JP5559916B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, and in particular, in addition to performing opening / closing operation of a large winning hole for games aimed at acquiring a large amount of game balls, it also wins a large prize for games not intended to acquire a large amount of game balls. The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine that opens and closes a mouth hole.

  Conventionally, as this type of pachinko gaming machine, for example, a gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 below has been proposed. This gaming machine starts a concealment state that conceals the gaming state, triggered by a winning of two rounds of jackpots or a win of small hits, and the start of the concealment state to the latent mode that is a special mode The player is informed by the entry.

  In this way, in the gaming machine, not only triggered by the winning of the 2 round jackpot, but also triggered by the winning of the small hit, the start of the concealed state of the gaming state in the latent mode that is a special mode, By notifying the player, it is possible to enter the special mode without increasing the winning probability of the 2-round jackpot, as compared with the case where the opportunity to enter the latent mode is determined only for the winning of the 2-round jackpot. The rush probability can be increased.

  As a result, the player has more opportunities to be unclear as to whether the game state is a big hit or a small hit.

JP 2007-125320 A

  By the way, according to the above-described gaming machine, as described above, by increasing the number of opportunities for the player to be unclear as to whether the game state is the big hit or the small hit of two rounds, It is also considered that the interest of the game by the player can be improved by increasing opportunities for the player to have expectations regarding whether or not the player is in a different gaming state.

  However, in the above gaming machine, as described above, even if the small hits themselves are not intended to acquire a large amount of game balls, the winning hole is opened and closed. Will occur. For this reason, the winning probability per unit cannot be set too high. This means that the player will not be able to play in the latent mode too often.

  Also, for example, if the probability of jackpot is low even if the player enters the latent mode from the small hit game, the jackpot game or the new latent mode is not immediately started, and as a result, the current game Even if the state is in a state where it is unknown whether it is in the latent state or not, the gaming state will eventually become a low-probability gaming state, according to the experience by the player, It will be recognized.

  In such a case, in the above gaming machine, it is insufficient to increase the interest of the player's game by continuing the game while holding the player's expectation as to what gaming state it is, On the contrary, it causes a problem of reducing the interest of the game for the player.

  Therefore, in order to deal with the above, the present invention provides a pseudo effect of opening and closing the grand prize winning hole even if the lottery result of the big hit is not only short win and small win but also a loss. Provide a pachinko machine that gives players an opportunity to have a sense of expectation as if they are in a short win or small win game state without changing the winning probability such as short win in the big win lottery For the purpose.

In solving the above-mentioned problems, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, according to claim 1,
Game board (10),
A big prize opening hole (112) opening forward from the board surface of the game board, and an opening / closing member (150) provided on the game board so as to be positioned on the rear side thereof to open or close the special prize opening hole. And a pseudo opening / closing effect member (170) extending from the game board to the front side of the big prize opening hole so as to be opposed to the big prize opening hole so as to be superimposed on the front side. And an opening / closing member driving means (100b) for driving the opening / closing member so as to open or close the large winning opening, and a pseudo opening / closing effect member for driving the pseudo opening / closing effect member to swing in the vertical direction. A prize winning means (100) comprising a driving means (100c);
A large amount of game balls, long hits for the purpose of acquiring a large number of game balls, short hits not for the purpose of acquiring a large number of game balls, on condition that a game ball wins a winning winning opening (51, 61) provided on the game board A winning lottery means (622, 1110, 1220, 1230, 1240) for performing a winning lottery for small hits that are not intended for acquisition or for a game ball that cannot be acquired;
A special symbol display means (230) provided on the game board for variably displaying the special symbol;
The opening / closing member is a per-long opening pattern specified based on the opening time corresponding to the above-mentioned long hit, a short hit opening / closing pattern specified based on an opening time shorter than the opening time by this long-opening pattern, or the above-mentioned for the player Based on a small hit opening / closing pattern that appears to be in the same open state as the short hit opening / closing pattern, the opening / closing member driving means is driven and controlled to open or close the big winning opening hole of the big winning opening means. 1 control means (1571, 1561, 1542, 3100, 3200, 3300),
Second control means (1000) for controlling the special symbol display means so that the special symbol is variably displayed on condition that the game ball is won at the start winning opening;
When the result of the winning lottery is short hit, small hit or lost, the pseudo opening / closing effect member pseudo-activates the opening / closing of the big winning hole based on a predetermined operation probability. Third control means (9200, 9200A, 9200B) for drivingly controlling the pseudo opening / closing effect member driving means so as to operate according to any of the plurality of determined pseudo opening / closing effect patterns (7, 8, 9). Prepare.

  According to this, when the result of the winning lottery is the short hit, the small hit or the loss, the pseudo opening / closing effect member is operated by the third control means based on the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect member driving means. Based on the driving, it operates so as to swing up and down according to any of a plurality of pseudo opening / closing effect patterns that simulate the opening and closing of the special winning opening.

  The swing operation of the pseudo opening / closing effect member according to any of the plurality of pseudo opening / closing effect patterns is performed in accordance with the opening / closing of the big prize opening made according to the short hit opening / closing pattern or the small hit opening / closing pattern. As a result, when the player continues the game, there are a plurality of short hit opening / closing patterns or small hitting opening / closing patterns for opening / closing the big prize opening hole for the pseudo opening / closing effect by swinging the pseudo opening / closing effect member up and down. Come to think.

  According to such a premise, even if the gaming state after the suspension of the special symbol change is not short hit or small hit, it is a losing state, as described above, according to any of the pseudo opening / closing effect patterns. By swinging the opening / closing effect member, for example, even if the winning hole is closed due to a loss, the short win is not changed without changing the winning probability such as short win in the winning lottery. By giving an opportunity for a player to have a sense of expectation as if the game state is a small hit game state, the gaming characteristics of the pachinko gaming machine can be diversified.

  In addition, the code | symbol in the bracket | parenthesis of each said means shows the correspondence with the specific means as described in embodiment mentioned later.

1 is a front view showing a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. It is a front view which shows the game board of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the attacker of FIG. 2 in the closed state of a big prize opening hole. It is sectional drawing which follows the front-back direction which shows the attacker of FIG. 2 in the closed state of a big prize opening hole. It is an enlarged front view which shows the attacker of FIG. 2 in the closed state of a big prize opening hole. It is a perspective view which shows the opening-and-closing plate of the attacker of FIG. 2, and its drive mechanism in the closed state of a big winning hole by a continuous line. It is a perspective view which shows the front frame of the attacker of FIG. 2, a pseudo | simulation opening / closing effect board, and its drive mechanism in the closed state of a big prize opening hole. It is a side view which shows the pseudo | simulation opening / closing effect board of the attacker of FIG. 2, and its drive mechanism in the closed state of a big prize opening hole by a continuous line. It is a perspective view which shows the attacker of FIG. 2 in the open state of a special prize opening hole. It is sectional drawing which follows the front-back direction which shows the attacker of FIG. 2 in the open state of a big prize opening hole. It is an enlarged front view which shows the attacker of FIG. 2 in the open state of a big prize opening hole. It is a perspective view which shows the opening-and-closing plate of the attacker of FIG. 2, and its drive mechanism in the open state of a big prize opening hole. It is a perspective view which shows the front frame of the attacker of FIG. 2, a pseudo | simulation opening / closing effect board, and its drive mechanism in the open state of a big prize opening hole. It is a side view which shows the pseudo opening / closing effect board of the attacker of FIG. 2, and its drive mechanism in the open state of a special prize opening hole. FIG. 3 is a partial front view showing a lower right side portion of the game board of FIG. 2. (A), (b), (c), (d), and (e) are figures which show each normal symbol, each probability variation symbol, each probability variation symbol, a small hit symbol, and a lose symbol, respectively. It is a block diagram which shows the electronic control system of the said pachinko gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the main controller of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the sub-control apparatus of FIG. It is a timing chart which shows light reception and light shielding of each photosensor, and opening and closing of a big prize opening hole. (A), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) are respectively jackpot random number data, jackpot symbol random number data, reach random number data, variation pattern random number data in the one embodiment, It is a chart which shows hit random number data and initial value random number data. (A), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are respectively a jackpot random number table, a jackpot symbol random number table, a reach random number table, a hit random number table and a pseudo opening / closing effect table in the first embodiment. It is a chart which shows. It is a flowchart showing the timer interruption program performed by CPU of the main control apparatus of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the starting port process routine of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the gate processing routine of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the processing routine based on the sensor output of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the special symbol process routine of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the big hit determination processing subroutine of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the fluctuation pattern selection process subroutine of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the process subroutine during a stop of FIG. FIG. 31 is a detailed flowchart showing a probability variation gaming state setting processing subroutine of FIG. 30. FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the normal symbol process routine of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the special winning opening processing routine of FIG. FIG. 34 is a detailed flowchart showing a long hit releasing process subroutine of FIG. 33. FIG. 34 is a detailed flowchart showing a short hit releasing process subroutine of FIG. 33. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the opening process subroutine at the time of a small hit of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart which shows the electric-chu process routine of FIG. It is a flowchart showing the presentation control program performed by CPU of the presentation control part of the sub-control apparatus of FIG. FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing the display processing routine of FIG. 38. FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing a pseudo opening / closing effect processing sub-subroutine of FIG. 39. It is a timing chart which shows the long hit opening pattern, the short hit opening / closing pattern, the small hit opening / closing pattern, and the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern in the first embodiment in relation to the display variation of the special symbol. It is a flowchart showing the pseudo | simulation opening / closing effect process sub-subroutine of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a timing chart which shows the long hit opening pattern, the short hit opening / closing pattern, the small hit opening / closing pattern, and the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern in the second embodiment in relation to the display variation of the special symbol. It is a flowchart showing the pseudo | simulation opening / closing effect process sub-subroutine of 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a timing chart which shows the long hit opening pattern, the short hit opening / closing pattern, the small hit opening / closing pattern, and the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern in the third embodiment in relation to the display variation of the special symbol.

Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. The pachinko machine is erected on an island (not shown) in a pachinko hall (not shown). The pachinko machine is opened and closed in the front-rear direction with respect to the machine frame (not shown). The game machine main body B and the front door FD are supported in a possible manner. The pachinko machine is a so-called digipachi pachinko machine.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine main body B includes a gaming board 10, and the gaming board 10 is fitted into a frame (not shown) of the gaming machine main body B. The gaming machine main body B is supported by the frame so as to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction with respect to the machine frame.

  The gaming machine main body B includes a guide rail 20, an annular center accessory 30, and a failure nail group (not shown) including a number of failure nails. The guide rail 20 is disposed along the board surface 11 of the game board 10, and the guide rail 20 specifies the game area 12 on the board surface 11 of the game board 10 on the inner peripheral side thereof.

  Thus, the guide rail 20 guides a game ball launched from a ball launching device (not shown) by the turning operation of the handle H (see FIG. 1), and rolls it into the game area 12. In addition, the said ball | bowl launching device is arrange | positioned in the lower right part of the said frame of the gaming machine main body B. In addition, the handle H is provided as a component part of the ball launcher from the front of the lower right portion of the frame body of the gaming machine main body B.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the center accessory 30 is assembled to the outer periphery of the central opening of the game board 10 from the board surface 11 side. Each obstacle nail of the above-mentioned obstacle nail group is driven into the game board 10 in a distributed manner from the board surface 11 side from the left side to the lower side of the center accessory 30 inside the guide rail 20.

  Thus, according to the above-described obstacle nail group, the game ball rolling from the guide rail 20 into the game area 12 rolls downward along the board surface 11 of the game board 10 through collision with each obstacle nail. .

  Further, the gaming machine main body B includes an image display 40, and the image display 40 faces the front from the opening provided in the central portion of the game board 10 at the liquid crystal panel 41. Arranged on the back surface of the game board 10, various images are displayed under the control of the display control unit 400c (described later).

  Further, the gaming machine main body B includes a start chucker 50, an electric tulip 60, a through gate 70, a windmill 80, a plurality of ordinary winning holes 90, an attacker 100, a plurality of starboard lamps 200, and a plurality of star-shaped movable objects 210. FIG. 2 shows the start chucker 50, the electric tulip 60, the through gate 70, the windmill 80, each regular winning opening 90, the attacker 100, each star disk lamp 200, and each star movable accessory 210. At each position, it is assembled in the game area 12 to the board surface 11 of the game board 10.

  Here, the start chucker 50 is located immediately below the center of the lower edge of the center accessory 30. The start chucker 50 is provided with a start winning opening 51, and the start chucker 50 is on the stage of a game ball or a center accessory 30 guided by a plurality of obstacle nails (so-called road nails) located around the left and right sides thereof. An opportunity for winning (starting winning) at the starting winning opening 51 is given to the game ball falling from the top. Further, the start chucker 50 forms a chance to win a jackpot based on the winning of a game ball at the start winning opening 51. The jackpot lottery is also referred to as a winning lottery. It is a long win for the purpose of acquiring a large amount of game balls, a short hit not for the purpose of acquiring a large number of game balls, a small hit for not acquiring a large number of game balls, and a game ball. It means to draw a lot about whether it is a loss that makes it impossible to win.

  The electric tulip 60 is positioned directly below the start chucker 50 in order to play a role as an ordinary electric accessory, and the electric tulip 60 includes an electric chew winning opening 61. Therefore, the electric tulip 60 gives the game ball an opportunity to win the electric chew winning slot 61 in the closed state (the state shown in FIG. 2). In addition, the electric tulip 60 increases the chance of winning the game ball into the electric chew winning opening 61 in the opened state. It should be noted that the electric chew winning opening 61 also serves as a starting winning opening for game balls similar to the starting winning opening 51.

  In the first embodiment, the electric tulip 60 is driven to open and close by an electric chew actuator 62 (see FIG. 18) provided on the game board 10 from the back side. The special symbol is, as will be described later, the detection output of the start winning port sensor S1 for the winning of the game ball to the starting winning port 51 or the electric Chu sensor S2 for the winning of the game ball to the electric chew winning port 61 of the electric tulip 60. Based on the detected output, the special symbol display 230 displays the variation. In addition, even if the game ball wins the start chucker 50 or the electric tulip 60, if it is impossible to display the variation of the symbol due to the variation of the special symbol on the special symbol display 230 or the big hit game, The hold display on the special symbol hold lamp 250 is performed as described later.

  The through gate 70 is located on the left side of the central portion of the left edge of the center accessory 30. Thereby, when the game ball rolls downward along the board surface 11 of the game board 10 from directly above the through gate 70, the game ball gets an opportunity to pass through the through gate 70.

  The windmill 80 is located below the through gate 70, and the windmill 80 rotates when it is hit along the board surface 11 of the game board 10 by the game ball rolling downward from the through gate 70 or its periphery. While rolling the game ball downward.

  A plurality of (three) normal winning openings 90 are located on the left and right sides of the start chucker 50, and the two left normal winning openings 90 give a chance to win a game ball that rolls downward from directly above. . Further, the right normal winning opening 90 gives an opportunity to win a game ball rolling from directly above.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the attacker 100 is provided on the game board 10 from the board surface 11 side immediately below the start chucker 50. As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, the attacker 100 includes an attacker main body 100 a, and the attacker main body 100 a includes a big prize opening plate 110, a belt-like front frame 120, and both casings 130 and 140.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the winning prize opening plate 110 has an outer peripheral portion 111 on the board surface 11 side at the opening end portion of the through hole portion 13 formed in the game board 10 in the thickness direction immediately below the start chuck 50. The opening 112 formed in the special prize opening plate 110 faces the inside of the through hole portion 13 of the game board 10.

  In the first embodiment, the opening 112 serves as a big winning hole of the attacker 100 for winning a game ball, and the opening 112 is arranged so that a plurality of game balls can be won. It is formed in an opening shape that is long in the direction. Hereinafter, the opening 112 is also referred to as a special prize opening hole 112.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the belt-like front frame 120 is provided so as to be opposed to the top of the big prize opening hole 112 when viewed from the front side of the big prize opening plate 110. The front frame 120 is integrally formed of a colored transparent synthetic resin material so as to have a U-shape with the front wall portion 121 and the left and right side wall portions 122 and 123.

  Thus, the left and right side portions of the big prize opening hole 112 are extended to the front from the left and right side parts of the big prize opening hole 112 in parallel with each other at the left and right side wall parts 122 and 123. It is fixed to. Accordingly, the front frame 120 is positioned between the window glass FD <b> 2 and the big prize opening hole 112 at the front wall 121 so as to be parallel to the opening surface of the big prize opening hole 112.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the raised portion 124 is cross-sectioned from the intermediate portion on the back surface in the vertical direction of the back surface of the front wall portion 121 to the big prize opening hole 112 below the raised portion 113 formed in the big prize opening plate 110. The raised portion 124 extends from the left wall portion 122 to the right wall portion 123 so as to be orthogonal to the vertical center line of the board surface 11 of the game board 10.

  In the first embodiment, the raised portion 124 extends from the back side of the front wall portion 121 to the big prize opening hole 112 side so that the upper part 124a can easily guide the game ball into the big prize opening hole 112. It is formed with a gentle inclination from above to below.

  However, the above-mentioned raised portion 113 is formed so as to rise in a cross-sectional wedge shape forward from the front upper end portion of the big prize opening plate 110, and this raised portion 113 is formed from the left end portion to the right end portion of the big prize opening hole 112. It extends so as to be orthogonal to the vertical center line of the board surface 11 of the game board 10.

  In the both raised portions 113 and 124 configured as described above, a predetermined front-rear direction gap G is provided between the front and rear directions of the raised tip portions of the raised portions 113 and 124 as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the game ball falls downward through the back surface of the window glass FD2 and the board surface 11 of the game board 10, the game ball falls linearly as it is. The predetermined front-rear direction gap G is less than the diameter (11 (mm)) of the game ball so that it can move in an inclined manner from the back side of the window glass FD2 into the winning prize opening hole 112 without doing so. It is selected as follows. However, the vertical interval between the ridge tips of the ridges 113 and 124 is selected so that the game ball passes between the ridges 113 and 124.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the casing 130 is integrally extended from the opening 112 of the special winning opening plate 110 to the back side of the game board 10 through the through hole 13 of the game board 10. The casing 130 includes a ball guide passage portion 131 and a ball discharge port portion 132, and the ball guide passage portion 131 extends in the front-rear direction (game board 10) from the opening 112 of the big prize winning opening plate 110 into the casing 130. (Longitudinal direction). The ball discharge port portion 132 is formed in a penetrating manner in the rear portion of the bottom wall of the casing 130 so as to be positioned immediately below the extended end opening of the ball guide passage portion 131.

  As a result, when the game ball falls from the special winning hole 112 to the casing 130 through the guide passage 131, the gaming ball is detected by the ball outlet 132 and the detection hole S5a of the special winning sensor S5 (described later). ) And then released to the back side of the game board 10.

  On the other hand, the casing 140 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the casing 140 is attached to the lower portion of the rear wall 133 of the casing 130 at the opening end portion 141 and extends rearward from the lower portion.

  Moreover, the attacker main body 100a has the opening-and-closing plate 150 as shown in FIG.3 and FIG.4. As shown in FIG. 4, the opening / closing plate 150 is accommodated across each of the casings 130, 140 through an opening 133 a formed in the lower portion of the rear wall 133 of the casing 130, and the opening / closing plate 150 is It is composed of an L-shaped front plate portion 150a and a flat plate-like rear plate portion 150b.

  Thus, the open / close plate 150 is a stay extending upward from the left-right intermediate portion of the bottom wall portion 143 of the casing 140 via the support shaft 151 at the boundary between the front plate portion 150a and the rear plate portion 150b. (Not shown) and a portion corresponding to the stay in the right side wall 142 of the casing 140 are supported so as to be swingable in the vertical direction.

  The front side plate portion 150 a is configured by extending the rising plate portion 153 from the front end portion of the flat plate portion 152 so as to rise upward in an L shape, and the front side plate portion 150 a is formed by the rising plate portion 153. In the through hole 131a formed in the lower part of the ball guide passage 131 of the casing 130, it can be inserted from below to be movable up and down. Further, the flat plate portion 152 of the front side plate portion 150a forms an opening portion 152a, and this opening portion 152a is formed between both the extended end opening portion 131b of the ball guide passage portion 131 and the ball discharge port portion 132. Thus, they are positioned so as to face the insides of the extended end opening 131b and the ball discharge port 132, respectively.

  In the opening / closing plate 150 configured as described above, the coil spring 154 is locked at one end of the coil spring 154 to the rear portion of the opening 152a in the front plate 150a. The other end portion of the coil spring 154 extends upward through the through-hole portion 144 a of the upper wall portion 144 of the casing 140 and is locked to the stay 134.

  As a result, the coil spring 154 urges the front side plate portion 150a of the opening / closing plate 150 upward with the shortening force as a center. The through-hole portion 144 a is formed in a portion near the upper portion of the rear wall 133 of the casing 130 in the upper wall portion 144 of the casing 140. The stay 134 extends rearward from the upper part of the rear wall 133 of the casing 130.

  According to the above, the opening / closing plate 150 is urged counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 4 around the support shaft 151 under the shortening force of the coil spring 154, so that the front plate 150a The rising plate portion 153 moves upward through the through-hole portion 131a of the ball guide passage portion 131, and closes the big winning hole 112 (see the solid lines shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6).

  As a result, even if the game ball passes through the front frame 120 and reaches the big prize opening hole 112 as shown in FIG. 4, the game ball collides with the front surface of the rising plate portion 153 and enters the big prize opening hole 112. It falls down without entering. In the state shown in FIG. 4, the opening surface of the upper portion of the leading end portion of the rising plate portion 153 in the special winning hole 112 is smaller than the outer diameter cross section of the game ball.

  On the other hand, when the opening / closing plate 150 swings in the clockwise direction as shown in FIG. 10 against the shortening force of the coil spring 154, the rising plate portion 153 of the front side plate portion 150a moves downward, The special winning opening 112 is opened (see the two-dot chain line shown in FIGS. 6 and 8 and FIGS. 9, 11 and 12).

  As a result, when the game ball passes through the front frame 120 and reaches the big winning hole 112 as shown in FIG. 10, the gaming ball passes through the big winning hole 112 and enters the ball guide passage portion 131, It is discharged to the back side of the game board 10 through the opening 152a of the front side plate 150a and the detection hole S5a (described later) of the special winning opening sensor S5. In the first embodiment, the rising plate portion 153 of the front side plate portion 150a serves as an opening / closing plate portion for opening / closing the special prize opening hole 112.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 6, the attacker 100 includes a drive mechanism 100b, and the drive mechanism 100b includes a special prize opening motor 160a and a rotor member 160b.

  The special prize opening motor 160a is composed of a microstep type step motor, and this special prize opening motor 160a is fixed to the rear portion of the right side wall 142 (see FIG. 4) of the casing 140 by the motor main body 161. . Further, the output shaft 162 of the special prize opening motor 160a is inserted leftward into the rear portion of the right side wall 142 and is rotatably supported by the rear portion.

  The rotor member 160b has a rotor portion 163 and six pins 164. The rotor portion 163 is coaxially supported by the output shaft 162 of the large winning opening motor 160a along the right side wall 142 inside the casing 140, and a concave light-transmitting portion is provided on the outer peripheral edge portion of the rotor portion 163. 163a and arc-shaped light-shielding portions 163b are formed alternately at equal angular intervals (60-degree intervals). Accordingly, the rotor portion 163 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 4 in accordance with the rotation of the special prize opening motor 160a.

  As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 4, each pin 164 extends leftward from the outer peripheral portion of the left end surface of the rotor portion 163 at equal angular intervals, and each of these pins 164 is formed on each concave light-transmitting portion 163 a. On the other hand, along the circumferential direction of the rotor part 163, the rotor part 163 is shifted from the rotor part 163 by 30 degrees. In other words, each pin 164 extends from the rotor portion 163 so as to correspond to the central portion in the circumferential direction of each arcuate outer peripheral edge portion 163b of the rotor portion 163.

  The pins 164 are sequentially engaged with the opening / closing plate 150 from below at the right rear end thereof as the rotor portion 163 rotates, and the opening / closing plate 150 swings in the rotation direction of the rotor portion 163. Then, every time the engagement is disengaged, the rotor 163 swings in the direction opposite to the rotation direction.

  This is because the opening / closing plate 150 oscillates in the rotation direction of the rotor portion 163 due to the engagement with any one of the pins 164 as the rotor portion 163 rotates, and from the engagement with any one of the pins 164. By dissociation, it means that the rotor part 163 swings in the direction opposite to the rotation direction.

  Next, in the first embodiment, the structure of the attacker main body 100a, which plays the basic role of the present invention, will be described. The pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 that is provided is configured as follows and is assembled to the special winning prize opening plate 110 via the front frame 120.

  That is, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is made of a colored transparent synthetic resin material so as to be U-shaped with the front wall portion 170a and the left and right side wall portions 170b and 170c as shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. Are integrally formed.

  In the first embodiment, in the front frame 120, the groove 121 a is formed in a U-shaped cross section along the left and right direction along the front surface of the front wall 121, and the groove 122 a is front and rear along the left surface of the left wall 122. The groove 123a is formed in a U-shaped cross section along the front-rear direction along the right surface of the right wall 123. Thereby, the groove part 121a is formed so that a U-shaped groove | channel may be comprised in a strip | belt shape with both the groove parts 122a and 123a.

  Here, the width W1 (see FIG. 4) of the groove 121a of the front frame 120 is selected to be 2 (mm) wider than the width W2 of the front wall 170a of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170. This is to make the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 swingable in the vertical direction within each groove portion of the front frame 120.

  Thus, in the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170, the front wall portion 170 a is accommodated in the groove portion 121 a of the front wall portion 121 of the front frame 120. The left wall portion 170b is accommodated in the groove portion 122a of the left wall portion 122 of the front frame 120. The left wall portion 170b is formed on the left insertion hole portion 114 (see FIG. 5) of the prize winning opening plate 110 and the casing. 130 passes through the left side of the opening 133a (see FIG. 4) and extends into the casing 140 along its left side wall (a wall parallel to the right side wall 142).

  Further, the left wall 170b is connected at its extended end 171 to the front end 192 (described later) of the plate crank 190b via a connecting pin 171a so as to be relatively rotatable in the vertical direction.

  Here, the extended end portion 171 of the left wall portion 170b is supported by a support shaft 171b (see FIG. 7) so as to be rotatable in the clockwise direction or the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Note that the above-described support shaft 171b is supported at both ends by a left side wall of the casing 140 and a stay (not shown) extending upward from the bottom wall of the casing 140.

  On the other hand, the right wall portion 170c is accommodated in the groove portion 123a of the right wall portion 123 of the front frame 120, and the right wall portion 170c is the right insertion hole portion 115 of the prize winning opening plate 110 and the opening portion 133a of the casing 130. And extends along the right side wall 142 into the casing 140.

  Here, the extending end 172 of the right wall 170c is supported by a support shaft 172a (see FIG. 7) so as to be rotatable in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction in FIG. The support shaft 172a described above is supported by the right side wall of the casing 140 and another stay (not shown) extending upward from the bottom wall of the casing 140.

  Therefore, in the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170, the front wall portion 170a is accommodated in the groove portion 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the front frame 120 so as to be swingable in the vertical direction. Further, the left wall 170b is accommodated in the groove 122a of the left wall 122 of the front frame 120 so as to be able to swing alternately counterclockwise and clockwise shown in FIG. 3 with reference to the support shaft 171b. On the other hand, the right wall portion 170c is accommodated in the groove portion 123a of the right wall portion 123 of the front frame 120 so as to be able to swing alternately counterclockwise and clockwise as shown in FIG. 3 with reference to the support shaft 172a. Yes.

  In other words, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 swings clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to both the support shafts 171b and 172a. This means that the front wall portion 170a of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 swings up and down in the groove portion 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the front frame 120, and the opening / closing of the prize winning hole 112 is simulated. It means to do.

  However, in the first embodiment, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 simulates the opening and closing of the special prize opening hole 112, so that the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 swings upward and downward. Are respectively referred to as pseudo opening of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170, and the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170. The downward swing of 170 is also referred to as pseudo closing of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170.

  In addition, the left insertion hole 114 described above is formed in the big prize opening plate 110 at a portion that is coaxially opposed to the groove 122 a of the left wall 122 of the front frame 120. The upper, lower, and bottom inner surfaces correspond to the upper, lower, and bottom inner surfaces of the groove 122a. This means that the opening surface of the left insertion hole 114 coincides with the axial opening surface of the groove 122a.

  On the other hand, the right insertion hole portion 115 described above is formed in the big prize opening plate 110 at a portion that is coaxially opposed to the groove portion 123 a of the right wall portion 123 of the front frame 120. The inner surfaces on the upper side, the lower side, and the bottom side correspond to the inner surfaces on the upper side, the lower side, and the bottom side of the groove portion 123a. This means that the opening surface of the right insertion hole 115 coincides with the axial opening surface of the groove 123a.

  In addition to the drive mechanism 100b, the attacker 100 further has a drive mechanism 100c as shown in FIGS. This drive mechanism 100c has an effect member actuator 180, and this effect member actuator 180 is constituted by an electromagnetic actuator. The effect member actuator 180 is accommodated in the casing 140 (see FIG. 4), and the effect member actuator 180 is attached to the left inner wall of the casing 140 by the casing 181.

  The effect member actuator 180 includes a solenoid 182, a plunger 183, and a coil spring 184, and the solenoid 182 is fitted in the casing 181 along the longitudinal direction of the game board 10 on its axis. ing. The plunger 183 is fitted at the rod portion 183a (see FIG. 8) through the front wall 181a of the casing 181 so as to be coaxially swingable in the solenoid 182. The head 183b of the plunger 183 Is biased toward the front of the game board 10 by a coil spring 184 as will be described later.

  The coil spring 184 is fitted to the rod portion 183a of the plunger 183 so as to bias the plunger 183 toward the front of the game board 10, and the head 183b of the plunger 183 and the front wall 181a of the casing 181 Is sandwiched between.

  Accordingly, in the effect member actuator 180, the plunger 183 is attracted by the head 183b against the biasing force of the coil spring 184 and displaced toward the solenoid 182 under the excitation of the solenoid 182. (See FIGS. 7 and 8). On the other hand, the plunger 183 is biased by the biasing force of the coil spring 184 by the demagnetization of the solenoid 182 and is displaced from the solenoid 182 toward the front of the game board 10 (see FIGS. 13 and 14).

  The drive mechanism 100c includes a slider 190a and a plate-like crank 190b as shown in FIGS. 3, 7 and 8, and the slider 190a is fitted to the head of the plunger 183 at the fitting portion 191. The portion 183b is coaxially fitted and connected to extend toward the front of the game board 10.

  As a result, the slider 190 a is integrally displaced together with the plunger 183 in conjunction with the displacement of the plunger 183. Here, the fitting portion 191 is formed to open in a substantially U shape toward the head portion 183b of the plunger 183 at the rear end portion of the slider 190a.

  The crank 190b is connected at its front end 192 to the extending end 171 of the left wall 170b of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 via a connecting pin 171a so as to be relatively rotatable in the vertical direction. The guide tube 193 is inserted in the left and right direction into the long hole portion 194 of the slider 190a.

  In the first embodiment, the long hole portion 194 is formed to have a long hole shape along the axial direction of the plunger 183 at the intermediate portion in the front vertical direction of the slider 190a. The vertical width is shorter than the longitudinal length of the elongated hole portion 194 and larger than the outer diameter of the guide tube 193. The guide tube 193 protrudes from the center of the crank 190b toward the slider 190a.

  Further, the crank 190b is connected to the slider 190a via the pin 196 at the recess 195 so as to be relatively rotatable. More specifically, the recess 195 is cut out from the upper edge intermediate portion of the crank 190b so as to be concave from the upper side to the lower side, while the pin 196 protrudes from the upper edge intermediate portion of the slider 190a toward the crank 190b. By inserting the pin 196 into the recess 195 so as to be relatively rotatable, the crank 190b is connected to the slider 190a so as to be relatively rotatable in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction shown in FIGS. .

  Here, in the first embodiment, the recess 195 is larger than the outer diameter of the pin 196 in both the front-rear direction width (the width along the front-rear direction of the game board 10) and the depth. In addition, the pin 196 protrudes from the slider 190a so as to be positioned obliquely upward toward the rear of the game board 10 with respect to the protruding position of the guide cylinder 193 with respect to the crank 190b (the center portion of the crank 190b).

  Therefore, when the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 swings in the clockwise direction (upward) as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the slider 190a moves into the solenoid 182 under the excitation of the solenoid 182 as described above. The plunger 183 is displaced in the same direction as the plunger 183 due to the displacement of the plunger 183.

  For this reason, the crank 190b is guided rearward along the elongated hole portion 194 by the guide cylinder 193 and is engaged with the pin 196 on the front inner wall of the recess 195, so that the pin 196 is directed toward the rear of the game board 10. In a state of being rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 with the guide tube 193 as a reference under the engagement with the rear end portion of the inner wall of the elongated hole portion 194 of the guide tube 193. is there.

  Further, in this state, when the slider 190a is displaced toward the front of the game board 10 as the solenoid 182 is demagnetized as described above, the crank 190b is guided forward along the elongated hole portion 194 by the guide cylinder 193. While being engaged with the pin 196 at the rear inner wall of the recess 195, the pin 196 is pushed toward the front of the game board 10, and the guide tube 193 is connected to the front end of the inner wall of the elongated hole portion 194. Engage. Accordingly, the crank 190b rotates in the clockwise direction shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 with the guide tube 193 as a reference.

  Therefore, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 7 via the connecting pin 171a by the front end 192 of the crank 190b at the left and right wall portions 170b and 170c with reference to the both support shafts 171b and 172a. It swings downward (see the two-dot chain line shown in FIG. 8, see FIGS. 13 and 14).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of star-shaped disk lamps 200 are located two at a time between the two left normal winning holes 90 and on the right side of the right normal winning hole 90. The panel lamp 200 performs a predetermined effect by each blinking thereof. Further, each star-shaped movable accessory 210 is disposed on the right side of the center accessory 30 as shown in FIG.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 15, the gaming machine main body B includes a normal symbol display 220, a special symbol display 230, a normal symbol hold lamp 240, and a special symbol hold lamp 250, and these normal symbols. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 15, the display 220, the special symbol display 230, the normal symbol holding lamp 240 and the special symbol holding lamp 250 are arranged on the board surface 11 of the game board 10 on the lower right side of the guide rail 20. Arranged in the lower right corner.

  Here, the normal symbol display 220 displays a win or miss based on the result of the symbol lottery for the game ball passing through the through gate 70. Specifically, the win is displayed by “◯”, and the miss is displayed by “×”.

  As will be described later, the special symbol display unit 230 outputs the detection output of the start winning port sensor S1 (see FIG. 18) for the winning of the game ball to the start winning port 51 or the electric ball to the electric chew winning port 61 of the electric tulip 60 of the game ball. A predetermined symbol (see FIG. 16) is displayed in accordance with the result of the lottery made based on the detection output of the electric Chu sensor S2 (see FIG. 18) for winning.

  In the first embodiment, the predetermined symbol is a special symbol, which is any one of the normal symbols N1 to N4, the probability variation symbols A1 to A4 and B1, B2, the small hit symbol C, and the lost symbol D. . Each of the normal symbols N1 to N4 corresponds to a non-probable length per unit of the jackpot lottery result, each of the probable symbols A1 to A4 corresponds to a per unit of probable length of the jackpot lottery result, and each The probability variation symbols B1 and B2 correspond to the short hits of the latent probability variation. Further, the small winning symbol C corresponds to a small hit in the big hit lottery result, and the lost symbol D corresponds to a lost in the big hit lottery result.

  Each normal symbol holding lamp 240 corresponds to the number of detections of the gate sensor S3 (see FIG. 18) with respect to the passing game ball in the through gate 70 during the normal symbol change or during the operation of the electric tulip 60 (the number of game balls passed). Turn on sequentially. Specifically, when the first game ball passes through the through gate 70, the normal symbol holding lamp 240 on the left end side lights up. When the second to fourth game balls sequentially pass through the through gate 70 following the first game ball, the second to fourth normal symbol holding lamps 240 from the left end side are sequentially displayed. Light.

  Each special symbol holding lamp 250 is detected by the start winning port sensor S1 with respect to the winning of the game ball at the starting winning port 51 while the special symbol is changing or the attacker 100 is operating, or to the electric chew winning port 61 of the electric tulip 60. Illuminates sequentially according to the number of times the electric Chu sensor S2 detects the winning of the game ball.

  Specifically, when the first game ball wins the start winning opening 51, the special symbol holding lamp 250 on the left end side lights up. When the second to fourth game balls sequentially win the start winning opening 51 following the first game ball, the second to fourth special symbol holding lamps 250 from the left end side are displayed. Light up sequentially.

  The front door FD and the frame body of the gaming machine main body B are supported by the machine frame so as to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction, and the front door FD has a window in the hollow portion of the front frame FD1 as shown in FIG. The glass FD2 is fitted.

  The front door FD includes an effect button switch 260, a frame lamp 270, and both speakers 280. The effect button switch 260 is disposed at the lower edge of the hollow portion of the front frame FD1, and this effect button switch 260 is pushed by the player when a predetermined effect display is requested from the image display 40. Is done.

  The frame lamp 270 is disposed along the inner periphery of the front frame FD1, and the frame lamp 270 performs a blinking effect corresponding to a predetermined gaming state. Both speakers 280 are embedded in the upper left and right sides of the front frame FD1, and both the speakers 280 perform a sound effect according to the blinking effect of the frame lamp 270, for example.

  Next, the electronic control system of the pachinko gaming machine will be described. The electronic control system includes a sensor group S, a main control device 300, and a sub control device 400, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, it is configured by a start winning mouth sensor S1, an electric chew sensor S2, a gate sensor S3, each ordinary winning mouth sensor S4, a big winning mouth sensor S5, and each optical sensor S6, S7.

  The start winning port sensor S1 is provided in the start winning port 51, and the start winning port sensor S1 detects the winning of the game ball for each game ball winning in the start winning port 51. The electric chew sensor S2 is provided in the electric chew winning opening 61 of the electric tulip 60. The electric chew sensor S2 is a game ball for each game ball that wins the electric chew winning opening 61 through the electric tulip 60. Detect winnings.

  The gate sensor S3 is provided in the through gate 70, and the gate sensor S3 detects the passing game ball for each game ball passing through the through gate 70. Each normal prize opening sensor S4 is provided in each corresponding normal prize opening 90, and each normal prize opening sensor S4 is associated with each game ball that wins in each corresponding normal prize opening 90, respectively. The winning of each game ball is detected.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the special prize opening sensor S5 is configured by coaxially supporting the detection hole S5a on a rod part (not shown), and the special prize opening sensor S5 is formed on the rear wall of the casing 130. 133 is inserted through the support hole portion 133 and is coaxially fitted into the shaft-like recess portion of the bottom wall 135 at the rod portion.

  For this reason, in the special prize opening sensor S5, the rod portion is coaxially supported by the shaft-shaped concave portion, and the detection hole portion S5a is supported by the front end portion in the support hole portion. It is concentrically maintained in the ball outlet 132.

  Thereby, the grand prize opening sensor S5 detects the passage of the game ball through the detection hole portion S5a as a winning of the game ball into the big prize opening hole 112. Note that the support hole portion described above is formed at the lower end portion of the rear wall 133 of the casing 130. Further, the above-described axial recess is formed in an axial hole shape in the bottom wall 135 of the casing 130 so as to be positioned coaxially with the support hole.

  Each of the optical sensors S6 and S7 has a photo-interrupter portion, and each of the optical sensors S6 and S7 has a rear portion of the bottom wall 143 and the upper wall 144 of the casing 140 as shown in FIG. Is fitted. Here, each of the optical sensors S6 and S7 is opposed to each other through the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163 at the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion constituting the photo interrupter.

  Thus, in the optical sensor S6, the light from the light emitting part is received by the light receiving part by passing through any one of the concave light transmitting parts 163a of the rotor part 163 (see reference numeral 1a in FIG. 20). This means that the optical sensor S6 detects any one of the concave light transmitting parts 163a of the rotor part 163 by the photo interrupter part. The detection by the optical sensor S6 is stopped by shielding light from the light emitting portion by any of the arc-shaped light shielding portions 163b of the rotor portion 163 (see reference numeral 1b in FIG. 20).

  Further, in the optical sensor S7, the light from the light emitting part is received by the light receiving part by passing through any one of the concave light transmitting parts 163a of the rotor part 163 (see reference numeral 2a in FIG. 20). This means that the optical sensor S7 detects any one of the concave light transmitting parts 163a of the rotor part 163 by the photo interrupter part. The detection by the optical sensor S7 is stopped by shielding the light from the light emitting part by any of the arc-shaped light shielding parts 163b of the rotor part 163 (see reference numeral 2b in FIG. 20).

  Here, in the first embodiment, the optical sensor S6 is illustrated in FIG. 4 along the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163 with respect to the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion of the optical sensor S7. In the counterclockwise direction, they are opposed to each other via the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163 at a position shifted by 150 degrees. In addition to this, as described above, each concave light transmitting portion 163a and each arcuate outer peripheral edge portion 163b are formed at equal angular intervals (30 degrees) along the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163, respectively. The concave light-transmitting portion 163a is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163 by being displaced by 30 degrees with respect to each arc-shaped outer peripheral edge portion 163b.

  Therefore, in the optical sensor S6, when the light from the light emitting part passes through one of the concave light transmitting parts 163a and is received by the light receiving part, in the optical sensor S7, the light from the light emitting part is outside each arc. Light is shielded from the light receiving portion by any one of the peripheral edge portions 163b (see reference numerals 1a and 2b in FIG. 20). Further, in the optical sensor S7, when the light from the light emitting part passes through one of the concave light transmitting parts 163a and is received by the light receiving part, in the optical sensor S6, the light from the light emitting part is outside each arc Light is shielded from the light receiving portion by any one of the peripheral portions 163b (refer to the respective reference numerals 2a and 1b in FIG. 20).

  Further, as described above, in the rotor member 160b, each pin 164 is located along the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163 at a position shifted by 30 degrees with respect to each concave light transmitting portion 163a of the rotor portion 163 (that is, each arc-shaped light shielding portion. 163b is extended from the rotor part 163 at the center in the arc direction).

  For this reason, with the rotation of the rotor member 160b in the counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 4 (see arrow Ar), the opening / closing plate 150 is moved from the lower side to the tip of the rear plate portion 150b by 1 When starting to engage, the opening / closing plate 150 is in a state in which the big winning hole 112 is closed at its rising plate portion 153 as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the optical sensor S6 detects one of the concave light transmitting portions 163a of the rotor portion 163 at its photo interrupter portion, while the optical sensor S7 is shown in FIG. As shown, one of the arc-shaped light shielding portions 163b of the rotor portion 163 is detected by the photo interrupter portion.

  Further, as the rotor member 160b is further rotated, the opening / closing plate 150 is pushed up by one of the pins 164 from the lower side at the front end portion of the rear side plate portion 150b and swings to the position shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the opening / closing plate 150 opens the special winning opening hole 112 at the rising plate portion 153. At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, the optical sensor S6 detects one of the arc-shaped light shielding portions 163b of the rotor portion 163 at its photo interrupter portion, while the optical sensor S7 is shown in FIG. As shown, one of the concave light transmitting parts 163a of the rotor part 163 is detected by the photo interrupter part.

  Thereafter, when the opening / closing plate 150 is disengaged from the engagement with one of the pins 164 at the distal end portion of the rear side plate portion 150b with the further rotation of the rotor portion 163, the opening / closing plate 150 becomes a coil spring. Based on the elastic contraction force of 154, it swings instantaneously in the counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 10, and the big winning hole 112 is closed by the rising plate portion 153.

  In the opening / closing process of the big prize opening hole 112 by such an opening / closing plate 150, as shown in FIG. 20, if the rotation angle of the rotor portion 163 is θ, the big prize opening hole 112 is θ = 0 degrees, 60 Closed at degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, or 300 degrees.

  Further, as the rotation angle θ increases from 0 degree, 90 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, or 300 degrees as indicated by reference numeral 3a in FIG. Increased and opened at θ = 30 degrees, 90 degrees, 150 degrees, 120 degrees, 270 degrees or 330 degrees.

  As the rotation angle θ increases from 30 degrees, 90 degrees, 150 degrees, 120 degrees, 270 degrees, or 330 degrees as indicated by reference numeral 3b in FIG. Reduced and closed at θ = 0 degrees, 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, or 300 degrees. This means that the special winning hole 112 is opened and closed every rotation angle θ = 30 degrees of the rotor portion 163.

  As shown in FIG. 17, main controller 300 is connected among sensor group S, driven element group DRV <b> 1, and sub controller 400. The main controller 300 includes a microcomputer. As shown in FIG. 18, the main controller 300 includes a bus line 310 and an input side interface 320 connected to each other via the bus line 310. Output side interfaces 330, 340, 350, a CPU 360, a soft timer 370, a ROM 380, and a RAM 390 are provided. In the first embodiment, hereinafter, the input side interface is referred to as I / F, and the output side interface is referred to as O / F.

  Main controller 300 causes CPU 360 to execute a timer interrupt program according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 23 to 37 every time a pulse signal is generated from soft timer 370.

  Thus, the main control device 300 performs various arithmetic processes required for controlling the driven element group DRV1 and the sub-control device 400 based on the output from the sensor group S by the CPU 360 during the execution of the timer interrupt program. . In the process of this arithmetic processing, main controller 300 causes CPU 360 to store data stored in ROM 380 (described later), temporarily stored data in RAM 390, or output from sensor group S via I / F 320 on the bus line. Input is made through 310, various arithmetic processes are performed, and an output process to the driven element group DRV <b> 1 and the sub-control device 400 via each of the O / Fs 330 to 350 is performed.

  The soft timer 370 is reset at the same time as the operation of the main controller 300 accompanying the power-on of the pachinko gaming machine and starts measuring time. After this start, the pulse signal is output every 4 (ms). Generated and output to the CPU 360 via the bus line 310.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 18, the driven element group DRV1 includes the electric Chu actuator 62, the special winning opening motor 160a, the normal symbol display 220, the special symbol display 230, each normal symbol holding lamp 240, and each special symbol holding lamp 240. The symbol holding lamp 250 is configured.

  In the ROM 380, the above-described timer interrupt program is stored in advance so as to be readable by the CPU 360. The ROM 380 also includes jackpot random number data RNA (see FIG. 21 (a)), jackpot symbol random number data RNB (see FIG. 21 (b)), reach random number data RNC (see FIG. 21 (c)), and fluctuation pattern random number data. The RND (see FIG. 21D), the hit random number data RNE (see FIG. 21E) and the initial value random number data RNF (see FIG. 21F) are stored in advance so as to be readable by the CPU 360.

  Here, the jackpot random number data RNA and the initial value random number data RNF are composed of integers 0, 1, 2,... 298 and 299, respectively, as shown in FIGS. ing. The jackpot symbol random number data RNB is composed of integers 0, 1,..., 8 and 9 as shown in FIG. The reach random number data RNC and the fluctuation pattern random number data RND are configured by integers 0, 1, 2,..., 248 and 249, respectively, as shown in FIGS. Further, the hit random number data RNE is composed of integers 0, 1,..., 8 and 9 as shown in FIG.

  The ROM 380 further includes a jackpot random number table TB1 (see FIG. 22A), a jackpot symbol random number table TB2 (see FIG. 22B), a reach random number table TB3 (see FIG. 22C), and a hit random number table TB4. (See FIG. 22D) is stored in advance so as to be readable by the CPU 360.

Here, the jackpot random number table TB1 indicates a predetermined jackpot lottery condition, and the jackpot random number table TB1 is specified as follows as shown in FIG.
(1) If the gaming state is the normal gaming state at the time of a big win, the winning probability is specified as 1/300 in the random number range of 0 to 299 (see FIG. 21A), and the random number value is 3. Have been identified. Here, the normal gaming state refers to a gaming state in which the jackpot probability has a normal probability (low probability). In such a normal game state, the winning probability of the special symbol and the opening pattern of the electric tulip 60 are normal.
(2) If the gaming state is in the probabilistic gaming state at the time of jackpot, the winning probability is specified as 10/300 in the random number range of 0 to 299 (see FIG. 21A), and the random value is 3, 7, 37, 67, 97, 127, 157, 187, 217, and 247.

Here, the jackpot includes both a long hit (to be described later) and a short hit (to be described later). Of the jackpot gaming state, the long winning gaming state includes both the normal gaming state and the probability variation gaming state, and the short winning gaming state includes only the probability variation gaming state. Note that the probability variation gaming state refers to a state where the winning probability of the next jackpot changes from a low probability, which is a normal probability, to a high probability in the gaming state after the end of the jackpot game. Probability means probability fluctuation.
(3) In the case of small hits, in the random number range of 0 to 299 (see FIG. 21A), the winning probability is specified as 6/300, and the random values are 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250. Has been identified as either. In addition, since the sum of the winning probabilities for the jackpot and the jackpot is 17/300, the remaining 283/300 is a loss.

The jackpot symbol random number table TB2 is specified as follows as shown in FIG.
(1) When the symbol is one of the normal symbols N1 to N4, the winning probability of the normal symbol is specified as 4/10 in the random number range of 0 to 9 (see FIG. 21B), and the random value Is specified as one of 0, 1, 2, and 3. The normal symbol is also referred to as a non-probable variable symbol.
(2) When the symbol is one of the probability variation symbols A1 to A4, the winning probability of the probability variation symbol is specified as 4/10 in the random number range of 0 to 9 (see FIG. 21B), and the random value Is specified as any one of 4, 5, 6, and 7.
(3) When the symbol is one of the probability variation symbols B1 and B2, in the random number range of 0 to 9 (see FIG. 21B), the winning probability of the probability variation symbol is specified as 2/10 and the random value Is specified as either 8 or 9. The sum of the winning probabilities 4/10 and 2/10 of the probability variation symbols described in (2) and (3) for the jackpot symbol random number table TB2 is 6/10, that is, 60 (%).

The reach random number table TB3 is specified as follows, as shown in FIG.
(1) When there is a reach, in the random number range of 0 to 249 (see FIG. 21C), the winning probability is specified as 22/250 regardless of the presence or absence of the pseudo opening / closing effect, and the random value is When there is a pseudo opening / closing effect, it is specified as one of 0-4, and when there is no pseudo opening / closing effect, it is specified as any of 5-21.
(2) When there is no reach, in the random number range of 0 to 249 (see FIG. 21C), the winning probability is specified as 228/250 regardless of the presence or absence of the pseudo opening / closing effect, and the random value is When there is a pseudo opening / closing effect, it is specified as any of 22 to 26, and when there is no pseudo opening / closing effect, it is specified as any of 27 to 249. In the reach random number table TB3, the pseudo opening / closing effect means a pseudo opening / closing effect of the special winning opening hole 112 by the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 with and without the pseudo opening / closing effect.

  Further, in the winning random number table TB4, as shown in FIG. 22D, in the random number range of 0 to 9 (see FIG. 21E), the winning probability of winning is specified as 9/10, and the random value Is specified as any of 0-8.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the sub-control device 400 includes a payout control unit 400a, an effect control unit 400b, a display control unit 400c, and a lamp control unit 400d. The payout control unit 400a is composed of a microcomputer. The payout control unit 400a is connected to the bus line 410 and the I / F 411, O / F 412, CPU 413, ROM 414, and RAM 415 connected to each other via the bus line 410. It has.

  Accordingly, the payout control unit 400a causes the CPU 413 to execute a predetermined payout control program stored in advance in the ROM 414 according to a predetermined flowchart (not shown). During this execution, the I / F 411 and the bus line 410 are connected. Drive control of the payout drive motor M is performed under the payout command control from the main controller 300.

  Accordingly, the payout drive motor M operates to pay out a predetermined number of game balls entering the ball payout system (not shown) from the ball tank (not shown) of the gaming machine main body B. The payout drive motor M is disposed in the ball payout system.

  The production control unit 400b drives or controls the image display 40, the production member actuator 180, and both speakers 280 together or selectively via the display control unit 400c under command control from the main control device 300. The frame lamp 270, each star disk lamp 200, and each star movable accessory 210 are driven or controlled together via the lamp control unit 400d.

  The effect control unit 400b is composed of a microcomputer, and the effect control unit 400b is connected to the bus line 420 and the I / F 421, I / F 422, I / O / F423, O / F424, CPU425, ROM426, and RAM427 are provided. Note that I / O / F 423 represents an input / output side interface.

  Thus, the effect control unit 400b causes the CPU 425 to execute the effect control program according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. During this execution, the production control unit 400b controls the command from the main control device 300 via the I / F 421 and the bus line 420, the request from the display control unit 400c via the I / O / F 423, and the I / F 422. Based on the push operation output of the production button switch 260, the image display 40, the production member actuator 180, the two speakers 280, the frame lamp 270, each star disk lamp 200, and each star movable accessory 210 are selected or selected together. Various arithmetic processes are performed so as to control the display control unit 400c and the lamp control unit 400d via the I / O / F 423 and the O / F 424 so that the drive is controlled.

  However, the effect control program is stored in advance in the ROM 426 so as to be readable by the CPU 425 together with the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5 shown in FIG.

Here, the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5 is specified as follows as shown in FIG.
(1) When the jackpot lottery result is short win, the operating ratio of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is specified as 2/10 on the assumption that the short win winning probability is 1/300. This means that the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 at the time of short hit is (1/300) × (2/10).
(2) When the jackpot lottery result is a small hit, the operating ratio of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is specified as 1/1 on the premise of the winning probability 6/300 for the small hit. This means that the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 at the time of small hitting is (6/300) × (1/1).
(3) When the jackpot lottery result is a loss, the operating ratio of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is specified as 10/250 on the premise of a winning probability 293/300 regardless of the presence or absence of reach. This means that the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 at the time of losing is (293/300) × (10/250).

  The display control unit 400c is composed of a microcomputer. The display control unit 400c is connected to the bus line 430 and the I / O / F 431, O / F 432, CPU 433, and ROM 434 connected to each other via the bus line 430. And a RAM 435.

  Accordingly, the display control unit 400c executes an image display control program stored in advance in the ROM 434 by the CPU 433 according to a predetermined flowchart (not shown), and based on command control from the effect processing unit 400b during this execution. The image display 40, the rendering member actuator 180, and the two speakers 280 are subjected to various arithmetic processes required to drive or control both together or selectively.

  The lamp control unit 400d includes a microcomputer, and the lamp control unit 400d includes a bus line 440 and an I / F 441, an O / F 442, a CPU 443, a ROM 444, and a RAM 445 that are connected to each other via the bus line 440. It has.

  Accordingly, the lamp control unit 400d executes a lamp control program stored in advance in the ROM 444 by the CPU 443 in accordance with a predetermined flowchart (not shown). During this execution, based on command control from the effect processing unit 400b, Various arithmetic processes required to drive or control the frame lamp 270, the star-shaped disk lamp 200, and the star-shaped movable accessory 210 together or selectively are performed.

  In the first embodiment configured as described above, when the pachinko gaming machine is in an operational state in which a game can be performed by turning on its power, the main controller 300 and the secondary controller 400 are in an operational state. Along with this, the soft timer 370 of the main controller 300 is reset to start timing, and a pulse signal is generated every 4 (ms) after the start. Therefore, main controller 300 repeatedly executes the timer interrupt program according to the flowchart of FIG. 23 by CPU 360 every time a pulse signal is generated from soft timer 370.

  In addition, with the start of operation of the sub control device 400, the payout control unit 400a, the effect control unit 400b, the display control unit 400c, and the lamp control unit 400d all start to operate. Then, the payout control unit 400a starts execution of the payout control program by the CPU 413, and the effect control unit 400b starts execution of the effect control program by the CPU 425 according to the flowchart of FIG. 400 c starts execution of the display control program by the CPU 433, and the lamp control unit 400 d starts execution of the lamp control program by the CPU 443.

Hereinafter, the operation of the pachinko gaming machine according to the first embodiment will be described by dividing it into a plurality of operation modes.
1. Non-Game Operation Mode At the present stage, the pachinko gaming machine is in an operation state when its power is turned on, and is in a state of waiting for a player to start a game. Note that the “no-game mode” refers to a mode in which a player does not yet play a game in the pachinko gaming machine (a mode corresponding to a so-called vacant state).

  Thus, each time the soft timer 370 generates a pulse signal as the main controller 300 starts operating when the power is turned on, the timer interrupt program is interrupted. This means that the execution of the timer interrupt program is repeated every 4 (ms) after the start of the operation of the main controller 300, and the time for executing the timer interrupt program is 4 (ms). It is maintained for a while.

  First, when the soft timer 370 generates the first pulse signal, the timer interrupt program is started in the start step (see FIG. 23) by an interrupt based on the first pulse signal. Then, in the next random number update processing routine 500, the jackpot random number data RNA, the jackpot symbol random number data RNB, the reach random number data RNC, the fluctuation pattern random number data RND, and the hit random number data RNE are respectively expressed by the following equations (1) to ( Based on 5), “1” is added and updated.

RNA = RNA + 1 (1)
RNB = RNB + 1 (2)
RNC = RNC + 1 (3)
RND = RND + 1 (4)
RNE = RNE + 1 (5)
Here, the random number starts along the numerical sequence (for example, 0 to 299), starts with the initial value “0” at the same time as the power of the pachinko machine is turned on, and sequentially increments by “1” to the final value. When it reaches “299”, it is reset and returns to the initial value “0”.

  Therefore, the period when the random number reaches a certain random number value is constant. The “random number” refers to a certain number in a sequence consisting of numbers that are random and have the same appearance frequency as a whole. For example, this random number is selected by the image display 40 in the jackpot random number data RNA. Prior to displaying the availability, a random number value corresponding to the winning time of the game ball at the start winning opening 51 is used to determine whether or not a winning combination such as a special prize is won.

  At this stage, since the operation of the main controller 300 is started, in the random number update processing routine 500, the initial values of RNA, RNB, RNC, RND, and RNE on the right sides of the equations (1) to (5) Are both “0”. Therefore, in the formulas (1) to (5), RNA = 1, RNB = 1, RNC = 1, RND = 1, and RNE = 1 are set (see FIGS. 21A to 21E).

  Thereafter, the timer interruption program proceeds to the start port processing routine 600 (see FIGS. 23 and 24). At the present stage, there is no winning of the game ball to the start winning opening 51, so it is determined NO in step 610 (see FIG. 24) based on the output of the corresponding start winning sensor S1.

  Accordingly, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the next gate processing routine 700 (see FIGS. 23 and 25), there is no passage of the through gate 70 by the game ball at this stage, so the corresponding gate sensor Based on the output of S3, NO is determined in step 710 (see FIG. 25).

  Accordingly, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the processing routine 800 (see FIGS. 23 and 26) based on the next sensor output, in step 810 of the processing routine 800, the input processing of each detection output of the sensor group S is performed. Made. Accordingly, each detection output of the sensor group S is input to the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 in step 810.

  Next, at step 820, each detection output of the sensor group S is stored in the RAM 390 of the main controller 300. Thereafter, in the next step 830, a payout command output process is performed. However, at the present stage, since the game ball has not been won in the start winning opening 51, the payout command for paying out the game ball is not set.

  Thus, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the prize ball processing routine 900 (see FIG. 23), there is no game ball winning at the present stage as described above, so that the timer interruption program has the following special symbol processing routine. Proceed to 1000 (see FIGS. 23 and 27).

  In this special symbol processing routine 1000, at the present stage, the game by the player has not yet started, and the gaming state is neither the big hit gaming state nor the symbol variation state. Accordingly, since neither the jackpot nor the fluctuation is in progress, the determinations in both steps 1010 and 1020 are sequentially NO.

  At this stage, since the game ball is not yet held, the determination in step 1030 is also NO. Accordingly, the timer interruption program proceeds to the next normal symbol processing routine 2000 (see FIGS. 23 and 32).

  In this normal symbol processing routine 2000, since the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine is neither an auxiliary gaming state nor a fluctuating state, NO is sequentially determined in each step 2100, 2200. Furthermore, since the through ball 70 does not pass through the game ball at this stage, the determination in step 2300 is also NO based on the corresponding output of the gate sensor S3. Accordingly, the timer interruption program proceeds to the next big prize opening processing routine 3000 (see FIGS. 23 and 33).

  The big winning opening processing routine 3000 is constituted by a long hit releasing process subroutine 3100, a short hit releasing process subroutine 3200, and a small hit opening process subroutine 3300.

  Here, the long hit release processing subroutine 3100 and the short hit release processing subroutine 3200 correspond to the big hit release processing subroutine. Both “long hit” in the long hit release processing subroutine 3100 and “short hit” in the short hit release processing subroutine 3200 are included in “big hit” in the big hit release processing subroutine.

  In the first embodiment, “long win” corresponds to 15 round jackpots for the purpose of acquiring a large amount of game balls. This means that “per length” is per 15 rounds.

  Further, “short win” corresponds to 15 rounds big hit that is not aimed at mass acquisition of game balls. This means that “short win” is 15 round short hits. In this way, the maximum number of rounds per short match the maximum number of rounds per long “15” is related to gaming machines when the maximum number of rounds per short and long constituting the jackpot is different This is to avoid the adoption of the round number indicator required by the laws and regulations.

  Also, in the small hitting time opening processing subroutine 3300, since the personality of the small hitting game is different from that of the short winning game, the expression “number of times T” is used in the flowchart of FIG. 36 instead of the expression “round number R”. . Accordingly, the “small hit” in the small hit release processing subroutine corresponds to 15 hits that are not aimed at mass acquisition of game balls. This means that “small hit” is 15 small hits.

  Therefore, at the present stage, since no game has been made yet, it is neither during a long hit game, during a short hit game or during a small hit game, so step 3110 of the long hit release processing subroutine 3100 (FIG. 34). In other words, NO is determined in both step 3210 (see FIG. 35) of the short hit releasing process subroutine 3200 and step 3310 (see FIG. 36) of the small hit releasing process subroutine 3300.

  Along with this, the processing of the special prize opening processing routine 3000 ends, and the timer interruption program proceeds to the next electric chew processing routine 4000 (see FIGS. 23 and 37). The above-mentioned “long win game”, “short win game”, or “small hit game” refers to a long hit, short win or small hit game.

  At the present stage, since the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine is not in the auxiliary gaming state, the auxiliary game is not in progress. For this reason, the determination in step 4100 is NO. Accordingly, the timer interruption program proceeds to the next output processing routine 5000 (see FIG. 23). At this time, since the player's game by the pachinko gaming machine has not started, in the main control device 300, the CPU 360 outputs a command indicating a state of waiting for the player's game to the sub-control device 400.

  When the processing of the output processing routine 5000 ends as described above, the timer interrupt program proceeds to the initial value random number update routine 6000 (see FIG. 23). Here, when the final value in the random number sequence (for example, 0 to 299) is expressed, the initial value of the next random number is determined by a random value. For example, when the random number is added and updated from the initial value “0” to the final value “299”, the next initial value is not “0” but an arbitrary value in the random number sequence. This is useful for changing the initial value every time the random number makes one round so that periodicity does not appear when a specific random number appears.

  That is, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the initial value random number update routine 6000 as described above, the initial value random number data RNF is added and updated by “1” based on the following equation (6) (FIG. 21 (f )reference).

RNF = RNF + 1 (6)
Here, the time given to the execution of the initial value random number update routine 6000 after the timer interruption program proceeds to the initial value random number update routine 6000 as described above is from the start of the random number update processing routine 500 to the output processing routine 4000. This is the remaining time obtained by subtracting the time required to complete the process from 4 (ms). Therefore, for the remaining time, in the initial value random number data RNF, the random numbers are sequentially “1” from 0 to 299 based on the equation (6) under the closed loop processing of the initial value random number update routine 6000. It is repeatedly added and updated one by one.

  When the soft timer 370 generates a pulse signal subsequent to the first pulse signal, the main controller 300 causes the CPU 360 to start from the above-described closed loop processing of the initial value random number update routine 6000 (see FIG. 23). Escape and start executing the timer interrupt program again from the start step. At this time, in the initial value random number data RNF, the random number immediately before exiting from the closed loop process of the initial value random number update routine 6000 (corresponding to the random number having randomness) is the big hit random number data in the next random number update process routine 500 It is set as the initial value of RNA.

  Accordingly, when execution of the timer interruption program is started again from the start step as described above, the random number update processing routine 500 determines that the random number of the jackpot random number data RNA is based on the equation (1) and the initial value random number update routine described above. The random number of the initial value random number data RNF immediately before exiting from the closed loop processing of 6000 is added and updated by “1” as the initial value. Note that the jackpot symbol random number data RNB, the reach random number data RNC, the fluctuation pattern random number data RND, and the hit random number data RNE are respectively added and updated by “1”.

  Next, the timer interruption program is executed from the start port processing routine 600 to the output processing routine 5000 in the same manner as described above, and the process proceeds to the initial value random number update routine 6000. Along with this, the random number of the initial value random number data RNB is repeatedly updated by “1” sequentially from 0 to 299 based on Expression (6) under the closed loop processing of the initial value random number update routine 6000. Is done.

  Thereafter, whenever the soft timer 370 sequentially generates pulse signals, that is, every 4 (ms) after the operation of the main controller 300 starts, the timer interrupt program is executed by interruption.

Each time this interrupt is executed, in the random number update processing routine 500, the value of the initial value random number data RNB is set as the initial value of the jackpot random number data RNA in the closed loop processing of the initial value random number update routine 6000. On the basis of the formula (1), the addition and update is performed by “1”, and the jackpot symbol random number data RNB, the reach random number data RNC, the fluctuation pattern random number data RND, and the hit random number data RNE are respectively “1”. Are added and updated one by one. Then, for each addition update as described above, the processing of the start port processing routine 600 to the initial value random number update routine 6000 subsequent to the random number update processing routine 500 is repeated in the same manner as described above.
2. Game operation mode In the state of the non-game operation mode as described above, a player receives a game ball and starts playing with the pachinko gaming machine, and puts the operation state of the pachinko gaming machine into the game operation mode. Shall. Hereinafter, this game operation mode will be described by dividing it into a main control device side game operation mode and a sub control device side game operation mode.
(1) Main controller side game operation mode As described above, when the player starts the game, if the handle H of the pachinko gaming machine is rotated, the game balls are sequentially fired by the ball launcher. Then, it is guided into the game area 12 through the guide rail 20.

Even in such a stage, the timer interrupt program is repeatedly executed in the same manner as described above every time a pulse signal from the soft timer 370 is generated. Each time the timer interrupt program is executed, in the random number update processing routine 500, the jackpot random number data RNA, the jackpot symbol random number data RNB, the reach random number data RNC, the fluctuation pattern random number data RND, and the hit random number data RNE are as described above. Similarly, addition updating is performed.
(1) Start Port Processing When the update processing of the random number update processing routine 500 is completed as described above, the timer interrupt program proceeds to the start port processing routine 600 (see FIGS. 23 and 24). In general, the start port processing routine 600 sets a jackpot lottery random number on the assumption that a game ball wins a winning start port 51 in order to form a jackpot lottery opportunity as described later. Hereinafter, the processing of the start port processing routine 600 in the game operation mode will be described in detail.

  As described above, the game balls sequentially guided into the game area 12 roll along the board surface 11 of the game board 10 and downward through the obstacle nails of the obstacle nails group. In such a process, when a game ball wins the start winning port 51 of the start chucker 50, the winning of the game ball is detected by the start winning port sensor S1.

  At this time, if the timer interruption program has proceeded to step 610 of the start opening process routine 600, in this step 610, based on the detection output of the start winning opening sensor S1, as a winning to the start winning opening 51 of the game ball, It is determined as YES. Thereafter, it is determined in step 620 whether U <4. Note that U represents the number of game balls that are reserved for the start winning opening 51.

  At this stage, if the winning suspension number U = 0, it is determined YES in step 620, and in the next step 621, the winning suspension amount U is calculated based on the following equation (7).

U = U + 1 (7)
Here, as described above, since U = 0, the winning suspension number U is calculated as U = 1 based on the equation (7).

  Next, in the random number setting process in step 622, the jackpot random number data RNA, jackpot random number data RNB, reach random number data RNC, fluctuation pattern random number data RND, hit random number data RNE, and reach random number in the random number update processing routine 500 (see FIG. 23). Each latest random number of the data RNC is set in the RAM 390. Note that the set refers to a storage process.

  Thereafter, when the game balls sequentially guided into the game area 12 as described above further win the start winning opening 51, the winnings of these game balls are sequentially detected by the start winning opening sensor S1. .

  Therefore, each time the timer interruption program proceeds to the start port processing routine 600, it is determined YES in step 610, YES is determined in step 620, and in step 621, the number of winning suspensions U is determined based on equation (7). In step 622, the latest random numbers of the jackpot random number data RNA, jackpot random number data RNB, reach random number data RNC, variation pattern random number data RND, and hit random number data RNE at the current stage are stored in the RAM 390 in the same manner as described above. Set to In such a state, if U ≧ 4 is established based on the latest winning hold number U in step 621, NO is determined in the subsequent step 620.

Thus, on the premise of U <4, every time the winning suspension number U is added and updated, in step 622, a big-hit lottery random number setting process for forming a big-hit lottery opportunity is performed.
(2) Gate processing Upon completion of the start port processing routine 600 as described above, the timer interrupt program proceeds to the gate processing routine 700 (see FIGS. 23 and 25). The gate processing routine 700 generally sets a random number for winning lottery on the premise that a game ball passes through the through gate 70 in order to form a chance of winning lottery as described later. Hereinafter, the processing of the gate processing routine 700 in the game operation mode will be described in detail.

  In the gate processing routine 700, it is determined in step 710 whether or not the through gate is passed. At the present stage, when the game ball guided as described above passes through the through gate 70, the pass game ball is detected by the gate sensor S3. Accordingly, in step 710, YES is determined based on the detection output of the gate sensor S3.

  Next, at step 720, it is determined whether G <4. Here, when G <4, G represents the number of game balls that have passed through the through gate 70. If G = 0 at the present stage, YES is determined in step 720. Accordingly, in the next step 721, G = 1 is added and updated based on the following equation (8).

G = G + 1 (8)
After the processing in step 721, in the next lottery random number setting processing in step 722, the latest random number of the winning random number data RNE in the random number update processing routine 500 (see FIG. 23) is set as the winning lottery random number.

  After that, when the game balls sequentially guided into the game area 12 as described above further pass through the through gate 70, these pass game balls are sequentially detected by the gate sensor S3.

  Therefore, each time the timer interruption program proceeds to the gate processing routine 700, YES is determined in step 710, YES is determined in step 720, and YES in step 721, based on detection outputs sequentially generated from the gate sensor S3. Based on (8), the addition of the number of pending suspension G is updated, and in step 722, the latest random number of the winning random number data RNE at the current stage is set as the winning lottery random number as described above. In such a process, if G ≧ 4 is established, then, when the gate processing routine 700 reaches step 720, it is determined as NO.

As described above, on the premise of G <4, for each addition update of the passing suspension number G, in step 722, a winning lottery random number setting process for forming a winning lottery opportunity is performed.
(3) Processing Based on Sensor Output Next, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the processing routine 800 based on the sensor output (see FIGS. 23 and 26), in step 810 of this processing routine 800, the above-mentioned start winning mouth sensor S1 described above. Alternatively, each detection output of the gate sensor S3 is input to the CPU 360 of the main controller 300, and in the next step 820, each detection output of the start winning port sensor S1 or the gate sensor S3 is output from the main controller 300 by the CPU 360. It is stored (set) in the RAM 390.
(4) Prize Ball Processing Thereafter, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the next prize ball processing routine 900 (see FIG. 23), in the prize ball processing routine 900, the above described game ball start winning opening 51 is entered. A command according to the number of winning balls (the number of detected outputs of the start winning mouth sensor S1) or the number of games balls passed through the through gate 70 (the number of detected outputs of the gate sensor S3) is set.
(5) Special Symbol Processing Next, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the special symbol processing routine 1000 (see FIGS. 23 and 27), it is determined in step 1010 whether or not the jackpot is being hit. At the present stage, if the change start processing has already been completed in step 1310 (see FIG. 27), it is determined that the game is a jackpot game, that is, a jackpot game, so YES is determined in step 1010.

  On the other hand, if the variation start process in step 1310 has not yet been performed at this stage, it is not a big hit, and therefore NO is determined in step 1010. Then, in the next step 1020, it is determined whether or not it is changing. At the present stage, if the variation start process in step 1310 is not performed as described above, the determination in step 1020 is NO, and in step 1030, it is determined whether or not the number of winning holds U ≧ 1.

  Therefore, if the latest winning suspension number in the start port processing routine 600 is U = 0, U ≧ 1 is not established, and therefore NO is determined in step 1030. On the other hand, if the latest winning hold number in the start port processing routine 600 is U ≧ 1, it is determined YES in Step 1030, and in Step 1031, the winning hold number U is calculated based on the following equation (9): Only 1 ”is subtracted and updated.

U = U-1 (9)
After the processing in step 1031, the special symbol processing routine 1000 proceeds to the jackpot determination processing subroutine 1100 (see FIGS. 27 and 28). Then, in the jackpot lottery random number setting process in step 1110, the latest random number of the jackpot random number data RNA set in step 621 of the start port processing routine 600 is selected and set. Thereafter, in step 1120, it is determined whether or not a big hit.

  Here, the big hit means the long hit or the short hit as described above. And, the long win is equivalent to a big hit in which 15 game balls are won in the big winning hole 112 or the opening time of the big winning hole 112 is 30 (seconds) for each round over 15 rounds. To do. The short win is a big hit that repeats opening and closing over 15 rounds, with the opening time and closing time of the big winning hole 112 being 0.1 (seconds) and 0.2 (seconds), respectively. It corresponds to.

  In the first embodiment, the jackpot (long hit or short hit) is specified by a random value in the jackpot random number table TB1 (see FIG. 22A), for example, “3”. If the latest jackpot lottery random number in step 1110 described above is not the random number “3”, the determination in step 1120 is NO, and in the lose symbol set process in the next step 1121, the lose symbol D (see FIG. 16E). ) Is set. This means that in step 1120, a lottery with a loser has been made.

  On the other hand, if the latest jackpot lottery random number described above is “3”, YES is determined in step 1120. This means that a lottery with a big hit (long win or short win) was made. In the next jackpot symbol selection random number setting process in step 1122, the latest random number in the jackpot symbol random number table TB2 (see FIG. 22B) set in step 622 of the start port processing routine 600 is selected. Set.

  Next, in step 1130, it is determined whether or not the symbol is a probable variation. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the probability variation symbol is specified by one of the random number values in the jackpot symbol random number table TB2. If the latest jackpot symbol selection random number in step 1122 is not any of 4 to 9, it is not a random value corresponding to the probability variation symbol. Therefore, after it is determined NO in step 1130, normal in the next step 1131 In the symbol setting process, one of the normal symbols N1 to N4 (see FIG. 16A) is set.

  On the other hand, if the above-mentioned latest jackpot symbol selection random number is “7”, since it is a random number corresponding to the probability variation symbol, it is determined YES in step 1130 and then in the probability variation symbol set processing in step 1132 One of the symbols A1 to A4, B1, and B2 (see FIGS. 16B and 16C) is set.

  When the processing of the jackpot determination processing subroutine 1100 is completed in this way, the special symbol processing routine 1000 proceeds to the next variation pattern selection processing subroutine 1200 (see FIGS. 27 and 29). Then, in the variation pattern selection random number setting process in step 1210, the latest random number of the variation pattern random number data RND in the random number update processing routine 500 (see FIG. 23) is set as the variation pattern selection random number.

  Thereafter, in step 1220, it is determined whether or not a big hit (long win or short win). Here, if it is a big hit (long win or short hit) based on the determination of YES in step 1120 based on the big hit lottery random number in step 1110 (see FIG. 28), it is determined YES in step 1220.

  Next, in step 1230, it is determined whether or not a short hit has occurred. At this stage, if it is not a short hit, it is a long hit. Therefore, after it is determined NO in step 1230, a table for specifying the long hit is used for the long hit in the long hit table setting process in step 1231. Set as a table. The long winning table is stored in advance in the ROM 380 as data representing the long winning opening pattern of the special winning opening 112.

  In the first embodiment, the open pattern per long is based on the detection outputs of the light sensors S6 and S7 and the detection output of the big prize sensor S5. As shown by reference numeral 4 in FIG. 41, the opening time is T2 + T3 (= 30 (seconds)) or the number of game balls won in the big winning hole 112 is 9 and the closing interval is T3. It is set over 15 rounds. In FIG. 41, symbol T1 indicates the variation time of the special symbol, and symbol T2 indicates the elapsed time from the suspension of the special symbol to the closing interval of the game time per round for each round.

  On the other hand, if the determination in step 1230 is YES due to the short win, in step 1241, a short hit latent table for setting the short hit gaming state is set. It should be noted that the short hit release processing subroutine (see FIG. 35) is executed as described later under the set of the short hit latency table.

  Further, the short hit latency table is stored in advance in the ROM 380 as data representing the short hit opening / closing pattern of the big winning hole 112, and the short hit latency opening / closing pattern of the short hit latency table is a dual light sensor. In relation to each detection output of S6 and S7, as shown by reference numeral 5 in FIG. 41 for each round, the opening effect time is set to ΔTa, and the opening time and closing time (closing interval time of the winning prize opening 112) ) Are set to ΔTo (= 0.1 (second)) and ΔTc (= 0.2 (second)), respectively, and the closing interval is set to T3 for 15 rounds. The short hit opening / closing pattern has an opening effect time ΔTa as an opening effect pattern portion, and has a repetition of an opening time ΔTo and a closing time ΔTc of the big prize opening 112 as an opening / closing effect pattern portion, and a closing interval. T3 is included as a closed interval pattern portion.

  On the other hand, when the determination in step 1220 (see FIG. 29) is NO, it is determined in step 1240 whether or not a small hit is made. Here, the small hit is not intended to acquire a large amount of game balls as in the short hit. However, unlike the short hit game, the game state before the end is maintained as it is with the end of the small hit game.

  If the determination in step 1240 is YES due to the small hit, then in step 1241 the small hit latent table for setting the small hit gaming state is set. It should be noted that a small hit release process subroutine (see FIG. 36) is executed as described later under the set of the small hit latency table. The small hitting latency table is stored in advance in the ROM 380 as data representing the small hitting opening / closing pattern of the big winning hole 112.

  In the small hitting opening / closing pattern, the opening effect time is ΔTa, as shown by the reference numeral 6 in FIG. 41, at each time, in relation to the detection outputs of the two light sensors S6, S7. The opening time and the closing time are set to 15 times so that ΔTo (= 0.1 (second)) and ΔTc (= 0.2 (second)) and the closing interval are set to T3, similarly to the short hitting opening / closing pattern. Is set.

  The small hit opening / closing pattern has an opening effect time ΔTa as an opening effect pattern portion, similar to the short hit opening / closing pattern described above, and the opening / closing effect of repeating the opening time ΔTo and closing time ΔTc of the prize winning hole 112 is provided. It has as a pattern part, and it has closing interval T3 as a closing interval pattern part. And the said small hit opening / closing pattern is equivalent to the above-mentioned short hit opening / closing pattern and the opening pattern which does not respond | correspond to mass acquisition of game balls. In the first embodiment, the small hit opening / closing pattern is stored in advance in the ROM 380 of the main controller 300 together with the long hit opening / closing pattern and the short hit opening / closing pattern described above.

  In step 1240 (see FIG. 29), if it is not a small hit, it is determined as NO. Accordingly, in the reach selection random number setting process in step 1243, the latest random number data in the reach random number data RNC (see FIG. 21C) that has been set in step 622 of the start port processing routine 600 is selected and reach selection is performed. Set as a random number for use. In the first embodiment, the reach is specified by any one of the random number values in the reach random number table TB3 (see FIG. 22C).

  Next, in step 1250 (see FIG. 29), it is determined whether or not reach is reached. If the reach selection random number in step 1243 is, for example, “4”, it means reach. Therefore, after it is determined YES in step 1250, the reach mode is set in the reach table setting process in next step 1251. A reach table representing is set. In the first embodiment, the reach table is the reach random number table TB3 shown in FIG. 22C, and the reach random number table TB3 is stored in the ROM 380 in advance.

  On the other hand, if the reach selection random number in step 1243 is not “7”, the reach is not reach. Therefore, it is determined NO in step 1250, and in the process for setting the table for loss in step 1252, this indicates a loss mode. A table is set. The loss table is stored in the ROM 380 in advance.

  As described above, when one of the steps 1231, 1241, 1251, and 1252 is completed, the variation pattern in the random number update processing routine 500 (see FIG. 23) is set in the variation pattern selection random number setting processing in the next step 1260. The latest random number of the random number data RND is set as a random number for selecting a variation pattern.

  Thereafter, in the next step 1270, variation pattern setting processing is performed. Here, the variation pattern specified by the variation pattern selection random number is set as a variation pattern for long hit, short hit, small hit or reach based on the variation pattern table. In the first embodiment, the fluctuation pattern table includes the random numbers in the fluctuation pattern random number data RND and the corresponding fluctuation patterns corresponding to the random numbers (for long hits, short hits, small hits, and reach). The variation pattern is specified in advance and stored in the ROM 380 in advance.

  When the processing of the variation pattern selection processing subroutine 1200 is completed in this way, a special symbol variation start command set and output processing are performed in the next step 1300 (see FIG. 27). Along with this, a special symbol variation start command for the variation pattern that has been set in step 1270 is set, and is used for the processing in the next step 1310 and is output to the effect control unit 400b by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300.

  Next, in the special symbol variation start process in step 1310, main controller 300 causes CPU 360 to display special symbol indicator 230 so that the variation pattern that has been set in step 1270 is displayed based on the above-described special symbol variation start command. To drive. For this reason, the special symbol display device 230 performs variation display according to the variation pattern. Here, special symbols (ordinary symbols N1 to N4, probability variation symbols A1 to A4 and B1, B2, small hit symbol C and lose symbol D) are displayed in a variable manner.

  After the processing of step 1310, in the special symbol variation time counting start processing in step 1320, timing of the special symbol variation time of the variation pattern is started. Here, the special symbol variation time refers to a predetermined special symbol variation time T (see FIG. 41) for displaying the variation of the special symbol, and the measurement of the predetermined special symbol variation time T is built in the main controller 300. This is done by another soft timer.

  Thereafter, when the special symbol processing routine 1000 proceeds to step 1020 again, if it is determined YES in step 1020, it is determined in the next step 1400 whether or not the special symbol variation time T has ended. At the present stage, if the variation time started at the variation time measurement in step 1320 has not yet reached the predetermined special symbol variation time T, the determination in step 1400 is NO.

  In this state, when the special symbol processing routine 1000 proceeds to step 1400 at least once thereafter, if the variation time started in step 1320 reaches the predetermined special symbol variation time T. In step 1400, the determination is YES.

  Accordingly, in the special symbol fluctuation stop command set and output processing in the next step 1410, the special symbol fluctuation stop command is set so as to stop the fluctuation display of the fluctuation pattern started in step 1310. In addition to being used for the processing of 1420, the CPU 360 of the main control device 300 outputs it to the effect control unit 400b.

  Next, in the special symbol variation stop process in step 1420, main controller 300 causes CPU 360 to stop the variation display of special symbol display unit 230 described above based on the special symbol variation stop command. For this reason, the special symbol display 230 stops the variation display by the above variation patterns of the normal symbols N1 to N4, the probability variation symbols A1 to A4 and B1, B2, the small hit symbol C, and the loss symbol D.

  After the processing of step 1420, in the special symbol variation time reset processing in step 1430, the predetermined special symbol variation time T is reset, and the special symbol processing routine 1000 is executed in the suspended processing subroutine 1500 (see FIGS. 27 and 30). Proceed to

  In other words, in the special symbol processing routine 1000, after the big hit (long hit or short win) or the loss (see step 1120 in FIG. 28) is determined, the big hit, short hit, small hit or lose ( The long per, short per, small hit or lost variation patterns are produced in accordance with the steps 1220, 1230, and 1240 in FIG. 29. Made.

  In this stop processing subroutine 1500, it is determined in step 1510 (see FIG. 30) whether or not it is a hit. Here, the winning means one of long hits, short hits and small hits.

  At this stage, if the variation pattern set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29) is not one of the variation patterns for long hit, short hit and small hit, it is not a hit. Determined. Then, in the next step 1520, it is determined whether J = 0. Here, J represents the number of changes in the special symbol during the short-time game. Note that the short-time game means that the special symbol change time is shortened after the end of the long hit game with the non-probable variable symbol, and the opening time of the electric tulip 60 is extended without reducing the player's ball. A game that changes special symbols efficiently.

  At the present stage, if the number of fluctuations J is not 0, after NO is determined in step 1520, J is decremented and updated by “1” in the next step 1521 based on the following equation (10).

J = J-1 (10)
Next, in step 1530, it is determined again whether or not the number of changes J = 0. At this stage, if J = 0 is not satisfied, NO is determined in step 1530.

  Thereafter, when the stop processing subroutine 1500 reaches step 1530 at least once, if J = 0, YES is determined in step 1530. As a result, the short-time game ends.

  Then, in the normal game state setting process in the next step 1531, the normal game state is set. In this normal gaming state, the winning probability of the special symbol is a normal probability (1/300), and the opening pattern of the electric tulip 60 which is a normal electric accessory is a normal pattern (the special symbol is displayed with a fluctuation of 30 (seconds). This is a gaming state in which the electric tulip 60 is released by 0.1 (seconds) after the operation.

  If the variation pattern that has been set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29) is one of the variation patterns for long hits, short hits, and small hits in the determination in step 1510 described above, any of these variations Since the pattern corresponds to winning, YES is determined in step 1510.

  Next, in step 1540, it is determined whether or not the hit is long. Here, if the variation pattern that has been set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29) is not the variation pattern for long hits, it is determined NO in step 1540, and it is determined in step 1540a whether it is a small hit. The

  Here, if the variation pattern that has been set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29) is the variation pattern for small hits, this variation pattern for small hits corresponds to the small hit, so it is determined YES in step 1540a, In the small hit game start command set process in step 1541, the small hit game start command is set as the small hit game start command.

  Next, in step 1542, a small hit game start process is performed. Accordingly, the process for starting control of the attacker 100 is performed by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 based on the small hit game start command, with the small hit opening / closing pattern of the small hit latency table (see step 1242). Based on

  After the processing of step 1542 is performed as described above, in the small hit game start signal output processing in the next step 1543, the main controller 300 uses the CPU 360 to output a small hit game start signal indicating the start of the small hit game. Output to the control device 400.

  Further, as described above, when the stopped processing subroutine 1500 proceeds to step 1540a after determination of NO because it is not long hit in step 1540, in this step 1540a, it is already set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29). If the variation pattern is a short hit variation pattern, it is determined as NO because it is not a small hit. Accordingly, the in-stop processing subroutine 1500 proceeds to the next probability variation gaming state subroutine 1550 (see FIGS. 30 and 31).

  Then, in step 1551 (see FIG. 31), it is determined whether or not it is one of the probability variation symbols A1 to A4. At this stage, if the probability variation symbol that has been set in step 1132 (see FIG. 28) is one of probability variation symbols A1 to A4 (refer to FIG. 16B), after YES is determined in step 1551 In the probability variation gaming state setting process in the next step 1552, the first high probability gaming state is set.

  Here, in the first high probability gaming state, the winning probability of the special symbol is a probability (1/30) higher than the probability (1/300) in the normal gaming state, and the opening pattern of the electric tulip 60 is the normal It means a game state in which the open pattern is easier to win than the game state (a pattern in which the electric tulip 60 is opened for 3 (seconds) after the special symbol is displayed in a variable manner for 30 (seconds). When such a first high-probability gaming state is set, the fact that it is the first high-probability gaming state is unconditionally displayed by the image display 40, for example, as “probability changing”.

  If the determination in step 1551 is NO, it is determined in step 1553 whether or not the probability variation symbol B1 or B2. At this stage, if the probability variation symbol set in step 1132 (see FIG. 28) is either probability variation symbol B1 or B2 (refer to FIG. 16C), it is determined YES in step 1553, In the short time gaming state setting process in step 1554, the gaming state is set to the short time gaming state.

  Accordingly, in the next step 1555, the number J of changes in the special symbol during the short-time game is set to J = 100. Note that the above-mentioned short-time gaming state is a game in which the winning probability of the special symbol is the probability of the normal gaming state, and the opening pattern of the electric tulip 60 is an opening pattern that is easier to win than the normal gaming state. State.

  If the determination in step 1553 is NO, in the next step 1556, it is determined whether or not the game state is normal. At the current stage, if the gaming state is not the normal gaming state, after determining NO in step 1556, the processing in step 1552 is performed in the same manner as described above.

  On the other hand, if the determination in step 1556 is YES, the second high-probability gaming state is set as the latent gaming state in the latent gaming state setting process in the next step 1557.

  Here, the second high-probability gaming state has a probability (1/30) that the winning probability of the special symbol is higher than the probability (1/300) in the normal gaming state as in the case of the first high-probability gaming state. There are both gaming states in which the opening pattern of the electric tulip 60 is a normal pattern (a pattern in which the electric tulip 60 is opened for 0.1 (second) after the special symbol is displayed in a variable manner for 30 (second)). . Note that the latent game state refers to a game state in which the second high-probability game state is not notified.

  When the processing of step 1552, 1557, or 1555 is completed as described above, the stopped processing subroutine 1500 proceeds to step 1550a (see FIG. 30). At this stage, since it is a short hit as described above, it is determined as YES in Step 1550a.

  Thereafter, in step 1560, a short hit game start command is set. Here, since the basis for the determination of NO in step 1540a is the short hit variation pattern set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29) as described above, the short hit game start command is the short hit game. Set as the start command.

  Next, in the next step 1561, a short hit game start process is performed. Here, since the short hit game start command has already been set in step 1560 on the basis of the determination of NO in step 1540a described above, the processing in step 1561 is performed in order to start the short win game. .

  That is, as described above, YES is determined in step 1230 (see FIG. 29) of the variation pattern selection processing subroutine 1200, and after the short hit latent table is set in step 1241, the in-stop processing subroutine 1500 is executed in step 1561. When the short hit game start process is reached, the process of starting the control of the attacker 100 is performed by the CPU 360 of the main control device 300 based on the short hit game start command by the CPU 360 of the main game unit 300. 1241) based on the short hit opening / closing pattern according to the detection outputs of the two light sensors S6 and S7 and the detection output of the special prize opening sensor S5 (see FIG. 35).

  After the processing of step 1561 described above, when the stopped processing subroutine 1500 proceeds to step 1562, short hit game start signal output processing is performed in step 1562. Accordingly, a short hit game start signal indicating the start of the short hit game is output from the main control device 300 to the sub control device 400 by the CPU 360.

  Further, as described above, when the stopped processing subroutine 1500 proceeds to step 1540 after YES is determined in step 1510, the variation pattern already set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29) is the variation pattern for long hits. If so, this variation pattern corresponds to the per unit length, so that YES is determined in step 1540.

  Accordingly, the processing of the probability variation gaming state setting subroutine 1550 (see FIGS. 30 and 31) is performed in the same manner as described above. Note that the short time gaming state in step 1554 and the latent gaming state setting process in step 1557 are the same as the processing in step 1554 and step 1557 in the case of the short hit described above.

  When the processing of the probability variation gaming state subroutine 1550 is completed by the processing of step 1552, 1557 or 1555 as described above, the stopped processing subroutine 1500 proceeds to step 1550a (see FIG. 30) as described above. In this step 1550a, since it is a long hit as described above, it is determined as NO.

  Thereafter, in step 1570, a game start command per long is set. Here, since the basis for the determination of YES in step 1540 is the variation pattern for long hits set in step 1270 (see FIG. 29) as described above, the long hit game start command is a long hit game. Set as the start command.

  Next, in the next step 1571, a long hit game start process is performed. Here, since the long hit start command has already been set in step 1570 on the basis of the determination of YES in step 1540 described above, the processing in step 1571 is performed in order to start the long hit game.

  That is, as described above, NO is determined in step 1230 of the variation pattern selection processing subroutine 1200 (see FIG. 29), and after the long hitting table is set in step 1231, the in-stop processing subroutine 1500 reaches step 1571. In this case, the processing for starting the control of the attacker 100 is performed by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 based on the long hitting start command, based on the long hitting pattern of the long hitting table. , S7, and the detection output of the special prize opening sensor S5 (see FIG. 34).

After the processing of step 1571 described above, when the stopped processing subroutine 1500 proceeds to step 1572, a long hit game start signal output processing is performed in this step 1572. Accordingly, a long hit game start signal indicating the start of the long hit game is output from the main control device 300 to the sub control device 400 by the CPU 360.
(6) Normal Symbol Processing When the processing of the special symbol processing routine 1000 is completed as described above, the timer interrupt program proceeds to the normal symbol processing routine 2000 (see FIGS. 23 and 32). Then, in step 2100, it is determined whether or not an auxiliary game is in progress. At the present stage, if the auxiliary game is being performed, the determination in step 2100 is YES.

  On the other hand, if the auxiliary game is not being performed, it is determined as NO in step 2100, and then in step 2200, it is determined whether or not the game is changing.

  If the normal symbol is not changing at the present stage, it is determined in step 2300 whether G ≧ 1 after determining NO in step 2200.

  Here, if the game ball passing suspension number G for the latest through gate 70 in step 721 (see FIG. 25) is G = 0, the determination in step 2300 is NO. On the other hand, if G ≧ 1 is established, it is determined as YES in Step 2300, and then, in Step 2310, the passage suspension number G is decremented and updated by “1” based on the following equation (11).

G = G−1 (11)
Thereafter, in the winning lottery random number setting process in step 2311, the latest random number of the winning random number data RNE in the random number update processing routine 500 (see FIG. 23) is set as the winning lottery random number.

  Next, in step 2320, it is determined whether or not it is a hit. At this stage, if it is a win, the determination in step 2320 is YES, and in the win symbol set process in the next step 2321, one of the normal symbols N1 to N4 (see FIG. 16 (a)) is set as a win symbol. Is done. If the determination in step 2320 is NO, the lost symbol D (see FIG. 16E) is set as the lost symbol in the lost symbol setting process in step 2322.

  After the processing in step 2321 or step 2322, in step 2330, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is a probable change or a short time. At this stage, if the probability change gaming state has been set in step 1552 (see FIG. 31) or if the time-saving gaming state has been set in step 1554 (see FIG. 31), it means that the probability changing or time-saving gaming state has occurred. After YES is determined in step 2330, the fluctuation time is set to 3 (seconds) in step 2331. On the other hand, when the determination in step 2330 is NO, in step 2332, the variation time is set to 29 (seconds).

  After the processing of step 2331 or step 2332 is performed in this way, in the fluctuation start processing in step 2333, the normal symbol display device 220 uses the normal symbol display device 220 to set the winning symbol set in step 2321 or set in step 2322. The display of the variation of the lost symbol is started. Accordingly, in the variable time counting start process in step 2334, another soft timer built in main controller 300 is reset to start timing.

  Further, as described above, when the variation start process in step 2333 is performed, the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 generates a variation display start signal of the winning symbol set in step 2321 or the lost symbol set in step 2322. It is output to the production control unit 400b. Along with this, the image display 40 is controlled by the effect control unit 400b via the display control unit 400c to start the variable display of the winning symbol or the lost symbol.

  Thereafter, when the normal symbol processing routine 2000 proceeds to step 2200 again, since the fluctuation has already been started in step 2333, it is determined as YES in step 2200. Then, in step 2340, it is determined whether or not the variable time is over. Here, if the time measured by the soft timer that has already started counting in step 2334 has not reached the predetermined fluctuation time, the determination in step 2340 is NO.

  In this state, when the normal symbol processing routine 2000 subsequently proceeds to step 2340 at least once, the time measured by the soft timer that has already started timing in step 2334 has reached the predetermined fluctuation time. For example, YES is determined in step 2340.

  Accordingly, in the fluctuation stop process in step 2341, the normal symbol display 220 stops the fluctuation display of the winning symbol or the lost symbol started in step 2333. In step 2342, the variation time is reset.

Thereafter, in the next step 2400, it is determined whether or not it is a hit. If it is not a hit, the determination in step 2400 is NO. On the other hand, when the determination in step 2400 is YES, the auxiliary game is started in the auxiliary game start process in step 2410.
(7) Grand prize opening processing When the processing of the normal symbol processing routine 1000 is completed as described above, the timer interruption program proceeds to the big winning mouth processing routine 3000 (see FIGS. 23 and 33 to 36).

  In the big winning opening processing routine 3000, the long hits opening processing subroutine 3100 is roughly the start of the long hit game out of the big hit games, and after the opening effect, the round number R = By repeating the opening of the special winning hole 112 for each round until 15 is established, the player is given an opportunity to acquire a large amount of prize balls (see FIG. 34).

  In addition, the short-hit opening process subroutine 3200 starts the short-hit game among the big-hits games, goes through an opening effect, and follows the short-hit opening / closing pattern until the number of rounds R = 15 is established for each round, By repeatedly opening and closing the hole 112, the player is provided with an opportunity to acquire a prize ball, but not a large amount (see FIG. 35).

  Further, the small hitting time opening processing subroutine 3300 is generally arranged in such a way that at the start of the small hitting game, after the opening effect, according to the small hitting opening / closing pattern until the number of times T = 15 is established, the big winning mouth By repeatedly opening and closing the holes 112, the player is provided with an opportunity to acquire prize balls, but not a large amount (see FIG. 36).

  In the following, the respective processes of the long hit releasing process subroutine 3100, the short hit releasing pattern 3200, and the small hit releasing process subroutine 3300 will be sequentially described in detail.

  In the long hit release processing subroutine 3100 (see FIG. 34), it is determined in step 3110 whether or not a long hit game is in progress. At the present stage, if the long hit game start process (see FIG. 30) in step 1572 has not been performed, it is determined that the long hit game is not in progress, so that NO in step 3110. On the other hand, if the long hit game start process in step 1571 (see FIG. 30) has been performed at this stage, it means that the long hit game is in progress, so the determination in step 3110 is YES.

  When the determination in step 3110 is YES as described above, it is determined in the next step 3120 whether or not the opening is being performed. Here, “opening” means that an opening effect representing the start of the long hit game is being performed with the start of the long hit game.

  If it is during the opening at the present stage, it is determined YES in step 3120, and then it is determined in step 3130 whether or not the opening time has elapsed. Here, the said opening time passage means passage of a predetermined opening time.

  If the predetermined opening time has not yet elapsed at the present stage, the determination in step 3130 is NO. The predetermined opening time is measured by another soft timer built in main controller 300.

  After the determination of NO in step 3130, when the long hits opening process subroutine 3100 proceeds to step 3130 at least once, if the predetermined opening time has elapsed, YES is determined in step 3130 Is done. In the next step 3131, the round number R is added and updated by “1” based on the following equation (12). The round number R represents the number of rounds of the game per long.

R = R + 1 (12)
When the process in step 3131 is completed in this way, in the process of opening the big winning hole 112 in the long hit game (see step 3132 to step 3151), the attacker 100 roughly updates the number of update rounds R in step 3131. Based on the release pattern per long, 9 game balls are won or processed so that the big winning hole 112 is opened every round until 30 (seconds) elapses.

  Hereinafter, the opening process of the special winning opening 112 in the long hit game will be described in detail based on the flowchart of FIG.

  After the processing in step 3131 is performed as described above, the big prize opening process is performed in step 3132 based on the update round number R in step 3131. At this time, it is assumed that the attacker 100 is closed by the opening / closing plate 150 at the special winning opening 112 (see the solid lines in FIGS. 4 and 6).

  Therefore, the optical sensor S6 detects the concave translucent part 163a located at the lower end in the figure in FIG. 4 among the outer peripheral part of the rotor part 163, while the optical sensor S7 is the figure of the outer peripheral part of the rotor part 163. 4, the arc-shaped light-shielding portion 163b located on the left side of the upper end of the figure is detected.

  Thus, in the big winning opening opening process in step 3132, the driving mechanism 100 b of the attacker 100 is changed to the long winning opening pattern by the big winning opening motor 160 a based on the long hit game starting process in step 1571 described above. Based on the detection outputs of the two light sensors S6 and S7, the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 controls the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 4 to rotate the rotor member 160b in the same direction. Accordingly, the opening / closing plate 150 is pushed up from below by one of the pins 164 of the rotor member 160b at the rear side plate portion 150b, and swings in the clockwise direction shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, when the rotor member 160b rotates 30 degrees as the step motor 160a rotates, the opening / closing plate 150 reaches the swing position shown in FIG. At this time, the optical sensor S6 detects the arc-shaped light shielding portion 163b located at the lower end in the figure in FIG. 4 among the outer peripheral portions of the rotor portion 163, while the optical sensor S7 is included in the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163. In FIG. 4, the concave translucent portion 163 a located on the left side of the upper end portion is detected.

  Along with this, the step motor 160a is set to 30 (seconds) based on the long hit release pattern in accordance with the detection outputs of both the light sensors S6 and S7 and the detection output of the big prize opening sensor S5 as described above. It is controlled by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 so as to stop during the game or when the number of winning balls in the big winning hole 112 is 9.

  For this reason, the rotor member 160a stops similarly to the step motor 160a and maintains the opening / closing plate 150 at the swing position shown in FIG. This means that the grand prize winning hole 112 maintains its open state for 30 (seconds) or up to nine winning prizes to the big prize winning hole 112 of the game ball.

  Here, as described above, in the raised portions 113 and 124 of the prize winning mouth plate 110, the raised portion 113 is raised at the tip portion thereof toward the window glass FD2, while the raised portion 124 is drawn at the tip portion thereof. In the section, the game board 10 is raised toward the board surface 11. Further, the raised portion 113 is located above the raised portion 124, and the distance G in the front-rear direction at each tip of the raised portions 113, 124 is the diameter of the game ball (11 (mm)) as described above. It is set as less than.

  For this reason, when the big winning hole 112 of the attacker 100 is maintained in the open state in the long hit game as described above, it is directed toward the attacker 100 along the board surface 11 between the window glass FD2 and the game board 10. The game ball that rolls as shown by is collided with the upper surface portion of the raised portion 113 and guided toward the raised portion 124, or directly collided with the upper surface portion of the raised portion 124, and then the prize winning hole. Drop into 112 and win.

  Here, the opening time per one time of the big prize opening hole 112 at the time of the long winning game is very much shorter than the opening time per one time of the big winning hole 112 at the time of the short hit or small hitting game. Therefore, the game ball guided toward the attacker 100 as described above is easier to win in the big winning hole 112 than in the case of a small hit or short hit game. As a result, the player can have a chance to win a large number or a large amount of prize balls.

  After step 3132, it is determined in step 3140 whether the open time has elapsed. Here, the elapse of the opening time refers to the elapse of a predetermined opening time for the special winning opening 112, and the predetermined opening time is set to 30 (seconds) as described above in the case of long winning.

  If the predetermined opening time has not yet elapsed at the present stage, NO is determined in step 3140. In the first embodiment, during the above-described predetermined opening time, another soft timer built in the main controller 300 is reset and starts counting the opening time.

  With the determination of NO in step 3140, in the next step 3150, it is determined whether C ≧ 9. Here, in C ≧ 9, C refers to the number of winning game balls to the big winning hole 112, and “9” refers to the upper limit of the number of winnings. At this stage, if the winning number C has not reached “9”, the determination in step 3150 is NO.

  Thereafter, the attacker 100 makes a determination of YES in step 3140 after 30 (seconds) elapses, or a determination of YES in step 3150 based on the number of detected game balls (9) by the big prize opening sensor S5. In step 3151, a special winning opening closing process is performed.

  Along with this, the driving mechanism 100b of the attacker 100 uses the large winning opening motor 160a in accordance with the detection outputs of the light sensors S6 and S7 and the detection output of the large winning opening sensor S5 based on the long hitting opening pattern. Controlled by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300, it rotates in the counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 10 to further rotate the rotor member 160b in the same direction.

  Along with this, the opening / closing plate 150 is disengaged from below by one of the pins 164 of the rotor member 160b at the rear side plate portion 150b, and instantaneously counterclockwise in FIG. 10 according to the contraction force of the coil spring 154. To the swing position shown in FIG. This means that the special winning opening 112 is closed. At this time, the optical sensor S6 detects the concave translucent part 163a located at the lower end in the figure in FIG. 4 among the outer peripheral parts of the rotor part 163, while the optical sensor S7 is the outer peripheral part of the rotor part 163. In FIG. 4, the arc-shaped light shielding portion 163b located on the left side of the upper end portion in the figure is detected.

  After the big winning opening closing process in the long hit game is performed as described above, it is determined in step 3160 whether or not R = 15. In the first embodiment, in the long game, the upper limit number of rounds R is 15 as described above. Therefore, at the present stage, if R <15, NO is determined in step 3160.

  After that, when the long hit release processing subroutine 3100 proceeds to step 3120 again, since the opening effect accompanying the start of the long hit game has already ended at this stage, NO in step 3120 Determined. Then, in step 3190, it is determined whether or not it is open. At this stage, as described above, the special prize opening hole 112 is closed under the special prize opening closing process in step 3151 on the assumption that the update round number R <15 in step 3131. Accordingly, NO is determined in step 3190.

  Accordingly, it is determined in step 3190a whether or not ending is in progress. Since this ending is produced after the end of 15 rounds in the long hit game, the ending is not started at this stage. Therefore, the determination in step 3190a is NO.

  Next, in step 3190b, it is determined whether or not the interval time has elapsed. In the first embodiment, the interval time is a predetermined elapsed time between each round in the long game (from the closing of the big winning hole 112 in the preceding round to the opening of the big winning hole 112 in the subsequent round) Time). The predetermined elapsed time is counted by another soft timer built in main controller 300.

  Therefore, at the present stage, since the elapsed time after closing the special prize opening hole 112 in step 3151 as described above has not yet passed the interval time, the determination in step 3190b is NO. .

  Thereafter, if the interval time has elapsed when the long hit opening subroutine 3100 proceeds to step 3190b at least once, YES in step 3190b based on the time measured by the soft timer. It is determined. When the determination in step 3140 or 3150 is NO and step 3120 is reached through step 3120, the determination in step 3190 is YES and the determination in step 3140 is made.

  As described above, when the determination in step 3190b is YES, in step 3131, the number of rounds R is further updated by “1” based on the equation (12). Next, the processing in step 3132 to step 3151 is repeated in the same manner as described above, whereby the special winning opening 112 is opened and closed in the same manner as described above.

  Thereafter, the processing of step 3160 to step 3190b is repeated in the same manner as described above, and when the determination in step 3190b becomes YES with the passage of the interval time, the round number R addition update processing in step 3131 is performed in the same manner. The Thereafter, the process as described above is repeated every time the round number R is added and updated in step 3131.

  In such a state, when the latest update round number R in step 3131 becomes R = 15, YES is determined in the subsequent step 3160.

  Accordingly, in the ending process in the next step 3161, an ending effect indicating the end of the long hit game is started on the image display 40 as described later. The ending effect time, that is, the predetermined ending time is counted by another soft timer built in the main control device 300. At the present stage, since the predetermined ending time has not elapsed, NO is determined in step 3170.

  Thereafter, when the long hit release processing subroutine 3100 passes through both steps 3120 and 3190 and reaches step 3190a, it is determined as YES if ending is in progress. Thereafter, when YES is determined in the step 3170, the long hit game is ended by the processing in the long hit game end processing subroutine 3180.

  When the long hit releasing process subroutine 3100 is completed in this way, the processing of the next short hit releasing routine 3200 (see FIGS. 33 and 35) is started. Accordingly, it is determined in step 3210 of the short hit releasing routine 3200 whether or not a short hit game is being played.

  If the short hit game start process (see FIG. 30) in step 1561 has not been performed at this stage, it is determined that the short hit game is not in progress, and therefore NO is determined in step 3210. On the other hand, if the short hit game start process in step 1561 has been performed at this stage, the short hit game is being performed, and therefore the determination in step 3210 is YES.

  When the determination in step 3210 is YES in this way, it is determined in the next step 3220 whether or not opening is in progress. Here, “opening” means that an opening effect representing the start of the short hit game is in progress with the start of the short hit game.

  At the present stage, if the opening is being performed, YES is determined in step 3220 and then it is determined in step 3230 whether or not the opening time has elapsed. If the predetermined opening time has not yet elapsed at the present stage, the determination in step 3230 is NO. The predetermined opening time is measured by another soft timer built in main controller 300.

  After the determination at step 3230 is NO, when the short hit opening process subroutine 3200 proceeds to step 3230 at least once, if the predetermined opening time has elapsed, YES is determined at step 3230. Is done. In the next step 3231, the round number R is added and updated by “1” based on the above equation (12). Here, the number of rounds R represents the number of rounds of a short game per game.

  When the processing in step 3231 is completed in this way, in the opening process of the big winning hole 112 in the short win game (see step 3232 to step 3253), the attacker 100 roughly updates the number of update rounds R in step 3231. Based on the short hit opening / closing pattern, the special winning hole 112 is intermittently opened at intervals of 0.2 (seconds) in increments of 0.1 (seconds).

  Hereinafter, the opening / closing process of the big winning hole 112 in the short win game will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. After the processing in step 3231 is performed as described above, in step 3232, based on the short hit opening / closing pattern, the big prize opening processing is performed based on the update round number R in step 3231. At this time, it is assumed that the attacker 100 is closed by the opening / closing plate 150 at the special winning opening 112 (see the solid lines in FIGS. 4 and 6).

  Therefore, the optical sensor S6 detects the concave translucent part 163a located at the lower end in the figure in FIG. 4 among the outer peripheral part of the rotor part 163, while the optical sensor S7 is the figure of the outer peripheral part of the rotor part 163. 4, the arc-shaped light-shielding portion 163b located on the left side of the upper end of the figure is detected.

  Thus, in the big winning opening opening process in step 3232, the driving mechanism 100 b of the attacker 100 performs the short winning opening / closing pattern in the big winning opening motor 160 a based on the short hit game starting process in step 1561 described above. Based on the detection outputs of the two light sensors S6 and S7, the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 controls the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 4 to rotate the rotor member 160b in the same direction. Accordingly, the opening / closing plate 150 is pushed up from below by one of the pins 164 of the rotor member 160b at the rear side plate portion 150b, and swings in the clockwise direction shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, when the rotor member 160b rotates 30 degrees as the step motor 160a rotates, the opening / closing plate 150 reaches the swing position shown in FIG. At this time, the optical sensor S6 detects the arc-shaped light shielding portion 163b located at the lower end in the figure in FIG. 4 among the outer peripheral portions of the rotor portion 163, while the optical sensor S7 is included in the outer peripheral portion of the rotor portion 163. In FIG. 4, the concave translucent portion 163 a located on the left side of the upper end portion is detected.

  Along with this, the step motor 160a performs 0.1 (based on the long hit release pattern in accordance with the detection outputs of the two light sensors S6 and S7 and the detection output of the big prize opening sensor S5 as described above. Seconds) or by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300 so as to stop when the number of winning balls in the big winning hole 112 is 9. This means that the grand prize opening hole 112 maintains its open state for 0.1 (seconds) or up to nine winning prizes to the big prize opening hole 112 of the game ball.

  In this way, when the big winning hole 112 is opened in the short win game, as in the case of the long hit game described above, the view is directed toward the attacker 100 along the board surface 11 between the window glass FD2 and the game board 10. The game ball that rolls as indicated by 10 collides with the upper surface portion of the raised portion 113 and is guided toward the raised portion 124, or directly collides with the upper surface portion of the raised portion 124, and then the big prize opening. It falls toward the hole 112.

  Here, the opening time per opening of the big winning hole 112 in the case of a short winning game is very short compared to the opening time per opening of the large winning hole 112 in the case of a long winning game. For this reason, although it is not as much as a game per long game, a game ball becomes easy to win a big winning hole 112. This means that in a short win game, it is possible to win a simple game ball instead of a large number of game balls as in a long win game. As a result, the player can expect to acquire a game ball, although it does not aim to acquire a large amount of prize balls as in the long hit game.

  After the process of step 3232, it is determined in step 3240 whether or not the open time has elapsed. Here, the said opening time means the predetermined opening time with respect to the big prize opening hole 112, and this predetermined opening time is set to 0.1 (second) mentioned above in the case of a short win.

  Therefore, at the present stage, if the predetermined opening time 0.1 (second) has not yet elapsed, NO is determined in step 3240. In the first embodiment, for the predetermined opening time 0.1 (seconds) described above, another soft timer built in the main control device 300 is reset and starts counting the opening time.

  Along with the determination of NO in step 3240, in the next step 3250, it is determined whether C ≧ 9 as in step 3150 (see FIG. 34). At this stage, if C <9, the determination in step 3250 is NO.

  Thereafter, in accordance with the determination of YES in step 3240 due to the passage of 0.1 (seconds), or the determination of YES in step 3250 based on the detected number (9) of game balls by the special winning opening sensor S5, step 3251 is performed. The big prize opening is closed.

  Along with this, the driving mechanism 100b of the attacker 100 causes the large winning opening motor 160a to respond to the detection outputs of the light sensors S6 and S7 and the detection output of the large winning opening sensor S5 based on the short hit opening / closing pattern. Controlled by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300, it rotates in the counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 10 to further rotate the rotor member 160b in the same direction.

  Accordingly, the opening / closing plate 150 is disengaged from below by one of the pins 164 of the rotor member 160b at the rear side plate portion 150b, and instantaneously swings counterclockwise in FIG. 10 according to the contraction force of the coil spring 154. To reach the swing position shown in FIG. This means that the special winning opening 112 is closed. At this time, the optical sensor S6 detects the concave translucent part 163a located at the lower end in the figure in FIG. 4 among the outer peripheral parts of the rotor part 163, while the optical sensor S7 is the outer peripheral part of the rotor part 163. In FIG. 4, the arc-shaped light shielding portion 163b located on the left side of the upper end portion in the figure is detected.

  After step 3251, it is determined in step 3252 whether the closing time has elapsed. In the first embodiment, the closing time is set to 0.2 (seconds) in the short hit opening / closing pattern. Note that the passage of the closing time is counted by another soft timer built in the main controller 400.

  At the present stage, if the predetermined closing time 0.2 (second) has not elapsed, the determination in step 3252 is NO, and in the next step 3253a, the flag H = 1 is set.

  After that, when the short hit releasing process subroutine 3200 reaches step 3220 again, it is determined that the opening is not already in progress, and therefore NO is determined. Further, at the present stage, since the special winning hole 112 is closed and not ending as described above, it is sequentially determined as NO in each step 3290 and 3290a. Next, in step 3290b, it is determined whether or not H = 1. Here, since flag H has already been set to H = 1 in step 3252a, YES is determined in step 3290b.

  When the predetermined closing time of 0.2 (seconds) has elapsed, YES is determined in step 3252 based on the time measured by the other soft timer. Accordingly, after clearing flag H = 0 in step 3252b, it is determined in step 3253 whether the total opening / closing time has elapsed.

  Here, the passage of the total opening / closing time refers to the passage of a predetermined total opening / closing time, and this predetermined total opening / closing time is the total opening / closing time (for example, 0) of the grand prize winning hole 112 per round in the short win game. .1 (seconds) × 15 + 0.2 (seconds) × 14 = 4.3 (seconds)). The passage of the predetermined total opening / closing time is counted by another soft timer built in main controller 300.

  At the present stage, if the predetermined total switching time 4.3 (seconds) has not elapsed, the determination in step 3253 is NO. Thereafter, in each of the processes from step 3232 to step 3253, in the same manner as described above, the opening / closing of the big winning hole 112 is based on the short hit opening / closing pattern and the detection outputs of the two light sensors S5, S6 and the big winning opening. This is performed according to the detection output of the sensor S5. In other words, the special winning hole 112 is intermittently opened by 0.1 (second) every round.

  Accordingly, the player cannot expect to acquire a large amount of game balls but can expect to acquire game balls. Thereafter, when the predetermined total opening / closing time 4.3 (seconds) has elapsed, YES is determined in step 3253 based on the time measured by the other soft timer. As a result, the full opening / closing of the big winning hole 112 per round in the short win game is completed.

  As described above, when the determination in step 3253 becomes YES, it is determined in next step 3260 whether or not R = 15. In the first embodiment, as described above, the upper limit number of rounds R in the short hit game is 15. Therefore, if R <15 at the present stage, NO is determined in step 3260.

  Thereafter, when the short hit opening process subroutine 3200 proceeds to step 3220 again, at this stage, the opening effect accompanying the start of the short win game has already ended, and the big winning hole 112 is As described above, since the number of update rounds R <15 in step 3231 has been preliminarily closed under the big prize opening closing process in step 3251, it is sequentially determined as NO in each step 3220 and 3290. The Furthermore, at the present stage, the ending to be performed after the short win game has ended 15 rounds has not yet started because R <15. For this reason, it is determined as NO in Step 3290a.

  Next, in step 3290b, it is determined whether or not H = 1. At this stage, since H = 0 has been cleared at step 3252b, the determination at step 3290b is NO.

  Accordingly, in the next step 3290c, it is determined whether or not the interval time has elapsed. In the first embodiment, the interval time lapse refers to a predetermined interval time between rounds in the short win game (the time from closing the big prize opening hole 112 to opening). The predetermined interval time is counted by another soft timer built in main controller 300.

  Therefore, at the present stage, since the elapsed time after having determined YES in step 3253 has not yet elapsed since the total switching time has elapsed as described above, the determination in step 3290c is not performed. Becomes NO.

  Thereafter, when the short hit opening subroutine 3200 proceeds to step 3290c at least once, if the interval time has elapsed, YES is determined in step 3290c. Then, in step 3231, the round number R is added and updated by “1” based on Expression (12).

  Along with this, the processing in step 3232 to step 3253 is repeated in the same manner as described above, and thereby the opening / closing of the big winning hole 112 is repeated in the same manner as described above. Next, the processing from step 3260 to step 3290c is repeated in the same manner as described above. When the determination at step 3290c becomes YES with the passage of the interval time, the round number R addition update processing at step 3231 is performed in the same manner. Thereafter, the process as described above is repeated every time the round number R is added and updated in Step 3231.

  In this state, when the latest update round number R in step 3231 becomes R = 15, YES is determined in the subsequent step 3260. Accordingly, in step 3261, the number of rounds R = 0 is cleared.

  Next, in the ending process in the next step 3262, a process for starting an ending effect representing the end of the short hit game on the image display 40 is performed. The ending effect time, that is, the predetermined ending time is counted by another soft timer built in the main control device 300. At this stage, if the predetermined ending time has not elapsed, NO is determined in step 3270.

  Thereafter, when the short hit releasing process subroutine 3200 passes through both steps 3220 and 3290 and reaches step 3290a, it is determined as YES if ending is in progress. Thereafter, when YES is determined in the step 3270, the short hit game is ended in the process in the short hit game end processing subroutine 3280.

  When the short hit releasing process subroutine 3200 is completed in this manner, the next small hitting release process subroutine 3300 is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. In the first embodiment, since the small hit game is substantially the same as the short hit game, the flowchart of FIG. 36 has a configuration substantially similar to the flowchart of FIG. 35 described above.

  Accordingly, steps 3310, 3320, 3330, 3331 and 3332 in FIG. 36 correspond to steps 3210, 3220, 3230, 3231 and 3232 in FIG. 35, respectively, and steps 3340, 3350, 3351 and 3360 in FIG. , 3351, 3361 and 3370 correspond to Steps 3240, 3250, 3251, 3252, 3252a and 3253 of FIG. 36 correspond to the steps 3260, 3251, 3261, 3262 and 3270 in FIG. 35, respectively, and the steps 3321, 3322, 3323 and 3324 in FIG. 36 correspond to the steps 3260, 3251, 3261, 3262 and 3270 in FIG. Corresponds to Steps 3290, 3290a, 3290b and 3290c in FIG. Note that the small hit game end processing subroutine 3391 in FIG. 36 corresponds to the short hit game end processing subroutine 3280 in FIG.

  However, the opening / closing process of the big prize opening hole 112 performed in steps 3331 to 3380 depends on the detection outputs of the light sensors S6 and S7 and the detection output of the big prize opening sensor S5 according to the above-described small hitting opening / closing pattern. Made. In addition, the process in other steps is also performed for the small hit game. A flag M shown in FIG. 36 corresponds to the flag H shown in FIG.

  Thereby, the processing of the small hitting time opening process subroutine 3300 is performed in substantially the same manner as the short hitting time opening process subroutine 3200. As a result, the opening / closing of the special prize opening hole 112 is changed to the detection outputs of the light sensor S6, S7 and the detection output of the special prize opening sensor S5 according to the small hitting opening / closing pattern every time until the number T = 15. Made accordingly. Whether or not a small hit game is being played in step 3310 is determined based on whether or not a small hit game start process in step 1542 (see FIG. 30) has been performed.

  According to the above, in the small hitting time opening process subroutine 3300, the special winning opening 112 is intermittently opened by 0.1 (second) every 15 times.

  In this way, when the big winning hole 112 is opened in the small hit game, as in the case of the short hit game described above, the view is directed toward the attacker 100 along the board surface 11 between the window glass FD2 and the game board 10. The game ball that rolls as indicated by 10 collides with the upper surface portion of the raised portion 113 and is guided toward the raised portion 124, or directly collides with the upper surface portion of the raised portion 124, and then the big prize opening. It falls toward the hole 112.

Here, the opening time per one time of the big winning hole 112 at the time of the small hit game is the same as the opening time per time of the big winning hole 112 at the time of the short hit game. For this reason, in the small hit game, similarly to the short hit game, the player can expect to acquire a game ball although it does not aim to acquire a large amount of prize balls as in the long hit game.
(8) Electric Chu Processing When the processing of the special prize opening processing routine 3000 is completed as described above, the timer interruption program proceeds to the next electric chew processing routine 4000 (see FIGS. 23 and 37). In general, the electric chew processing routine 4000 is to open the electric tulip 60 in accordance with a probable or short game state after the opening effect is finished while the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine is an auxiliary game. The opportunity for winning the game ball to the electric chew winning slot 61 for the player is increased. Details will be described below.

  As described above, when the timer interruption program proceeds to the electric chew processing routine 4000, it is determined in step 4100 (see FIG. 37) whether or not an auxiliary game is in progress. At the present stage, if the gaming state by the pachinko gaming machine is in an auxiliary game, the determination in step 4100 is YES.

  Then, in the next step 4200, it is determined whether or not opening is in progress. Here, “opening” means that an opening effect is being made on the image display 40 with the start of the auxiliary game.

  Therefore, at the present stage, if the opening effect is accompanied by the start of the auxiliary game, it is determined YES in step 4200, and then in step 4300, it is determined whether or not the opening time has elapsed. However, the progress of the opening is determined by the passage of a predetermined opening time.

  At this time, if the predetermined opening time has not yet elapsed, the determination in step 4300 is NO. Note that the lapse of the opening time is determined based on the result of counting the predetermined opening time by another soft timer built in main controller 300.

  After that, when the electric chew processing routine 4000 reaches step 4300 at least once, if YES is determined, it is determined in the next step 4400 whether the game state is probable or short.

  Thus, if the gaming state is a promising or short-time gaming state at the present stage, it is determined YES in step 4400, and then the opening time of the electric tulip 60 in the next opening time setting process in step 4410 is 3. Set to 5 (seconds). On the other hand, if the game state is not a probability change or a short-time game state but a non-probability change game state (normal game state), the opening time of the electric tulip 60 is 0.2 (seconds) in the opening time setting process in step 4420. Set to

  After the processing in step 4410 or 4420, in the next electric chew release processing in step 4430, the electric tulip 60 is controlled to 3.5 (seconds) or 0.2 (seconds) under the control of the CPU 360 of the main controller 300. During this time, it is driven by the electric Chu actuator 62 to open.

  Accordingly, the electric chew winning opening 61 of the electric tulip 60 is opened. Thereby, the player can expect an increase in the winning of the game ball to the electric chew winning opening 61 via the electric tulip 60. As described above, the opening time of the electric chew winning slot 61 is 3.5 (seconds) in the probable or short game state, and 0.2 (seconds) in the non-probable game state. Therefore, the above-mentioned player's expectation is greater in the probabilistic or shorter game state than in the non-probable game state.

  After the processing in step 4430, it is determined in step 4500 whether or not the opening time has elapsed. Here, the elapse of the opening time means the elapse of a predetermined opening time (3.5 (seconds) or 0.2 (seconds)) of the electric chew winning opening 61. If the predetermined opening time has not elapsed at the present stage, NO is determined in step 4500. Note that the elapse of the opening time of the electric chew winning opening 61 is counted by another soft timer built in the main controller 300.

  Thereafter, when the predetermined release time has elapsed when the electric chew processing routine 4000 reaches step 4500 at least once, the predetermined release by the other soft timer is executed in step 4500. YES is determined based on the time measurement result.

For this reason, in the electric chew closing process in step 4510, the electric tulip 60 is driven by the electric chew actuator 62 under the control of the CPU 360 of the main controller 300, and the game ball wins the electric chew winning slot 61. Close to regulate. Accordingly, in the auxiliary game end process in step 4520, the auxiliary game by the pachinko gaming machine is ended.
(9) Output Processing When the processing of the electric chew processing routine 4000 is completed as described above, the timer interrupt program proceeds to the output processing routine 5000 (see FIG. 23). In this output processing routine 5000, the detection output of the electric chew sensor S2, the detection output of the normal winning mouth sensor S4, and the detection output of the big winning mouth sensor S5 performed in each processing of the random number update processing routine 500 to the electric chew processing routine 4000. The detection outputs of the optical sensors S6 and S7 and other various data are output to the sub control device 400 via the O / F 340 and the O / F 340.
3. Sub-control-device-side game operation mode When the main-control-device-side game operation mode is processed as described above, in the sub-control device 400, the payout control unit 400a is placed in the payout game operation mode and the effect control unit 400b. However, together with the display control unit 400c and the lamp control unit 400d, the production game operation mode is set.
(1) Payout Game Operation Mode After the payout control unit 400a of the sub-control device 400 starts executing the payout control program as described above, various data are output from the main controller 400 in the output processing routine 4000 as described above. When output to the sub-control device 400, if the various data includes payout data (detection output of the big prize opening sensor S5, etc.), the payout control unit 400a causes the CPU 413 to store the payout data in the I / F 411. The game ball is paid out, and a payout output is output from the O / F 412 to the payout drive motor M. Therefore, the payout mechanism pays out the game ball in accordance with a predetermined payout condition under the drive of the payout drive motor M.
(2) Production Game Operation Mode As described above, when the production control unit 400b of the sub-control device 400 starts executing the production control program according to the flowchart of FIG. 38, in the random number update processing routine 7000, various random numbers for production etc. The random number is updated based on various random number data such as rendering random number data stored in the ROM 426.

In the first embodiment, the above-described random number data for presentation includes a low-probability gaming state in which the winning probability in the jackpot lottery is a normal probability, and a high-probability gaming state in which the winning probability is higher than the normal probability. The data required for performing lottery for notifying or concealing any of the game states of both, and is composed of a random number sequence consisting of 0, 1, 2,.
(1) Various Input Processes When the process of the random number update process routine 7000 is completed as described above, the effect control program proceeds to various input process routines 8000 (see FIG. 38). In the various input processing routines 8000, as described above, various game state information out of various data output from the main control device 300 via the O / F 340 is used as the I / F 421 and the bus line 420 of the effect control unit 400b. Are input to the CPU 425 and set in the RAM 427 by the CPU 425.

Next, the latest random number of the effect random number data updated by the random number update processing routine 7000 is set in the RAM 427 by the CPU 425. Thereafter, various input data such as a symbol pattern from the display control unit 400 c and a lamp pattern from the lamp control unit 400 d are read by the CPU 425 and set in the RAM 427.
(2) Display Processing When the processing of the various input processing routines 8000 is completed as described above, the processing of the next display processing routine 9000 (see FIGS. 38 and 39) is performed. In this display processing routine 9000, in the special symbol corresponding decorative symbol display processing 9100, the decorative symbol variation display corresponding to the special symbol is displayed by the image display unit 40 in accordance with the special symbol variation display by the special symbol indicator 230. It is made like

  That is, when the special symbol change start command in step 1300 (see FIG. 27) of the special symbol processing routine 1000 is output to the effect control unit 400b by the CPU 360 of the main control device 300 as described above, the image display 40 Is controlled by the production control unit 400b via the display control unit 400c to variably display the decorative symbols corresponding to the above-described special symbols. As a result, the decorative symbol is displayed in a variably displayed manner on the image display 140 in accordance with the variably displayed special symbol on the special symbol indicator 230.

  Thereafter, as described above, when the special symbol variation stop command set in step 1410 of the special symbol processing routine 1000 is output to the effect control unit 400b by the CPU 360 of the main controller 300, the image display 40 is controlled by the production control unit 400b via the display control unit 400c, and the above-described decorative symbol variation display is stopped.

  Further, the following pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200 (see FIGS. 39 and 40) is performed in accordance with the special symbol corresponding decorative symbol display processing subroutine 9100 as described above. In the pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200, the swing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is performed as follows with the end of the special symbol change display by the special symbol display 230.

  That is, in step 9210 of FIG. 40, it is determined whether or not short hit or small hit. At the present stage, as described above, the small hitting start signal output from the main controller 300 in step 1543 (see FIG. 30) or the short hit start output from the main controller 300 in step 1562 (see FIG. 30). If there is a signal, the result of the big hit lottery mentioned above is a small hit or short hit. For this reason, YES is determined in step 9210.

  On the other hand, if neither the small hit start signal or the short hit start signal described above is output from the main control device 300, the result of the big hit lottery described above is lost or long hit. For this reason, the determination in step 9210 is NO, and in the next step 9220, it is determined whether or not a loss has occurred.

  At this stage, if there is no long hit start signal output from the main controller 300 in step 1572 (see FIG. 30) as well as the above small hit start signal and short hit start signal, the result of the big hit lottery is Since it is a loss, it is determined as YES in Step 9220. If the long hit start signal is output from the main controller 300 at the present stage, the result of the big hit lottery is the long hit. For this reason, the determination in step 9220 is NO.

  Thus, as described above, if YES is determined in step 9210 or step 9220, it is determined in next step 9230 whether or not a special symbol variation stop command is output.

  At this stage, if the special symbol variation stop command set in step 1410 of the special symbol processing routine 1000 is not output from the main controller 300, NO is determined in step 9230. This means that the processing after step 9231 is prohibited because the timing of the pseudo opening / closing effect by the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 has not yet arrived.

  On the other hand, if the special symbol variation stop command described above is output from the main control device 300 at this stage, the time for the pseudo opening / closing effect by the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 has arrived. Determined. Accordingly, in the next step 9231, a pseudo opening / closing effect pattern reading process is performed. Thereby, the predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern indicated by reference numeral 7 in FIG. 41 is read from the ROM 426 of the effect control unit 400b together with the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5 (see FIG. 22 (e)).

  In the first embodiment, the predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7 is configured by a pattern portion excluding the opening effect time ΔTa in the short hit opening / closing pattern, and is stored in advance in the ROM 426 of the effect control unit 400b. ing.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 41, the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7 includes the time for opening (swinging upward) and closing (swinging downward) the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170. Similar to the short hit opening / closing pattern described above, ΔTo (= 0.1 (seconds)) and ΔTc (= 0.2 (seconds)) corresponding to 15 rounds of the short hit game, as repeated in this order. Is set.

  The operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 based on the predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7 is set as follows.

  That is, at the time of a small hit, the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is given by the winning probability (6/300) × operation ratio (1/1) in the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5. In the case of a short hit, the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is given by the winning probability (1/300) × operation ratio (2/10) in the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5.

  In the case of a loss, the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is given by the winning probability (293/300) × operation ratio (10/250) in the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5.

  When the processing in step 9231 ends as described above, in the pseudo opening / closing effect start processing in the next step 9232, the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is the above-described short hit, small hit, or loss. Is started according to a predetermined pseudo-opening / closing effect pattern 7 based on the operation probability.

  Accordingly, in the drive mechanism 100 c of the attacker 100, the plunger 183 resists the urging force of the coil spring 184 every time the effect member actuator 180 is excited by the solenoid 182 according to the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7. And is displaced toward the rear of the game board 10 together with the slider 190a.

  For this reason, the crank 190b is guided rearward along the elongated hole 194 by the guide tube 193 and engages with the pin 196 on the front inner wall of the recess 195, so that the pin 196 is directed toward the rear of the game board 10. When the guide tube 193 is pushed and engaged with the rear end of the inner wall of the elongated hole 194 of the guide tube 193, the guide tube 193 rotates in the counterclockwise direction shown in FIG.

  Therefore, for each rotation, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 swings in the clockwise direction in FIG. 7 via the connecting pin 171a by the front end 192 of the crank 190b with reference to the both support shafts 171b and 172a. In other words, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 performs the above-described pseudo closing every time the crank 190b rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG.

  In addition, each time the effect member actuator 180 is demagnetized by the solenoid 182 according to the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7, the plunger 183 is biased by the coil spring 184 and pushes the slider 190a while the game board 10 Displacement toward the front of

  For this reason, the crank 190b is guided forward along the elongated hole 194 by the guide cylinder 193 and engages with the pin 196 on the rear inner wall of the recess 195, so that the pin 196 causes the game board 10 to move forward. The guide tube 193 is engaged with the front end portion of the inner wall of the elongated hole portion 194. Accordingly, the crank 190b rotates in the clockwise direction shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 with the guide tube 193 as a reference.

  Therefore, for each rotation, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 swings counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 7 via the connecting pin 171a by the front end 192 of the crank 190b with reference to the both support shafts 171b and 172a. . In other words, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 performs the above-described pseudo opening every time the crank 190b rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG.

  As described above, each time the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 performs pseudo closing or pseudo opening as described above, the front wall portion 170a is lowered in the groove portion 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the belt-like front frame 120. Or if it rocks | fluctuates upwards, the said front wall part 170a will collide alternately with the lower inner wall and upper side inner wall of the groove part 121a in the lower end surface and an upper end surface, and the collision sound called a clack is generated intermittently.

  This is because the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 collides with the lower inner wall and the upper inner wall alternately in the groove 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the belt-like front frame 120 due to the closing and opening thereof, and the above-described collision sound. Means to generate.

  The pseudo opening / closing operation of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 as described above is performed during a short hit or small hit game according to the short hit opening process subroutine or the small hit opening process subroutine after the special symbol fluctuation stop as described above. This is performed in accordance with the opening / closing of the special winning opening 112 made according to the short hit opening / closing pattern or the small hit opening / closing pattern. Thereby, the player comes to think that the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is a short hit or a small hit through the continuation of the game.

  According to such a premise, as described above, even if the gaming state after the stoppage of the special symbol variation is not short hit or small hit but lost, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 as described above is simulated. Since the opening / closing operation is performed in conjunction with the stoppage of fluctuations in the special symbol, even if the big winning hole 112 remains closed due to a loss, the player feels as if the big winning hole 112 is short or small. The illusion is that the door is opened or closed due to a hit.

  For this reason, even if the jackpot lottery result is a loss as described above, the winning probability of the jackpot itself, the rate of entry into the probability variation state, the allocation rate between long hits and short hits, etc. are not particularly changed. Whether or not the mode has been changed to the latent mode (short hit or small hit game mode) without impairing the balance of interest between the hall manager and the player, that is, the so-called game balance. It is possible to increase opportunities for players to hold such expectations.

  In addition, as described above, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is provided in the big prize opening main body 100a so as to face the big prize opening hole 112 in a superimposed manner together with the front frame 120 from the front. For this reason, the player's line of sight with respect to the big winning hole 112 is blocked by the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 and the front frame 120. Therefore, it is very difficult for the player to determine whether or not the special winning opening 112 is actually opened and closed.

  In other words, even if the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 and the front frame 120 are colored and transparent, the swing of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 in front of the big winning opening hole 112 is easily illusioned to be the opening / closing of the big winning opening hole 112. . In particular, when the big hit lottery is lost, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 and the front frame 120 are opposed to the big prize opening hole 112 in a superimposed manner from the front, thereby easily causing an illusion of short win or small win. As a result, as described above, it is possible to increase an opportunity for the player to have an expectation as to whether or not the mode has shifted to the latent mode (short hit or small hit game mode).

  Further, as described above, the swinging direction of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is the same as the swinging direction (opening / closing direction) of the opening / closing plate 150 with respect to the special prize opening hole 112. For this reason, even if the special winning opening 112 is not actually opened and closed, the swinging of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is likely to cause the illusion of opening / closing the special winning opening 112.

  As a result, as described above, it is possible to increase an opportunity for the player to have an expectation as to whether or not the mode has shifted to the latent mode (short hit or small hit game mode). Note that the swinging direction of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 described above is the same as the swinging direction of the opening / closing plate 150, the swinging of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is not the same direction as the swinging of the opening / closing plate 150. For example, both the swing direction of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 and the swing direction of the opening / closing plate 150 may be in the vertical direction.

  Further, as described above, since the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is swung within the grooves 121a, 122a and 123a of the front frame 120, the game ball does not directly collide with the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170. For this reason, the game ball can roll smoothly without being affected by the swing of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170. Thereby, in the pachinko gaming machine, stable gaming performance can be maintained.

  In addition, as described above, since the game ball does not directly collide with the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is not worn or damaged due to the collision with the game ball. As a result, the durability of the attacker 100 can be increased in the pachinko gaming machine.

  When the processing of the pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200 is completed as described above, in the jackpot gaming display processing subroutine 9300, the jackpot (at least one of long hit and short hit) of various data output as described above is obtained. Based on the data to be represented, display processing of the effect representing that the big hit game is being performed.

  Accordingly, based on the display process, the image display 40 is driven by the display control unit 400c to display the effect representing the above jackpot game, and the frame lamp 270, each star board lamp 110, and each The star-shaped movable accessory 210 is driven by the lamp control unit 400c, and the effect lighting is performed in accordance with the effect display representing the big hit game (long win or short win) by the image display 40 described above.

  When the processing of the jackpot gaming display processing subroutine 9300 is completed in this way, in the other standby display processing subroutine 9400, the standby status is displayed based on the data indicating the standby status among the various data output as described above. An effect display process is performed.

Accordingly, based on the display processing, the image display 40 is driven by the display control unit 400c to display the above-described effects such as waiting, and the frame lamp 270, each star disk lamp 110, and each The star-shaped movable accessory 210 is driven by the lamp control unit 400c, and the effect lighting is performed in accordance with the effect display indicating that the image display unit 40 is on standby.
(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 42 and 43. In the second embodiment, the pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200 (see FIG. 40) described in the first embodiment is used. The pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200A shown in FIG. 42 is employed.

  This pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200A has a configuration in which steps 9234, 9235 and 9236 are provided in place of step 9231 in the pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200 (see FIG. 40).

  Further, in the second embodiment, instead of the predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7 (see FIG. 41) described in the first embodiment, a predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern indicated by reference numeral 8 in FIG. 43 is adopted. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 43, the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 8 closes the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 during the opening effect time ΔTa of the short hit opening / closing pattern 5 and then the same pattern as the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7. The pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 8 is stored in advance in the ROM 426 of the effect control unit 400b in place of the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment configured as described above, when YES is determined in step 9230 (see FIGS. 40 and 42) based on the output of the special symbol fluctuation stop command as in the first embodiment, In step 9234, an opening effect time measuring process is performed.

  In the second embodiment, in this opening effect time measuring process, the opening effect time refers to the opening effect time ΔTa of the short hit opening / closing pattern 5 or the small hit opening / closing pattern 6 described in the first embodiment. The opening effect time is counted by a soft timer built in the effect control unit 400b.

  After the process of step 9234, in the next step 9235, it is determined whether or not the opening effect time has elapsed. Thus, when the opening effect time has elapsed while the determination of NO in step 9235 is repeated, YES is determined in step 9235 based on the time measured by the soft timer of the effect control unit 400b described above.

  Accordingly, in the next pseudo opening / closing effect pattern reading process in step 9236, a predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 8 is read from the ROM 426 of the effect control unit 400b together with the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5 (see FIG. 22 (e)). . Then, in the pseudo opening / closing effect start processing in the next step 9232, the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is determined based on the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect at the time of short hit, small hit or lose as described above. It starts in response to the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 8.

  Accordingly, each time the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 performs pseudo closing or pseudo opening according to the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 8 according to the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 8 based on the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect described above. When the front wall portion 170a swings downward or upward in the groove portion 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the belt-like front frame 120, the front wall portion 170a is below the groove portion 121a at its lower end surface and upper end surface. It collides alternately with the side inner wall and the upper inner wall, and intermittently generates a collision sound called a rattling.

  This is because the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 alternately collides with the lower inner wall and the upper inner wall in the groove 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the belt-like front frame 120 due to the pseudo closing and pseudo opening. Means that the above-mentioned collision sound is generated.

  As described above, the pseudo opening / closing operation of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 in the second embodiment as described above is performed according to the short-hit opening process subroutine or the small-hit opening process subroutine after the special symbol variation stop or In accordance with the opening / closing of the short winning opening / closing pattern or the small hitting opening / closing pattern, the opening effect time ΔTa is performed in accordance with the opening / closing of the big prize opening hole 112 made during the small hitting game.

Also by this, the player comes to think that the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is a short hit or a small hit through the continuation of the game as in the first embodiment. As a result, also according to the second embodiment, substantially the same operational effects as those of the first embodiment can be achieved.
(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 44 and 45. In the third embodiment, the pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200 (see FIG. 40) described in the first embodiment is used. The pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200B shown in FIG. 44 is employed.

  This pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200B has a configuration in which steps 9250, 9251, 9252 and 9253 are provided in place of the steps 9230 and 9231 in the pseudo opening / closing effect processing subroutine 9200.

  In the third embodiment, instead of the predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7 (see FIG. 41) described in the first embodiment, a predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern indicated by reference numeral 9 in FIG. 45 is adopted. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 45, the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 9 is configured by the pattern portions 9a, 9b and 9c, and the pattern portion 9a is configured in the same manner as the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7.

  The pattern portion 9b is configured to be sequentially shorter with the passage of time than the opening time shorter than the opening time of the pattern portion 9a and the closing time of the pattern portion 9a.

  The pattern portion 9c is configured to have a closing time and an opening time longer than the closing time and the closing time of the pattern portion 9a, respectively. The pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 9 is stored in advance in the ROM 426 of the effect control unit 400b instead of the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the third embodiment configured as described above, as in the first embodiment, since the result of the big hit lottery is short hit, small hit or lost, step 9210 or step 9220 (FIGS. 41 and 44). If it is determined as YES in (see FIG. 44), it is determined in step 9250 (see FIG. 44) whether or not a special symbol variation start command is output.

  At this stage, the special symbol change start command set in step 1300 (see FIG. 27) of the special symbol processing routine 1000 described in the first embodiment is output from the main control device 300 to the effect control unit 400b. If this is the case, it is determined YES in step 9250 because it is the start time of the special symbol variation display.

  Next, in step 9251, a special symbol initial variation time counting process is performed. In this initial variation time counting process, the initial variation time of the special symbol means an initial variation time after the start of variation of the special symbol in the variation time T1 of the special symbol (see FIG. 45). The initial variation time is counted by another soft timer built in the effect control unit 400b.

  After the process of step 9251, in the next step 9252, it is determined whether or not the initial symbol change time has elapsed. Thus, if the initial variation time has elapsed while the determination of NO in step 9252 is repeated, YES is determined in step 9252 based on the time measured by another soft timer built in the effect control unit 400b.

  Accordingly, in the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern reading process in the next step 9253, the predetermined pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 9 is read from the ROM 426 of the effect control unit 400b together with the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB5 (see FIG. 22E). . Then, in the pseudo opening / closing effect start processing in the next step 9232, the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is determined based on the operation probability of the pseudo opening / closing effect at the time of short hit, small hit or lose as described above. It starts in response to the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7.

  Therefore, every time the effect member 170 performs pseudo close or pseudo open according to the pseudo open / close effect pattern 9 according to the pseudo open / close effect pattern 9 according to the above described pseudo open / close effect operation probability, When the portion 170a swings downward or upward in the groove portion 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the belt-like front frame 120, the front wall portion 170a has a lower inner wall and a lower inner wall of the groove portion 121a at its lower end surface and upper end surface. It collides alternately with the upper inner wall and intermittently generates a collision sound.

  This is because the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 collides with the lower inner wall and the upper inner wall alternately in the groove 121a of the front wall portion 121 of the belt-like front frame 120 due to the closing and opening thereof, and the above-described collision sound. Means to generate.

  The opening / closing operation of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 in the third embodiment as described above is started according to the pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 9 with the passage of the initial change time after the start of the change display of the special symbol as described above. After the symbol display change is finished, it is performed in accordance with the opening / closing of the big winning hole 112 that is performed during the short hit or small hit game according to the short hit opening process subroutine or the small hit opening process subroutine.

  Also by this, the player comes to think that the pseudo opening / closing effect of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 is a short hit or a small hit through the continuation of the game as in the first embodiment. As a result, also according to the second embodiment, substantially the same operational effects as those of the first embodiment can be achieved.

In carrying out the present invention, the following various modifications are possible without being limited to the above embodiments.
(1) In the attacker 100 described in each of the above embodiments, the opening / closing member is generally not limited to the opening / closing plate 150, and an opening / closing member having a configuration positioned so as to open / close the special prize opening hole 112 may be employed. . Accordingly, the driving mechanism 100b may be changed to any driving mechanism as long as the opening / closing member is driven so as to open / close the special winning hole 112.
(2) In the attacker described in each of the above embodiments, the front frame 120 of the attacker main body 100a may be eliminated, and the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 may be simply swung as described above.
(3) In the attacker described in each of the above embodiments, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 of the attacker main body 100a is overlapped with the front frame 120 from the front of the board surface 11 of the game board 10 so as to overlap the prize winning hole 112. For example, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 may be provided in the game board 10 so as to be positioned in the vicinity of the upper side or the lower side of the big prize opening hole 112 together with the front frame 120.
(4) The number of rounds per long and short is not limited to 15, and may be 14 as long as both are the same. In this case, the number of rounds per child is the same as the number of rounds per short.
(5) The opening time per round of the big winning hole 112 in the short hit opening / closing pattern and the child hitting opening pattern may be appropriately changed as long as it is 1.8 (seconds) or less as a whole.
(6) The winning of the game ball to the electric chew winning opening 61 of the electric tulip 60 may also be used as the winning to the start winning opening 51.
(7) The pseudo opening / closing effect pattern 7, 8 or 9 described above may be appropriately changed without being limited to these pattern forms.
(8) The belt-like front frame 120 described above is not limited to the U-shape, and the front wall portion 121 and each of the left wall portion 122 and the right wall portion 123 extending forward from the winning prize mouth plate 110 are May be formed, for example, as a curved wall portion that curves forwardly. Accordingly, the front wall portion 170a of the above-described pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170, and each of the left wall portion 170b and the right wall portion 170c extending forward from the prize winning opening plate 110 are connected to the curved wall. A curved shape may be used in accordance with the curved shape of the part.
(9) In addition, each portion of the left wall portion 122 and the right wall portion 123 of the belt-like front frame 120 that extends from the winning prize opening plate 110 to the rear extends to the rear of the winning prize opening plate 110. The crank 190b may be formed so as to be lengthened forward by shortening it to the extent.
(10) Unlike the above embodiments, the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 described above may be a pseudo opening / closing effect member such as a U-shaped rod.
(11) The above-described pseudo opening / closing effect board 170 passes through the lower center part of the lower center part of the game board 10 (for example, the left and right insertion holes 114 and 115 of the prize winning mouth plate 110) and moves up and down to the rear. It only needs to be positioned so as to extend in a swingable direction. It should be noted that the extension length of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 from the lower central portion may be shorter than that in the above embodiment, and the crank 190b may be extended forward.
(12) The operation ratio of the pseudo opening / closing effect plate 170 in the pseudo opening / closing effect table TB (see FIG. 22 (e)) may be changed as necessary.

10 ... game board, 40 ... image display, 50 ... start chucker,
51 ... Starting prize opening, 60 ... Electric tulip, 61 ... Den Chu winning prize,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Attacker, 100b ... Drive mechanism, 112 ... Grand prize opening hole, 150 ... Opening / closing plate,
170 ... Pseudo opening / closing effect board, 230 ... Special symbol display, 300 ... Main controller,
400b ... Production control unit, 426 ... ROM.

Claims (1)

Game board,
A grand prize opening that opens forward from the board surface of the game board, an opening / closing member that is provided on the game board so as to be positioned on the rear side thereof and opens or closes the grand prize opening; and the grand prize A pseudo opening / closing effect member extending so as to be swingable in the vertical direction from the game board to the front side of the big prize opening hole so as to be opposed to the mouth hole in a superimposed manner from the front side thereof; An open / close member drive means for driving the open / close member so as to open or close, and a pseudo open / close effect member drive means for driving the pseudo open / close effect member to swing in the vertical direction. Mouth means,
With the goal of winning a large number of gaming balls, short hits not aiming to acquire a large number of gaming balls, and a large amount of gaming balls for the purpose of winning a large amount of gaming balls on the condition that a winning game ball wins against the starting prize opening provided on the gaming board A winning lottery means for performing a winning lottery for a small hit or a game ball that can not be obtained,
A special symbol display means provided on the game board for displaying the special symbols in a variable manner;
For the player, the opening and closing member is specified based on the opening time corresponding to the long opening time, the short opening and closing pattern specified based on the opening time shorter than the opening time by the long opening pattern, or the player Based on a small contact opening / closing pattern that appears to be the same as the open state by the short contact opening / closing pattern, the opening / closing member driving means is driven to open or close the large winning opening hole of the large winning opening means. First control means for controlling;
Second control means for controlling the special symbol display means so as to variably display the special symbol on condition that a game ball is won at the starting winning opening;
When the result of the winning lottery is short hit, small hit or lost, the pseudo opening / closing effect member pseudo-activates opening and closing of the big winning hole based on a predetermined operation probability A pachinko gaming machine comprising: third control means for drivingly controlling the pseudo opening / closing effect member driving means so as to operate in accordance with any of the plurality of pseudo opening / closing effect patterns defined in.

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