JP5469831B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an opening / closing device that opens and closes a slide opening / closing member that opens and closes during a special game performed according to a lottery result when a game ball enters a start opening.

  In a gaming machine in which a special game is executed according to the lottery result when the game ball enters the starting port, in addition to the long hit game for the purpose of causing the player to acquire a prize ball, A plurality of types of special games such as a short hit game having a different purpose or a small hit game are set. In such a special game, a prize ball corresponding to the number of game balls entered in the big prize opening is paid out to the player by opening the big prize opening normally maintained in a closed state.

  A game per long is a game in which a round game in which the big prize opening is kept open is repeated several times until a predetermined number of game balls enter or until a predetermined time elapses. By doing so, the player can acquire a large amount of prize balls.

  On the other hand, in the short win game, as in the long win game, the round game is executed a plurality of times, but the time for which the big prize opening is kept open is short, so that almost no game balls enter the big prize opening. In a short hit game, the player can hardly obtain a prize ball. However, when winning a short win, the winning probability of the jackpot changes after the short hit game ends, and the low probability game state changes from the low probability gaming state in which the game progresses at a preset probability. A transition is made to a high probability gaming state in which the winning probability of jackpot is higher than the state, or a transition is made from a high probability gaming state to a low probability gaming state.

  In the small win game, as in the short win game, the opening and closing operation of the big prize opening is performed, but since the opening and closing operation of the big winning opening is set to be the same as the short win game, This difference is indistinguishable or difficult for the player. However, even if winning a small win, the winning probability of winning a big win does not change before and after winning a small win, so this is different from the short win.

  Because it is difficult for a player to determine whether he has won a small win or a short win, the player may have won a short win that has shifted to a high-probability gaming state from the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening. There is a sense of expectation that there is not, and anxiety that it may have shifted to a low-probability gaming state.

  In this way, when multiple types of special games are provided, if a special game with a different number of round games is provided, when the right to execute a special game is acquired (at the time of winning the jackpot), the round It is necessary to inform the player how many times the game can be executed by a lamp or the like. For example, in a gaming machine in which the game per long is set to 15 rounds and the game per short game is set to 2 rounds, the lamp for 15 rounds is turned on when winning per long and 2 when winning per short The round lamp will be turned on.

  On the other hand, since the small hit is different from the big hit such as long hit or short win, the round lamp cannot be turned on even when winning. For this reason, if the operation mode of opening / closing the big prize opening is the same for the small win game and the short win game, it is possible to determine which player has won from the lighting of the round lamp. If something is known, it may cause the player to lose the incentive to continue playing.

  Therefore, if the number of rounds in the short win game is the same as the number of rounds in the long hit game, it is considered unnecessary to inform the player of the number of round games executed, but the long win game is awarded to the player. Since the goal is to pay out the ball, the number of rounds cannot be reduced. After all, in order to make the number of rounds in the game per long and the game per short, it is necessary to match the number of rounds in the game per short with the game per long game. It is necessary to increase the number of times, that is, to open and close the large winning opening (opening / closing door) at high speed.

  In this type of gaming machine, it is common for the opening / closing door to be tiltable in the front-rear direction, and in this opening / closing door, the game ball received on the opening / closing receiving plate of the opening / closing door is not awarded. There were many inconveniences in which a so-called spilled sphere falling as a sphere occurred. In view of this, an opening / closing device in which the opening / closing door is retracted in the front-rear direction has been proposed (see Patent Document 1). The opening / closing device includes an opening / closing receiving member provided on the opening / closing device so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, an operation member provided on the opening / closing device so as to be rotatable, and an operation member for moving the opening / closing receiving member in the front-rear direction by the rotation, A solenoid that rotates the member, and an operation member is rotated by a projecting and moving movement of the shaft of the solenoid so that the open / close receiving member opens the large winning opening and a closing that closes the large winning opening Move between positions.

Utility Model Registration Publication No. 25541787 (paragraphs 0011 to 0018, FIGS. 1 and 5)

  As described above, when the open / close receiving member moves between the open position and the closed position, the moving distance is relatively large. Therefore, in order to move the open / close receiving member at a high speed, it is necessary to increase the size of the operation member and the solenoid. In a pachinko gaming machine in which an opening / closing device needs to be installed in a limited space, it is difficult to increase the size of the operation member and the like. Therefore, it is impossible to open and close the large winning opening (opening / closing door) at high speed.

  In addition, in the conventional opening / closing device, if the moving distance of the opening / closing receiving member is large, if the opening of the big prize opening is not aimed at winning the game balls, the game balls exceeding the target number win or If the opening of the mouth is aimed at winning a game ball, the game ball once received by the opening / closing door may be missed during the closing operation, causing the player to be suspicious and entertaining the player There was a possibility that it might fall.

  Based on the above background, the present invention proposes a large winning opening and closing device for a pachinko gaming machine that can open and close a large winning opening at a high speed and does not cause the player to be suspicious and reduce the interest of the player. Is.

The gaming machine according to claim 1 is an opening / closing operation of a large winning opening that allows a game ball to be opened by opening a slide opening / closing member in a front-rear direction with respect to a large winning hole provided in the game board. The slide opening and closing member is connected to a slide plate extending along the big prize opening hole, and is connected to a lower portion of the slide plate and protrudes to the rear side. The game winning ball opening / closing device is provided in a reciprocating manner in the gaming machine and moves to one side position where the direction of the reciprocating motion is changed. Then, the slide plate is moved to an open position where the opening portion opened between the slide plate and the game board opens to a size larger than the diameter of the game ball, and the slide is moved by the reciprocal movement. Close the big prize opening from the open position of the board A sliding plate moving means for moving in the closing direction; and provided in the gaming machine, when the sliding plate is moved from the open position to the closing direction by the sliding plate moving means, the sliding plate abuts against the shelf plate portion. It restricts the movement end position in said closing direction of the slide plate, and a closing operation restricting member in which the opening to hold the sliding plate in a small opening closed position opening the size smaller than the diameter of the game ball a, and the small opening closed position receiving member for supporting the slide-off member below the sliding plate moves provided the configuration requirements Rukoto.

  Since the slide opening / closing member moves between the small opening closing position and the opening position, which are located closer to the opening position than the closing position where the slide plate closes the big prize opening hole, the slide opening / closing member moves between the closing position and the opening position. Compared with the case of sliding between the two, the moving distance of the slide plate can be reduced. For this reason, the slide plate can be opened and closed in a short time, and the opening and closing speed of the slide plate can be increased. Further, since the opening / closing stroke of the slide plate is short, it is possible to suppress the winning of the game balls exceeding the target number when the opening of the big winning opening is not aimed at winning the game balls. In addition, since a shelf is provided at the bottom of the slide plate that extends along the hole of the big prize opening, when the opening of the big prize opening is aimed at winning a game ball, the game ball once received by the opening / closing door Can be prevented from being missed during the closing operation, and the possibility of causing the player to have doubts and reducing the interest of the player can be suppressed.

  The slide plate moving means may be any one that can reciprocate, and the slide plate moving means may be directly or indirectly connected to the slide opening / closing member. Further, the slide plate moving means may be configured to hold the position when the slide plate moving means moves to one side position where the direction of reciprocation changes. The size that the size of the opening cannot enter the game ball means that the size of the opening that is opened by the movement of the slide plate is smaller than the diameter of the game ball. The closing operation restricting member restricts the sliding movement in the direction in which the slide plate moved to the small opening closing position further reduces the opening, and refers to, for example, a protrusion protruding inside the case.

  The means for sliding the slide opening / closing member is provided with a roller on one of the bottom surface of the slide opening / closing member and the base plate facing the slide opening / closing member, and a groove for guiding the movement of the roller is provided on the other bottom surface of the slide opening / closing member and the base plate. A slide rail may be provided between the bottom surface of the slide opening / closing member and the base plate. The slide opening / closing member is preferably formed of a material that is easy to slide, such as POM (polyacetal).

  When the slide plate moves to the small opening closing position, there is a possibility that the game ball stays in the upper part of the large winning opening so as to block the large winning opening. Therefore, by providing an inclined surface in which the longitudinal end portion side of the slide plate is inclined downward from the longitudinal center side at the upper end portion of the slide plate (Claim 2), the game ball stays in the upper part of the big prize opening. The situation can be prevented beforehand. The inclined surface is provided on one side and the other side of the upper end of the slide plate and provided in a C shape in front view, or provided on the upper end of the slide plate so as to be inclined from one end to the other end. But you can.

Even game ball to the slide plate is allowed to act an impact load by providing the accepted member receives and absorbs the impact load by a member, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the slide plate is damaged. The receiving member can be provided on the extended line of the game ball falling from above in addition to the lower position of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the slide plate, or can extend substantially in the longitudinal direction of the slide plate to receive the entire slide plate. It can be of any length.

The slide plate has a center of gravity position of the game ball when it falls on the upper end surface of the slide plate moved to the small opening closed position in a state where the game ball is located on the game board side. It is formed so as to be located within the width of not good. If the game ball located on the game board side falls on the slide plate in a state where the slide plate is moved to the small opening closed position, the game ball rolls on the upper end surface after contacting the upper end surface of the slide plate. At this time, the center of gravity of the game ball is within the range of the width of the upper end surface in the short direction, so that the game ball rolls on the upper end surface of the slide plate and is easily discharged from the longitudinal end portion of the slide plate. . For this reason, a possibility that a game ball may stay on the upper end surface of the slide plate can be prevented. The game ball is positioned on the game board side when the game ball is in contact with a game board or a base plate provided on the game board.

Furthermore, the center of gravity of the game ball when the slide plate falls on the upper end surface of the slide plate moved to the small opening closed position with the game ball positioned on the glass side covering the game board is the upper end surface. It is formed so as to be located within the lateral direction of the width of the not good. In this case, when the game ball located on the glass side falls on the slide plate while the slide plate is moved to the small opening closed position, the game ball rolls on the upper end surface after contacting the upper end surface of the slide plate. And it becomes easy to discharge | emit from the longitudinal direction edge part of a slide plate. For this reason, a possibility that a game ball may stay on the upper end surface of the slide plate can be prevented. When the game ball is positioned on the glass side, it means that the game ball is in contact with a projection or the like provided on the inner surface on the glass side of the frame that is arranged above the glass or slide plate and guides the movement of the game ball. Say a case.

  According to the large winning opening / closing device of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, the slide plate has an opening position where a gaming ball can enter and a small opening with a large winning opening so that the gaming ball cannot enter the large winning opening. Since it can be opened and closed between the opening and closing position, the time required to open and close the slide plate once can be shortened, and the slide plate can be opened and closed at a high speed. Can be realized. In addition, because the opening and closing stroke of the slide plate is short, if the opening of the big prize opening is not aimed at winning the game ball, it is possible to suppress the winning of game balls exceeding the target number, and the opening of the big prize opening is When the goal is to win a game ball, it is possible to suppress the situation where the game ball once received by the opening / closing door is dropped during the closing operation, which makes the player questionable and lowers the interest of the player The fear can be suppressed.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a large winning opening 94d that allows a game ball to enter by opening the slide opening / closing member 91 in the front-rear direction with respect to a large winning hole 94b provided in the gaming board 101 so as to open in front of the gaming board 101. The structural example of the special prize opening opening / closing device 90 which performs the opening / closing operation | movement of (refer Fig.4 (a)) is shown.

  First, the entire gaming machine will be described. As shown in FIG. 6 (front view), an operation handle 113 including a firing unit 292 (see FIGS. 8 and 9) is disposed at a position below the game board 101 of the gaming machine 1, and is driven by the launching unit 292. After the launched game ball rises between the rails 102 a and 102 b and reaches the upper position of the game board 101, it falls within the game area 103. In the game area 103, in addition to a plurality of nails (not shown) for dropping the game ball in an unspecified direction, a windmill and a entrance for changing the fall direction of the game ball are arranged.

  A symbol display unit 104 using, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) is disposed in the central portion of the game area 103. A first start port 105 capable of receiving a game ball is disposed below the symbol display unit 104, and a second start port 120 having a pair of movable pieces 120 a is disposed below the first start port 105. The second start port 120 makes it difficult to receive a game ball when the pair of movable pieces 120a are closed, and makes it easier to receive the game ball than the first start port 105 when the pair is open.

  On the left side of the symbol display unit 104, a winning gate 106 for detecting the passing of a game ball and performing lottery of a normal symbol for opening the second start port 120 for a predetermined time is arranged. In a position below the winning gate 106, etc., a normal winning opening 107 is provided for acquiring a predetermined number (for example, ten) of winning balls when a game ball enters. At the bottom of the game area 103, a collection port 108 for collecting game balls that have not entered any of the entrances is disposed.

  In the lower right of the symbol display unit 104, a first special symbol display 84 for displaying a lottery result by a first special symbol lottery means 300 described later, and a second special for displaying a lottery result by a second special symbol lottery means 320. A symbol display 86 is arranged. These two indicators 84 and 86 display a special symbol in a variable manner, and a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed after a lapse of a predetermined time, and a lottery result triggered by the entry of a game ball into the starting port is displayed. . A plurality of LEDs are used for both indicators 84 and 86, and the LED blinks as the special symbol variation display starts, giving the player the impression that the lottery is currently being drawn. After a predetermined time has elapsed, an LED set in advance according to the lottery result is turned on and the lottery result is notified to the player.

  If a game ball enters the first starting port 105 or the second starting port 120 during the special symbol variation display, the right to display the special symbol variation display (hereinafter referred to as “reserved ball”) reserved by the entry is reserved. Is done. The number of reserved balls thus reserved is displayed on the first special symbol hold indicator 88 and the second special symbol hold indicator 90.

  If a game ball enters the winning gate 106 during the special symbol variation display, the normal symbol lottery means 360 will perform a lottery. The normal symbol display 82 for displaying the lottery result is displayed on both the indicators 84 and 86. Located in the vicinity. The right of the normal symbol change display obtained by the game ball entering the winning gate 106 during the normal symbol change display, that is, the number of reserved balls is displayed on the normal symbol hold display 92.

  When the game ball enters the first start port 105 or the second start port 120, the symbol display unit 104 starts a variation display of a plurality of decorative symbols, and stops the variation of the decorative symbol after a predetermined time has elapsed. If a specific symbol (for example, “777”) is prepared at the time of stoppage, it means that the right to execute the jackpot game (long win game) is acquired, and then the jackpot game (long hit game) is started. When the big hit game (long win game) is started, the slide opening / closing member 91 in the big winning opening / closing device 90 located below the game area 103 is repeatedly opened for a predetermined time (for example, 15 times), Prize balls corresponding to the game balls that have been balled are paid out.

  The big prize opening / closing device 90 has a slide plate 91a (see FIG. 1A) that opens and closes a big prize opening 94d that opens to the front of the game board 101 by the sliding movement of the slide opening / closing member 91, and the slide board 91a is large. It is installed on the back surface of the game board 101 in a state of being positioned on the front (front surface) side of the large winning opening 94b provided in the front portion of the winning opening / closing device 90. As shown in FIG. 1A, the slide plate 91a normally has an opening 94c opened slightly between the slide plate 91a and the game board 101, and a game ball enters from the opening 94c. Is blocking. When the big hit game is started, the slide plate 91a slides forward as shown in FIG. 4 (a) by energizing a special prize opening / closing solenoid 98 which will be described later, thereby opening the opening 94c as a special prize opening 94d. (Open state). When the grand prize opening 94d is opened, the slide opening / closing member 91 functions as a tray for guiding the game ball into the big prize opening 94d, and the game ball can enter the big prize opening hole 94b. Details of the special winning opening / closing device 90 will be described later.

  A frame member 110 having a shape surrounding the game area 103 and projecting from the game board 101 to the player side is disposed on the outer peripheral portion of the game board 101, and a plurality of lights are provided above and below the frame member 110. An effect light 111 (lamp unit) having 112 is installed. Each light 112 irradiates a player in front of the gaming machine 1, and light is driven by a motor (not shown) in the effect light 111 so that the irradiation position moves along the abdomen from the top of the player. The irradiation direction can be changed in the vertical direction. Each light 112 is rotatable by a separate motor in the effect light 111 so that the light irradiation direction can be rotated so that the irradiation position forms a circle with reference to the gaming machine 1 and can irradiate the surroundings of the gaming machine. .

  Below the frame member 110, a receiving tray unit 119 to which game balls lent out from a lending device (not shown) is supplied is installed, and an operation handle 113 is arranged. The operation handle 113 is provided so as to protrude to the lower right side of the frame member 110, protrudes from the game board 101 to the player side, and is operated by the player when the game ball is fired by driving the launching portion.

  The operation handle 113 includes a firing instruction member 114 that drives the launching portion to launch a game ball. The firing instruction member 114 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the operation handle 113 so as to rotate clockwise as viewed from the player, and gives a launching command to the launching portion when being directly operated by the player. The operation handle 113 incorporates a sensor or the like that detects that the player directly operates the firing instruction member 114.

  On the upper side and the side of the symbol display unit 104 (right side of the drawing in FIG. 5), effects for the effect (hereinafter referred to as “effects”) 115 and 116 are arranged. The director 115 is driven by a solenoid, for example, and the director 116 is driven by a motor. By driving the similar directors 115 and 116 with different types of driving sources, the directors 115 and 116 can each have their own movements, and the stage effect is enhanced.

  A chance button 117 for accepting an operation by the player is also arranged below the frame member 110. The operation of the chance button 117 is effective while guidance for prompting the operation of the chance button 117 is displayed, for example, in a specific reach effect during the game.

  The frame member 110 incorporates a speaker 277 (see FIGS. 8 and 9) that outputs a production effect sound or a sound that informs the fraud. The speaker 277 has a function capable of outputting high, medium, and low sound areas, and outputs a high sound, medium sound, and low sound in a well-balanced manner during normal production, but in the case of special production described later or when there is fraud, etc. Is controlled so as to output a high sound region high so that it can be heard well around.

  Here, a configuration example of a special winning opening / closing device (hereinafter referred to as an opening / closing device) 90 that enables opening of the special winning opening 94d will be described. As shown in FIG. 1A (cross-sectional view), FIG. 1B (perspective view), and FIG. 2A (front view), the opening / closing device 90 is a box shape supported on the back of the game board 101. Case 94, a slide opening / closing member 91 slidably supported in a large winning opening 94b provided at the front of the case 94, and a slide plate of the slide opening / closing member 91 slidably provided in the case 94 A slide plate moving means (shaft 98a) for moving 91a to a predetermined position (open position), and a closing operation restricting member (projection 94a) provided in the case 94 for restricting movement in the direction in which the slide opening / closing member 91 is closed. ).

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the case 94 has a shape to which a slide opening / closing member 91 accommodated in the case 94 and a large winning opening detecting unit (detector) 224 for detecting a game ball inserted can be attached. The slide plate 91a of the slide opening / closing member 91 is installed on the back surface of the game board 101 and fixed in a state where the slide plate 91a is exposed on the front surface of the game board 101. The inside of the case 94 is partitioned into a plurality of regions for housing the components of the opening / closing device 90 by partition walls or the like.

  The large winning hole 94b provided on the front side of the case 94 is formed in a rectangular shape in front view extending in the vertical direction, and the game ball won through the large winning hole 94b on the gaming board 101 side of the case 94. A discharge rib 94g is provided on the upper plate 94f of the case 94 facing the discharge hole 94e to guide the winning game ball to the discharge hole side. A receiving plate 94k that supports the slide plate 91a moved to the front side from the large winning hole 94b is provided on the base plate 94h below the large winning hole 94b provided at the front end portion of the case 94. As shown in FIG. 2A, the receiving member 94k is disposed on an extension line of the movement trajectory of the game ball that moves from above the opening / closing device 90 along the nail 93 and falls on the slide plate 91a. Yes. In FIG. 2A, three places are provided on the extended line of the movement trajectory of the falling game ball, but the receiving member 94k extends in the longitudinal direction of the slide plate 91a so as to receive substantially the entire slide plate 91a. It may be configured. As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the slide opening / closing member 91 is connected to a slide plate 91a extending along the prize winning hole 94b, and is connected to a lower portion of the slide plate 91a so as to project rearward and play from the front side to the rear side. It has the shelf part 91b in which a ball | bowl can roll. The slide plate 91a extends in a substantially vertical direction and slides in a direction (front-rear direction) orthogonal to the game board 101 to open and close the special winning hole 94d.

  On both sides in the length direction of the upper end portion of the slide plate 91a, inclined surfaces 91d that are inclined downward toward the end portion in the length direction of the slide plate are provided, and the slide plate 91a is formed in a C shape in a front view. The situation in which the game ball stays in the opening 94c opened between the slide plate 91a and the game board 101 is prevented in advance. The inclined surface 91d may be provided at the upper end portion of the slide plate 91a so as to be inclined from one end side to the other end side or from the other end side to the one end side (FIGS. 2B and 2C). reference). Further, the upper end surface 91c of the slide plate 91a is inclined inward in the short direction (on the side of the big prize opening hole), and the game ball moved on the upper end surface is in contact with the base plate 94h provided on the front surface of the case 94. It is easy to roll on the end face. In addition, if the edge part of the transversal direction of the upper end part of the slide plate 91a is chamfered or rounded, the influence of wear due to the impact of the game ball can be reduced.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slide plate 91a has a position of the slide plate 91a with respect to the case 94 when the opening 94c is sized so that the game ball Y cannot enter (hereinafter referred to as “small opening closing position Ps”). ), The position of the center of gravity of the game ball Y when the game ball Y positioned on the game board falls on the upper end surface of the slide plate 91a is the width of the upper end surface 91c in the short direction. It is formed so as to be located within the range. Accordingly, when the game ball Y located on the game board side falls on the slide plate 91a in a state where the slide plate 91a is moved to the small opening closing position Ps, the game ball Y comes into contact with the upper end surface 91c of the slide plate 91a. After that, it rolls on the upper end surface 91c and is easily discharged from the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the slide plate 91a. For this reason, the possibility that the game ball Y may stay on the upper end surface of the slide plate 91a can be prevented.

  When the guide frame (not shown) having a hole for guiding the fall of the game ball to the slide plate side is provided above the slide plate 91a, the slide plate 91a is moved to the small opening closing position Ps. Thus, the center of gravity of the game ball Y when the game ball in contact with the inner surface of the hole facing the game board side falls on the upper end surface 91c of the slide plate 91a is short of the upper end surface 91c. The slide plate 91a may be formed so as to be positioned within the range of the width in the hand direction. In the state where the slide plate 91a is moved to the small opening closing position Ps, the gravity center position of the game ball Y when the game ball contacting the glass facing the game board 101 falls on the upper end surface 91c of the slide plate 91a is the upper end surface. You may form the slide plate 91a so that it may be located in the range of the width | variety of the transversal direction of 91c.

  A shelf 91b provided at the lower end of the slide plate 91a is integrally connected to the slide plate 91a. The surface of the shelf portion 91b is formed in a step shape in the width direction, and each step portion extends in the front-rear direction and is inclined rearward to facilitate the backward movement of the winning game ball.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a connecting member 96 extending rearward is integrally connected to the rear end portion of the shelf board portion 91b with the shelf board portion 91b. The connecting member 96 is plate-shaped, and has a length in which the rear end portion thereof is positioned in the vicinity of the rear end portion of the case 94 in a state where the slide plate 91a closes the special winning hole 94b. A communication hole 91e that can communicate with the discharge hole 94e is provided on the front side of the connection member 96. The communication hole 91e is formed with respect to the case 94 when an opening (hereinafter referred to as a “large winning opening 94d”) is formed between the slide plate 91a and the game board 101. When the slide plate 91a slides to the position of the slide plate 91a (hereinafter referred to as “open position Po” (see FIG. 4A)) and when the slide plate 91a moves to the small opening closing position Ps. , It communicates with a discharge hole 94 a provided in the case 94.

  A slide rail (not shown) is provided between the bottom surface of the connecting member 96 and the bottom surface of the case 94. The slide plate 91a, the shelf plate portion 91b, and the connecting member 96 (hereinafter referred to as “slider 92” collectively). Is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the big winning hole 94b with respect to the case 94. The slider 92 is provided with a roller on one of the bottom surface and the bottom plate of the case 94 facing the slider 92, and a groove for guiding the movement of the roller is provided on the other bottom surface of the slider and the bottom plate of the case 94. May be made freely.

  A connecting member 96 a that protrudes upward is projected from the back end of the connecting member 96. A shaft (plunger) 98a of a special prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is connected to the connecting member 96a. The prize winning opening / closing solenoid 98 is fixed to the case 94 so that the shaft 98a extends in the substantially horizontal direction, and the tip of the solenoid shaft 97a that moves linearly is connected to the connecting member 96a. It is connected to the. In the drawing, a solenoid having good responsiveness when energized is used as an actuator, but a stepping motor or the like can also be used because it only needs to be housed in the case 94. When a stepping motor is used, a driving cam is connected to the output shaft, and the rotational cam of the output shaft is converted into a linear motion by combining the driving cam with the driving cam.

  A biasing member (compression spring) 99 such as a coil spring is disposed on the shaft 98a of the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 between the front side surface of the connection member 96a and the housing 98c of the solenoid 98. In FIG. 1A and FIG. 5A, the biasing member 99 is set to a state in which the restoring force is exerted from the immersed state of the shaft 97a to the protruding state because of the relationship between the connecting member 96 and the slide plate 91a. Yes.

  In FIG. 1A, when the slider 92 slides forward, the slide plate 91a opens the opening 94c between the slide plate 91a and the base plate 94h, and when the slider 92 slides rearward, the size of the opening 94c. The slide plate 91a and the connecting member 96 are linearly formed so as to reduce the length. In this relationship, a connecting member 96a is provided at the back end of the bottom plate 94j of the case 94 so that the slide plate 91a moves to the small opening closing position Ps when the shaft 98a of the large winning opening / closing solenoid 98 is protruding. A projecting closing operation restricting member (projection) 94a is provided which restricts the movement in the direction in which the slide plate 91a performs the closing operation (the back side of the case). Since the closing operation restricting member 94a only needs to restrict the movement of the slide plate 91a in the closing operation direction, the closing operation restricting member 94a may be provided on the side plate, top plate, or the like of the case 94.

  The prize winning opening / closing solenoid 98 has a shaft 98a protruding in order to make it difficult to move the slide plate 91a to the front side when the slide plate 91a is moved to the small opening closing position Ps when the shaft 98a is protruding. In this state, the urging member 99 is placed in a state where it is slightly compressed and exhibits a restoring force.

  FIGS. 1 (a) and 5 (a) show the state of the opening / closing device 90 when no power is supplied to the large winning opening / closing solenoid 98 (power is OFF), and FIGS. 4 (a) and 5 (b) show a large state. The state of the opening / closing device 90 when the prize opening opening / closing solenoid 98 is energized (powered on) is shown. In this example, in a state where the slide plate 91a shown in FIG. 1A is moved to the small opening closing position Ps, the shaft 98a of the large winning opening / closing solenoid 98 protrudes and the connecting member 96 moves to the back side of the case. The opening 94c is slightly opened by 91a, and conversely, when the power is turned on, the shaft 98a shown in FIG. 4 (a) is immersed in the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98, and the connecting member 96 moves forward. Then, the slide plate 91a is moved to the open position, and the large winning opening 94d is open.

  When the power of the special prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is turned on by a command from the main control board 201 to be described later, the shaft 98a is immersed and the connecting member 96a is moved as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). The prize winning opening / closing solenoid 98 moves to the side, the slide plate 91a moves forward, and the prize winning opening 94d is opened.

  The biasing member 99 such as a coil spring interposed between the connection member 96a and the housing 98c of the solenoid 98 is shown in FIG. 1 by the restoring force of the biasing member 99 when the power source of the solenoid 98 shifts from the ON state to the OFF state. Return to the state of a) and FIG.

  The sliding plate 91a in the short hit gaming state instantaneously switches the power ON / OFF of the big prize opening opening / closing solenoid 98, and the opening / closing operation of the sliding plate 91a is executed 15 times in several seconds. The opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a at high speed is executed by the CPU 201a of the main control board 201 operating the short hit game control means 341 in the short hit game state as a result of the big hit lottery as will be described later. Although the control of the special prize opening / closing solenoid 98 will be described later, the reciprocating operation of the slide opening / closing member 91 by switching the power ON and OFF is repeated, for example, a plurality of times per second, specifically several times to several times.

  In a control example (step S502 and the like) to be described later, when the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is energized (power is turned on), the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 moves the slide plate 91a to the open position Po. Yes. In this relation, in FIG. 1 (a), when the power to the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is OFF, the shaft 98a protrudes and the urging member (compression spring) 99 urges the connecting member 96a to the back side. The connecting member 96 comes into contact with the closing operation restricting member (projection) 94a, and the slide plate 91a is moved to the small opening closing position Ps. In this case, since the biasing member (compression spring) 99 is slightly compressed in the axial direction, the slide plate 91a is hardly closed by the biasing force from the biasing member (compression spring) 99 to the connecting member 96a. It has become.

  Switching of the slide plate 91a by the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is performed depending on whether the big hit game is a short hit game or a long hit game. The opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a in the long hit gaming state is executed by the long hit game control means 340 of the main control board 201.

  When the power of the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is turned off, the biasing member (compression spring) 99 causes the slide plate 91a to move to the small opening closed position by the extension of the biasing member 99d of the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 as described above. The game ball is moved to Ps so that the game ball cannot enter the opening 94c.

(Internal structure of control means)
FIG. 8 shows the internal configuration of the control means of the gaming machine 1. As shown here, the control means 200 mainly includes a plurality of main control boards 201, sub-control boards 202, prize ball control boards 203, and lamp control boards 206. It is comprised from the control board.

  The main control board 201 controls basic operations related to the game of the gaming machine 1, and based on a program stored in the ROM 201b, executes a basic process associated with the progress of the game content, and a work area for data during the arithmetic processing of the CPU 201a RAM 201c or the like functioning as The main control board 201 performs lottery lottery triggered by a game ball entering the first start port 105 or the second start port 120, and commands related to effects stored in the ROM 201b based on the lottery result Make a selection.

  On the input side of the main control board 201, a first start port detecting unit 221 that detects that a game ball has entered the first start port 105 and a game ball that has entered the second start port 120 are detected. A second start opening detection unit 225, a gate detection unit 222 that detects that a game ball has passed through the winning gate 106, a normal winning port detection unit 223 that detects a game ball that has entered the normal winning port 107, A big prize opening detection unit 224 that detects a game ball that has entered the big prize opening opening / closing device 90 is connected.

  An accessory operating device 231 is connected to the output side of the main control board 201. In the present embodiment, the accessory actuating device 231 is constituted by a large winning opening / closing solenoid 98 that slides the slide plate 91a and a second starting opening / closing solenoid 120b that opens / closes the second starting opening 120 ( (See FIG. 9).

  The accessory actuating device 231 is controlled by the main control board 201 and energizes the big prize opening opening / closing solenoid 98 in the big hit game (long win game, short win game) to slide the slide plate 91a forward, thereby opening the opening 94c. Is opened to the special winning opening 94d, and the second starting opening / closing solenoid 120b is energized to open / close the second starting opening 120 by winning the normal symbol.

  Connected to the input side of the sub-control board 202 is a chance button detection unit 220 that detects that the chance button 117 has been operated. The sub-control board 202 mainly controls the effects during the game, and executes a lottery and effect processing of effects based on commands transmitted from the main control board 201, and a ROM 202b that stores programs and past effect patterns. And a RAM 202c functioning as a data work area during the arithmetic processing of the CPU 202a.

  When the sub control board 202 receives a command related to the effect transmitted from the main control board 201, the sub control board 202 performs a lottery based on the command to determine the effect such as the effect background pattern, the reach effect pattern, the appearance character, and the confirmation. The production control is performed. The symbol display unit 104 is connected to the output side of the sub-control board 202, and the decorative symbol effect is developed in the symbol display unit 104 according to the contents determined by the lottery. The sub-control board 202 is also provided with a VRAM 202 d for writing image data to be displayed on the symbol display unit 104.

  At normal times, the CPU 202a reads a program stored in the ROM 202b, executes various image processing such as background image display processing, symbol image display and variation processing, and character image display processing, and reads necessary image data from the ROM 202b to the VRAM 202d. Write. The background image, the symbol image, and the character image are superimposed and displayed on the symbol display unit 104 on the display screen. That is, the design image and the character image are displayed so as to be seen in front of the background image. At this time, if the background image and the design image overlap at the same position, the design image is preferentially stored in the VRAM 202d by referring to the Z value of the Z buffer of each image data by a known hidden surface removal method such as the Z buffer method. Let

  A speaker 277 is connected to the output side of the sub control board 202 and outputs sound as determined in the sub control board 202. Also connected to the output side of the sub control board 202 is a lamp control board 206 for controlling the lamp 262, the effect light 111, and the effect agent actuating device 254. The stage effect actuating device 254 is configured by a motor, a solenoid, and the like that actuate the stage actors such as the stage actors 115 and 116. The lamp control board 206 operates a program based on a command transmitted from the sub-control board 202 to execute an effect process, a ROM 206b that stores various effect pattern data, and a data work area at the time of arithmetic processing by the CPU 206a. RAM 206c or the like functioning as

  The lamp control board 206 performs lighting control for various lamps 262 provided on the game board 101, the base frame, and the like, and performs lighting control for a plurality of lights 112 in the effect light 111, so that light from each light 112 is transmitted. In order to change the irradiation direction, drive control for the motor is performed. The lamp control board 206 also performs drive control for a solenoid that operates the effect actor 115 based on a command transmitted from the sub control board 202, and performs drive control for a motor that operates the effect actor 116.

  A prize ball control board 203 is connected to the main control board 201 so as to be capable of bidirectional transmission. The prize ball control board 203 includes a CPU 203a that executes a program for prize ball control by operating a program stored in the ROM 203b, a RAM 203c that functions as a work area for data during arithmetic processing of the CPU 203a, and the like. The prize ball is controlled based on the program.

  The prize ball control board 203 performs control for paying out the number of prize balls at the time of entry to the payout unit 291 connected thereto. In addition, an operation of launching a game ball with respect to the launch unit 292 is detected, and the launch of the game ball is controlled. The payout unit 291 includes a motor for paying out a predetermined number from the game ball storage unit.

  The prize ball control board 203 corresponds to the game balls that have entered the respective entrances (first start opening 105, second start opening 120, normal winning opening 107, large winning opening 94d) with respect to the payout unit 291. Control to pay out the number of prize balls. The launcher 292 includes a sensor (not shown) that detects a game operation by the player, a solenoid (not shown) that launches a game ball, and the like, and launches a game ball for gaming. When the game operation is detected by the sensor of the launching unit 292, the prize ball control board 203 drives the solenoid or the like in response to the detected game operation to intermittently fire the game ball, and enters the game area 103 of the game board 101. Send out a game ball.

(Functions of main control board and sub control board)
FIG. 9 schematically shows a functional configuration of the control means 200 for controlling the progress of the game. As shown here, the ROM 201b of the main control board 201 mainly functions as a trigger when a game ball enters the first starting port 105, as a first special symbol lottery means 300, a first special symbol display control means. 301, first special symbol variation control means 302, and first random number determination means 303.

  The ROM 201b functions as an opportunity to enter a game ball into the second starting port 120. The second special symbol lottery means 320, the second special symbol display control means 321, the second special symbol variation control means 322, the second random number. Judgment means 323 is provided. The ROM 201b is a long hit game control means 340, a short hit game control means 341, a high probability game control means 342, a short-time game control means 343, a normal game control means 344, a small hit game control means 345, as means for controlling the progress of the game. Production execution command transmission means 333 is provided. Further, the ROM 201b includes a normal symbol lottery means 360, a normal symbol display control means 361, a normal symbol variation control means 362, and a normal symbol lottery result determination means 363 as means for functioning when a game ball enters the winning gate 106. Yes.

  The RAM 201c of the main control board 201 includes a first special symbol hold storage unit 401, a second special symbol hold storage unit 402, a normal symbol hold storage unit 403, a game state storage unit 404, and a round number storage unit 405.

  The ROM 202b of the sub-control board 202 includes effect lottery means 501, effect control means 502, and probability change suggestion flag control means 503. The RAM 202c of the sub-control board 202 includes a game state storage unit 510 and a probability change suggestion flag storage unit 511.

  The long hit game control means 340, the short hit game control means 341, the high probability game control means 342, and the short time game control means 343 are programs for controlling the progress of the game when winning the big hit. In the present embodiment, a plurality of jackpot types are provided, and when the jackpot is won, a jackpot type is further determined, and based on this determination, the CPU 201a operates each program to generate each jackpot. To control the progress of the game. On the other hand, the normal game control means 344 is a program for controlling the progress of the game in the normal game state where the jackpot is not won, that is, the same state as the initial state when starting the game.

  The long hit game control means 340 receives the long hit game when the right to execute the long hit game is acquired as a result of the big hit lottery triggered by the game ball entering the first start port 105 or the second start port 120. Control the progress of the game. The “long hit game” in the present embodiment is a type of jackpot game, and is a game in which a round game in which the slide plate 91a is opened and closed is performed a total of 15 times.

  The opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a is performed by a special prize opening / closing solenoid 98. Specifically, when the CPU 201a operates the long hit game control means 340 to control the long hit game, first, the round winning game is started by energizing the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 and opening the slide plate 91a. The When the big prize opening detection unit 224 detects that a predetermined number (9) of game balls have entered the big prize opening hole 94b, the CPU 201a activates the long hit game control means 340 to the big prize opening opening / closing solenoid 98. Is turned off and the round game ends.

  Even if a predetermined number of game balls have not entered the big prize opening hole 94b, when the predetermined time (30 seconds) elapses after the slide plate 91a slides, the special prize opening opening / closing solenoid 98 is energized. Stop. When either of these two conditions is satisfied, energization to the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is stopped, the round game is ended, and the slide plate 91a is in a closed state in which the big prize opening 94d is closed.

  When a predetermined time (2 seconds) elapses after the slide plate 91a is closed, the CPU 201a activates the long hit game control means 340 to energize the special prize opening / closing solenoid 98 again and slide the slide plate 91a. It is moved to an open state in which the opening 94c becomes a big prize opening 94d. Thereby, the second round game is started. In this manner, the opening / closing operation (sliding operation) of the slide plate 91a is repeated 15 rounds. When a game ball enters the large winning hole 94b through the large winning hole 94d, a winning ball corresponding to the winning ball is obtained. The payout unit 291 pays out. Thus, in the long hit game, the player can acquire a large amount of prize balls.

  The short hit game control means 341 is configured to execute the short hit game when the right hit lottery lottery is triggered when a game ball enters the first start port 105 or the second start port 120. Control the progress of the hit game. The “short hit game” in the present embodiment is a kind of big hit game, and is a game in which the slide plate 91a is opened and closed 15 times in the same manner as the above “long hit game” and the round game is executed 15 times. However, in the “short hit game”, the maximum opening time of the slide plate 91a is set shorter than the “long hit game”.

  The opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a in the “short hit game” state is performed by the big prize opening opening / closing solenoid 98. Specifically, when the CPU 201a operates the short hit game control means 341 to control the short hit game, first, the round game is started by energizing the large winning opening / closing solenoid 98 to open the slide plate 91a. The However, in the “short win game” state, the energization to the winning prize opening / closing solenoid 98 is stopped for a moment (0.1 second), and then the energization control is repeated 15 times at a predetermined interval. . Therefore, the time for which the slide plate 91a is in the open state is extremely short compared to the long win game, and the possibility that the game ball enters the big winning opening 94d is extremely low as compared to the long win game.

  In the “short hit game”, since the slide plate 91a returns to the closed state in an instant, it is difficult for the player to recognize that the slide plate 91a is opened. In this way, the “short win game” is aimed at improving the playability and the interest rather than paying the player a prize ball. However, even in the “short win game”, when a game ball enters the big winning opening 94d, a prize ball corresponding to the ball is paid out.

  The high-probability game control means 342 controls the game to a high-probability game state in which the game is progressed in a state where the winning probability of the big hit (including long win and short win) is higher than that in the normal game state. The high probability game state is executed after the long hit game or the short hit game is completed.

  Specifically, when a game ball enters the first start opening 105 or the second start opening 120, the first special symbol lottery means 300 or the second special symbol lottery means 320 acquires a winning random number. Then, the first random number determination unit 303 or the second random number determination unit 323 determines the acquired hit random number based on a predetermined table. At this time, in a normal gaming state (including a short-time gaming state that is not a high-probability gaming state, hereinafter referred to as a low-probability gaming state), a hit random number is determined based on a special symbol normal hour hit determination table. In the probabilistic gaming state, a hit random number is determined based on the special symbol high probability hourly determination table. In the special symbol high probability hourly determination table, the number (type) of random numbers for determining that the jackpot is larger than the special symbol normal hour determination table. The determination and type of jackpot will be described later in detail.

  The short-time game control means 343 is a program for controlling the short-time game. However, the short-time game in this embodiment is a state in which the normal symbol fluctuation control time by the normal symbol fluctuation control means 362 is short and the winning probability of winning in the normal symbol is high. Refers to the game. Specifically, it is as follows.

  When the game ball passes the winning gate 106, a normal symbol lottery is performed. The normal symbol lottery is performed by the CPU 201a operating the normal symbol lottery means 360 to randomly extract random numbers when the game ball passes through the winning gate 106. The random numbers obtained in this way are determined based on the normal symbol normal hour determination table in the normal gaming state (including the high-probability gaming state that is not the short-time gaming state). Is determined based on the normal symbol time per hour determination table.

  At this time, the normal symbol time per hour determination table is set with more random numbers for determining that the normal symbol normal time per hour determination table than the normal symbol normal time per hour determination table. Thus, the winning probability of the normal symbol in the short-time gaming state is as high as 90%, for example. However, when the normal symbol is won, the pair of movable pieces 120a of the second starting port 120 are opened for a predetermined time, and the game ball is It becomes easy to enter the second start port 120.

  Also, in the short-time gaming state, the variation time of the normal symbol is shortened compared to the normal gaming state. That is, when the game ball passes the winning gate 106, random numbers are acquired and the acquired random numbers are determined. At this time, the player is informed whether the result of the normal symbol lottery is a win or a loss. A predetermined time is required until notification. The time required for notifying the player of the result of the normal symbol lottery is set shorter in the short-time game state than in the normal game state, and in the short-time game state, the normal symbol lottery results are played one after another. And the second start port 120 is frequently opened. In this way, the short-time gaming state makes it easy for a game ball to enter the second starting port 120, so that the game state progresses in a state where the right of the big hit lottery can be obtained without spending much of the game ball. That is.

  The normal game control means 344 controls the progress of a normal game that does not correspond to either the big hit game (long win game, short win game) or the special game state (high probability game state, short-time game state). As described above, the CPU 201a operates any one of the long hit game control means 340, the short hit game control means 341, the high probability game control means 342, the short time game control means 343, and the normal game control means 344 to control the progress of the game. However, the current gaming state controlled by each of the control units 340 to 344 is written in the gaming state storage unit 404 of the RAM 201c.

  The small hit game control means 345 receives the right to execute the small hit game as a result of the big hit lottery triggered by the game ball entering the first start port 105 or the second start port 120. Control the progress of the hit game. In this small hit game, as in the short hit game, the sliding operation of the slide plate 91a is performed for 15 rounds. In the small hit game, the number of times the slide plate 91a is opened, the release time, and the release timing are exactly the same as the “short hit game”.

  Based on one of the above game states, a game related to a normal symbol and a game related to a special symbol proceed. Each of these game states will be described in detail below. First, the normal symbol lottery means 360, the normal symbol display control means 361, the normal symbol fluctuation control means 362, the normal symbol lottery result determination means 363, and the normal symbol hold storage means that start control when the game ball passes the winning gate 106. 403 will be described.

  When the gate detector 222 detects that the game ball has passed the winning gate 106, the normal symbol lottery means 360 acquires a random number of 1 from a random number prepared in advance (for example, 0 to 250). When the random number is acquired by the normal symbol lottery means 360, the normal symbol lottery result determination means 363 determines whether or not the winning is based on the table stored in the ROM 201b. At this time, if it is the normal gaming state, the winning is determined based on the normal symbol normal hour hit determination table, and if it is the time-short gaming state, the hit is determined based on the normal symbol short time hit determining table.

  If the result of the determination by the normal symbol lottery result determination means 363 is a win, the second start port opening / closing solenoid 120b is operated to open the movable piece 120a and maintain the open state. The control is terminated while the second start port opening / closing solenoid 120b is maintained in the closed state without being operated. The result of determination by the normal symbol lottery result determination means 363 is displayed on the normal symbol display 82 by the normal symbol display control means 361.

  When the game ball passes through the winning gate 106, the normal symbol display 82 is displayed with the lamp lit or flashing as if the lottery is currently being performed, and the lighting and flashing continued for a predetermined time. Later, the lottery result is finally displayed. This is normal symbol variation display, but the variation display time is preset for each gaming state.

  Specifically, in the short-time gaming state, the variation time of the normal symbol is set to be as short as 1.5 seconds, for example, and the probability of winning in the win is also set to a high probability of 90%. Therefore, in the short-time gaming state, as long as the game ball passes through the winning gate 106, the normal symbol lottery and the variation display are successively performed, and the time for the second start port 120 to be kept open becomes long. On the other hand, in game states other than the short-time game state, the variation time of the normal symbol is set to be as long as 10 seconds, for example, and the probability of winning a win is also set as low as 10%.

  In addition, when the normal symbol is won in the short-time gaming state, the second starting port 120 is opened four times for 1.2 seconds, whereas the normal symbol is won in the gaming state other than the short-time gaming state. However, the 0.2 second opening operation is performed only once. As described above, in the short-time gaming state, the time that the second start port 120 is in the open state is much longer than in the normal game state, and the possibility that a game ball enters the second start port 120 is also much greater. Get higher.

  If the game ball further passes through the winning gate 106 during the normal symbol fluctuation display, the right to draw the normal symbol lottery means 360, that is, the right to display the normal symbol fluctuation display, is reserved in the normal symbol hold storage means 403. The The maximum number of reserved rights for the lottery is four, and is displayed on the normal symbol hold display 92 by the normal symbol display control means 361.

  Next, the control when the game ball enters the first start port 105 or the second start port 120 will be described. For example, when the first start port detection unit 221 detects that a game ball has entered the first start port 105, a detection signal is transmitted to the main control board 201.

  When the detection signal is received, the first special symbol lottery means 300 extracts any random number (game data of the present invention) from random numbers (for example, 0 to 600) prepared in advance. The random numbers extracted here include a hit random number, a design random number, and a reach random number. The winning random number is a random number for determining whether or not a big hit, that is, whether or not a right to execute the big hit game is acquired. The design random number is the type of jackpot (long win, short win, presence / absence of transition to high-probability gaming state, presence / absence of transition to short-time gaming state), that is, what game value is given when winning the jackpot It is a random number to determine what will be done. The reach random number is a random number for determining whether or not to perform reach production.

  The RAM 201c of the main control board 201 is provided with a game state storage unit 404 that stores the current game state. When the first special symbol lottery means 300 or the second special symbol lottery means 320 acquires a random number, the first random number determination means 303 or the second random number is based on the gaming state stored in the gaming state storage means 404. The determination unit 323 determines the random number.

  Specifically, if it is a low-probability gaming state, the acquired random number is determined based on the special symbol normal hour determination table, and if it is a high-probability gaming state, the acquired random number is used for special symbol high-probability time determination. Determined based on the table. In the present embodiment, the same determination table is used when a game ball enters the first start port 105 and when a game ball enters the second start port 120. Different determination tables may be used depending on the start opening into which the game ball has entered.

  Each random number acquired by the first special symbol lottery means 300 or the second special symbol lottery means 320 and the determination table used when determining the acquired random number are as shown in FIG. FIG. 10 (a) shows an example of the jackpot winning probability and the winning random number, and FIG. 10 (b) shows an example of the type of gaming value given when the jackpot is won, the winning probability, and an example of the design random number. FIG. 10C shows an example of the presence / absence of reach effect, its appearance probability, and reach random numbers.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, one winning random number is acquired from 601 random numbers from 0 to 600. In the low probability gaming state, the hit random number is determined based on the special symbol normal hour hit determination table. According to the special symbol normal hour hit determination table, the two random numbers 7 and 317 are determined to be big hit. Is done. On the other hand, in the high-probability gaming state, the hit random number is determined based on the special symbol high-probability hourly determination table. According to this special symbol high probability per hour determination table, 7, 37, 67, 97, 127, 157, 187, 217, 247, 277, 317, 337, 367, 397, 427, 457, 487, 517, Twenty random numbers 547 and 577 are determined to be big hits.

  For example, when a game ball enters the first starting port 105, the CPU 201a activates the first special symbol lottery means 300 to acquire the winning random number. At this time, in the normal gaming state, the CPU 201a operates the first random number determination unit 303 to determine whether or not the winning random number hits or loses based on the special symbol normal time determining table. That is, if the winning random number acquired by entering the game ball into the first starting port 105 is 7 or 317, it is determined to be a winning, and if it is any other random number, it is determined to be lost. In the high probability gaming state, it is determined whether or not the winning is based on the special symbol high probability per hour determination table.

  In the present embodiment, a “small hit” is provided separately from the “big hit” described above, and the winning of the “small win” is also determined by a random number. The “small hit” in the present embodiment is to acquire the right to execute the “small hit game” in which the momentary opening operation of the slide plate 91a is performed for two rounds, as in the short hit game. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), regardless of the gaming state, when the winning random number is 50 or 100, a small winning game in which the slide plate 91a is opened for 15 rounds is executed. Become. The small hit game is controlled by the CPU 201a operating the small hit game control means 345. Further, as will be described in detail later, this small hit game is not intended for paying out a prize ball, and the player recognizes that the gaming state has shifted to the high probability gaming state, as will be described later. It is provided for the purpose of making it difficult.

  As a result of the determination of the winning random number, if it is determined that the winning random number is a random number for acquiring the right to execute the jackpot game, the CPU 201a activates the first random number determining means 303, and FIG. The type of jackpot is determined (determined) based on. The types of jackpots determined here are "per length with high probability", "per length with normal", "short per period with high probability", "short per period with normal", "short per hour with high probability" ”And“ Normal short / short short hit ”.

  “Per probability with a short time with high probability” is a game to which three game values are given. If this “high probability per short with long” is won, a predetermined number (9) of game balls is set as the first game value under the condition that the slide plate 91a is controlled to open and close for 15 rounds and one round ends. A long hit game is executed in which a predetermined time (30 seconds) elapses. As a result, the player can acquire a large amount of prize balls. When the long hit game ends, the game progresses in the high-probability gaming state as the second gaming value, and the game advances in the short-time gaming state as the third gaming value. As a result, the player can win a large amount of prize balls, and after winning the prize balls, can reduce the consumption of the game balls and realize a big win again early. The short-time gaming state, which is the third gaming value given here, continues until the jackpot is won.

“Regular per short time” is a game to which two game values are given. This “per length with a short time” is different from the above “per length with a short time with a high probability” in that the winning probability of the jackpot becomes a low-probability gaming state after the end of the game with a long time. Further, in the “per length with normal time saving”, the time-short gaming state after the end of the long winning game ends when a special symbol variation display is performed a predetermined number of times (for example, 100 times).
As described above, in the present embodiment, after the end of the long hit game in which a large amount of prize balls can be obtained, the long win in which the game progresses in the high probability game state where the winning probability of the big win is high, There is provided a long win in which the game progresses in a low-probability gaming state in which the winning probability is low.

  “Short hit with short time with high probability” is a game that progresses in a high-probability gaming state in which the winning probability of jackpot is high after repeating the operation of opening the slide plate 91a for 15 rounds. If this “short win with high probability” is won, a large amount of prize balls cannot be obtained immediately by opening the slide plate 91a, but the subsequent gaming state becomes a high probability gaming state. There is a high possibility of winning a large number of prize balls in the game. In addition, if you win the “short win with high probability short-time”, the game ball will be in the high-probability gaming state at the same time as the winning or after the short win game, and will be in the short-time gaming state. Cost consumption can be reduced.

  “Short hit with normal time” is a game that progresses in a low-probability game state in which the winning probability of winning a jackpot is low after repeating the operation of opening the slide plate 91a for 15 rounds. However, since the subsequent gaming state becomes the short-time gaming state in the same manner as the above “short chance with short time with high probability”, it is possible to reduce the consumption of gaming balls only for a predetermined number of times. In the normal game state, if the “short win with normal time” is won, the game value that enables execution of the short time game is only given thereafter, but in the high probability game state, If the player wins the “short win with normal time”, there is a demerit that the win probability of the jackpot will fall from a high probability to a low probability.

  In this embodiment, both the “short hit with normal time” and “short hit with high probability” have an opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a and an opening / closing operation of the second start port 120 after shifting to the short-time gaming state. Are the same. Also, as will be described later, the production contents are the same for “short win with normal time” and “short win with high probability”. Therefore, for the player, after the short hit game (15 round opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a) is completed, it is determined whether the big win winning probability is high or low. It has become very difficult. In this way, the reason for providing "short win with normal time" is whether the winning probability of jackpot is high probability or low probability when it becomes short-time game state after the short win game ends, This is to make the player have doubts.

  “Short per hit without high-probability time” is a high-probability gaming state in which the winning probability of jackpot becomes high after repeating the operation of opening the slide plate 91a for 15 rounds in the same manner as “Short per hit with high-probability time” It is a game that shifts to a so-called latent probability variation state. However, this “high probability short-time short win” is different from the above “high probability short-time short win” in that the short-time game is not started after the short win game ends. Even when this “high probability short / short short win” is won, it is not possible to immediately acquire a large amount of prize balls by opening the slide plate 91a. In addition, since it does not become a short-time gaming state thereafter, the consumption of the game ball is higher than “short hit with high probability short-time”. However, since the subsequent gaming state is a high-probability gaming state, there is a high possibility of winning a large number of prize balls by winning the long game in subsequent games.

  “Normal short time short hit” is a game that progresses in a normal game state after repeating the operation of opening the slide plate 91a for 15 rounds. In other words, even if the “normal short-time short win” is won, neither the high-probability gaming state nor the short-time gaming state is entered. Moreover, since it is impossible to obtain a large amount of prize balls by opening 15 rounds of the slide plate 91a, the player is hardly given the game value due to the big win.

  The reason for providing such “normal time short hits” is mainly to return the gaming state from the high probability gaming state to the low probability gaming state without paying out a prize ball. In addition, even if the “normal time short no short win” is won in the normal gaming state, the gaming state does not change at all. Therefore, if the player is made indistinguishable from “short win without short time” and “short win without normal time”, will the winning probability of jackpot be high after the short win game ends? It can make the player doubt about whether the probability is low.

  In the present embodiment, in order to raise a suspicion about the fact that the winning probability of jackpot is high due to the winning of “high probability short / short short win”, Is provided with a “small hit”. However, since this “small hit” is not a kind of big hit, the small hit game is started when the hit random number (50, 100) is acquired instead of the symbol random number. In the “small hit game”, the operation of opening the slide plate 91a for a moment is repeated 15 rounds as in the case of winning the “normal short no hit short win”. However, this “small hit” is different from the above “normal short no hit short” in that the gaming state does not change at all after the opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a. In other words, if you win “Short win without normal time” in the high probability gaming state, the gaming state becomes the normal gaming state after the short winning game ends, but even if you win “Small hit” in the high probability gaming state Thereafter, the high-probability gaming state continues.

  When a game ball enters the first starting port 105, the CPU 201a activates the first special symbol lottery means 300 to acquire a reach random number together with the winning random number and the symbol random number. One reach random number is randomly acquired from 0 to 250 random numbers. The reach random number is determined as follows. That is, when the CPU 201a activates the first random number determination means 303 and determines that the winning random number is a loss, the reach random number is determined based on the reach random number determination table at the time of the loss, and is determined to be a big hit. In this case, the reach random number is determined based on the reach random number determination table for the big hit. In the reach random number determination table at the time of losing, a random number from 0 to 24 is determined as a reach effect, and other random numbers are determined as a reachless effect.

  Even when a game ball enters the second start port 120, the same control as described above is performed by the second special symbol lottery means 320 and the second random number determination means 323.

  On the other hand, when a game ball enters the first start port 105 or the second start port 120, if a special symbol change display is performed based on the previous game ball, it is acquired. The random number (game data) is stored in the first special symbol hold storage unit 401 or the second special symbol hold storage unit 402 of the RAM 201c. The first special symbol hold storage unit 401 and the second special symbol hold storage unit 402 are configured as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a storage area related to the holding ball. As is clear from this figure, the first special symbol holding storage unit 401 detects that the game ball is detected by the first start port detector 221. Random numbers (hit random numbers, design random numbers, reach random numbers) acquired based on the fact are stored in association with the order in which game balls are detected as reserved balls. In other words, when a game ball enters the first start opening 105, the right of the special symbol change display is stored in the first special symbol hold storage means 401 as a so-called hold ball. The reserved balls retained in the storage unit 401 are digested and processed in the storage unit 401 in the order stored.

  Specifically, the first special symbol storage unit 401 includes four storage areas from the first storage area 401 a to the fourth storage area 401 d, each time a game ball enters the first start port 105. The reserved balls are retained in order from the first storage area 401a. That is, when a game ball enters the first start port 105 in a state where the reserve ball is retained in the first storage area 401a, the reserve ball is retained in the second storage area 401b. In this way, up to four reserved balls are reserved in the first special symbol storage unit 401.

  On the other hand, when a game ball enters the first starting port 105 in a state where the reserved ball is retained in all of the third storage area 401a to the fourth storage area 401d, a special symbol by the entry is displayed. The right to change is not reserved. In other words, if the number of reserved balls is retained up to the upper limit number of reserves in the first special symbol reservation storage means 401, even if a game ball enters the first start port 105, the big hit lottery by the entered ball is performed. I will not. However, even in this case, a predetermined number of prize balls for the game balls entering the first start port 105 are paid out.

  Further, the reserved ball retained in the first special symbol storage unit 401 is always digested (processed) from the first storage area 401 a by the first special symbol variation control unit 302. When the reserved sphere stored in the first storage area 401a is digested, the reserved sphere retained from the second storage area 401b to the fourth storage area 401d moves from the storage area to the previous area. That is, when the reserved sphere retained in the first storage area 401a is digested, the retained sphere retained in the second storage area 401b moves to the first storage area 401a. Similarly, the reserved ball retained in the third storage area 401c moves to the second storage area 401b, and the retained ball retained in the fourth storage area 401d shifts to the third storage area 401c. Accordingly, the fourth storage area 401d can accept the reserved ball again, that is, can reserve it.

  On the other hand, when a game ball enters the second start port 120, if the variation display based on the previous game ball is being displayed, the second special symbol storage unit 402 stores the game ball. Random numbers (hit random numbers, symbol random numbers, reach random numbers) acquired based on the detection by the second start-up port detection unit 225 are stored in association with the order in which game balls are detected as reserved balls. That is, when a game ball enters the second start port 120, the right of special symbol change display, that is, the right of jackpot lottery is stored in the second special symbol hold storage means 402 as a hold ball. The right to display the variation of the special symbol reserved in the storage area 402 is digested and processed in the storage area 402 by the second special symbol variation control means 322 in the stored order.

  Specifically, the second special symbol storage unit 402 includes four storage areas from the fifth storage area 402a to the eighth storage area 402d, and each time a game ball enters the second start port 120, The reserved balls are retained in order from the fifth storage area 402a. That is, when a game ball enters the second start port 120 in a state where it is retained in the fifth storage area 402a, a reserved ball is retained in the sixth storage area 402b. In this way, up to four reserved balls are reserved in the second special symbol storage unit 402. On the other hand, when a game ball enters the second starting port 120 in a state in which the reserve ball is retained in all of the fifth storage area 402a to the eighth storage area 402d, the change display of the special symbol is displayed. Rights are not reserved. In other words, if the number of reserved balls is retained up to the upper limit number of reserves in the second special symbol storage unit 402, even if a game ball enters the second start port 120, the big hit lottery by the entered ball is performed. I will not. However, even in this case, a predetermined number of prize balls for the game balls entering the second start port 120 are paid out.

  In addition, when a plurality of reserved balls are reserved in the second special symbol storage unit 402, it is digested from the fifth storage area 402a, but the reserved balls stored in the fifth storage area 402a are digested. Then, the reserved ball retained from the sixth storage area 402b to the eighth storage area 402d moves from the storage area to the previous area. That is, when the reserved sphere retained in the fifth storage area 402a is digested, the retained sphere retained in the sixth storage area 402b moves to the fifth storage area 402a. Similarly, the reserved sphere retained in the seventh storage area 402c moves to the sixth storage area 402b, and the retained sphere retained in the eighth storage area 402d moves to the seventh storage area 402c. Therefore, the eighth storage area 402d can accept the reserved ball again, that is, can reserve it.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the storage area is divided for each start opening into which the game ball has entered, and the reserved balls are reserved. Therefore, the random numbers related to these hold balls and the start opening into which the game balls have entered are stored. It is stored in association with each other. However, as described above, the reserved balls may not be stored separately in the two storage units 401 and 402 but may be stored by other methods. For example, the reserved balls are retained in one storage means in the order in which the game balls enter the start opening. At this time, it may be stored in association with the holding ball which starting ball the game ball has entered, and the holding ball associated with the preset starting port may be preferentially processed.

  As shown in FIG. 11C, the eight storage areas from the first storage area 401a to the eighth storage area 402d are all hit random number storage areas, symbol random number storage areas, and reach random number storage areas. have. The winning random number storage area stores the winning random number, the symbol random number storage area stores the symbol random number, and the reach random number storage area stores the reach random number. As described above, when a reserved ball is reserved in the first special symbol storage unit 401, the CPU 201a operates the first special symbol display control unit 301 to determine the number of reserved balls that are reserved as the first special symbol. Displayed on the hold indicator 88.

  Note that the second special symbol lottery means 320 and the second special symbol display control means 321 also when a game ball enters the second start port 120 and the second start port detector 225 detects a game ball. The second special symbol variation control means 322 and the second random number determination means 323 perform the same processing as described above. However, the extracted random number is stored in any of the fifth storage area 402a to the eighth storage area 402d.

  When a plurality of reserved balls are reserved in the special symbol storage means 401, 402, the reserved balls are digested in the following order. That is, when the reserved ball is retained in both the first special symbol storage unit 401 and the second special symbol storage unit 402, the retained ball retained in the second special symbol storage unit 402 has priority. Digested. For example, as shown in FIG. 12 (a), the reserved balls are retained in the first storage area 401 a to the third storage area 401 c of the first special symbol storage unit 401, and the fifth special symbol storage unit 402 It is assumed that a reserved ball is reserved in the storage area 402a and the sixth storage area 402b.

  The order in which the game balls enter the first start port 105 and the second start port 120 is, as shown, the first start port 105 → the second start port 120 → the first start port 105 → the second start port. It is assumed that 120 → first start port 105. In the present embodiment, since the second start port 120 is a priority start port, in this case, the hold balls in the fifth storage area 402a are preferentially processed, and hold is performed in the order of the arrows shown in FIG. The ball is digested.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12 (c), it is assumed that three reserved balls are reserved in the first special symbol storage unit 401 that performs non-priority processing. In this case, the three reserved balls retained in the first special symbol storage unit 401 are digested successively in the order indicated by the dotted lines in the figure. However, when the first reserved ball is digested, in other words, when the first special symbol variation display is performed, the reserved ball is stored in the second special symbol holding storage unit 402 to which priority processing is performed. Is retained (when the ball enters the second starting port 120), the reserved ball is interrupted, and the reserved balls are digested in the order indicated by the solid line in the figure.

  As is clear from this, when a plurality of reserved balls are reserved in the first storage area 401a where non-priority processing is performed in both storage means 401 and 402, the fifth storage area where priority processing is performed. There is a high possibility that an interruption process will be performed by holding the reserved ball at 402a. On the other hand, when a game ball enters the second start port 120, which is the priority start port, and a plurality of holding balls are reserved, no interruption processing is performed, and the plurality of holding balls are always continuous. To be digested.

  The retained balls are sequentially digested as described above. The CPU 201a controls the digestion of the retained balls, and the first special symbol variation control means 302 and the second special symbol variation control means of the ROM 201b. 322. Both of these fluctuation control means 302 and 322 monitor the first storage area 401a or the fifth storage area 402a to determine which reserved ball is to be processed.

  Next, the control when a game ball enters the starting port will be specifically described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, first, the first start port detector 221 or the second start port detector 225 detects that a game ball has entered the first start port 105 or the second start port 120.

(Step S301)
Then, the CPU 201a of the main control board 201 operates a variation determination program (not shown) to determine whether or not the special symbol is being displayed in a variation manner. At this time, if it is determined that the special symbol is not in a variable display, the special symbol based on the incoming ball is immediately displayed, so that the fluctuation start process of FIG. 14 described later is performed.

(Step S302)
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S301 that the change is in progress, the first special symbol storage unit 401 or the second special symbol storage unit 402 stores a random number in the fourth storage area 401d or the eighth storage area 402d. Determine whether it is stored. Specifically, when a ball entry signal is received from the first start port detector 221, it is determined whether the number of reserved balls retained in the first special symbol storage unit 401 is less than 4, and the second start When the incoming signal is received from the mouth detector 225, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls in the second special symbol storage unit 402 is less than 4.

  If it is determined in step S302 that there are four reserved balls, a special symbol variation display, that is, a big win lottery will not be performed depending on the game ball's entry. The control on the main control board 201 is finished by paying out.

(Step S303)
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S302 that the number of reserved balls is less than 4, that is, it is determined that the reserved balls are reserved, the first storage area 401a to the fourth storage area 401d or the fifth storage area 402a to the eighth storage area. Game data (a hit random number, a design random number, a reach random number) is stored in 402d, and the reserved ball is reserved.
At this time, the CPU 201a activates a predetermined program, and the number of reserved balls retained is lit on the special symbol hold indicators 88 and 90. Thereby, the control in the main control board 201 is completed.

(Variation start processing)
Next, with respect to the control related to the special symbol change display performed based on the game data, and the control related to the special game (long win game, short win game, small hit game) performed after the special symbol change display, FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S401)
First, when starting the special symbol variation display, game data (a winning random number, a design random number, a reach random number) is stored in a predetermined processing area of the RAM 201c in the main control board 201. Here, when the game ball enters the start port when the special symbol variation display is not performed, the CPU 201a operates the first special symbol lottery means 300 or the second special symbol lottery means 320 to play the game. Data is acquired, and this game data is stored in the processing area. On the other hand, when game data is stored in the first special symbol hold storage unit 401 or the second special symbol hold storage unit 402, the CPU 201a operates a predetermined program to store the first storage area 401a or the fifth storage. The game data stored in the area 402a is stored in the processing area.

(Step S402)
Further, when game data is stored in the first special symbol storage unit 401 or the second special symbol storage unit 402, each game data is shifted to the previous storage area. Specifically, in the above step S401, when the game data stored in the fifth storage area 402a of the second special symbol storage means 402 is stored in the processing area, the sixth storage area 402b to the eighth storage. The game data stored in the area 402d is shifted to the previous storage area. On the other hand, when the game data stored in the first storage area 401a of the first special symbol holding storage means 401 is stored in the processing area in the above step S401, it is stored in the second storage area 401b to the fourth storage area 401d. The stored game data is shifted to the previous storage area. However, if no game data is stored in the first special symbol hold storage unit 401 or the second special symbol hold storage unit 402, the process in step S402 is not performed.

(Step S403)
In step S401, when game data is stored in the processing area, the CPU 201a activates a predetermined program to determine whether or not the game state stored in the game state storage unit 404 is a high probability game state. However, here, there is no distinction between the high probability gaming state after the end of the long hit game and the high probability gaming state after the end of the short hit game.

(Step S404) (Step S405)
If it is determined in step S403 that the game state is not the high probability game state (low probability game state), the special symbol normal time determination table is selected. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S403 that the game state is a high probability game state (regardless of whether there is a short time game state), the special symbol high probability determination table is selected. The three tables selected here are a winning determination table for determining a winning random number, a symbol determining table for determining a symbol random number, and a reach random number determining table for determining a reach random number.

(Step S406)
Then, the CPU 201a operates the first random number determination unit 303 or the second random number determination unit 323, and determines each random number based on the table selected in step S404 or step S405. Thereby, whether or not the jackpot can be won, the type of jackpot in the case of winning the jackpot, and the aspect of the effect made during the change display of the special symbol are determined. Since each random number determination process is as described above, a description thereof is omitted here.

(Step S407)
In step S407, as a result of determining the reach random number, it is determined whether the effect mode is an effect with reach or an effect without reach.

(Step S408)
When it is determined that the effect mode is the effect with reach, the CPU 201a further operates the first special symbol lottery means 300 or the second special symbol lottery means 320 to acquire the effect random number. This effect random number is used to determine the time for displaying the variation of the special symbol, that is, the time (scale) of the reach effect. For example, one random number is randomly selected from 0 to 250 effect random numbers.

(Step S409)
When the effect random number is acquired, the effect random number is determined based on the effect random number determination table stored in the ROM 201b. For example, when the production random number is 0 to 50 production random numbers, the reach production time is determined to be 20 seconds, and when the production random number is 51 to 150, the reach production time is 30. When it is determined to be seconds and the effect random number is 151 to 250, the reach effect time is determined to be 60 seconds. Therefore, in this step S409, the time for the special symbol variation display, that is, the time for the reach effect is determined.

(Step S410)
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S407 that the effect is not a reached effect (a reachless effect), the CPU 201a activates a predetermined program to store the first special symbol hold means 401 and the second special symbol hold memory. The total reserved number of reserved balls of the means 402 is determined.

(Step S411)
Then, the CPU 201a operates a variation time determination program (not shown) to determine the variation time (effect time) of the special symbol based on the total number of reserved balls. For example, when the total number of reserved balls is 0 or 1 during the change start process, the change time is determined to be 12 seconds. Further, when the total number of reserved balls is 2, the variation time is determined to be 8 seconds and 3 or more to 4 seconds.

  In addition, when starting the variable display of the special symbol related to the reserved ball retained in the first special symbol storage unit 401, the variation time according to the number of reserved balls retained in the first special symbol storage unit 401 Is determined, and the variable symbol display of the reserved ball retained in the second special symbol storage unit 402 is started, according to the number of reserved balls retained in the second special symbol storage unit 402. The fluctuation time may be determined.

(Step S412)
As described above, when the time of the special symbol variation display (reach effect time, reach-less effect time) is determined, the CPU 201a activates the effect execution command transmission means 333 and sends the effect execution command to the sub-control board 202. Send. Each information based on the game data is attached to the effect execution command. Specifically, whether or not you win a jackpot (including a jackpot), if you win a jackpot, the type (long win, short win,), the mode of production (reach with reach or non-reach production Information regarding the time of the special symbol variation display, and information regarding the current gaming state stored in the gaming state storage unit 404.

(Step S413)
As described above, when the effect execution command is transmitted, the CPU 201a operates the first special symbol display control means 301 to start the special symbol display on the special symbol indicators 84 and 86. The special symbol variation display time is only the time determined in step S409 or step S411. After the time has elapsed, the special symbol indicators 84 and 86 have a symbol corresponding to the type of jackpot. Finally stop display.

(Step S414)
In addition, if the game data is a “big hit (long win, short win)”, it is necessary to start the jackpot game because the big jackpot game will start after the special symbol change display ends. Processing is performed. Therefore, here, it is determined whether or not the game data wins the “big hit”.

(Step S415)
If it is determined in step S414 that the “big hit” is not won, it is further determined whether or not the “small win” is won. Then, when the “small hit” is won, processing for starting the small hit game is performed after the special symbol variation display is completed. On the other hand, when neither “big hit” nor “small win” is won, the processing in the main control board 201 is ended.
When an effect execution command is transmitted to the sub-control board 202 in step S412, the sub-control board 202 displays the decorative symbol effects and effect actors 115 and 116 on the symbol display unit 104 during the special symbol variation display. The effect production by, other sound production and lamp production are controlled. This control will be described in detail later.

  In the special symbol variation start process controlled as described above, if the jackpot is won, after the jackpot special symbol is stopped and displayed, "long win game" or "short win game" starts Is done. If it is determined in step S414 that the big win is won, the RAM 201c stores whether the long win or the short win is identifiable. In the case of winning per long, the “long win game” is controlled as shown in FIG.

(Step S501)
First, at the start of control of the long hit game, the CPU 201 a operates the long hit game control means 340 and transmits a long hit effect start signal to the sub-control board 202. In the sub-control board 202, the effect during the long game is started by receiving the long effect production start signal. In the present embodiment, a movie is displayed on the symbol display unit 104 during a long game, the effect light 111 is lit corresponding to the movie, and music is output from the speaker 277. Such effects are consistently performed from the start to the end of the long hit game, but are controlled by the CPU 202a of the sub-control board 202 operating the effect control means 502.

(Step S502)
As described above, when the special game for long hits is started, the CPU 201a activates the long hit game control means 340 to start energizing the special winning opening opening / closing solenoid 98, and slides the slide plate 91a to open the opening. 94c is changed to a grand prize opening 94d. Thereby, a game ball can enter into the big winning hole 94b.

  At the same time as energizing the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98, a round start signal is transmitted from the main control board 201 to the sub-control board 202. When the sub control board 202 receives the round start signal, the CPU 202a operates the effect control means 502 to control the effect for each round. For example, in the symbol display unit 104, a movie dedicated to a long game is already displayed, and a message such as “start one round” is displayed together with this movie.

(Step S503) (Step S504) (Step S505)
In step S502, when the big prize opening 94d is opened by the sliding movement of the slide plate 91a, the time counter provided on the main control board 201 starts measuring time. When a predetermined time (30 seconds) elapses, the CPU 201a operates the long hit game control means 340 to stop energization of the special winning opening opening / closing solenoid 98 (step S505), and closes the slide plate 91a. Similarly, when the special winning opening detecting unit 224 detects the entry of a predetermined number (9) of game balls, the energization of the special winning opening / closing solenoid 97 is stopped. Therefore, the control in steps S503 and S504 is repeated within a predetermined time after the slide plate 91a slides and while the number of game balls detected by the special winning opening detection unit 224 is less than the predetermined number. As a result, the slide plate 91a is maintained in the open state.

(Step S506)
In step S505, when the special winning opening detecting unit 224 detects that the predetermined time has elapsed or the predetermined winning opening detecting unit 224 detects a predetermined number of game balls, the CPU 201a is hit for a long time. The game control means 340 is operated, and “1” is counted and stored in the round number storage means 405. The count value stored in the round number storage means 405 is used to determine how many rounds of the game per game have been played.

(Step S507)
Further, the CPU 201a operates the long hit game control means 340 to determine the count value stored in the round number storage means 405. If the count value is not 15, the processes in steps S502 to S506 are repeated.

(Step S508)
On the other hand, when the number of rounds reaches 15 as a result of repeating the processes of steps S502 to S507, the count value stored in the round number storage unit 405 is cleared.

(Step S509)
Further, when the opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a is performed a predetermined number of times (15 rounds), the long hit game is ended, and the CPU 201a operates the long hit game control means 340 to send a long hit game end signal to the sub-control board 202. Send. Then, when the sub-control board 202 receives the long hit game end signal, the CPU 202b activates the effect control means 502, and the so-called long hit game end effect is performed.

(Step S510)
Further, the CPU 201 a operates the long hit game control means 340, and the subsequent game state is stored in the game state storage means 404. In the present embodiment, since the gaming state becomes the short-time gaming state after the end of the long hit game, the gaming state storage unit 404 stores a flag indicating that it is the short-time gaming state. In addition, when the long winning game related to the winning of “long probability with short time” ends, a flag indicating that the high probability gaming state is stored in the gaming state storage means 404, When the long winning game related to winning is completed, a flag indicating the low probability gaming state is stored.
In this way, when the process for proceeding with the subsequent game is performed, the control of the long hit game on the main control board 201 is finished.

  On the other hand, when winning in a short win, the control of “short win game” is performed as shown in FIG.

(Step S601)
First, at the start of control of the short hit game, the CPU 201 a operates the short hit game control means 341 and transmits a short hit effect start signal to the sub-control board 202. In the sub control board 202, the effect during the short hit game is started by receiving the short hit effect start signal (step S601a). In the present embodiment, a movie is displayed on the symbol display unit 104 during the short hit game, the effect light 111 is turned on corresponding to the movie, and music is output from the speaker 277. Such effects are consistently performed from the start to the end of the short hit game, and are controlled by the CPU 202a of the sub control board 202 operating the effect control means 502.

  The short hit game is set in advance from the start to the end, and the short hit game-specific effect is set to the short hit game from the start to the end. As an effect dedicated to the short hit game, for example, an effect related to the opening at the time of starting a “probability change suggestion effect mode” described later is suitable.

  In the sub control board 202, when the short hit effect start signal is received, the CPU 202a operates the probability variation suggestion flag control unit 503 to store the probability variation suggestion flag in the probability variation suggestion flag storage unit 511 (step S601b). This probability change suggestion flag is used for performing the effect during the subsequent variation display of the special symbol in the probability change suggestion effect mode described later after the short hit game is completed.

(Step S602)
As described above, when the special effect for the short hit game is started, the CPU 201a activates the short hit game control means 341 to energize the special winning opening opening / closing solenoid 98 (step S602), and slides the slide plate 91a. . However, in this short win game, the energizing time of the special winning opening and closing solenoid 98 is set to be as short as 0.1 seconds, so that the slide plate 91a immediately returns to the small opening closing position Ps after sliding for a moment. . However, the time required for the slide plate 91a to be positioned at the small opening closing position Ps from the open state is longer than 0.1 seconds because of the friction acting with the slide movement of the slide opening / closing member 91.

(Step S603)
In step S602, when the special winning opening opening / closing solenoid 98 is energized, a time counter provided on the main control board 201 starts measuring time.

(Step S604)
In step S603, when a predetermined time (1.5 seconds) elapses, the CPU 201a activates the short hit game control means 341 and counts and stores “1” in the round number storage means 405. As a result, it is determined how many rounds the short hit game has been played.

(Step S605)
Further, the CPU 201 a operates the short hit game control means 341 to determine the count value stored in the round number storage means 405. If the count value is not 15, the processes in steps S602 to S604 are repeated. Note that the time until the process of step S602 is repeated is the predetermined time (1.5 seconds). That is, in the short hit game, the time during which the slide plate 91a is opened is set to 1.5 seconds.

(Step S606)
On the other hand, when the processes in steps S602 to S604 are performed 15 times, the count value stored in the round number storage unit 405 is cleared.

(Step S607)
Further, the CPU 201 a activates the short hit game control means 341, and the subsequent game state is stored in the game state storage means 404. Specifically, when the gaming state becomes the short-time gaming state after completion of the short hit game, a flag indicating that it is in the short-time gaming state is stored in the gaming state storage unit 404. In addition, when the short win game related to the winning of “short win with high probability short time” or “short win without high probability time short” is completed, a flag indicating that the game state storage means 404 is in a high probability game state is displayed. Remembered. On the other hand, when the short win game related to the winning of “short win with normal time” or “short win without normal time” is completed, a flag indicating that the game state is low probability is stored.
In this way, when the process for proceeding with the subsequent game is performed, the control of the short hit game on the main control board 201 is finished.

  On the other hand, in the special symbol variation start process controlled as described above, when the small bonus is won, the “small bonus game” is started after the small bonus special symbol is stopped and displayed. . In the case of winning a small hit, the “small hit game” is controlled as shown in FIG.

(Step S701)
First, at the start of control of the small hit game, the CPU 201 a operates the small hit game control means 345 and transmits a small hit effect start signal to the sub-control board 202. In the sub control board 202, the effect during the small hit game is started by receiving the small hit effect start signal (step S701a). In the present embodiment, a movie is displayed on the symbol display unit 104 during the small hit game, the effect light 111 is lit corresponding to the movie, and music is output from the speaker 277. Such effects are consistently performed from the start to the end of the small hit game, but are controlled by the CPU 202a of the sub control board 202 operating the effect control means 502.

  Note that the time from the start to the end of the small hit game is set in advance, and the effect dedicated to the small hit game is set to the time from the start to the end of the small hit game. Further, the special effect for the small hit game is set to the same content as the special effect for the short hit game. In this way, the player does not know whether the small hit game is being executed or the short hit game is being executed simply by looking at the effect.

  In the sub control board 202, when the small hit effect start signal is received, the CPU 202a operates the probability variation suggestion flag control means 503 to store the probability variation suggestion flag in the probability variation suggestion flag storage means 511 (step S701b).

(Step S702)
As described above, at the same time as the special effect for the small hit game is started, the CPU 201a activates the small hit game control means 345 to energize the big prize opening / closing solenoid 98 (step S702a). Is energized intermittently. In other words, the small hit game control means 345 is programmed to energize the special winning opening / closing solenoid 98 for 0.1 seconds 15 times with an interval of 1.5 seconds. Therefore, when the CPU 201a operates the small hit game control means 345, the opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a is continuously performed 15 times.

  This small hit game control method is different from the short hit game control method, but the opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a is set in the same manner for the short hit game and the small hit game. Accordingly, not only the effects as described above, but also when the opening / closing operation of the slide plate 91a is seen, the player makes a distinction between whether the small hit game is being executed or whether the short hit game is being executed. It is not possible.

  Next, the effect control performed during the special symbol variation display will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, when the special symbol variation start process is performed, an effect execution command is transmitted from the main control board 201 to the sub control board 202 (step S412 in FIG. 14). In the present embodiment, when the sub control board 202 receives the effect execution command, the effect related to either the “normal effect mode” or the “probability change suggestion effect mode” is executed.

  Here, the “normal effect mode” is an effect mode mainly performed in the normal game state. Further, the “probability change suggestion effect mode” is an effect mode that is performed after the end of the “small hit game” and the “short hit game”. In the “probable change suggestion effect mode”, for example, in the symbol display unit 104, a character that does not appear in the “normal effect mode” appears, or a different background image is displayed. In addition, an audio production that is different from the “normal production mode” is developed such that music different from the “normal production mode” is output. In any case, the content of the “probable change suggestion effect mode” is not particularly limited as long as it is an effect mode different from the “normal effect mode” at first glance. In this way, by making an effect mode different from the “normal effect mode”, the player is expected to have a high probability game state.

  The ROM 202b of the sub-control board 202 stores two tables, a “normal effect mode table” and a “probability change suggestion effect mode table”. Both tables store a plurality of effect commands having contents corresponding to the respective modes. For example, in the “normal effect mode”, one effect command is selected from the “normal effect mode table”. . In the following, a flow from when an effect command is selected from both tables until the effect is controlled based on the effect command will be described.

(Step S801)
When the sub control board 202 receives the effect execution command, the CPU 202a operates a predetermined program to determine whether or not the probability variation suggestion flag is stored in the probability variation suggestion flag control means 503. Here, the case where the probability variation suggestion flag is stored is a case where either “short win game” or “small hit game” is performed before the special symbol change start processing (FIG. 16). Step S601b, Step S701b in FIG. 17).

(Step S802)
If it is determined in step S801 that the probability variation suggestion flag is not stored, the “normal effect mode table” is selected.

(Step S803)
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S801 that the probability variation suggestion flag storage unit 511 stores the probability variation suggestion flag, the “probability variation suggestion effect mode table” is selected. In other words, after the “short hit game” or the “small hit game” is ended, an effect related to the “probable change suggestion effect mode” is performed during the special symbol variation display.

(Step S804)
As described above, when one of the “normal effect mode table” and the “probable change suggestion effect mode table” is selected, the CPU 202a operates the effect lottery means 501 to perform the effect lottery.

  In addition, in both of the above tables, the table when winning “long win”, the table when winning “short win”, the table when winning “small hit”, and the table when “losing” Each table is provided. Moreover, each table is further provided with a reach effect table and a non-reach effect table, and is further provided with tables corresponding to effect times that can be executed for each effect mode. Then, the corresponding table is selected based on the information related to the effect time information included in the received effect execution command and the effect mode (the effect with reach and the effect without reach). Each of these tables stores a plurality of commands in which a decorative design effect form in the design display unit 104, a combination effect effect form in the effect actors 115 and 116, or a voice effect mode and a lamp effect mode are combined. One command is determined from the plurality of commands.

(Step S805)
If one command is determined in step S804, it is determined whether or not the received effect execution command is an effect execution command related to “long hit”. As a result, when it is determined that the received effect execution command does not relate to “long hit”, the effect is controlled based on the confirmed command in step S808 described later.

(Step S806)
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S805 that the received effect execution command is related to “long hit”, the probability variation suggestion flag stored in the probability variation suggestion flag storage unit 511 is turned OFF. . As a result, the production by the “probable change suggestion production mode” executed after the “short win game” or “small win game” is finished, and the production is controlled in the “normal production mode” after the big game is finished. The Rukoto.

(Step S807)
When each control is performed as described above, the CPU 202a activates the effect control unit 502 and starts control of the symbol display unit 104, the effect actors 115 and 116, the speaker 277, and the effect light 111 based on the determined command. To do. Thus, various effects are performed during the special symbol variation display, and the player's expectation is enhanced by such effects.

(A) is sectional drawing which showed the opening / closing apparatus when it exists in the state which the slide plate moved to the small opening obstruction | occlusion position, (b) is the opening / closing apparatus when the slide plate exists in the state which moved to the small opening obstruction | occlusion position FIG. (A) is a front view of a big prize opening unit, (b), (c) is a front view which shows another Example of a slide board. It is a partial cross-section enlarged view of the opening and closing device when the slide plate is in a state of moving to the small opening closed position. (A) is sectional drawing which showed the opening / closing apparatus when the slide board is in an open state and the big prize opening is in an open state, and (b) is the opening and closing apparatus when the big prize opening is in an open state. FIG. (A) is a perspective view showing the opening and closing device when the slide plate is moved to the small opening closed position, (b) is a perspective view of the opening and closing device when the big prize opening is open. is there. It is the front view which showed the structural example of the gaming machine. (A) is the enlarged view which showed the 1st starting opening and the 2nd starting opening part in FIG. 6, (b) is the enlarged view which showed a mode that the 2nd starting opening was open | released. It is a block diagram of a control means. It is a detailed block diagram in a main control board and a sub control board. (A)-(c) is the figure which showed an example of the determination table which determines the random number acquired when a game ball enters a starting port, and this random number. (A)-(c) is a conceptual diagram of a 1st special symbol reservation storage means and a 2nd special symbol reservation storage means. (A)-(c) is a figure explaining the digestion order of holding | maintenance. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the main control board | substrate at the time of a holding ball having entered into the starting port. It is a flowchart which shows the change start process of the special symbol in a main control board. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the main control board at the time of performing a game per long. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the main control board at the time of performing a short hit game. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the main control board at the time of performing a small hit game. It is a flowchart which shows the effect process in a sub control board.

Explanation of symbols

9 …… Big prize unit,
90 …… Opening / closing door opening / closing device, 91 …… Sliding opening / closing member, 91a …… Sliding plate, 91b …… Shelve plate portion, 91c …… Upper end surface 92 …… Slider 93 …… Nail 94 …… Case, 94a …… Closed Operation restricting member (projection), 94b... Prize opening hole, 94c... Opening, 94d ... prize winning opening, 94e .. discharge hole, 94f... Upper plate, 94g. Base plate, 94i …… Guide plate, 94j …… Bottom plate 96 …… Connecting member, 96a …… Connecting member 98 …… Large opening / closing solenoid, 98a …… Shaft, 98c …… Housing 99 …… Compression spring

Claims (4)

A large winning opening / closing device that opens and closes the large winning opening that allows a game ball to enter by opening the slide opening / closing member in the front / rear direction with respect to the large winning opening provided in the game board. A gaming machine,
The slide opening and closing member includes: a slide plate extending along the prize winning hole; and a shelf portion connected to a lower portion of the slide plate and projecting rearward so that a game ball can roll from the front side to the rear side. Have
In the big prize opening and closing device,
When the reciprocating movement is provided in the gaming machine and moved to one position where the reciprocating direction changes, the opening that opens between the slide plate and the gaming board opens to a size larger than the diameter of the gaming ball. A slide plate moving means for moving the slide plate to an open position, and moving the slide plate from the open position in a closing direction to close the big prize opening by moving to the other side of the reciprocating movement;
When the slide plate is moved in the closing direction from the open position by the slide plate moving means provided in the gaming machine, the end position of the slide plate in the closing direction comes into contact with the shelf plate portion. A closing operation restricting member that restricts movement and holds the slide plate at a small opening closing position where the opening opens to a size smaller than the diameter of the game ball ;
Gaming machine, wherein Rukoto said been receiving member is provided for supporting the slide-off member below the sliding plate moves to the small opening closed position.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein an upper end portion of the slide plate is provided with an inclined surface in which a longitudinal end portion side of the slide plate is inclined downward from a longitudinal center portion side. The slide plate has a center of gravity position of the game ball when the game ball falls on the upper end surface of the slide plate moved to the small opening closed position in a state where the game ball is located on the game board side. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the gaming machine is formed so as to be positioned within a range of the width of the game machine. The slide plate has a gravity center position of the game ball when the game ball falls on the upper end surface of the slide plate moved to the small opening closed position in a state where the game ball is located on the glass side covering the game board. the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it is formed so as to be located within the lateral direction of the width.

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