JP5519039B1 - Gaming machine and gaming machine system - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can execute an effect in cooperation with other gaming machines.
[Solution]
In addition to the fact that each of the plurality of gaming machines 1 cannot transmit and receive signals to each other, common setting information that is set to be common to other gaming machines 1, and other gaming machines 1 Individual setting information that is individually set to be different from each other is set. Each of the gaming machines 1 has a time information generating unit 198 that generates time information related to the current time, and a collaboration effect that the gaming machine executes together with other gaming machines according to the time information and the common setting information. There is a cooperation effect determination means LP that determines the contents, and a charge effect generation means LG that generates an effect corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine in the cooperation effects based on the individual setting information.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine and a gaming machine system.

  Game machines such as ball and ball game machines (pachinko machines) and swing-type game machines (slot machines) have a main control board that manages game execution processing, and a sub that controls the effects provided to the players. And a control board.

  Note that Patent Document 1 describes a gaming machine that can notify a player in advance of the time to change the display mode when the display mode in the game effect is changed when a specific time is reached. .

JP 2012-228543 A

  In gaming machines having the above-described main control board and sub control board, these boards are prohibited from receiving signals from outside the gaming machine from the viewpoint of preventing fraud. For this reason, signals for synchronization cannot be transmitted and received between a plurality of gaming machines, and it is difficult to produce an effect in cooperation with a plurality of gaming machines.

  Here, for example, if each of the plurality of gaming machines refers to the internal real-time clock, it is considered that a predetermined effect can be simultaneously executed on each gaming machine. However, simply referring to the real-time clock is difficult to execute an effect in which each of the gaming machines displays contents that are deeply connected to each other while displaying contents different from those of other gaming machines. It is considered a thing.

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a gaming machine that can execute an effect in cooperation with another gaming machine, and a game in which a plurality of gaming machines can execute an effect in cooperation with each other. The purpose is to provide a machine system.

  The present invention will be described below. In order to facilitate understanding of the invention, reference numerals and the like in the attached drawings are appended in parentheses, but the present invention is not limited to the display form.

  In view of the above problems, the gaming machine (1) according to the present invention has common setting information storage means (RAM 195) for storing common setting information set so as to be common to one or more other gaming machines (1). And individual setting information storage means (RAM 195) for storing individual setting information individually set so as to be different from each of the other gaming machines, and having a function of receiving signals from the other gaming machines A gaming machine that does not have a time information generating means (198) that generates time information relating to the current time, and that the gaming machine executes in cooperation with the other gaming machines according to the time information and the common setting information. A collaborative effect determining means (LP) for determining the content of the collaborative effect, and a responsible effect generator for generating an effect corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine in the collaborative effect based on the individual setting information And (LG), characterized by having a.

  In addition, in one aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention, the game machine further includes a cooperation effect overall information storage unit (ROM 194) that stores information on the entire cooperation effect for enabling any content of the cooperation effect to be handled. The responsible production generating means may generate an production corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine in the cooperative production based on the overall cooperative production information and the individual setting information.

  Further, in one aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine is arranged so as to be adjacent to the other gaming machine (1) based on the individual setting information. The image in 30) and the image in the display unit (30) of the adjacent other gaming machine may be displayed so as to be connected to each other (see FIG. 6B). .

  Further, in one aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine identification that can identify at least a part of the gaming machine and the other gaming machines based on the common setting information and the time information. A gaming machine specifying information generating means (G1) for generating information, a judging means (J1) for judging whether the gaming machine is a gaming machine specified by the gaming machine specifying information, and the gaming machine specifying In the case where the determining unit determines that the gaming machine is specified by the information, the gaming machine may include a privilege granting unit (AG) that grants a privilege to the player.

  Also, in one aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention, a player presence / absence determination is made to determine whether or not a player exists when the effect generated by the charge effect generating means is controlled by the effect control means. Means (J2), wherein the privilege granting means is determined to be a gaming machine specified by the gaming machine specifying information, and there is a player by the player presence determining means. It is good also as giving the above-mentioned privilege when judged.

  Moreover, in one aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention, the cooperation effect is an effect of displaying a state in which the virtual three-dimensional space (VR) is viewed from the viewpoint (CM), and the cooperation effect determining means is Based on the common setting information and the time information, the arrangement of the objects in the virtual three-dimensional space is set to determine the content of the cooperation effect, and the responsible effect generation means is configured to determine the virtual effect based on the individual setting information. It is good also as generating the production | generation corresponding to the content in charge in the said cooperation production by setting about the said viewpoint in a three-dimensional space.

  Further, in one aspect of the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine has a number information storage means (RAM 195) for storing number information relating to the number of the gaming machine that executes the cooperation effect and the number of the other gaming machines. The effect generating means may generate an effect corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine in the linked effect based on the number information and the individual setting information.

  In view of the above problems, a gaming machine system according to the present invention is a gaming machine system including a plurality of gaming machines (1) having no communication function between gaming machines, and the plurality of gaming machines. Each of (1) is a common setting information storage means for storing common setting information set so as to be common to the plurality of gaming machines (1), and an individual set individually for each of the plurality of gaming machines. Individual setting information storing means for storing setting information, time information generating means for generating time information relating to the current time, and cooperative effects executed by the plurality of gaming machines in cooperation according to the time information and the common setting information A collaborative effect determining means for determining the content of the content, and a responsible effect generating means for generating an effect corresponding to the content in charge of the collaborative effect based on the individual setting information. And features.

  The terms used in this specification have the following meanings.

  “Game media” refers to game medals or game balls.

  The “winning line” refers to a set of display positions at which the symbols in the display row are determined as a combination. “Effective line” means a winning line activated by a betting process or an automatic betting process.

  “One game (one game)” refers to a series of processes from when a bet process is started until the next bet process becomes possible.

  The “game value” is a privilege that is granted by winning a prize. For example, there is one that gives a condition for starting another type of game or a dividend.

  “Combination” means a combination of symbols (arrangement of symbols) necessary for giving a game value among the combinations of symbols. For example, red 7 and 7-7-7. Further, in the present specification, “combination” may be used as a name of a lottery target of an internal lottery described later.

  “Prize” refers to a privilege that is granted when a role is displayed on the active line, a start prize that gives conditions for starting another type of game, and a small role that gives a dividend. There is a re-game award that gives a condition for starting the next game without inserting a prize, a game medium or credits. The start prize includes a BB prize, MB prize, SB prize, RB prize, and CB prize. Note that a plurality of winning combinations may correspond to one prize.

  The “role lottery table” is information in which a numerical range is associated with each of a plurality of lottery objects, and means a winning probability (lottery probability) for each lottery object. Each lottery object includes one or a plurality of winning combinations, but a lottery object corresponding to “losing” may exist. The “role lottery table” may also be referred to as an “internal lottery table”.

  “Internal lottery” means that one numerical value is acquired (random number extraction) from a plurality of numerical values generated from a sequence generator configured by hardware or software, and the random number value acquired by referring to the role lottery table It means a lottery process that is executed by deriving a lottery object to which. When a plurality of prizes are associated with one lottery object and the acquired random number value belongs to the numerical range of the lottery object, each of the plurality of prizes is won.

  “Internal winning” means that the random value acquired in the internal lottery belongs to a numerical range corresponding to any lottery object in the role lottery table. In this specification, it may be simply “winning”.

  “Lossing” means a case where the random value acquired in the internal lottery falls within the numerical range of the lottery object corresponding to the loss of the role lottery table, or does not belong to any numerical range in the role lottery table Say. Further, in this specification, “losing” may be referred to as “unfair”.

  The “symbol” refers to a character, figure, symbol, color, or a combination thereof, which is displayed on the display column or a unit of the constituent elements of the role.

  “Winning” means that a combination of symbols displayed on a winning line validated by a bet operation is determined to be a predetermined combination.

  “Non-winning” means that the combination of symbols displayed on the active line in the betting operation is determined not to be a predetermined combination. For non-winning prizes, if any of the winning combinations are allowed to be displayed on the active line due to the result of the internal lottery, the winning buttons are not aligned on the active line by operating the stop button. And, in the case of losing in the internal lottery, there are cases where the combination is not complete. Also, the former case is called “missing”.

  The “winning flag” refers to data that stores which symbol combination is permitted to be displayed on the active line based on the result of the internal lottery. As a general rule, the winning flag set based on the result of the internal lottery is cleared at the end of one game.

  The “push order small combination” means a lottery subject for which it is determined whether or not a small combination is to be stopped on the active line according to the stop button operation sequence input by the player, or a small combination to be stopped on the effective line This means that the combination of symbols displayed on the active line differs depending on the stop button operation sequence entered by the player. Refers to the role. Further, “push order small combination” and “push order replay combination” are also referred to as “operation order combination”.

  The “inserted number” refers to the number of game media required to start one game, and refers to the number of medals inserted by the player when starting the one game.

  “Number of payouts” refers to the number of game media to be paid out in response to a combination that has stopped on the active line. If a combination stops on multiple winning lines, the total amount of dividends given to each combination It becomes the number. However, an upper limit “15” (sheets) is set for the number of payouts, and when the total number of payouts given to each combination exceeds 15, the upper limit of 15 is the number of payouts. Become.

  “Releasing rate” means the ratio of the number of payouts to the number of inserted game media (number of payouts / number of input). When the payout rate is 1 (100%), the number of game media inserted and the number of payouts Means the same value.

  “Bet operation” means that a pay line corresponding to the number of inserted cards (the number of bets) is activated by inserting game media or credits. Control according to the bet operation is called bet processing, and the same bet line as the previous game is automatically enabled in the next game that won the bet processing by inserting the game media, the storage bet processing by inserting the credit, and the re-game prize. Includes automatic bet processing.

  The “RB game” means that the number of symbol combinations related to the small role award is increased or the winning probability of the small role award is increased as compared with the normal game until the predetermined condition is satisfied from the next game in which the RB award is won. A game that is played in a fluctuating manner. The RB game is referred to as a first type special object in the game rules.

  The “BB game” means that the number of symbol combinations (role) related to the RB award is increased or the probability of winning the RB award compared to the normal game until the predetermined condition is satisfied from the next game where the BB award is won. A game that is performed by changing the RB game, or a game that is performed by continuously starting an RB game.

  In addition, “RB game” and “BB game” in this specification are rules relating to the recognition of the gaming machine and the type verification, etc. (National Public Security Commission Regulation No. 4 on February 12, 1960), respectively. Of "Type 1 Special Features" and "Type 1 Special Features" in Appendix 2 (meaning of terms in technical standards) (hereinafter referred to as "Game Rules") It is a term corresponding to “actuating device”.

  “Big Bonus” and “Regular Bonus” are special roles for starting a BB game and an “RB game” which are bonus games by winning. For big bonuses and regular bonuses, flags are carried over, and when a big bonus is won internally, a flag indicating this is raised (stored in a predetermined area of RAM on the main control board). Even if there is no winning, the flag indicating the internal winning is kept until winning, and the combination of symbols corresponding to each special combination is aligned on the active line even after the next game.

  The “re-playing role (replay)” is a role that allows a game to be played without newly inserting medals, and the “small role” is a role in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out by winning.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that can execute an effect in cooperation with another gaming machine, and a gaming machine system that can execute an effect in cooperation with a plurality of gaming machines. it can.

It is a figure for demonstrating the game machine which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a gaming machine according to a first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the network block diagram of the game machine system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning of the symbol printed on the three reel belt | band | zone in the gaming machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the kind of combination set in the gaming machine which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the mode of an example of the cooperation effect performed in the gaming machine system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the game machine in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the flow of one game in the main control board of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process of the sub control board | substrate of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process performed in the sub control board of 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual explanatory drawing of the cooperation production performed in a 2nd embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[1. Appearance structure of gaming machine]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overview of the gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The gaming machine 1 includes a box-shaped main body 2 having an open front surface and a front door 3 disposed on the front surface of the main body 2. The front door 3 displays an operation unit OP on which buttons for a player to play a game, a reel window 20 for visually recognizing a symbol of the reel variable display device RL, and information for progressing the game. It consists of a panel display portion DP on which indicators are arranged, an indicator on which information for proceeding the game is displayed, an effect display portion TP on which an illumination device is arranged, and a saucer portion BP.

  The operation section OP includes a medal insertion slot 10, a MAXBET button 11, a bet button for setting the number of game media to bet on one game, a start lever 12, a left stop button 13a, a middle stop button 13b, and a right stop button 13c. A settlement button 14 and a display screen operation button 13 are provided. A medal slot 10 is disposed on the right side of the upper surface of the operation unit OP, and a MAXBET button 11 is disposed on the left side of the upper surface. The game of the gaming machine 1 can be started by medal insertion operation or bet button operation, and automatic bet processing associated with re-game prize winning. A start lever 12 for rotating the reels R1 to R3 is arranged on the front side of the lower position of the MAXBET button 11, and a left stop button 13a for stopping the rotation of the left reel R1 and a middle reel are arranged on the right side thereof. A middle stop button 13b for stopping the rotation of R2 and a right stop button 13c for stopping the rotation of the right reel R3 are arranged.

  In addition, after the reels R1 to R3 start rotating, the first input operation to stop the reel among the stop buttons 13a to 13c is the first stop operation, and the next input operation is the second stop operation. The last input operation is referred to as a third stop operation. Of the stop buttons 13a to 13c, the first button pressed to stop the reel is the first stop button, the next button pressed is the second stop button, and the last button pressed is the third stop. This is called a button. Of the reels R1 to R3, the first reel that is controlled to stop is the first stop reel, the second reel that is controlled to stop is the second stop reel, and the last reel that is controlled to stop is the third stop reel. To do. Further, “forward press” means an operation sequence in which the first stop operation is input to the left stop button 13a, the second stop operation is input to the middle stop button 13b, and the third stop operation is input to the right stop button 13c. “Pinch” refers to an operation sequence in which the first stop operation is input to the left stop button 13a, the second stop operation is input to the right stop button 13c, and the third stop operation is input to the middle stop button 13b. Further, “anomalous pressing” refers to an operation order in which the first stop operation is input in addition to the left stop button 13a.

  The panel display unit DP is provided with a reel window 20, a game guide indicator 22, and a game value information display unit 23. The game value information display unit 23 includes a credit number display 23a, a payout number display 23c, and an obtained number display 23b. The reel window 20 is made of a transparent acrylic plate that allows three consecutive symbols per reel, and the player can view nine symbols of the three reels through the reel window 20.

  The gaming machine 1 in the present embodiment has a horizontal winning line L1 at the middle display position of the reel window 20. That is, the upper display position on the left reel R1 is U1, the middle display position is M1, the lower display position is D1, the upper display position on the middle reel R2 is U2, the middle display position is M2, the lower display position is D2, and the right reel R3 is on the right reel R3. When the upper display position is U3, the middle display position is M3, and the lower display position is D3, the pay line L1 corresponds to the middle display positions M1-M2-M3 in the reels R1 to R3.

  The effect display unit TP includes a display 30 configured by a liquid crystal display or the like that displays a game progress state or the like as an image, an illumination LED 31 that displays a game state by changing a color or a lighting pattern according to the game state, and A speaker 32 is provided for outputting BGM to be changed according to the game state, operation sound according to button operation, and guide sound.

[2. Electrical configuration of gaming machine]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1. The gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 100A that performs main control of the game, and a sub control board 100B that performs display control on the display 30 and displays an image. The main control board 100A includes a CPU (central processing unit) 101, a clock generation circuit a102, a clock generation circuit b103, a ROM (read-onlymemory) 104, a RAM (random-accessmemory) 105, a data transmission circuit 106, and an input / output port 107. ing. Note that a CPU 101 incorporating a ROM or RAM can be employed. In that case, the external ROM 104 and RAM 105 are not required.

  The CPU 101 reads out the program stored in the ROM 104 based on the timing of the CLK signal generated by the clock generation circuit a102, and sequentially executes the program. When the power is turned on, the CPU 101 executes the main program from a predetermined address, and starts from a predetermined address at the timing of the INTR signal generated by the clock generation circuit b103 different from the cycle of the clock generation circuit a102. Run the interrupt program. Here, the interval between INTR signals is, for example, 2 milliseconds. The CPU 101 stores various flags, various counters, or various game information in the RAM 105 according to the execution of the program. Even when the power supplied from the outside is cut off, the RAM 105 retains stored information by the battery, and when the power is restored after that, the RAM 105 resumes from the state immediately before the occurrence of the power cut. The CPU 101 reads the state of various buttons and sensors via the input / output port 107 and drives various motors.

  The bet operation instruction signals 111a to 111c, the start operation instruction signal 112, the stop operation instruction signals 113a to 113c, and the settlement operation instruction signal 114 are respectively a bet button and a start lever 12 including the MAX button 11 provided in the operation unit OP. These signals are detected in response to the stop buttons 13 a to 13 c and the settlement button 14 being operated by the player, and are sent to the CPU 101 via the input / output port 107. The display control signals 123a to 123c are display signals to be displayed on the credit number display 23a, the earned number display 23b, and the payout number display 23c provided in the panel display unit DP, respectively, via the input / output port 107. Driven by the CPU 101. The reel position detection signals 155a to 155c correspond to the respective reels of the variable reel display device RL, and are detected once every time the reel rotates once, and are sent to the CPU 101 via the input / output port 107. The reel drive signals 154a to 154c are stepping motor drive signals that drive the reels R1 to R3 of the variable reel display device RL, and are driven by the CPU 101 via the input / output port 107. By controlling the stepping motor with the reel drive signals 154a to 154c, it is possible to execute the start and stop control of the rotations of the reels R1 to R3.

  The medal insertion signal 160 is a sensor signal for detecting a medal provided in a medal detection device provided inside the front door 3 that passes the inserted game medal from the medal insertion slot 10. To the CPU 101. The medal block signal 161 is a signal for driving a solenoid provided in the medal detection device, and is driven by the CPU 101 via the input / output port 107. The medal payout signal 162 is a sensor signal for detecting a medal provided in the medal discharge unit of the medal payout device, and is sent to the CPU 101 via the input / output port 107. The payout drive signal 163 is a signal for driving a motor provided in the medal payout device, and is driven by the CPU 101 via the input / output port 107.

  The CPU 101 outputs various commands to the sub control board 100B via the data transmission circuit 106. The sub-control board 100B includes a CPU (central processing unit) 191, a clock generation circuit c192, a clock generation circuit d193, a ROM (read-onlymemory) 194, a RAM (random-accessmemory) 195, a data input circuit 196, a time information generation unit 198, and A display circuit 197 including a graphic LSI and its peripheral circuits is provided. The CPU 191 reads the program stored in the ROM 194 based on the timing of the CLK signal generated by the clock generation circuit c192, and sequentially executes the program. When the power is turned on, the CPU 191 executes the main program from a predetermined address, and starts from a predetermined address at the timing of the INTR1 signal generated by the clock generation circuit d193 different from the cycle of the clock generation circuit c192. Run the interrupt program. Here, the interval of the INTR1 signal is, for example, 2 milliseconds. The CPU 191 stores various flags, various counters, or various game information in the RAM 195 in accordance with the execution of the program. Further, an INTR2 signal is generated based on a strobe signal transmitted in synchronization with the data transmission timing from the data transmission circuit of the main control board 100A, and an interrupt program starting from a predetermined address is generated at the timing of the INTR2 signal. Run.

  The sub control board 100B receives various commands from the main control board 100A, and outputs an instruction to display an effect image associated with the game on the display circuit 197. Further, the sub control board 100B controls lighting of the lighting device by the game guide display 22 and the lighting LED 31, lighting control of the backlight device provided in the reel variable display device RL, and sound such as BGM by the speaker 32. Control the sound output from. Also, in the sub control board 100B of the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, time information regarding the current time is output from the time information generation unit 198 to the CPU 191 at a certain interval, and the cooperation described later is performed when a predetermined time has passed. The production starts.

[3. About gaming machine 1]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a gaming machine system including a plurality of gaming machines 1 and a hall computer S according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, a plurality of gaming machines 1 are connected to the hall computer S, and a network configuration is provided in which information such as the number of INs, the number of OUTs, and the number of jackpots is output from each gaming machine 1. Yes. However, from the standpoint of preventing fraud, each gaming machine 1 is prohibited from receiving signals from the hall computer S and cannot communicate with each other. In other words, each of the plurality of gaming machines 1 does not have a function of receiving signals from other gaming machines.

  Here, in particular, the plurality of gaming machines 1 in the present embodiment are installed side by side in the island facilities of the game arcade and are individually set to be different from the common setting information that is common to each. Configuration information. And each game machine 1 will start the production of the content (part) each in charge in a cooperation production at predetermined time, and, thereby, the cooperation production which cooperated with other game machines will be performed. The details of the common setting information and the individual setting information, and the cooperation effect that the plurality of gaming machines 1 have will be described later.

  In the following, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described by focusing on one of the plurality of gaming machines 1.

  The winning line of the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is only the winning line L1 that is horizontal at the middle display position of the reel window 20, and the winning combination such as a push order is won by controlling the image and sound on the sub-control board 100B. It has an AT (assist time) function for informing the stop operation sequence and timing.

  Here, the “AT function” is an operation that is advantageous to the player when a winning combination is selected in which the combination of symbols to be stopped on the active line is different according to the operation of the stop buttons 13a to 13c. A function for executing an “AT game (notification game)” with an effect of notifying an aspect. A state in which an AT game is executed is called an AT state, and a state in which an AT game is not executed is called a non-AT state. . Further, the lottery process for determining the future assignment of the AT game is also referred to as “AT lottery”. In the AT state according to the present embodiment, in accordance with the result of the internal winning, notification of the pressing order that is advantageous for the player is performed by controlling the image and sound by the sub-control board 100B. Further, the AT state continues until a predetermined condition is satisfied, and in this embodiment, a notification game of a predetermined number of games is given by the AT lottery and the notification game of the number of games is consumed. The AT state continues.

[3-1. About arrangement of design]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of symbols printed on the reel band in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. On the left, middle and right reels, 21 symbols are printed at equal intervals. In the reel variable display device RL, a stepping motor that rotates once by supplying a pulse of 400 steps is used. When 21 symbols are arranged, the symbol interval is 19 steps. Further, when 10 steps are advanced after detecting the reel position detection signals 155a to 155c, the symbol number PN = 1 is positioned on the winning line L1 in the middle stage of the reel window 20, and before 390 steps. As the operation proceeds, reel position detection signals 155a to 155c are detected again. In this way, a predetermined symbol can be positioned in the middle stage of the reel window based on the number of steps to be advanced, based on the timing at which the reel position detection signals 155a to 155c are detected.

[3-2. About the lottery table and types of roles]
Next, with reference to FIG. 5, some types of combinations established in the gaming machine 1 will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the types of combinations, and shows special combinations, combinations of main symbols of small combinations 1 to 3, and the number of payouts. Among the winning combinations in this embodiment, special combination 1 (BB1 (big bonus 1)) and special combination 2 (BB2 (big bonus 2)) are “red seven-red seven-red seven” and “blue seven”, respectively. It is composed of a combination of symbols of “-Blue Seven-Blue Seven”, and is used for shifting to the bonus game state. The special combination 3 (RB (regular bonus)) is composed of a combination of symbols of “red seven-red seven-blue seven”, which is also a combination for shifting to the bonus game state. Further, “small role 1”, “small role 2”, and “small role 3” are winning combinations in which a predetermined number of medals are paid out by winning, and “bell”, “watermelon”, and “cherry” in the gaming machine 1, respectively. Corresponding to “ANY” in “Cherry” in FIG. 5 is an allowable symbol indicating that the symbol of the middle reel in the active line may be any symbol.

  Needless to say, the type of combination is not limited to that shown in FIG.

  In addition, the role lottery table of the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is stored in the ROM 104, and based on a random number value (0 to 65535) that can be generated in the internal lottery unit IL described later, One is derived as a result of the internal lottery. Note that the plurality of lottery objects set in the winning lottery table include small roles 1A to 1G (bells), and these are controlled to stop winning so that any winning order is input. A small combination 1B that is a push order small combination that the bell wins when the small combination 1A and the left stop button 13a are set to the first stop (that is, in the case of left / middle / right or left / right / middle push order) 1C and the irregular push with the middle / right stop buttons 13b-13c as the first stop (ie, middle / right / left, middle / left / right, right / left / middle, right / middle / left push) In the case of the order), the small combinations 1D to 1G which are the push order small combinations that the bell wins. In addition, it is desirable to set the internal winning probabilities to be equal for the four types of push order small combinations 1D to 1G.

[3-3. About cooperation production in gaming machine 1]
Here, the common setting information that the gaming machine 1 has, the individual setting information, and the cooperation effect executed by the plurality of gaming machines 1 will be described.

  The common setting information relates to the determination of the contents of the cooperation effects executed as a whole in the plurality of gaming machines 1 constituting the gaming machine system, and the contents of the cooperation effects to be executed include the common setting information and the time information. It is determined based on. In addition, the individual setting information is related to the determination of what kind of content is in charge of the cooperation effect executed in the gaming machine system, and includes the entire cooperation effect information (master information) and the individual setting information. Based on this, a charge effect to be executed in each gaming machine 1 is generated.

  The common setting information and the individual setting information are preferably input when the gaming machine 1 is shipped to a game arcade, for example. These may be stored in the gaming machine 1 by input from a DIP switch connected to the sub-control board 100B, or by inputting a predetermined key operation when the power is turned on, common setting information / individual It may be stored in the gaming machine 1 through software input means such as displaying a setting information input screen. In the latter case, the information recorded in the RAM 195 is held by the battery even when the power supplied from the outside is cut off.

  In addition, as the common setting information and the individual setting information, for example, by making the number in the 100's place correspond to the common setting information, and making the two-digit number in the 10's place and the 1's place correspond to the individual setting information, You may make it comprise with three-digit numbers, such as "101" and "102". Specifically, when the gaming machine 1 is introduced into three island facilities composed of 11 gaming machines, the common setting information and the individual setting information are “101 to 111”, “201 to 211”, The gaming machines “301 to 311” are arranged in order.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a cooperative performance executed in a plurality of gaming machines 1 of the present embodiment, which is an effect using horse racing as a motif (the gaming machine 1 in FIG. 6 is shown in FIG. 1). The display unit 30 has an enlarged specification compared to the gaming machine 1). The content of the cooperative production is determined based on the time information on the current time and the common setting information. For example, each island facility in which different common setting information is set by reaching a predetermined time In, it is possible to start cooperative production of different contents.

  Specifically, in the collaboration effect executed at each gaming machine, a predetermined number of games are consumed during the reception period of the screen as shown in FIG. 6A, so that the player enters the race. Can do. After the start of the race, the display of each gaming machine 1 is switched as shown in FIG. 6B, and each gaming machine 1 is linked to each other so that each display unit 30 is connected to the adjacent display unit 30. By displaying the contents in charge of the video, an image related to one race is displayed.

  Here, with regard to the cooperation effect of the race screen displayed in FIG. 6B, since the contents are determined based on the time information and the common setting information, it is determined in advance which horse will win. It can be said that. In addition, in the race screen of FIG. 6B, each racehorse races from the right end to the left end, and each gaming machine 1 sets an offset amount for the display range based on the individual setting information. Thus, a display range in the production of the two-dimensional race screen is assigned, and the display of the contents each game machine is responsible for is executed.

  Furthermore, the entry screen of FIG. 6A is generated in correspondence with the individual setting information, and is a screen that displays racehorses having different numbers. The player who entered the gaming machine corresponding to the winning horse (that is, the player who entered the winning horse determined based on the time information and the common setting information) has a privilege such as AT games of a predetermined number of games. It is to be granted.

  Thus, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment and the gaming machine system including the plurality of gaming machines 1, the plurality of gaming machines 1 execute cooperative effects that are closely related to each other. In addition to improving the curiosity of the players, the curiosity can also be improved by appealing to the viewing angle from a long distance for those who have visited the game hall.

  Furthermore, each gaming machine 1 has overall information of cooperation production (master information) for making it possible to take charge of any part of the cooperation production, and based on the cooperation production whole information and individual setting information, A production (in charge production) corresponding to the content in charge of the cooperation production is generated. In each gaming machine 1, the entire responsible effect may be generated when the linked effect is executed, or information necessary for executing the responsible effect when the gaming machine 1 is turned on is partially stored. After that, the production effect may be generated when the cooperation production is executed. In addition, the entire effect may be generated and stored in the RAM 195 when the power is turned on. Since the gaming machine 1 has such overall information of the linked performance, convenience when setting a plurality of gaming machines 1 that execute the linked performance is improved.

  In addition, in the plurality of gaming machines 1, in addition to the common setting information and the individual setting information, the number information regarding the number of gaming machines 1 in which the same common setting information is set may be set. The number of gaming machines installed on the island facilities of the amusement hall depends on the individual circumstances of the amusement park. The machine can be introduced flexibly.

  In the case where the number information can be accepted in the gaming machine 1, for example, the length of the course reproduced on the entire race screen may be determined according to the number information in the cooperation effect of FIG. Good. Specifically, when one island facility is composed of 8 gaming machines, the length of the course and the racehorse are compared with the case of FIG. 6 (b) composed of 4 gaming machines 1. The speed is doubled, and as the assigned effects executed by each gaming machine, 1/8 area on the course is assigned based on the individual setting information. In addition, when the above-described collaboration effect is realized as an effect in a virtual three-dimensional space, for example, rendering is performed by changing the aspect ratio (in the case of eight units, the rendering is doubled in the case of four units). The offset amount may be changed so that each of the gaming machines displays a part of the screen coordinates. That is, as an example in the case of production in a virtual three-dimensional space, scene information, world coordinate conversion, and view coordinate conversion are generated based on the common setting information, and the number information and individual setting information are generated in each gaming machine. The screen coordinate transformation may be generated based on the above.

  As the common setting information, the number information, and the individual setting information, for example, a number in the tens place is made to correspond to the common setting information, and a number in the thousand and hundred places is made to correspond to the number information. A two-digit number at the 1's place may be associated with the individual setting information. Specifically, when the gaming machine 1 is introduced into three island facilities composed of eight gaming machines, the common setting information, the number information, and the individual setting information are “10801-10808”, “20801”. The gaming machines are arranged in order so as to be “20808” and “30801-30808”.

[3-3. Functional configuration of gaming machine]
Hereinafter, the functional configuration of the gaming machine 1 in the present embodiment will be specifically described.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the gaming machine 1 in the present embodiment, and is realized mainly by the main control board 100A and the sub control board 100B. As shown in the figure, the main control board 100A includes an internal lottery unit IL, a reel control unit RC, a winning determination processing unit WJ, a ROM 104, and a RAM 105.

  The sub-control board 100B includes an effect control unit PC, a privilege granting unit AG, a time information generating unit 198, a ROM 194, and a RAM 195. The effect control unit PC further includes a cooperation effect determining unit. LP, a timing determination unit LT, a responsible production generating unit LG, and a notification production control unit AC, the privilege granting unit AG is a gaming machine specific information judgment unit J1, a player presence / absence judgment unit J2, and a notification game lottery. Part AL is included.

[3-3-1. Functional configuration of main control board 100A]
The main control board 100A controls the entire game executed on the gaming machine 1 by executing a main program and an interrupt program stored in advance in the ROM 104. When the CPU 101 of the main control board 100A accepts inputs such as a bet button operation by the player, a game medium input by the player, and an operation of the start lever (start operation unit) 12, the internal lottery unit IL performs an internal lottery. In addition, the reel drive signals 154a to 154c are generated to control the rotation of the reels R1 to R3.

  The internal lottery unit IL is configured to include a random number generator for generating random numbers, and is a numerical value within a certain range at the timing when the start operation instruction signal 112 by the input from the start operation unit (start lever) 12 is detected. For example, one random number value is generated in the range of 0 to 65535. Further, the internal lottery unit IL selects a role lottery table corresponding to the current game state. The internal lottery unit IL derives the lottery object corresponding to the numerical range of the random value as information indicating the result of the internal lottery by comparing the random number generated by the random number generator with the selected combination lottery table. The result of the internal lottery is recorded not only in the RAM 105 but also in the internal lottery result storage area in the RAM 195 as a winning flag corresponding to the result of the internal lottery. This winning flag is referred to not only in determining the effect table, but also in the lottery regarding AT games, the setting of the lottery conditions for AT games, and the like.

  The reel control unit RC starts rotation driving of the reels R1 to R3 by operating the start lever 12 by the player, selects a stop control table based on the result of the internal lottery, the selected stop control table, and the stop Based on the timing at which the operation unit 13 (stop buttons 13a to 13c) is pressed, the symbols to be stopped on the active line are controlled.

  In addition, when the stop button is input when the symbols of the reels are positioned at the middle display position, the stop control table determines how many symbols are rotated from that position and then stopped (that is, Information indicating the number of sliding frames). The number of sliding frames in the present embodiment is any value from 0 to 4.

  The winning determination processing unit WJ determines whether or not a winning is made based on the combination of symbols stopped on the active line after the symbols of all reels are stopped.

[3-3-2. Functional configuration of sub-control board 100B]
Next, a functional configuration of the sub control board 100B will be described. The sub control board 100B is a control board belonging to a lower level of the main control board 100A, and signals and information are transmitted from the main control board 100A, but signals and information are input from the sub control board 100B to the main control board 100A. You can't do that. That is, a signal is transmitted in one way from the main control board 100A to the sub control board 100B.

  The effect control unit PC refers to the flag corresponding to the result of the internal lottery recorded in the RAM 195 and selects the effect table recorded in the ROM 194. Further, the effect control unit PC newly generates a random value, sets an effect pattern to be displayed on the display 30 based on the random number value and the selected effect table, and executes the set effect pattern. To do.

  Here, in particular, the production control unit PC of the present embodiment is configured to include a cooperation production determination unit LP, a timing determination unit LT, a charge production generation unit LG, and a notification production control unit AC. In the present embodiment, the content of the collaboration effect is determined based on the time information and the common setting information, and the timing at which the next collaboration effect is executed is also determined based on these. This will be described in detail below.

  The cooperation effect determination unit LP executes the contents of the cooperation effect to be executed based on the common setting information stored in the common setting information storage unit (in this embodiment, the RAM 195) and the time information acquired from the time information generation unit 198. decide. In the present embodiment, when the cooperation effect determination unit LP receives time information indicating that the time determined in advance by the timing determination unit LT (for example, 20:00:00), the time information regarding the current time is received. And the software production random number using the common setting information as a seed, the cooperation effect to be executed is determined, and thereby the effect control unit PC executes the cooperation effect (in charge effect).

  In addition, the gaming machine specifying information generation unit G1 specifies gaming machines that can specify some of the gaming machines 1 having the same common setting information based on the time information and the common setting information. Generate information. In other words, the gaming machine specifying information generating unit G1 generates gaming machine specifying information in association with the determination of the linked effect by the linked effect determining unit LP. The gaming machine specifying information corresponds to the individual setting information set in any of the plurality of gaming machines 1 having the same common setting information.

  Here, as the gaming machine specifying information, as in the example described above, one island facility is composed of 11 gaming machines, and the common setting information and the individual setting information are set to “101 to 111” in order. In this case, the gaming machine 1 with only “101” may be specified, or a plurality of gaming machines 1 such as “101” and “103” may be specified. Also good. Moreover, the case where the game machine 1 which has the individual setting information which does not exist in the said island equipment like "115" may be generated. Specifically, in the performance based on the horse race in FIG. 6, more horses (for example, 16) than the number of the gaming machines 1 having the same common setting information (11) run, and any game That is, there may be a case where a horse corresponding to the machine 1 wins and a case where a horse not corresponding to any gaming machine 1 wins.

  The timing determination unit LT determines the time at which the gaming machine 1 executes the cooperation effect. In the present embodiment, when receiving time information indicating that a predetermined time (for example, 20:00:00) is received, the timing determination unit LT determines that the time information (20: 0: 0) Next, the timing (for example, 19:59:10) at which the collaborative effect is executed is determined by a software random number using the common setting information as a seed. The timing of starting the next collaborative effect is set such that the time information that is the seed of the software random number is different from the current collaborative effect, so that the content of the collaborative effect that is executed can be made different. The timing determination unit LT records timing information related to the timing at which the next cooperation effect is executed in the RAM 195, and determines timing when the timing information is not stored in the RAM 195, such as when the gaming machine 1 is newly installed. The unit LT generates timing information based only on the common setting information.

  The responsible production generating unit LG includes the cooperative production overall information storage means (specifically, the ROM 194) and the individual settings recorded in the individual setting information storage means (specifically, the RAM 195). Based on the information, an effect corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine 1 is generated. The charge effect corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine 1 is generated by, for example, deriving an offset amount based on the individual setting information and acquiring a part of the overall cooperative effect information based on the offset amount. . The effect control unit PC of each gaming machine 1 executes the control of the assigned effect by generating an effect corresponding to the content each of them is responsible for when the linked effect is executed on the display unit 30.

  Further, when the gaming machine 1 also accepts the setting of the number information, the charge production generating unit LG generates charge production information based on the overall cooperation production information, the individual setting information, and the number information. . As described above, the image information of the racetrack that constitutes a part of the overall information of the linked performance is subjected to processing such as expansion / contraction based on the number of pieces of information, and in the linked production based on the number of pieces of information and the individual setting information. The contents in charge of the gaming machine 1 are assigned. Specifically, as in the example described above, one island facility is configured with eight gaming machines, and the common setting information, the number information, and the individual setting information are set to “10801 to 10808” in order. In the case where they are installed side by side, the charge production generating unit LG in the gaming machine 1 of “10801” generates the charge production so that an area that is 1/8 from the left on the race screen is allocated.

  The notification effect control unit AC executes the effect of notifying the operation mode that is advantageous to the player according to the result of the internal lottery when the gaming state is set to the AT state. In the AT state, the notification effect control unit AC of the present embodiment displays, on the display 30, the operation sequence in which the payout becomes the highest when the small combinations 1B to 1G in the AT state are won internally. It has become.

  In addition, even during the execution of the cooperation effect, the notification effect control unit AC performs control so as to notify the operation mode that is advantageous to the player. Specifically, an operation order is presented on the display unit 30 while displaying an effect screen corresponding to the content in charge of the linked effect as shown in FIG. 6 in the background. Further, the notification effect control unit AC may display the operation order smaller during execution of the cooperation effect than when the cooperation effect is not executed.

  The time information generation unit 198 outputs information about the current time as time information to the effect control unit PC at every predetermined timing. The time in this specification has a broad meaning including the calendar such as year, month, and day, and the time information may indicate information such as hours, minutes, and seconds, It may indicate current calendar information such as year / month / day, or may include both. Further, the output of the time information to the effect control unit PC may be every 10 seconds or every other minute. In addition, as means for generating time information, time information is acquired from peripheral chips only when the gaming machine is activated, and thereafter, the time information is generated by calculating the difference with the clock of the CPU 191. May be.

  The privilege grant unit AG is a functional block that executes a process for determining whether or not a privilege will be granted to a player in the future, and as a privilege in this embodiment, a predetermined number of games is notified. It is a game.

  The gaming machine specifying information determining unit J1 acquires the gaming machine specifying information generated by the gaming machine specifying information generating unit G1, and determines whether or not it corresponds to the individual setting information recorded in the RAM 195.

  In addition, the player presence / absence determination unit J2 determines whether or not there is a player (whether or not the player is in a continuous game) when the cooperation effect is controlled by the plurality of gaming machines 1. To do. Specifically, the player presence / absence determination unit J2 determines whether or not a predetermined number of games has been executed during a reception period set in a predetermined period (for example, 1 minute) after the start of the cooperation effect. To determine the presence or absence of a player.

  The privilege granting part AG in the present embodiment is determined by the gaming machine specifying information judging part J1 and the player presence / absence judging part J2 to be a gaming machine specified by the gaming machine specifying information, and the control of the cooperation effect is performed. When it is determined that there is a player, a notification game with a predetermined number of games is given to the player as a privilege.

  The notification game lottery unit AL in the present embodiment executes a lottery process according to the result of the internal winning. When the notification game is won by the lottery process, the number of notification games to be given to the player is stored in the AT game counter of the RAM 195. In addition, the number of notification games to be given to the player by one win may be a predetermined number of games, may be determined separately by lottery processing, or determined according to the gaming state. Also good.

[4. About the operation of the gaming machine]
Next, details of the overall operation of the gaming machine 1 will be described. The CPU 101 performs an initialization process after turning on the power, and executes the process of the flowchart shown in FIG.

[4-1. One game flow]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of one game flow on the main control board 100A of the present embodiment. First, the CPU 101 determines whether or not an inserted bet operation by the medal insertion signal 160 or a stored bet operation by pressing the MAXBET button 11 is performed, and waits until any signal is detected (S100). If any signal is detected, the CPU 101 proceeds to the next step, determines whether a start lever operation has been performed based on the start operation instruction signal 112, and waits until a signal is detected (S101). When the CPU 101 detects the start operation instruction signal 112, the bet operation is prohibited (S102). More specifically, the solenoid of the medal selector device is turned off by the medal block signal 161, the passage route of the medal selector device is switched, and the game medal is discharged to the medal tray 40 even when it is inserted from the medal insertion slot 10. Also, bet operation instruction signals 111a to 111c are not accepted.

  Next, the internal lottery unit IL obtains the counter value via the input / output port 107 from the counter circuit that sequentially increments every 10 nanoseconds in the range of 0000H to FFFFH and makes one round in about 1.6 milliseconds. It is set as a numerical value (S103). Next, referring to the flag indicating the game state recorded in the RAM 105, a combination lottery table corresponding to the game state is selected (S104). Then, the internal lottery unit IL uses the selected combination lottery table to determine which numerical value range set for each combination to be a lottery target on the combination lottery table belongs to the winning lottery table. A flag is set (S105). Next, based on the winning flag set in step S105, the reel controller RC prepares a stop control table to be referred to in the reel stop control (S106).

  In the gaming machine 1, the elapsed time required for one game is measured in order to prevent the player from consuming many game medals in a short time. In this embodiment, the minimum consumption time of one game is 4.1 seconds, and 15 games or more cannot be executed per minute. Specifically, referring to a timer value that counts down to 0 every 2 milliseconds indicating the elapsed time of one game, when the timer value reaches 0, the timer value is set to an initial value corresponding to 4.1 seconds. Reset to the value (2050). Therefore, even if the start lever 12 is operated in step S101, if 4.1 seconds have not elapsed since the start of rotation of the reel of the previous game, the reels R1 to R3 are not rotated and are placed in a standby state (S107). ). Then, after the elapse of 4.1 seconds, the CPU 101 supplies pulses as reel drive signals 154a to 154c, and sequentially or simultaneously drives the stepping motors to start steady rotation driving of the three reels (S108).

  Next, the CPU 101 shifts all three reels R1 to R3 to a constant rotational speed through an acceleration period of 10 steps. It is detected that the three reels R1 to R3 have reached a constant rotational speed, this detection time is set as a reference time, measurement of the remaining time until the automatic stop time elapses from this reference time is started, and the stop buttons 13a to 13 The LED built in the stop button is turned on to notify that 13c can be received.

  Then, the reel control unit RC performs a reel stop control process for stopping the three reels R1 to R3 (S109). In the reel stop control process, when the player inputs stop buttons 13a to 13c and stop operation instruction signals 113a to 113c are detected, the stop control table selected in step S106 and the stop button operation timing are used. Based on the obtained symbol position on the reel, the symbol number PN to be stopped on the effective line L1 is determined, and the braking force is given by the all-phase excitation for exciting all the winding phases at the same time. A reel stop control process for rotating and stopping at a inertia equivalent to 15 steps from the start is performed for each reel. On the other hand, when the automatic stop time has elapsed from the reference time (when the remaining time runs out), the reels for which the stop operation has not been performed are automatically stopped.

  Next, when all reels are stopped, the CPU 101 determines whether or not a winning combination has been established on a valid winning line (S110), and if winning, a game value set for each winning combination is given. . In S110, it is also determined whether or not the symbol combination for shifting the game state is stopped on the active line, and the game state setting process on the main control board 100A is also executed. Next, the CPU 101 performs a winning flag clear process (S111). In S111, if the winning flag established in the game is a special part that can carry the flag, the winning flag is cleared only when winning, and the winning flag is not cleared if it is missed without winning. . On the other hand, if the winning flag established in the game is a small role award that the flag cannot carry over, the winning flag is cleared regardless of whether the winning flag is won or not missed.

  Next, the CPU 101 determines whether or not a re-game prize has been won (S112). If it is determined that a win has been won, automatic bet processing is performed (S100a), and the process returns to step S101 to start the next game. If it is determined that the player has not won a prize, the prohibition of the bet operation performed in step S102 is canceled (S113) so that a game medal can be inserted or the input of the MAXBET button 11 can be accepted, and in preparation for the start of the next game. Therefore, the process returns to step S100.

[4-2. About processing of sub control board]
Next, processing of the sub control board 100B when receiving a command from the main control board 100A will be described with reference to FIG.

  In S1501, it is determined whether there is an unprocessed command received from the main control board 100A. If there is, the process proceeds to S1502. If not, exit.

  In S1502, command analysis is performed to analyze what command is determined as an unprocessed command in S1501.

  In S1503, it is determined whether an internal lottery command has been received. The internal lottery command is transmitted from the main control board 100A to the sub control board 100B when the start lever 12 is started to be pressed. If an internal lottery command has been received, the process proceeds to S1504, and if it is not an internal lottery command, the process proceeds to S1508.

  In S1504, AT lottery processing is performed. As described above, the AT lottery process of the present embodiment is executed in accordance with the result of the internal lottery.

  In S1505, game state setting processing is performed. Specifically, the gaming state on the sub control board 100B is set according to the result of the AT lottery process in S1504 and the results of other lottery processes.

  In S1506, an effect set process is performed.

  In S1507, other processing based on the internal winning command is executed. As another process based on the internal winning command in the present embodiment, there is a process of counting the number of games executed by the player during the reception period at the time of the cooperation effect, which will be described in detail later.

  In step S1508, it is determined whether a stop button reception command is received. If a stop button acceptance command has been received, the process proceeds to S1509; otherwise, the process proceeds to S1510.

  In step S1509, stop command reception processing is executed.

  In step S1510, another process corresponding to another command is executed. As other processing according to other commands in the present embodiment, there is an execution processing of a cooperation effect (in charge effect) when time information is received from the time information generation unit 198, which will be described in detail later.

[4-3. Execution processing of cooperation production (in charge production) and judgment process of presence / absence of player]
Next, with reference to FIG. 10, a description will be given of the cooperation effect execution process and the player presence / absence determination process performed in the sub control board 100B.

  FIG. 10A is a diagram showing a flow when each gaming machine 1 having the same common setting information executes a gaming machine cooperation effect.

  As shown in the figure, first, every time the time information is received from the time information generator 198, the sub-control board 100B determines whether or not a preset time has come (S151a). When the predetermined time is reached, game machine specifying information is generated based on software random numbers using the time information and the common setting information as seeds (S151b), and the contents of the cooperation effects are determined (S151c). . It is desirable that the content of the cooperation effect be related to the gaming machine specifying information determined in S151b.

  Next, in S151d, a responsible effect is generated based on the individual setting information, and the responsible effect is executed by the effect control unit PC.

  In S151e, a reception period is set, and a flag indicating that the reception period is set is set in the RAM 195. Note that the reception period flag disappears after a predetermined period.

  In S151f, the timing setting unit LT determines the timing for executing the next collaboration effect, and records the timing in the RAM 195. In S151a described above, the RAM 195 is referred to and it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has come.

  Note that, during execution of the assigned effect or during the reception period, the game by the player can be executed, and the sub-control board 100B receives the internal winning command at any time. In addition, during execution of the responsible production, certain restrictions are imposed on the production set processing (S1506), and the display of the cooperative production by the plurality of gaming machines 1 is given priority, and the game by the player The display of the collaboration effect is continued in the background of the progress.

  FIG. 10B is a diagram illustrating a flow of a determination process for the presence / absence of a player, which is executed at the time of the cooperation effect. As shown in the figure, each time the internal control command is received, the sub control board 100B determines whether or not it is in the reception period set in S151f (S1507a), and is in the reception period The number of reception of the internal winning command is counted (S1507b). Then, after S1507b, it is further determined whether or not a predetermined number of games have been executed (S1507c). If YES, a flag indicating that a player is present is set and that fact is recorded in the RAM 195. (S1507d).

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the plurality of gaming machines 1 in the second embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

  In the cooperation effect of the plurality of gaming machines 1 in the first embodiment, the effect is a two-dimensional image as shown in FIG. 6, but the cooperation effect of the plurality of gaming machines 1 in the second embodiment is virtual 3 It is an effect that displays how the dimensional space is viewed from a viewpoint.

  In particular, in the second embodiment, the same virtual three-dimensional space is generated on the RAM 195 in the plurality of gaming machines 1 having the same common setting information. Settings relating to the viewpoint for displaying the three-dimensional space are different.

  FIG. 11 is a conceptual explanatory diagram of the cooperation effect executed in the second embodiment, and shows a state of the virtual three-dimensional space VR in which the humanoid object P1 is arranged. In each gaming machine 1 having the same common setting information, the same virtual three-dimensional space VR having the same object arrangement and the like is generated, and the arrangement position and line of sight of the virtual camera on the world coordinates are determined according to the individual setting information. The direction and its control mode are set. In each gaming machine 1, a visual field range is set in the line-of-sight direction with respect to the viewpoint, and the state within the visual field range is drawn in real time in the RAM 195 and visualized on the display 30.

  Further, in each gaming machine 1, the offset value related to the setting of the viewpoint changes based on the individual setting information. Specifically, in the case of the cooperation effect of FIG. 11, in each gaming machine 1, the arrangement coordinates and the line-of-sight direction of the virtual camera CM are determined to be any one of the virtual cameras CM1 to CMn, and a plurality of gaming machines In step 1, an effect is performed in which one object P1 is viewed simultaneously from each viewpoint.

  The virtual cameras CM1 to CMn corresponding to the plurality of gaming machines 1 in the second embodiment are sequentially arranged on the circumference surrounding the object P1 in the virtual three-dimensional space VR. It is desirable to arrange in order corresponding to the arrangement of the virtual cameras CM1 to CMn.

  Further, in a group of gaming machines 1 having the same common setting information, the viewpoint control mode may be set differently depending on the individual setting information. For example, with other gaming machines according to the individual setting information The viewpoint control (movement of the viewpoint position or change in the line of sight) may be set to start at different timings. In this case, the viewpoint control starts in order from the gaming machine 1 arranged at one end of the island facility to the gaming machine arranged at the other end (movement of the viewpoint position and change of the line of sight start). You may do it.

  The linkage effect overall information in the second embodiment includes information related to objects arranged in the world coordinate system, initial visual line direction and initial coordinates of the virtual camera, and information related to the control mode. The responsible effect generation unit LG generates an effect corresponding to the content in charge by setting the viewpoint in the virtual three-dimensional space VR based on the overall cooperative effect information and the individual setting information.

  In the second embodiment, when the input of the number information is accepted, for example, the circumference surrounding the object P1 is equally divided by the number of gaming machines, and any of the equal divisions is determined based on the individual setting information. You may make it allocate arrangement | positioning of virtual camera CM to the position corresponding to such a location.

[Others]
In each of the above embodiments, the same common setting information is set for a plurality of gaming machines 1 arranged in a row in the same island facility, and the individual setting information is set according to the arrangement order in the island facility. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode. For example, in a plurality of gaming machines arranged opposite to each other on opposite island facilities, the same common setting information is set to execute the cooperation effect. Anyway.

  In the first embodiment described above, as shown in FIG. 6, a two-dimensional linkage effect is performed such that the display unit 30 of the gaming machine 1 arranged adjacent to each other displays the video. However, the cooperation effect may be an aspect in which the same character is displayed on the alternately arranged gaming machines 1. Further, a mode in which a part of each gaming machine 1 outputs different voices and plays harmony as a whole may be used.

  It should be noted that, in the island facilities facing each other, common setting information that is paired with each other may be set so that the related production effects are executed in the two island facilities. Specifically, the common setting information is set so that the faction of Team A that plays against Team B is displayed on the island equipment on the left, and the faction of Team B that plays against Team A is displayed on the island equipment on the right. A predetermined privilege may be given to the player of each gaming machine that belonged to the team that became the winner at the end of the collaboration performance.

  In each of the above embodiments, the content of the collaboration effect is determined by the time information indicating the hour, minute, and second and the common setting information, and the time at which the next collaboration effect is started is also determined. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, when the gaming machine 1 is turned on, the start timing of a plurality of linked performances executed on that day is determined based on calendar information such as year, month, and day, and the linked performance is based on the time information at each start timing. The contents of may be determined. In addition, the time information is configured to include current month / day / hour / minute information, and the contents of the collaboration effect are determined by software random numbers using the time information and common setting information as seeds. May be.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, a swivel type gaming machine (slot machine) has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a ball and ball game machine (pachinko).

  In each of the above embodiments, the player presence / absence determination unit J2 determines the presence of a player based on the number of games in the reception period, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this mode. .

  In each of the above embodiments, only one effective line is set at the middle display position in the reel display window 20, but the effective line is not limited to the above embodiment, and other modes are adopted. It may be a thing.

  Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine, R1-R3 reel, 12 Start lever (start operation part), 13a-13c Stop button (stop operation part), 30 Display (image display part), 100A main control board, 100B sub-control board, 101, 191 CPU.

Claims (10)

Common setting information storage means for storing common setting information set to be common to one or more other gaming machines;
Individual setting information storage means for storing individual setting information individually set to be different from each of the other gaming machines, and receiving signals from the other gaming machines and signals from the hall side A gaming machine having no function,
Time information generating means for generating time information relating to the current time;
Timing determining means for determining a timing for generating a cooperative performance that the gaming machine executes in cooperation with the other gaming machine;
Based on the time information corresponding to the timing and the common setting information, cooperative production determining means for determining the content of the cooperative production;
Based on the individual setting information, responsible production generating means for generating the production corresponding to the content of the gaming machine in the cooperation production,
The effect generated by the charge director generating means, have a, a presentation control means for executing by acquiring time information corresponding to the timing,
The cooperation effect determining means determines the content of the cooperation effect based on a software random number using the time information corresponding to the timing and the common setting information as seeds.
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine according to claim 1,
It further has cooperative production overall information storage means for storing cooperative production overall information for enabling any content of the cooperation production to be in charge,
The responsible production generating means generates an production corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine in the cooperative production based on the overall cooperative production information and the individual setting information.
A gaming machine characterized by that. The gaming machine according to claim 1 is:
Based on the individual setting information, arranged to be adjacent to the other gaming machine,
In the cooperation effect, the image on the display unit of the gaming machine and the image on the display unit of the adjacent other gaming machine are configured to be connected to each other and displayed.
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine according to claim 1,
Based on the common setting information and time information corresponding to the timing, game machine specifying information generation for generating gaming machine specifying information that can specify at least some of the gaming machines and the other gaming machines Means,
Determining means for determining whether or not the gaming machine is a gaming machine specified by the gaming machine specifying information;
Having a privilege granting unit for granting a privilege to a player when the determination unit determines that the gaming machine is specified by the gaming machine specifying information;
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein
A player presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not a player exists when the effect generated by the responsible effect generating means is executed;
When the privilege granting means is determined to be a gaming machine specified by the gaming machine specifying information, and the player presence determining means determines that a player exists, the privilege granting means Grant
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine according to claim 1,
The cooperation effect is an effect of displaying a state in which the virtual three-dimensional space is viewed from a viewpoint,
The cooperation effect determination means determines the content of the cooperation effect by setting the arrangement of objects in the virtual three-dimensional space based on the common setting information and time information corresponding to the timing,
The charge production generating means generates a production corresponding to the content in charge of the cooperation production by setting the viewpoint in the virtual three-dimensional space based on the individual setting information.
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine according to claim 1,
Comprising number information storage means for storing number information relating to the number of the gaming machine and the other gaming machines that execute the linkage effect;
The responsible production generating means generates an production corresponding to the content handled by the gaming machine in the cooperation production based on the number information and the individual setting information.
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The timing determination means acquires timing information related to the timing based on the common setting information.
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The timing determination means acquires timing information related to the timing,
The timing information is acquired by a software random number using the timing information acquired last time by the timing determination unit as a seed, and is different from the timing information acquired last time.
A gaming machine characterized by that. A gaming machine system configured to include a plurality of gaming machines that do not have a communication function between gaming machines and a function of receiving signals from the hall side,
Each of the plurality of gaming machines is
Common setting information storage means for storing common setting information set so as to be common to the plurality of gaming machines;
Individual setting information storage means for storing individual setting information individually set in each of the plurality of gaming machines;
Time information generating means for generating time information relating to the current time;
A timing determining means for determining a timing for generating a linked effect that the plurality of gaming machines execute in cooperation;
Based on the time information corresponding to the timing and the common setting information, cooperative production determining means for determining the content of the cooperative production;
Based on the individual setting information, charge production generating means for generating an effect corresponding to the content in charge of the cooperation production,
Production control means for executing the production produced by the responsible production production means by acquiring time information corresponding to the timing ,
The cooperation effect determining means determines the content of the cooperation effect based on a software random number using the time information corresponding to the timing and the common setting information as seeds.
A gaming machine system characterized by that.

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