately performed according to the number of holds.

In addition, the gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention has a holding number signal indicating a holding number that is a number of jackpot random numbers that have not yet been determined by the jackpot determining means, and a gaming state after the jackpot game is ended. The determined game state signal shown is transmitted from the main control board to the sub control board. Then, the sub-control board determines the notification time, the notification content, and whether or not to perform notification regarding the specific effect as to whether or not the gaming state after the determination by the jackpot determination means becomes a specific gaming state advantageous to the player. Control by the number-of-holds signal and the determined gaming state signal. Therefore, the effect of notifying the player of the gaming state can be appropriately controlled according to the determination result of the jackpot determination and the holding ball. Further, the jackpot determination is not performed unless it is determined to be a normal hit, and at least one of the probability of being determined to be a big hit by the jackpot determining means and the probability of being determined to be a normal hit by the normal hit determining means is a game. It can be changed for each state. Therefore, if the probability of being determined to be a normal hit is different, the time (difficulty) required until the opportunity to make a jackpot determination is changed, so that the player has a gaming state with a high probability of being determined to be a normal hit. You can enjoy the game while hoping to be born. Further, by providing a plurality of gaming states with different probabilities of being determined to be big hits, the player can enjoy the game while hoping that a gaming state with a high probability of being determined to be big hits will occur. Furthermore, since the effect by the notification means can be appropriately controlled according to the number of game balls won in the opened variable start opening, which game state among a plurality of game states is caused to occur. The interest of the player can be enhanced. In addition, since the specific gaming state advantageous to the player is a normal probability high-probability gaming state in which the probability of being determined to be a normal hit by the normal hit determination means is higher than normal, a jackpot determination is performed when the specific gaming state is reached. The time until is shorter than in other gaming states. Therefore, the player can play a game while expecting to enter a specific gaming state. In addition, it is possible to appropriately perform a notification effect as to whether or not a specific gaming state that is easily determined to be a normal hit is obtained as compared with other gaming states, and it is possible to enhance the interest of the player. In addition, when it is determined that the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determination unit, the determination by the next normal hit determination unit is performed after the predetermined first standby time is measured, and therefore the first standby time is set to an appropriate length. By doing so, it is possible to set the timing at which the normal hit determination is performed again after the normal hit is determined. In addition, for all the jackpot random numbers stored in the jackpot random number storage means by one ordinary hit game, the judgment is made by the jackpot determination means, and the first jackpot game executed when all the jackpot games executed when determined to be the jackpot are finished Since the measurement of the waiting time is continued, it is possible to prevent the normal hit determination from being performed before the big hit determination ends or during the big hit game. Therefore, since a series of games consisting of a normal hit game and a jackpot game does not overlap with a series of games performed when the next normal hit is determined, the player can efficiently acquire a game ball. Can do. Then, it is possible to provide a notification effect as to whether or not a specific gaming state is entered, with the digestion of jackpot determination for all the game balls won at the variable start opening by one normal winning game as one unit. Furthermore, it is possible to control the notification effect corresponding to the number of game balls won in the variable start opening. In addition, since the specific effect is not performed unless the measurement of the second standby time is completed, it is possible to adjust the time when the specific effect can be started by setting the second standby time to an appropriate length. it can. When the number of holds is 0, the game state at the time of the next normal hit determination is determined, so that a specific effect can be performed based on the determined game state. Therefore, when the jackpot determination is made for all the game balls that have won the variable start opening, the specific effect can be appropriately performed according to the number of holds.

Further, the gaming machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, to perform the notification before effect is before the effect of performing the specific effect in a second waiting time In this way, the player's interest can be more attractive. That is, by performing the pre-notification effect during the second standby time and then performing the specific effect, it is possible to effectively perform the effect until the next normal hit determination is performed.

In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 3 , the gaming machine according to claim 4 of the present invention is interrupted by setting the length of the pre-notification effect to a length equal to or longer than the second standby time. It is possible to perform a visually continuous pre-notification effect.

In addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , the gaming machine according to claim 5 of the present invention has a second game when the first game ball to the variable start port wins. Since the measurement of the waiting time is started, the measurement of the second waiting time and the subsequent specific effect are not performed when no game balls have won the variable start port. Therefore, it can prevent impairing a player's interest by performing useless production. In addition, the specific performance can be started at a more appropriate time according to the time required for the jackpot determination and the jackpot game than when the measurement of the second waiting time is started at another timing.

The gaming machine according to claim 6 of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , is measured by the next normal hit determination means for measuring the second waiting time. The game state at the time of the next normal hit determination is given to the player by a specific effect before the next normal hit determination is made. Can be notified. Therefore, the player can be more entertained than when the game state is notified by other operations such as opening a variable prize opening.

The gaming machine according to claim 7 of the present invention has the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , in addition, when the measurement of the second waiting time is completed and the number of holds is not zero. Because the notification extension effect, which is an effect performed until the start of the specific effect, is executed, even if the start of the specific effect is later than the end of the second waiting time, the effect is generated by the notification extension effect. It can run without interruption and entertain the player.

Further, in the gaming machine according to claim 8 of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , the content indicated by the determined gaming state signal is stored in the determined gaming state storage means. Even after receiving the determined gaming state signal, the notification content of the specific effect can be determined based on this signal.

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine 1 which is an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the symbol display device 8.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, a game board 2 is provided in which a game ball as a game medium launched from a launcher (not shown) flows by operating the launch handle 7. ing. This game board 2 is substantially square (see FIG. 2) and is protected by a front frame 11 holding a transparent glass plate. In the lower part of the game board 2, an upper plate 5 is provided for supplying game balls to the launcher and receiving prize balls. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided immediately below the upper plate 5, and a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6. Further, an illuminating device 35 is formed on the upper portion of the front frame 11 so as to bulge forward substantially over the entire length in the left-right direction. It has been. A large number of lighting lamps for production are provided on the front surface of the front frame 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is provided on the front surface of the game board 2. In the approximate center of the game area 4, there is provided a symbol display device 8 having a display screen 28 composed of an LCD, various lamps, LEDs and the like. An ordinary symbol starting gate 12 is provided on the left side of the symbol display device 8, and an ordinary electric accessory 13 is provided below the ordinary symbol starting gate 12. In addition, a second big prize opening 17 is provided below the symbol display device 8, and a first big prize opening 16 is provided below the second big prize opening 17. Note that the ordinary electric accessory 13, the first big prize opening 16, and the second big prize opening 17 are provided with opening / closing members that are opened at a predetermined timing. The game ball can be won only when the opening / closing member is opened (when the ordinary electric accessory 13, the first grand prize opening 16, and the second big prize opening 17 are opened). The game ball cannot be won at the time of closing (when the ordinary electric accessory 13, the first grand prize opening 16, and the second big prize opening 17 are closed).

  A game ball guiding member 22 for guiding a game ball flowing down the game board 2 toward the two large winning ports 16 and 17 is provided on the left side of the second large winning port 17. Further, the normal winning openings 18, 19, and 20 are provided on the left side of the first grand prize opening 16, and the normal winning opening 21 is provided on the right side. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various illumination lamps, other illumination LEDs, a windmill, a number of game nails, and the like.

  Next, the symbol display device 8 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the symbol display device 8 includes a display screen 28 in the center. Various images such as moving images and messages are displayed on the display screen 28. In particular, in order to notify the result of the normal hit determination, the demo symbol display unit D1 is arranged on the display screen 28 side by side, left, right, and center. There are provided three display areas, a demo symbol display part D2 and a demo symbol display part D3. The demo symbol display portions D1 to D3 occupy a wider area than a normal symbol display portion 24 and a special symbol display portion 25 described later so as to attract the player's eyes. In addition, during the normal hit game, whether or not the next normal hit determination is performed in the short-time game state (in the normal hit high probability state) is determined by the player using the display screen 28, the speaker 48, the lighting device 35, and the like. The details will be described later.

  Further, the symbol display device 8 is provided with a normal symbol memory number display LED 59 composed of four LEDs below the display screen 28, and a normal symbol display unit 24 composed of one LED is provided on the right side thereof. ing. In the normal symbol display unit 24, the lighting state indicates normal winning, the unlit indicates normal winning, and the blinking state is a fluctuating state indicating that the determination result of the normal winning determination will be notified from now on. Yes. Further, the normal symbol memory number display LED 59 passes through the normal symbol start gate 12 (see FIG. 2), and the number of game balls for which the normal symbol determination result is not yet displayed on the normal symbol display unit 24, so-called normal symbols. The number of operation hold balls is displayed by the number of LEDs to be lit.

  In addition, the symbol display device 8 is provided with a special symbol memory number display LED 60 composed of four LEDs above the display screen 28, and above that a special symbol display unit 25 composed of two seven segments. Is provided. The special symbol display unit 25 displays a special symbol consisting of alphabets and numbers that can be displayed in 7 segments, or a combination thereof. For this special symbol, a “bonus special symbol” and a “offset special symbol” are predetermined for each combination, and the “bonus special symbol” is further provided with a “probability variation symbol” and a “non-probability variation symbol”. ing. Also, the special symbol memory number display LED 60 wins the ordinary electric accessory 13 (see FIG. 2), and the number of game balls for which the result of the big hit determination is not yet displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, so-called special symbol operation suspension. The number of balls is displayed by the number of LEDs that are lit.

  Here, the game and effect in the pachinko machine 1 of this Embodiment are demonstrated. In the pachinko machine 1, when the game ball passes the normal symbol start gate 12, the normal hit determination is performed. In the present embodiment, the normal hit low probability state (non-time-saving gaming state) in which the probability of being determined to be “winning” in the normal hit determination is 5/719, and the normal hit high probability state (time-short game) of 718/719. State) can occur. If the determination result of the normal hit determination is “winning”, the pachinko machine 1 is in the normal hit state, the normal electric accessory 13 is opened, and the game ball can be won in the normal electric accessory 13. Become. The ordinary electric accessory 13 is closed when a predetermined time (4.5 seconds) elapses or when five game balls are won. Here, the determination result of the normal hit determination is displayed on the normal symbol display unit 24 and further displayed on the demo symbol display units D1 to D3 of the display screen 28. The demo symbol display units D1 to D3 are configured to attract the player's eyes more than the normal symbol display unit 24, and further synchronize with the background screen of the display screen 28, the lighting device 35, the speaker 48, and the like. Thus, the result of the normal hit determination is informed to increase the player's interest and expectation.

  Next, when a game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 13, a jackpot determination is performed. In the present embodiment, a jackpot low-probability state (normal state) in which the probability of being a jackpot determination is 2009/2011 and a jackpot high-probability state (probability variation state) in 2010/2011 are generated. be able to. If the determination result of the jackpot determination is “Big jackpot”, the pachinko machine 1 is in the jackpot gaming state, and the jackpot game in which the first big winning opening 16 and the second big winning opening 17 are sequentially opened once is executed, The game ball is ready to be awarded to the first grand prize opening 16 and the second big prize opening 17. The first grand prize winning port 16 and the second major prize winning port 17 are closed when a predetermined time elapses or one game ball is won. Therefore, every time it is determined as “winning” once by the normal hit determination, a maximum of 5 jackpot games are played.

  Further, when it is determined that the jackpot is “big jackpot”, it is determined whether the jackpot is a probability variation jackpot or a non-probability variation jackpot according to the selected special symbol. When it is determined as “big hit”, the probability that “probability variation symbol” is selected and the probability variation is determined as big hit is 81/84. Then, if it is determined that the probability variation jackpot, the probability variation state and the short-time gaming state that continue until the stop display time after the next special symbol variation ends are simultaneously generated after the jackpot game ends (this game The state is referred to as “short state when probability change”). On the other hand, if it is determined that the non-probability variation jackpot, the above-described normal state and non-time-saving gaming state are caused (this gaming state is referred to as “normal state”).

  Accordingly, when it is determined as “winning” in the normal winning determination and the game ball wins the normal electric accessory 13, it is determined as “big hit” with a probability of 2009/2011 or 2010/2011. Then, if this jackpot is a probability variation jackpot determined with a probability of 81/84, and if a normal hit determination is made during the subsequent short-time gaming state, the next immediately with a probability of 718/719 The normal hit game and up to five jackpot games will be played. That is, a normal hit game and a jackpot game are continued. Details of this will be described later with reference to a flowchart.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, an effect control board 43, a payout control board 45, an electrical decoration board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub integrated board 58. This control part 40 is provided in the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (refer FIG. 1).

  First, the main substrate 41 will be described. The main board 41 that performs main control of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a main board CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The main board CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 for performing various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 for temporarily storing data values generated during the arithmetic processes, a control program, initial values of various data, and other boards. And a ROM 53 that stores commands and the like for instructing these, and these are integrally molded as one LSI. Further, an interrupt signal generation circuit 57 is connected to the CPU unit 50, and the CPU 51 executes a control program stored in the ROM 53 every time an interrupt signal is input from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57. To do.

  The main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54 to detect a sub-integrated board 58, a sub-board such as a payout control board 45, a relay board 47 and the like, and a game ball won in the ordinary electric accessory 13 A start port switch 72, which is a proximity switch for connecting, is connected. Further, the I / O interface 54 of the main board 41 is connected to an output port 55 for outputting information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown).

  Next, the payout control board 45 and the relay board 47 will be described. The payout control board 45 incorporates a CPU 45 a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to a prize ball payout device 49. Then, according to the command transmitted from the main board 41, the prize ball payout device 49 is controlled. Further, the relay board 47 has an electric accessory opening solenoid 69 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the ordinary electric accessory 13, and a first big prize opening opening solenoid 70 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the first big prize opening 16. The second big prize opening opening solenoid 71 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the second big prize opening 17, the normal symbol operation switch 73 for detecting the game ball passing through the normal symbol starting gate 12, and the first big prize opening 16 The first big prize opening switch 75 for counting the number of game balls won, the second big prize opening switch 76 for counting the number of game balls won in the second big prize opening 17, and the normal winning openings 18 to 21 A winning port switch 77 for detecting a winning game ball, a normal symbol display unit 24, and a special symbol display unit 25 are connected. The relay board 47 relays wiring of switches and solenoids and relays from the main board 41 to a display unit or the like that is directly controlled. In addition, when a game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 13, the first grand prize port 16, the second major prize port 17, and the normal prize ports 18 to 21, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out.

  Next, the sub integrated board 58, the effect control board 43, and the electrical decoration board 46 will be described. The sub integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 581, a RAM 582, and a ROM 583, and is connected to the effect control board 43, the electrical decoration board 46, and the speaker 48. Then, in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41, comprehensive control such as production is performed. Further, the effect control board 43 incorporates a CPU 43a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and controls the display screen 28. The illumination board 46 incorporates a CPU 46a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and controls the lighting device 35.

  Next, the power supply substrate 42 will be described. The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41 and the game ball launching device 37, and supplies DC stabilized power to each board and the game ball launching device 37. The game ball launching device 37 includes a launching motor (not shown), a touch sensor provided on the launching handle 7, a launching device stop switch, a firing strength adjustment volume, and the like. The game ball launching device 37 has a fixed interval (in this embodiment, 0.6 seconds). ) Launch one game ball into the game area every time.

  Next, the storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41. As shown in FIG. 5, the ROM 53 has an initial setting storage area 5301 for storing initial values stored in the respective storage areas when the pachinko machine 1 is reset, and the CPU 51 for controlling the pachinko machine 1. Control program storage area 5302 for storing various control programs, control command table storage area 5303 for storing a table of control commands output from the main board 41 to the sub-integrated board 58, and a special symbol combination displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 A special symbol combination pattern storage area 5304 for storing information, a normal symbol variation pattern storage area 5305 for storing information such as a table regarding a variation pattern when notifying the determination result of the normal hit determination, a normal hit determination, a jackpot determination, and Each referenced when special symbols are determined Such determination table storage area 5306 for storing a table is provided. Further, the ROM 53 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, the storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41. As shown in FIG. 6, the RAM 52 stores a counter storage area 5201 for storing various counters, a winning ball flag storage for storing a flag indicating whether or not a game ball has won a normal symbol starting gate 12 or each winning opening. Area 5202, normal winning relation information storage area 5203 for storing a random number acquired when winning a game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 for storing the normal symbol operation reserved ball number, normal Sub-integration from the main board 41, a jackpot related information storage area 5205 for storing random numbers acquired when winning a game ball to the electric accessory 13, a special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 for storing a special symbol operation reserved ball number Command-related storage error that stores control commands output to the board 58, the payout control board 45, the electrical decoration board 46, the relay board 47, etc. A 5207, flag relation storage area 5208 for storing various flags. Further, the RAM 52 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, each counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 will be described. The counter stored in the RAM 52 includes a random number acquisition counter for acquiring a random number, a timer counter for measuring time, a winning ball counter for counting the number of winning balls, and the like.

  First, the random number acquisition counter will be described. As the random number acquisition counter, there are a normal hit determination counter, a variation pattern determination counter, a big hit determination counter, a hit special symbol creation counter, an extra special symbol generation counter, and the like. The values of these counters are set at regular intervals (for example, in the counter update process of the main process (S12, see FIG. 9)) that is executed based on the interrupt signal from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 4). , A predetermined amount (for example, “1”) is added every 2 ms which is an interval of interrupt signal generation. Each counter has a minimum value (lower limit value) and a maximum value (upper limit value), and is configured to circulate in a numerical value in a range from the minimum value to the maximum value. In other words, if the counter value becomes the same as the maximum value as a result of the update, the counter value takes the minimum value in the next update. In each random number acquisition counter, “0” is stored as an initial value when the pachinko machine 1 is activated. When the value is rounded to the same value as the initial value “0” by updating, a new initial value is set. Acquired and “1” is added to the initial value. The new initial value is repeatedly executed while the CPU 51 does not perform the main process (see FIG. 9) (until the main process ends and the new main process is started by the interrupt signal). A random number generated by an initial value random number process (a process for generating a random number by a predetermined algorithm) not shown is used.

  For example, the maximum value of the normal hit determination counter used for determining the normal hit is “719”, and the minimum value is “0”. Then, “1” is added every interrupt (every 2 ms), and when it becomes “720” or more, it returns to “0”. When the random number generated last time by the initial value random number processing is “18”, “0” is added to “1”, “2”, and when it becomes “18”, a new one is added. An initial value is acquired, and “1” is added to the initial value. These random number acquisition counters are used in normal symbol processing (see FIGS. 10 and 11) and special symbol processing (see FIGS. 13 and 14) of the main processing described later.

  Next, the timer counter will be described. The timer counter is a counter used for measuring time, and a predetermined value is stored as an initial value at the start of time measurement. For example, when measuring 1 second, “500” is stored as an initial value. Then, “1” is subtracted by “1” in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 9) performed every 2 ms, which is the interval of interrupt signal generation. If the value is not “0”, it is determined that the time is being measured. When the value becomes “0”, it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed. The value of the timer counter is programmed not to be updated after it becomes “0”. Although a large number of timer counters are used in this embodiment, the description of each timer counter will be described later.

  Next, the winning ball counter will be described. In this embodiment, an ordinary electric accessory winning ball counter is used as the winning ball counter. The value of the number of winning counters for the ordinary electric accessory winning ball counts the number of game balls won to the ordinary electric accessory 13 while the opening / closing member provided in the ordinary electric accessory 13 performs one opening / closing operation. Used for. Then, when the value of the ordinary electric accessory winning ball counter reaches “5” or more, or when a predetermined time elapses, the ordinary electric accessory 13 is closed. The initial value of the ordinary electric accessory winning ball counter is “0”. In the main process switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 9) described later, every time a game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 13 “ 1 ”is added.

  Next, the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing the ordinary hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52. This normal hit relation information storage area 5203 is used in the normal symbol processing (see FIGS. 10 and 11) of the main processing described later. As shown in FIG. 7, the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 is provided with a determination area, a first storage area, a second storage area, a third storage area, and a fourth storage area. In the first to fourth memory areas, random numbers acquired by game balls (ordinary symbol operation pending balls) that have passed the normal symbol start gate 12 and have not yet been notified of the determination result of the normal hit determination are stored. Is done. In the determination area, a result of the normal hit determination currently being performed and a random number based on the normal hit game are stored. Each of the determination area and the first to fourth storage areas is provided with a normal hit random number column and a variation pattern determination random number column. The normal hit random number column stores the value of the normal hit determination counter, and the variation pattern The value of the variation pattern determination counter is stored in the determined random number column.

  When it is confirmed that the game ball has passed through the normal symbol start gate 12 in the normal symbol processing, the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 in the first memory area to the fourth memory area. Two values are stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to (ordinary symbol operation holding ball number). For example, if the number of normal symbol actuated balls is “3”, it is stored in the third storage area. Then, when the processing for the value stored in the determination area is completed, the next processing for the number of normal symbol operation reserved balls is performed. Therefore, the value stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, and the jackpot determination result is notified based on the value stored in the determination area. In addition, as the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, each value in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to a young storage area with one number, and the value in the fourth storage area is cleared. Here, the number of storage areas is four. In other words, the number of game balls that have passed through the normal symbol start gate 12 can be stored in random numbers and can be suspended. Therefore, the upper limit of the number of normal symbol operation reserved balls is four, and the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 does not take a value larger than “4”.

  Next, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52. This jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 13 and 14) of the main process described later. As shown in FIG. 8, the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided with a determination area and first to fourth storage areas in the same manner as the ordinary hit relation information storage area 5203 described above. In the area, a random number obtained for a game ball (the number of special symbol actuated holding balls) that has won the ordinary electric accessory 13 and has not yet been notified of the result of the jackpot determination is stored. The determination area stores information on the result of the jackpot determination that is currently being performed and random numbers that are the basis of the jackpot game.

  In each of the determination area and the first to fourth storage areas, a jackpot random number field in which the value of the jackpot determination counter is stored, a special symbol determination random number field in which the value of the hit special symbol creation counter is stored, and an extra special A special symbol determination random number field for storing the value of the symbol creation counter is provided. When the winning of the game ball to the ordinary electric accessory 13 is confirmed, each value is stored in the storage area corresponding to the value (special symbol operation reserved ball number) in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206, Based on this value, jackpot determination and special symbol determination are performed. Note that, depending on the determined special symbol, it is determined whether the gaming state that occurs after the jackpot determination ends is the probability variation short state or the normal state, which will be described in detail later.

  Next, details of the operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41. FIGS. 10 and 11 are flowcharts of a subroutine of normal symbol processing performed in the main process, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a subroutine of ordinary electric accessory processing performed in the main process. 13 and 14 are flowcharts of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main process, and FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a subroutine of special electric equipment processing performed in the main process. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  The control of the pachinko machine 1 is performed by a control program stored in the control program storage area 5302 of the ROM 53. The main process of the control program is executed by the CPU 51 when the CPU 51 senses an interrupt signal generated by the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 4). Since the interrupt signal is generated at regular intervals (2 ms in the present embodiment), the main process is repeatedly executed every 2 ms.

  First, main processing performed on the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, when the main process is started by detecting the interrupt signal, a command output process is first performed (S10). In this command output process, a control command is output to the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the electrical decoration board 46, the relay board 47, etc. via the I / O interface 54. The control command includes a command for instructing the determined normal symbol variation pattern, a command for instructing the timing for stopping the normal symbol, a command for instructing the opening / closing timing of the electric accessory, and the determination result of the jackpot determination. There are a number of commands such as a command for notifying to the sub-integrated board 58 and a command for notifying the number of special symbol actuated spheres. The control command output here is a control command stored as an output command in the command relation storage area 5207 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). In this switch reading process, a process of detecting the winning of a game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, the ordinary electric accessory 13, the first grand prize opening 16, the second major prize opening 17, and the normal prize winning openings 18 to 21 is performed. Is called. Specifically, the normal symbol operation switch 73 provided at the normal symbol start gate 12, the start port switch 72 provided at the normal electric accessory 13, and the first large prize provided at the first grand prize winning port 16. The winning opening switch 75, the second large winning opening switch 76 provided in the second winning opening 17, and the winning opening switch 77 provided in the normal winning openings 18 to 21 are used. If it is determined that a winning is made, the flag corresponding to each switch stored in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 of the RAM 52 is turned ON. At the start of the switch reading process, all the flags in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 are reset.

  When the switch reading process ends, a counter update process is then performed (S12). As described above, in this counter update process, each value of the random number acquisition counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 is added by a predetermined amount, and each value of the timer counter is subtracted by a predetermined amount.

  When the counter update process ends, a special electric accessory process is performed (S13). In this special electric accessory process, a process for controlling the operation of the jackpot game, a process related to the game state generated after the jackpot game is finished, and the like are performed. Refer to the flowchart shown in FIG. 15 for details. It will be described later.

  When the special electric accessory process is completed, a special symbol process is performed (S14). In this special symbol processing, determination of jackpot, determination of special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, storage of a command for notifying the sub-integrated board 58 of the jackpot determination result and the number of special symbol operation hold balls, special Processing such as storing a command for controlling the fluctuation of the symbol is performed. This special symbol process will be described later with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

  When the special symbol process is completed, the ordinary electric accessory process is performed (S15). In this ordinary electric accessory process, a process for controlling the operation of opening and closing the ordinary electric accessory 13 when a normal hit is made is performed, and details thereof will be described later with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. .

  When the normal electric accessory processing is completed, normal symbol processing is performed (S16). In the normal symbol process, when the flag corresponding to the normal symbol operation switch 73 is “ON” in the switch reading process (S11), a normal random number is obtained and displayed on the display screen 28 as a normal hit determination. Such as determining the demo pattern variation pattern, storing commands for controlling the demo symbol and normal symbol variation, and setting the normal hit gaming state flag indicating whether or not the normal hit gaming state is “ON”, etc. Done. This normal symbol processing will be described later with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

  When the normal symbol process is completed, a payout process for paying out prize balls is performed (S17), and then an error check is performed (S18). If an error has occurred in the pachinko machine 1, an error is displayed on the display screen 28, the lighting device 35 is lit or blinked, or an error sound is generated from the speaker 48. Therefore, an error command for transmission to the sub-integrated board 58 in the command output process of S10 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207. Next, an information output process is performed (S19). In this information output process, various types of information such as jackpot information and starting information of the pachinko machine 1 are output via the output port 55 to a game hall management computer (not shown). When the information output process ends, the main process ends. When the interrupt signal is received from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57, the main process is executed again from the beginning.

  Here, an example of the operation of the pachinko machine 1 when a certain game ball passes the normal symbol start gate 12 and is determined to be a normal hit will be described as an example, and a series of main processes will be described. When the player operates a launch handle 7 provided on the lower side of the game board 2 to launch a game ball into the game area 4, the game ball flows down the game area 4. When the game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 12, passage of the game ball is detected in the switch reading process, and the corresponding flag in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 is set to “ON” (S11). Then, the normal symbol and the demo symbol in the display screen 28 are stopped, and the symbol indicating the normal hit is displayed. When the normal winning symbol stop display time elapses, the normal hit gaming state flag in the flag related storage area 5208 is set to “ON” (S16). Then, the command for opening the ordinary electric accessory 13 is stored in the normal electric accessory process (S15) of the main process to be executed next, and the main process is repeatedly performed. When a winning of five game balls is detected or a predetermined opening time (4.5 seconds) has elapsed, a command for closing the ordinary electric accessory 13 is stored.

  When the winning of the game ball to the ordinary electric accessory 13 is detected by the switch reading process (S11) and the corresponding flag is set to “ON”, the jackpot determination and the special symbol determination are performed in the special symbol process (S14). Is performed, and a process related to the variation of the special symbol is performed. In this jackpot determination, the probability of being determined as “big hit” is 2009/2011 or 2010/2011. If it is determined that the jackpot is won, the jackpot gaming state flag in the flag relation storage area 5208 is set to “ON”. , 17 are stored. If the determined special symbol is a probability variation symbol, that is, “probability variation jackpot”, both the probability variation flag and the short-time state flag are set to “ON” after the jackpot gaming state ends. If the next normal hit determination is performed when the short-time state flag is “ON”, the normal hit is again made with a probability of 718/719 (S16), and therefore, when the short-time state flag is “OFF” (normal win) It is expected that the next ordinary electric accessory 13 will be opened (S15) and an opportunity for a jackpot determination to be made (S14) at a time interval shorter than the probability 5/719). In other words, when the time-short state flag is “ON”, a normal hit and a big win are continuously generated at shorter time intervals than when it is “OFF”, and a large number of game balls are paid out to the player.

  Next, details of the normal symbol processing (S16) of the main processing will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the flags used in normal symbol processing will be described. The flag-related storage area 5208 stores a normal symbol display state flag, a normal winning game state flag, a short / medium time flag, and the like. The normal symbol display state flag is a flag indicating the state of the normal symbol display unit 24, and is “1” when the normal symbol display unit 24 is changing (during change), and when stopped (during stop display). ) Is stored as “2”, and “0” is stored when neither change nor stop display is displayed. The normal hit game state flag is “1” stored in the normal hit game state and is “ON”; otherwise, “0” is stored and “OFF”. ing. In addition, the “short / middle flag” stores “1” when the “probability variation short-time state” occurs and becomes “ON”, and “0” when the “normal state” occurs. " It should be noted that the normal symbol fluctuation time is shorter in the short time state (short time) during the probability variation time short flag ("short time short") when the short time flag is "ON", and in the normal hit determination The probability of being determined as “ordinary hit” is higher than in the normal state. The initial value of each flag is “0”.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when the normal symbol process of the main process is started, a process related to the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed through the normal symbol start gate 12 (S21). In the main process switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 9), when the normal symbol operation switch 73 provided in the normal symbol start gate 12 detects the passing of the game ball, the normal in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 The flag corresponding to the symbol operation switch 73 is “ON”. Therefore, in S21, it is determined whether or not the flag corresponding to the normal symbol operation switch 73 is “ON”. If the flag is not “ON” (S21: NO), the game ball is the normal symbol start gate 12. Since it has not passed, it transfers to determination of S25 as it is.

  When the flag corresponding to the normal symbol operation switch 73 is “ON” (S21: YES), since the game ball has passed through the normal symbol start gate 12, a random number for the game ball is acquired and the normal symbol is acquired. It is stored in the hit relation information storage area 5203. However, the number of normal symbol actuated holding balls that can acquire and store random numbers is four. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 is “4” (S22). If the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 is “4” (S22: YES), since the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S25 as it is.

  When the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 is not “4”, that is, between “0” and “3” (S22: NO), “1” is added to the value (S23). Then, a random number is stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 in the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 (see FIG. 7) (S24). Specifically, the value of the normal hit determination counter is stored in the normal hit random number column, and the value of the fluctuation pattern determination counter is stored in the fluctuation pattern determination random number column.

  Next, based on the normal hit game state flag, it is determined whether or not the normal hit game state is set (S25). In the normal hit gaming state, the normal hit determination and the determination result notification are not performed. Therefore, when the normal hit game state flag is “ON” and the normal hit game state is set (S25: YES), the process returns to the main process without doing anything.

  When the normal hit game state flag is not “ON” (S25: NO), the normal symbol display unit 24 is controlled because the normal hit game state is not set. First, it is determined whether or not the normal symbol display unit 24 is changing based on the normal symbol display state flag (S26). If the normal symbol display state flag is not “1” and is not changing (S26: NO), it is determined whether or not the normal symbol display state flag is being stopped (S27). When the normal symbol display state flag is not “2” and the stop display is not being performed (S27: NO), the normal hit determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, it is confirmed whether or not there is a game ball to be subjected to the normal hit determination (S28). If the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 is not “1” or more (S28: NO), there is no game ball to be subjected to the normal hit determination, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S28: YES), there is a game ball to be determined for normal hit, so “1” is subtracted from the value of the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 (S29), and the normal hit relationship The value stored in the information storage area 5203 is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the storage area one number lower, and the value in the fourth storage area Is cleared. (S30).

  Next, a normal hit determination is performed. The normal hit determination is performed using the value stored in the normal hit random number column of the determination area according to whether or not the probability variation time short state is in effect, that is, whether or not the time is short. The time / short flag indicating whether the time is short or short is switched between “ON” and “OFF” in the special electric accessory process and the special symbol process described later. When the hour / short flag is set to “ON” and “1” is stored, and the hour / hour / hour flag is set to “ON” (S31: YES), the number of specific values determined as normal hits is a non-hour / hour / temporary table. The normal hit determination table (not shown) with a higher probability than that is referred to, and the normal hit determination is performed (S32).

  Next, when it is determined as “ordinary hit” (S33: YES), a variation pattern determination process is performed when it is determined as normal hit in a short time (S34). Specifically, first, a fluctuation pattern determination table (not shown) for normal hits in a short time is referred to, and a change pattern is determined by a change pattern determination random number stored in the determination area of the normal hit relation information storage area 5203. One is determined. Then, a variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is stored in the command relation storage area 5207. This variation pattern designation command is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 58 and the relay board 47 in the command output process (S10, see FIG. 9), designates the decided fluctuation pattern, and the demo symbol display section D1 in the display screen 28. ~ D3 and normal symbol display unit 24 start to change. If it is not determined as “normal hit” in the normal hit determination (S33: NO), the fluctuation pattern is determined by referring to the fluctuation pattern determination table when the normal hit determination is out of time. A variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S35).

  On the other hand, in the case of a non-temporary time in which “0” is stored in the hour / middle flag and is “OFF”, that is, in a normal hit low probability state (S31: NO), it is determined as a normal hit. A normal hit determination table is determined with reference to a low probability ordinary hit determination table in which a specific value is lower than that of the table in the time reduction (S36). Next, when it is determined that “ordinary hit” (S37: YES), the change pattern is determined by referring to the change pattern determination table for the normal hit during non-time saving, and the change pattern indicating the determined change pattern The specified command is stored in the command relation storage area 5207. (S38). In addition, when it is not determined as “ordinary hit” (S37: NO), the variation pattern is determined and determined by referring to the variation pattern determination table when the normal hit determination during non-time saving is out of place. The fluctuation pattern designation command is stored (S39).

  Next, the variation time of the normal symbol determined by the determined variation pattern is stored in the normal symbol variation time counter TC1 (S40). This variation time is preset for each variation pattern. In the present embodiment, all the fluctuation patterns during the time reduction are set to 2 seconds, whereas the fluctuation patterns during the non-time reduction are assigned a plurality of fluctuation times for each fluctuation pattern. The time setting can be changed as appropriate. Then, “1” indicating that the normal symbol display unit 24 is changing is stored in the normal symbol display state flag (S41), the normal symbol process is terminated, and the process returns to the main process.

  In the determination of S26 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, when “1” is stored in the normal symbol display state flag and it is determined that the normal symbol display unit 24 is changing (S26: YES). Then, it is determined whether or not the variation time has elapsed (S47). This determination is normally made based on the value of the symbol variation time counter TC1. When the value of the normal symbol variation time counter TC1 set in S40 (see FIG. 11) becomes “0”, the variation time of the ordinary symbol has elapsed (S47: YES), so the command relation storage area 5207 A normal symbol stop command is stored (S48). This normal symbol stop command is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 58 and the relay board 47 in the command output process (S10, see FIG. 9), and the demonstration symbol display units D1 to D3 and the normal symbol display unit 24 in the display screen 28 are stopped. Instruct. Then, the predetermined stop display time (0.8 seconds in the present embodiment) is stored in the normal symbol stop time counter TC2 (S49), and “2” indicating that the normal symbol display unit 24 is displaying the stop is displayed. It is stored in the normal symbol display state flag (S50). Then, the normal symbol process is terminated and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S47 that the value of the normal symbol variation time counter TC1 is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S47: NO), the variation of the normal symbol display unit 24 is continued. . Therefore, the process returns to the main process as it is.

  In the determination of S27, “2” is stored in the normal symbol display state flag, and when it is determined that the normal symbol display unit 24 is in a stop display (S27: YES), the stop display time is set. A determination is made as to whether or not the time has elapsed (S51). This determination is normally made based on the value of the symbol stop time counter TC2. If the value of the normal symbol stop time counter TC2 set in S49 is subtracted to “0” in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 9), the stop display time has elapsed (S51: YES) ), “0” indicating that the normal symbol display unit 24 is neither stopped display nor fluctuating is stored in the normal symbol display state flag (S52).

  If the normal winning random number is a random number determined in advance as “normal winning” (S53: YES), “1” is stored in the normal winning game state flag stored in the flag relation storage area 5208 of the RAM 52. The normal hit start screen display command for displaying the normal hit start screen on the display screen 28 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S55), and the normal symbol processing is terminated. Return to the main process. This normal winning game state flag is used when determining whether or not to perform the process of opening and closing the ordinary electric accessory 13 in the ordinary electric accessory process (see FIG. 12) described later. On the other hand, if it is not normal (S53: NO), the normal symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process. If it is determined in S51 that the value of the normal symbol stop time counter TC2 is not “0” and the stop display time has not yet elapsed (S51: NO), the normal symbol display unit 24 displays Will continue to display symbols. Therefore, the process returns to the main process as it is.

  As described above, when the game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 12 (S21: YES), a random number is acquired (S24), and a normal hit determination is performed according to whether the time is short or not (S32). , S36), the variation pattern is determined, and the variation pattern designation command is stored (S34, S35, S38, S39). Then, while the main process is repeatedly performed, the normal symbol process is also repeatedly performed. When the variation time has elapsed (S26: YES, S47: YES), the normal symbol stop command is stored (S48). Further, when the normal symbol processing is repeatedly executed and the stop display time has elapsed (S27: YES, S51: YES), the notification of the determination result of the normal hit determination is terminated, and when it is normal hit (S53: YES). In order to shift to the normal hit gaming state, the normal hit gaming state flag is set to “ON” (S54), the start of the normal hit is notified to the sub integrated board 58 (S55), and the process returns to the main process.

  Next, the details of the normal electric accessory process (S15) of the main process will be described with reference to FIG. First, the flag used in the ordinary electric accessory processing will be described. As main flags used here, there are a normal electric accessory opening flag and a normal symbol variation waiting flag. The normal electric accessory opening flag is a flag indicating whether or not the normal electric accessory 13 is open. During the opening of the normal electric accessory 13, “1” is stored and becomes “ON” and closed. “0” is stored therein and “OFF” is set. The normal symbol fluctuation waiting flag is a flag that indicates whether or not the normal electric accessory 13 is waiting until the next normal symbol can be changed after the normal electric accessory 13 is closed. “1” is stored and “ON” is stored, and “0” is stored and “OFF” is stored unless the variation is on standby. The initial values are both “0”.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when the normal electric accessory process of the main process is started, a determination is made as to whether or not the normal hit gaming state is made based on the normal hit gaming state flag (S61). When it is not in the normal hit gaming state, the normal electric accessory 13 is not opened / closed. Therefore, when the normal hit game state flag is “OFF” and the normal hit game state is not set (S61: NO), the process directly returns to the main process.

  On the other hand, when the normal hit gaming state flag is “ON” and the normal hit gaming state is set (S61: YES), processing related to opening / closing of the normal electric accessory 13 is performed. First, a determination is made as to whether or not the normal symbol variation waiting flag is awaiting, based on the normal symbol variation waiting flag (S62). If the normal symbol variation waiting flag is “OFF” and the variation standby is not in progress (S62: NO), it is determined whether or not the ordinary electric accessory 13 is being opened by the ordinary electric accessory releasing flag. Performed (S63). If the normal electric accessory opening flag is “OFF” and the normal electric accessory 13 is not yet opened (S63: NO), the normal electric accessory release command for opening the ordinary electric accessory 13 is the RAM 52. Is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S64). Then, the maximum opening time (4.5 seconds) of the ordinary electric accessory 13 is stored in the ordinary electric accessory opening time counter TC3 (S65), and “1” indicating that the ordinary electric accessory 13 is being opened is displayed. It is stored in the normal electric accessory opening flag and is set to “ON” (S66).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the value of the ordinary electric accessory winning ball counter is 5 (S67). Every time a game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 13, “1” is added to the value of the ordinary electric accessory winning ball counter in the switch reading process (S 11, see FIG. 9) of the main process. If the value of the normal electric accessory winning ball counter is less than 5, that is, “0” to “4” (S67: NO), the normal electric accessory opening time counter TC3 set in the process of S65 It is determined whether the maximum opening time of the electric accessory 13 has elapsed (S68). If the maximum opening time of 4.5 seconds has not elapsed (S68: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  Then, in the normal electric accessory process of the main process performed after that, the normal hit gaming state (S61: YES), the normal symbol fluctuation waiting is not made (S62: NO), and the normal electric accessory 13 is open. (S63: YES), these determinations are repeated until the number of winning balls reaches “5” or until the maximum opening time of the ordinary electric accessory 13 has elapsed (S67: NO, S68). : NO). When the number of winning balls is “5” (S67: YES), or when the opening time of 4.5 seconds has elapsed (S68: YES), a process of closing the ordinary electric accessory 13 is performed. Is called. Therefore, a normal electric accessory closing command for closing the ordinary electric accessory 13 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S69). Next, the standby time (23.2 seconds) until the next normal symbol can be changed is stored in the normal symbol change standby time counter TC4 (S70), and the value of the normal electric accessory winning ball counter is the initial value. Is initialized to "0" (S71). Next, “0” is stored in the flag indicating that the normal electric accessory is being released in the flag-related storage area 5208 and is set to “OFF” (S72), and “1” indicating that the normal symbol is on standby is changed. It is stored in the waiting flag and is set to “ON” (S73). Then, the process returns to the main process.

  If the normal symbol variation standby flag is “ON” and the normal symbol variation standby is in progress (S62: YES), whether or not the standby time has elapsed is determined by the value of the normal symbol variation standby time counter TC4. Is determined (S74). When it is determined that the value of the normal symbol variation standby time counter TC4 is not “0” and the standby time is being measured (S74: NO), the process returns to the main process. If the time elapses while the main process is repeatedly performed, and the value of the normal symbol variation waiting time counter TC4 is “0” and it is determined that the waiting time has elapsed (S74: YES), the flag “0” is stored in the normal winning gaming state flag in the relation storage area 5208 and set to “OFF” (S75), and the normal symbol variation waiting flag is set to “OFF” indicating that the variation waiting flag is not waiting (S76). Then, the ordinary electric accessory processing is terminated and the processing returns to the main processing.

  As described above, when the determination result of the normal hit determination is “normal hit” and the normal hit gaming state is reached (S61: YES), the normal electric accessory 13 is released (S64). When the winning of five game balls is detected (S67: YES) or when the maximum opening time of 4.5 seconds has elapsed (S68: YES), the ordinary electric accessory 13 is closed (S69). However, the normal hit gaming state flag is continuously “ON” until the standby time of 23.2 seconds measured from that time elapses (S74: NO), and “OFF” when the standby time elapses. (S74: YES, S75). Here, as described above, when the normal hit gaming state flag is “ON”, the normal hit determination is not performed, so the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 (see FIG. 7) is stored in the first storage area. Even when a random number is stored, the normal hit determination is not performed for 23.2 seconds after the normal electric accessory 13 is closed. And, the length of the waiting time of 23.2 seconds is that all of the special symbol changes / stops and jackpot games, which will be described later, are performed up to 5 times per ordinary hit, taking the longest time. It is set to a length that continues until the end time. Therefore, the normal hit determination is not performed during the change of the special symbol or the big hit game. Details of this will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, details of the special symbol process (S14) of the main process will be described with reference to FIGS. The flags used in the special symbol process include a special symbol display state flag, a jackpot gaming state flag, a probability variation flag, and the like. The special symbol display state flag is a flag indicating the state of the special symbol display unit 25. When the special symbol display unit 25 is changing, “1” is displayed, “2” is displayed during stop display, and when neither change nor stop display is displayed. Stores “0”. The jackpot gaming status flag is “1” stored and “ON” when the jackpot gaming state is set, and “0” is stored and “OFF” otherwise. . The probability variation flag stores “1” when the probability variation is in progress (when the “probability variation short state” has occurred) and is “ON”; "Is generated)," 0 "is stored and" OFF ". It should be noted that during probability fluctuation (during the jackpot high probability state), the probability of being determined to be a “big hit” in the jackpot determination is higher than in the normal case (in the jackpot low probability state). The initial value of each flag is “0”.

  As shown in FIG. 13, when the special symbol process of the main process is started, a process related to winning a game ball to the ordinary electric accessory 13 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the ordinary electric accessory 13 (S80). Among the flags stored in the winning ball flag storage area 5202, when the flag corresponding to the start port switch 72 provided in the ordinary electric accessory 13 is “OFF” (S80: NO), Since the game ball has not won the ordinary electric accessory 13, the process proceeds to the determination of S85 as it is.

  When the flag corresponding to the start port switch 72 is “ON” (S80: YES), the game ball is won to the ordinary electric accessory 13, and therefore the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is It is determined whether or not “4” (S81). When it is “4” (S81: YES), since the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S85 as it is.

  When the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is not “4”, that is, between “0” and “3” (S81: NO), the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 “1” is added to the value (S82). Then, a random number is stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 in the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (see FIG. 7) (S83). Specifically, the value of the jackpot determination counter is in the jackpot random number column, the value of the hit special symbol creation counter is in the bonus special symbol determination random number column, and the value of the special bonus symbol creation counter is in the outlier special symbol determination random number column. Each is remembered. Then, a special symbol operation reservation ball number notification command for notifying the value of the special symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5206 to the sub-integrated board 58 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S84).

  Next, based on the jackpot gaming status flag, it is determined whether or not the jackpot gaming status is set (S85). When it is a jackpot game state, the jackpot determination and the notification of the determination result are not performed. Therefore, when the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON” and the jackpot gaming state is set (S85: YES), the process returns to the main process without doing anything.

  When the jackpot game state flag is not “ON” (S85: NO), the game is not in the jackpot game state, and therefore processing related to the control of the special symbol display unit 25 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not the special symbol display unit 25 is changing based on the special symbol display state flag (S86). If the special symbol display state flag is not “1” and is not changing (S86: NO), it is determined whether or not the special symbol display state flag is being stopped (S87). When the special symbol display state flag is not “2” and stop display is not being performed (S87: NO), a big hit determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 14, it is confirmed whether or not there is a game ball for which a jackpot determination is to be made (S88). If the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is not equal to or greater than “1” (S88: NO), there is no game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S88: YES), there is a game ball for which a jackpot determination is to be made, and therefore the value in the special symbol actuated holding ball number storage area 5206 is subtracted by “1” (S89), and the jackpot relation information is stored. The value stored in area 5205 is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the storage area one number lower, and the value in the fourth storage area Is cleared (S90).

  Next, a jackpot determination is performed. The jackpot determination is performed using a value stored in the jackpot random number column of the determination area depending on whether the probability is changing, that is, whether the jackpot is in a high probability state. If the probability variation flag stores “1” and the probability variation is “ON” (S91: YES), the number of specific values determined as jackpots is higher than in the normal state. A jackpot determination is made with reference to a probability jackpot determination table (not shown) (S92). On the other hand, if the probability variation flag is “OFF” and non-probability variation is being performed (S91: NO), the low probability that the number of specific values determined as jackpots is smaller than the high probability jackpot determination table The jackpot determination table is referred to to determine the jackpot determination (S93).

  Next, when it is determined as “big hit” (S94: YES), in the special winning symbol determination process (S95), a plurality of winning symbols are determined based on the values stored in the special symbol determining random number column of the determination area. One of the special symbols is determined, and a special symbol designating command indicating the determined special symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5207. Then, it is determined whether or not the jackpot is a probability variation jackpot (S96). If it is determined that the special symbol determined in S95 is a probability variation symbol and a probability variation jackpot (S96: YES), it indicates that a “probability variation short state” will occur after the jackpot game ends. The notification command is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S97). Also, if the special symbol is a non-stochastic variation symbol and is normally determined to be a big jackpot (S96: NO), a non-temporal jackpot notification command indicating that the “normal state” is to be generated after the jackpot game ends is stored. (S98).

  On the other hand, when the result of the jackpot determination is “missing” (S94: NO), in the special symbol determination process (S99), based on the value stored in the special symbol determination random number column in the determination area. Thus, one of the plurality of special symbols for losing is determined, and a special symbol designating command indicating the determined special symbol for losing is stored in the command relation storage area 5207. Then, a loss notification command indicating that the determination result of the jackpot determination is “loss” is stored (S100).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the value of the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is “0” (S101). If it is “0” (S101: YES), the first of the special symbols is stored. The variation time (0.4 seconds) is stored in the special symbol first variation time counter TC5 (S102). If there is a holding ball and the value of the special symbol operation holding ball number storage area 5206 is not “0” (S101: NO), the second variation time (1.8 seconds) of the special symbol is the special symbol number. It is stored in the two variation time counter TC6 (S103).

  Next, a special symbol change start command for starting the change of the special symbol display unit 25 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S104), and “1” indicating that the special symbol display unit 25 is changing. Is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S105). Then, a special symbol operation reservation ball number notification command for notifying the value of the special symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5206 to the sub-integrated board 58 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S106), and the process returns to the main process. . In addition, in the process of S84 (see FIG. 13) in the same main process, if the special symbol operation pending ball number notification command is already stored, the contents of the command in S106 are overwritten.

  In the determination of S86 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13, when “1” is stored in the special symbol display state flag and it is determined that the special symbol display unit 25 is changing (S86: YES). Whether or not the variation time has passed is determined based on whether or not the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in S102 or S103 (see FIG. 14) has become “0” (S111). When the value of the special symbol variation time counter is “0”, since the variation time of the special symbol has elapsed (S111: YES), a special symbol stop command for stopping the variation of the special symbol display unit 25 is stored. (S112). Then, the stop display time of 0.5 seconds is stored in the special symbol stop time counter TC7 (S113), and “2” indicating that the special symbol display unit 25 is in the stop display is stored in the special symbol display state flag. (S114), the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S111 that the value of the special symbol variation time counter is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S111: NO), the variation of the special symbol display unit 25 is continued. Therefore, the process returns to the main process as it is.

  If it is determined in S87 that “2” is stored in the special symbol display state flag and the special symbol display unit 25 is stopped (S87: YES), it is set in S113. Whether or not the stop display time has elapsed is determined based on the value of the special symbol stop time counter TC7 (S115). When the value of the special symbol stop time counter TC7 is “0”, since the stop display time has elapsed (S115: YES), “0” indicating that the special symbol display unit 25 is neither in the stop display nor in the fluctuation state. It is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S116). In the present embodiment, the “probability change short state” once generated ends when the next special symbol change and stop display are completed, and the subsequent game state shifts to the “normal state”. Therefore, when the probability variation flag and the hour / mid-time flag in the flag-related storage area 5208 are “ON”, a process of switching to “OFF” is performed (S117).

  Then, when it is determined that the jackpot is determined as “big hit” (S118: YES), “1” is stored in the jackpot gaming state flag in the flag relation storage area 5208 and is set to “ON” ( S119), the special symbol process is terminated and the process returns to the main process. This jackpot game state flag is used when determining whether or not to perform a process of opening and closing the first big prize opening 16 and the second big prize opening 17 in the special electric accessory process (see FIG. 15) described later. The If it is not a big hit (S118: NO), the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process. If it is determined in S115 that the value of the special symbol stop time counter TC7 is not “0” and the stop display time has not yet elapsed (S115: NO), the special symbol display unit 25 displays Will continue to display symbols. Therefore, the process returns to the main process as it is.

  As described above, when a game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 13 (S80: YES), a random number is acquired (S83), and a jackpot determination is performed (S91 to S93). Then, a command for notifying the determination result to the sub-integrated board 58 is stored according to whether the result of the jackpot determination is a probability variation jackpot, a normal jackpot, or a loss (S94 to S100). Further, when the number of special symbol operation reservation balls is added and when the big hit determination is made, a command for notifying the sub integrated board 58 of the special symbol operation reservation balls at that time is stored (S84). , S106).

  Next, details of the special electric accessory process (S13) of the main process will be described with reference to FIG. First, the flag used in the special electric accessory processing will be described. Main flags used here include a big prize opening open flag, a big prize opening waiting flag, a first big prize opening completion flag, and the like, which are stored in the flag relation storage area 5208 of the RAM 52. The big prize opening open flag is a flag indicating whether one of the first big prize opening 16 and the second big prize opening 17 is opened, and when either one of the big prize opening is opened. “1” is stored and becomes “ON”, and when both are closed, “0” is stored and becomes “OFF”. Further, the waiting flag processing waiting flag is set to 0.4 seconds from when the first grand prize opening 16 or the second big prize opening 17 is closed until the next processing relating to the big prize winning openings 16 and 17 is performed. It is a flag indicating whether or not it is in the standby time. “1” is stored and turned “ON” during the standby time, and “0” is stored and “OFF” when it is not in the standby time. The first big prize opening / closing end flag is a flag indicating whether or not the opening / closing operation of the first big prize opening 16 that was performed first during the jackpot gaming state has ended. When the operation is finished, “1” is stored and turned “ON”, and when not finished, “0” is stored and turned “OFF”. The initial values are all “0”.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when the special electric accessory process of the main process is started, it is determined whether or not the jackpot gaming state is based on the jackpot gaming state flag (S121). When it is not a jackpot gaming state, the two big winning openings 16, 17 are not opened / closed. Therefore, when the jackpot gaming state flag is “OFF” and the jackpot gaming state is not set (S121: NO), the process directly returns to the main process.

  On the other hand, when the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON” and the jackpot gaming state is set (S121: YES), the processing related to the two jackpots 16 and 17 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not it is during the waiting time until the next processing related to the big winning openings 16 and 17 is performed by the big winning opening process waiting flag (S122). When the big prize opening waiting flag is “OFF” and not in the waiting time (S122: NO), whether or not one of the two big prize winning openings 16, 17 is opened by the big prize opening open flag. Is determined (S123). When the big prize opening opening flag is “OFF” and the big prize winning openings 16 and 17 are both closed (S123: NO), a process of opening one of the two big prize winning openings 16 and 17 is performed. Done.

  Therefore, it is determined whether or not the opening / closing operation of the first big prize opening 16 which is performed prior to the opening / closing operation of the second big prize opening 17 is ended by the first big prize opening / closing end flag (S124). ). If the first grand prize opening / closing end flag is “OFF” and the opening / closing operation of the first big prize opening 16 has not been completed yet (S124: NO), the first big prize opening 16 is opened. The first big prize opening release command is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S125). This command is output to the relay board 47 in the command output process (S10, see FIG. 9) of the main process to be performed next. Then, the maximum opening time (1.5 seconds) of the special winning openings 16, 17 is stored in the special winning opening open time counter TC8 (S127), indicating that one of the special winning openings 16, 17 is open. “1” is stored in the big prize opening open flag and is set to “ON” (S128).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the game ball has won the first grand prize opening 16 (S129). In the winning ball flag storage area 5202, the flag corresponding to the first big winning port switch 75 provided at the first big winning port 16 is “OFF”, and the game ball wins the first big winning port 16. If it is determined that it has not been made (S129: NO), it is determined whether or not the maximum opening time of the first big winning opening 16 has passed by the big winning opening opening time counter TC8 set in the process of S127. Is performed (S130). If the maximum opening time of 1.5 seconds has not elapsed (S130: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  And it is a big hit game state by the special electric accessory process of the main process performed after that (S121: YES), and it is not during the waiting time until the next process regarding the big prize winning holes 16, 17 is performed (S122: NO) When one of the two big winning openings 16, 17 is open (S123: YES), the game ball wins the first big winning opening 16 or the maximum of the first big winning opening 16 These determinations are repeatedly performed until the opening time elapses (S129: NO, S130: NO). Then, when the game ball wins the first grand prize opening 16 (S129: YES) or when the maximum opening time of 1.5 seconds has passed (S130: YES), the first big prize opening 16 is closed. Processing is performed. Therefore, a big winning port closing command for closing the opened first big winning port 16 or the second big winning port 17 is stored in the command related storage area 5207 (S131). This command is transmitted to the relay board 47 in the next command output process (S10, see FIG. 9).

  Next, the waiting time (0.4 seconds) until the next process relating to the winning prize openings 16 and 17 is performed is stored in the winning prize opening process waiting time counter TC9 (S132), and the winning prize opening in the flag related storage area 5208 is stored. “0” is stored in the open flag and is set to “OFF” (S133). Then, “1” indicating that it is during the waiting time until the next processing relating to the big winning openings 16, 17 is stored in the big winning opening processing waiting flag and is set to “ON” (S134). Return to processing.

  In addition, when the big prize opening process waiting flag is “ON” (S122: YES), it is determined whether or not the waiting time has elapsed based on the value of the big prize opening process waiting time counter TC9 ( S136). If it is determined that the value of the big prize winning process waiting time counter TC9 is not “0” and the waiting time is being measured (S136: NO), the process directly returns to the main process. Then, when time passes while the main process is repeatedly performed, and the value of the big prize opening waiting time counter TC9 becomes “0” and it is determined that the waiting time has passed (S136: YES). Then, “0” indicating that it is not during the waiting time is stored in the big prize opening waiting flag and is set to “OFF” (S137).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the first big prize opening / closing end flag indicating that the opening / closing operation of the first big prize opening 16 has been completed is “ON” (S138). If the first big prize opening / closing end flag is “OFF” (S138: NO), this flag is switched to “ON” (S139), and the process returns to the main process.

  Then, in the next special electric accessory processing to be performed, it is a jackpot gaming state (S121: YES), not during the waiting time until the next processing related to the big winning opening 16, 17 (S122: NO), Since the two big winning openings 16, 17 are both closed (S123: NO), a process of opening either of the two big winning openings 16, 17 is performed. Here, in the process of S139 of the special electric accessory process performed previously, the first big prize opening opening / closing end flag indicating that the opening / closing operation of the first big prize opening 16 has been completed is set to “ON”. (S124: YES), the second big prize opening opening command for opening the second big prize opening 17 is stored in the command relation storage area 5207 (S126). Next, as in the case where the first big prize opening 16 is opened, the maximum opening time of 1.5 seconds is stored in the big prize opening time counter TC8 (S127), and the big prize opening open flag is “ON”. (S128). Then, while the main process is repeatedly performed, whether the winning ball flag corresponding to the second big prize opening switch 76 provided in the second big prize opening 17 is “ON” (S129: YES), or When the maximum opening time of 5 seconds has elapsed (S130: YES), a winning prize closing command is stored (S131), and a waiting time of 0.4 seconds is stored in the winning prize processing waiting time counter TC9. (S132). Next, the big prize opening open flag is set to “OFF” (S133), and the big prize opening waiting flag is set to “ON” (S134).

  Then, in the special electric accessory process that is repeatedly performed after that, when the waiting time of 0.4 seconds set in S132 has elapsed (S121: YES, S122: YES, S136: YES), the special winning opening process waiting flag is set. Is set to “OFF” (S137). Next, when the first big prize opening / closing end flag is “ON” (S138: YES), the first big prize opening / closing end flag is set to “OFF” (S140), and the two big prize winning openings. Since both the opening and closing operations 16 and 17 have been completed, “0” is stored in the jackpot gaming state flag and is set to “OFF” (S141).

  Next, processing of a flag relating to the gaming state is performed. In the process of S95 (see FIG. 14) in the special symbol process described above, a winning special symbol is determined. If this special symbol is a probability variation symbol (S142: YES), “1” indicating that the probability variation is in progress is stored in the probability variation flag and set to “ON” (S143), and the time is being shortened. “1” indicating this is stored in the hour / middle flag and is set to “ON” (S144). As a result, a “probability change short state” is generated, and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if the determined special symbol is a non-stochastic variation symbol (S142: NO), the special electric accessory processing is terminated as it is and the processing returns to the main processing, and the gaming state becomes the “normal state”.

  As described above, if the result of the jackpot determination is “big jackpot” and the jackpot gaming state is reached (S121: YES), the first big winning opening 16 is opened first (S124: NO, S125). When the game ball wins the first grand prize opening 16 (S129: YES) or when the maximum opening time of 1.5 seconds has elapsed (S130: YES), the first big prize opening 16 is closed ( S131). Next, after the waiting time of 0.4 seconds elapses, the second big prize opening 17 is opened (S124: YES, S126), and the waiting time of 0.4 seconds is measured again after the second big prize opening 17 is closed. When it is made, the jackpot gaming state flag is set to “OFF” (S141). If the probability variation is a big hit (S142: YES), both the probability variation flag and the hour / short time flag are set to “ON” (S143, S144).

  As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, every time a normal winning game is performed, a maximum of five large winning games are performed. Here, once it is determined that the normal hit is made, the normal hit determination is not performed during the standby time of 23.2 seconds when the measurement is started after the normal electric accessory 13 is closed. And the length of this waiting time is after the point when the special symbol change / stop and jackpot game, which are performed at most 5 times per ordinary hit, all take the longest time to finish. The length is set to continue. Accordingly, among the random numbers stored in the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 during one normal winning game, if the hour / short / long flag is “ON” after the process related to the last stored random number is ended, The probability of being determined as “normal hit” in the normal hit determination performed is 718/719. Then, the time until the next normal hit game and big hit game are shortened compared to the case of the “normal state” in which the hour / short flag is “OFF”. That is, the jackpot game continues.

  In each jackpot game in the actual game, the first big prize opening 16 and the second big prize opening 17 are closed when the game ball wins before reaching the maximum opening time (1.5 seconds). There are many cases. Therefore, assuming that the special symbol change / stop and jackpot game that will be performed up to 5 times will be performed in the longest time, the 5th special symbol change, which is the last special symbol operation suspension, will occur. The waiting time may be set in a range that is longer than the end time and shorter than the time when the fifth jackpot game to be performed after the end of the variation of the special symbol. Thereby, a smooth game can be provided in consideration of the actual game digestion time.

  Next, the game content controlled by the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. FIG. 16 is a timing chart showing an example of each control of the pachinko machine 1 corresponding to the passage of time. In FIG. 16, as each control by the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1, the normal symbol operation SW (normal symbol operation switch 73), the normal symbol (normal symbol display unit 24), the normal electric accessory 13, the start port SW (start port) The switch 72), special symbols (special symbol display unit 25), winning a prize opening (first winning award 16 and second winning award 17), a probability variation flag, and a short and middle flag. In addition, a pre-notification effect, a notification extension effect, and a time-shortening effect that are controlled by the sub-integrated board 58 and executed on the display screen 28 and the like are described, which will be described later. In FIG. 16, it is determined as “normal hit” by the normal hit determination for the first game ball that has passed through the normal symbol start gate 12, and all five consecutive big hit determinations performed thereafter are “probability variation”. The control in the case where it is determined that the “big hit” and the normal hit determination performed thereafter is also “normal win” is illustrated.

  First, when it is detected by the normal symbol operation switch that the game ball has passed through the normal symbol start gate 12 (S21), the probability variation flag and the hour and middle flag are in the “OFF” state in the “normal state”. Therefore, a normal hit determination with a low probability for the game ball is performed (S36). Then, the normal symbol starts to change (S38). Here, the variation time of the normal symbol in the normal state varies depending on the determined variation pattern (S40). In addition, the probability of determining “normal hit” in the normal hit determination with low probability is 5/719. Note that three game balls pass through the normal symbol start gate 12, but the number of the normal symbol actuated balls is other than the first one.

  Next, when the variation time of the normal symbol specified by the determined variation pattern elapses, the normal symbol is stopped (S48), and the normal winning game is executed after a stop display time of 0.8 seconds. In the normal winning game, first, the ordinary electric accessory 13 is released (S64), and a game ball can be won. When the winning of five game balls is detected, the ordinary electric accessory 13 is closed (S69). The normal winning game continues until the normal symbol variation waiting time of 23.2 seconds elapses after the normal electric accessory 13 is closed, and no new normal winning determination is made during the normal winning game. The normal symbol variation waiting time of 23.2 seconds may not be included in the normal winning game, but may be handled as a simple waiting time until the next normal winning determination.

  Next, when the winning of the first game ball to the ordinary electric accessory 13 is detected by the start port switch 72, the probability variation flag is “OFF”, so that the low probability (2009/2011) regarding the game ball ) Is determined (S93), and the special symbol starts to change (S104). Then, when the variation time of 0.4 seconds elapses, the special symbol is stopped (S112), and when the stop display time of 0.5 seconds elapses, the jackpot gaming state is entered. When it is determined that the jackpot is a jackpot, the probability that the jackpot is a “probability variation jackpot” is 81/84.

  In the jackpot game, the first grand prize opening 16 is opened first (S125), and when 1.5 seconds elapses or at least one game ball is detected, the first big prize opening opened. 16 is closed (S131). Then, after passing the processing waiting time of 0.4 seconds, the second big prize opening 17 is opened (S126), and after the second big winning prize opening 17 is closed, a series of big hit games are played again after the processing waiting time of 0.4 seconds. finish. Since the jackpot is “probability variation jackpot”, both the probability variation flag and the hour / medium flag are set to “ON” at the end of the jackpot game (S143, S144).

  Next, when the first jackpot game is over, the probability variation flag is “ON”, so the jackpot with the high probability (2010/2011) regarding the second game ball won to the ordinary electric accessory 13 A determination is made (S92), and the special symbol starts to change (S104). Then, the special symbol is stopped after the fluctuation time of 1.8 seconds has elapsed (S112), and after the stop display time has elapsed, the same processing as the first jackpot game described above is performed. Thereafter, similar to the first and second special symbol variations, the third to fifth special symbol variations are controlled, and after the special symbol is stopped, the jackpot game is performed.

  Next, the normal hit game state is completed, and the normal hit determination regarding the second game ball that has passed through the normal symbol start gate 12 is performed. Here, as described above, the length of the standby time of 23.2 seconds after the ordinary electric accessory 13 is closed is the variation of the special symbol that is performed at most five times per ordinary time. The stop and jackpot game is set to a length that lasts after the time that takes the longest time and ends all. Therefore, the normal hit determination is not performed during the change of the special symbol or the big hit gaming state.

  Here, as described above, the probability fluctuation state and the short-time gaming state once generated continue until the stop display of the next special symbol is completed. Accordingly, if the result of the jackpot determination performed at the closest time before the normal hit determination is made is “probability variation jackpot”, the normal hit determination is determined as “normal hit” with a probability of 718/719. The normal hit game and the jackpot game are continued at shorter intervals than in the case of “non-probability change jackpot”, and a large number of game balls are paid out. On the other hand, if the result of the jackpot determination performed before the normal hit determination is “non-stochastic variation jackpot” or “out of”, the gaming state becomes “normal state”, so The probability to be determined is 5/719, which is lower than in the case of the “probability fluctuation state”. In addition, since the gaming state does not shift with the normal hit determination as an opportunity, when the normal hit determination is determined to be “out”, or the normal electric accessory 13 that has been released after being determined as “normal hit”. If no game ball is won, the game state at that time is continued as it is.

  Therefore, once it is determined that the normal hit is made, the player plays the game while strongly expecting that the next normal hit determination will be made in a short time (in the probability variation state). And whether or not the next normal hit judgment is made in a short time is whether or not the jackpot judgment made at the nearest time before the normal hit judgment will be a probability variation jackpot, that is, won in the short time It is determined by whether or not. Therefore, it is possible to attract the player's interest by notifying the player whether or not he / she has won in the short time at the time of the last jackpot determination among the jackpot determinations performed five times continuously. In addition, when a plurality of game balls wins the ordinary electric game 13 during one normal hit game and a plurality of big hit determinations are made, the time reduction at the time of the big hit determination other than the last big hit determination is made. The fall does not affect the continuation of jackpots. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a pre-notification effect with continuity across multiple jackpot determinations and jackpot games is performed without considering the determination result of the jackpot determination other than the final jackpot determination. Thereafter, a short-time win effect is provided to notify the player of the short-time win at the time of the final jackpot determination. Thereby, the player can be more entertained. The control of the sub integrated board 58 relating to these effects will be described below.

  Next, processing in the sub-integrated substrate 58, which is a main part of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the sub-integrated board process performed by the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58, and FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the subroutine of the time-shortening effect determining process performed in the sub-integrated board process. In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the first game ball wins the ordinary electric combination 13 released as a normal hit, measurement of a predetermined waiting time is started and a plurality of times are started. The pre-notification effect with continuity across the jackpot determination and the jackpot game is started. After that, when the waiting time measurement is finished and the number of special symbol operation holding balls is “0”, out of the jackpot determination that is performed five times at the maximum, based on the short-time win at the last jackpot determination Thus, the contents of the short-time winning effect for notifying the player of the short-time winning are determined. The sub-integrated board 58 performs comprehensive control for causing the display screen 28, the speaker 48, and the lighting device 35 to execute the determination of the content of the effect and the determined effect.

  First, the ROM 583 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. The ROM 583 stores various programs for the CPU 581 to assist the control of the pachinko machine 1. In addition, a control command table storage area for storing a table of control commands and control signals output from the sub-integrated board 58 to the effect control board 43, the electrical decoration board 46, and the speaker 48, and information on the variation pattern are stored. A variation pattern storage area and an effect pattern storage area in which a pre-notification effect, an effect for notification extension, and a pattern of a short-time effect are stored are provided. Further, the ROM 583 is provided with other various storage areas.

  Next, the RAM 582 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. In the RAM 582, a variation pattern storage area for storing a variation pattern designated by the main board 41, a counter storage area for storing various counters, a special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area for storing a special symbol operation reservation ball number, Storage areas such as a command related information storage area for storing control commands output to the effect control board 43 and the like and a flag related storage area for storing various flags are provided.

  Next, the flags stored in the flag related storage area of the RAM 582 will be described. As main flags used in the sub-integrated board processing, there are an effect determination gaming state flag, a special symbol pre-change flag, and a notification extension effect flag. The effect determination game state flag indicates whether the game state after the special symbol change or after the jackpot game executed after the change is “probability change short state” (short time medium) or “normal state” (non-short time medium) ) Is a flag indicating whether or not. When “1” is stored in the effect determination game state flag and is “ON”, it indicates that a “probability change short state” is subsequently generated. On the other hand, if “0” is stored and “OFF”, it indicates that the subsequent gaming state is “normal state”. Further, the special symbol pre-change flag is a flag indicating whether or not the first special symbol after the normal hit is determined, and if it is “ON”, the change is still performed. If it is “OFF”, it indicates that it is after the first change. The notification extension effect flag is a flag indicating whether or not a notification extension effect is being performed between the time when the effect start standby time elapses and the number of special symbol operation reserved balls reaches “0”. When it is “ON”, it indicates that the notification extension effect is being performed, and when it is “OFF”, it indicates that the notification extension effect is not being performed.

  Hereinafter, sub-integrated substrate processing performed on the sub-integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 17 and 18. In the sub-integrated board process, when a command for controlling the effect screen displayed on the display screen 28 is transmitted to the effect control board 43, the sound and light synchronized with the operation of the display screen 28 are controlled at the same time. Although commands and signals are transmitted to the electrical decoration board 46 and the speaker 48, only the transmission of commands to the effect control board 43 will be described for the sake of simplicity.

  As shown in FIG. 17, when the sub-integrated substrate processing is started, first, it is determined whether or not a variation pattern designation command has been received (S201). If it is determined that it has been received (S201: YES), the fluctuation pattern specified by the command is stored in the fluctuation pattern storage area of the RAM 582 (S211), and the fluctuation of the demo symbol display portions D1 to D3 on the display screen 28 is changed. Is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S212), and the process proceeds to S225.

  If no variation pattern designation command has been received (S201: NO), it is determined whether or not a normal symbol stop command has been received (S202). If it is determined that it has been received (S202: YES), a demo symbol stop command for stopping the fluctuating demo symbol display units D1 to D3 is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S213). Transition to processing.

  If a normal symbol stop command has not been received (S202: NO), it is determined whether or not a normal hit start screen display command has been received (S203). If it is determined that it has been received (S203: YES), a normal hit start screen display command for displaying the normal hit start screen on the display screen 28 is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S214). Then, “1” indicating that the special symbol has not been changed yet is stored in the pre-special symbol change flag and set to “ON” after the determination of the normal hit (S215), and the process proceeds to S225. To do.

  Further, when the normal hit start screen display command has not been received (S203: NO), it is determined whether or not the time and bonus hit notification command has been received (S204). If it is determined that it has been received (S204: YES), “1” indicating that the “probability variation short state” will occur after the end of the jackpot game is stored in the effect determination game state flag and set to “ON”. (S216), the process proceeds to S218. In addition, when the time and jackpot notification command has not been received (S204: NO), it is determined whether or not a non-time and jackpot notification command and a loss notification command have been received (S205, S206). If neither command has been received (S205: NO, S206: NO), the process proceeds to a time-shortening effect determination process (S207). On the other hand, if it is determined that either a non-time-saving jackpot notification command or a loss notification command is received (S205: YES or S206: YES), the game after the special symbol changes or after the jackpot game ends “0” indicating that the state becomes “normal state” is stored in the effect determination game state flag and is set to “OFF” (S217), and the process proceeds to S218. Thus, since the subsequent game state determined by the main board 41 is determined by the effect determination game state flag, the effect according to the command can be controlled even after the command is received.

  Next, it is determined whether or not it is a state before the first special symbol change after the special symbol change flag is determined to be a normal hit (S218). In the present embodiment, when the first special symbol variation is started on the main board 41, the production start waiting time is measured until the execution of the short-time winning effect indicating the short-time winning effect becomes possible. At the same time, the pre-notification effect is started. Then, the time-saving jackpot notification command, the non-time-saving jackpot notification command, and the loss notification command are transmitted from the main board 41 simultaneously with the start of the change of the special symbol. Therefore, if the special symbol change flag is “OFF” in S218 and it is determined that the special symbol has been changed (S218: NO), the process proceeds to S225 as it is. When the special symbol pre-change symbol is “ON” and it is determined that the special symbol has not been changed (S218: YES), the production start waiting time (20.0 in this embodiment) is determined. Seconds) is stored in the short-time winning effect start standby time counter (S219). Next, a pre-notification effect start command for starting a pre-notification effect having visual continuity across multiple jackpot determinations and jackpot games is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S220). Next, “0” indicating that the special symbol has been changed is stored in the pre-special symbol change flag and is set to “OFF” (S221), and the process proceeds to S225. Then, after other processing is performed in S225 (S225), the process returns to the determination in S201.

  On the other hand, when none of the hourly / temporary jackpot notification command, the non-time / temporary jackpot notification command, and the loss notification command have been received (S204: NO, S205: NO, S206: NO), the hourly / shortest bonus presentation determination process is performed. (S207).

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 18, in the short time winning effect determination process, when the effect start waiting time until the execution of the short time winning effect becomes possible and the special symbol operation reserved ball number is “0”. The contents of the short-time winning effect are determined based on the value of the effect determination game state flag. Then, a command corresponding to the determined content is transmitted. First, it is determined whether or not a special symbol operation reservation ball number notification command is received from the main board 41 (S231). If it is determined that it has been received (S231: YES), the special symbol operation reserved ball number notified by the command is stored in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area of the RAM 582 (S232). Then, it is determined whether or not the notification extension effect is being performed based on the notification extension effect flag (S233). When the notification extension effect flag is “OFF” and it is determined that the notification extension effect is not being performed (S233: NO), the process directly returns to the sub-integrated substrate processing.

  If it is determined that the special symbol operation pending ball number notification command has not been received (S231: NO), the effect is determined according to the value of the short-time winning effect start standby time counter set in S219 (see FIG. 17). It is determined whether the start waiting time has elapsed (S234). If it is determined that the value of the short-lived effect start waiting time counter is not “0” and the effect start waiting time is being measured (S234: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate process. If the value of the short-time winning effect start standby time counter is “0” and it is determined that the effect start standby time has elapsed (S234: YES), the special symbol stored in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area is stored. A determination is made as to whether or not the number of symbol actuated balls is “0” (S235).

  When the number of special symbol actuated balls is “0” (S235: YES), the contents of the short-time winning effect are determined and the command is transmitted. First, it is determined whether or not the effect determination game state flag is “ON” (S236). When it is determined that the effect determination game state flag is “ON” and the “probability variation state” occurs after the jackpot game is finished (S236: YES), the next normal hit determination is short (probability variation state). The execution of the short-time winning effect indicating that it will be performed is determined. Then, a short time winning effect start command for executing the short time winning effect is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S237), and the process returns to the sub integrated board process. In addition, when it is determined that the effect determination game state flag is “OFF” and the subsequent game state is “normal state” (S236: NO), the next normal hit determination is non-short time (in normal state) ) Is determined to execute the time-shortening effect. Then, a time-shortage selection effect start command for executing the time-shortage selection effect is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S238), and the process returns to the sub integrated board process.

  Even if it is determined that the production start standby time has elapsed (S234: YES), the content of the short-time winning production cannot be determined unless the number of special symbol operation reservation balls is “0”. Therefore, when the number of special symbol actuated balls is not “0” (S235: NO), “1” indicating that the notification extension effect is being performed is stored in the notification extension effect flag and is set to “ON”. (S239). Next, a notification extension effect start command for starting the notification extension effect until the short-lived effect is performed is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S240), and the process returns to the sub-integrated board process.

  Then, when the sub-integrated board processing is repeatedly performed, the special symbol operation reservation ball number notification command is received (S231: YES), and the special symbol operation reservation ball number is stored (S232), the notification extension effect flag If “ON” is set to “ON” (S233: YES), it is determined whether or not the number of special symbol operation reserved balls stored in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area is “0” (S241). ). If the number of special symbol actuated balls is not yet “0” (S241: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate process. If the number of special symbol actuated balls is “0” (S241: YES), “0” indicating that the notification extension effect is not being performed is stored in the notification extension effect flag and is set to “OFF” (S242). Then, the content of the short-time winning effect and the transmission of the command are performed according to the value of the effect determination game state flag (S236 to S238), and the process returns to the sub integrated board process. Then, as shown in FIG. 17, when the short-time winning effect determination process (S207) ends, other processes are performed (S225), and the process returns to the determination of S201.

  In the effect control board 43 that has received the time-shortening effect start command or the time-shortening effect start command, control is performed to display an image indicating whether or not the time is short on the display screen 28. Then, control for causing the illumination device 35 to emit light is performed in synchronization with this image, and processing for generating sound from the speaker 48 is performed. Specifically, a number of short-lived effect patterns are stored in the effect pattern storage area of the ROM 583, and one of the effect patterns is determined according to the received command. Then, according to the determined pattern, the type or action of the character displayed on the display screen 28 is changed according to the command, and the sound or light is changed to notify the player whether the time is short or short. Here, it is needless to say that the aspect of the short win effect at this time can be changed as appropriate.

  In the present embodiment, the normal winning judgment is not performed during the special symbol processing (during fluctuation and jackpot game), but it is normal during the special symbol variation due to a machine malfunction or the like. When the winning gaming state is entered, all the processes related to the effects performed at that time are canceled, and the processes of S214 and S215 when the normal winning start screen display command is received are performed.

  Next, effects controlled by the sub-integrated board 58 will be described with reference to the timing charts of FIGS. FIG. 19 is a timing chart showing an example of each control of the pachinko machine 1 corresponding to the passage of time. In the timing chart of FIG. 16, as a result of the time required for digesting the jackpot game (represented as “big prize opening” in the figure) to be performed a plurality of times, the special symbol actuated holding ball at the time when the production start standby time has elapsed. A case where the number does not become “0” is shown. On the other hand, in the timing chart of FIG. 19, as a result of the jackpot game being performed a plurality of times ending earlier than the case shown in FIG. It shows the case.

  First, an effect when it takes time to digest the jackpot game will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, when the first game ball wins the opened ordinary electric accessory 13, the effect determination game state flag is processed on the sub-integrated board 58 (S 216 or S 217) for 20 seconds. Measurement of the production start standby time is started (S219). At the same time, a pre-notification effect using a long time spanning multiple jackpot determinations and jackpot games is started (S220).

  Here, the effect time of the pre-notification effect may be set to be equal to or longer than the effect start standby time. As a result, a visually pre-notification effect that is visually continuous without interruption is provided. Desirably, the pre-notification production time and the production start standby time may be the same length. In this case, since the pre-notification production ends when the production start standby time elapses, the timing for starting the production performed thereafter becomes clear, and a connected production can be easily inserted.

  Although the length of the production start standby time can be changed as appropriate, in the present embodiment, the measurement is performed before the next normal hit determination is performed, that is, before the normal symbol variation standby time elapses. It is set to end length. Therefore, the game state at the time of the next normal hit determination is notified to the player by a short-time winning effect before the next normal hit determination is actually performed. The player can be more entertained than when the state is notified.

  Furthermore, the production start standby time is measured when the first game ball is awarded to the opened ordinary electric accessory 13. Therefore, it is possible to make it possible to execute the time-shortening effect at a more appropriate time according to the digestion time of the jackpot game than when measurement is started at another timing. In addition, when no game ball is won in the opened ordinary electric accessory 13, the production start standby time is not measured, so the pre-notification effect, the notification extension effect, and the short-lived effect are displayed. Not done. Therefore, a player's interest is not spoiled by performing a useless production.

  Next, when the production start standby time has passed, it is immediately after the end of the fourth special symbol change, and the number of special symbol actuated balls is “1” (S235: NO). Therefore, a notification extension effect, which is an effect until a short-lived effect is performed, is performed (S240). This notice extension effect is configured to have visual continuity with the pre-notification effect performed before that. Then, by performing the notification extension effect, it is possible to entertain the player even when the short-time winning effect is not performed when the effect start standby time has elapsed.

  Next, when the fifth variation of the special symbol is started, the number of special symbol actuated balls is “0” (S241: YES), and at this point, the next normal hit determination is short (in the probability variation state). A short-time winning effect indicating that it will be performed is performed (S237). In the present embodiment, the short-time winning effect is configured to continue until the next normal hit determination is performed.

  Next, an effect when the jackpot game is digested smoothly will be described with reference to FIG. In the example shown in the timing chart of FIG. 19, the game balls are won in the big winning openings 16 and 17 in a timely manner as compared to the example of FIG. The contents of the production, the production time, etc. are the same. And when the production start standby time has passed, the fifth jackpot game has already been performed, and the number of special symbol operation reserved balls is “0”. Therefore, the short-time winning effect is started when the effect start standby time has elapsed without performing the notification extension effect. At this time, each effect is configured such that visual continuity is generated between the short-winning effect and the pre-notification effect performed before that.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the time-shortening effect notification time, the notification content, and the notification that indicate whether or not the next normal hit determination is performed during the time-shortening (during probability variation). The sub-integrated board 58 controls whether or not to perform the game according to a special symbol actuated ball number notification command transmitted from the main board 41 and a command for notifying the gaming state determined at the time of jackpot determination. Therefore, the burden of control of the main board 41 can be reduced and the player's sense of expectation can be effectively improved by the production by appropriately controlling the notification mode according to the number of special symbol operation reserved balls. be able to. As a result, when a jackpot game that is performed five times in succession is performed, depending on the results that are performed over a plurality of jackpot games and the result of the jackpot determination when the number of special symbol operation holding balls is “0” The player can be notified of whether or not the next normal hit determination is made in a short time using the effect.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, a maximum of five jackpot games are performed for one ordinary hit game. Further, the normal hit determination is performed again after the normal hit game after all of the five jackpot determinations and the five jackpot games are finished after the longest time is required. Therefore, whether or not the next normal hit determination is performed with high probability, that is, whether or not the normal hit game and the jackpot game are continuously performed, is performed at the closest time before the normal hit determination is performed. It is determined by whether or not the probability variation jackpot is determined by jackpot determination. Therefore, the player's interest can be attracted by performing the short-lived effect when the effect start standby time has elapsed and the number of special symbol operation reserved balls is “0”. In addition, when multiple jackpot determinations are made for one ordinary hit, the short-time win at the time of jackpot determination other than the last jackpot determination does not affect the success of the jackpot. Therefore, the player can be more entertained by performing the pre-notification effect and the notification extension effect without taking into account the determination result of the jackpot determination other than the final jackpot determination before the execution of the short-time winning effect.

  Note that the ordinary electric accessory 13 in the present embodiment corresponds to the “start port” and “variable start port” of the present invention, and the start port switch 72 corresponds to “start port game ball detecting means”. The main board 41 corresponds to a “main control board”, the sub integrated board 58, the effect control board 43, and the illumination board 46 correspond to a “sub control board”, and the display screen 28, the lighting device 35, and the speaker. 48 corresponds to “notification means”. Further, in S83 shown in FIG. 13, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that acquires the jackpot random number functions as a “big hit random number acquisition means”, and the big hit relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52 in the main board 41 becomes the “big hit random number storage means”. Equivalent to. Further, in S92 and S93 shown in FIG. 14, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines whether or not the acquired random number is a random number determined as a big hit functions as “big hit determining means”, and S117 shown in FIG. In S142 to S144 shown in FIG. 15, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that performs the control of “ON” and “OFF” of the probability variation flag and the short time flag functions as “game state control means”.

  Further, in S96 shown in FIG. 14, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines the gaming state to be generated after the end of the jackpot game functions as “gaming state determining means”. 14 corresponds to the “determined gaming state signal”, and the main board 41 that transmits these commands is transmitted in S97, S98, S100 shown in FIG. CPU 51 functions as “determined gaming state signal transmission means”. Further, the special symbol actuated holding ball number notification command transmitted in S84 shown in FIG. 13 and S106 shown in FIG. 14 corresponds to a “holding number signal”. It corresponds to “signal transmission means”. Moreover, the short time state of the probability variation corresponds to the “specific game state” of the present invention, and the short time winning effect corresponds to the “specific effect”.

  In addition, the electric accessory release solenoid 69 corresponds to “variable start opening / closing means”, the normal symbol start gate 12 corresponds to “pass opening”, and the normal symbol operation switch 73 corresponds to “pass opening game ball detection means”. To do. Further, in S24 shown in FIG. 10, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that obtains a normal hit random number functions as “normal hit random number acquisition means”. In S32 and S36 shown in FIG. The CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines whether or not the received random number functions as “normal hit determination means”. Further, in S64 and S69 shown in FIG. 12, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that controls the opening / closing of the electric accessory opening solenoid 69 corresponds to the “variable start port opening / closing control means”.

  Further, the normal symbol variation waiting time measured in S70 shown in FIG. 12 corresponds to the “first waiting time”, and the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that measures this time functions as “ordinary hit determination waiting time measuring means”. To do. Further, the production start standby time measured in S219 shown in FIG. 17 corresponds to the “second standby time”, and the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that measures this time corresponds to the “specific production start standby time measuring unit”. To do. Further, the RAM 582 of the sub-integrated board 58 that stores the effect determination game state flag corresponds to “determination game state storage means”.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. First, as a gaming state generated in the present embodiment, there are provided a “normal state” and a “probability variation short state” in which both the probability of ordinary hit determination and the probability of jackpot determination are higher than the normal state. You can change this. For example, a pachinko machine 1 in which the jackpots continue in a shorter time than in the non-short game state in the short-time game state, even if the gaming machine is configured to cause a short-time game state and a non-short-time game state that differ only in the probability of ordinary hit determination. It is possible to perform the same operation as. Further, in this embodiment, ON / OFF of the probability variation flag and ON / OFF of the hour / medium flag are synchronized, but it is not always necessary to synchronize.

  In addition, the length of the normal symbol variation waiting time from the normal hit until the next normal hit determination is performed is the maximum jackpot determination and jackpot game that is performed five times per one normal hit game, It is set to a length that lasts until the point where the maximum time is required and all are completed. This prevents the series of jackpot determinations and jackpot games from overlapping with the next series of jackpot determinations and jackpot games, but the length of the waiting time can be changed. Here, the length of the waiting time is the time required to finish the five jackpot determinations in the shortest time when five game balls win the ordinary electric accessory 13, that is, five times If all the jackpot judgments that are made are determined to be “out of place” (hereinafter referred to as “the shortest digestion time”), the regular hit judgment is always performed during the change of the special symbol or during the jackpot game. It will be. Therefore, the length of the waiting time needs to be set longer than at least the “shortest digestion time”.

  Furthermore, it is desirable to spend the longest time that can be needed to change / stop the special symbol and digest the jackpot game. It is preferable to set the standby time longer than the time when the fluctuations end. As a result, even if the jackpot digestion is delayed and the longest possible time is required, the next normal hit determination is performed during the fifth jackpot game or after it is determined to be out of place by the fifth jackpot determination. Become. In the present embodiment, during the jackpot game, it becomes a non-time-short game state, and it is determined that the ordinary hit determination is almost out of play, so the gameability is not impaired. On the other hand, the case where the gameability is impaired corresponds to the case where the next normal symbol determination is performed during the variation of each special symbol from the second time to the fifth time. Specifically, the probability of being determined to be a normal hit may be high during a special symbol change, and even if it is not a “probability change jackpot” at the time of the final jackpot determination, If the normal hit determination with a high probability is performed during the change of the special symbol before the short time state, the normal hit game is immediately executed with a probability of 718/719. On the other hand, if the variation waiting time of the normal symbol is longer than the longest time until the fifth special symbol variation ends, the normal hit judgment is performed during the second to fifth special symbol variation. Can be reliably avoided, and does not impair game play.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the production start standby time until the short-time winning production becomes possible starts to be measured when the first game ball winning to the opened ordinary electric accessory 13 is detected. The length of the waiting time is set to 20 seconds, but these can be changed as appropriate. For example, measurement of the production start standby time may be started when the ordinary electric accessory 13 is opened or closed, or measurement may be started at the second to fourth jackpot determination. In addition, if the production start standby time continues after the time when the measurement of the normal symbol variation standby time until the next normal hit determination is completed, the ordinary electric accessory 13 is performed before the time-shortening effect is performed. The player is informed of the gaming state by the action of. Therefore, the length of the production start standby time can be appropriately changed as long as it ends before the measurement of the normal symbol variation standby time ends. Furthermore, if the length of the effect start standby time is made longer than the time required for one special symbol change and the jackpot game, a pre-notification effect spanning multiple jackpot games can be performed.

  In this embodiment, when the effect start standby time has elapsed and the number of special symbol operation reserved balls is not “0”, a notification extension effect is provided until the number of special symbol operation reserved balls becomes “0”. Yes, but you can change this configuration. For example, if the number of holdings is not “0” when the production start waiting time has elapsed, measurement of a predetermined waiting time (third waiting time) is started again, and the number of holdings is again “0” when the third waiting time has elapsed. It may be configured to determine whether or not. In this case, if each effect is configured so that the transition of the effect at the time when the effect start standby time has elapsed and at the time when the third wait time has elapsed, the effect start standby time and the third effect start time are configured. All effects are continuously performed without interruption in the middle by simply inserting a short-lived effect when the standby time has elapsed. Therefore, the player's interest is not impaired. Further, if the number of holdings is not “0” when the third waiting time elapses, a fourth waiting time for starting the measurement is provided, and the same processing as the third waiting time can be performed.

  Moreover, the aspect of the pre-notification production performed during the production start standby time can also be changed. For example, the pre-notification production of the present embodiment is a production that is not interrupted on the way, but if it is a production with continuity across multiple jackpot judgments and jackpot games, when special symbols change or stop, Even if the production is divided at the start and end of the jackpot game, it is possible to attract the player's interest. Thereby, the shift | offset | difference of the fluctuation | variation of a special symbol and the progress status of jackpot game and the progress status of an effect can be decreased.

  Further, the game control method based on the present invention is not limited to the one exemplified in the above embodiment, and various changes can be made according to the specifications of the gaming machine. For example, the probability of being determined to be a jackpot by the jackpot determination, the probability of a probability variation jackpot when it is determined to be a jackpot, the number of times the jackpots 16 and 17 are opened and closed during the jackpot game, the variation time of the special symbol, etc. are changed. be able to. In the present embodiment, since the maximum number of reserved balls of a special symbol is “4”, a maximum of five jackpot games are played for one normal hit game. The maximum number of reserved balls, the number of winning balls as a condition for opening and closing the ordinary electric accessory 13 can be changed. In this case, the number of jackpot games to be played for one ordinary hit game is also changed, and according to this number of times of waiting time until the normal hit determination is again made after the normal hit game What is necessary is just to change suitably.

  The gaming machine of the present embodiment is not limited to a pachinko machine and can be applied to various gaming machines such as a pachinko machine.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the symbol display device 8. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 53 of a main board 41. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 52 of a main board 41. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a normal hit relation information storage area 5203 of a RAM 52. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of RAM52. 4 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the normal symbol process performed in the main process. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the normal symbol process performed in the main process. It is a flowchart of a sub-routine of ordinary electric accessory processing performed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the special electric accessory process performed in the main process. 4 is a timing chart showing an example of each control of the pachinko machine 1 corresponding to the passage of time. 10 is a flowchart of sub integrated substrate processing performed by a CPU 581 of the sub integrated substrate 58. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of a short time winning effect determination process performed in the sub integrated substrate process. 4 is a timing chart showing an example of each control of the pachinko machine 1 corresponding to the passage of time.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 4 Game area | region 12 Normal symbol start gate 13 Normal electrically-driven accessory 24 Normal symbol display part 25 Special symbol display part 28 Display screen 35 Illuminating device 41 Main board 43 Production control board 46 Illumination board 48 Speaker 51 CPU
52 RAM
53 ROM
58 Sub-integrated board 69 Electric accessory release solenoid 72 Start port switch 73 Normal symbol operation switch 581 CPU
582 RAM
5205 Jackpot related information storage area 5206 Special symbol operation reservation ball number storage area

Claims (8)

A game board in which a game area where game balls flow down is formed;
A variable start opening provided on the game board, having an opening and closing member, and allowing the game ball to be won when the opening and closing member is opened ;
A start opening game ball detecting means for detecting a winning of the game ball to the variable start opening;
Variable start port opening and closing means for opening and closing the variable start port opening and closing member;
A passage provided on the game board, through which a game ball passes;
A passage opening game ball detecting means for detecting the passage of the game ball to the passage opening;
A main control board that controls the main control of the game and transmits a signal according to the control;
An informing means for performing an effect of informing the player of the gaming state;
A gaming machine comprising a sub-control board that controls a notification mode of the notification means by a signal received from the main control board,
The main control board is
A jackpot random number acquisition means for acquiring a jackpot random number for determining whether or not to execute a jackpot game which is a game advantageous to the player due to the detection of the game ball by the start opening game ball detection means When,
Jackpot random number storage means for sequentially storing the jackpot random numbers acquired by the jackpot random number acquisition means;
Jackpot determination means for determining whether or not the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number storage means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as a jackpot;
Gaming state control means for causing any one of a plurality of gaming states after the jackpot game is ended;
A game state determining means for determining the gaming state generated by the gaming state control means after the end of the jackpot game to be executed after the jackpot determining means is determined to be a big hit;
A determined gaming state signal transmitting unit that transmits a determined gaming state signal that is a signal indicating the gaming state determined by the gaming state determining unit;
Of the jackpot random numbers stored in the jackpot random number storage means, a hold number signal that transmits a hold number signal that is a signal indicating the number of holds that is the number of jackpot random numbers that have not yet been determined by the jackpot determination means A transmission means ;
A normal hit random number for determining whether or not to execute a normal hit game for opening the opening / closing member of the variable start port due to the detection of the game ball by the passage opening game ball detecting means is acquired. Random number acquisition means per ordinary,
Ordinary hit determination means for determining whether or not the normal hit random number acquired by the normal hit random number acquisition means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as normal hit;
Variable start port opening / closing control means for controlling the variable start port opening / closing means to open the opening / closing member of the variable start port for a predetermined time when it is determined that the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determination means;
A normal hit determination waiting time measuring means for measuring a predetermined first waiting time until a determination by the next normal hit determining means is made when it is determined that the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determining means ,
For each gaming state, at least one of the probability of being determined to be a big hit by the jackpot determining means and the probability of being determined to be a normal hit by the normal hit determining means is different,
The normal hit determination means performs the next normal hit determination after the measurement of the first waiting time by the normal hit determination waiting time measuring means is completed,
The measurement of the first waiting time by the normal hit determination waiting time measuring means is performed for all of the big hit random numbers stored in the big hit random number storage means by one normal hit game of the determination result by the big hit determination means. Continue until after the display is finished,
The sub-control board is
Whether the notification state, the notification content, and whether to perform the notification about a specific effect indicating whether or not the gaming state after the determination by the jackpot determination means is a specific gaming state advantageous to the player, Controlled by the signal and the determined gaming state signal ,
A specific production start standby time measuring unit for measuring a predetermined second standby time until the specific production is performed when the normal production is determined to be normal;
The specific gaming state is a normal probability high probability gaming state in which the probability of being determined as a normal hit by the normal hit determination means is higher than normal,
When the measurement of the second waiting time by the specific effect start standby time measuring unit is completed and the number of holdings indicated by the holding number signal is 0, control to execute the specific effect is performed. To play. A game board in which a game area where game balls flow down is formed;
A variable start opening provided on the game board, having an opening and closing member, and allowing the game ball to be won when the opening and closing member is opened ;
A start opening game ball detecting means for detecting a winning of the game ball to the variable start opening;
Variable start port opening and closing means for opening and closing the variable start port opening and closing member;
A passage provided on the game board, through which a game ball passes;
A passage opening game ball detecting means for detecting the passage of the game ball to the passage opening;
A main control board that controls the main control of the game and transmits a signal according to the control;
An informing means for performing an effect of informing the player of the gaming state;
A gaming machine comprising a sub-control board that controls a notification mode of the notification means by a signal received from the main control board,
The main control board is
A jackpot random number acquisition means for acquiring a jackpot random number for determining whether or not to execute a jackpot game which is a game advantageous to the player due to the detection of the game ball by the start opening game ball detection means When,
Jackpot random number storage means for sequentially storing the jackpot random numbers acquired by the jackpot random number acquisition means;
Jackpot determination means for determining whether or not the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number storage means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as a jackpot;
Gaming state control means for causing any one of a plurality of gaming states after the jackpot game is ended;
A game state determining means for determining the gaming state generated by the gaming state control means after the end of the jackpot game to be executed after the jackpot determining means is determined to be a big hit;
A determined gaming state signal transmitting unit that transmits a determined gaming state signal that is a signal indicating the gaming state determined by the gaming state determining unit;
Of the jackpot random numbers stored in the jackpot random number storage means, a hold number signal that transmits a hold number signal that is a signal indicating the number of holds that is the number of jackpot random numbers that have not yet been determined by the jackpot determination means A transmission means;
Due to the game ball is detected by said passage opening game ball detection means, obtains the plain per random number to determine whether to execute the usual per game to open the closing member of the variable start hole Random number acquisition means per ordinary,
Ordinary hit determination means for determining whether or not the normal hit random number acquired by the normal hit random number acquisition means is a predetermined random number determined in advance as normal hit;
Variable start port opening / closing control means for controlling the variable start port opening / closing means to open the opening / closing member of the variable start port for a predetermined time when it is determined that the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determination means ;
A normal hit determination waiting time measuring means for measuring a predetermined first waiting time until a determination by the next normal hit determining means is made when it is determined that the normal hit is determined by the normal hit determining means ,
Wherein each gaming state, the probability is determined that the jackpot by the jackpot determining means, and Ri at least one of Do different probabilities that are determined per common by the ordinary hit determination means,
The normal hit determination means performs the next normal hit determination after the measurement of the first waiting time by the normal hit determination waiting time measuring means is completed,
The measurement of the first waiting time by the normal hit determination waiting time measuring means is performed by the jackpot determining means for all the jackpot random numbers stored in the jackpot random number storage means by one ordinary hit game, and Continue until after all the jackpot games executed when the jackpot determining means is determined to be a jackpot,
The sub-control board is
Whether the notification state, the notification content, and whether to perform the notification about a specific effect indicating whether or not the gaming state after the determination by the jackpot determination means is a specific gaming state advantageous to the player, Controlled by the signal and the determined gaming state signal,
A specific production start standby time measuring unit for measuring a predetermined second standby time until the specific production is performed when the normal production is determined to be normal;
The specific gaming state is a normal probability high probability gaming state in which the probability of being determined as a normal hit by the normal hit determination means is higher than normal,
When the measurement of the second waiting time by the specific effect start standby time measuring unit is completed and the number of holdings indicated by the holding number signal is 0, control to execute the specific effect is performed. It is that Yu technique machine. The sub-control board controls the notifying unit together with the start of measurement by the specific effect start standby time measuring unit to start a pre-notification effect that is an effect before the specific effect is performed. The gaming machine according to 1 or 2 . The gaming machine according to claim 3 , wherein a length of the pre-notification effect controlled by the sub-control board is equal to or longer than the second waiting time. The specific production start waiting time measuring means starts measuring the second waiting time when the normal winning determining means determines that the normal winning is made and the first game ball wins the variable start opening. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the gaming machine is characterized in that: The measurement of the second standby time by the specific effect start standby time measuring means ends before the measurement of the first standby time by the normal hit determination standby time measuring means ends. A gaming machine according to any one of 1 to 5 . The sub-control board until the specific effect is started when the measurement of the second standby time by the specific effect start standby time measuring unit is completed and the number of reservations indicated by the reservation number signal is not 0 the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the control for executing the notification extension effect is an effect that takes place during the. The sub-control board is
Determining game state storage means for storing whether or not the gaming state indicated by the determined gaming state signal is the specific gaming state;
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the content of notification of the specific effect is controlled according to the gaming state stored in the determined gaming state storage unit.

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