JP5968849B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachislot machine.

  Conventionally, it is detected that a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols arranged on each surface, a game medal, a coin, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a “medal, etc.”) and a start lever is operated by a player, A start switch that requests the start of rotation of a plurality of reels and a stop button provided corresponding to each of the plurality of reels are detected by the player, and the stop of rotation of the corresponding reel is requested. A stop switch that outputs a signal, a stepping motor that is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of reels, and that transmits each driving force to each reel, and a stepping motor based on the signals output by the start switch and the stop switch The reel control unit controls the operation of each reel and rotates and stops each reel. When it is detected, lottery is performed based on the random number value, and the rotation of the reel is determined based on the result of the lottery (hereinafter referred to as “internal winning combination”) and the timing at which the stop button is detected. A so-called pachislot machine that stops is known.

  This type of gaming machine has a normal high RT gaming state (RT2 gaming state) and an extra high RT gaming state (RT4 gaming state) that have a high probability of replay related to replay being determined as an internal winning combination. In addition, when a specific winning combination (replay) and a predetermined winning combination (replay) are overlapped, a specific replay (RT4 actuating combination) is established by adding a stop operation in a specific stop operation sequence, and is used for addition The gaming state is shifted to a high RT gaming state (RT4 gaming state), and a stop operation is performed in a predetermined stopping operation sequence, whereby a predetermined replay (RT2 actuator) is established and a normal high RT gaming state (RT2 gaming state) There is known a gaming machine in which the gaming state is shifted to (state) (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this gaming machine, when a specific condition is satisfied, the number of notifications (the value of the villa counter) for notifying the stop operation order in which a specific replay (RT4 actuator) is established is determined, and the determined number of notifications is digested. Until then, a predetermined number of ART games is awarded every time a specific replay (RT4 actuator) is established. Then, after the notification for the determined number of notifications has been made, the normal high RT gaming state (RT2 gaming state) is activated by notifying the stop operation sequence in which a predetermined replay (RT2 operating role) is established. As a result, a state (ART) advantageous to the player is performed for the number of the given ART games.

JP 2010-233721 A

  However, since the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 has a plurality of RT gaming states such as a normal high RT gaming state (RT2 gaming state) and an additional high RT gaming state (RT4 gaming state), There is a problem that the amount of data handled by the main control circuit (main CPU) increases.

  Moreover, in the above-mentioned gaming machine, it is immediately detected from the reel stop symbol whether a specific replay (RT4 actuating role) or a predetermined replay (RT2 actuating role) is established. When the number of times of the stop operation order in which the combination (replay) is established is small, there is a problem that the player is given a sense of loss.

  However, in the gaming machine as described above, if all of the plurality of RT gaming states described above are managed on the sub-control circuit side, the amount of data handled by the main control circuit (main CPU) can be suppressed. However, in such a gaming machine, generally only one-way communication from the main control circuit side to the sub control circuit side is permitted, and therefore, a plurality of RT gaming states are managed on the sub control circuit side. In such a case, it becomes impossible for the main control circuit side to grasp which RT gaming state it is in. For this reason, there is a problem that appropriate control cannot be performed on the main control circuit side.

  Such a problem is not limited to a single gaming machine, but may also occur in an external device such as a gaming information display device or a hall computer installed on a gaming island above the gaming machine. That is, external devices such as these game information display devices and hall computers receive external signals output from the main control circuit of the gaming machine, and display and manage them. Therefore, there has been a problem that if an appropriate external signal is not output from the main control circuit, appropriate display and management cannot be performed in the information display device or hall computer.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and it is possible to reduce the amount of data handled by the main control circuit as compared with the prior art, and to provide the number of games in which a state advantageous to the player continues. Even if the sub-control circuit side can manage various expectations, the main control circuit can perform appropriate control and is output from the main control circuit. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display device that performs display and management based on an external signal and a gaming machine that can output an appropriate external signal to an external device such as an external device such as a hall computer.

In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine according to the present invention displays a plurality of reels (3L, 3C, 3R) displaying a plurality of symbols and a part of the plurality of symbols displayed on the reels. A gaming machine (pachi-slot machine 1) comprising means (reel display window 4), a main control circuit (91) for controlling a gaming state relating to the progress of the game, and a sub-control circuit (101) for controlling an effect state relating to the game. ), The main control circuit rotates the reel based on the start operation detecting means (start switch 79) for detecting the start operation by the player and the start operation detected by the start operation detecting means. And a predetermined bonus combination (F_MB) and a specific push order combination (three bells) based on the detection of the start operation by the symbol change means (main CPU 93) and the start operation detection means. ) Including an internal winning combination determining means (main CPU 93) for determining an internal winning combination with a predetermined probability, and a stop operation for stopping each reel provided corresponding to the plurality of reels Based on the stop operation detecting means (stop switches 80L, 80C, 80R) for detecting the internal winning combination determined by the internal winning combination determining means and the timing when the stop operation is detected by the stop operation detecting means, The reel stop control means (main CPU 93) for stopping the fluctuation of the symbol displayed on the symbol display means by stopping the rotation of the reel, and the fluctuation of the symbol is stopped by the reel stop control means. Based on the combination of symbols stopped on the active line provided in the symbol display means, the winning or non-winning of the combination is determined The normal state (RT0 state) in which the probability that the replay related to replay is determined as the internal winning combination is low and the probability that the replay is determined as the internal winning combination is higher than the normal state. And a gaming state transition control means (main CPU 93) for controlling the transition of the gaming state between the high RT state (RT1 state) and the sub control circuit is predetermined during the high RT state. The specific effect state in which the effect state is shifted to a specific effect state (ART state) in which information about an advantageous stop operation related to the provision of the game medium is notified when any one of a plurality of specific conditions is satisfied. Prior to the start of the specific effect state, the transition means (sub CPU 102), and the special effect that determines the number of continuous games (the number of AT games) in the specific effect state. Special effect state transition means (sub CPU 102) for shifting to a state (addition special state 1 or 2), and a predetermined number of games (for example, 10 to 500 games) each time a predetermined condition is satisfied in the special effect state And a continuous game number determination means (sub CPU102) for determining the total number of the predetermined number of games as the total number of continuous games, and the gaming state transition control means includes the predetermined bonus On condition that the winning combination is determined as the internal winning combination, the gaming state is shifted to the bonus flag carry-over state, and the combination of symbols relating to the predetermined bonus combination is displayed by the symbol display means. The game state is changed from the bonus flag carry-over state to the bonus game state (M The game state is set to the high RT state while the game state is in the carry-over state of the bonus flag, and in the special effect state, the number of continuous games is determined by the continuous game number determination means. Including a first special performance state (addition specialization state 1) and a second special production state (addition specialization state 2), which have different degrees of expectation for being performed, Based on the type of the specific condition established during the high RT state, the effect state is shifted to either the first special effect state or the second special effect state as the special effect state, The push order combination includes a plurality of combinations including a first push order (push order corresponding to “x”) and a second push order different from the first push order (push order corresponding to “◯”). Push order is defined A predetermined profit (three sheets) is given when a stop operation is performed in either the first push order or the second push order, and the sub-control circuit has the plurality of types. When the specific push order is determined as an internal winning combination after any of the specific conditions is established and before the transition to the special performance state, the push order of the specific push order is determined a predetermined number of times ( (2 times) first push order notifying means (sub CPU 102) for notifying and pressing the specific push order when the specific push order is determined as an internal winning combination after the start of the specific effect state A second push order notifying means (sub CPU102) for notifying the order a predetermined number of times (twice), and the special performance state transition means is configured to perform the specific push order by the first push order notifying means. If you press the order of the role has been a predetermined number of times the broadcast, said Starring The state is shifted to the special effect state, and the main control circuit determines whether the specific pressing order has won the predetermined number of times in the pressing order including at least the first pressing order or in the second pressing order. A push order determination means (main CPU 93) for determining whether or not the specific push order combination has won the predetermined number of times, and an external device connected to the gaming machine according to the determination result of the push order determination means. an external signal switching means for switching the external signal to be output (main CPU 93), and further have a, the external signal switching means, the specific pressing order role in the second press order by the pressing order determining means said predetermined After it is determined that the number of wins has been won, the third push order (the first stop operation is different from both the first push order and the second push order) and wins the specific push order. Left stop button 1 Characterized in that it does not perform the switching of the external signal until L) is executed.

  With this configuration, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the main control circuit controls the transition of the gaming state only between the normal state where the probability of replay is low and the high RT state where the probability of replay is high. There is no need to provide a plurality of RT states with a high replay probability as in the prior art. Moreover, by setting the bonus flag carryover state to the high RT state, the number of RT states managed by the main control circuit can be effectively reduced to one, and the amount of data handled by the main control circuit can be reduced compared to the conventional case. .

  In addition, the gaming machine according to the present invention shifts the production state to the special production state in which the number of continuous games in the specific production state is determined prior to the start of the specific production state, and the special production state has many continuous games. The first special effect state and the second special effect state are different from each other in the degree of expectation for determining the number of times. Moreover, based on the kind of specific conditions established during the high RT state, the special effect state is assigned to either the first special effect state or the second special effect state. For this reason, prior to the start of the specific effect state, it is possible to make the player have an expectation as to which of the first special effect state and the second special effect state is to be shifted.

  In addition, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the main control circuit has won a predetermined number of push orders in a push order including at least the first push order or a specific push order in the second push order. Since it is determined whether or not the player has won a predetermined number of times, it is determined from the stop operation sequence at the time of a specific push order winning combination whether the production state on the sub-control circuit side is in the special production state or the specific production state can do. Thereby, even when the special effect state or the specific effect state advantageous to the player is managed on the sub-control circuit side, the main control circuit can perform appropriate control.

  Furthermore, the gaming machine according to the present invention switches an external signal to be output to an external device connected to the gaming machine in accordance with the determination result of the push order determining means. For this reason, an appropriate external device that reflects the presentation state managed by the sub-control circuit is applied to an external device such as an information display device or hall computer that performs display or management based on an external signal output from the main control circuit. A signal can be output. Accordingly, appropriate display and management can be performed on the external device side such as the information display device and the hall computer.

  Furthermore, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the push order is defined as a third push order different from the first push order and the second push order (first stop operation is the left stop button 19L). When the stop operation is performed in the third pushing order, a benefit (one sheet) less than the predetermined benefit is given, and the external signal switching means is After it is determined that the specific push order has won the predetermined number of times in the push order of 2, the external signal is won until the specific push order is won and the third push order is executed. The switching is not performed.

  With this configuration, the gaming machine according to the present invention wins the specific push order after it is determined that the specific push order has won a predetermined number of times in the second push order, and the third Since the external signal is not switched until the order of pressing is executed, the end of the specific effect state managed by the sub control circuit can be grasped on the main control circuit side.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the amount of data handled by the main control circuit as compared with the prior art, and to give various expectations regarding the provision of the number of games in which a state advantageous to the player continues. Display device that allows the main control circuit to perform appropriate control even when the sub-control circuit side manages a state advantageous to the control circuit, and performs display and management based on an external signal output from the main control circuit In addition, a gaming machine that can output an appropriate external signal to an external device such as a hall computer can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the functional flow of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an external structure of a pachislot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the state where the middle door of the pachi-slot machine concerning an embodiment of the invention was closed. It is a perspective view of the state where the middle door of the pachi-slot machine concerning an embodiment of the invention was opened. It is a front view which shows the internal structure of the cabinet of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structure of the back surface side of the front door of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the main control circuit of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the sub control circuit of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the symbol arrangement | positioning table memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the symbol code table memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal winning combination determination table for a small combination and replay memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal winning combination determination table for bonus memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the comparison table | surface of the internal winning combination and symbol combination in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the comparison table | surface of the internal winning combination and symbol combination in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the comparison table | surface of the internal winning combination and symbol combination in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the symbol combination table of the internal winning combination memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the symbol combination table of the internal winning combination memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the symbol combination table of the internal winning combination memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the related figure of the internal winning combination and winning combination by stop operation order in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal lottery table for general game states memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal winning combination determination table for RT1 gaming state memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the priority order table memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the priority order table for MB gaming states memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the reel stop initial setting table memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the drawing priority order table selection table memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the drawing priority order table selection table memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the drawing priority order table memorize | stored in main ROM in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal winning combination storing area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display combination storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the symbol code storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement stop button storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the pressing order storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the carryover combination storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the game state flag storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the rotation effect flag storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the reserved rotation effect flag storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the main production | presentation state flag storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the drawing priority order data storage area memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the batting order determination table memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the batting order determination result corresponding table in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the production lottery number corresponding table in the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the lock production lottery table 1 memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the lock production lottery table 2 memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the lock production lottery table 3 memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the continuation rate lottery table memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the table for continuous freezing memorize | stored in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the reel control table at the time of a spinning effect in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the reel control table at the time of a spinning effect in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the reel control table at the time of a spinning effect in main ROM of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the output signal and operation | movement from the main control board of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention to the stepping motor of each reel. It is a figure which shows the output signal and operation | movement from the main control board of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention to the stepping motor of each reel. It is a figure which shows the output signal and operation | movement from the main control board of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention to the stepping motor of each reel. It is a figure which shows the output signal and operation | movement from the main control board of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention to the stepping motor of each reel. It is a figure which shows the output signal and operation | movement from the main control board of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention to the stepping motor of each reel. Of the output signals from the main control board of the pachislot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention to the stepping motor of each reel, an example of symbol position adjustment processing (operation during full rotation “OT_ADJA”) in the initial full rotation effect FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the addition game state outline | summary of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the superposition special state 1 lottery table memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the superposition special state 2 lottery table memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the lottery table in ART memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the normal time AT lottery table memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows AT lottery table at the time of the special condition memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the loop rate lottery table used in the addition ART lottery process memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation | variation symbol number pattern table memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge substrate of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the appearance arrangement | sequence pattern table memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the sub-state flag storage area memorize | stored in the ROM cartridge board | substrate of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a transition diagram of the main gaming state in the pachislot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the main control process of the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 69 is a flowchart showing power-on processing that is executed in the main control processing shown in FIG. 68. FIG. 69 is a flowchart showing a medal acceptance / start check process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. FIG. 69 is a flowchart showing an internal lottery process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. 69 is a flowchart showing other lottery processing executed in the main control processing shown in FIG. 68. 69 is a flowchart showing a reel stop initial setting process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. 69 is a flowchart showing a reel rotation start process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. 75 is a flowchart showing a continuous lock effect process executed in the reel rotation start process shown in FIG. 74. FIG. 79 is a flowchart showing a pull-in priority storage process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68 and the reel stop control process shown in FIG. 79. FIG. 77 is a flowchart showing a pull-in priority table selection process executed in the pull-in priority order storage process shown in FIG. 76. FIG. 80 is a flowchart showing a symbol code storing process executed in the drawing priority order storing process shown in FIG. 76 and the reel stop control process shown in FIG. 79; 69 is a flowchart showing a reel stop control process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. FIG. 80 is a flowchart showing a priority pull-in control process executed in the reel stop control process shown in FIG. 79. 69 is a flowchart showing a main effect state transition process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. 82 (a) is a diagram showing an initial state of the batting order area updated in the main effect state transition process shown in FIG. 81, and (b) to (d) are updated examples of the batting order area. h) is a diagram showing a specific example of the update result of the batting order area. 69 is a flowchart showing a reservation lock process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. 69 is a flowchart showing bonus end check processing executed in the main control processing shown in FIG. 68. 69 is a flowchart showing a bonus operation check process executed in the main control process shown in FIG. 68. It is a flowchart which shows the interruption process by control of the main CPU which comprises the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 87 is a flowchart showing an input port check process executed in the interrupt process shown in FIG. 86. It is a wiring block diagram of the external concentration terminal board of the pachi-slot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the power-on process of the sub CPU which comprises the pachislot machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing a lamp control task activated in the power-on process shown in FIG. 89. FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing a sound control task activated in the power-on process shown in FIG. 89. FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing a mother task activated in the power-on process shown in FIG. 89. FIG. FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing a main task activated in the mother task shown in FIG. 92. FIG. FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing a main board communication task activated in the mother task shown in FIG. 92. FIG. FIG. 95 is a flowchart showing command analysis processing executed in the main board communication task shown in FIG. 94. FIG. FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing an animation task activated in the mother task shown in FIG. 92. FIG. FIG. 96 is a flowchart showing effect content determination processing executed in the command analysis processing shown in FIG. 95. FIG. FIG. 98 is a flowchart showing a start command reception process executed in the effect content determination process shown in FIG. 97. FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing an ART lottery process executed in the start command reception process shown in FIG. 98. FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing an ART preparation state process executed in the start command reception process shown in FIG. 98. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the main production | presentation state transition navigation process performed in the ART preparation state process shown in FIG. 100, and the ART state process shown in FIG. FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing an extra special state process executed in the start command reception process shown in FIG. 98. FIG. FIG. 103 is a flowchart showing an extra special state 1 process executed in the extra special state process shown in FIG. 102. FIG. 111 is a flowchart showing an extra special state 2 process executed in the extra special state process shown in FIG. 102. FIG. 107 is a flowchart showing an extra lottery process at the time of locking executed in the additional specialization state 2 process shown in FIG. 104 and the ART state process shown in FIG. 107. It is a flowchart which shows the navigation process for the lock production | presentation set performed in the specialization state 2 process shown in FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing ART state processing executed in start command reception processing shown in FIG. 98. FIG. FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing a high probability mode process executed in the start command reception process shown in FIG. 98. FIG. The ART preparation state process shown in FIG. 100, the specialization state process shown in FIG. 102, the ART state process shown in FIG. 107, and the extra ART lottery process executed by the loop rate executed in the high probability mode process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows. FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing an end standby process executed in the start command reception process shown in FIG. 98. FIG.

  A pachislot machine which is an example of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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As shown in FIG. 1, the pachislot machine 1 has one value from a random number in a predetermined numerical range (for example, 0 to 65535) when a player inserts a medal and operates the start lever 23. (Hereinafter, random value) is extracted.

  An internal winning combination determining means (main CPU 93 described later) performs lottery based on the extracted random number value and determines an internal winning combination. That is, the internal winning combination determining means is based on the detection of the unit game start operation on the start lever 23 by the start switch 79 (see FIG. 7) (establishment of a predetermined start condition) with a predetermined probability from a plurality of combinations. Determine the internal winning role.

  By determining the internal winning combination, a combination of symbols that permits display along a winning line described later is determined. The types of symbol combinations include those related to “winning” in which benefits such as payout of medals, replay (replay) operation, bonus operation, etc. are given to the player, and other so-called “losing” Such a thing is provided.

  Subsequently, after the plurality of reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are rotated, when the player presses the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R, the reel stop control means (main CPU 93 to be described later) And the timing at which the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R are pressed are controlled to stop the rotation of the corresponding reels 3L, 3C, 3R.

  Here, in the pachi-slot machine 1, basically, control for stopping the rotation of the corresponding reels 3L, 3C, 3R is performed within a specified time (190 msec) from when the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R are pressed. . In the present embodiment, the number of symbols that move with the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R within the specified time is referred to as “the number of sliding symbols”, and the maximum number is the number of four symbols (the maximum number of sliding symbols). ).

  However, in the MB (a continuous action device for type 2 special feature) gaming state, the corresponding reel is within a predetermined time of 75 ms from when at least one of the plurality of stop buttons is pressed. Control to stop the rotation of is performed.

  The reel stop control means, when an internal winning combination permitting display of a combination of symbols related to winning is determined, uses the specified time, and the combination of symbols follows the winning line as an effective line. The rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R is stopped within the range of the maximum number of sliding pieces so as to be displayed as much as possible.

  On the other hand, for combinations of symbols that are not permitted to be displayed by the internal winning combination, the reels are used within the maximum number of sliding frames so that they will not be displayed along the winning line using the specified time. Stop the rotation of 3L, 3C, 3R.

  Thus, when the rotation of the plurality of reels 3L, 3C, 3R is all stopped, the winning determination means (main CPU 93 to be described later) determines whether the combination of symbols displayed along the winning line relates to winning. Determine whether or not.

  That is, the winning determination means determines whether the winning combination is established or not based on the combination of symbols stopped on the winning line, based on the fact that the change of the symbols is stopped by the reel stop control means.

  When it is determined that the prize is related to a prize, a bonus such as a medal payout is given to the player. A series of flows as described above is performed as one game (unit game) in the pachislot machine 1.

  In the present embodiment, the reel stop operation (operation of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R) that is performed first when all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are rotating is the first stop operation, the first The stop operation performed after the stop operation is referred to as a second stop operation, and the stop operation performed after the second stop operation is referred to as a third stop operation.

  Further, in the pachislot machine 1, in the above-described series of flows, video display performed by a display device such as the liquid crystal display device 11, light output performed by various lamps (LEDs 82 and 85 described later), speakers 58 and 64, Various effects are performed using the output of sound performed by 65L and 65R, or a combination thereof.

  When the player operates the start lever 23, in addition to the random number value used for determining the internal winning combination, other lottery processing and a random number value for production (hereinafter referred to as a random number value for production) are extracted. Is done.

  When the effect random number is extracted, the effect content determination means (sub CPU 102 described later) determines by lottery what is to be executed this time from a plurality of types of effect contents associated with the internal winning combination.

  When the production contents are determined, the production execution means determines whether or not there is a prize when the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is started and when the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is stopped. The execution of the production is advanced in conjunction with each opportunity such as when it is broken.

  As described above, the pachislot machine 1 provides the player with an opportunity to know or predict the determined internal winning combination, that is, the combination of symbols to be aimed, by executing the production contents associated with the internal winning combination. As a result, the player's interest is improved.

[Pachislot structure]
The functional flow of the pachislot machine 1 has been described above. Next, the structure of the pachi-slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

<External structure of pachislot>
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment.

  The pachi-slot machine 1 is a gaming machine that uses a game medium such as a coin or a medal, a game ball, a token, or the like, or a game medium such as a card that stores information on a game value assigned to a player. However, in the following description, medals are used.

  The exterior body 2 of the pachi-slot machine 1 includes a cabinet 2a that accommodates a reel, a circuit board, and the like, and a front door 2b that is attached to the cabinet 2a so as to be opened and closed. Handles 7 are provided on both side surfaces of the cabinet 2a. The handle 7 is a concave portion to be put on when carrying the pachislot machine 1.

  Inside the cabinet 2a, three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are provided side by side. Hereinafter, the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are referred to as a left reel 3L, a middle reel 3C, and a right reel 3R, respectively. Each reel 3L, 3C, 3R has a reel body formed in a cylindrical shape and a translucent sheet material mounted on the peripheral surface of the reel body. On the surface of the sheet material, a plurality of (for example, 21) symbols are drawn at predetermined intervals along the circumferential direction.

  An upper panel unit 10 and a liquid crystal display device 11 are provided above the center of the front door 2b. The upper panel unit 10 forms the upper part of the front door 2b. The upper panel unit 10 has a light source, and performs an effect by light emitted from the light source. The liquid crystal display device 11 is disposed on the lower side of the upper panel unit 10 and executes, for example, an effect by displaying an image as an effect display by an image. In addition, the liquid crystal display device 11 has three fluctuation symbols 11L, 11C, and 11R as decorative symbols displayed side by side on the liquid crystal display device 11 in conjunction with the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. Fluctuation display is based on the pattern Thus, in the present embodiment, the liquid crystal display device 11 constitutes an image display unit. The predetermined variation pattern will be described later.

  A pedestal 12 is formed in the center of the front door 2b. The pedestal portion 12 is provided with a symbol display area 4 and various devices to be operated by the player.

  The symbol display area 4 is arranged on the front side superimposed on the three reels 3L, 3C, 3R when viewed from the front, and is provided corresponding to the three reels 3L, 3C, 3R. The symbol display area 4 functions as a display window, and has a configuration capable of transmitting through the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R provided behind the symbol display area 4. Hereinafter, the symbol display area 4 is referred to as a reel display window 4.

  When the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R provided behind the reel display window 4 stop rotating, the reel display window 4 displays a reel display among a plurality of types of symbols drawn on the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. One symbol (three in total) is displayed in each of the upper, middle and lower regions within the frame of the window 4. That is, the reel display window 4 displays a part of a plurality of symbols displayed on each reel 3L, 3C, 3R. The reel display window 4 in the present embodiment constitutes symbol display means.

  In the present embodiment, the pachislot machine 1 is a pseudo-article that is formed by combining any one of predetermined regions among the three regions including the upper, middle, and lower tiers facing the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R of the reel display window 4. A specific line is defined as a line (winning line) that is a target for determining whether or not a prize is won.

  The reel display window 4 is formed by a frame member 13 provided on the pedestal portion 12. The frame member 13 has a reel display window 4, an information display window 14, and a stop button mounting portion 15.

  The information display window 14 is provided continuously below the reel display window 4 and opens upward. That is, the reel display window 4 and the information display window 14 are formed as one continuous opening. The reel display window 4 and the information display window 14 are covered with a transparent window cover 16.

  The window cover 16 is disposed on the inner surface side of the frame member 13 and cannot be removed from the front side of the front door 2b. In addition, the frame member 13 includes a sheet placement portion 17 that faces the opening of the information display window 14 with the window cover 16 interposed therebetween. And between the sheet | seat mounting part 17 and the window cover 16, the sheet | seat member (information sheet) in which the information regarding a game was described is arrange | positioned. Therefore, the information sheet is covered with the window cover 16 having a smooth surface without unevenness or gaps.

  Since the window cover 16 constituting the information sheet arrangement portion is a non-removable front surface of the front door 2b and has a smooth surface with no irregularities or gaps, the information sheet arrangement portion is used to make a pachislot machine. It is possible to prevent an illegal act of accessing the inside of 1. The exchange of information sheets will be described later.

  In the present embodiment, the information display window 14 is formed as one opening that is continuous with the reel display window 4. However, the information display window 14 may be provided below the reel display window 4. It may not be continuous. That is, the reel display window 4 and the information display window 14 may be formed as two openings arranged in the vertical direction.

  The stop button mounting portion 15 is provided below the information display window 14 and is formed on a plane facing the front. The stop button mounting portion 15 is provided with a through hole through which the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R pass. Stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R are associated with each of the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and are provided to stop the rotation of the corresponding reels. Hereinafter, the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R are referred to as a left stop button 19L, a middle stop button 19C, and a right stop button 19R, respectively.

  The stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R are one of various devices that are to be operated by the player. Other various devices that are to be operated by the player include a medal slot 21, a BET button 22, A start lever 23 is provided.

  The medal slot 21 is provided to accept a medal dropped from the outside by the player. The medals accepted by the medal slot 21 are inserted into one game with a predetermined number as the upper limit, and the amount exceeding the specified number can be deposited inside the pachislot machine 1. (So-called credit function).

  The BET button 22 is provided for determining the number of coins to be inserted into one game from medals deposited inside the pachislot machine 1. The start lever 23 is provided to start the rotation of all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R.

  Further, a 7-segment display 24 composed of a 7-segment LED (Light Emitting Diode) is provided on the left side of the reel display window 4 when viewed from the front. The 7-segment display 24 provides information such as the number of medals to be paid out to the player as a privilege (hereinafter referred to as the number of payouts), the number of medals deposited inside the pachislot machine 1 (hereinafter referred to as the number of credits), and the like. Is digitally displayed.

  Side panel units 26 </ b> L and 26 </ b> R are provided on both sides of the pedestal portion 12. Each of the side panel units 26L and 26R has a light source, and performs an effect by light emitted from the light source. A settlement button 27 is provided below the side panel unit 26L. The settlement button 27 is provided to pull out medals deposited inside the pachislot machine 1 to the outside.

  A lower panel unit 31 is provided below the pedestal 12. The lumbar panel unit 31 includes a decorative panel on which an arbitrary image is drawn and a light source that emits light for illuminating from the back side of the decorative panel.

  Below the waist panel unit 31, a medal payout port 32, speaker holes 33L and 33R, and a medal tray unit 34 are provided. The medal payout port 32 guides medals discharged by driving a medal payout device 51 described later to the outside. The medals discharged from the medal payout opening 32 are stored in the medal tray unit 34. The speaker holes 33L and 33R are provided to output sound such as sound effects and music corresponding to the contents of the performance.

<Internal structure of pachislot>
3 and 4 are perspective views showing the internal structure of the pachislot machine 1. FIG. FIG. 3 shows a state where the front door 2b is opened and the middle door 41 provided on the back side of the front door 2b is closed with respect to the front door 2b. FIG. 4 shows a state where the front door 2b is opened and the middle door 41 is opened with respect to the front door 2b.

  FIG. 5 is a front view showing the inside of the cabinet 2a. FIG. 6 is a front view showing the back side of the front door 2b.

  The cabinet 2a includes a top plate 20a, a bottom plate 20b, left and right side plates 20c and 20d, and a back plate 20e (see FIG. 5). A cabinet-side speaker 42 is disposed on the upper side inside the cabinet 2a. The cabinet-side speaker 42 is attached to the back plate 20e of the cabinet 2a via attachment brackets 43L and 43R. The cabinet side speaker 42 is, for example, a speaker for outputting sound effects.

  A cabinet-side relay board 44 is disposed on the left side of the cabinet-side speaker 42 when the inside of the cabinet 2a is viewed from the front. The cabinet-side relay board 44 includes a main control board 71 (see FIG. 7), which will be described later, attached to the middle door 41 (see FIGS. 3 and 4), a medal payout device 51 (hereinafter referred to as a hopper device 51), and a medal auxiliary Relays of wiring connecting the storage switch 75, the medal payout count switch (not shown), and the external concentration terminal board 47 are performed.

  An external concentrated terminal plate 47 is disposed on the right side of the amplifier board 45 when the inside of the cabinet 2a is viewed from the front. The external concentration terminal board 47 is provided to output signals such as a medal insertion signal, a medal payout signal, and a security signal to the outside of the pachislot machine 1.

  A sub power supply device 48 is disposed on the left side of the amplifier board 45 when the inside of the cabinet 2a is viewed from the front. The sub power supply device 48 is attached to the left side plate 20c of the cabinet 2a. The sub power supply device 48 supplies power with an AC voltage of 100 V to the power supply device 53 described later. Further, the power of the AC voltage 100V is converted into the power of the DC voltage and supplied to the amplifier board 45.

  A hopper device 51, a medal auxiliary storage 52, and a power supply device 53 are disposed below the inside of the cabinet 2a.

  The hopper device 51 is attached to the central portion of the bottom plate 20b in the cabinet 2a. The hopper device 51 can store a large amount of medals and can discharge them one by one. The hopper device 51 pays out medals when the number of stored medals exceeds 50, for example, or when the settlement button 27 is pressed to settle the medals. The medals paid out by the hopper device 51 are discharged from the medal payout port 32 (see FIG. 2).

  The medal auxiliary storage 52 stores medals overflowing from the hopper device 51. The medal auxiliary storage 52 is disposed on the right side of the hopper device 51 when the inside of the cabinet 2a is viewed from the front. The medal auxiliary storage 52 is engaged with the bottom plate 20b of the cabinet 2a, and is configured to be detachable from the bottom plate 20b.

  The power supply device 53 includes a power switch 53a and a power supply board 53b (see FIG. 7). The power supply device 53 is disposed on the left side of the hopper device 51 when the inside of the cabinet 2a is viewed from the front, and is attached to the left side plate 20c. The power supply device 53 converts the power of the AC voltage 100V supplied from the sub power supply device 48 into the power of the DC voltage necessary for each part, and supplies the converted power to each part.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 6, the middle door 41 is arranged at the center of the back surface of the front door 2b, and is configured to open and close the reel display window 4 (see FIG. 4) from the back side. Door stoppers 41a, 41b, and 41c are provided at the upper and lower portions of the middle door 41. The door stoppers 41a, 41b and 41c fix (prohibit) the opening operation of the middle door 41 in a state where the reel display window 4 is closed from the back side. That is, in order to open the middle door 41, it is necessary to rotate the door stoppers 41a, 41b, 41c to release the middle door 41 from being fixed.

  A main control board case 55 that houses a main control board 71 (see FIG. 7) and three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are attached to the middle door 41. A stepping motor (not shown) is connected to each of the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R through gears having a predetermined reduction ratio.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the pachislot machine 1, when the middle door 41 is opened, the back surface of the window cover 16 and the sheet placing portion 17 are exposed. As described above, between the back surface of the window cover 16 and the sheet placement portion 17, an information sheet on which information related to the game is described is arranged. The information sheet is inserted into a gap formed between the back surface of the window cover 16 and the sheet placement portion 17 in a state where the middle door 41 is opened and the back surface of the window cover 16 and the sheet placement portion 17 are exposed. Also, in the pachislot machine 1, when exchanging information sheets, the information sheet is exchanged after the middle door 41 is opened.

  The main control board case 55 is provided with a setting key type switch 56. The setting key switch 56 is used when changing the setting of the pachislot machine 1 or confirming the setting of the pachislot machine 1.

  A main control board 71 (see FIG. 7) housed in the main control board case 55 constitutes a main control circuit 91 (see FIG. 8) described later. The main control circuit 91 is a main game in the pachislot machine 1 such as determination of an internal winning combination, rotation and stop of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, determination of presence / absence of winning, transition of a main game state (game state) described later. A circuit for controlling the flow. That is, the main control circuit 91 controls the gaming state related to the progress of the game.

  Specifically, the main control circuit 91 includes a main CPU 93 (see FIG. 8) that executes each control as described above. The main CPU 93 detects a start operation by the start switch 79, and a plurality of which will be described later. The internal winning combination is determined with a predetermined probability from among the roles. The main CPU 93 that performs such control constitutes an internal winning combination determining means.

  The main CPU 93 controls the stepping motors of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R based on the detection of the start operation by the start switch 79 to rotate the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, thereby rotating the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. Change the symbol displayed in. The main CPU 93 that performs such control constitutes symbol variation means.

  In addition, the main CPU 93 detects when the stop operation is detected by the internal winning combination determined as described above and stop switches 80L, 80C, and 80R (left stop switch 80L, middle stop switch 80C, and right stop switch 80R) described later. Based on the above, by stopping the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, the variation of the symbols displayed on the reel display window 4 is stopped. The main CPU 93 that performs such control constitutes a reel stop control means.

  Further, the main CPU 93 makes a winning or non-winning of a role based on the combination of symbols stopped on the winning line provided on the reel display window 4 based on the fact that the variation of each symbol is stopped as described above. judge. The main CPU 93 that performs such control constitutes a winning determination means.

  Further, the main CPU 93 has a lower probability that a replay related to replay will be determined as an internal winning combination and a normal gaming state (RT0 gaming state) as a normal state and a probability that a replay will be determined as an internal winning combination than the general gaming state. The transition of the main gaming state between the RT1 gaming state as the higher high RT gaming state is controlled. The main CPU 93 that performs such control constitutes a game state transition control means.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the main control board case 55 and the main control board 71 constitute a main control board unit. The specific configuration of the main control circuit 91 will be described later.

  A sub control board case 57 that houses the sub control board 72 (see FIG. 7) is disposed above the middle door 41. The sub control board 72 housed in the sub control board case 57 constitutes the sub control circuit 101 (see FIG. 9). The sub-control circuit 101 is a circuit that controls execution of effects by displaying images. That is, the sub-control circuit 101 controls the effect state related to the game. The specific configuration of the sub control circuit 101 will be described later. In the following description, the effect state is also described as a secondary game state.

  A center speaker 58 is disposed above the sub control board case 57. A fan 59 is disposed on the left side of the center speaker 58 when the front door 2b is viewed from the back side. That is, the fan 59 is disposed at the upper part on the back side of the front door 2b. The fan 59 blows air downward to cool the interior of the pachislot machine 1.

  A sub relay board 61 is disposed on the right side of the sub control board case 57 when the front door 2b is viewed from the back side. The sub relay board 61 relays the wiring connecting the sub control board 72 and the main control board 71. Further, it is a board that relays the wiring that connects the sub-control board 72 and the board disposed around the sub-control board 72. In addition, as a board | substrate arrange | positioned around the sub control board | substrate 72, LED board 62A, 62B mentioned later is mentioned.

  The LED boards 62A and 62B are disposed above the sub control board case 57 when viewed from the back side of the front door 2b. The LED boards 62A and 62B display a blinking pattern by causing an LED 85 (see FIG. 7) showing a specific example of the light source to emit light according to an effect executed by the control of the sub control circuit 101 (see FIG. 8). . In the present embodiment, the pachislot machine 1 includes a plurality of LED boards in addition to the LED boards 62A and 62B.

  Below the sub-relay board 61, a 24h door opening / closing monitoring unit 63 is disposed. The 24h door opening / closing monitoring unit 63 stores the opening / closing history of the middle door 41. The 24h door open / close monitoring unit 63 outputs a signal for displaying an error on the liquid crystal display device 11 to the sub control board 72 (sub control circuit 101) when the middle door 41 is released.

  Below the middle door 41, a board speaker 64 and lower speakers 65L and 65R are arranged. The board speaker 64 faces the waist panel unit 31 (see FIG. 2). The lower speakers 65L and 65R face the speaker holes 33L and 33R (see FIG. 2), respectively.

  A selector 66 and a door open / close monitoring switch 67 are disposed above the lower speaker 65L. The selector 66 is a device for selecting whether or not the medal material and shape are appropriate, and guides an appropriate medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 21 to the hopper device 51. A medal sensor (not shown) for detecting that an appropriate medal has passed is provided on the path through which the medal passes in the selector 66.

  The door open / close monitoring switch 67 is arranged on the left side of the selector 66 when viewed from the back side of the front door 2b. The door open / close monitoring switch 67 outputs a security signal for notifying the opening / closing of the front door 2b to the outside of the pachislot machine 1.

  Further, a door relay terminal plate 68 is disposed below the reel display window 4 and in an area opened and closed by the middle door 41 (see FIG. 4). The door relay terminal board 68 includes a main control board 71 (see FIG. 7) in the main control board case 55, various buttons and switches, a sub-control board 72 (see FIG. 7), a selector 66, and a game operation display board 81 ( It is a board | substrate which relays wiring with FIG. Here, examples of the various buttons and switches include a BET button 22, a settlement button 27, a door open / close monitoring switch 67, a BET switch 77 (described later), a start switch 79 (described later), and the like.

[Control system for pachislot machines]
Next, a control system provided in the pachislot machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachislot machine 1.

  The pachi-slot machine 1 has a main control board 71 disposed on the middle door 41 and a sub-control board 72 disposed on the front door 2b.

  The main control board 71 includes a reel relay terminal board 74, a setting key-type switch 56, an external concentration terminal board 47, a hopper device 51, a medal auxiliary storage switch 75, and a power board 53b of the power unit 53. Is connected. The setting key switch 56, the external concentration terminal board 47, the hopper device 51, and the medal auxiliary storage switch 75 are connected to the main control board 71 via the cabinet-side relay board 44. Here, since the external concentration terminal board 47 and the hopper device 51 have been described above, description thereof will be omitted.

  The reel relay terminal board 74 is disposed inside the reel body of each of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R. The reel relay terminal board 74 is electrically connected to stepping motors (not shown) of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and relays signals output from the main control board 71 to the stepping motors.

  The medal auxiliary storage switch 75 penetrates a later-described switch through hole of the medal auxiliary storage 52. The medal auxiliary storage switch 75 detects whether or not the medal auxiliary storage 52 is full of medals.

  A power switch 53 a is connected to the power supply board 53 b of the power supply device 53. The power switch 53 a is turned on when supplying the necessary power to the pachislot machine 1.

  The main control board 71 has a selector 66, a door open / close monitoring switch 67, a BET switch 77, a settlement switch 78, a start switch 79, a stop switch board 80, and a door relay terminal board 68. The game operation display board 81 and the sub relay board 61 are connected. Here, since the selector 66, the door opening / closing monitoring switch 67, and the sub relay board 61 have been described above, the description thereof will be omitted.

  The BET switch 77 detects that the BET button 22 has been pressed by the player. The settlement switch 78 detects that the settlement button 27 has been pressed by the player. The start switch 79 detects that the start lever 23 has been operated by the player (start operation). That is, the start switch 79 constitutes a start operation detecting unit that detects a start operation by the player.

  The stop switch substrate 80 is a substrate that constitutes a circuit for stopping the rotating reels 3L, 3C, and 3R and a circuit for displaying a stopable reel by an LED or the like. The stop switch board 80 is provided with stop switches 80L, 80C, 80R corresponding to the respective stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R. The stop switches 80L, 80C, 80R detect that the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R are pressed (stop operation) by the player. That is, the stop switches 80L, 80C, 80R constitute stop operation detecting means for detecting a stop operation for stopping the reels 3L, 3C, 3R.

  The game operation display board 81 displays the number of inserted medals at the 7-segment indicator when accepting insertion of medals, when the three reels 3L, 3C, 3R can be rotated and when replaying is performed. 24 is a substrate to be displayed on the screen. The 7-segment display 24 and the LED 82 are connected to the game operation display board 81. The LED 82 lights, for example, a mark for displaying the start of a game, a mark for performing a replay, and the like.

  The sub control board 72 is connected to the main control board 71 via the door relay terminal board 68 and the sub relay board 61. A sound I / O board 84, LED boards 62A and 62B, and a 24h door open / close monitoring unit 63 are connected to the sub control board 72 through a sub relay board 61. Here, since the LED boards 62A and 62B and the 24h door opening / closing monitoring unit 63 have been described above, the description thereof will be omitted.

  The sound I / O board 84 outputs sound to the center speaker 58, the board speaker 64, the lower speakers 65L and 65R, and a speaker (not shown) provided on the front door 2b.

  Further, a ROM cartridge substrate 86 and a liquid crystal relay substrate 87 are connected to the sub control substrate 72. The ROM cartridge substrate 86 and the liquid crystal relay substrate 87 are housed in the sub control board case 57 together with the sub control board 72.

  The ROM cartridge substrate 86 is a substrate for managing production images (videos), audio, LED substrates 62A and 62B, other LED substrates (not shown), and communication data. The liquid crystal relay substrate 87 is a substrate that relays wiring that connects the sub-control board 72 and the liquid crystal display device 11.

[Main control circuit]
Next, the main control circuit 91 constituted by the main control board 71 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the main control circuit 91 of the pachislot machine 1.

  The main control circuit 91 includes a microcomputer 92 installed on the main control board 71 as a main component. The microcomputer 92 includes a main CPU 93, a main ROM 94, and a main RAM 95.

  The main ROM 94 stores a control program executed by the main CPU 93, a data table, data for transmitting various control commands (commands) to the sub control circuit 101, and the like. The main RAM 95 is provided with a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination determined by execution of the control program.

  The main CPU 93 counts the number of times pulses are output to the stepping motors of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R after detecting the reel index. Thereby, the main CPU 93 manages the rotation angle of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R (mainly, how many symbols the reel has rotated).

  Here, the reel index is information indicating that the reel has made one revolution. The reel index is provided, for example, at a predetermined position of each of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit by the rotation of each of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. Detection is performed by a reel position detection unit (not shown) including an intervening detection piece.

  Next, the management of the rotation angle of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R will be specifically described. The number of pulses output to the stepping motor is counted by a pulse counter provided in the main RAM 95. Each time the output of a predetermined number of pulses (for example, 16 times) necessary for the rotation of one symbol is counted by the pulse counter, the symbol counter provided in the main RAM 95 is incremented by one. The symbol counter is provided for each reel 3L, 3C, 3R. The value of the symbol counter is cleared when a reel index is detected by a reel position detector (not shown).

  In other words, in the present embodiment, the main CPU 93 manages the symbol counter to manage how many symbols have been rotated since the reel index was detected. Therefore, the position of each symbol on each reel 3L, 3C, 3R is detected with reference to the position where the reel index is detected.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the pachi-slot machine 1 sets the maximum number of sliding symbols to 4 symbols. Therefore, when the left stop button 19L is pressed, the symbol of the left reel 3L in the middle of the reel display window 4 and each symbol within the range from the symbol to the four symbols ahead are displayed on the reel display window 4. It becomes a symbol that can be stopped in the middle.

[Sub control circuit]
Next, the sub control circuit 101 constituted by the sub control board 72 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the sub control circuit 101 of the pachislot machine 1.

  The sub control circuit 101 is electrically connected to the main control circuit 91 and performs processing such as determination and execution of effect contents based on a command transmitted from the main control circuit 91. The sub control circuit 101 basically includes a sub CPU 102, a sub RAM 103, a rendering processor 104, a drawing RAM 105, and a driver 106.

  The sub CPU 102 controls the output of video, sound, and light according to the control program stored in the ROM cartridge substrate 86 in accordance with the command transmitted from the main control circuit 91. The ROM cartridge substrate 86 basically includes a program storage area and a data storage area.

  The sub CPU 102 uses an image (including both a still image and a moving image) displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 based on a command related to detection of a start operation by the start switch 79 among commands transmitted from the main control circuit 91. An effect display that is an effect is controlled. Thus, the sub CPU 102 constitutes an image display control unit.

  A control program executed by the sub CPU 102 is stored in the program storage area. The control program includes, for example, a main board communication task for controlling communication with the main control circuit 91 and an effect registration task for extracting effect random numbers and determining and registering effect contents (effect data). Is included. Further, a drawing control task for controlling display of an image by the liquid crystal display device 11 (see FIG. 6) based on the determined contents of the effect, a lamp control task for controlling light output by a light source such as the LED 85, and the speakers 58, 64, 65L. , 65R, etc., a voice control task for controlling the output of sound by a speaker.

  The data storage area is a storage area for storing various data tables, a storage area for storing presentation data constituting each presentation content, a storage area for storing animation data relating to video creation, and sound data relating to BGM and sound effects. And a storage area for storing lamp data related to the light on / off pattern.

  The sub-RAM 103 is provided with a storage area for registering the determined contents and effects data, and a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination transmitted from the main control circuit 91.

  The sub CPU 102, the rendering processor 104, the drawing RAM (including the frame buffer) 105, and the driver 106 create a video according to the animation data designated by the content of the presentation, and display the created video on the liquid crystal display device 11.

  Further, the sub CPU 102 causes a speaker such as speakers 58, 64, 65L, and 65R to output a sound such as BGM according to the sound data specified by the production contents. Further, the sub CPU 102 controls the turning on and off of the light source such as the LED 85 in accordance with the lamp data designated by the contents of the effect.

[Various data tables on the main control side]
10 to 56 show various data tables stored in the main ROM 94.

<Pattern arrangement table>
The symbol arrangement table shown in FIG. 10 represents the arrangement of symbols arranged on the surface of each of the left reel 3L, the middle reel 3C, and the right reel 3R by data. The symbol arrangement table defines the correspondence between 21 symbol positions “0” to “20” and symbols corresponding to these symbol positions.

  Symbol positions “0” to “20” indicate the positions of symbols arranged along the rotation direction in each of the left reel 3L, the middle reel 3C, and the right reel 3R. The symbols corresponding to the symbol positions “0” to “20” can be specified by referring to the symbol arrangement table using the value of the symbol counter.

  The types of symbols are “GOD”, “BAR”, “purple 7”, “upper half circle”, “lower half circle”, “yellow 7”, “blue 7-1”, “blue 7-2” "Blue 7-3" and "Blue 7-4" are included.

  The symbol arrangement table shown in FIG. 10 assigns the symbol located at the middle stage of the reel display window 4 when the reel index is detected (the symbol passing through the middle stage of the reel display window 4) to the symbol position “0”. Correspondences in which symbol positions “0” to “20” are assigned to each of the 21 symbols in the order of movement in the rotation direction of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are defined.

  In this way, by using the middle stage of the reel display window 4 as a reference, the type of symbol located in the middle stage of the reel display window 4 can be specified for each of the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R.

  In addition, the symbols of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are displayed when the “BAR” symbols are arranged in a line on each of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R as indicated by the symbol position data “2”, “8”, and “11”. The “GOD” design and the “purple 7” design are arranged in a line on each reel 3L, 3C, 3R. Here, the “BAR” symbol constitutes the first symbol, and the “purple 7” symbol constitutes the second symbol.

<Design code table>
As shown in FIG. 11, each symbol arranged on each reel 3L, 3C, 3R is specified by a symbol code table, and is distinguished by 1 byte (8 bits) data. The symbol code table shown in FIG. 11 represents codes for specifying symbols arranged on the surfaces of the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R.

  The symbols used in the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment are “GOD”, “BAR”, “purple 7”, “upper half circle”, “lower half circle”, “yellow 7”, “blue 7” as described above. -1 "," Blue 7-2 "," Blue 7-3 "and" Blue 7-4 ".

  In the symbol code table, “00000001” is assigned as data to the “GOD” symbol (symbol code 1). “00000010” is assigned as data to the “BAR” symbol (symbol code 2). “00000011” is assigned as data to the “purple 7” symbol (symbol code 3).

  Similarly, each symbol of "upper half circle", "lower half circle", "yellow 7", "blue 7-1", "blue 7-2", "blue 7-3" and "blue 7-4" Also for (symbol codes 4 to 10), “00000100” to “0000001010” are assigned as data.

<Internal winning combination determination table for small role / replay>
In the small winning combination replay internal winning combination determination table shown in FIG. 12, an internal winning combination (small winning combination) that allows display of a combination of symbols relating to the payout of medals for the small winning combination / replay data pointer, and replaying. An internal winning combination (replay combination) that allows the display of the combination of symbols related to the operation of is associated. The contents of the internal winning combination are determined according to the small combination / replay data pointers “1” to “43”.

  When the small role / replay data pointer is “1”, it means that “C_TL Lip” is won internally. When the small role / replay data pointer is “2”, “C_TL Lip”, “C_HDS Lip 1”, “C_HDS Lip 3”, “C_HDS Lip 4”, and “C_CL” “Violet 7 Lip”, “C_Violet 7 Lip”, “C_Common Lip 1”, “C_Common Lip 2”, “C_Common Lip 7”, “C_Common Lip 8”, and “C_Common” Lip 13 ”,“ C_Common Lip 14 ”,“ C_Common Lip 15 ”,“ C_Common Lip 16 ”,“ C_Purple 7 Millip 4 ”,“ C_Purple 7 Millip 6 ”, and“ C_Decamiri ” “Lip 2 for C”, “Lip 4 for C_Decamill”, “Lip 8 for C_Decamill”, “Lip 10 for C_Decamill”, and “Lip 11 for C_Decamill” overlap internally. It will be.

  Here, the small role / replay data pointer “2” is a role in which the internal winning combination is duplicated (duplicate role). In the following description, for convenience, the small role / replay data pointer “2” is The combination “F_normal lip purple 7” is described, and the internal winning combination is also described with the names described in the remarks column of FIG. 12 for the other small combinations / replay data pointers. The internal winning combinations in the small combination / replay data pointers “3” to “43” are shown in a comparison table (see FIGS. 14 to 16) of the internal winning combination and the winning combination described later.

<Bonus internal winning combination determination table>
In the bonus internal winning combination determination table shown in FIG. 13, the bonus data pointer is associated with an internal winning combination that allows display of a combination of symbols related to the operation of the bonus.

  In the bonus data pointer, “0” corresponding to the loss and “1” corresponding to the “MB gaming state” correspond to 12 1-byte data. If the bonus data pointer is “1”, it means that “F_MB” has been won internally. Here, “F_MB” is a so-called bonus combination.

<Comparison table of internal winning roles and winning roles>
14 to 16 are comparison tables showing internal winning combinations (established combinations) established in each internal winning combination. In FIG. 14 to FIG. 16, the internal winning combination with “◯” is a winning combination that may be established in each internal winning combination. For example, the internal winning combination is “F_Normal Lip Purple 7”. In this case, “C_TL Lip”, “C_HDS Lip 1”, “C_HDS Lip 3”, “C_HDS Lip 4”, “C_CL Purple 7 Lip”, “C_Violet 7 Lip” in which “O” is described. , “C_common lip 1”, “C_common lip 2”, “C_common lip 7”, “C_common lip 8”, “C_common lip 13”, “C_common lip 14”, “C_common lip 15”, “C_Common Lip 16”, “C_Purple 7 Milli Lip 4”, “C_Purple 7 Milli Lip 6”, “C_Deca Mill Lip 2”, “C_Deca Mill Lip 4”, “C_Deca Mill Lip 8”, “C_Deca Mill” Lip 10 ”and“ C_Decamill Lip 11 ” It has the potential to either holds.

<Internal symbol combination table>
FIG. 17 to FIG. 19 are symbol combination tables of internal winning combinations indicating combinations of symbols that each internal winning combination wins and the number of medals to be paid out when winning each internal winning combination.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, combinations of symbols that each internal winning combination wins are stored in a display combination storing area (see FIG. 30) of the main ROM 94. FIGS. 17 to 19 define the number of medals to be paid out when each internal winning combination wins.

  17 to 19, the combination means a symbol combination of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R displayed in the middle stage of the reel display window 4 when each reel 3L, 3C, 3R is stopped. In addition, the names of each winning combination come from a combination.

  For example, when “GOD-Yellow 7-Yellow 7” is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4, the winning combination name is “Blue 7 (blue 7-1 or blue 7-1 or Blue 7-2)-Blue 7 (Blue 7-1, Blue 7-2, Blue 7-3 or Blue 7-4)-Blue 7 (Blue 7-1, Blue 7-2 or Blue 7-3) "is displayed Therefore, the initial of TOP LINE is taken as “C_TL Lip”.

  In addition, the name of the winning combination when “Blue 7-1-Blue 7-1-Blue 7-1” is displayed in the middle part (CENTER LINE) of the reel display window 4 is the initial of CENTER LINE. “C_CL Lip 1”.

  In addition, when “GOD-Yellow 7-GOD” is displayed in the middle stage of the reel display window 4, the names of the winning combinations are the lower stage of the left reel 3L, the middle stage of the middle reel 3C, and the upper stage of the right reel 3R. “Yellow 7” is displayed in each case, and “Yellow 7” is displayed in a line from the lower left to the upper right (see FIG. 10), so “C_upper right yellow 7 lip” is set.

  In addition, the name of the winning combination when “BAR-BAR-BAR” is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4 is “C_CLHDS Lip” from the pattern of the “BAR” symbol.

  Further, when “purple 7-BAR-purple 7” is displayed in the middle stage of the reel display window 4, the names of the winning combinations are the lower stage of the left reel 3L, the middle stage of the middle reel 3C, and the upper stage of the right reel 3R. “BAR” symbols are displayed on the screen, and “BAR” may be displayed in a line from the lower left to the upper right (see FIG. 10). Therefore, “C_XUHDS Lip” is used.

  In addition, when “purple 7-purple 7-GOD” is displayed in the middle stage of the reel display window 4, the name of the winning combination is “BAR-BAR-BAR” in the lower stage (BOTTOM LINE) of the reel display window 4. Since it can be displayed (see FIG. 10), the initial of BOTTOM LINE is taken as “C_BLHDS Lip”.

  Further, when “BAR-purple 7-BAR” is displayed in the middle stage of the reel display window 4, the names of winning combinations are displayed in the upper stage of the left reel 3L, the middle stage of the middle reel 3C, and the lower stage of the right reel 3R. “Purple 7” symbols are displayed, and “Purple 7” is displayed in a row from the upper left to the lower right (see FIG. 10), so “C_XD Purple 7 Lip 1” is displayed.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, the combination of the internal winning combination relating to the re-playing combination is stored in the data storage areas “8” to “19”. The internal winning combination related to the re-gamer has 0 medals to be paid out at the time of winning a prize. However, when the internal winning combination related to the re-gamer wins, the game can be executed again without inserting a medal. it can.

  In the data storage areas “0” to “7”, combinations of internal winning combinations in which medals are paid out and the number of medals paid out at the time of winning each internal winning combination are stored. Here, since the internal winning combinations stored in the data storage areas “0” to “7” are two medals when both medals are multiplied, in the following description, A case where three medals are placed will be described.

  In the data storage areas “7” to “3”, “C_CL yellow 7”, which is a winning combination in which 15 medals are paid out at the time of winning, and 3 medals are paid out at the time of winning as internal winning combinations. There is a possibility that one of “C_TL yellow 71”, “C_TL yellow 72”, and “C_TL yellow 73”, which is the winning combination to be executed, will be won, and a special prize will be given if neither wins The role is stored.

  The name of the special combination is derived from which of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R the first stop operation is executed. For example, in the case of “C_L1st special role A1”, the first stop operation is performed on the left reel 3L, and “GOD-blue 7-1-blue 7-1” is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4. Win a prize.

  The winning combination “C_CL yellow 7” is a so-called 15-bell role, which is established by displaying “yellow 7-yellow 7-yellow 7” in the middle of the reel display window 4 and paying out 15 medals. Is done.

  The winning combination “C_GOD” is established when “GOD-GOD-GOD” is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4, and 7 medals are paid out.

  The winning roles “C_TL yellow 71”, “C_TL yellow 72” and “C_TL yellow 73” are “purple 7-GOD-GOD”, “blue 7-1-GOD-GOD” or “up” in the middle of the reel display window 4. By displaying “Semicircle-GOD-GOD”, “Yellow 7-Yellow 7-Yellow 7” is displayed in the upper part of the reel display window 4 (see FIG. 10). Paid out.

  The winning combination “C_chance combination A1 to B1, B1 to B3” is a so-called chance combination that becomes a lottery trigger for lottery by adding the number of games in the AT gaming state and the ART gaming state to be described later. Paid out.

<Relationship diagram between internal winning combination and winning combination according to stop operation order>
Next, the relationship between the internal winning combination and the winning combination according to the stop operation order of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R will be described with reference to FIG. The winning combination established in each internal winning combination is described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 20, for example, when the internal winning combination “F_normal lip” is internally won, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R, “ “Upper lip”, and the winning combination “C_TL Lip” can be won.

  Further, when the internal winning combination “F_normal lip purple 7” is won internally, when the first stop operation is “right”, that is, when the stop button 19R is first stopped, the correct pressing position is “purple 7 aligned”. And the winning combination “C_CL Purple 7 Lip” can be won. Here, when the first stop operation is “left”, that is, when the left stop button 19L is first stopped, the pachislot machine 1 becomes “upper lip”. Further, when the first stop operation is “medium”, that is, when the middle stop button 19C is first operated, the pachislot machine 1 becomes “BAR turn” at the correct pressing position, and for example, “C_HDS Lip 1” ”And“ C_HDS Lip 4 ”, a winning combination with a symbol combination that gives a“ BAR-BAR-BAR ”award, with two“ BAR ”symbols in the middle of the reel display window 4 but not three. Can be awarded.

  Here, the correct pressing position is a target internal winning combination within the range of the maximum number of sliding symbols (4) from the symbol position of the winning line when the player presses the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R. It means that there is a symbol constituting such a symbol combination, and that the symbol can be stopped on the winning line.

  When the internal winning combination “F_normal lip BAR” is internally won, if the first stop operation is “medium”, the correct answer is “BAR aligned” at the pressed position, and the winning combination “C_CLHDS Lip” can be won. it can. Here, when the first stop operation is “left”, the pachislot machine 1 is “upper lip”. When the first stop operation is “right”, the pachislot machine 1 is “purple 7 purple” at the correct answer to the pressed position, and for example, “C_purple 7 lip 6” or “C_purple 7” A winning combination with a symbol combination such as “Rip 9” that has two “purple 7” symbols in the middle of the reel display window 4 but not three, and that has a symbol combination of “purple 7-purple 7-purple 7” wins. Can be made.

  When the internal winning combination “F_purple 7 turn lip” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R, And a winning combination having a symbol combination that wins the “purple 7-purple 7-purple 7” winning can be won.

  When the internal winning combination “F_BAR lip” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any one of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, “BAR turn” is obtained at the correct pressing position, A winning combination having a symbol combination that wins the “BAR-BAR-BAR” winning can be won.

  When the internal winning combination “F_purple 7 lip” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R, the correct pressing position is “purple 7 aligned”. As the winning combination, for example, “C_CL Purple 7 Lip 1”, “C_XD Purple 7 Lip 1”, “C_XU Purple 7 Lip 1”, “C_TL Purple 7 Lip 1”, upper, middle, upper left of the reel display window 4 The winning combination in which “purple 7” symbols are displayed in a row from the lower right to the lower right or from the lower left to the upper right can be won.

  When the internal winning combination “F_BAR RIP” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R, “BAR alignment” is obtained at the correct pressing position, and a prize is won. As a winning combination, for example, “C_CLBAR Lip”, “C_XUBAR Lip”, “C_BLBAR Lip”, etc., a winning combination in which “BAR” symbols are displayed in a line from the middle, lower or lower left to upper right of the reel display window 4 is awarded. Can do.

  Here, the internal winning combination “F_normal lip purple 7”, “F_normal lip BAR”, “F_purple 7 lip”, “F_BAR lip”, “F_purple 7 lip” or “F_BAR lip” is internally won. In addition, if the above-mentioned “purple 7” symbol or “BAR” symbol is not pressed in the winning combination that does not win the symbol combination that is arranged in a line or two, the pachislot machine 1 uses “C_Common Lip 1” as a winning combination. And other common replays won.

  When the internal winning combination “F_full rotation lip 1” and “F_full rotation lip 2” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, It becomes “upper lip”.

  When the internal winning combination “F_middle stage lip” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any one of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, it becomes “middle stage lip” and the reel display window 4 The winning combination “C_CL Lip 1-24”, in which any of “Blue 7-1-4” is displayed in the middle row, wins.

  When the internal winning combination “F_upper right yellow 7 lip” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, it becomes “upper right yellow 7” and the prize is won. The role “C_upper right yellow 7 lip” wins.

  The internal winning roles “F_middle left and right bells 1 to 3”, “F_middle right and left bells 1 to 3”, “F_right and left middle bells 1 to 3” and “F_middle right and left bells 1 to 3” are in a specific pressing order. This is a so-called 15-bell function in which 15 medals are paid out when a stop operation is executed.

  When the internal winning combination “F_middle left / right bell 1”, “F_middle left / right bell 2” and “F_middle left / right bell 3” are internally won, the stop operation is executed in the order of “middle-left-right” The winning combination “C_CL Yellow 7” from which 15 medals are paid out is won, and when the stop operation is executed in the other order, the winning combination from which one medal is paid out can be won respectively.

  For example, when the internal winning combination “F_middle left / right bell 1” is internally won and the left stop button 19L is first stopped, a winning combination “C_L1st special combination A1”, “ “C_L1st special combination A2” or “C_C1st special combination 1 to 4” can be won.

  When the internal winning combination “F_middle right / left bell 1”, “F_middle right / left bell 2” and “F_middle right / left bell 3” is internally won, the stop operation is executed in the order of “middle-right-left” The winning combination “C_CL Yellow 7” from which 15 medals are paid out is won, and when the stop operation is executed in the other order, the winning combination from which one medal is paid out can be won respectively.

  For example, when the internal winning combination “F_middle right / left bell 1” is internally won and the left stop button 19L is first stopped, a winning combination “C_L1st special combination D1”, “ “C_L1st special combination D2” or “C_C1st special combination 1 to 4” can be won.

  When the internal winning combination “F_Right / Middle Bell 1”, “F_Right / Middle Bell 2” and “F_Right / Middle Bell 3” are internally won, the stop operation is executed in the order of “Right-Left-Middle” The winning combination “C_CL Yellow 7” from which 15 medals are paid out is won, and when the stop operation is executed in the other order, the winning combination from which one medal is paid out can be won respectively.

  For example, when the internal winning combination “F_Right / Right / Middle Bell 1” is internally won and the left stop button 19L is first stopped, a winning combination “C_L1st special combination A1”, “ “C_L1st special combination A2” or “C_R1st special combination 1 to 4” can be won.

  When the internal winning combination “F_Right Middle Left Bell 1”, “F_Right Middle Left Bell 2” and “F_Right Middle Left Bell 3” are won internally, the stop operation is executed in the order of “Right-Middle-Left”. The winning combination “C_CL Yellow 7” from which 15 medals are paid out when winning is awarded, and the winning combination from which one medal is paid out can be won when the stop operation is executed in the other order. .

  For example, when the internal winning combination “F_right middle left bell 1” is internally won and the left stop button 19L is first stopped, a winning combination “C_L1st special combination D1” in which one medal is paid out, “C_L1st special combination D2” or “C_R1st special combination 1 to 4” can be won.

  The internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1 to 6” and “F_right 3 bells 1 to 6” are so-called 3 in which 3 medals are paid out when a stop operation is executed in a specific pressing order. It is a sheet bell role. The three-bell combination constitutes a specific pushing order.

  In other words, the internal winning combination “F_medium three bells 1 to 6” and “F_right three bells 1 to 6” respectively have the first pressing order and the first pressing order as the specific pressing order. A second push order different from the push order is defined, and three medals are given (paid out) as a predetermined profit when a stop operation is performed in either the first push order or the second push order. It is a role to be played. In addition, for the internal winning combination "F_medium three bells 1-6" and "F_right three bells 1-6", a third push order different from the first push order and the second push order is defined. When the stop operation is performed in the third push order (for example, the first stop on the left), one medal is less profit than the case where the stop operation is made in the first push order and the second push order. Is a role that is granted (withdrawn).

  The first push order is a push order corresponding to “x” in the figure, and the second push order is a push order corresponding to “◯” in the figure. For example, among the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1 to 6”, the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1 to 3” has “middle-right-left” as the first push order (“×”). “, Middle-left-right” is defined as the second pressing order (“◯”). Further, in the internal winning combination “F_medium three bells 4 to 6”, the first pushing order and the second pushing order are opposite to the above-described internal winning combination “F_medium three bells 1 to 3”. In the present embodiment, the second pressing order (“◯”) in the specific pressing order (first pressing order and second pressing order) is treated as the specified pressing order.

  Further, whether or not the stop operation is performed in the prescribed pressing order is determined in the batting order determination described later. The winning combination “C_TL yellow 71 to 3” in which three medals are paid out by winning either the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1 to 6” or “F_right 3 bells 1 to 6”. When a winning operation is performed in the second pushing order (“◯”) and the batting order determination result is “◯”. On the other hand, when the stop operation is performed in the first pressing order (“×”), the result of the batting order determination is “×”.

  Also, when the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1 to 6” and “F_right 3 bells 1 to 6” are won internally, and the stop operation is executed in the specified pressing order among the specific pressing order In addition, the main CPU 93 adds 1 to the batting order area (see FIG. 82) in the main effect state transition process (see FIG. 81) described later.

  For example, when the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bell 1” is internally won and stopped in the order of “middle-left-right” or “middle-right-left”, the pachislot machine 1 receives the winning combination “C_TL” "Yellow 71 to 3" wins. At this time, the main CPU 93 outputs a signal that causes the hopper device 51 to pay out three medals, and when the stop operation is performed in the order of “middle-left-right”, the stop operation is performed in the prescribed pressing order. Judgment is made and 1 is added to the batting order area. Further, when the stop operation is performed in the order of “middle-right-left”, the main CPU 93 determines that the stop operation has not been executed in the prescribed pressing order, and does not add any change due to the stop operation to the batting order area.

  Further, the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1 to 6” and “F_right 3 bells 1 to 6” are paid out one medal when the stop operation is not executed in a specific pressing order. The winning combination can be won. For example, when the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bell 1” is internally won and the left stop button 19L is first stopped, a winning combination “C_L1st special combination A1” or a single medal is paid out or “C_L1st special role A2” can be awarded.

  When the internal winning combination “F_Lower Yellow 7” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, it becomes “Lower 1” and the winning combination “F_L1st special role A1,2”, “F_L1st special role B1,2”, “F_L1st special role C1,2”, “F_L1st special role D1,2”, “F_L1st special role E1,2” or “F_L1st special role F1” 2 ”, the“ yellow 7 ”symbol is displayed in a row at the bottom of the reel display window 4, and one medal is paid out.

  If the internal winning combination “F_Middle Yellow 7” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any one of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, “15” is obtained, and the winning combination “ C_CL Yellow 7 ”is won and 15 medals are paid out.

  When the internal winning combination “F_GOD1” is won internally, when the first stop operation is performed on the left stop button 19L or the middle stop button 19C, it becomes “7 middle-stage GOD” and wins the winning combination “C_GOD”. Then, “GOD” symbols are displayed in a row in the middle of the reel display window 4, and seven medals are paid out. Further, when the first stop operation is performed on the right stop button 19R, the number is “7”, and the winning combination “C_GOD”, “C_TLGOD1”, “C_TLGOD2”, or “C_TLGOD3” is won and the reel The “GOD” symbols are displayed in a row in the middle or upper part of the display window 4 and seven medals are paid out.

  When the internal winning combination “F_GOD2” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R, it becomes “7 sheets middle GOD” and the winning combination “C_GOD” And 7 medals are paid out.

  When the internal winning combination “F_GOD3” is won internally, when the first stop operation is performed on the left stop button 19L or the right stop button 19R, “7 pieces right lower yellow 7” is obtained, and the winning combination “C_control” The winning combination “1-9” is won, the “yellow 7” symbols are displayed in a line from the upper left to the lower right of the reel display window 4, and seven medals are paid out. Further, when the first stop operation is performed on the middle stop button 19C, it becomes “7 sheets orMB”, and the winning combination “C_control combination 1 to 10” and the winning combination “C_MB” carried over from the transition to the RT1 gaming state are obtained. Can be awarded.

  When the internal winning combination “F_chance combination 1” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, it becomes “1 or 0”, and the prize is won. Any of the combination “C_chance combination A1-3” can be won, and when winning, one medal is paid out.

  When the internal winning combination “F_chance combination 2” is won internally, even if the first stop operation is performed on any of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R, “1 or 0” will be awarded, Any of the winning combinations “C_chance combination B1-3” can be won, and when winning, one medal is paid out.

<Internal lottery table for general gaming state>
In the general gaming state internal lottery table shown in FIG. 21, the lottery value and the data pointer for each set value are associated with the winning number when the main gaming state is the general gaming state (RT0 gaming state). .

  In the present embodiment, the random number for lottery extracted from the predetermined numerical range “0 to 65535” is sequentially subtracted by the lottery value corresponding to each winning number, and whether or not the result of the subtraction becomes negative An internal lottery is performed by determining whether or not a so-called “digit” has occurred.

  Therefore, the larger the numerical value defined as the lottery value, the higher the probability that the data (that is, the dake pointer) to which it is assigned will be determined. That is, the winning probability of each winning number can be represented by “the lottery value corresponding to each winning number / the number of all random numbers that may be extracted (65536)”.

  Here, when the number of times of the determination process of whether or not the result of the subtraction is negative exceeds the number of winning numbers, the result of the internal lottery process is “lost”.

  The data pointer is data acquired as a result of the lottery performed with reference to the internal lottery table for the general gaming state, and the internal winning combination specified by the small winning combination replay internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 12). This is data to specify.

  That is, the data pointer is data used to determine the storage area type and 1-byte data in the internal winning combination determination table for small role replay shown in FIG. 12 and the internal winning combination determination table for bonus shown in FIG. . For the data pointer, a small role / replay data pointer and a bonus data pointer are individually defined corresponding to each of the plurality of winning numbers.

  As shown in FIG. 21, in the internal lottery table for a general gaming state, winning numbers “1” to “43” are associated with common lottery values with setting values “1” to “6”.

  In the data pointer for a small role / replay, the winning numbers “1” to “42” are associated with values that match the winning numbers, and the winning numbers “43” are associated with “0”. It has been. On the other hand, regarding the bonus data pointer, “0” is associated with the winning numbers “1” to “42”, and “1” is associated with the winning number “43”. .

<RT1 gaming state internal lottery table>
In the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table shown in FIG. 22, the lottery value and data pointer for each set value are associated with the winning number when the main gaming state is the RT1 gaming state.

  Since the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table is configured in the same manner as the general gaming state internal lottery table shown in FIG. 21, the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table is different from the general gaming state internal lottery table. Explanation is omitted about the same parts as the internal lottery table for general gaming state including illustration.

  When the number of processes for determining whether or not the result of the subtraction is negative exceeds the number of winning numbers, the result of the internal lottery process is “lost”, but in this embodiment, the main gaming state is In the RT1 gaming state, the number of times of determination processing as to whether or not the result of subtraction is negative is set so as not to exceed the number of winning numbers.

  Since the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table is a bonus flag carry-over state of an MB gaming state that is not operating by winning the F_MB when the main gaming state is the RT1 gaming state, the winning number corresponding to the winning number of the F_MB There is no “43”.

  In the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table, winning numbers “1” to “43” are associated with common lottery values with setting values “1” to “6”. In addition, each lottery value of the winning numbers “1” to “43” may be changed for each set value “1” to “6”.

<Priority order table>
The priority order table shown in FIG. 23 defines the priority order of the number of sliding pieces when the main gaming state is other than the MB gaming state. The priority order table indicates an order (hereinafter referred to as priority order) in which applicable numerical values are preferentially applied within a range of numerical values (ie, 0 to 6) of the sliding piece number determination data predetermined as the number of sliding pieces. Stipulate.

<MB game state priority order table>
The MB gaming state priority order table shown in FIG. 24 defines the priority order of the number of sliding pieces when the main gaming state is in the MB gaming state. The MB gaming state priority order table defines the priority order of numerical values that can be applied from the numerical value range (ie, 0 or 1) of the sliding piece number determination data predetermined as the number of sliding pieces.

  In the priority order table and the MB gaming state priority order table, each numerical value is searched in order from the higher priority (1) to the lower priority (5), and as a result of the search, the numerical value corresponding to the priority order “1” is used. Applied preferentially. The priority order table is provided on the assumption that there are a plurality of sliding pieces having the same drawing priority order, and the number of sliding pieces having a higher priority order is applied.

  The priority order table and the MB gaming state priority order table in the present embodiment define the priority order based on the number of sliding piece determination data. That is, the priority order is defined so that the numerical value corresponding to the sliding piece number determination data is the highest. As a result, the data for determining the number of sliding symbols is determined preferentially over the number of other sliding symbols, so that the display of symbols intended during the development of the stop table is prioritized.

<Reel stop initial setting table>
In the reel stop initial setting table shown in FIG. 25, the draw-in priority table selection data or the draw-in priority table number and the stop table selection data group are associated with the spinning stop number. These various data indicate various table numbers to be selected in the stop control of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R according to the progress of one unit game.

  The pull-in priority table selection data is a number for selecting a pull-in priority table selection table shown in FIGS. The “pull-in priority table number” is a number for selecting a pull-in priority table shown in FIG.

  The “stop table selection data group” is a number for selecting a stop table or the like that stores the reel pressing position and the number of sliding frames in association with each other, although details are omitted. These numbers are data used to determine “slip piece number determination data”, that is, to determine the positions at which the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are stopped according to the progress of one unit game. .

  In the reel stop initial setting table, the drawing priority order table selection data is associated with the rotation stop number corresponding to the data pointer corresponding to the data pointer that is controlled differently depending on the order of the stop operation. A pull-in priority table number is associated with a rotation stop number corresponding to a data pointer whose stop control does not change.

<Pull-in priority table selection table>
In the pull-in priority table selection table shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, a pull-in priority table number for a stop operation type indicating the order of stop operations is associated with each pull-in priority table selection data.

  For example, in the pull-in priority table selection data “01”, when the first stop operation is “left”, the pull-in priority table number “00” is associated and the first stop operation is “medium”. In this case, the pull-in priority table number “03” is associated.

  Further, in the pull-in priority table selection data “01”, when the first stop operation is “left” and the second stop operation is “middle” during the second stop operation (“left → middle” in the figure), When the pull-in priority table number “00” is associated, the first stop operation is “right” and the second stop operation is “left” during the second stop operation (“right → left” in the figure), The pull-in priority table number “05” is associated.

<Pull-in priority table>
The drawing priority table shown in FIG. 28 indicates which symbol is drawn with priority when there are a plurality of symbols (corresponding to the winning combination determined as an internal winning combination) that may be displayed within the drawing range. ing. In FIG. 28, the data of the winning action flag is omitted for the sake of simplicity.

  In the drawing priority order table, drawing data indicating the drawing priority order of the combination of symbols related to the winning action flag (display combination) is represented. The “pull-in priority data” is information provided for the main CPU 93 to identify the pull-in priority.

  Here, “retraction” refers to the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R so that the symbols constituting the combination of symbols related to the internal winning combination are displayed along the winning line within the maximum number of sliding symbols. It means stopping.

  For example, in the drawing priority table number “00”, if it is determined that the winning action flag “C_TL Lip” and the winning action flags “C_CL Lip 1 to 24” are likely to win, “C_CL Lip” Since “C_TL Lip” has a higher priority than “1-24”, the rotation stop control of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is performed so that “C_TL Lip” is drawn with priority.

[Various storage areas on the main control side]
29 to 39 are diagrams showing examples of various storage areas stored in the main RAM 95.

<Internal winning combination storage area>
The internal winning combination storing area shown in FIG. 29 is composed of six storage areas of internal winning combination storing areas 1-6. The size of each of the internal winning combination storage areas 1 to 6 is 1 byte.

  Therefore, the overall size of the internal winning combination storing areas 1 to 6 is 6 bytes. In the internal winning combination storing areas 1 to 6, data determined based on the internal winning combination data (storage area type) defined by the internal winning combination determination table for small role replay shown in FIG.

  In the internal winning combination storing area shown in the figure, for example, bits 0 to 2 of the internal winning combination storing area 1 correspond to “F_MB”, “F_chance combination 2”, and “chance combination 1”, and bits 3 to 7 are , Each is unused.

  Similarly, bits 0 to 7 of the internal winning combination storing area 6 are “F_full rotation lip 1”, “F_BAR lip”, “F_purple 7 lip”, “F_BAR lip”, and “F_purple 7 lip”, respectively. ”,“ F_normal lip BAR ”,“ F_normal lip purple 7 ”, and“ F_normal lip ”.

<Display combination storage area>
The display combination storage area shown in FIG. 30 includes 20 storage areas of display combination storage areas 0 to 19. The size of each of the display combination storage areas 0 to 19 is 1 byte.

  Therefore, the total size of the display combination storage areas 0 to 19 is 20 bytes. The display combination storage areas 0 to 19 store data determined based on display combination data (storage area type) defined by each symbol combination table (bonus, replay, small combination) shown in FIGS. 17 to 19. . The value of the display combination storage area is used by the main CPU 93 to identify the display combination after all the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are stopped.

  In the illustrated display combination storage area, for example, bits 5 to 7 of the display combination storage area 0 correspond to “C_control combination 10”, “C_control combination 9”, and “C_control combination 8”, respectively. Bit 4 is unused.

  Similarly, bits 0 to 7 of the display combination storing area 19 are “C_CL Lip 6”, “C_CL Lip 5”, “C_CL Lip 4”, “C_CL Lip 3”, “C_CL Lip 2”, “C_CL Lip”, respectively. 1 "," C_TL Lip ", and" C_MB ".

<Design code storage area>
The symbol code storage area shown in FIG. 31 is configured in the same manner as the display combination storage area shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

  In the symbol code storage area, data indicating a winning combination in a rotating reel is stored. For example, when all of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are rotating, all the winning combinations can be won, so “1” is stored in all the corresponding bits in the symbol code storage area. Thereafter, when the left reel 3L is stopped (the reels 3C and 3R are rotated), the bit corresponding to the winning combination that cannot be won due to the stop of the left reel 3L is updated to “0”.

  Referring to FIGS. 17 to 19, for example, when the “BAR” symbol is stopped in the middle reel 3 </ b> C, the symbol “C_CL purple 7 lip” or “C_XD purple” in which the symbol of the middle reel 3 </ b> C is the “purple 7” symbol. While the bits corresponding to “7 lip 1 to 4” and the like are updated to “0”, the symbol of the middle reel 3C corresponds to “C_CLHDS lip” and “C_HDS lip 1 to 4”, etc. The bit to be kept is “1”.

<Operation stop button storage area>
The operation stop button storage area shown in FIG. 32 is 1 byte in size. Bits 4 to 6 are storage areas indicating stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R that can detect a stop operation by the player, that is, effective stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R.

  Bits 0 to 2 are storage areas indicating the stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R in which the stop operation corresponding to the valid stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R is detected immediately before. In this embodiment, bit 3 and bit 7 are unused and “0” is stored.

  Bit 0 corresponds to the left stop button 19L. When the left stop button 19L is operated by the player, “1” is stored in bit 0. Bit 1 corresponds to the middle stop button 19C. When the middle stop button 19C is operated by the player, "1" is stored in bit 1. Bit 2 corresponds to the right stop button 19R. When the right stop button 19R is operated by the player, “1” is stored in bit 2.

  Bit 4 corresponds to the left stop button 19L. When the left stop button 19L is valid, “1” is stored in bit 4. Bit 5 corresponds to the middle stop button 19C. When the middle stop button 19C is valid, “1” is stored in bit 5. Bit 6 corresponds to the right stop button 19R. When the right stop button 19R is valid, "1" is stored in bit 6.

  In this embodiment, that the stop button is valid means that a stop operation can be detected. The stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R corresponding to the reels rotating at a constant speed and capable of detecting the stop operation are referred to as effective stop buttons.

<Pressing order storage area>
The pressing order storage area shown in FIG. 33 is an area for storing information indicating the pressing order of the three stop buttons 19L, 19C, and 19R. This push-down order storage area has a size of 1 byte, bits 0 to 5 are used, bits 6 and 7 are unused, and “0” is stored.

  Bit 0 corresponds to the pressing order “left → middle → right”, and “1” is stored (turned on) in bit 0 when the pressing order is “left → middle → right”. Similarly, when the pressing order is “left → right → middle”, “1” is stored (turned on) in bit 1, and when the pressing order is “middle → left → right”, “1” is stored in bit 2. Is stored (ON), “1” is stored in bit 3 if “middle → right → left”, and “1” is stored in bit 4 if “right → left → middle”. In the case of “right → middle → left”, “1” is stored (turned on) in bit 5.

<Carry-over portion storage area>
The carryover combination storage area shown in FIG. 34 has a size of 1 byte, bit 0 corresponds to “MB”, and bits 1 to 7 are unused. As a result of the internal lottery process, when the internal winning combination “F_MB” is determined, “1” is stored in bit 0 of the carryover combination storing area.

  By storing “1” in bit 0 of the carryover combination storage area, it is possible to determine that the player has won the “F_MB”. The state in which “1” is stored in bit 0 of the carryover combination storage area is held until the symbol combination corresponding to “C_MB” is displayed on the winning line.

  That is, when “F_MB” is won, “1” is stored in bit 0 of the carryover combination storage area in at least one unit game until the combination of symbols of these bonuses is displayed on the winning line as a display combination. The maintained state is maintained. Maintaining a state in which “1” is stored in bit 0 from the unit game winning the bonus to the unit game winning is called “carryover”. “F_MB” stored in the carryover combination storage area is referred to as “carryover combination”.

  When a stop operation is performed by the player and each of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R stops, the internal winning combination storing area is initialized, but the carryover combination storing area is not initialized. In this way, the “carry over” state can be maintained.

<Game state flag storage area>
The game state flag storage area shown in FIG. 35 stores a flag for indicating whether the main game state is the bonus game state or the RT1 game state, and has a size of 1 byte.

  Bit 0 and bit 1 of the game state flag storage area relate to the bonus game state, and bit 2 relates to the main game state. In the present embodiment, bits 3 to 7 of the game state flag storage area are unused.

  In the bonus gaming state, bit 0 of the gaming state flag storage area is set to “1” (ON) in the MB gaming state, and bit 1 of the gaming state flag storage area is set to “1” (ON) in the CB gaming state. The

<Rotation effect flag storage area>
The spinning effect flag storage area shown in FIG. 36 is composed of five storage areas of the spinning effect flag storage areas 0 to 4. The size of each of these spinning effect flag storage areas 0 to 4 is 1 byte.

  Therefore, the overall size of the spinning effect flag storage areas 0 to 4 is 5 bytes. In the rotation effect flag storage areas 0 to 4, flags for indicating which of the rotation effects to be executed in a reel rotation start process (see FIG. 74) described later are stored.

  Here, the spinning effect is an effect lottery number assigned when a predetermined internal winning combination is won in other lottery processing (see FIG. 72) described later, and lock effect lottery tables 1 to 3 (FIG. 43 to FIG. 43). 45) and is an effect of controlling the behavior of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R (for example, vibrating the reel 3L, rotating the reel in a pseudo manner, etc.).

  In the illustrated rotation effect flag storage area, for example, bits 0 to 7 of the rotation effect flag storage area 0 are “No effect”, “Rotation lock 1”, “Rotation lock 2”, “Rotation lock”, respectively. It corresponds to “3”, “Rotating lock 4”, “Combo Gase 1”, “Combo Gase 2”, “Combo Purple 7”.

  Similarly, bits 0 and 1 of the spinning effect flag storage area 4 correspond to “waiting for combo 1 input” and “waiting for input of combo 2”, respectively, and bits 2 to 7 of the spinning effect flag storage area 4 are , Each is unused.

  Each bit in the rotation effect flag storage area corresponds to the winning rotation effect number in the rotation effect lottery processing based on the lock lottery table 2 (see FIG. 44) in the other lottery processing (see FIG. 72) described later. The bit becomes “1” (ON).

  Each bit of the rotation effect flag storage area is configured in the same manner as the reserved rotation effect flag storage area (see FIG. 37), and the bit that is “1” (ON) in the reserved rotation effect flag storage area. Are set to “1” (ON) by a reservation lock process (see FIG. 83) described later.

<Reserved reel effect flag storage area>
The reserved spinning effect flag storage area shown in FIG. 37 is configured similarly to the spinning effect flag storage area shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

  Each bit in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area is determined in the lottery processing of the spinning effect based on the lock lottery tables 1 and 3 (see FIGS. 43 and 45) in other lottery processing (see FIG. 72) described later. The bit corresponding to the trunk effect number is “1” (ON).

<Main effect state flag storage area>
The main effect state flag storage area shown in FIG. 38 stores a flag for indicating whether the main effect state is the main effect state 0 to 2, and has a size of 1 byte. In the present embodiment, bits 3 to 7 of the main effect state flag storage area are unused.

  Here, the main effect state flag is a flag used by the main CPU 93 to determine whether the current sub game state is the normal state, the added special state, or the ART state. ˜2 correspond to the normal state, the added special state, and the ART state, respectively. That is, the main effect states 0 to 2 reflect whether the effect state in the sub-control circuit 101 is the normal state, the added special state, or the ART state, and is controlled by the main CPU 93. Therefore, the main CPU 93 constitutes a main effect state control means.

  In the main effect state flag storage area, when main effect state 1 is set in a main effect state transition process (see FIG. 81) described later, bit 1 corresponding to main effect state 1 is set to “1” (ON). When the main effect state 2 is set, the bit 2 corresponding to the main effect state 2 is “1” (on), and when the main effect state flag storage area is cleared, the bit 1 and the bit 2 are set. Becomes “0” (off), and bit 0 corresponding to the main effect state 0 becomes “1” (on).

<Retrieve priority data storage area>
The pull-in priority data storage area shown in FIG. 39 includes a left reel pull-in priority data storage area, a middle reel pull-in priority data storage area, and a right reel pull-in priority data storage area.

  The contents of the middle reel pull-in priority data storage area and the right reel pull-in priority data storage area are the same as those of the left reel pull-in priority data storage area. The data storage area will be described.

  The left reel pull-in priority data storage area can store pull-in priority data for each of the symbol position data (see FIG. 10). For example, for symbol position data 0, a role (any one of 01EH to 000H) defined in the priorities 1 to 5 in FIG. 28 is defined, and from these pull-in priority data, an internal winning combination and Depending on the stop positions of the other reels 3C and 3R, any pull-in priority data is stored. Thereby, the left reel 3L is controlled so as to stop or not stop the symbol corresponding to the internal winning combination on the winning line.

  Similarly, for the symbol position data 1 to 20, the roles defined in the priority order are also defined. From these drawing priority data, the internal winning combination and the stop positions of the other reels 3L, 3C, 3R are determined. In response, any pull-in priority data is stored.

[Various data tables related to main performance state update processing]
40 to 56 show various data tables related to the main effect state update process stored in the main ROM 94.

<Batting order determination table>
In the batting order determination table shown in FIG. 40, either the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1 to 6” or “F_right 3 bells 1 to 6” is won, and three medals are paid out. The result of the batting order determination when winning one of the winning combinations “C_TL yellow 71 to 3” is shown.

  In the batting order determination table, the results of batting order determination for the stop operation order when each internal winning combination is won and one of the winning combinations “C_TL yellow 71 to 3” is won are associated with each other.

  The result of “○” or “×” in the batting order determination is information provided for the main CPU 93 to identify the current main effect state, and in the main effect state transition process (see FIG. 81) described later, the batting order area Used when updating (see FIG. 82).

<Batting order determination result correspondence table>
In the batting order determination result correspondence table shown in FIG. 41, for each result of hitting the internal winning combination “F_medium 3 bells 1-6” and “F_right 3 bells 1-6” and performing batting order determination. The main effect state, presence / absence of a spinning effect, and ON / OFF of an external signal are associated with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 41, when the first stop operation of the left stop button 19L is performed, the main effect state is associated with the main effect state 0 (normal state), and the external signal is associated with OFF.

  Further, when the batting order determination is performed twice and the result is “XX”, “XX”, or “XX”, the main effect state is associated with the main effect state 1 (addition specialization state). The turning effect is associated with the occurrence of combo freeze, and the external signal is associated with ON. Here, the combo freeze means that the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R displaying the predetermined symbols once rotate backward several times and then rotate forward to display the predetermined symbols again. This is a revolving effect. When a combo freeze occurs, in addition to the spinning effect corresponding to the combo freeze, a spinning effect “combo reverse A” and “combo reverse B” described later may be executed.

  If the batting order is determined as a result of “XX”, the main effect state is associated with the main effect state 2 (ART state), and the spinning effect corresponds to the occurrence of the spinning lock and dejab freeze. The external signal is associated with ON. Here, the spinning lock is a spinning effect that vibrates at least one of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R. Also, dejab freezing means that reels 3L, 3C, and 3R displaying a predetermined symbol combination execute different numbers of forward rotations in the order of left reel 3L, middle reel 3C, and right reel 3R, respectively. This is a spinning effect in which the predetermined symbol combination displayed in the previous game is displayed again and again.

  Here, the above-mentioned combo freeze, dejab freeze, and rotation lock all indicate the contents of the rotation effect, but in detail, the player performs a game operation on the condition that a predetermined lock condition is satisfied. The contents of the spinning effect performed during the execution of the so-called lock, which is invalidated until the rotation speed of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R becomes constant as a predetermined period, are shown. The lock described above is executed by the main CPU 93. Therefore, the main CPU 93 constitutes lock execution means. As the predetermined lock condition, for example, there are cases where winning is performed by lottery of various lock effects.

  Further, the main CPU 93 executes each of the spinning effects, that is, the combo freeze, the dejab freeze, and the rotary lock performed during the execution of the lock. Therefore, the main CPU 93 performs any one of the spinning effects of the combo freeze, the dejab freeze, and the spinning lock using the rotating operation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R during the lock. The main CPU 93 that performs one of the spinning effects among the combo freeze, dejab freeze, and rotating lock during the execution of the lock constitutes a lock effect means. In addition, each turning effect of combo freeze, dejab freeze, and turning lock constitutes a lock effect.

<Direction lottery number correspondence table>
FIG. 42 is a correspondence table showing the internal winning combination corresponding to the effect lottery number among the internal winning combinations.

  42, among the internal winning combinations, “F_Normal Lip Purple 7”, “F_Normal Lip BAR”, “F_Purple 7 Lip Lip”, “F_BAR Roll Lip”, “F_Purple 7 Lip”, “ F_BAR Lip, F_Middle Lip, F_Upper Yellow 7 Lip, F_Middle Yellow 7 Lip, F_GOD1, F_Chance 1 and F_Chance 2 Is associated with. The effect lottery number is used in each lock effect lottery executed in other lottery processing (see FIG. 72) described later.

<Rock production lottery table>
When the main effect state is the main effect states 1 and 2 in the other lottery processing shown in FIG. 72, the lock lottery effect table shown in FIGS. 43 to 45 is used when determining the spinning effect based on each effect lottery number. It is a table to be referenced.

  Each spinning performance is associated with a spinning performance number, for example, “rotation lock 1” is associated with a spinning performance number “1”.

  The lock effect lottery table 1 shown in FIG. 43 is referred to when the main effect state is the main effect state 1, and “combo_gase 1”, “combo_gase 2”, “combo_purple 7” are used as the revolving effect. In addition, the probability of winning any of the combo lock effects of “Combo_BAR” is defined, and if no win of any of the combo lock effects is achieved, “no effect” is set as the revolving effect.

  Here, “combo_gase 1” and “combo_gase 2” are spinning effects for displaying the predetermined symbol combination again after the predetermined symbol combination is displayed and the combo freeze is executed. In “Combo_Purple 7” and “Combo_BAR”, after a predetermined symbol combination is displayed and combo freeze is performed and the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are stopped, the reels 3L, 3C, 3R start reverse rotation. In the middle of the reel display window 4, "purple 7-purple 7-purple 7" and "BAR-BAR-BAR" are displayed, and the reels 3L, 3C, 3R vibrate. It is a turning effect that shifts to.

  The lock effect lottery table 2 shown in FIG. 44 is referred to when the main effect state is the main effect state 2, and wins one of the rotation lock system effects of “rotor lock 1 to 4” as the rotation effect. If the probability is specified and no win in the spinning lock system effect is won, “no effect” is set as the spinning effect.

  The lock effect lottery table 3 shown in FIG. 45 is referred to when the main effect state is the main effect state 2, and the probability of winning either “single dejab” or “dejab continuous” as the spinning effect is defined. If neither “single dejab” or “continuous dejab” is won, “no effect” is set as the revolving effect.

  Here, “single dejab” means that after a predetermined symbol combination is displayed and the dejab freeze is performed, the predetermined symbol combination is displayed again, and after stopping, the spinning effect “dejab” is shifted to “end dejab”. This is a spinning effect that triggers the execution of “operation” once. Also, “dejab continuous” means that after a predetermined symbol combination is displayed and a dejab freeze is executed and the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are stopped, each reel 3L, 3C, 3R displaying the predetermined symbol is The reverse rotation of the different number of times is executed in the order of the left reel 3L, the middle reel 3C, and the right reel 3R, a predetermined pattern is displayed again, and after the stop, the rotation effect shifts to the rotation effect “waiting for dejab input”.

  As shown in each of the lock effect lottery tables in FIGS. 42 to 44, when the main effect state is the main effect state 1, a combo lock effect is performed as the spinning effect, and the main effect state is the main effect state 2. When there is, the spinning lock production and dejab rock production are performed as the spinning production. That is, the main CPU 93 performs a combo lock effect as the spinning effect when the lock described above is executed during the main effect state 1, and when the lock described above is executed during the main effect state 2. Rotating locks and dejab locks are performed as rotating effects. Here, the combo lock effect constitutes a first lock effect, and the spinning lock effect and dejab lock effect constitute a second lock effect.

<Continuation rate lottery table>
The continuation rate lottery table shown in FIG. 46 is based on each lottery number when either “dejab continuous” or combo-type lock effect is set as the spinning effect in the continuous lock effect process shown in FIG. It is a table referred when determining the probability that a system lock effect or a combo system lock effect will continue. Here, the dejab-based rock effect is composed of “dejab operation” and “dejab continuation” which are rotating effects accompanied by dejab freeze, and constitutes the reel reproduction effect in the present invention.

  Each continuation probability is associated with a continuation probability number. For example, continuation probability number “1” is associated with continuation probability “50%”.

  The continuation rate lottery table is referred to when either “dejab continuous” or combo lock production is set as the spinning effect, and “0%”, “50%”, “66%”, “ The probability of winning either “80%”, “85%”, or “90%” is defined.

<Continuous freeze table>
The continuous freeze table shown in FIG. 47 determines a combo operation based on each continuation probability number when a combo lock effect is set as a spinning effect in the continuous lock effect process shown in FIG. It is a table to be referred to when.

  In the continuous freeze table, the probability of winning one of “normal continuation”, “reverse rotation continuation A”, “reverse rotation continuation B” and “non-continuation” as a combo operation is defined.

  Here, “normal continuation” is a combo operation for executing a spinning effect “combo operation” that vibrates after rotating the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R twice in reverse. Further, “continuous reverse rotation A” starts forward rotation in the order of the left reel 3L, the middle reel 3C, and the right reel 3R, stops in the order of the left reel 3L, the middle reel 3C, and the right reel 3R, and then the reels 3L, 3C, This is a combo operation for executing the rotating effect “combo reverse rotation A” for shifting to the rotating effect “combo reverse rotation operation” for vibrating all 3Rs. “Reverse continuation B” is a combo operation for executing a revolving effect “combo reversing B” having a difference in behavior of the middle reel 3C from the revolving effect “combo reversing A”. Further, “non-continuation” is a combo operation for executing a spinning effect “combo end”.

<Reel control table for spinning production>
48 to 50 show the signals output from the main control board 71 to the stepping motors of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R when each spinning effect is executed. The data defined in the reel control table at the time of the spinning effect is the spinning effect that is performed until the rotation speed of each of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R becomes constant.

  Here, the spinning effects “full rotation_purple 7”, “full rotation BAR”, and “full rotation_GOD” are so-called full rotation lock effects. In any of the spinning effects, the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are used. The reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are rotated in the normal direction, and the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are rotated backward at a lower speed than the normal rotation after the stop, and the reel rotation speed is adjusted so that the “BAR”, “purple 7”, and “GOD” symbols are aligned After the adjustment and stop, the forward rotation is started again, the rotation is performed at a low speed near a predetermined symbol, and the initial full rotation effect in which “purple 7-purple 7-purple 7” is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4 is executed. It is a trunk production.

  The spinning effect “full rotation_purple 7” is a spinning effect in which the reels 3L, 3C, 3R vibrate and stop after the initial full rotation effect. Also, the spinning effect “full rotation_BAR” is rotated forward again after the initial full rotation effect, “BAR-BAR-BAR” is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4, and the reels 3L, 3C, 3R vibrate and stop. It is a gyrus production. In addition, the spinning effect “full rotation_GOD” is rotated again after the initial full rotation effect, “BAR-BAR-BAR” is displayed in the middle stage of the reel display window 4, and is rotated forward again, and the middle stage of the reel display window 4. “GOD-GOD-GOD” is displayed, and the reel 3L, 3C, 3R vibrates and stops.

<Output signal of main control board>
51 to 55 show signals output from the main control board 71 to the stepping motors of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. For example, the signal “ACOT — 01” is a signal for accelerating the stepping motor in the forward rotation direction.

  FIG. 56 is an example of a signal group output in the symbol position adjustment process for adjusting the symbol position in the initial full rotation effect. Here, in the symbol position adjustment process, the signal output to each of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R is predetermined by the main CPU 93 according to the stop position (the symbol position data shown in FIG. 10) of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R in the previous game. The calculation result is stored in the stop position information “ACT_STP + 0”, “ACT_STP + 1”, “ACT_STP + 2” assigned to each reel 3L, 3C, 3R, and the stored stop position information “ACT_STP + 0 to 2”. Determined based on the value of.

  Here, the predetermined calculation is a calculation of adding 1 to the stop position in the previous game of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R and multiplying the added value by 8. For example, the stop position information “ACT_STP + 0” of the left reel 3L is calculated as “ACT_STP + 0 = (symbol position data of the left reel 3L + 1) × 8”. For the stop position information “ACT_STP + 1” of the middle reel 3C and the stop position information “ACT_STP + 2” of the right reel 3R, the calculation is the same except that the symbol position data to be referred to is different for each reel.

  The main control board 71 outputs the signal “ACOT_AJ” (see FIG. 54) the same number of times as the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the value stored in the stop position information “ACT_STP + 0 to 2”, and outputs the signal “ACOT_AJ” from 168. A signal “ACOT_R3” (see FIG. 54) of the number of times obtained by subtracting the number of times of the output is output. In the symbol position adjustment process, when the main control board 71 outputs the signal “ACOT_R3” to all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, the “purple 7” symbol, the “BAR” symbol, and the “GOD” symbol are arranged in one row. It is configured to align. Here, the signal “ACOT_AJ” is a signal for reversely rotating the output reel at a low speed. The signal “ACOT_R3” is a signal for rotating the output reel in reverse at a lower speed than when the signal “ACOT_AJ” is output.

  FIG. 56 shows the symbol position when the symbol position data of the left reel 3L is “0”, the symbol position data of the middle reel 3C is “1”, and the symbol position data of the right reel 3R is “2” in the previous game. It is a figure which shows the output signal of an adjustment process. The value of the stop position information “ACT_STP + 0-2” is that the symbol position data of the left reel 3L is “0”, the symbol position data of the middle reel 3C is “1”, and the symbol position data of the right reel 3R is “2”. Therefore, “ACT_STP + 0 = 8”, “ACT_STP + 1 = 16”, and “ACT_STP + 1 = 24”, respectively. Based on the calculation result, the main control board 71 determines the number of signals “ACOT_AJ” and “ACOT_R3” to be output to the reels 3L, 3C, 3R to the number shown in FIG.

  Next, the behavior of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R in the symbol position adjustment process shown in FIG. 56 will be described. First, the signal “ACOT_AJ” is output to all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, and reverse rotation is started.

  Next, a signal “ACOT_R3” for reverse rotation at a low speed is output to the left reel 3L, and a signal “ACOT_AJ” is continuously output to the middle reel 3C and the right reel 3R.

  Here, the reel to which the signal “ACOT_AJ” has been output eight times is configured to rotate reversely by one symbol for the reel to which the signal “ACOT_R3” has been output eight times at the same time. For this reason, when the 15th signal output processing is completed, the symbol position data of the left reel 3L and the middle reel 3C both have the same value, and the “purple 7” symbol, “BAR” is displayed on the left reel 3L and the middle reel 3C. The symbol and the “GOD” symbol are arranged in parallel, and thereafter the left reel 3L and the middle reel 3C rotate at the same speed.

  Next, the signal “ACOT_R3” is output to the left reel 3L and the middle reel 3C, and the signal “ACOT_AJ” is continuously output to the right reel 3R. Thus, at the time of the 24th signal output process when the signal output process of the 23rd time is completed and the signal “ACOT_R3” is output to all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, the symbol position data of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R is All of them have the same value, and the “purple 7” symbol, the “BAR” symbol, and the “GOD” symbol are arranged in a line on the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R.

[Various control side data tables]
57 to 66 are various data tables stored in the ROM cartridge substrate 86. FIG.

<Overview of specialization status>
FIG. 57 is a table for explaining each additional special state.

  First, the added special state in the present embodiment is an effect state that is shifted prior to the start of the ART state, and is an effect state for determining the number of AT games as the number of continuous games in the ART state. This additional special state is shifted by the sub CPU 102 prior to the start of the ART state. The sub CPU 102 that performs such transition constitutes a special performance state transition means. Moreover, the specialization state of addition constitutes a special effect state.

  In addition, in this extra special state, an extra game is added as a predetermined number of games each time a predetermined condition (for example, when winning an extra lottery or when a specific symbol combination is stopped on the winning line) is established. The number of times (for example, 10 games to 500 games) is determined, and the sum of all the determined number of extra games is determined as the number of AT games described above. Such determination of the number of AT games is performed by the sub CPU 102. The sub CPU 102 that performs such processing constitutes a continuous game number determination means.

  Further, this additional special state includes an additional special state 1 and an additional special state 2 that have different expectations for determining the number of AT games in the process of determining the number of AT games described above. It is a waste. The added special state 1 constitutes the first special effect state, and the added special state 2 constitutes the second special effect state.

  Specifically, in the added special state 1, the unit game is triggered as a result of the establishment of the predetermined condition. That is, in the extra special state 1, each time a unit game is played, the number of extra games is determined based on an internal winning combination and an extra special state 1 lottery table (see FIG. 58) described later. In addition, the specialization state 1 is an extra special state when a unit game of 5 games is executed and the internal winning is “F_normal lip”, “F_purple 7 lip” and “F_BAR lip” after 6 games. A lottery is executed to determine whether 1 continues. In addition, the specialization state 1 is given at least 10 AT games for each unit game based on the above-mentioned specialization state 1 lottery table, and the continuation between five games is confirmed as described above. Therefore, the number of AT games of 50 games is given as the minimum guaranteed number of AT games. Further, in this specialization state 1, the push order navigation is not executed. Thus, the middle stop button 19C or the right stop button 19R is not operated for the first stop, and the condition for generating the combo freeze is not satisfied. Therefore, in the added special state 1, the combo freeze is not generated.

  In the specialization state 2, the combination of specific symbols, such as “purple 7” or “BAR”, is stopped on the winning line as a trigger for the establishment of the predetermined condition. Therefore, in the extra special state 2, for example, “purple 7” or “BAR” stops on the winning line, and the number of extra games is determined. On the other hand, in the added special state 1, the above-mentioned predetermined condition is not triggered by the fact that the combination of specific symbols as described above has stopped on the winning line.

  In addition, the specialization state 2 is composed of two states, namely, the specialization state 2a and the specialization state 2b. In the 11th game and after, “F_purple 7-rolling”, “F_BAR-rolling”, “F_” In the case of internal winning other than so-called rare roles such as “middle lip”, “F_chance role 1”, and “F_chance role 2”, a lottery is executed as to whether or not the additional special states 2a and 2b continue. In addition, in the specialization states 2a and 2b, the number of AT games of 100 games is given as the minimum guaranteed number of AT games.

  In the added special state 2a, a combo freeze occurs when the internal winning combination “F_normal lip purple 7” is won internally and the first stop operation is performed on the right stop button 19R. The number of AT games of 50 games is easily added.

  In the added special state 2b, a combo freeze occurs when the internal winning combination “F_normal lip BAR” is won internally and the first stop operation is performed on the middle stop button 19C, and when the combo freeze occurs, The number of AT games of the game is easily added.

  As described above, the specialization state 2 is a state in which the degree of expectation for determining a larger number of AT games than the specialization state 1 is high.

<Additional special lottery table>
58 and 59, the extra special state lottery table is referred to when determining the number of AT games to be added in the extra special state 1 process shown in FIG. 103 and the extra special state 2 process shown in FIG. It is a table to be.

  The extra special state 1 lottery table shown in FIG. 58 is a table referred to in the extra special state 1, and the probability that the number of AT games of 10 to 500 games will be added by each internal winning combination is defined.

  The added special state 2 lottery table shown in FIG. 59 is a table that is referred to when a combo lock effect is executed in the added special states 2a and 2b. The probability of adding the number of AT games when winning the internal winning combination “F_normal purple 7 lip” is referred to in the added special state 2a, and the probability of winning 50 games is the highest. The probability of adding the number of AT games when winning the internal winning combination “F_normal BAR lip” is referred to in the added special state 2b, and the probability of winning 100 games is the highest.

<ART lottery table>
The lottery table during ART shown in FIG. 60 is a table that is referred to when determining the number of AT games to be added in the extra lottery process at the time of lock shown in FIG. The probability that the number of games will be added is specified.

<Normal AT lottery table>
In the normal time AT lottery table in FIG. 61, each internal winning combination is associated with a lottery value for each mode.

  As shown in FIG. 61, in the normal time AT lottery table, different internal lottery values are associated with each internal winning combination in modes “1” to “5”. Here, “mode” is information defining the probability of winning an AT lottery. As shown in FIG. 61, the larger the mode, the higher the probability of winning an AT lottery. Each mode is configured to be able to shift at a predetermined timing, such as when the AT state ends or when a so-called chance combination of “F_chance combination 1” and “F_chance combination 2” is performed.

<AT lottery table when special conditions are met>
In FIG. 62, the AT lottery table when special conditions are satisfied defines the probability of AT winning when each special condition is satisfied.

  As shown in FIG. 62, special conditions include 5 of “yellow 7_3 consecutive hours”, “yellow 7_4 consecutive hours”, “yellow 7_5 consecutive hours”, “rare role 2 consecutive times”, and “rare role 3 consecutive times”. There are various types, and in the normal state, when “Yellow 7” symbol is won three or more times consecutively for the yellow seven role displayed in a row on the reel display window 4, or continuously for the rare role twice or more It is established when winning.

<Loop ratio lottery table used in extra ART lottery processing>
The loop rate lottery table used in the extra ART lottery process shown in FIG. 63 is for each set value with respect to the loop rate, which is the probability that the extra specialized state will be added by the extra ART lottery process based on the loop rate after winning the ART. Lottery values are associated with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 63, in the loop rate lottery table used in the additional ART lottery process, different loop values are associated with the set values “1” to “6”, and the set value “1”. The set value “6” is more likely to be determined as a high probability loop rate than “”.

<Variation symbol number pattern table>
The variation symbol number pattern table shown in FIG. 64 associates the variation symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 with the array data in the high probability mode as the special variation zone shown in FIG. Here, the high probability mode is a secondary gaming state that is executed with reference to the arrangement pattern and the prescribed number of games defined in the appearance arrangement pattern table (see FIG. 65), and is displayed by displaying the variation symbols 11L, 11C, and 11R. This is a secondary game state in which a stock lottery in the specialization state is executed.

  As shown in FIG. 64, each array data has a plurality of variable symbols. For example, when array data “A” is selected, “1-7” as variable symbols in the liquid crystal display device 11. Either number is displayed. The array data defined in the variation symbol number pattern table constitutes a predetermined variation pattern in the present embodiment.

<Appearance array pattern table>
The appearance arrangement pattern table shown in FIG. 65 defines the arrangement pattern in which the changing symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 appear in the high probability mode shown in FIG.

  Here, the arrangement pattern is to determine a variation symbol to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 with reference to the variation symbol number pattern table shown in FIG. Here, the variation symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 is composed of three symbols, a left variation symbol 11L, a middle variation symbol 11C, and a right variation symbol 11R (see FIG. 2). “3” is always displayed in the variation symbol 11L, and the symbol displayed from the arrangement pattern is selected in the middle variation symbol 11C and the right variation symbol 11R.

  For example, in the case of the array pattern “AAB”, the variation symbols displayed on the middle variation symbol 11C and the right variation symbol 11R are numbers determined by lottery from “1-7” in the first and second games, respectively. Is displayed, and in the third game, the numbers determined by lottery from “1-5, 7” are displayed.

<Sub status flag storage area>
The sub-state flag storage area shown in FIG. 66 stores a flag for indicating which gaming state the sub-gaming state is, and has a size of 1 byte.

  Bit 0 of the sub-state flag storage area relates to the ART state, bit 1 relates to the ART ready state, bit 2 relates to the specialization state for addition, and bit 3 relates to the high probability mode. Bit 4 relates to the specialization state 1 for addition, bit 5 relates to the specialization state 2 for addition, and bit 6 relates to the end waiting state. In the present embodiment, bit 7 of the sub status flag storage area is unused. Bits 0 to 6 are set to “1” (ON) when each gaming state is set.

[Main game state transition]
As shown in FIG. 67, the pachislot machine 1 has a main game state on the main control side controlled by the main control circuit 91, that is, a general game state (RT0 game state), an RT1 game state, and an MB game state.

  The RT0 gaming state is an initial state when the pachislot machine 1 is shipped. The main gaming state shifts to the RT0 gaming state when the MB gaming state ends. The RT0 gaming state is a gaming state in which a winning number is drawn based on an internal lottery table for general gaming states (see FIG. 21), and is a replay low probability state in which the winning probability of a replaying role that is a replaying role is low.

  The main gaming state shifts to the RT1 gaming state when the internal winning combination “F_MB” is won in the RT0 gaming state. The RT1 gaming state is a gaming state in which a winning number is drawn based on the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table (see FIG. 22), and is a replay high probability state in which the winning probability of the replay role is higher than the RT0 gaming state.

  Here, the RT1 gaming state is not an RT managed by the number of games, but continues unless the action symbol in the MB gaming state wins a prize. In that sense, the RT1 gaming state is infinite RT.

  The main gaming state shifts to the MB gaming state when the operation symbol of the MB gaming state wins in the RT1 gaming state. The MB gaming state is a gaming state in which all of the small combinations win internally, and ends when the number of payouts exceeds a predetermined payout number (34 in the present embodiment).

  Although details will be described later, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment wins the internal winning combination “F_MB” with a high probability in the RT0 gaming state and wins the MB gaming state operating combination in the RT1 gaming state. Since it is difficult, the main gaming state is almost the RT1 gaming state.

  Here, in the present embodiment, on the condition that “F_MB” is determined as an internal winning combination as a predetermined bonus combination, the main gaming state is shifted to the bonus flag carry-over state and the combination of symbols related to MB Is displayed on the winning line, the main gaming state is shifted from the bonus flag carryover state to the MB gaming state as the bonus gaming state.

  Such main game state bonus carryover state and transition to MB game state are performed by the main CPU 93. In the MB gaming state of the present embodiment, the number of medals (BET number) inserted to perform a unit game and the number of payouts are set so that medals (game media) given to the player do not increase. It is prescribed. For example, it is possible to prevent an increase in the number of medals (game media) given to a player by paying out two by inserting two (two BET).

  Here, in the present embodiment, the RT1 gaming state is set while the main gaming state is in the above-described bonus flag carry-over state. In this way, by setting the bonus flag carry-over state to the RT1 gaming state, the RT state managed by the main control circuit 91 can be effectively reduced to one, and the data handled by the main control circuit 91 compared to the prior art. The amount can be reduced.

[Main control processing]
The main CPU 93 of the main control circuit 91 executes various processes according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 68 to 81 and FIGS.

<Main control processing>
FIG. 68 is a flowchart showing the main control process. The main control process described below starts when the pachislot machine 1 is powered on.

  First, when the pachislot machine 1 is powered on, the main CPU 93 executes the power-on process shown in FIG. 69 (S10). In this power-on process, it is determined whether the backup is normal or the setting has been changed appropriately, and an initialization process is executed according to the determination result.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes an initialization process at the end of one game (one unit game) (S11). In this initialization process, for example, a storage area designated in advance to be initialized at the end of one game is initialized. By this initialization process, data stored in the internal winning combination storing area, the display combining storage area, etc. of the main RAM 95 is cleared.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a medal acceptance / start check process shown in FIG. 70 (S12). In the medal acceptance / start check process, a process for detecting a medal inserted by the player and a process for detecting a start operation are executed.

  Next, the main CPU 93 extracts three random number values (random number values 1 to 3) and stores them in a random number storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S13). Here, the random value 1 is a value used for the internal lottery process, and is extracted from 0 to 65535 in the present embodiment.

  The random numbers 2 and 3 are values used for other lottery processing, and are extracted from 0 to 65535 and 0 to 255, respectively, in the present embodiment. The main CPU 93 does not need to extract the random number values 2 and 3 in step S13, and may extract the random number values 2 and 3 when they are used.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes an internal lottery process shown in FIG. 71 (S14). The main CPU 93 that executes the internal lottery process constitutes an internal winning combination determining means.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes other lottery processing shown in FIG. 72 (S15). This other lottery process includes a lottery process related to the spinning effect and a lottery process for determining whether or not to set a flag referred to in each spinning effect.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a reel stop initial setting process shown in FIG. 73 (S16). By this reel stop initial setting process, each piece of information (for example, stop table number) related to reel stop control is stored in the corresponding area of the main RAM 95 based on the result of the internal lottery process (internal winning combination).

  Next, the main CPU 93 generates start command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated start command data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S17).

  The start command data represents, for example, a game state flag type, a bonus end number counter value, an internal winning combination type, a flag type related to locking, etc., a value of an effect timer, and the like.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a wait process (S18). In this wait process, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the previous game (start of the previous unit game), and if it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the predetermined time has elapsed. Wait until you are digested. The predetermined time in the wait process, that is, the wait time is set to 4.1 seconds from the start of the previous unit game, for example.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a reel rotation start process shown in FIG. 74 for rotating all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R according to the number of inserted medals (S19). This reel rotation start process is executed by the interrupt process shown in FIG. This interrupt process is a process executed at a constant cycle (1.1172 ms).

  By this interruption process, the driving of the stepping motors of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is controlled, and the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R starts. Thereafter, the driving of the stepping motors of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is controlled by this interruption process, and the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is accelerated until reaching a constant speed.

  Further, when the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R reaches a constant speed, this interruption process controls the driving of the stepping motors of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R rotate at a constant speed. To be maintained.

  Next, the main CPU 93 generates reel rotation start command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated reel rotation start command data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 ( S20).

  By receiving this reel rotation start command data, the sub-control circuit 101 can recognize the start of reel rotation, and can determine the timing for executing various effects.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a pull-in priority storage process (S21). In this pull-in priority storage process, a pull-in priority table selection process shown in FIG. 76 is executed, and the pull-in priority of all symbols of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R that are rotating is determined. In other words, in the pull-in priority storage process, stop information is stored in the pull-in priority data storage area for each symbol position of each rotating reel based on the internal winning combination.

  For example, for each symbol of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R, if the corresponding symbol is permitted to stop, the drawing priority data is stored in the drawing priority data storage area based on the priority table, and the stop is not stopped. In the case of permission (for example, when a winning combination is won), data indicating prohibition of stoppage is stored in the drawing priority data storage area.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a reel stop control process shown in FIG. 79 (S22). By this process, the stop control of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R is performed. Next, the main CPU 93 executes a winning search process (S23).

  In this winning search process, after all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are stopped, the symbol combination displayed on the winning line and the symbol combination table are collated to determine the symbol combination displayed on the winning line.

  Specifically, the data stored in the symbol code storage area (see FIG. 31) and the data in the symbol combination table (see FIGS. 17 to 19) are collated, and the collation result is displayed in the display combination storage area (FIG. 30). Stored).

  More specifically, the data in the symbol code storage area is copied as it is into the display combination storage area. At this time, the payout number is obtained by referring to the symbol combination table. By the winning search process, the combination of symbols displayed on the reel display window 4 when all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are stopped is specified.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a main effect state transition process shown in FIG. 81 (S24). In the main effect state transition process, the main effect state determined by the pressing order of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R when the three-bell combination is won is set in the main effect state flag storage area (see FIG. 38).

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a reservation lock process shown in FIG. 83 (S25). In this reservation lock process, when the flag is set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area (see FIG. 37), the spinning effect flag storage area (in order to execute the spinning effect set in the next game) 36), a flag corresponding to the set spinning effect is set.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes payout of the number of medals according to the displayed symbol combination based on the result of the winning search process (S26). Along with this medal payout processing, control of a hopper drive circuit (not shown) and update of the credit number are performed based on the payout number counter.

  Next, the main CPU 93 generates winning action command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated winning action command data in the communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S27). . The winning operation command data represents, for example, the type of display combination, a flag related to locking, etc., the number of medals paid out, and the like.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a bonus end check process shown in FIG. 84 (S28). By this bonus end check processing, processing for ending the operation of the MB gaming state is executed when the MB gaming state end condition is satisfied.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a bonus operation check process shown in FIG. 85 (S29). By this bonus operation check processing, processing for operating the MB gaming state based on the combination of symbols displayed by the reels 3L, 3C, 3R is executed. After executing the process of step S29, the main CPU 93 executes the process of step S11.

<Power-on processing>
FIG. 69 is a flowchart showing the power-on process executed in step S10 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether backup is normal (S40). In this determination process, it is determined whether the backup is normal or not by error detection using the checksum value.

  For example, the main CPU 93 stores the set value of the pachislot machine 1 and the checksum value calculated from the set value when the power is turned off in the main RAM 95 as backup data, and the determination process when the power is turned on (S40). , The set value and the checksum value stored in the main RAM 95 are read out.

  Then, the main CPU 93 compares the checksum value calculated from the read setting value and the checksum value that has been backed up, and determines that the backup is normal if the comparison results match. .

  When determining that the backup is normal (YES), the main CPU 93 sets the backed up setting values and the like (S41). As a result, when the backup is normal, the set value before the power is turned off is set.

  After executing the process of step S41 or when determining in step S40 that the backup is not normal (NO), the main CPU 93 determines whether the setting change switch provided in the cabinet 2a of the pachislot machine 1 is on. It is determined whether or not (S42). Here, if it is determined that the setting change switch is ON (YES), the main CPU 93 executes initialization processing at the time of setting change (S43).

  In the initialization process at the time of changing the setting, for example, the data stored in the internal winning combination storing area and the display winning combination storing area of the main RAM 95 are cleared and the set value is cleared.

  Next, the main CPU 93 generates initialization command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated initialization command data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S44). . The initialization command data represents, for example, whether or not a set value has been changed, a set value, and the like.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a setting value changing process (S45). In this setting value changing process, the setting value is selected from 1 to 6 according to the operation result of the reset switch, and the setting value selected when the start lever 23 operated subsequently is operated. Is finalized.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the setting change switch is in the on state (S46), and repeatedly executes the process of step S46 until a determination result that is not in the on state is obtained.

  Here, when the determination result that the setting change switch is not in the ON state is obtained (NO), it means that the setting value changing process has been completed. Therefore, the main CPU 93 extracts the random number value 3, The random value 3 is stored in the random value storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S47).

  Next, the main CPU 93 generates initialization command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated initialization command data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S48). The power-on process is terminated.

  In step S42, when determining that the setting change switch is not on (NO), the main CPU 93 determines whether the backup is normal (S49). Here, if it is determined that the backup is normal (YES), the main CPU 93 restores the state of the pachislot machine 1 to the state before the power is cut off based on the backup data stored in the main RAM 95 ( S50), the power-on process is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S49 that the backup is not normal (NO), the main CPU 93 executes power-on error processing (S51). In power-on error processing, the main CPU 93 displays an error display or the like indicating that the backup is not normal. Note that the main CPU 93 does not release the error state depending on the operation of the stop release switch or the reset switch in the state where the backup is not normal (backup error), and a new setting change has been made. Only when the error state is cleared.

<Medal reception / start check processing>
FIG. 70 is a flowchart showing the medal acceptance / start check process executed in step S12 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not there is an automatic insertion request (S60). When a replay role is won in the previous unit game, medals are automatically inserted in the current unit game. That is, in the determination process in step S60, it may be determined whether or not a replay combination has been won in the previous unit game.

  In step S60, when the main CPU 93 determines that there is an automatic insertion request (YES), the main CPU 93 executes an automatic insertion process of automatically inserting the same number of medals as the medals inserted in the previous unit game (S61). Specifically, the main CPU 93 copies the automatic insertion counter to the insertion number counter and clears the automatic insertion counter.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 93 executes medal insertion command transmission processing (S62). In this processing, the main CPU 93 generates medal insertion command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated medal insertion command data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95. Here, the medal insertion command data represents, for example, the presence / absence of medal insertion, the value of the inserted number counter, the value of the credit counter, and the like.

  In step S60, when the main CPU 93 determines that there is no automatic insertion request (NO), it accepts acceptance of medals (S63). For example, the main CPU 93 drives a solenoid of a selector (not shown) to form a path so that a medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 21 passes through the selector.

  In step S60, when the main CPU 93 determines that there is an automatic insertion request (YES), the medal acceptance is prohibited from the previous unit game, so the processing related to medal acceptance is performed. Does not execute.

  After the process of step S62 or step S63 is executed, the main CPU 93 sets the maximum value of the inserted number according to the gaming state (S64). In the present embodiment, three are set when the main gaming state is a gaming state other than the MB gaming state, and two are set when the MB gaming state.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not acceptance of medals is permitted (S65). If it is determined that the acceptance of medals is permitted (YES), the main CPU 93 executes a medal insertion check process for checking the number of inserted medals (S66). In this medal insertion check process, the value of the insertion number counter is updated according to the number of checked medals.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 93 executes medal insertion command transmission processing (S67), generates medal insertion command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub-control circuit 101, and assigns the generated medal insertion command data to the main RAM 95. Stored in the designated communication data storage area.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not a medal can be inserted or credited (S68). In the present embodiment, the main CPU 93 determines that the number of inserted games is 3 in the gaming state other than the MB gaming state, 2 in the MB gaming state, and the credit is 50, or On condition that the automatic insertion process of step S61 has been executed, it is determined that a medal cannot be inserted or credited when the condition is satisfied, and a medal can be inserted or credited when the condition is not satisfied. to decide.

  If it is determined in step S68 that a medal cannot be inserted or credited (NO), the main CPU 93 prohibits medal acceptance (S69). For example, the main CPU 93 forms a path through which the medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 21 is discharged from the medal payout opening 32 without driving the selector solenoid.

  When it is determined in step S65 that acceptance of medals is not permitted (NO), in step S68, when it is determined that medals can be inserted or credited (YES), or after the processing of step S69 is executed. The main CPU 93 determines whether or not the number of medals inserted is a number that can start the game (S70).

  That is, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the number of medals inserted is a number that can start a unit game according to the gaming state. In the present embodiment, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not three medals have been inserted when the main control gaming state is a gaming state other than the MB gaming state, and two medals have been inserted in the MB gaming state. It is determined whether or not.

  Here, when it is determined that the number of inserted medals is not the number that can start the game (NO), the main CPU 93 executes the process of step S65. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of inserted medals is the number that can start the game (YES), the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the start switch 79 is on (S71).

  If it is determined that the start switch 79 is not turned on (NO), the main CPU 93 executes the process of step S65. On the other hand, if it is determined that the start switch 79 is on (YES), the main CPU 93 prohibits medal acceptance (S72) and ends the medal acceptance / start check process.

<Internal lottery processing>
FIG. 71 is a flowchart showing an internal lottery process executed in step S14 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the main gaming state is the MB gaming state (S80). This determination process is executed based on whether or not bit 0 of the gaming state flag storage area corresponding to the MB gaming state is “1” with reference to the gaming state flag storage area (see FIG. 35).

  That is, when bit 0 of the game state flag storage area is “1”, it is determined that the main game state is the MB game state, and when bit 0 of the game state flag storage area is “0”. It is determined that the main gaming state is not the MB gaming state.

  Here, when the main CPU 93 determines that the main gaming state is the MB gaming state (YES), the main CPU 93 executes the MB operating process (S81). In the MB operating process, the bits corresponding to all the small combinations in the display combination storage area (see FIG. 30), that is, all the bits of the display combination storage areas 1 to 7 and 5 to 7 bits of the display combination storage area 0 are stored. All are updated to “1”. When the process during MB operation is executed, the main CPU 93 ends the internal lottery process.

  On the other hand, when determining in step S80 that the main gaming state is not the MB gaming state (NO), the main CPU 93 sets an internal lottery table corresponding to the main gaming state (S82).

  In the present embodiment, when the main gaming state is the general gaming state, the main CPU 93 sets the general gaming state internal lottery table (see FIG. 21), and when the main gaming state is the RT1 gaming state. Sets the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table (see FIG. 22).

  Next, the main CPU 93 obtains the random value 1 stored in the random value storage area (S83). Next, the main CPU 93 refers to the predetermined area of the internal lottery table set in step S82, and the lottery value associated with each winning number (1 to 43 in the present embodiment) of the corresponding setting value. Are obtained one by one, and the lottery value is subtracted from the random value 1 (S84). That is, the main CPU 93 collates the internal winning combination.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the subtraction result obtained in step S84 is smaller than 0 (S85). Here, if the main CPU 93 determines that the subtraction result is not smaller than 0 (NO), that is, if it is determined that so-called borrowing is not performed, the main CPU 93 updates the random number 1 and the winning number (S86). ).

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not all winning numbers in the internal lottery table being used have been checked (S87). If it is determined that all winning numbers have not been checked (NO) Then, the process of step S84 is executed.

  On the other hand, if the main CPU 93 determines that all winning numbers have been checked (YES), it sets 0 as the value of the data pointer (S88). In the present embodiment, the RT1 gaming state internal lottery table is set so that the subtraction result does not necessarily become 0 or more when the main CPU 93 finishes checking all winning numbers. Never executed.

  In step S85, if the main CPU 93 determines that the subtraction result is smaller than 0 (YES), that is, if it is determined that so-called borrowing has been performed, the winning number is referred to the set internal lottery table. The value of the data pointer for the small part / replay and the value of the data pointer for the bonus are obtained from (S89).

  After executing the processing of step S88 or step S89, the main CPU 93 refers to the small winning combination replay internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 18) and determines the internal winning combination based on the value of the small winning combination / replay data pointer. Is acquired (S90).

  In the process of step S90, the internal winning combination determining table corresponding to the value of the small combination / replay data pointer acquired in the process of step S88 or step S89 is referred to the internal winning combination determination table for small combination / replay. The value is determined.

  Next, the main CPU 93 stores the internal winning combination acquired in step S90 in the internal winning combination storing area (see FIG. 29) (S91). In the process of step S91, the data value indicating the internal winning combination determined in the process of step S90 is stored in the internal winning combination storing area (storage areas 1 to 6).

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the value of the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 34) is 0 (S92). In this embodiment, in this determination process, it is determined whether “F_MB” is not carried over.

  In step S92, when the main CPU 93 determines that the value of the carryover combination storage area is 0 (YES), it refers to the bonus internal winning combination determination table (see FIG. 13) and determines the value of the bonus data pointer. An internal winning combination is acquired based on (S93).

  In the process of step S93, the bonus internal winning combination determination table is referred to, and the data value indicating the internal winning combination corresponding to the value of the bonus data pointer acquired in the process of step S88 or step S89 is determined.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 93 stores the internal winning combination acquired in step S93 in the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 34) (S94). In the process of step S94, when “F_MB” is acquired as the internal winning combination in step S93, bit 0 corresponding to “F_MB” of the carryover storage area is set to “1”.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the value of the carryover combination storage area (see FIG. 34) is 0 (S95). In this determination process, it is determined whether or not bit 0 corresponding to “F_MB” in the carryover storage area is set to “1” in step S94.

  If it is determined in step S95 that the value of the carryover combination storage area is not 0 (NO), the main CPU 93 sets bit 2 corresponding to “RT1 gaming state” in the gaming state flag storage area (see FIG. 35) to “ 1 ”(S96). By the process of step S96, the main gaming state becomes the RT1 gaming state.

  If it is determined in step S92 that the value of the carryover combination storage area is not 0 (NO), if it is determined in step S95 that the value of the carryover combination storage area is 0 (YES), or after executing the process of step S96 The main CPU 93 updates the internal winning combination storing area based on the internal winning combination stored in the carryover combination storing area (S97).

  In the process of step S97, the data value of the internal winning combination storage area (see FIG. 29) is updated based on the type of the internal winning combination stored in the carryover combination storing area (see FIG. 34). After executing the process of step S97, the main CPU 93 ends the internal lottery process.

<Other lottery processing>
FIG. 72 is a flowchart showing the other lottery processing executed in step S15 of the main control processing shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the so-called full rotation combination of “F_full rotation lip 1” or “F_full rotation lip 2” is won (S100). In this determination process, referring to the internal winning combination storing area (see FIG. 29), bit 7 of the internal winning combination storing area 5 corresponding to all the rotating combinations or bit 0 of the internal winning combination storing area 6 is “1”. It is executed based on whether or not there is.

  That is, when bit 7 of the internal winning combination storing area 5 or bit 0 of the internal winning combination storing area 6 is “1”, it is determined that the internal winning combination is a full rotation combination, and the internal winning combination storing area 5 If bit 7 of the internal winning combination storage area 6 is “0”, it is determined that the internal winning combination is not a full rotation combination.

  If it is determined in the process of step S100 that the internal winning combination is a full rotation combination (YES), the main CPU 93 determines from the rotation effect number set in the rotation effect flag storage area (see FIG. 36). Also, the spinning effect number (“9” to “11”) corresponding to the all-rotation lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area (S101), and the other lottery processing is terminated. By this processing, when the main CPU 93 wins the full rotation combination, the main CPU 93 preferentially executes the full rotation lock effect even if another spinning effect is set.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S100 that all the winning combinations have not been won (NO), the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the current main effect state is the main effect state 2 (S102). In this process, the main CPU 93 refers to the main effect state flag storage area (see FIG. 38) and determines whether or not bit 2 of the main effect state flag storage area is “1”.

  If it is determined in the process of step S102 that the main effect state is the main effect state 2 (YES), the main CPU 93 draws the spinning effect based on the lock effect lottery table 3 (see FIG. 45) ( S103). Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not “dejab single shot” or “dejab continuous” has been won as the spinning effect by the process of step S103 (S104). In this process, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the dejab lock effect is won as the spinning effect.

  Here, the predetermined additional conditions for winning the dejab-type rock effect are that the main effect state is the main effect state 2, that is, the secondary game state is the ART state, and the internal winning combination “F_middle lip”, “F_upper right yellow 7” It is established by winning “Rip”, “F_chance combination 1, 2” or “F_CL yellow 7” and winning “dejab one-shot” or “dejab continuous” by lottery using the lock production lottery table 3.

  If it is determined in the processing of step S103 that the dejab lock effect is won (YES), the main CPU 93 stores the reserved turn effect flag storage area corresponding to the defeated lock effect number of the dejab lock effect. “1” is set to the bit (see FIG. 37) (S105). By this processing, the main CPU 93 can execute a dejab lock effect at the start of the next game instead of the main game.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S103 that the dejab-type lock effect has not been won (NO), the main CPU 93 draws the spinning effect based on the lock effect lottery table 2 (see FIG. 44). (S106). Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the spinning lock effect is won as the spinning effect by the process of step S106 (S107).

  If it is determined in the process of step S107 that the winch lock effect is not won (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the other lottery process. On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S107 that the spinning lock system effect has been won (YES), the main CPU 93 stores the spinning effect flag corresponding to the spinning effect number of the winning lock system effect. “1” is set to the bit of the area (see FIG. 36) (S108), and the other lottery processing is terminated. By this process, the main CPU 93 can execute the spinning lock system effect at the start of reel rotation of the game.

  When it is determined in step S102 that the main effect state is not the main effect state 2 (NO), the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the main effect state is the main effect state 1 (S109). In this process, the main CPU 93 refers to the main effect state flag storage area and determines whether or not bit 1 of the main effect state flag storage area is “1”.

  If it is determined in step S109 that the main effect state is not the main effect state 1 (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the other lottery process. On the other hand, in the process of step S109, when it is determined that the main effect state is the main effect state 1 (YES), the main CPU 93 draws the spinning effect based on the lock effect table 1 (see FIG. 43). (S110). Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the combo lock effect has been won as the spinning effect by the process of step S110 (S111).

  If it is determined in step S111 that the combo lock effect has not been won (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the other lottery processing. On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S111 that the combo lock effect has been won (YES), the main CPU 93 stores the reserved spinning effect flag storage area corresponding to the winning effect number of the winning combo lock effect. Is set to "1" (S112), and the other lottery processing is terminated. With this process, the main CPU 93 can execute a combo lock effect at the start of reel rotation of the next game, not the main game.

<Reel stop initial setting process>
FIG. 73 is a flowchart showing the reel stop initial setting process executed in step S16 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the main gaming state is the MB gaming state (S120). If it is determined that the main gaming state is not the MB gaming state (NO), the main CPU 93 is the same as the small role / replay data pointer acquired in the process of step S89 of the internal lottery process shown in FIG. Is set as the rotation stop number (S121).

  In the process of step S120, when it is determined that the main game state is the MB game state (YES) or after executing the process of step S121, the main CPU 93 refers to the reel stop initial setting table (see FIG. 25), Each information is acquired based on the rotation stop number (S122).

  In the process of step S122, the main CPU 93 specifies, for example, the stop table number used at the time of the first to third stops and the information necessary for performing the control change in the control change process (that is, the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are specified). When the information is stopped in this order, information used for reselecting the stop table when it is stopped (or pressed) at a specific position is acquired.

  The stop table stores information on the number of sliding pieces for the pressed position, either directly or indirectly. Using this information, there is a limit that does not cause a disadvantage to the player and does not cause an erroneous winning prize. Are configured to stop at a stop position intended by the developer.

  Next, the main CPU 93 stores the rotating identifier in each storage area of the symbol code storage area (see FIG. 31) (S123), stores 3 in the stop button non-operating counter (S124), and sets the reel stop initial setting. The process ends.

<Reel rotation start processing>
FIG. 74 is a flowchart showing the reel rotation start process executed in step S19 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the full rotation lock effect is set in the spinning drum effect flag storage area (see FIG. 36) (S130). In this process, one of the spinning effect numbers “9” to “11” (refer to the reel control table for the spinning effect in FIGS. 48 to 50) corresponding to the full rotation lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area. It is judged whether it is done.

  If it is determined in step S130 that the full rotation lock effect is set (YES), the main CPU 93 executes the rotating effect based on the set full rotation lock effect (S131). By this processing, the main CPU 93 can preferentially execute the full rotation lock effect even when a bit corresponding to another spinning effect is set.

  Further, in this processing, since it is determined that a predetermined full rotation condition that the full rotation lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area is satisfied, the main CPU 93 ends until the full rotation lock effect ends. When the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R are pressed until the rotational speed of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R becomes constant, the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are stopped so as not to stop. Locking, which is control for invalidating the switches 80L, 80C, 80R, is executed.

  Here, the period until the full rotation lock effect ends constitutes a predetermined period. Further, the main CPU 93 that executes lock when a predetermined full rotation condition is established constitutes lock execution means. Further, the main CPU 93 that executes the full rotation lock effect during the execution of the lock constitutes a reel effect means.

  Further, when the full rotation lock effect is set, the main CPU 93 performs the initial full rotation effect based on the stop positions of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R stopped in the game before the full rotation lock effect is set. Depending on the type of the full rotation lock effect, control is performed so that one of the “purple 7” symbol, the “BAR” symbol, and the “GOD” symbol is displayed in one row in the middle of the reel display window 4.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S130 that the full rotation lock effect is not set (NO), the main CPU 93 determines whether there is a bit set in the spinning effect flag storage area. (S132). In this process, if it is determined that there is a bit set in the spinning effect flag storage area (YES), the main CPU 93 sets the set bit to “combo_purple 7”, “combo_BAR” or It is determined whether the bit corresponds to one of “dejab continuation” (S133).

  If it is determined in step S133 that “combo_purple 7”, “combo_BAR”, and “dejab continuous” are not set (NO), the main CPU 93 transmits a lock effect signal (S134). . In this process, the main CPU 93 generates lock effect signal data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated lock effect signal data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes the rotation effect set in the rotation effect flag storage area (S135). In this process, the main CPU 93 executes the spinning effect set in the spinning effect flag storage area based on the reel control table during the spinning effect (see FIGS. 48 to 50).

  If it is determined in the process of step S133 that “combo_purple 7”, “combo_BAR”, or “dejab continuous” is set (YES), the main CPU 93 executes a continuous lock effect process (S136). ). In this process, the main CPU 93 performs lottery to determine whether the combo freeze or dejab freeze is continuously executed, and executes the combo freeze or dejab freeze based on the result of the lottery.

  After executing the process of step S131 or step S136, the main CPU 93 executes a random acceleration process (S137). In this process, the main CPU 93 randomly determines the time at which the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R start to rotate, and starts the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R based on the determined time.

  Next, the main CPU 93 clears each flag in the used spinning effect flag storage area (S138), and ends the reel rotation start process.

  If it is determined in step S132 that the flag is not set in the spinning effect flag storage area (NO), the main CPU 93 executes normal acceleration processing (S139) and ends the reel rotation start processing. . In this process, the main CPU 93 executes a normal acceleration process for simultaneously starting rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R.

<Continuous lock effect processing>
FIG. 75 is a flowchart showing the continuous lock effect process executed in step S136 of the reel rotation start process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not a bit corresponding to the dejab lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area (see FIG. 36) (S140). In this process, if it is determined that the dejab lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area (YES), the main CPU 93 stores the reel control table (see FIGS. 48 to 50) during the spinning effect. Based on this, the set turning effect is executed (S141).

  In this process, the main CPU 93 executes the dejab lock effect set in the spinning effect flag storage area. The main CPU 93 that executes such a dejab lock effect constitutes a reel effect means. Further, the main CPU 93 executes locking during execution of the dejab lock effect. Here, the period in which the dejab lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area and the dejab lock effect is being executed constitutes a predetermined period for invalidating the stop operation by the player. Further, by configuring in this way, the main CPU 93 executes the lock in the game next to the game in which the dejab system lock effect is set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area (see FIG. 37).

  Next, the main CPU 93 transmits a dejab extra signal (S142). In this process, the main CPU 93 generates dejaub added signal data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub-control circuit 101, and stores the generated dejab added signal data in the communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed or the start lever 23 has been operated (S143), and step S143 is performed until a predetermined time has elapsed or a determination result that the start lever 23 has been operated is obtained. Repeat the process.

  In the process of step S143, when the predetermined time has elapsed or the determination result that the start lever 23 is operated is obtained (YES), the main CPU 93 performs continuous lottery (S144). In this process, the main CPU 93 executes lottery on whether or not the dejab lock effect is continuously executed based on the continuation rate lottery table (see FIG. 46). As described above, the main CPU 93 that executes the continuous lottery for determining whether or not to execute the dejab system lock effect again based on the elapse of the predetermined time or the operation of the start lever 23 constitutes the next reel reproduction effect determining means. In the next game, the main CPU 93 that determines whether or not to continue the dejab lock effect and execute the lock constitutes lock determination means.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the continuous lottery of the dejab lock effect is won (S145). In this process, if it is determined that the continuous lottery of the dejab system lock effect has been won (YES), the main CPU 93 sets the rotation effect “dejab operation” in the rotation effect flag storage area, and the process of step S140 Execute.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the continuous lottery of the dejab lock effect has not been won (NO), the main CPU 93 transmits a dejab end signal (S146) and ends the continuous lock effect process. In this process, the main CPU 93 generates dejab end signal data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated dejab end signal data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95.

  If it is determined in step S140 that the dejab lock effect is not set in the spinning effect flag storage area (NO), the main CPU 93 performs the reel control table during the spinning effect (see FIGS. 48 to 50). Based on the above, the set spinning effect (“combo_purple 7”, “combo_BAR” or combo operation) is executed (S147).

  Next, the main CPU 93 transmits a combo addition signal (S148). In this processing, the main CPU 93 generates combo overlay signal data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated combo overlay signal data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether a predetermined time has elapsed or a MAXBET operation has been performed (S149), and repeatedly executes the process of step S149 until a predetermined time has elapsed or a determination result of a MAXBET operation has been obtained. .

  If it is determined in step S149 that the predetermined time has elapsed or the determination result that the MAXBET has been operated is obtained (YES), the main CPU 93 performs a continuous lottery of “combo_purple 7” or “combo_BAR” ( S150). In this process, the main CPU 93 performs lottery on whether or not “combo_purple 7” or “combo_BAR” is continuously executed based on the continuation rate lottery table.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the “Combo_purple 7” or “Combo_BAR” continuous lottery has been won (S151). In this process, if it is determined that the “Combo_purple 7” or “Combo_BAR” continuous lottery has been won (YES), the main CPU 93 performs the combo operation based on the continuous freeze table (see FIG. 47). A lottery decision is made (S152), and the process of step S140 is executed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the continuous lottery of “combo_purple 7” or “combo_BAR” has not been won (NO), the main CPU 93 transmits a combo end signal (S153), and ends the continuous lock effect processing. To do. In this process, the main CPU 93 generates combo end signal data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated combo end signal data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95.

<Retrieve priority storage process>
FIG. 76 is a flowchart showing the pull-in priority storage process executed in step S21 of the main control process shown in FIG. 68 and step S224 of the reel stop control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 stores the value of the stop button non-operating counter in the main RAM 95 as the number of searches (S170). Next, the main CPU 93 executes a search target reel determination process for determining a search target reel (S171). In this process, among the rotating reels, for example, one reel on the left side is determined as a search target reel.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a pull-in priority table selection process shown in FIG. 77 (S172). In this pull-in priority table selection process, one pull-in priority table number is selected from the pull-in priority table (see FIG. 28).

  Next, the main CPU 93 sets 21 (the number of symbols on each reel) to the number of symbol checks stored in the main RAM 95, and sets 0 to the search symbol position (S173).

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a symbol code storage process shown in FIG. 78 (S174). In the symbol code storage process, a symbol code of the symbol position data for checking for checking the symbol position of the rotating reel is acquired.

  Next, the main CPU 93 updates the display combination storing area (see FIG. 30) based on the acquired symbol code and the symbol code storing area (see FIG. 31) (S175). Next, the main CPU 93 executes a pull-in priority data acquisition process (S176).

  In this pull-in priority data acquisition process, in step S172, for the combination in which the corresponding bit is 1 in the display combination storing area and the corresponding bit is 1 in the internal winning combination storage area (see FIG. 29). With reference to the selected pull-in priority table, pull-in priority data is acquired.

  In the drawing priority order data acquisition process, “stop prohibition” (000H) is set for the symbol positions that are erroneously won when stopped, and no internal winnings are made. For the symbol position, “stoppable” (001H) is set.

  Next, the main CPU 93 stores the acquired drawing priority data in the drawing priority data storage area corresponding to the search target reel (S177). Next, the main CPU 93 subtracts 1 from the number of symbol checks, and adds 1 to the retrieved symbol position (S178).

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the number of symbol checks is 0 (S179). Here, when it is determined that the number of symbol checks is not 0 (NO), the main CPU 93 executes the process of step S174.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of symbol checks is 0 (YES), the main CPU 93 determines whether or not a search for the number of searches has been performed (S180). If it is determined that the search for the number of times of search has been executed (YES), the main CPU 93 ends the pull-in priority storage process. On the other hand, when it is determined that the search for the number of times of search is not executed (NO), the main CPU 93 executes the process of step S171.

<Pull-in priority table selection processing>
FIG. 77 is a flowchart showing the pull-in priority table selection process executed in step S172 of the pull-in priority storing process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the pull-in priority table selection data is set (S190). If it is determined that the pull-in priority table selection data is set (YES), the main CPU 93 refers to the pressing order storage area (see FIG. 33) and the operation stop button storage area (see FIG. 32). Then, the drawing priority table number corresponding to the drawing priority table selection data is set from the drawing priority table selection table (see FIGS. 26 and 27) (S191), and the drawing priority table selection process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the pull-in priority table selection data is not set (NO), the main CPU 93 sets a pull-in priority table corresponding to the pull-in priority table number (S192), and the pull-in priority table The selection process ends.

<Design code storage processing>
FIG. 78 is a flowchart showing the symbol code storage process executed in step S174 of the drawing priority order storage process shown in FIG. 76 and step S220 of the reel stop control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 sets valid line data (S200). In the present embodiment, one effective line (medium-medium-medium) is set.

  Next, the main CPU 93 sets the symbol position data for checking the search target reel based on the search symbol position and the effective line data (S201). In the present embodiment, for example, the middle symbol position is set as check symbol position data for each reel.

  Next, the main CPU 93 acquires the symbol code of the symbol position data for check (S202), and ends the symbol code storage process.

<Reel stop control process>
FIG. 79 is a flowchart showing the reel stop control process executed in step S22 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not a valid stop button has been pressed (S210). This process is a process for determining whether or not a signal is output from the stop switch of the stop switch substrate 80. When the main CPU 93 determines that a valid stop button has not been pressed (NO), the main CPU 93 repeatedly executes the process of step S210.

  On the other hand, when the main CPU 93 determines that a valid stop button has been pressed (YES), the main CPU 93 selects a pressing order storage area (see FIG. 33) and an operation stop button storage area (see FIG. 33) according to the pressed stop button. 32) is updated (S211).

  Here, the main CPU 93 stores the types of operation stop buttons corresponding to the first stop operation, the second stop operation, and the third stop operation in the pressing order storage area (see FIG. 33), and the pressing order storage area. , It is possible to determine the pressing order of the stop buttons 19L, 19C, 19R.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 93 subtracts 1 from the stop button non-operation counter (S212), determines a search target reel from the operation stop button (S213), and stores the stop start position in the main RAM 95 based on the symbol counter (S213). S214). The stop start position is a symbol position corresponding to the symbol counter of the reel when the stop operation is detected by the stop switch 7S.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a sliding piece number determination process (S215). In this sliding piece number determination process, the number of sliding pieces defined at the stop start position is determined based on the stop table selection data group selected based on the internal winning combination from the reel stop initial setting table (see FIG. 25). It is processing.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a priority pull-in control process shown in FIG. 80 (S216). This priority pull-in control process is performed so that the drawing priority data of the number of sliding symbols acquired in step S215 stops at the symbol position corresponding to the higher drawing priority data within the range of the maximum number of sliding symbols. This is a process of correcting the number.

  Next, the main CPU 93 generates reel stop command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated reel stop command data in the communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S217). . This reel stop command data represents the type of reel to be stopped, the stop start position, the number of sliding pieces determination data (or the planned stop position), and the like.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines the scheduled stop position of the search target reel based on the stop start position and the number of sliding pieces determination data, and stores it in the main RAM 95 (S218). The scheduled stop position is a symbol position obtained by adding any of predetermined numerical values “0” to “4” defined as the number of sliding pieces to the stop start position, and the symbol position where the reel rotation stops. It is.

  Next, the main CPU 93 sets the planned stop position as a search symbol position (S219). Next, the main CPU 93 executes symbol code storage processing (see FIG. 78) (S220).

  Next, the main CPU 93 updates the symbol code storage area from the symbol code acquired in the symbol code storage process (S221). Next, the main CPU 93 performs control change processing (S222). In this control change process, the reel stop information group is updated when a specific stop position is reached.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the stop button non-operation counter is 0 (S223). Here, when it is determined that the stop button non-operation counter is not 0 (NO), the main CPU 93 executes the pull-in priority storage process (see FIG. 76) (S224), and executes the process of step S210. On the other hand, when it is determined that the stop button non-operation counter is 0 (YES), the main CPU 93 ends the reel stop control process.

<Priority pull-in control processing>
FIG. 80 is a flowchart showing the priority pull-in control process executed in step S216 of the reel stop control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 sets a pull-in priority data storage area corresponding to the operation stop button (S230). Next, the main CPU 93 acquires the stop start position stored in the main RAM 95 (S231).

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the MB gaming state is in operation (S232). In this determination process, when bit 0 of the game state flag storage area (see FIG. 35) is “1”, it is determined that the MB gaming state is operating, and when it is “0”, MB It is determined that the gaming state is not active.

  If it is determined that the MB gaming state is in operation (YES), the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the search target reel determined in step S213 of the reel stop control process shown in FIG. 79 is the left reel 3L. Is determined (S233).

  If it is determined in step S232 that the MB gaming state is not in operation (NO), or if it is determined in step S233 that the search target reel is not the left reel 3L (NO), the main CPU 93 performs the reel stop control process. The priority order table (see FIG. 23) corresponding to the sliding piece number determination data determined in step S215 is set (S234).

  For example, if the number of sliding symbols determined by the stop table (stop data table) is 4, the number of sliding symbols determination data in the priority order table is set in the 4th row (address). Next, the main CPU 93 sets 5 as the initial value of the priority order and the number of checks (S235). That is, it is determined to search five times from 0 to 4 frames.

  If it is determined in step S233 that the search target reel is the left reel 3L (YES), the main CPU 93 sets an MB gaming state priority order table (see FIG. 24) according to the number of sliding pieces determination data. (S236). Subsequently, the main CPU 93 sets 3 as the initial value of the priority order and sets 2 as the number of checks (S237).

  After executing the processing of step S235 or step S237, the main CPU 93 sets the sliding piece number determination data as the number of sliding pieces (S238). Next, the main CPU 93 extracts a stop search position based on the stop start position and the priority order (S239).

  Next, the main CPU 93 acquires pull-in priority order data of the stop search position (S240). Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the pull-in priority data acquired in the process of step S240 is equal to or higher than the pull-in priority data acquired previously (S241).

  If it is determined that the pull-in priority data acquired in the process of step S241 is greater than or equal to the pull-in priority data acquired previously (YES), the main CPU 93 updates the number of sliding frames (S242). .

  In step S241, when it is determined that the pull-in priority data acquired in the process in step S240 is not equal to or higher than the pull-in priority data acquired previously (NO), or after executing the process in step S242, the main CPU 93 performs priority. 1 is subtracted from each of the order and the number of checks (S243).

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the number of checks is 0 (S244). If it is determined that the number of checks is 0 (YES), the main CPU 93 sets the number of sliding frames (S245) and ends the priority pull-in control process. On the other hand, when determining that the number of checks is not 0 (NO), the main CPU 93 executes the process of step S239.

<Main effect state transition processing>
FIG. 81 is a flowchart showing the main effect state transition process executed in step S24 of the main control process shown in FIG. 82 (a) to 82 (h) are examples of 1-byte (8-bit) data indicating the batting order area updated in the main effect state transition process and each bit changed when the batting order area is updated.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the internal winning combination is a three-bell combination (S250). In this process, when it is determined that the internal winning combination is not the three-bell combination (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the main effect state transition process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S250 that the internal winning combination is the three-bell combination (YES), the main CPU 93 determines whether the left stop button 19L has been operated for the first stop, that is, the third It is determined whether or not a stop operation has been performed in the pressing order (first left stop) (S251). In this process, when it is determined that the left stop button 19L has been subjected to the first stop operation (YES), the main CPU 93 clears the main effect state flag storage area (see FIG. 38) and the batting order area, and the main effect state 0 1 is set to bit 0 corresponding to, and the output of the external signal is turned off (S252), and the main effect state transition process is terminated.

  Therefore, the main effect state set in the main effect state flag storage area on condition that the first stop operation of the left stop button 19L is performed, that is, the third push order (first left stop) is executed. 1 or main effect state 2 is initialized (cleared). In other words, bit 1 corresponding to main effect state 1 or main effect state 2 is set to “0”, and bit 1 corresponding to main effect state 0 is set to “1”.

  Thus, when the ART state managed on the sub-control circuit 101 side ends, the main control circuit is won by winning the three-bell combination and the third push order (first left stop) is executed. It is possible to grasp that the ART state has ended on the 91 side. When the external signal 1 or 2 is turned on, the turned-on external signal is turned off.

  By the process of step S252, when the left stop button 19L is first stopped and the three-bell winning combination cannot be won, the main CPU 93 ends the ART state in the auxiliary gaming state and shifts from the end standby state to the ART ready state. As a result, the main effect state can be cleared, and when the sub game state is added to the specialized state again, the main effect state can be made to correspond to the change of the sub game state, and the sub game state is A spinning effect corresponding to the added specialization state can be executed.

  If it is determined in step S251 that the left stop button 19L is not in the first stop operation (NO), the main CPU 93 sets the value stored in each bit of the current batting order area by 2 bits. Store in the left bit (S253). In this process, for example, as shown in FIG. 82 (c), the main CPU 93 sets the value stored in each bit to the left bit by 2 bits when “00000010” is stored in the current batting order area. And the process of updating the batting order area to “00001000” is executed as shown in FIG.

  Further, when the main CPU 93 determines that the left stop button 19L is not in the first stop operation, for example, when the external signal 2 is turned on, the main CPU 93 maintains the on state of the external signal 2. Therefore, when the external signal 2 is turned on, the main CPU 93 won the three-bell combination and does not switch the external signal until the third push order (first left stop) is executed. . That is, the main CPU 93 maintains the output of the external signal 2. Thereby, the end of the ART state managed on the sub control circuit 101 side can be grasped on the main control circuit 91 side.

  Next, the main CPU 93 adds 1 to the current hitting order area (S254). This process executes a process of adding 1 to bit 1 in the batting order area. For example, as shown in FIG. 82A, when “00000000” is stored in the current batting order area, One is added, and as shown in FIG. 82 (b), processing for updating the hitting order area to “00000001” is executed.

  Next, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the stop operation order of each of the stop buttons 19L, 19C and 19R is the stop operation order specified for each internal winning combination (S255). In this process, the main CPU 93 refers to the batting order determination table (see FIG. 40) and determines whether or not the stopping operation has been executed in the stopping operation order prescribed for each internal winning combination, that is, the batting order determination result is “ It is judged whether it is “O” or “X”.

  In the process of step S255, when it is determined that the hitting order determination result is the pressing order specified by “◯” (YES), the main CPU 93 adds 1 to the current hitting order area (S256). This process executes a process of adding 1 to bit 1 of the batting order area. For example, as shown in FIG. 82 (b), when “00000001” is stored in the current batting order area, FIG. As shown in c), 1 is added to the batting order area, and the process of updating the batting order area to “00000010” is executed.

  After executing the process of step S256 or in the process of step S255, if it is determined that the result of the batting order determination is the pressing order defined as “×” (NO), the main CPU 93 stores the batting order area. It is determined whether the value of the set bit is 10 (S257). In this process, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the bit value of the hitting order area is 10, that is, as shown in FIG. 82 (h), the hitting order area is “00001010”.

  If it is determined in step S257 that the bit value in the batting order area is 10 (YES), the main CPU 93 sets the main effect state 2 in the main effect state flag storage area and turns on the external signal 2 In step S258, the main effect state transition process is terminated. In this process, the main CPU 93 recognizes that the sub game state is the ART state by setting the main effect state to the main effect state 2, and turns on the external signal 2.

  Thereby, the main CPU 93 transmits the external signal 2 that can be recognized from the outside that the sub gaming state is the ART state from the main control board 71 to the external concentration terminal board 47, and through the external concentration terminal board 47, The data is output to an external device such as an information display device or a hall computer connected to the pachislot machine 1.

  If it is determined in step S257 that the value of the bit in the batting order area is not 10 (NO), the main CPU 93 determines whether the value of the bit stored in the batting order area is 5 or more and less than 10. Judgment is made (S259). In this process, the main CPU 93 sets the bit value in the hit order area to 5 or more and less than 10, that is, as shown in FIGS. 82 (e) to 82 (g), the hit order area is “00000101”, “00000110” or “00000101”. By judging whether it is either, it is judged whether it won twice after winning 3 bells.

  If it is determined in step S259 that the value of the bit in the batting order area is less than 5 (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the main effect state transition process. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S259 that the value of the bit in the batting order area is 5 or more and less than 10 (YES), the main CPU 93 sets the main effect state 1 in the main effect state flag storage area, The external signal 1 is turned on (S260), and the main effect state transition process is terminated. In this process, the main CPU 93 sets the main effect state to the main effect state 1, thereby recognizing that the sub game state is an additional special state and turns on the external signal 1.

  As a result, the main CPU 93 transmits the external signal 1 that can be recognized from the outside that the sub game state is the added special state from the main control board 71 to the external concentrated terminal board 47, and via the external concentrated terminal board 47. The information is output to an external device such as an information display device or a hall computer connected to the pachislot machine 1.

  The main CPU 93 determines whether the three-bell combination has won twice as a predetermined number of times in the push order including at least the first push order (“×”) by each of the processes in steps S257 and S259 described above. It is possible to determine whether or not the three-bell combination has won a predetermined number of times in the pressing order (“◯”). The main CPU 93 that performs such determination constitutes a pressing order determination unit.

  If the main CPU 93 determines that the three-bell role has won twice in the push order including at least the first push order (“×”), the main effect state is set to the main effect state. Set to 1. Here, the main effect state 1 constitutes a first main effect state. On the other hand, the main CPU 93 sets the main effect state to the main effect state 2 when it is determined by the above determination that the three-bell combination has won twice in the second pushing order (“◯”). Here, the main effect state 2 constitutes a second main effect state. Further, the main CPU 93 is configured not to shift the main effect state to other than the main effect state 0 when the main effect state is set to the main effect state 2.

  Further, the main CPU 93 switches an external signal to be output to an external device such as an information display device or a hall computer connected to the pachislot machine 1 according to the determination result. Specifically, as a result of the determination, the main CPU 93 switches to the external signal 1 when the main effect state 1 is set, and switches to the external signal 2 when the main effect state 2 is set. The main CPU 93 that switches external signals constitutes external signal switching means.

<Reservation lock processing>
FIG. 83 is a flowchart showing the reservation lock process executed in step S25 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not there is a flag set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area (see FIG. 37) (S270). In this process, when it is determined that there is no flag set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the reservation lock process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S270 that there is a flag set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area (YES), the main CPU 93 corresponds to the combo lock effect. It is determined whether or not it is a flag (S271).

  If it is determined in step S271 that the flag corresponding to the combo lock effect is set (YES), the main CPU 93 corresponds to the combo lock effect set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area. The rotation effect number to be set is set in the rotation effect flag storage area (see FIG. 36) (S272), and the reservation lock process is terminated. By this processing, the main CPU 93 can execute the combo lock effect set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area in the next game.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S271 that the flag corresponding to the combo lock effect is not set (NO), the main CPU 93 sets the rotation effect “dejab single” in the reserved rotation effect flag storage area. Alternatively, since “dejab continuous” is set, the rotation effect number corresponding to the rotation effect “dejab single shot” or “dejab continuous” is set in the rotation effect flag storage area (S273), and the reservation lock processing Exit. By this process, the main CPU 93 can execute the spinning effect “dejab single shot” or “dejab continuous” set in the reserved spinning effect flag storage area in the next game.

<Bonus end check process>
FIG. 84 is a flowchart showing the bonus end check process executed in step S28 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the MB is operating (S280). In this process, when bit 0 of the game state flag storage area (see FIG. 35) is “1”, it is determined that the MB is operating, and when bit 0 of the game state flag storage area is “0”. It is determined that the MB is not operating.

  If it is determined that the MB is not operating (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the bonus end check process. On the other hand, if it is determined that the MB is operating (YES), the main CPU 93 executes CB termination processing (S281). In this CB end processing, bit 1 of the game state flag storage area is reset to “0”.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 93 updates the bonus end number counter indicating the remaining payout number (S282), and determines whether or not the value of the bonus end number counter is less than 0 (S283).

  If it is determined that the value of the bonus end number counter is not less than 0 (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the bonus end check process. On the other hand, when determining that the value of the bonus end number counter is less than 0, the main CPU 93 performs MB end processing (S284). In the MB end process, bit 0 of the game state flag storage area is reset to “0”.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 93 executes a bonus end command transmission process (S285), and ends the bonus end check process. In this process, the main CPU 93 generates bonus end command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated bonus end command data in a communication data storage area allocated to the main RAM 95. Here, the bonus end command data represents, for example, that the bonus has ended.

<Bonus activation check process>
FIG. 85 is a flowchart showing the bonus operation check process executed in step S29 of the main control process shown in FIG.

  First, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the MB is operating (S290). In this process, when bit 0 of the gaming state flag storage area is “1”, it is determined that the MB is operating, and when bit 0 of the gaming state flag storage area is “0”, MB is determined. Judged not working.

  If it is determined that the MB is in operation (YES), the main CPU 93 executes the CB operation process (S291) and ends the bonus operation check process. In the CB operation process, bit 1 of the game state flag storage area is set to “1”.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the MB is not operating (NO), the main CPU 93 determines whether or not the MB has won (S292). If it is determined that the MB has won, the main CPU 93 executes MB operation processing (S293).

  In the MB operation process, bit 0 of the game state flag storage area is set to “1”, for example, 30 is set to the bonus end number counter, and the bit of the game state flag storage area is set to “1”.

  Next, the main CPU 93 clears the value of the carryover combination storage area (S294), executes a bonus start command transmission process (S295), and ends the bonus operation check process. In this processing, the main CPU 93 generates bonus start command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated bonus start command data in a communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95.

  If it is determined in step S292 that the MB has not won, the main CPU 93 determines whether or not a replay is displayed (S296).

  If it is determined that no replay is displayed (NO), the main CPU 93 ends the bonus operation check process. On the other hand, if it is determined that the replay is displayed (YES), the main CPU 93 makes an automatic insertion request for copying the value of the insertion number counter to the automatic insertion number counter (S297), and ends the bonus operation check process.

<Interrupt processing under main CPU control>
FIG. 86 is a flowchart showing an interrupt process under the control of the main CPU 93. This process is executed every 1.1172 milliseconds.

  First, the main CPU 93 saves the register (S300). Next, the main CPU 93 executes an input port check process shown in FIG. 87 (S301). In this process, the main CPU 93 confirms the presence / absence of a signal transmitted to the sub control circuit 101.

  For example, the main CPU 93 stores input state command data representing on-edge and off-edge information of various switches including the on-edge and off-edge of the start switch 79 and stop switch in the communication data storage area of the main RAM 95.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes timer update processing (S302). Next, the main CPU 93 executes an effect timer update process (S303).

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a reel control process for controlling the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R (S304). More specifically, the main CPU 93 starts the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R in response to a request for starting the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, that is, in response to the start operation. Control is performed so that 3L, 3C, and 3R rotate. Further, the main CPU 93 performs control so that the rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R corresponding to the stop operation stops in response to the stop operation.

  Next, the main CPU 93 executes a lamp / 7SEG driving process (S305). For example, the main CPU 93 displays the number of credited medals, the number of payouts, etc. on various display units. Next, the main CPU 93 restores the register (S306), and terminates the interrupt process that occurs periodically.

<Input port check processing>
FIG. 87 is a flowchart showing the input port check process executed in step S301 of the interrupt process under the control of the main CPU 93.

  First, the main CPU 93 checks the state of each input port (S310). Next, the main CPU 93 stores the state of the previous interrupt, that is, the input port before one interrupt in the main RAM 95 (S311), and stores the current state of the input port in the main RAM 95 (S312).

  As described above, the main CPU 93 can check the states of both input ports by comparing the state of the input port before one interrupt with the current state of the input port. Thus, it is checked whether the state of the input port has changed, for example, whether or not the BET button 22 has been pressed.

  Next, the main CPU 93 stores the on-edge state in the main RAM 95 (S313). In the present embodiment, the on-edge refers to a state where the button is pressed, and the off-edge refers to a state where the button is released.

  Next, the main CPU 93 generates input state command data to be transmitted from the main control circuit 91 to the sub control circuit 101, and stores the generated input state command data in the communication data storage area assigned to the main RAM 95 (S314). The input port check process is terminated.

[External concentration terminal board]
As shown in FIG. 88, an external concentrated terminal plate 47 is connected to the output terminal 71a of the main control board 71 via a plurality of electric cables. The external concentration terminal board 47 receives, through the input terminal 47a, signals such as the number of inserted / withdrawn medals from the main control circuit 91, the number of games, operation status information of the game state, and outputs these signals. From the terminal 47b, the number of games, the number of ART operations, and the like are output to an external display or a game hall host computer. The external indicator is installed, for example, above the pachislot machine 1, and updates the display in conjunction with the progress of the number of games and the ART operation, or notifies the ART operation by a lamp or the like.

  Here, the medal insertion signal is a signal that enables recognition of medal insertion, and is output when the start lever 23 is operated. The medal payout signal is a signal that enables recognition of medal payout or replay, and is output at the time of medal payout (including credit storage) or replay operation.

  The external signal 1 is a signal that makes it possible to recognize from the outside that the auxiliary gaming state is an additional special state. In the main effect state transition process (see FIG. 82), the main effect state flag storage area (see FIG. 38). ) Is output after the main performance state 1 is set.

  The external signal 2 is a signal that makes it possible to recognize from the outside that the sub gaming state is the ART state, and in the main effect state flag storage area (see FIG. 38) in the main effect state transition process (see FIG. 82). Output after main performance state 2 is set.

  The external signals 3 and 4 are signals that make it possible to recognize an RWM error (that is, when the backup is not normal when the power is turned on), and are output during the initialization process when the power is turned on. The security signal is a signal that makes it possible to recognize when an error occurs (for example, a clogged medal), when the door is opened, when a setting is changed, and the like, and is output when each event occurs.

[Sub-control processing]
The sub CPU 102 of the sub control circuit 101 executes various processes according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

<Power-on processing>
FIG. 89 is a flowchart showing the power-on process of the sub CPU 102 when the power is turned on.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes an initialization process (S320). In this process, the sub CPU 102 performs error check of the sub RAM 103 and the like, and initializes the task system. The task system includes a lamp control task that is a task group for timer interrupt synchronization, a sound control task, and a mother task shown in FIG. 84 that is a task group for VSYNC (Vertical Synchronization) interrupt synchronization.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 activates the lamp control task shown in FIG. 90 (S321). The lamp control task waits for the sub CPU 102 to receive a timer interrupt event message transmitted to the sub CPU 102 every 2 milliseconds, and in response to receiving the timer interrupt event message, It is a process which performs the process which controls a lighting state.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 activates the sound control task shown in FIG. 91 (S322). In the sound control task, the sub CPU 102 controls the sound output state from the speakers 58, 64, 65L, and 65R.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 activates the mother task (S323) and aborts the power-on process. The mother task is a task group for VSYNC (vertical synchronization signal) interrupt synchronization, and a vertical synchronization signal (VSYNC interrupt signal) sent from the liquid crystal display device 11 when an image of one frame is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11. Is used.

<Ramp control task>
FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing the lamp control task activated in step S321 of the power-on process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes a timer interrupt initialization process (S330). Next, the sub CPU 102 executes initialization processing of lamp related data (S331).

  Next, the sub CPU 102 waits for a timer interrupt (S332). In this process, until the sub CPU 102 receives a timer interrupt event message every 2 milliseconds, the sub CPU 102 executes a task group different from the timer interrupt synchronization.

  As a task group different from timer interrupt synchronization, for example, a main board communication task which is a task group for command reception interrupt synchronization can be cited. Moreover, a task group (not shown) for power supply interrupt synchronization, a task group (not shown) for door monitoring unit communication synchronization, and the like can be given.

<Sound control task>
FIG. 91 is a flowchart showing the sound control task activated in step S322 of the power-on process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes an initialization process of sound related data related to the sound output state from the speakers 58, 64, 65L, and 65R (S340). Next, the sub CPU 102 executes a task in the next priority of the task group for timer interrupt synchronization that is the same group as the sound control task, that is, the lamp control task (S341).

  Next, the sub CPU 102 executes sound data analysis processing (S342), performs sound effect execution processing (S343), and executes processing in step S341.

<Mother task>
FIG. 92 is a flowchart showing the mother task activated in step S323 of the power-on process shown in FIG.

  In the mother task, the sub CPU 102 activates the main task (S350), activates the main board communication task (S351), and activates the animation task (S352).

<Main task>
FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing the main task activated in step S350 of the mother task shown in FIG.

  In the main task, the sub CPU 102 executes a VSYNC interrupt initialization process (S360), and waits for a VSYNC interrupt (S361). Next, the sub CPU 102 executes a drawing process (S362), and executes the process of step S361.

<Main board communication task>
FIG. 94 is a flowchart showing the main board communication task activated in step S351 of the mother task shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes initialization of the communication message queue (S370), and executes a reception command check (S371).

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a command different from the previous one has been received (S372). If it is determined that a command different from the previous command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 executes the process of step S371.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a command different from the previous command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines that the received command is a legitimate command, creates game information from the received command, and creates it. The game information is stored in the sub RAM 103 (S373). Next, the sub CPU 102 executes a command analysis process shown in FIG. 95 (S374), and executes the process of step S371.

<Command analysis processing>
FIG. 95 is a flowchart showing command analysis processing executed in step S374 of the main board communication task shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes an effect content determination process shown in FIG. 97 (S380), executes a ramp data determination process (S381), executes a sound data determination process (S382), and registers each determined data. In step S383, the command analysis process is terminated.

<Anime task>
FIG. 96 is a flowchart showing the animation task activated in step S352 of the mother task shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 checks a change from the previous game information (S390). Specifically, the sub CPU 102 indicates that the current game information updated by the interrupt process under the control of the main CPU 93 shown in FIG. 86 is the game information registered in the sub RAM 103 in the previous interrupt process. Check if the game information is different.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 executes object control processing (S391). Specifically, when a check result indicating that the game information has changed is obtained in step S390, the sub CPU 102 controls the image according to the change in the game information.

  Subsequently, the sub CPU 102 executes animation task management processing (S392). Specifically, the sub CPU 102 manages the order of images displayed in various effects. When executing the animation task management process, the sub CPU 102 executes the process of step S390.

<Production content determination process>
FIG. 97 is a flowchart showing effect content determination processing executed in step S380 of the command analysis processing shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not an initialization command has been received (S400). If it is determined that the initialization command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the initialization command reception process (S401), and ends the effect content determination process. In the initialization command reception process, for example, effect data based on information transmitted as the initialization command is set.

  On the other hand, when determining that the initialization command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a medal insertion command has been received (S402). If it is determined that a medal insertion command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a medal insertion command reception process (S403), and ends the effect content determination process. In the medal insertion command reception process, for example, effect data based on information transmitted as a medal insertion command is set.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a medal insertion command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether a start command has been received (S404). If it is determined that a start command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a start command reception process shown in FIG. 98 (S405), and ends the effect content determination process. In the start command receiving process, for example, effect data based on information transmitted as a start command is set.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a start command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether a reel rotation start command has been received (S406). If it is determined that a reel rotation start command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a reel rotation start command reception process (S407), and ends the effect content determination process. In the reel rotation start command reception process, for example, effect data based on information transmitted as a reel rotation start command is set.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the reel rotation start command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a reel stop command has been received (S408). If it is determined that a reel stop command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a reel stop command reception process (S409), and ends the effect content determination process. In the reel stop command reception process, for example, the type of the stop reel, the stop start position, the number of sliding frames, or the scheduled stop position is transmitted.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a reel stop command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a winning operation command has been received (S410). If it is determined that a winning action command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a winning action command reception process (S411), and ends the effect content determination process. In the winning operation command reception process, for example, effect data based on information transmitted as a winning operation command is set.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the winning operation command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a bonus start command has been received (S412). If it is determined that a bonus start command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a bonus start command reception process (S413), and ends the effect content determination process. In the bonus start command reception process, for example, effect data based on information transmitted as a bonus start command is set.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a bonus start command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether a bonus end command has been received (S414). If it is determined that a bonus end command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a bonus end command reception process (S415), and ends the effect content determination process. In the bonus end command reception process, for example, effect data based on information transmitted as a bonus end command is set.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a bonus end command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether an input state command has been received (S416). If it is determined that an input state command has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes an input state command reception process (S417), and ends the effect content determination process.

  In the input state command reception process, for example, the main CPU 93 transmits as an input state command whether each operation unit is in an on-edge state or an off-edge state. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S416 that the input state command has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the effect content determination process.

<Processing when receiving a start command>
FIG. 98 is a flowchart showing the start command reception process executed in step S405 of the effect content determination process shown in FIG. In the following description, setting the state (flag) in the storage area means that the bit corresponding to the state (flag) set in the storage area is set to “1” (ON).

  First, the sub CPU 102 extracts an effect random number value and stores the extracted effect random number value in the effect random number storage area of the sub RAM 103 (S420). Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the end standby state is set in the sub state flag storage area (see FIG. 66) (S421).

  If it is determined in step S422 that the end standby state is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes an end standby process (S422) and ends the start command reception process. Here, in the end standby process, the sub CPU 102 causes the player to perform the first stop operation of the left stop button 19L by not performing the push-down navigation when the three bells are won, and the main effect state transition process (see FIG. 81). ), The main effect state is cleared.

  If it is determined in step S421 that the end standby state is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the high probability mode is set in the sub state flag storage area (S423). . In this process, if it is determined that the high probability mode is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the high probability mode process (S424) and ends the start command reception process. Here, in the high-probability mode process, the sub CPU 102 executes the high-probability mode in which the number of sets in the added special state is easily added for a predetermined number of games.

  If it is determined in step S423 that the high probability mode is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the ART state is set in the sub state flag storage area (S425). In this process, if it is determined that the ART state is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the ART state process (S426) and ends the start command reception process. Here, in the ART state process, the sub CPU 102 notifies the pressing order for winning the 15-bell role when the 15-bell role is won for the number of AT games determined by each additional special state.

  If it is determined in the process of step S425 that the ART state is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the specialized state is set in the sub state flag storage area (S427). . In this process, if it is determined that the additional special state is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the additional special state process (S428), and ends the start command reception process. Here, in the extra special state process, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not to add the AT game number to the minimum guaranteed game number or more.

  If it is determined in the process of step S427 that the specialization state for addition is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the ART ready state is set in the sub state flag storage area (S429). ). In this process, if it is determined that the ART preparation state is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the ART preparation state process (S430) and ends the start command reception process. Here, in the ART preparation state process, the sub CPU 102 notifies the push order for winning the three-bell combination when the three-bell combination is won, and causes the main CPU 93 to change the main effect state in the main game state.

  If it is determined in the process of step S429 that the ART preparation state is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 executes the ART lottery process (S431) and ends the start command reception process. . Here, in the ART lottery process, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not to shift to the ART state.

<ART lottery processing>
FIG. 99 is a flowchart showing an ART lottery process executed in step S431 of the start command reception process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the ART determined combination is won (S440). In this process, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the ART determined combination “F_GOD1” or “F_GOD2” is determined. To do.

  If it is determined in the process of step S440 that the player has not won the ART determined combination (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the condition for receiving the ART lottery is satisfied (S441). Here, the conditions for receiving the ART lottery are that each internal winning combination shown in the normal time AT lottery table (see FIG. 61) and each special condition shown in the AT lottery table when the special condition is established (see FIG. 62). Is established.

  If it is determined in step S441 that the conditions for receiving the ART lottery are not satisfied (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the ART lottery processing. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S441 that the conditions for receiving the ART lottery are satisfied (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the ART lottery (S442). In this process, if the sub CPU 102 satisfies the conditions by winning each internal winning combination shown in the normal time AT lottery table, the sub CPU 102 performs the ART lottery with reference to the normal time AT lottery table, and the special condition is satisfied. If it is, the ART lottery is executed with reference to the AT lottery table when the special condition is satisfied.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not winning is made by ART lottery (S443). In this process, when it is determined that the ART lottery is not won (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the ART lottery process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the process of step S443 that the ART lottery has been won (YES) and in the process of step S440, it is determined that the ART determined combination has been won (YES), the sub CPU 102 performs a loop. The loop rate used in the extra ART lottery process (see FIG. 103) based on the rate is determined based on the loop rate lottery table (see FIG. 63) in the extra AT state (S444).

  Thereby, the transition to the ART state as the specific effect state is confirmed. Each condition (YES in step S443 and YES in step S440) that establishes the transition to the ART state constitutes a plurality of types of specific conditions. Therefore, the sub CPU 102 provides information on advantageous stop operation related to the granting of medals (game media) on the condition that any of a plurality of specific conditions predetermined in the RT1 gaming state is satisfied. Is shifted to the ART state in which is notified. The sub CPU 102 that performs such control constitutes a specific performance state transition unit. The ART state continues until the number of AT games becomes zero.

  Further, when the process of step S444 is executed, the sub CPU 102 displays “3” on each of the variation symbols 11L, 11C, and 11R displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11. As described above, when a plurality of specific conditions for determining the transition to the ART state are satisfied, the liquid crystal display device 11 is configured to stop and display all the changing symbols 11L, 11C, and 11R as “3” as a specific mode. The controlling sub CPU 102 constitutes image display control means.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 selects the specialization state for addition (S445). In this process, the sub CPU 102 selects any one of the specialization state 1, the specialization state 2a, or the specialization state 2b, based on the internal winning combination that triggered the ART.

  That is, the sub CPU 102 adds the special special state 1 and the special add-on as the special add-on state based on the type of a specific condition established in the RT1 game state (here, the internal winning combination that triggered the ART). The production state is shifted to one of the states 2.

  Note that the sub CPU 102 is configured so that the selection probability of each additional special state varies depending on the internal winning combination. For example, when the player wins the ART lottery by winning “F_Middle Yellow 7”, the additional special state The probability that 2b is selected is high. Further, in the present embodiment, based on the internal winning combination that has been a trigger for the ART, it is determined which additional special state is to be added, but this is not restrictive. For example, each transition to the ART state is determined. Depending on the conditions, it may be determined which of the added specialization states.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the selected specialization state is the specialization state 1 (S446). In this process, when it is determined that the selected specialization state is the specialization state 1 (YES), the sub CPU 102 sets the specialization state 1 in the substate flag storage area (S447). Then, “5” is set to the number of guaranteed special games 1 guaranteed game (S448).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the selected specialization state is not the specialization state 1 (NO), the sub CPU 102 sets the specialization state 2 in the substate flag storage area (S449), and the specialization state. “10” is set to the number of guaranteed games 2 guarantee state (S450).

  After the processing of step S448 or step S450, the sub CPU 102 sets the ART preparation state in the sub state flag storage area (S451), and ends the ART lottery processing.

<ART preparation status processing>
FIG. 100 is a flowchart showing the ART preparation state process executed in step S430 of the start command reception process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes an extra ART lottery process based on the loop rate (S460). In this process, the sub CPU 102 uses the loop rate of the extra ART lottery determined in the ART lottery process (see FIG. 99) to determine whether or not to add the number of times that the ART state having the predetermined number of AT games is executed. The lottery is executed.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the main effect state is the main effect state 0 (S461). In this process, if it is determined that the main effect state is not the main effect state 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the ART preparation state process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the main effect state is the main effect state 0 (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the internal winning combination is a 15-bell function (S462). In this process, if it is determined that the internal winning combination is the 15-bell role (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes push order navigation that can win the 15-bell role (S463), and prepares for ART. End state processing.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the internal winning combination is not the 15-bell combination (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether the internal winning combination is the 3-bell combination (S464). In this process, if it is determined that the internal winning combination is not the three-bell combination (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the ART preparation lottery process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S464 that the internal winning combination is a three-bell combination (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a main effect state transition navigation process (S465), and performs an ART preparation state process. finish. Here, in the main effect state transition navigation process, the sub CPU 102 performs push order navigation for winning the three-bell role in order to prevent the left stop button 19L from being first stopped in the main effect state transition process (see FIG. 81). Run.

<Main production state transition navigation processing>
FIG. 101 is a flowchart showing the main effect state transition navigation process executed in step S465 of the ART preparation state process shown in FIG. 100 and step S559 of the ART state process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the ART state is set in the sub state flag storage area (S470). In this process, if it is determined that the ART state is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 performs push order navigation in which the result of the batting order determination is “x” in each internal winning combination of the three bells. Execute (S471). That is, the sub CPU 102 shifts to the specialization state after adding any of a plurality of specific conditions that are conditions for determining the transition to the ART state (YES in step S443 and YES in step S440). Before, when the three-bell combination is determined as the internal winning combination, the player is notified by pressing navigation in the first pressing order (“×”). The sub CPU 102 that performs such notification constitutes first push order notification means.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the processing of step S470 that the ART state is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines the hitting order determination result for each internal winning combination of three bells as “◯”. Push order navigation is executed (S472). That is, after starting the ART state, when the three-bell combination is determined as the internal winning combination, the sub CPU 102 notifies the player of the second pressing order (“O”) by pressing navigation. The sub CPU 102 that performs such notification constitutes a second push order notification unit.

  After executing the processing of step S471 or step S472, the sub CPU 102 adds 1 to the main effect state transition navigation count assigned to the main RAM 103 (S473).

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the value stored in the main effect state transition navigation count is 2 (S474). With this process, the sub CPU 102 can determine whether or not the main effect state transition navigation process has been executed twice. That is, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the notification of the first push order (“×”) or the second push order (“◯”) has been given a predetermined number of times (twice).

  If it is determined in step S474 that the value stored in the main effect state transition navigation count is not 2 (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the main effect state transition navigation processing. On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S474 that the value stored in the main effect state transition navigation count is 2 (YES), the sub CPU 102 sets the ART state in the sub state flag storage area. It is determined whether or not there is (S475).

  If it is determined in step S475 that the ART state is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 ends the main effect state transition navigation process. On the other hand, if it is determined that the ART state is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 adds the specialized state to the sub state flag storage area (S476).

  In other words, the sub CPU 102 shifts to the special state by adding the production state on condition that the first push order (“×”) is notified twice when the three-bell combination is determined as the internal winning combination. Let Here, it is a condition that the first push order (“×”) is notified twice, but the case where the second push order (“◯”) is notified twice, that is, the result of the batting order determination. The above condition is that the push order is notified in the order of “× ○” and “○ ×”, that is, the order including at least the first push order (“×”) among the two notifications. Good.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 resets the ART ready state in the sub state flag storage area (S477), resets the main effect state transition navigation count to 0 (S478), and ends the main effect state transition navigation process.

  By the processing of step S475 and step S476, the sub CPU 102 executes the push order navigation in which the result of the batting order determination is defined as “◯” without setting the specialization state flag in the ART state. When the main CPU 93 can set the main effect state 2 as the main effect state and is not in the ART state, the main CPU 93 is made to execute the push order navigation in which the result of the batting order determination is defined as “x”. The main production state 1 can be set in the production state, and the special state can be started by adding in the next game.

<Additional special processing>
FIG. 102 is a flowchart showing the added special state process executed in step S428 of the start command reception process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes an extra ART lottery process based on the loop rate (S460). Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the specialization state 1 is set in the sub state flag storage area (see FIG. 66) (S481). In this process, when it is determined that the additional special state 1 is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the loop rate of the additional special state 1 has been determined (S482).

  If it is determined in the process of step S482 that the loop rate of the additional specialization state 1 has not been determined (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines the loop rate of the additional specialization state 1 (S483). Here, the loop rate of the extra special state 1 is a continuation probability used when randomizing whether the extra special state 1 continues in the extra special state 1 process (see FIG. 105). Any one of the loop rates (for example, 10%, 20%, 50%, etc.) is determined.

  If it is determined that the loop rate of the additional special state 1 has been determined after executing the process of step S483 or in the process of step S482 (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the additional special state 1 process. (S484), and the specialization state process is completed.

  If it is determined in the process of step S481 that the specialization state 1 is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines the loop rate of the specialization state 2 (S485). Here, the loop rate of the additional specialization state 2 is a continuation probability used when randomizing whether or not the additional specialization state 2 continues in the additional specialization state 2 process (see FIG. 106). Any one of the loop rates (for example, 10%, 20%, 50%, etc.) is determined.

  If it is determined that the loop rate of the additional special state 2 has been determined after executing the process of step S486 or in the process of step S485 (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the additional special state 2 process. (S487), and the specialization state process is completed.

<Addition specialization state 1 processing>
FIG. 103 is a flowchart showing the extra special state 1 process executed in step S483 of the extra special state process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the number of extra special state 1 guaranteed games is 1 or more (S490). In this process, if it is determined that the number of extra specialized state 1 guaranteed games is 1 or more (YES), the sub CPU 102 subtracts one extra specialized state 1 guaranteed game number (S491).

  After the process of step S491 is executed or in the process of step S490, when it is determined that the number of extra special state 1 guaranteed games is 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 has not won a special role. Is determined (S492). Here, the special combination is composed of an internal winning combination “F_purple 7 lip”, “F_BAR lip”, and “F_GOD 1 to 3”.

  If it is determined in the process of step S492 that the special role is won (NO), the sub CPU 102 sets the ART state in the sub state flag storage area (see FIG. 66) and adds the special state and the extra state. The specialization state 1 flag is reset, the additional specialization state 1 loop rate is reset (S493), and the specialization state 1 processing ends. On the other hand, in the process of step S492, when it is determined that the special combination is not won (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the added special state 1 guaranteed game number is 0 (S494). .

  If it is determined in the process of step S494 that the number of extra special state 1 guaranteed games is not 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 finishes the unit game of five games guaranteed in the extra special state 1 Therefore, the number of AT games to be added is determined by lottery while continuing the additional special state 1, and the lottery result is added to the AT game number counter stored in a predetermined area of the sub RAM 103 (S495). In this process, the sub CPU 102 refers to the extra special state 1 lottery table (see FIG. 58) and determines the number of AT games to be added based on the probability associated with each internal winning combination.

  Here, the extra special state 1 lottery table is configured such that the number of AT games of 10 games or more is necessarily added. By the processing of step S494 and step S495, the sub CPU 102 always determines the number of AT games to be added using the extra special state 1 lottery table five times. Therefore, when executing the extra special state 1, It is configured to always execute unit games of 50 games or more.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S494 that the number of extra special state 1 guaranteed games is 0 (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines that the internal winning combination is “F_normal lip”, “F_purple 7 lip”. Alternatively, it is determined whether it is either “F_BAR Lip” (S496).

  In the process of step S496, when it is determined that the internal winning combination is any one of “F_normal replay”, “F_normal purple 7 lip”, and “F_normal BAR lip” (YES), the sub CPU 102 adds Whether or not the specialization state 1 is continued based on the loop rate of the specialization state 1 determined in step S483 of the specialization state process or step S583 of the addition ART lottery process (see FIG. 109) based on the loop rate Addition special state 1 continuous lottery is executed (S497). Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the result of the extra special state 1 continuation lottery is continuation (S498).

  In the process of step S496, when it is determined that the internal winning combination is neither “F_normal lip”, “F_purple 7 lip” or “F_BAR lip” (NO), or in the process of step S498, the specialization state 1 When it is determined that the result of the continuous lottery is continuation (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines the number of AT games to be added, and adds the lottery result to the AT game number counter (S499). In this process, the sub CPU 102 refers to the extra special state 1 lottery table and determines the number of AT games to be added based on the probability associated with each internal winning combination.

  By the processing of step S496, the sub CPU 102, in the specialization state 1 after the 6th game, has a rare role that is an internal winning combination other than “F_normal lip”, “F_purple 7 lip”, or “F_BAR lip”. It is configured to automatically add and continue the specialization state 1 when winning a combination of a single bell and a single 15 bell.

  In the process of step S498, if it is determined that the result of the additional special state 1 continuous lottery is not continuous (NO), the sub CPU 102 sets the ART state in the sub state flag storage area, and adds the special state and the additional state. The specialization state 1 flag is reset, and the loop rate of the specialization state 1 is reset (S500).

  After executing the processing of step S495 or step S500, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the internal winning combination is a three-bell combination (S501). In this process, if it is determined that the internal winning combination is not the three-bell combination (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the specialization state 1 process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S501 that the internal winning combination is the three-bell combination (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the current main effect state is the main effect state 2. (S502). In this process, when it is determined that the current main effect state is not the main effect state 2 (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the specialization state 1 process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S502 that the main effect state is the main effect state 2 (YES), the sub CPU 102 causes the main CPU 93 to change the main effect state in the main game state to the main effect state 0. Therefore, no push order navigation is set as the push order navigation (S503), and the additional specialization state 1 process is terminated.

  In the present embodiment, the extra special state 1 table is configured to always add the number of AT games of 10 games or more, but is not limited to this, and the number of AT games may not be added as a result of lottery. You may comprise so that it may have property. In this case, the sub CPU 02 may be configured to update the AT game number counter to 50 at the start of the specialization state 1 for addition. Further, in this case, the sub CPU 102 may be configured to update the AT game number counter to 50 on condition that the AT game number counter is less than 50 at the end of the specialization state 1.

<Addition specialization state 2 processing>
FIG. 104 is a flowchart showing the extra special state 1 process executed in step S487 of the extra special state process shown in FIG.

  First, based on the received start command data, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a combo lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area (see FIG. 36) (S510). Here, the combo-type lock effect is won by the process of step S110 in the other lottery process (see FIG. 72) to win the internal winning combination “F_normal lip purple 7” or “F_normal lip_BAR”. Set when winning.

  If it is determined in step S510 that the combo lock effect is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a lottery process on the lock (S511). In this process, the sub CPU executes lottery of the number of AT games to be added corresponding to the type of the received start command.

  After determining that the combo lock effect is not set after executing the process of step S511 or in the process of step S510 (NO), the sub CPU 102 executes a navigation process for lock effect setting (S512). . In this process, the sub CPU 102 executes push order navigation according to the internal winning combination when the combo lock effect is won.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the added special state 2 guaranteed game number is 1 or more (S513). In this process, when it is determined that the number of extra special state 2 guaranteed games is 1 or more (YES), the sub CPU 102 subtracts one extra special state 2 guaranteed game number (S514).

  After the process of step S514 is executed, or in the process of step S513, when it is determined that the number of specialization state 2 guaranteed games is 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 has not won the special role. Is determined (S515). Here, the special combination is composed of an internal winning combination “F_purple 7 lip”, “F_BAR lip”, and “F_GOD 1 to 3”.

  If it is determined in the process of step S515 that the special role is won (NO), the sub CPU 102 sets the ART state in the sub state flag storage area (see FIG. 66) and adds the special state and the extra state. The specialization state 2 flag is reset, the loop rate of the specialization state 2 is reset (S516), and the specialization state 2 process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S515 that the special combination has not been won (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the added special state 2 guaranteed game number is 0 (S517). .

  If it is determined in the process of step S517 that the number of extra special state 2 guaranteed games is not 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 finishes the unit game of 10 games guaranteed in the extra special state 2 Therefore, the number of AT games to be added is lottery based on the internal winning combination while the additional special state 2 is continued (S518).

  In the process of step S518, when the internal winning combination is a rare combination, the sub CPU 102 determines the number of AT games to be added based on the selected rare combination. Here, as the table used for lottering the number of AT games to be added, the extra special state 1 lottery table (see FIG. 58) may be used, or another table may be used. Further, when a table different from the extra special state 1 lottery table is used, it may be a table having a probability of winning a so-called “losing” in which one game is not added.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 adds the lottery result to the AT game number counter for the number of AT games to be added determined by the process of step S518 (S519).

  On the other hand, in the process of step S517, if it is determined that the number of extra special state 2 guaranteed games is 0 (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines that the internal winning combination is “F_normal lip”, 15-bell combination or 3 It is determined whether or not it is one of the sheet bell roles (S520).

  In the process of step S520, when it is determined that the internal winning combination is “F_normal lip”, either the 15-bell combination or the 3-bell combination (YES), the sub CPU 102 performs the additional special state process. Based on the loop rate of the extra special state 2 determined in step S486 or step S583 of the extra ART lottery process (see FIG. 109) based on the loop rate, whether or not the extra special state 2 continues or not Continuous lottery is executed (S521). Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the result of the additional specialization state 2 continuous lottery is continuation (S522).

  In the process of step S520, if it is determined that the internal winning combination is not “F_normal lip”, 15-bell combination or 3-bell combination (NO), or in the process of step S522, the specialization state 2 continuous lottery If it is determined that the result is continuation (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines the number of AT games to be added by lottery, and adds the lottery result to the AT game number counter (S523). In this process, the sub CPU 102 refers to the extra special state 2 lottery table and determines the number of AT games to be added based on the probability associated with each internal winning combination.

  By the process of step S520, the sub CPU 102 automatically selects “F_normal lip”, an internal winning combination other than the 15-bell role, and the internal winning combination other than the 3-bell role in the specialization state 2 after the 11th game. And the specialization state 2 is continued.

  In the process of step S522, when it is determined that the result of the additional special state 2 continuous lottery is not continuous (NO), the sub CPU 102 sets the ART state in the sub state flag storage area, and adds the special state and the additional state. The specialization state 2 flag is reset, and the loop rate of the specialization state 2 is reset (S524).

  After executing the processing of step S519 or step S524, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the internal winning combination is a three-bell combination (S525). In this process, when it is determined that the internal winning combination is not the three-bell combination (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the specialization state 2 process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S525 that the internal winning combination is the three-bell combination (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the current main effect state is the main effect state 2. (S526). In this process, if it is determined that the current main effect state is not the main effect state 2 (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the extra special state 2 process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S526 that the main effect state is the main effect state 2 (YES), the sub CPU 102 sets no push order navigation as the push order navigation (S527) and specializes the addition. The state 2 process is terminated.

  The sub CPU 102 is configured to update the value of the AT game number counter to 100 at the start of the extra special state 2 process. Thus, the sub CPU 102 is configured to always execute unit games of 100 games or more in the ART state when the specialization state 2 is executed. Further, when the value of the AT game number counter is less than 100 when the specialization state 2 flag is turned off, the sub CPU 102 may be configured to update the value of the AT game number counter to 100.

<Add lottery processing when locked>
FIG. 105 is a flowchart showing the extra lottery process at the time of lock executed in step S511 of the specialization state 2 process shown in FIG. 104 and step S551 of the ART state process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the signal received from the main CPU 93 is the combo addition signal transmitted in step S148 of the continuous lock effect process (see FIG. 74) (S530).

  If it is determined in step S530 that the combo surrender signal has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 refers to the surrendering special state 2 lottery table (see FIG. 59) and determines the number of AT games to be surrendered. Then, the number of AT games to be added determined by lottery is added to the AT game number counter with the lottery result (S532). In other words, the sub CPU 102 adds a predetermined number of AT games (number of games) to the number of AT games (current number of remaining AT games), which is the number of continuous games in the ART state, on the condition that the combo lock effect is performed. (Add). The sub CPU 102 that performs such addition constitutes addition means.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the combo end signal transmitted from the main CPU 93 in step S153 of the continuous lock effect process has been received (S533). In this process, if it is determined that the combo end signal has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 executes the process of step S530. On the other hand, in this process, if it is determined that the combo end signal has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 finishes the lottery process by adding when locked.

  If it is determined in step S530 that the combo extra signal has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether the signal received from the main CPU 93 is the dejab extra signal transmitted in step S142 of the continuous lock effect process. It is determined whether or not (S534). In this process, if it is determined that the dejab extra signal has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the extra lottery process when locked.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S534 that the dejab extra signal has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 refers to the lottery table during ART (see FIG. 60) and lots the number of AT games to be added. (S535) The number of AT games to be added determined by lottery is added to the AT game number counter and the lottery result is added (S536). That is, the sub CPU 102 adds (adds) a predetermined number of AT games (the number of games) to the current number of remaining AT games on the condition that the dejab lock effect is performed. The sub CPU 102 that performs such addition constitutes addition means.

  At this time, in conjunction with the dejab freeze, the sub CPU 102 determines that “dejab single-shot” or “dejab continuous” is won as the spinning effect in the other lottery process (see FIG. 72) (in the process of step S104). YES), after the effect display same as the effect display being executed in the liquid crystal display device 11 is executed, the fact that the addition of the number of AT games has been executed is displayed.

  As described above, the sub CPU 102 adds the number of AT games to be added determined by lottery to the AT game number counter on the condition that the dejab addition signal transmitted from the main CPU 93 is received when the predetermined addition condition is established. Constitutes the addition means

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the dejab end signal transmitted from the main CPU 93 in step S146 of the continuous lock effect process has been received (S537). In this process, if it is determined that the combo end signal has not been received (NO), the sub CPU 102 executes the process of step S534. On the other hand, in this process, if it is determined that the combo end signal has been received (YES), the sub CPU 102 finishes the lottery process by adding when locked.

<Navi processing for lock production set>
FIG. 106 is a flowchart showing the lock effect setting navigation process executed in step S512 of the additional specialization state 2 process shown in FIG.

  First, based on the start command received from the main CPU 93, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a combo lock effect is set in the spinning effect flag storage area (see FIG. 36) (S540). In this process, if it is determined that the combo lock effect is not set, the sub CPU 102 ends the lock effect setting navigation process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S540 that the combo lock effect is set (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines that the internal winning combination is “F_normal lip purple 7”, “F_purple 7 lip lip”. Or, if it is “F_, purple 7 lip”, push order navigation in which “purple 7-purple 7-purple 7” is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4 and the internal winning combination is “F_normal lip BAR”. ”,“ F_BAR ringing lip ”or“ F_, BAR lip ”, the push navigation in which“ BAR-BAR-BAR ”is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4 is executed (S541), and the lock effect set is used. The navigation process is terminated.

<ART status processing>
FIG. 107 is a flowchart showing the ART state process executed in step S426 of the start command reception process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes an extra ART lottery process based on the loop rate (S550). Next, the sub CPU 102 executes a lottery process for adding when locked (S551). Next, the sub CPU 102 subtracts 1 from the value of the AT game number counter.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not a condition for receiving the stock lottery in the specialization state is satisfied (S553). Here, the condition for receiving the special lottery stock lottery is satisfied by internally winning the rare role.

  If it is determined in the processing of step S553 that the condition for receiving the stock lottery in the specialization state is satisfied (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes the stock lottery in the specialization state for addition (S554). Here, the sub CPU 102 executes a stock lottery in an extra special state based on an extra special state stock lottery table (not shown) having a plurality of winning probabilities for each type of extra special state. Note that the winning probability shown in the added special state stock lottery table may be different for each mode and set value.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the stock lottery in the specialization state has been won (S555). In this process, if it is determined that the stock lottery in the specialization state for the addition has been won (YES), the sub CPU 102 draws the loop rate of the specialization state for the specialization in the bonus, and determines the type of the specialization state for addition and the addition The loop rate in the specialized state is stocked (S556).

  After execution with the process of step S556, when it is determined in the process of step S553 that the condition for receiving the stock lottery in the specialization state is not satisfied (NO) or in the process of step S555, the stock lottery in the specialization state of the addition If it is determined that the player has not won (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the main effect state set in the main effect state flag storage area (see FIG. 38) is the main effect state 2. (S557).

  If it is determined in step S557 that the main effect state 2 is not set (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the three-bell role has been won (S558). In this process, if it is determined that the three-bell combination is won (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a main effect state transition navigation process (S559).

  Here, the sub CPU 102 determines the striking order when winning the three-bell combination by executing the main effect state transition navigation process in a state where the ART state is set in the sub state flag storage area (see FIG. 66). As a result, it is possible to win a prize in the order of pressing “○”. Thereby, when the ART state is set in the sub state flag storage area, the main CPU 93 can change the main effect state to the main effect state 2 and can recognize that it is the ART state.

  After executing the process of step S559, if it is determined in step S557 that the main effect state 2 is not set (NO) or in the process of step S558, it is determined that the player has not won the three-bell role. In this case (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the value of the AT game number counter is 0 (S560). In this process, when it is determined that the value of the AT game number counter is 0 (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the number of stocks in the specialization state is 1 or more (S561).

  If it is determined in the process of step S561 that the extra specialized state stock is 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 resets all the flags set in the sub state flag storage area (S562), and ART. End state processing.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the process of step S561 that the stock of the specialization state for addition is 1 or more (YES), the sub CPU 102 sets an end standby state in the sub status flag storage area (S563). The ART state in the state flag storage area is reset (S564), the number of added special stocks is decremented by 1 (S565), and the ART state process ends.

  Through the processing of step S561 to step S564, the sub CPU 102 does not return the sub gaming state to the normal state, and the addition specialization stocked by the processing of step S583 of the extra ART lottery processing based on the loop rate and step S556 of the ART state processing. The state can be executed.

  If it is determined in the process of step S560 that the value of the AT game number counter is not 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 executes the high probability mode transition lottery based on the internal winning combination (S566). Here, the internal winning combination that triggers execution of the high-probability mode transition lottery includes “F_normal lip” and a three-bell combination.

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the high probability mode transition lottery has been won (S567). In this process, if it is determined that the high probability mode transition lottery has not been won (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the ART state process. On the other hand, if it is determined in this process that the high probability mode transition lottery has been won (YES), the sub CPU 102 sets the high probability mode in the sub state flag storage area (S568), and ends the ART state process. .

  Here, winning the “F_normal lip” or the three-bell combination and winning the high probability mode transition lottery constitutes establishment of a predetermined special condition. Thus, the sub CPU 102 that shifts to the high probability mode on condition that a predetermined special condition is satisfied constitutes a special fluctuation zone shift means.

<High probability mode processing>
FIG. 108 is a flowchart showing the high probability mode process executed in step S424 of the start command reception process shown in FIG.

  First, the sub CPU 102 executes an extra ART lottery process based on the loop rate (S570). Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the specified game number counter in the high probability mode is 0 (S571).

  If it is determined in the process of step S571 that the prescribed game number counter is 0 (YES), the sub CPU 102 selects any of the arrangement patterns previously defined in the appearance arrangement pattern table (see FIG. 65). A lottery for setting an array pattern is executed (S572). Next, the sub CPU 102 sets the prescribed game number associated with each arrangement pattern in the prescribed game number counter stored in a predetermined area of the sub RAM 103 (S573).

  After executing the process of step S573 or in the process of step S571, if it is determined that the specified game number is not 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 performs liquid crystal display based on the variable symbol number pattern specified in the array pattern. The middle variation symbol 11C and the right variation symbol 11R displayed on the display device 11 are determined by lottery from among the variation symbol number patterns (S574).

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the determined middle variation symbol 11C and right variation symbol 11R are both “3” (S575). In this process, when it is determined that both the middle variation symbol 11C and the right variation symbol 11R are determined to be “3” (YES), the sub CPU 102 adds the additional special state to the specialization state 1 or the additional specialization state. 2 is selected, the determined loop rate of the added specialization state is lottery, and the determined type and loop rate of the additional specialization state are stocked (S576).

  After executing the process of step S576 or in the process of step S575, if it is determined that at least one of the middle variation symbol 11C or the right variation symbol 11R is not determined to be “3” (NO), the sub CPU 102 The value of the prescribed game number counter is decremented by 1 (S577).

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the value of the prescribed game number counter is 0 (S578). In this process, when it is determined that the value of the prescribed game number counter is not 0 (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the high probability mode process. On the other hand, in this process, when it is determined that the value of the prescribed game number counter is 0, the sub CPU 102 resets the high probability mode set in the sub state flag storage area (see FIG. 66) (S579). ), The high probability mode processing is terminated.

<Additional ART lottery processing based on loop rate>
109 shows step S460 of the ART ready state process shown in FIG. 100, step S480 of the added special state process shown in FIG. 102, step S550 of the ART state process shown in FIG. 107, and the high probability shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the addition ART lottery process by the loop rate performed in step S570 of mode processing.

  First, the sub CPU 102 performs lottery based on the loop rate determined in step S444 of the ART lottery process (see FIG. 99), and determines whether or not the added special state has been won (S580). In this process, if it is determined that the specialization state for addition has not been won (NO), the sub CPU 102 resets the loop rate (S581), and finishes the extra ART lottery process based on the loop rate.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the added special state has been won (YES), the sub CPU 102 determines the added special state as either the added special state 1 or the added special state 2 (S582). The added special state loop rate is lottery, the determined additional special state type and loop rate are stocked (S583), and the extra ART lottery process based on the loop rate is terminated.

  Here, the lottery of the loop rate for each additional special state is determined by the same processing as step S483 of the additional special state process (FIG. 102) when the determined additional special state is the additional special state 1. However, if the determined additional special state is the additional special state 2, it is determined by the same process as step S487 of the additional special state process.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as the situation where the additional special state is stocked, when the additional special lottery process (FIG. 109) based on the loop rate described above is won and the ART state process (FIG. 107). May win the stock lottery (S554) in the specialization state.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, a predetermined stock condition is that winning is performed in either or both of the extra ART lottery processing (FIG. 109) and the extra special stock lottery (S554) based on the loop rate. . Therefore, the sub CPU 102 stocks the specialized state on the condition that the aforementioned predetermined stock condition is satisfied. The sub CPU 102 that performs the stocking in the added special state constitutes a stock unit.

  In the present embodiment, when a plurality of additional special states are stocked, the sub CPU 102 prioritizes the additional special state 2b, the additional special state 2a, and the additional special state 1 in this order. Transition game state.

<End waiting process>
FIG. 110 is a flowchart showing the end standby process executed in step S422 of the start command reception process shown in FIG. This end standby process is a process that shifts when there is at least one additional stock in the specialization state.

  First, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the three-bell role has been won (S590). In this process, if it is determined that the three-bell combination is won (YES), the sub CPU 102 sets no push order navigation as the push order navigation (S591).

  Next, the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the first stop operation of the left stop button 19L has been performed (S592). In this process, when it is determined that the left stop button 19L is not in the first stop operation (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the end standby process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S592 that the left stop button 19L has been subjected to the first stop operation (YES), the sub CPU 102 sets the ART ready state in the sub state flag storage area (see FIG. 66) ( In step S593), the end standby state of the sub-state flag storage area is reset (S594), and the end standby process ends.

  Note that the main effect state 1 or 2 on the main control circuit 91 side is initialized because the left stop button 19L is operated for the first stop when the three bells are won. Therefore, after the main performance state 1 or 2 is initialized, the sub CPU 102 sets the production state to the ART preparation state (S593), thereby performing the ART preparation state process again, and the predetermined stock condition described above. The production state can be shifted to the specialization state added when stocked.

  By the processing of step S590 to step S593, the sub CPU 102 changes to the ART ready state through the end standby state in order to execute the additional standby state stocked in the ART state, before entering the ART ready state. By causing the left stop button 19L to perform the first stop operation when the three-bell combination is won, the main CPU 93 is caused to reset the main effect state flag storage area (see FIG. 38) and to return the main effect state to the main effect state 0. Can do.

  If it is determined in the process of step S590 that the 3-bell combination has not been won (NO), the sub CPU 102 determines whether or not the 15-bell combination has been won (S595). In this process, if it is determined that the 15-bell combination is not won (NO), the sub CPU 102 ends the end standby process. On the other hand, in this process, if it is determined that the 15-bell role has been won (YES), the sub CPU 102 executes a push order navigation for winning the 15-bell role (S596), and ends the end standby process. .

  As described above, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment controls the transition of the main gaming state only between the general gaming state (RT0 gaming state) and the RT1 gaming state. There is no need to provide a plurality of RT states with high replay probabilities. Further, by setting the carry-over state of the bonus flag to the RT1 gaming state, the RT state managed by the main control circuit 91 can be effectively reduced to one, and the amount of data handled by the main control circuit 91 compared to the conventional case is reduced. Can be reduced.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, before starting the ART state, shifts the production state to an additional special state that determines the number of AT games in the ART state, and the additional special state is It is configured to include an extra special state 1 and an extra special state 2 with different degrees of expectation for determining the number of AT games. Further, based on the type of specific condition established during the RT1 gaming state, the additional special state is assigned to either the specialization state 1 or the specialization state 2. For this reason, prior to the start of the ART state, the player can have an expectation as to which of the specialization state 1 and the specialization state 2 to shift to.

  In addition, in the specialization state 2, the fact that a specific symbol combination (for example, “purple 7” or “BAR”) has stopped on the winning line satisfies a predetermined condition for adding the number of extra games. This is an opportunity, and in the specialization state 1 added, it is not an opportunity to establish a predetermined condition that a combination of specific symbols stops on the winning line. As described above, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment has different conditions for determining the number of AT games in the added special state 1 and the added special state 2, so that an ART state advantageous to the player can be obtained. Various expectations can be given regarding the number of AT games to be continued.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a push order including at least the first push order (“×”) by the processes of step S257 and step S259 in the main effect state transition process (see FIG. 81). Since it is determined whether the three-bell role has won twice as a predetermined number of times, or whether the three-bell role has won twice as a predetermined number of times in the second pressing order (“○”) The main control circuit 91 can grasp whether the presentation state in the sub-control circuit 101 is in the added special state or the ART state from the stop operation sequence at the time of winning a prize.

  In addition, when the specialization states 1 and 2 are stocked, the initialization special states 1 and 2 that have been stocked are generated after the initialization of the main performance states 1 and 2, so ART Even when the state is shifted to the specialization state 1 or 2 again after completion of the state, this can be grasped on the main control circuit 91 side. As a result, the main control circuit 91 can perform appropriate control even when the additional specialized state or ART state advantageous to the player is managed on the sub-control circuit 101 side.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment has won at least the first push order (“×”) in the push order including the three-belt winning combination twice or the second push order (“O”). The external signal to be output to an external device such as an information display device connected to the pachislot machine 1 or a hall computer is switched in accordance with the determination result of whether or not the three-bell role has won twice. For this reason, the information display device that performs display and management based on an external signal output from the main control circuit 91 and an external device such as a hall computer appropriately reflect the performance state managed by the sub-control circuit 101. An external signal can be output. Accordingly, appropriate display and management can be performed on the external device side such as the information display device and the hall computer.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment adds the predetermined number of AT games to the number of AT games in the ART state (the current number of remaining AT games). Then, a rotating effect (lock effect) using the rotation operation of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R is performed. For this reason, it is possible to perform an effect relating to the addition of the number of AT games in which the ART state advantageous to the player continues in a manner that the player can intuitively feel with a simple configuration.

  Further, when the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment shifts again to the stocked specialization state after the ART state is finished, the specialization state 2b of the stocked specialization states is added. Since the transition is prioritized in the order of the specialization state 2a and the specialization state 1, the ART state is continued as the expectation of the addition of the number of AT games in the specialization state that transitions after the ART state ends is higher. Expectation increases. As a result, the pachislot machine 1 can produce an extra special state that shifts the expectation level after the end of the ART state, and the fun of the game is improved.

  Further, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a dejab lock that stops the symbol at the same stop position as the game in which the process of step S105 of the other lottery process (see FIG. 72) is executed during the lock. In addition to performing an effect, the liquid crystal display device 11 performs the same effect display as the game in which the process of step S105 of other lottery processing is executed in conjunction with the dejab-based lock effect. That is, the pachislot machine 1 is added at the start of the current game when a predetermined additional condition is established in the previous game. Thereby, the pachislot machine 1 can perform an effect as if the previous game on which the additional game was performed is played, and the appeal power of the effect can be further enhanced.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment performs the same effect display as a game in which a predetermined additional condition is established on the liquid crystal display device 11 in conjunction with the dejab-type lock effect, and then adds the lottery process ( Since the liquid crystal display device 11 notifies that the number of AT games has been added by the process of step S536 of FIG. 105), it is possible to easily recognize that the player has added.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment can repeatedly perform the dejab lock effect, and can further enhance the appeal of the effect.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a “BAR” symbol and a “purple 7” symbol based on the stop positions of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R of the game before the locked game during the lock. After the reels are controlled to be arranged in a straight line, the initial full rotation effect is performed, and either the “BAR” symbol or the “purple 7” symbol is displayed in the middle of the reel display window 4 depending on the type of the full rotation lock effect. Since the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are controlled, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation as to which of the “BAR” symbol and the “purple 7” symbol will stop during locking. Therefore, the pachi-slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment can increase the appeal of the production.

  In the present embodiment, the sub CPU 102 shifts the secondary gaming state to the high probability mode when a predetermined special condition is satisfied in the ART state processing. Even if the state is other than the state, it may be configured to shift to the high probability mode on condition that a predetermined special condition is satisfied. Further, in this configuration, the sub CPU 102 determines that the sub gaming state is ART even if a specific condition for shifting the ART state is not satisfied when “3” is displayed on each of the variation symbols 11L, 11C, and 11R. You may comprise so that it may transfer to a state.

  Thereby, during the high probability mode, the pachislot machine 1 has all the variation symbols 11L, 11C, and 11R based on the variation symbol number pattern (see FIG. 64) defined in the array pattern (see FIG. 65) determined by lottery. 3 ”, the sub game state is shifted to the ART state even if the specific condition for shifting the sub game state to the ART state is not satisfied. It is possible to increase the player's expectation for the high probability mode that may shift. For this reason, even if it is a case where it is guessed from the effect etc. before and behind that a specific condition is low, the interest of a game does not fall by the expectation to the high probability mode mentioned above. This will contribute to the operation of the gaming machine.

  Also, the pachislot machine 1 according to the present embodiment connects the external signal 1 to the pachislot machine 1 when it is determined in the first push order (“×”) that the three-bell combination has won twice. Output to an external device such as an information display device or hall computer that is different from the external signal 1 when it is determined that the third bell combination is won only twice in the second push order (“◯”). The external signal 2 is configured to be output to the external device, but is not limited thereto. For example, not the external signals 1 and 2 to be output to the external device but a single external signal is the first push order or first It may be configured to output to the external device that it is determined that the three-bell combination in the pressing order of 2 has won twice.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the predetermined special condition is composed of the internal winning combination “F_normal lip” and the three-bell combination. Each special condition may be satisfied, and any of the internal winning combinations may be included.

1 Pachislot machine (game machine)
3L, 3C, 3R reel 4 reel display window (design display means)
11 Liquid crystal display device (image display means)
11L, 11C, 11R Variation design (decorative design)
19L, 19C, 19R Stop button 22 BET button 23 Start lever 51 Hopper device 77 BET switch 79 Start switch (start operation detecting means)
80L, 80C, 80R Stop switch (stop operation detection means)
91 main control circuit 93 main CPU (symbol changing means, internal winning combination determining means, reel stop control means, winning determination means, gaming state transition means, push order determination means, external signal switching means, main effect state control means, lock execution Means, lock effect means, lock determination means, reel effect means, next reel reproduction effect determination means)
101 sub-control circuit 102 sub CPU (specific effect state transition means, special effect state transition means, continuous game number determination means, first push order notification means, second push order notification means, push order determination means, addition means, Image display control means, special fluctuation zone transition means)

Claims (2)

A plurality of reels displaying a plurality of symbols, a symbol display means for displaying a part of the symbols displayed on the reels, a main control circuit for controlling a gaming state relating to the progress of the game, and an effect relating to the game In a gaming machine with a sub-control circuit that controls the state,
The main control circuit includes:
Start operation detecting means for detecting a start operation by the player;
On the basis of detection of the start operation by the start operation detection means, symbol variation means for varying the symbol by rotating the reel;
An internal winning combination determining means for determining an internal winning combination with a predetermined probability from a plurality of combinations including a predetermined bonus combination and a specific push order combination based on detection of the start operation by the start operation detecting unit;
A stop operation detecting means provided corresponding to the plurality of reels for detecting a stop operation for stopping each reel;
Based on the internal winning combination determined by the internal winning combination determining means and the timing when the stop operation is detected by the stop operation detecting means, the rotation of the reel is stopped and displayed on the symbol display means. Reel stop control means for stopping the fluctuation of the design,
Based on the fact that the change of the symbol is stopped by the reel stop control means, a winning determination for determining whether or not a winning combination is made based on a combination of symbols stopped on an active line provided on the symbol display means. Means,
A gaming state between a normal state where the probability that a replay related to replay is determined as the internal winning combination is low and a high RT state where the probability that the replay is determined as the internal winning combination is higher than the normal state Gaming state transition control means for controlling transition,
The sub-control circuit is
If any of the specific conditions of the plurality of types of predetermined during the high RT condition is satisfied, shifts the demonstration state, the specific effect state information advantageous stop operation is informed about the application of game media Specific production state transition means to be
Prior to the start of the specific effect state, special effect state transition means for transitioning the effect state to a special effect state that determines the number of continuous games in the specific effect state;
In the special effect state, there is provided a continuous game number determination means for determining a predetermined number of games each time a predetermined condition is satisfied, and determining the total number of the predetermined games as the number of continuous games. And
The gaming state transition control means shifts the gaming state to a bonus flag carry-over state on the condition that the predetermined bonus combination is determined as the internal winning combination, and the symbol display means performs the predetermined bonus combination. The gaming state is configured to shift from the bonus flag carry-over state to a bonus gaming state in which game media given to the player does not increase on condition that a combination of symbols related to The high RT state is set while the bonus flag is carried forward,
The special effect state includes a first special effect state and a second special effect state that are different from each other in expectation for determining the number of continuous game times by the continuous game number determining means,
The special effect state transition means is configured to change the special effect state to either the first special effect state or the second special effect state based on the type of the specific condition established during the high RT state. Transition the production state,
The specific push order includes a plurality of push orders including a first push order and a second push order different from the first push order, the first push order and the second push order. It is a role that a predetermined profit is given when a stop operation is made in either of the pushing order,
The sub-control circuit is
After any of the plurality of types of specific conditions is established and before the transition to the special performance state, when the specific push order is determined as an internal winning combination, the push order of the specific push order First press order notification means for reporting a predetermined number of times,
And a second push order notification means for notifying the push order of the specific push order for a predetermined number of times when the specific push order is determined as an internal winning combination after the start of the specific effect state. And
The special effect state means, when the first push order notification means by pressing order of the specific push order combination is a predetermined number of times the notification, to shift the presentation state on the special effect states,
The main control circuit includes:
Whether the specific push order has won the predetermined number of times in a push order including at least the first push order, or whether the specific push order has won the predetermined number of times in the second push order Push order determination means for determining
According to the determination result of the push order determination means, and further organic and external signal switching means for switching the external signal to be output to an external device connected to the game machine, a
The external signal switching means wins the specific push order after the push order determination means determines that the specific push order has won the predetermined number of times in the second push order, The gaming machine is characterized in that the external signal is not switched until a third push order different from both the first push order and the second push order is executed . The push order is defined as a third push order different from the first push order and the second push order, and more than the predetermined profit when a stop operation is performed in the third push order. the gaming machine according to claim 1, small profit and wherein the Ru role der granted.

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