JP5998642B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  One type of gaming machine is a pachinko machine. In the pachinko machine, for example, a lottery determination is performed based on a game ball launched into a game area entering the operation port. When winning for the occurrence of a specific gaming state in the winning / failing lottery, for example, after a symbol that is variably displayed on a predetermined display device is stopped and displayed in a predetermined combination, opening and closing of a variable pitching device provided in the gaming area Is executed. Then, a privilege is given to the player such that game balls corresponding to the number of balls entered into the variable pitching device are paid out.

  The presence / absence of occurrence of the specific game state is determined, for example, at the timing when the game ball enters the operation port. For example, a sensor for detecting that a game ball has entered the operation port is provided, and in a timer interrupt process (periodic process) for controlling the game, a grasp process for grasping the detection result of the sensor is executed. In the grasping process, when it is determined that the detection result of the sensor corresponds to the entry of a game ball, an acquisition process for obtaining numerical information of a counter that is periodically updated within a certain range is executed. To do. Then, it is determined whether or not the numerical information matches a predetermined winning value, and it is determined whether or not a specific gaming state is generated based on the determination result (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-756 A

  Here, in the configuration for executing the sensor detection result grasping process and the numerical information acquisition process in the timer interrupt process, the timing at which the game ball actually enters the operation port, the execution timing of the acquisition process, A predetermined time lag occurs during the period. If the counter is updated during the time lag, the numerical information of the counter of the entrance timing is different from the numerical information of the counter of the execution timing of the acquisition process. That is, the numerical information to be acquired depends on the execution timing of the acquisition process. For this reason, due to the periodicity of timer interrupt processing, there is a bias in the numerical information to be acquired, or fraudulent acts that attempt to acquire numerical information corresponding to the winning value using the periodicity are performed. May be broken.

  The above situation is common to gaming machines that control the progress of a game by repeatedly executing periodic processing.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and the like, and it is possible to suitably perform lottery using numerical information in a gaming machine that controls the progress of a game by repeatedly executing a regular process. An object is to provide a gaming machine.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 1
In a gaming machine provided with a periodic process execution means for controlling the progress of a game by repeatedly executing a periodic process at a predetermined cycle,
Numerical information updating means for updating numerical information every time a predetermined update timing is reached;
Detection means for detecting the occurrence of a predetermined specific event;
An acquisition means for acquiring the numerical information when the detection means detects that the specific event has occurred;
A lottery process executing means for executing a lottery process that is included in the periodic process and performs a lottery using the numerical information acquired by the acquiring means;
With
The numerical information update means is capable of updating the numerical information at an interval shorter than the periodic processing cycle and asynchronously with the periodic processing.
The acquisition means can execute the acquisition process of the numerical information separately from the periodic process and asynchronously with the periodic process, and when the detection means detects that the specific event has occurred The numerical information at the detection timing when the occurrence of the specific event is detected by the detection means is obtained.

  According to the present invention, a lottery using numerical information can be suitably performed in a gaming machine that controls the progress of a game by repeatedly executing a regular process.

The front view which shows the pachinko machine in 1st Embodiment. The perspective view which expand | deploys and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. The perspective view which expand | deploys and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. The front view of a game board. The rear view of the game board in the state which removed the main controller. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the collection | recovery channel | path for working ports. The block diagram which shows the electrical constitution of a pachinko machine. The block diagram for demonstrating a hard random number circuit. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of various counters. The flowchart which shows a main process. The flowchart which shows a timer interruption process. The flowchart which shows a common figure power transmission control process. The flowchart which shows special figure special electricity control processing. The flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the hold information by the side of a special figure. The time chart for demonstrating the acquisition aspect of a jackpot random number counter. The rear view of the game board of the state which removed the main controller in 2nd Embodiment. The block diagram for demonstrating a hard random number circuit. The flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the hold information by the side of a special figure. The time chart for demonstrating the acquisition aspect of a jackpot random number counter. The flowchart which shows the normal process in 3rd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows a timer interruption process.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a “pachinko machine”), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing an unfolded main configuration of the pachinko machine 10. In FIG. 2, the configuration in the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted for convenience.

  The pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a gaming machine main body 12 that is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be rotatable forward. The outer frame 11 is configured by connecting wooden plates to four sides and has a rectangular frame shape. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by attaching and fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility.

  2 and 3, the gaming machine main body 12 includes an inner frame 13, a front door frame 14 disposed in front of the inner frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 disposed in the rear of the inner frame 13. And. The inner frame 13 of the gaming machine main body 12 is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the outer frame 11. Specifically, the inner frame 13 can be rotated forward with the left side as a rotation base end side and the right side as a rotation front end side in front view.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front door frame 14 is rotatably supported on the inner frame 13, and can be rotated forward with the left side as a rotation base end side and the right side as a rotation front end side in a front view. It is said that. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a backpack unit 15 is rotatably supported on the inner frame 13, and when viewed from the front, the left side is the rotation base end side and the right side is the rotation front end side. It is possible to move.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine main body 12 is provided with a locking device 16 at its rotating tip, and the gaming machine main body 12 is locked to the outer frame 11 so that it cannot be opened. And has a function of locking the front door frame 14 to the inner frame 13 so that the front door frame 14 cannot be opened. As shown in FIG. 1, each of these locked states is released by performing an unlocking operation using the unlocking key on the cylinder lock 17 that is provided exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10, respectively. .

  Next, the configuration of the front side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the inner frame 13 is mainly composed of a resin base 21 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11. A substantially elliptical window hole 23 is formed at the center of the resin base 21. A game board 24 is detachably attached to the resin base 21. The game board 24 is made of plywood, and a game area formed on the front surface of the game board 24 is exposed to the front side of the inner frame 13 through the window hole 23 of the resin base 21.

  Here, the structure of the game board 24 is demonstrated based on FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the game board 24.

  The game board 24 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each opening has a general winning port 31, a variable winning device 32, an upper working port (first starting ball entering portion) 33, a lower working port (second starting ball entering portion) 34, a through gate 35, a variable display unit 36, A main display unit 43, an accessory display unit 44, and the like are provided.

  The variable display unit 36 is arranged so as to include the center position of the game area, and the variable display unit 36, the upper operation port 33, the lower operation port 34, and the variable prize winning device 32 are arranged on the horizontal center line of the game area. It arrange | positions so that it may line up downward in order. One through gate 35 is provided on the left side of the variable display unit 36 and one is provided on the right side. Further, two general winning ports 31 are provided on the left side of the upper operating port 33 and the lower operating port 34 at the height positions of the upper operating port 33 and the lower operating port 34, and two on the right side. Is provided.

  When a ball entering the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33 and the lower operating port 34 is generated, it is detected by a winning detection sensor disposed on the back side of the game board 24, and the detection result A predetermined number of award balls are paid out based on. In this case, when a ball enters the upper working port 33 and when a ball enters the lower working port 34, the payout of three prize balls is executed. When it occurs, 10 prize balls are paid out, and when a prize is entered into the variable winning device 32, 15 prize balls are paid out. However, the number of these prize balls is arbitrary. For example, the number of prize balls in both the operation holes 33, 34 is larger than the number of prize balls in the lower action opening 34 than the number of prize balls in the upper action opening 33. It may be different. Further, the number of winning balls related to the variable winning device 32 is not limited to a configuration that is larger than the number of other winning balls, and for example, the configuration may be smaller than the number of winning balls related to the general winning slot 31. It is good also as a structure with the most number of prize balls concerning the mouth 31.

  In addition, an out port 37 is provided at the lowermost part of the game board 24, and game balls that have not entered various winning ports etc. are discharged from the game area through the out port 37. The game board 24 is provided with a large number of nails 38 in order to disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game ball as appropriate, and various members (functions) such as a windmill.

  Here, the entry means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening, and not only a mode in which the game ball is discharged as it is when passing through the opening, but also a game area after passing through the opening. A mode of flowing down again is also included. However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish the game ball from entering the out port 37, the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33, the lower operating port 34, or the through gate 35 are entered. The entry of a game ball is also expressed as a prize.

  The upper operating port 33 and the lower operating port 34 are unitized as an operating port device and are installed in the game board 24. Both the upper working port 33 and the lower working port 34 are opened upward. Further, both the operation ports 33 and 34 are arranged in the vertical direction so that the upper operation port 33 is on the upper side. The lower working port 34 is provided with an electric accessory 34a as a guide piece (support piece) composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces.

  The electric combination 34a is connected to an electric combination drive unit (not shown) mounted on the back side of the game board 24, and is driven by the electric combination drive unit to be in a closed state (non-support state or non-guide state) and open. It is arranged in one of the states (support state or guide state). In the closed state of the electric accessory 34a, the game ball cannot be won in the lower operation port 34, and when the electric accessory 34a is in the open state, it is possible to win the lower operation port 34. Specifically, when the electric accessory 34a is in a closed state, the distance between the tip of the electric accessory 34a and the wall portion forming the upper working port 33 is smaller than the diameter of the game ball, and the electric accessory 34a is In the open state, the distance between the front end portion of the electric accessory 34a and the wall portion forming the upper working port 33 is larger than the diameter of the game ball.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and there is an electric motor in a state where a winning of a game ball is likely to occur in the lower working port 34 and a state where winning is possible and a winning is less likely than a state where the winning is likely to occur. It is good also as a structure by which the accessory 34a is switched. Alternatively, the electric accessory 34a may be omitted, and the switching between the state in which a winning is likely to occur and the state in which a winning is less likely to occur than that may be performed by the displacement of the lower working port 34 itself.

  The variable winning device 32 is normally in a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won or difficult to win, and when the game ball wins a transition to an opening / closing execution mode (special game state) such as a big win, It is possible to switch to a predetermined open state that is easy to do. Specifically, the variable winning device 32 is opened as a variable winning device with a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings as one round and a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) as an upper limit. 32 is repeatedly opened.

  In the main display unit 43, a variation display of a picture (special drawing) is performed with a winning at the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 as a trigger. The result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning is clearly indicated by the display. In other words, in this pachinko machine 10, the winning to the upper working port 33 and the winning to the lower working port 34 are not distinguished in the internal lottery, and are performed based on the winning to the upper working port 33 or the lower working port 34. The result of the internal lottery is displayed on the main display unit 43 which is a common display area. When the result of the internal lottery based on the winning to the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34 is a winning result corresponding to the shift to the opening / closing execution mode, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the main display unit 43. After the display and the change display are stopped, the mode shifts to the opening / closing execution mode.

  The main display unit 43 is configured by a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting units are arranged in a predetermined manner, but is not limited to this, and is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, You may be comprised by other types of display apparatuses, such as CRT or a dot matrix display. In addition, as a pattern variably displayed on the main display unit 43, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, or a plurality A configuration in which the color of the seed is switched and displayed can be considered.

  In the accessory display unit 44, the display of the variation of the pattern (ordinary figure) is performed with the winning of the through gate 35 as a trigger, and the internal display performed based on the winning of the through gate 35 as a result of stopping the variation display. The result of the lottery is clearly indicated by the display. If the result of the internal lottery based on the winning to the through gate 35 is a winning result corresponding to the transition to the state where the electric role is opened, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the accessory display unit 44 and displayed in a variable manner. After is stopped, it shifts to the electric utility open state. In the electric combination open state, the electric combination 34a provided in the lower working port 34 is opened in a predetermined manner.

  The variable display unit 36 is provided with a symbol display device 41 for variably displaying a symbol which is a kind of a symbol (or variable display or switching display), and a center frame 42 is provided so as to surround the symbol display device 41. Has been. The symbol display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display, and display contents are controlled by a display control device described later. The symbol display device 41 is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device, or a CRT, and a dot matrix display. It may be a vessel.

  In the symbol display device 41, the variation display of the symbol is started based on winning in the upper working port 33 or the lower working port 34. That is, when variable display is performed on the main display unit 43, variable display is performed on the symbol display device 41 accordingly. For example, symbols are displayed side by side at the top, middle and bottom, and these symbols are displayed in a variable manner as they are scrolled in the horizontal direction. When a predetermined combination of symbols is stopped and displayed on a preset active line, an opening / closing execution mode is generated.

  In addition, based on the winning in one of the operation ports 33 and 34, the main display unit 43 and the symbol display device 41 start the variable display, until a predetermined stop result is displayed and the variable display is stopped. It corresponds to one game time.

  A first holding lamp portion 45 corresponding to the main display portion 43 and the symbol display device 41 is provided in the upper left portion on the front side of the center frame 42. A maximum of four game balls won in the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 are reserved, and the number of reservations is displayed when the first reservation lamp unit 45 is turned on.

  In the upper right portion of the center frame 42, a second holding lamp portion 46 corresponding to the accessory display portion 44 is provided. The number of times that the game ball has passed through the through gate 35 is held up to a maximum of 4 times, and the number of held balls is displayed when the second holding lamp unit 46 is turned on. In addition, it is good also as a structure by which the function of each holding | maintenance lamp | ramp part 45 and 46 is fulfill | performed by the display in a partial area | region of the symbol display apparatus 41. FIG.

  An inner rail portion 48 and an outer rail portion 49 are attached to the game board 24, and a guide rail is constituted by the inner rail portion 48 and the outer rail portion 49, and a game launched from the game ball launching mechanism 51. A ball is guided to the upper part of the game area. The inner rail portion 48 and the outer rail portion 49 also have a function of partitioning a game area.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game ball launching mechanism 51 is attached below the window hole 23 in the resin base 21, and is stored in a launch rail 52 extending toward the guide rail and an upper plate 61a described later. A ball feeding device 53 that supplies game balls onto the launch rail 52 and a solenoid 54 that is an electric actuator that launches the game balls supplied onto the launch rail 52 toward the guide rail are provided. By operating the firing operation device 55 provided on the front door frame 14, the ball feeding device 53 is driven and controlled so that one game ball is placed at the ball standby position on the firing rail 52 and the solenoid 54. Is controlled and a game ball placed on the firing rail 52 is launched.

  A front door frame 14 is provided so as to cover the entire front side of the inner frame 13. As shown in FIG. 1, the front door frame 14 is formed with a window portion 56 so that almost the entire gaming area can be viewed from the front. The window part 56 has a substantially elliptical shape, and a window panel 57 is fitted therein. The window panel 57 is colorless and transparent formed of glass, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed colorless and transparent of synthetic resin, and the game area is visually recognized through the window panel 57 from the front of the pachinko machine 10. If possible, it may be colored and transparent.

  Around the window portion 56, light emitting means such as various lamp portions are provided. A display lamp part 58 a is provided above the window part 56 as a part of the various lamp parts. In addition, a pair of left and right error lamp portions 58b are provided on the left and right sides of the display lamp portion 58a and on the upper corner portion of the front door frame 14. In addition, a pair of left and right speaker portions 59 for outputting sound effects according to the gaming state are provided adjacent to the error lamp portion 58b.

  Below the window portion 56 in the front door frame 14, an upper bulging portion 61 and a lower bulging portion 62 bulging toward the front side are arranged in parallel. An upper plate 61 a that opens upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 61, and a lower plate 62 a that also opens upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 62.

  The upper plate 61a has a function of temporarily storing game balls paid out from a payout device 77 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later, and guiding them to the game ball launching mechanism 51 side while aligning them in a line. In this case, the front door frame 14 is formed with a firing guide passage (not shown) that extends from the outlet of the upper plate 61a and extends to the ball feeding device 53 of the inner frame 13. As shown in FIG. 2, a shutter 63 is provided. When the front door frame 14 is in a closed state, the shutter 63 is pressed by a pressing portion (not shown) formed on the inner frame 13 and is disposed at an open position, so that the game ball can flow into the ball feeding device 53. And On the other hand, when the front door frame 14 is in the open state, the pressing by the pressing portion is released, so that the shutter 63 is disposed at the closed position, and the outflow of game balls from the upper plate 61a is prevented. The lower tray 62a has a function of storing game balls that become surplus in the upper tray 61a.

  Next, the configuration on the back side of the gaming machine main body 12 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the back of the inner frame 13 (specifically, the game board 24), a main control device 71 for controlling the main game, and voice and lamp display and a display control device (not shown) are controlled. A voice light emission control device 72 is mounted.

  In addition, you may provide the trace structure for giving the trace means for leaving the trace of the opening | release to the board | substrate box 71a of the main control apparatus 71, or leaving the trace of the open | release. As the trace means, a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box 71a are unseparably coupled, and a configuration of a coupling portion (caulking portion) that requires destruction of a predetermined part at the time of separation, or an adhesive layer is bonded when peeled off A configuration is conceivable in which a seal seal that leaves a trace of being peeled off by being left is attached so as to straddle the boundary between a plurality of case bodies. Moreover, as a trace structure, the structure which apply | coats an adhesive agent with respect to the boundary between the some case bodies which comprise the board | substrate box 71a can be considered.

  The back pack unit 15 is installed so as to cover the back side of the inner frame 13 including the main controller 71 and the sound emission controller 72. As shown in FIG. 3, the back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 73 formed of a synthetic resin having transparency, and with respect to the back pack 73, a payout mechanism portion 74 and a control device assembly unit 75 are provided. It is attached.

  The payout mechanism unit 74 includes a tank 76 in which game balls supplied from island facilities of the game hall are sequentially replenished, and a payout device 77 for paying out game balls stored in the tank 76. The game balls paid out from the payout device 77 are discharged to the upper plate 61a or the lower plate 62a through a payout passage provided on the downstream side of the payout device 77. The payout mechanism 74 is provided with a back pack substrate having a power switch for turning on and off the power supply, for example, while supplying a main power of AC 24 volts.

  The control device collective unit 75 generates and outputs a predetermined power required by the payout control device 78 having a function of controlling the payout device 77 and various control devices, and is accompanied by an operation of the launch operation device 55 by the player. A power supply and launch control device 79 for controlling the launch of the game ball. The payout control device 78 and the power supply / launch control device 79 are arranged so as to overlap each other so that the payout control device 78 is located behind the pachinko machine 10.

  A discharge passage board 75b is formed in the mounting portion 75a where the power supply and launch control device 79 is mounted in the control device assembly unit 75. The game balls collected in the collection passage 82 of the collective plate 81 provided on the back surface of the game board 24 are led out to the discharge passage board 75b and led to the discharge passage board 75b, so that the game hall is finally obtained. It is discharged to the ball feeding mechanism.

  Here, the collecting plate 81 and the collection passage 82 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a rear view of the game board 24 and shows a state where the main controller 71 is removed.

  The collective board 81 is provided on the back surface of the game board 24 and in an area where the main controller 71 is installed. The collective board 81 is provided below the variable display unit 36 on the back surface of the game board 24. The collection passage 82 is formed in the collective plate 81, and the game balls led to the back of the game board 24 are discharged by winning at various winning ports such as the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, and the operating ports 33 and 34. Guide to the passage board 75b.

  The collection passage 82 includes a variable prize collection passage 82a provided in communication with the variable prize apparatus 32, a working port collection passage 82b provided in communication with each of the upper working port 33 and the lower working port 34, Of the four general winning openings 31 provided, the first general winning collection passage 82c provided to communicate with each of the two general winning openings 31 and the remaining two general winning openings 31 respectively. And a second general winning recovery passage 82d provided in communication with each other. Each of the collection passages 82a to 82d communicates with an aggregation area 82e provided at the lower part of the collecting plate 81, and is discharged from the aggregation area 82e to the discharge passage board 75b. Similarly, the out port 37 communicates with the discharge passage board 75b, and the game balls that have not won any winning opening are discharged through the out port 37 into the discharge passage board 75b.

  Each of the collection passages 82a to 82d is provided with winning detection sensors 83a to 83d for detecting that a game ball has won a corresponding winning opening. Specifically, it is provided in the middle of the variable prize collection passage 82a, provided in the middle of the variable prize detection sensor 83a for detecting a prize to the variable prize device 32, and the operation port collection passage 82b, and is operated upward. An operation opening winning detection sensor 83b for detecting a winning to the opening 33 or the lower operation opening 34, a first general winning detection sensor 83c provided in the first general winning recovery passage 82c, and a second general winning recovery passage 82d. And a second general winning detection sensor 83d provided at a midway position.

  Here, since each of the collection passages 82a to 82d and each of the winning detection sensors 83a to 83d have basically the same configuration, the recovery opening 82b for the operating port and the winning opening detection sensor 83b will be described with reference to FIG. However, the description of other items is omitted. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the working port collection passage 82b for explaining the working port collection passage 82b and the working port winning detection sensor 83b.

  A passage area 91 through which a game ball can pass is formed in the working port recovery passage 82b. The passage region 91 extends in the vertical direction, specifically, the vertical direction, and is formed so that a cross section in a direction orthogonal to the passage direction is a quadrangle, specifically, a square. The passage area 91 allows passage of one game ball, but the passage width is set so that a plurality of game balls do not pass through the same position.

  The operation opening winning detection sensor 83 b is provided in the middle of the passage area 91 and detects a game ball passing through the passage area 91. The working opening winning detection sensor 83b is configured by a magnetic detection type proximity sensor, and includes a detection unit 92 for detecting the passage of a game ball. The detection portion 92 is formed with a through-hole 93 that penetrates in the thickness direction of the working opening winning detection sensor 83b as a passage portion or a detection region. The through hole 93 is formed so that a cross section in a direction orthogonal to the through direction is circular. The through-hole 93 is formed so as to extend in the same direction over the whole, and the diameter of the hole is the same or substantially the same over the whole. The diameter R of the hole is 11.5 mm, which is slightly larger than the diameter 11.0 mm of the game ball. The working opening winning detection sensor 83b is installed such that the axis of the through hole 93 is on the same straight line as the axis of the passage region 91. Thereby, the game ball falling in the passage area 91 passes through the through hole 93.

  In addition, the diameter of the through-hole 93 is arbitrary within the range which does not produce a ball clogging, For example, 11.0 mm same as the diameter of a game ball may be sufficient. Further, the cross section of the through-hole 93 is not limited to a circular shape, and may be a polygonal shape. In this case, the cross section only needs to have a size including the entire cross section passing through the center of the game ball.

  The operation opening winning detection sensor 83b outputs a detection signal SG1 whose signal form changes as the game ball passes through the through hole 93. Specifically, the detection unit 92 incorporates a detection coil (not shown) so as to be along the outer peripheral side of the through-hole 93. Further, the operation opening prize detection sensor 83b includes an oscillation circuit including a part of the detection coil. A sensor substrate (not shown) having a detection circuit, a comparator circuit, and an output circuit is incorporated. Thereby, when the game ball exists in the through-hole 93, magnetic flux penetrates the detection coil, and oscillation stops.

  The operation opening winning detection sensor 83b changes the signal form of the detection signal SG1 based on the stop of the oscillation. More specifically, the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b outputs a LOW signal, which is a non-detection corresponding signal, as the detection signal SG1 in a situation where no game ball is present in the through-hole 93 (in an oscillating situation). Then, the operating opening winning detection sensor 83b outputs a HI signal that is a detection corresponding signal as the detection signal SG1 in a situation where a game ball is present in the through-hole 93 (a situation where oscillation is stopped). That is, when the game ball passes through the through-hole 93, the detection signal SG1 rises. By grasping the rise, it is possible to detect a winning game ball.

  It should be noted that a HI signal that is a non-detection-compatible signal is output in a situation where no game ball is present in the through-hole 93, and a LOW signal that is a detection-compatible signal is output in the situation where a game ball is present in the through-hole 93. It is good also as a structure to output. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which detects the winning of a game ball | bowl by grasping | ascertaining falling of the detection signal SG1.

<Electric configuration of pachinko machine 10>
The electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

  The main control device 71 includes a main control board 101 that controls the main control of the game. On the main control board 101, a CPU 102, a ROM 103, and a RAM 104 are mounted.

  The ROM 103 stores various control programs executed by the CPU 102 and fixed value data. The RAM 104 temporarily stores various data and the like when executing the control program stored in the ROM 103.

  The main control board 101 is provided with a clock circuit 105 that outputs a clock signal having a predetermined cycle, and a frequency dividing circuit 106 is provided in the middle of a signal path between the clock circuit 105 and the CPU 102.

  The frequency dividing circuit 106 functions as a frequency changing unit that changes the cycle of the clock signal from the clock circuit 105, and is configured to output a changed clock signal for specifying the start timing of the timer interrupt processing by the CPU 102. Yes. Specifically, the frequency dividing circuit 106 outputs to the CPU 102 a changed clock signal having an interval of a 4 msec period which is a specific period. The CPU 102 executes a process for confirming the occurrence of a specific signal form such as the rising or falling edge of the changed clock signal, and starts a periodic process (timer interrupt process) with the occurrence of the specific signal form as at least one condition. In this case, the execution cycle of the regular process is the cycle of the changed clock signal (4 msec).

  The main control board 101 is provided with an input / output port 107, and the CPU 102 and various control devices, various sensors and the like are connected via the input / output port 107. The CPU 102 grasps the detection results of various sensors by executing timer interrupt processing and the like, and controls various control devices based on the detection results.

  Specifically, the CPU 102 is electrically connected to the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b and other winning detection sensors 83a, 83c, and 83d via the input / output port 107. Although not shown, a winning detection sensor provided for the through gate 35 is also electrically connected.

  In the CPU 102, signals are received from the winning detection sensors 83a to 83d, and a winning determination (a winning determination) is made to each winning portion based on the reception result. In this case, when a winning to the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34 is specified, a game ball corresponding to each winning target is paid out. Execute the process. In addition, when a winning to the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34 is specified, numerical information of various counters is acquired and stored as holding information, and when the holding information is stored, a variable winning is obtained. A determination of whether or not to shift to the opening / closing execution mode in which the device 32 is opened and closed a plurality of times and a distribution determination for determining the gaming state after the opening / closing execution mode are performed. Then, the game is advanced based on the result of the determination of the success / failure and the determination of the distribution.

  The CPU 102 is electrically connected via an input / output port 107 to a variable winning drive unit 32 a that opens and closes the variable winning device 32 and an electric combination drive unit 34 b that opens and closes the electric combination 34 a of the lower working port 34. It is connected. Further, the main display unit 43 and the accessory display unit 44 are electrically connected to the CPU 102 via the input / output port 107. The CPU 102 performs drive control of the various drive units 32 a and 34 b and performs display control of the various display units 43 and 44.

  Specifically, in the opening / closing execution mode, the CPU 102 performs drive control of the variable winning drive unit 32a so that the variable winning device 32 is opened and closed. In addition, when the electric combination 34a is won, the CPU 102 executes drive control of the electric combination drive unit 34b so that the electric combination 34a is opened and closed. In each game round, the CPU 102 executes display control of the main display unit 43. In addition, when the lottery result indicating whether or not the electric accessory 34a is to be opened is clearly indicated, the CPU 102 executes display control of the accessory display unit 44.

  Connected to the CPU 102 is a power failure monitoring board (power failure monitoring board) 108 for monitoring the power supply provided in the main control device 71. The power failure monitoring board 108 relays the power source and launch control device 79 having a function of supplying operating power and the CPU 102. The operating power of various electronic components of the main control board 101 including the CPU 102 is supplied via the power failure monitoring board 108. The power failure monitoring board 108 monitors a DC stable voltage of 24 volts, which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply and launch control device 79.

  An audio light emission control device 72 and a payout control device 78 are connected to the CPU 102 via the input / output port 107. The CPU 102 outputs a prize ball command to the payout control device 78 based on, for example, a winning determination result. When the payout control device 78 receives a prize ball command, the payout control device 78 controls to drive out the payout device 77 so that the number of game balls set by the prize ball command is paid out.

  The CPU 102 outputs various commands such as a change command, a type command, a change end command, an opening command, and an ending command to the sound emission control device 72. When the sound emission control device 72 receives the above-described various commands, the sound emission control device 72 executes processing corresponding to the received command.

  The power source and launch control device 79 is connected to, for example, a commercial power source (external power source) in a game hall or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power supply, necessary operating power is generated for each of the main control board 101 and the payout control device 78 and the generated operating power is supplied. The power supply and launch control device 79 is responsible for launch control of the game ball launch mechanism 51, and the game ball launch mechanism 51 is driven when predetermined launch conditions are met.

  The sound emission control device 72 controls the display lamp unit 58a, the error lamp unit 58b, and the speaker unit 59 based on the command received from the CPU 102, and transmits the command to the display control device 110. The display control device 110 analyzes various commands received from the sound emission control device 72 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received various commands to control the display of images on the symbol display device 41.

<Configuration related to lottery using hard random numbers>
Here, the main control board 101 is provided with a hard random number circuit 131 that operates independently of the timer interrupt processing performed by the CPU 102. The hard random number circuit 131 is for updating and acquiring numerical information (random number information) used for the determination of success / failure executed by the CPU 102. The hard random number circuit 131 is connected to the operation opening winning detection sensor 83 b and the CPU 102. The hard random number circuit 131 updates the numerical information at a timing asynchronous with the timer interrupt processing of the CPU 102, acquires the numerical information based on the detection of the winning of the game ball by the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b, The acquired numerical information is transmitted in response to a request from the CPU 102.

  The hard random number circuit 131 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram for explaining the hard random number circuit 131.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the hard random number circuit 131 includes an update circuit 132 for updating a jackpot random number counter C <b> 1 used for determination of success / failure as a random number generation unit. The update circuit 132 includes a clock circuit 133 that outputs a clock signal having a predetermined frequency (for example, 16 MHz), and an update buffer 134 that stores a jackpot random number counter C1. The update buffer 134 has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the numerical value range of the big hit random number counter C1 is set to “0 to 65535”. The update circuit 132 adds 1 to the jackpot random number counter C <b> 1 stored in the update buffer 134 in synchronization with the rise or fall of the clock signal of the clock circuit 133. Then, after the jackpot random number counter C1 reaches the maximum value, it is reset to “0”. As a result, the jackpot random number counter C1 is updated asynchronously with the timer interrupt processing of the CPU 102.

  In this case, the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 is the cycle of the clock signal of the clock circuit 133, and is specifically 62.5 nsec. As already described, since the execution cycle of the timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 102 is 4 msec, the update interval of the big hit random number counter C1 is sufficiently shorter than the execution cycle of the timer interrupt process.

  The hard random number circuit 131 includes a jackpot random number register 135 for latching the jackpot random number counter C1 updated by the update circuit 132. The jackpot random number register 135 has the same storage area as the update buffer 134, and specifically has a 2-byte storage area. The jackpot random number register 135 is connected to the update buffer 134. Specifically, each storage area of the update buffer 134 and each storage area of the jackpot random number register 135 are connected on a one-to-one basis. The jackpot random number register 135 writes the data stored in each storage area of the update buffer 134 at that time in its own storage area in synchronization with the input of the latch signal. Thereby, the big hit random number counter C1 of the input timing of the latch signal is acquired.

  The hard random number circuit 131 includes a control circuit 141 that controls the latch signal. The control circuit 141 is connected to the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b, and the control circuit 141 receives the detection signal SG1 from the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b. The control circuit 141 outputs a latch signal to the big hit random number register 135 in synchronization with the rise of the detection signal SG1 (in synchronization with winning in one of the operation ports 33 and 34). As a result, the jackpot random number register 135 stores the jackpot random number counter C1 of the winning detection timing (the winning timing of each of the operating ports 33 and 34) when the winning is detected by the operating port winning detection sensor 83b.

  The detailed configuration will be described. The control circuit 141 is directly connected to the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b, and is connected to the input terminal to which the detection signal SG1 of the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b is input, and the jackpot random number register 135. And a control IC having a connected output terminal. The control IC raises the signal from the output terminal from the LOW signal to the HI signal in synchronization with the detection signal SG1 input to the input terminal rising from the LOW signal to the HI signal. The jackpot random number register 135 latches the data in the update buffer 134 based on the signal from the control IC rising from the LOW signal to the HI signal.

  It should be noted that a signal path (hereinafter also referred to as a first signal path) for connecting the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b and the hard random number circuit 131 and a signal path (hereinafter referred to as a second signal path) for connecting the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b and the CPU 102. (Also referred to as a signal path) is formed in a separate system. Thereby, even when noise or the like is mixed in one side, it is possible to avoid a situation where the influence reaches the other side.

  The control circuit 141 and the big hit random number register 135 are connected to the CPU 102. The control circuit 141 controls the jackpot random number register 135 so that the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the jackpot random number register 135 is output to the CPU 102 when a predetermined request signal is received from the CPU 102. As a result, the CPU 102 can acquire the big hit random number counter C1 stored in the big hit random number register 135 by outputting the request signal.

  Here, for example, when the game ball goes wild in the through hole 93, the HI / LOW switching of the detection signal SG1 output from the operation port winning detection sensor 83b is performed a plurality of times based on the winning of one game ball. So-called chattering can occur. In this case, the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the jackpot random number register 135 is updated every time a rising edge is detected. For this reason, a case where the jackpot random number counter C1 acquired at a timing different from the timing at which the winning of the game ball is actually detected is stored in the jackpot random number register 135 occurs.

  On the other hand, the control circuit 141 includes a status flag storage area 142 in which status flags are stored. The status flag is a flag for grasping the state of the jackpot random number register 135. The control circuit 141 sets a status flag in synchronism with the fact that the big hit random number counter C1 is stored (latched) in the big hit random number register 135.

  When the status flag is set, the control circuit 141 prohibits the big hit random number counter C1 from being latched regardless of the signal form of the detection signal SG1. Thereby, in the situation where the status flag is set, the big hit random number counter C1 stored in the big hit random number register 135 is not updated. Therefore, even when chattering occurs, the jackpot random number counter C1 latched first is maintained.

  The detailed configuration will be described. The control circuit 141 includes a switching element connected in parallel to the output terminal of the control IC. The switching element is composed of, for example, an n-type MOSFET. The drain of the MOSFET is connected to the output terminal of the control IC, and the source is grounded. The gate of the MOSFET is connected to the status flag storage area 142.

  According to such a configuration, when the status flag is not set, a LOW signal lower than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate, so that the MOSFET is turned off. In this case, the output state of the control IC is maintained. On the other hand, when the status flag is set, an HI signal larger than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate of the MOSFET, and the MOSFET is turned on. In this case, the output from the OR circuit is forced to become a LOW signal and does not rise.

  When the output of the jackpot random number counter C1 based on the request signal from the CPU 102 is completed, or when the control circuit 141 receives an initialization signal from the CPU 102, the control circuit 141 receives the jackpot random number stored in the status flag and the jackpot random number register 135. The counter C1 is erased. As a result, the jackpot random number counter C1 can be latched based on the winning of the next game ball.

  The CPU 102 uses the various counter information including the jackpot random number counter C1 at the time of the game to determine whether or not to win, to set the display of the main display unit 43, to set the symbol display of the symbol display device 41, to set the display of the accessory display unit 44, etc. Is going to do. The configuration of various counters will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of various counters.

  In this pachinko machine 10, as the game progresses, as shown in FIG. 9, the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 used for determining the jackpot type, and the symbol display device 41 are changed when the symbol display device 41 changes. The reach random number counter C3 used for the reach generation lottery and the variation type counter CS that determines the display duration in the main display unit 43 and the symbol display device 41 are used. Furthermore, the electric random number counter C4 used for the lottery to determine whether or not the electric combination 34a of the lower working port 34 is in the electric combination open state is used. The jackpot random number counter C1 is stored in the jackpot random number register 135 of the hard random number circuit 131 as described above, and the other counters C2, C3, CS, C4 are provided in the lottery counter buffer 104a of the RAM 104. It has been.

  Each of the counters C2, C3, CS, and C4 is a loop counter that adds 1 to the previous value every time it is updated and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The counters C2, C3, CS, and C4 are so-called software random numbers that are periodically updated by timer interrupt processing executed by the CPU 102, unlike the big hit random number counter C1.

  The information corresponding to the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is a holding ball provided in the RAM 104 as an acquisition information storage means when a winning to the upper working port 33 or the lower working port 34 occurs. It is stored in the storage area 104b.

  The holding ball storage area 104b includes a holding area RE and an execution area AE. The holding area RE includes a first holding area RE1, a second holding area RE2, a third holding area RE3, and a fourth holding area RE4, and matches the winning history to the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34. The numerical information of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 is stored in one of the holding areas RE1 to RE4 as holding information.

  In this case, in the first reservation area RE1 to the fourth reservation area RE4, when the winning to the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34 is continuously generated a plurality of times, the first reservation area RE1 → the second reservation area. The counters C1 to C3 are stored in time series in the order of RE2 → third reserved area RE3 → fourth reserved area RE4. By providing the four holding areas RE1 to RE4 as described above, up to four game balls winning histories to the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34 are stored on hold.

  Note that the number that can be reserved and stored is not limited to four, but may be any other number such as two, three, or five or more.

  The execution area AE is an area for moving each value stored in the first holding area RE1 of the holding area RE when starting the variable display on the main display unit 43, and at the start of one game round. Based on the respective counters C1 to C3 stored in the execution area AE, determination of whether or not is made.

  Each of the counters will be described in detail.

  As described above, the jackpot random number counter C1 is incremented one by one in the range of “0 to 65535” by the hard random number circuit 131 and reaches 0 after reaching the maximum value. The big hit random number counter C1 is stored in the reserved ball storage area 104b based on the winning of the game ball in the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34.

  The value of the random number for winning the jackpot is stored as a success / failure table in a success / failure table storage area 103a as a success / failure information group storage means in the ROM 103 (see FIG. 7). As the success / failure table, there are a success / failure table for the low probability mode with a relatively small number of random values to be a jackpot and a success / failure table for the high probability mode with a relatively large number of random numbers to be a winner. Has been. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the low probability mode and the high probability mode are set as the lottery modes in the success / failure lottery means.

  The big hit type counter C2 is a loop counter that is incremented one by one within a range of “0 to 29”, for example, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The big hit type counter C2 is periodically updated by a timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 102, and stored in the holding ball storage area 104b at the timing when the game ball wins the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34.

  In the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of jackpot results are set. Specifically, (1) a mode of opening / closing control of the variable winning device 32 in the opening / closing execution mode, (2) a lottery mode in the winning lottery means after the opening / closing execution mode ends, and (3) a lower operation port after the opening / closing execution mode ends A plurality of jackpot results are set by providing a difference in the three conditions of the support mode in the 34 electric accessories 34a.

  As an aspect of the opening / closing control of the variable prize winning device 32 in the opening / closing execution mode, it is possible to increase the occurrence frequency of winning in the variable prize winning device 32 between the start and end of the opening / closing execution mode relatively high. A frequency winning mode and a low frequency winning mode are set. Specifically, in any of the high-frequency winning mode and the low-frequency winning mode, the game is executed with a predetermined number of round games as an upper limit.

  Here, the round game is continued until either a predetermined upper limit continuation time elapses or a predetermined upper limit number of game balls wins the variable winning device 32 is satisfied. It is a game to play. In addition, the number of round games in the opening / closing execution mode triggered by the jackpot result is the same for a fixed number of rounds regardless of the type of jackpot result triggered by the transition. Specifically, the upper limit number of round games is set to 15 rounds regardless of which jackpot result is obtained.

  In the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of opening modes of the variable winning device 32 are set with different opening durations from when the variable winning device 32 is opened until it is closed. Specifically, a long-time mode set to 29 sec, which is a long open duration, and a short-time mode set to 0.6 sec, which is a short time shorter than the above long time, are set. Has been.

  In the present pachinko machine 10, when the launch operation device 55 is operated by the player, the game ball launching mechanism 51 is driven and controlled so that one game ball is launched toward the game area in 0.6 sec. The In the round game, the upper limit number of end conditions is set to nine. Then, in the long time mode among the above open modes, the open duration time is set longer than the product of the game ball firing period and one round game. On the other hand, in the short-time mode, an opening continuation time is set that is shorter than the product of the game ball launch cycle and one round game, more specifically, shorter than the game ball launch cycle. Therefore, when the variable winning device 32 is released once in a long-time manner, it is expected that the upper limit number of winnings in one round game will be generated for the variable winning device 32. When the variable winning device 32 is opened once in a short-time manner, it is expected that no winning for the variable winning device 32 occurs or even if a winning occurs.

  In the high-frequency winning mode, the variable winning device 32 is opened once in each round game in a long-time manner. On the other hand, in the low-frequency winning mode, the variable winning device 32 is opened once in a short time mode in each round game.

  The number of opening / closing of the variable winning device 32 in the high-frequency winning mode and the low-frequency winning mode, the number of round games, the opening duration for one opening, and the upper limit number in one round game are those in the high-frequency winning mode. However, the value is not limited to the above value as long as the frequency of occurrence of winning in the variable winning device 32 is higher than that in the low-frequency winning mode until the opening / closing execution mode starts and ends. It is.

  As a support mode for the electric combination 34a of the lower working port 34, the electric combination 34a of the lower working port 34 is compared when the game ball is continuously being fired in the same manner with respect to the game area. High frequency support mode (high frequency support state or high frequency guide state) and low frequency support mode (low frequency support state or low frequency guide state) so that the frequency of the open state per unit time is relatively high or low. And are set.

  Specifically, in the low-frequency support mode and the high-frequency support mode, the probability of winning in the power combination open state in the power combination open lottery using the power combination random number counter C4 is the same (for example, both 4/5). However, in the high-frequency support mode, the number of times that the electric accessory 34a is opened when the electrified open state is won is set more than in the low-frequency support mode. Is set longer. In this case, in the high frequency support mode, when the electrified open state is selected and the open state of the electric accessory 34a occurs a plurality of times, the closure from the end of one open state until the start of the next open state is performed. The time is set shorter than one opening time. Furthermore, in the high frequency support mode, a minimum secured time (ordinary figure) is ensured when the next electric character opening lottery is performed after one electric character opening lottery is performed than in the low frequency support mode. (Variation time) is set short.

  As described above, in the high frequency support mode, there is a higher probability of winning a prize for the lower working port 34 than in the low frequency support mode. In other words, in the low frequency support mode, there is a higher probability that a prize will be given to the upper working port 33 than to the lower working port 34, but in the high frequency support mode, the lower working port 34 is connected to the lower working port 34. The probability of winning a prize increases. When a winning is made to the lower working port 34, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out. Therefore, in the high frequency support mode, the player plays a game while not reducing the number of possessed balls so much. be able to.

  The configuration for increasing the frequency at which the high frequency support mode is set to the power release state per unit time as compared with the low frequency support mode is not limited to the above-described configuration, for example, the electric component release lottery It is good also as a structure which makes high the probability that it will be elected in the electric character open state in.

  In addition, a secured time (e.g., on the display part 44 for an accessory based on a winning to the through gate 35) that is secured after the next electric character opening lottery is performed after the electric character releasing lottery is performed once. In the configuration in which multiple types of variable display time) are prepared, the short support time is more easily selected in the high frequency support mode or the average secure time is shorter than in the low frequency support mode. May be.

  Further, the number of times of opening is increased, the opening time is lengthened, and the secured time that is secured when the next electric winning combination opening lottery is performed after the first electric winning combination releasing lottery is shortened (that is, , Shorten the one time variable display time in the display 44 for an accessory), shorten the average time of the reserved time and increase the winning probability, apply any one condition or any combination of conditions Thus, the advantage of the high frequency support mode over the low frequency support mode may be increased.

  The game result distribution destination for the big hit type counter C2 is stored as a distribution table in the distribution table storage area 103b as the distribution information group storage means in the ROM 103 (see FIG. 7). And as such a distribution destination, a low probability big hit result, a low winning high probability big hit result, and the most advantageous big hit result are set.

  The low probability big hit result is a big hit result in which the open / close execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode, and after the open / close execution mode ends, the win / fail lottery mode becomes the low probability mode and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. However, the high-frequency support mode shifts to the low-frequency support mode when the number of games reaches the end reference number (specifically, 100 times) after the shift.

  The low-winning high-probability jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the opening / closing execution mode becomes the low-frequency winning mode, and after the opening / closing execution mode ends, the winning lottery mode becomes the high probability mode and the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. is there. These high-probability mode and high-frequency support mode are continued until the lottery result in the success / failure lottery becomes a big hit state win and shifts to the big win state by that.

  The most advantageous jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the opening / closing execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode, and after the opening / closing execution mode ends, the winning / raising lottery mode becomes the high probability mode and the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. These high-probability mode and high-frequency support mode are continued until the lottery result in the success / failure lottery becomes a big hit state win and shifts to the big win state by that.

  Note that the normal game state in relation to each of the above-described game states refers to a state in which the success / failure lottery mode is the low probability mode and the support mode is the low frequency support mode, not the open / close execution mode. Moreover, it is good also as a structure in which the low prize-winning high probability hit result is not set as a game result.

  In the distribution table, among the values of the big hit type counter C2 of “0 to 29”, “0 to 9” corresponds to the low probability big hit result, and “10 to 14” corresponds to the low winning high probability big hit result. “15 to 29” corresponds to the most favorable jackpot result.

  As a kind of high-accuracy big hit result, the open / close execution mode becomes the low-frequency winning mode, and after the open / close execution mode ends, the winning lottery mode becomes the high probability mode, and the support mode is maintained in the previous mode. An unspecified low-winning high-precision jackpot result may be included. In this case, the jackpot result can be further diversified.

  Furthermore, as a kind of losing result in the winning / losing lottery, there may be included a special losing result that shifts to the opening / closing execution mode of the low-frequency winning mode and that does not shift to the winning / losing lottery mode and the support mode after the completion. . In the configuration in which both the above-mentioned non-explicit low winning high probability winning result and the special outlier result are set, the opening / closing execution mode shifts to the low frequency winning mode, and the support mode is changed to the previous mode. It is common to be maintained in the mode, but the transition mode of the winning / failing lottery mode is different, so that, for example, in the normal gaming state, one of the unclear low winning high probability winning result or the special outage result When it occurs, it is possible to make the player predict which result it actually corresponds to.

  For example, the reach random number counter C3 is incremented by 1 within a range of “0 to 238”, for example, and reaches a maximum value and then returns to 0. The reach random number counter C3 is periodically updated by a timer interruption process executed by the CPU 102, and stored in the holding ball storage area 104b at the timing when the game ball wins the upper operation port 33 or the lower operation port 34.

  Here, in the pachinko machine 10, reach display is set as a kind of display effect in the symbol display device 41. The reach display includes a symbol display device 41 that can perform variable display of symbols, and in game times in which the open / close execution mode of the variable winning device 32 is the high-frequency winning mode, the stop display result after the variable display is specially displayed. In the resulting gaming machine, the player is assumed to be in the variable display state in which the special display result is likely to be obtained before the stop display result is derived and displayed after the variable display of the symbol on the symbol display device 41 is started. The display state for this purpose.

  In the reach display, a combination of jackpot symbols corresponding to the occurrence of the high-frequency winning mode is achieved by stopping and displaying the symbols for some of the symbol rows displayed on the display surface G of the symbol display device 41. A display state is displayed in which combinations of reach symbols that are likely to be established are displayed, and in that state, symbols in the remaining symbol rows are displayed in a variable manner. In addition, in the state where the combination of reach symbols is displayed as described above, the variation display of symbols is performed in the remaining symbol columns, and a reach effect is performed by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image in the background image. In addition, there are those that perform a reach effect by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image on substantially the entire display surface G after reducing or not displaying a combination of reach symbols.

  The reach display is executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3 in the game times that shift to the opening / closing execution mode that becomes the high-frequency winning mode. Further, in the game times that do not shift to the opening / closing execution mode, the reach random number counter C3 acquired at a predetermined timing with reference to the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the ROM 103 corresponds to the occurrence of the reach display. It is executed when

  For example, the variation type counter CS is incremented one by one within a range of “0 to 198”, for example, and after reaching the maximum value, returns to 0. The variation type counter CS is used when the CPU 102 determines the variation display time in the main display unit 43 and the symbol variation display time in the symbol display device 41. The variation type counter CS is updated in each of the main processing and timer interrupt processing executed by the CPU 102, and the variation pattern is determined at the start of variation display in the main display unit 43 and at the variation start of the symbol by the symbol display device 41. At this time, the value of the variation type counter CS is acquired. In determining the variable display time, the variable display time table stored in advance in the variable display time table storage area of the ROM 103 is referred to.

  For example, the electronic random number counter C4 is incremented by 1 within a range of “0 to 250”, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The electric role random number counter C4 is periodically updated by a timer interruption process executed by the CPU 102, and is stored in the electric role holding area 104c provided in the RAM 104 at a timing when a game ball wins the through gate 35. Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed as to whether or not to control the electric accessory 34a to the open state based on the value of the stored electric random number counter C4.

<About various processes executed by the CPU 102>
Next, each process executed in order for the CPU 102 to advance the game will be described. The processing of the CPU 102 is roughly classified into main processing that is started when the power is turned on and timer interrupt processing that is periodically started.

<Main processing>
First, the main process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S101, power-on wait processing is executed. In the power-on wait process, for example, the process waits without progressing to the next process until 1 sec elapses after the main process is activated. In the subsequent step S102, access to the RAM 104 is permitted, and in step S103, the internal function register of the CPU 102 is set.

  Thereafter, in step S104, it is determined whether or not the RAM erase switch provided in the power supply and launch control device 79 is manually operated. In subsequent step S105, whether or not the power failure flag of the RAM 104 is set to “1” is determined. Determine whether. In step S106, a checksum calculation process for calculating a checksum is executed. In subsequent step S107, whether or not the checksum matches the checksum stored when the power is turned off, that is, the validity of the stored data is checked. judge.

  In the pachinko machine 10, for example, when RAM data is initialized when the power is turned on, such as when a game hall starts business, the power is turned on while the RAM erase switch is pressed. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch is pressed, the process proceeds to step S108. Similarly, when the information on occurrence of power shutdown is not set, or when an abnormality of data stored and held is confirmed by the checksum, the process proceeds to step S108. In step S108, the RAM 104 is cleared as initialization of the RAM 104. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S109.

  On the other hand, if the RAM erase switch has not been pressed, step S109 is executed without executing step S108 on condition that the power failure flag is set to “1” and the checksum is normal. Proceed to In step S109, a power-on setting process is executed. In the power-on setting process, a predetermined area of the RAM 104 such as initialization of a power failure flag is set to an initial value, and a command corresponding to the current gaming state is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in order to recognize the current gaming state. To do. Also, a payout initialization command indicating that the various data areas of the payout control device 78 should be initialized is transmitted to the payout control device 78. Furthermore, an interrupt permission is set to permit the generation of timer interrupt processing.

  Then, it progresses to the residual process of step S110-step S112. That is, the CPU 102 is configured to periodically execute the timer interrupt process, but a remaining time occurs between one timer interrupt process and the next timer interrupt process. The remaining time varies depending on the processing completion time of each timer interruption process, but the remaining processes in steps S110 to S112 are repeatedly executed using such irregular time. In this regard, it can be said that the remaining processes in steps S110 to S112 are non-periodic processes that are performed irregularly.

  In the remaining process, first, in step S110, an interrupt prohibition setting is performed to prohibit the generation of the timer interrupt process. Thereafter, in step S111, update processing of the variation type counter CS is executed. In the update process, the numerical value information of the current fluctuation type counter CS is read from the fluctuation type counter buffer of the RAM 104, the process of adding 1 to the read numerical value information is executed, and then the overwriting process is executed. In this case, each counter value is cleared to “0” when it reaches the maximum value.

  Thereafter, in step S112, an interrupt permission setting for switching from a state in which the generation of the timer interrupt process is prohibited to a state in which it is permitted is performed. If the process of step S112 is performed, it will return to step S110 and will repeat the process of step S110-step S112.

<Timer interrupt processing>
Next, timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, a power failure information storage process is executed in step S201. In the power failure information storage process, it is monitored whether a power failure signal corresponding to the occurrence of power interruption is received from the power failure monitoring board 108 through the input / output port 107 provided in the CPU 102, and when the occurrence of the power failure is specified. Performs power failure processing.

  In subsequent step S202, the big hit type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the electric random number counter C4 are updated. Specifically, the current numerical information is sequentially read from the counter buffers corresponding to the respective counters C2 to C4, the process of adding 1 to each of the read numerical information is executed, and then the process of overwriting is executed. In this case, for the counter whose numerical information reaches the maximum value, the numerical information is cleared to “0” which is the minimum value.

  Here, each of the counters C2 to C4 is updated only in step S202 in the timer interrupt process. That is, each of the counters C2 to C4 is updated once every time the timer interrupt process is executed. In other words, the update cycle of each counter C2 to C4 is 4 msec.

  In step S203, the update process of the variation type counter CS is executed as in step S111.

  In subsequent step S204, port output processing is executed. In the port output process, when the output information is set in the previous timer interrupt process, a process for performing output corresponding to the output information to the various drive units 32a and 34b is executed. For example, when the information for switching the variable winning device 32 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the variable winning drive unit 32a is started, and when the information for switching to the closed state is set. The output of the drive signal is stopped. When the information for switching the electric accessory 34a of the lower working port 34 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the electric accessory driving unit 34b is started, and the information to be switched to the closed state is set. If so, the output of the drive signal is stopped.

  In a succeeding step S205, a reading process is executed. In the reading process, signals other than the power failure signal and the winning signal are read, and the read information is stored for use in future processing.

  In subsequent step S206, a winning detection process is executed. In the winning detection process, the signals received from the winning detection sensors 83a to 83d are read, and the winning to the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the upper operating port 33, the lower operating port 34 and the through gate 35 are determined. A process for identifying the presence or absence is executed. The winning detection process will be described in detail in the description of the hold information acquisition process (FIG. 14) on the special drawing side.

  In the subsequent step S207, timer update processing for updating the numerical information of a plurality of types of timer counters provided in the RAM 104 is executed. In this case, the timer counter that is updated by subtracting the stored numerical information is handled in an integrated manner. However, both the updating of the subtracting timer counter and the updating of the adding timer counter are performed collectively. It is good also as a structure.

  In the subsequent step S208, a launch control process for controlling the launch of the game ball is executed. In the situation where the launch operation is continued with respect to the launch operation device 55, as described above, one game ball is launched at a predetermined launch cycle of 0.6 sec.

  In the subsequent step S209, special figure special electric control processing for performing execution control of game times and execution control of the opening / closing execution mode is executed. The contents of the special figure special electric control process will be described later.

  In the subsequent step S210, the ordinary power control process is executed. The contents of the ordinary map / electric power control process will be described later.

  In the subsequent step S211, setting of output information for reflecting the increase / decrease number of the hold information related to the main display unit 43 in the first hold lamp unit 45 based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S209 and S210, The output information for reflecting the increase / decrease number of the holding information related to the accessory display unit 44 in the second holding lamp unit 46 is set. Further, in step S211, output information for updating the display content of the main display unit 43 is set based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S209 and S210, and the display content of the accessory display unit 44 is set. Set the output information to be updated.

  In the subsequent step S212, a demonstration display process is executed for setting the display content of the symbol display device 41 for standby display in a situation where neither the game times nor the opening / closing execution mode is executed, and in step S213, Then, the contents of the command and signal received from the payout control device 78 are confirmed, and a payout state receiving process for performing a process corresponding to the confirmation result is executed. In step S214, a payout output process for setting a prize ball command as an output target is executed.

  In the subsequent step S215, an external information setting process for controlling the start and end of the output of the external signal according to the processing results of the various processes executed in the current timer interrupt process is executed.

  In step S216, an interrupt end declaration is set. The CPU 102 stipulates that once the timer interrupt process is started, an interrupt end declaration is set as one of the conditions for starting the next timer interrupt process. In step S216, the next timer interrupt process is set. Set interrupt termination declaration to enable execution of interrupt processing. In step S217, interrupt permission is set. In the CPU 102, once the timer interrupt processing is started, the interrupt is disabled. Therefore, in step S217, interrupt permission is set to enable execution of the next timer interrupt processing. Thereafter, the timer interrupt process is terminated.

<General-purpose power control processing>
For convenience of explanation, first, the ordinary power transmission control process executed in step S210 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the ordinary map / electric power control process, when winning through the through gate 35 is generated, a process for acquiring the reserved information on the ordinary map side is executed. Then, when the hold information on the normal side is stored, the support occurrence determination is performed for the hold information, and the process for performing the effect for the normal drawing is executed using the support occurrence determination as a trigger. Moreover, the process which opens and closes the electrically-driven accessory 34a of the lower working port 34 based on the result of support generation | occurrence | production determination is performed.

  Specifically, first, in step S301, the hold information acquisition process on the normal side is executed. In the acquisition process, on the condition that the through flag is set in the through flag storage area provided in the various flag storage areas 104d of the RAM 104, the numerical information of the electric random number counter C4 (that is, the hold information on the normal map side) ) Is stored in the electronic role holding area 104c. However, the hold information on the normal side is acquired within the upper limit value of the hold. Incidentally, the through flag is set when a winning to the through gate 35 is specified in the winning detection process in step S206 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11), and the hold information on the normal drawing side is acquired for that. Cleared when

  In the subsequent step S302, a process of reading information on the ordinary power / general counter provided in the various counter areas 104e of the RAM 104 is executed. In a succeeding step S303, a process of reading the ordinary / general-purpose telephone address table from the ordinary / ordinary / common-purpose address table storage area 103c of the ROM 103 is executed. Then, in step S304, a process of acquiring a start address corresponding to information of the general-purpose / general power counter from the general-purpose / general-service address table is executed.

  Here, the processing content of step S302-step S304 is demonstrated.

  As already described, the general-purpose normal power control process includes a process related to a general-purpose effect and a process related to opening and closing of the electric accessory 34a. In this case, as a process related to the effect for the normal map, a normal map change start process, a normal map change process, and a normal map determining process are set. In addition, as a process related to the opening / closing of the electric accessory 34a, a process during opening of the ordinary power and a process during closing of the ordinary power are set.

  In such a processing configuration, the ordinary-use ordinary power counter is a counter for the CPU 102 to grasp which of the above-described plural types of processing should be executed. In the general-purpose public power address table, start addresses in programs for executing the above-described plural types of processing are set in correspondence with numerical information of the general-purpose public power counter.

  It is possible to set numerical information of "0" to "4" for the general-purpose power counter, and the general-purpose power-address table starts with one-to-one correspondence with each numerical information of the general-purpose power counter Address information ("NSA0" to "NSA4") is set. In this case, the start address NSA0 is the start address of the program for executing the normal change start process, the start address NSA1 is the start address of the program for executing the normal change change process, and the start address NSA2 Is the start address of the program for executing the processing during normalization, the start address NSA3 is the start address of the program for executing the processing during open power, and the start address NSA4 is closed This is the start address of a program for executing processing.

  When the processing corresponding to the currently stored numerical information is completed and the conditions for updating the numerical information are met, 1 addition, 1 subtraction, or “0” is cleared corresponding to the process executed in the electric control process. Therefore, in the ordinary power / general power control processing at each processing time, it is only necessary to execute processing according to the numerical information set in the common power / electric power counter.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible for the CPU 102 to grasp which process is to be executed as the normal power control without checking the presence or absence of various flags. Therefore, the process can be simplified.

  After executing the process of step S304, the process proceeds to step S305. In step S305, a process of jumping (shifting) to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S304 is executed. Specifically, if the acquired start address is NSA0, the process jumps to the normal map change start process in step S306, and if the acquired start address is NSA1, the process jumps to the normal map change process in step S307. If the acquired start address is NSA2, the process jumps to the processing for determining the normal map in step S308, and if the acquired start address is NSA3, the process jumps to the process for releasing the general power in step S309, and the acquired start If the address is NSA4, the process jumps to the process during normal power supply closing in step S310. And after performing any process of step S306-step S310, this ordinary figure normal power control process is complete | finished. Hereinafter, the process of step S306-step S310 is demonstrated separately.

  First, the routine change start process in step S306 will be described. In the normal change start process, it is determined whether or not the hold information on the general map side is stored in the electronic role holding area 104c. If the hold information on the general map side is stored, the support lottery is executed. To do. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the electronic random number counter C4 stored in the electronic combination holding area 104c is a value corresponding to the support winning. Then, based on the lottery result of the support lottery, the normal figure change time which is the change display time of the normal symbol in the display part 44 for an accessory is determined. In this case, the normal frequency change time is set shorter in the high frequency support mode than in the low frequency support mode.

  Then, the fluctuation display of the ordinary figure is started on the accessory display unit 44, the ordinary figure / electricity counter is updated from “0” to “1”, and the ordinary figure fluctuation start process is ended.

  In the process of changing the normal map in step S307, a process for updating the display on the accessory display unit 44 is executed. In this case, on the condition that it is confirmed that the normal time fluctuation time has elapsed, the normal time power counter is updated from “1” to “2”.

  In the process of determining a normal map in step S308, it is determined whether or not the lottery result of the support lottery is a support win. If it is not a support win, the numerical information of the ordinary power / general counter is cleared to “0”, and then the processing for determining the ordinary time is terminated. On the other hand, when the support is won, the electric accessory 34a is opened and closed in a predetermined manner. As a result, a game ball can be won in the lower working port 34. The opening / closing operation is continued until either the number of game balls won in the lower operation port 34 reaches a predetermined upper limit number or the opening time reaches a predetermined upper limit time.

  In this case, the opening time of the electric accessory 34a is set longer in the high frequency support mode than in the low frequency support mode. In detail, in the low frequency support mode, the electric accessory 34a performs a short opening with a relatively short opening time, whereas in the high frequency support mode, the electric accessory 34a is relatively Opening for a long time with a long opening time is executed a plurality of times (three times).

  Then, the ordinary figure normal power counter is updated from “2” to “3”, and this ordinary figure confirmation process is ended.

  In the process of opening ordinary power in step S309, the open state of the electric accessory 34a is maintained until the closing timing or the support end condition is satisfied. When the number of winnings is the upper limit and the support end condition is satisfied while the electric accessory 34a is opened, or when the closing timing (closing timing related to the third opening in the high frequency support mode) is reached, The ordinary power transmission counter is initialized to “0”, and the processing for opening the ordinary power transmission is terminated.

  On the other hand, when it is the closing timing for the first or second opening in the high frequency support mode, the ordinary power transmission counter is updated from “3” to “4” and finish.

  In the process of closing the electric power supply in step S310, the closed state of the electric accessory 34a is maintained, and when the closing time has elapsed, a process for opening the electric accessory 34a again is executed. More specifically, the ordinary power counter is updated from “4” to “3”.

<Special Figure Special Electric Control Process>
Next, the special figure special power control process executed in step S209 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the special figure special electric control process, when a winning to the upper working port 33 or the lower working port 34 is generated, a process for acquiring the holding information is executed and when the holding information is stored, the holding is performed. A determination is made as to whether or not the information is correct, and further, a process for performing an effect for game times is executed using the determination as to whether or not the information is correct. In addition, based on the result of the determination, the processing for shifting to the opening / closing execution mode after the effect for playing the game is executed, and the processing during the opening / closing execution mode and at the end of the opening / closing execution mode is executed.

  Specifically, first, hold information acquisition processing is executed in step S401. This will be described later.

  After executing the hold information acquisition process in step S401, the process proceeds to step S402. In step S <b> 402, a process of reading information on a special figure special electricity counter provided in the RAM 104 is executed. In the subsequent step S403, a process for reading the special figure special power address table stored in the special figure special power address table storage area 103d provided in the ROM 103 is executed. In step S404, a process of acquiring a start address corresponding to the information of the special figure special electricity counter from the special figure special electricity address table is executed.

  Here, the processing content of step S402-step S404 is demonstrated.

  As already described, the special figure special power control process includes a process related to a game-playing effect and a process related to an opening / closing execution mode. In this case, as a process related to the effect for game times, a special figure change start process (step S406) which is a process for starting the effect for game times and a process for advancing the effect for game times. A special figure changing process (step S407) and a special figure finalizing process (step S408), which is a process for ending the effect for the game round, are set.

  In addition, as a process related to the opening / closing execution mode, a special electricity start process (step S409) which is a process for controlling the opening of the opening / closing execution mode, and a special electricity which is a process for controlling the open state of the variable winning device 32. Opening process (step S410), special electricity closing process (step S411) which is a process for controlling the variable winning device 32 being closed, and the opening / closing execution mode ending and the gaming state at the end of the opening / closing execution mode Special electric power termination processing (step S412), which is processing for controlling the transition of, is set.

  In such a processing configuration, the special figure special power counter is a counter for the CPU 102 to grasp which of the above-mentioned plural types of processing should be executed. Corresponding to the numerical information of the special electric counter, the start address of the program for executing the above-mentioned plural types of processing is set.

  In this case, the start address SA0 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure variation start process (step S406), and the start address SA1 is the program address for executing the special figure variation process (step S407). The start address SA2 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure finalizing process (step S408), and the start address SA3 is the program for executing the special electricity start process (step S409). The start address SA4 is a start address of a program for executing the special power open process (step S410), and the start address SA5 is a program for executing the special power close process (step S411). This is the start address, and the start address SA6 A start address of a program for executing (step S412).

  The special figure special electric power counter is the special figure special electric power control in the next processing time when the condition for updating the numerical information is satisfied when the processing corresponding to the numerical information currently stored is completed. Corresponding to the processing executed in the processing, 1 addition, 1 subtraction, or “0” is cleared (initialized). Therefore, in the special figure special power control process at each processing time, a process corresponding to the numerical information set in the special figure special electric power counter may be executed. Note that the special figure special electricity counter is set to “0” as an initial value.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible for the CPU 102 to grasp which process is to be executed as the special figure special power control without checking the presence or absence of various flags. For example, an effect for game times starts when no other game times effect is executed and is not in the opening / closing execution mode. In the process related to the effect, before starting the effect for the game turn, whether or not the flag indicating that the effect for the game turn is being executed is set, and the opening / closing execution mode is being executed. It is necessary to check whether or not a flag indicating that is set. In addition, during the execution of the game-turn effect, a flag indicating that the flag indicating that the game-turn effect is being executed is set and a confirmation display is set. It is necessary to check whether or not

  In addition, the opening / closing execution mode is started when the effect for the game round is finished and the other opening / closing execution modes are not executed. In the process, before starting the opening / closing execution mode, it is confirmed whether or not a flag indicating that the effect for playing the game has ended is set, and a flag indicating that the opening / closing execution mode is being executed is set. It is necessary to confirm whether or not it is being performed. Further, when the opening is being performed, it is necessary to confirm whether or not a flag indicating that the opening is being performed is set. In addition, after the opening, it is confirmed whether or not a flag indicating that the open / close execution mode is being executed is set, and whether or not a flag indicating that the variable winning device 32 is open is set. It is necessary to confirm whether or not. Furthermore, when the ending is in progress, it is necessary to check whether or not a flag indicating that the ending is in progress is set.

  On the other hand, if a special figure special electricity counter is used, it is not necessary to prepare various flags, and information for checking the execution timing of each process is also collected. Therefore, the process can be simplified.

  After executing the process of step S404, a process of jumping to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S404 is executed in step S405. Specifically, if the acquired start address is SA0, the process jumps to the special figure change start process in step S406.

  In the special figure change start process, on the condition that the hold information is stored on hold, if the hold information corresponds to the jackpot winning, and if the hold information corresponds to the jackpot winning Executes a distribution determination process for determining which jackpot result the hold information corresponds to. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the hold information exists. When the hold information exists, a process for shifting the hold information is executed. Specifically, the hold information stored in the first hold area RE1 is shifted to the execution area AE, and the hold information stored in the nth hold area REn (n = 2 to 4) is changed to the (n−1) th hold information. ) Shift to the reserved area RE (n-1). Then, as the success / failure determination process, it is determined whether or not the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the execution area AE is numerical information corresponding to the jackpot winning. Further, as the distribution determination process, it is determined whether or not the jackpot type counter C2 corresponds to any jackpot result category.

  In addition to the hit / no-go determination process and the distribution determination process, when the jackpot random number counter C1 does not support the jackpot winning, a reach determination process for determining whether or not to generate a reach is performed, and fluctuations at that time Using the numerical information of the type counter CS, a duration selection process for selecting the duration of game times is executed. In the reach determination process, it is determined whether or not the reach random number counter C3 stored in the execution area AE corresponds to the occurrence of reach.

  When the duration information is selected, the change command including the duration information and the type command including the game result information are transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 and the pattern change in the main display unit 43 is transmitted. Start display. As a result, one game is started, and an effect for the game is started on the main display unit 43 and the symbol display device 41.

  By the way, when an effect for game times is started in this way, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special electricity counter, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter corresponds to the special figure fluctuation start processing. Is updated to the one corresponding to the special figure changing process.

  If the acquired start address is SA1, the process jumps to the special figure changing process of step S407. In the special figure changing process, a process of determining whether or not it is during the game time duration and before the fixed display is performed, and before the fixed display, the display mode of the picture on the main display unit 43 A process for regularly changing is executed.

  By the way, instead of waiting in the special figure changing process until it is the timing to display the fixed figure, if it is not the timing to make a fixed display, the process for changing the regular figure is executed and then the special figure is changing. The process ends. Therefore, after the game-turn effect is started, the special-figure changing process is started every time the special-figure special-electric control process is started until the timing for final display is reached. In addition, when it is time to confirm and display, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is incremented by 1, so that the numerical information of the counter corresponds to the special figure in-flight process from the one corresponding to the special figure changing process Update to what you did.

  If the acquired start address is SA2, the process jumps to the special figure determining process in step S408. In the special figure determination process, a final stop command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72 in order to cause the symbol display device 41 to display the stop result of the current game round as a final stop display. The mode is a display mode corresponding to the result of the current game round. In the special figure confirmation process, it is determined whether or not the period during confirmation display has elapsed, and if the period has elapsed, it is determined whether or not the transition to the opening / closing execution mode occurs. When the transition to the opening / closing execution mode occurs, the processing for shifting to the opening / closing execution mode is executed.

  By the way, instead of waiting in the special figure determination process until the fixed display period elapses, this special figure determination process is terminated if the period has not elapsed. Therefore, after the fixed display is started, the special figure determination process is started each time the special figure special power control process is started until the period during the fixed display elapses. In addition, when the period during the fixed display has elapsed, in a situation where the transition to the opening / closing execution mode does not occur, the numerical information of the special figure special counter is initialized (that is, “0” is cleared) and the transition to the opening / closing execution mode is performed. In such a situation, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special power counter, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special figure determination process to the one corresponding to the special electric power start process.

  If the acquired start address is SA3, the process jumps to the special electricity start process in step S409. In the special electricity start process, an opening command indicating that the opening / closing execution mode is started is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72. In the special electricity start process, it is determined whether or not the opening period of the opening / closing execution mode has elapsed. When the opening period has not elapsed, this special power start process is terminated instead of waiting in the special power start process. Therefore, after the opening effect in the opening / closing execution mode is started, the special power start process is started each time the special figure special power control process is started until the opening period elapses. In addition, when the opening period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special figure special power counter is incremented by 1, so that the numerical information of the special figure special electric power counter corresponds to the special electric power open process from the one corresponding to the special electric power start process. Update to

  If the acquired start address is SA4, the process jumps to the special electricity releasing process in step S410. In the special electric release opening process, one round game is started, and it is determined whether or not the end condition of the round game is satisfied. When the end condition is not satisfied, the process is not waited for in the special electricity release process, but the process for monitoring the establishment of the end condition is executed, and then the special electricity release process is terminated. When the above termination condition is satisfied, the numerical information of the special figure special power counter is incremented by one, so that the numerical information of the special figure special electric power counter corresponds to the special electric power release opening process and the special electric charge closing process is supported. Update to what you did.

  If the acquired start address is SA5, the process jumps to the special electricity closing process in step S411. In the special electricity closing process, a process of ending one round game is executed. Further, in the interval period between round games, it is determined whether or not the interval period has elapsed. When the interval period has not elapsed, this special electric power closing process is terminated instead of waiting in the special electric power closing process. Therefore, when the interval period is started, the special power closing process is started each time the special figure special electric control process is started until the period elapses. Also, when the interval period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special figure special power counter is decremented by 1, so that the numerical information of the special figure special electric power counter corresponds to the special electric power closing process corresponding to the special electric power closing process. Update to stuff.

  On the other hand, in the special power closing process for the last round game, after executing the process of ending one round game, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is incremented by one, and the numerical information of the special figure special electric power counter is closed. Update from the one corresponding to middle processing to the one corresponding to special electricity termination processing.

  If the acquired start address is SA6, the process jumps to the special power end process in step S412. In the special electric power end process, an ending command indicating that the open / close execution mode is ended is transmitted to the sound emission control device 72. In the special electric power end process, it is determined whether or not the ending period of the opening / closing execution mode has elapsed. If the ending period has not elapsed, the special electric power end processing is terminated instead of waiting in the special electric power end processing. Therefore, after the ending effect in the opening / closing execution mode is started, the special electric power end process is started every time the special figure special electric control process is started until the ending period elapses. In addition, when the ending period has elapsed, after executing the process for setting the gaming state (lottery mode and support mode) after the opening / closing execution mode, by initializing the numerical information of the special figure special electricity counter, The numerical information of the special figure special power counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special electric power end process to the one corresponding to the special figure fluctuation start process.

<Reservation information acquisition process on the special figure side>
The hold information acquisition process in step S401 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S501, it is determined whether or not a winning has occurred in either the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a special figure flag is set in a special figure flag storage area provided in various flag storage areas 104 d of the RAM 104. The special figure flag is set when a winning to any of the operation ports 33 and 34 is specified in the winning detection process in step S206 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11), and the hold information is acquired for that. Cleared when done.

  Here, in the winning detection process, a winning is specified to each of the operating ports 33 and 34 based on the detection signal SG1 from the operating port winning detection sensor 83b input via the input / output port 107. Yes. Specifically, it is first determined whether or not the detection signal SG1 is an HI signal. If it is determined that the signal is an HI signal, it is determined whether or not the detection signal SG1 in the winning detection process of the previous timer interrupt process is a LOW signal. Then, when it is determined that the detection signal SG1 in the previous winning detection process is a LOW signal, it is determined that the winning of the game ball to each of the operation ports 33 and 34 has occurred, and a special figure flag is set. That is, in the winning detection process of the timer interruption process, the detection result (detection signal SG1) of the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b is grasped every time, and based on the grasping result in the previous winning detection process and the grasping result in the present winning detection process. Thus, the switching from the LOW signal to the HI signal is grasped.

  Further, when detecting the winning of the game ball, the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b is configured to output a HI signal that is a detection corresponding signal for at least a time longer than the execution period (4 msec) of the timer interrupt process. Has been. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the period required for the game ball to pass through the through-hole 93 is a period longer than the execution period of the timer interrupt process, corresponding to the diameter R of the game ball, A length dimension L1 in the axial direction of the through hole 93 (thickness dimension L1 of the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b) is set. Thereby, the detection omission of a game ball does not occur.

  If the special figure flag is not set, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the special figure flag is set, the process proceeds to step S502, where the number of reservations stored in the number-of-holds storage area NA is read, and the number of reservations is less than the upper limit (“4” in this embodiment). It is determined whether or not. If the hold number is less than the upper limit value, the process proceeds to step S503, and 1 is added to the hold number.

  In the subsequent step S504, the big hit random number counter C1 stored in the big hit random number register 135 is acquired. Specifically, a request signal is output to the control circuit 141 of the hard random number circuit 131. As a result, the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the jackpot random number register 135 is output from the hard random number circuit 131. Then, the output jackpot random number counter C1 is stored in the area for the jackpot random number counter C1 in the first reserved area among the empty reserved areas RE1 to RE4 of the reserved area RE.

  In this case, the jackpot random number counter C1 output from the hard random number circuit 131 is based on the winning of the game ball that is the trigger for acquiring the hold information this time. Further, the hard random number circuit 131 erases the big hit random number counter C1 stored in the big hit random number register 135 based on the completion of the output of the big hit random number counter C1, and erases the status flag.

  Thereafter, in step S506, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 stored in the lottery counter buffer 104a of the RAM 104 are acquired and stored in the corresponding area in the holding area where the big hit random number counter C1 is stored. Let In step S507, the special figure flag is deleted and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the pending number is not less than the upper limit value (step S502: NO), the process proceeds to step S508, and processing related to initialization of the hard random number circuit 131 is executed. Specifically, the initialization signal is output to the hard random number circuit 131. As a result, the big hit random number register 135 is initialized and the status flag is erased. And the process of step S507 is performed and this process is complete | finished.

<About the acquisition mode of the jackpot random number counter C1>
Next, the acquisition mode of the jackpot random number counter C1 will be described with reference to the time chart of FIG. It is assumed that the numerical information in the reserved number storage area NA is less than the upper limit value. FIG. 15A shows the execution timing and cycle of the timer interrupt process.

  At the timing of t1, the special information side hold information acquisition process is executed (see FIG. 15B). In this case, as shown in FIG. 15C, no game ball is won in any of the operating ports 33 and 34, and the detection signal SG1 from the operating port winning detection sensor 83b is a LOW signal. For this reason, hold information is not acquired.

  Thereafter, when a game ball wins one of the operation ports 33 and 34 at the timing of t2, as shown in FIG. 15C, the detection signal SG1 of the operation port winning detection sensor 83b changes from the LOW signal to the HI signal. Stand up to. In synchronization with the rise, a latch signal is input to the jackpot random number register 135, and the jackpot random number counter C1 is latched in the jackpot random number register 135 (see FIGS. 15D and 15E). Then, the status flag is set in the status flag storage area 142 of the control circuit 141 (see FIG. 15F).

  Thereafter, chattering occurs, the detection signal SG1 falls once at the timing t3, and the detection signal SG1 rises again at the timing t4. In this case, since the status flag is set, the update of the jackpot random number counter C1 based on the rising edge is prohibited.

  After that, the special information side hold information acquisition process is executed at the timing of t5. In this case, since it is a LOW signal in the previous winning detection process and is a HI signal in the current winning detection process, it is specified that a winning has occurred in either of the operation ports 33 and 34, and the hold information is acquired. Processing for this is executed. Specifically, a request signal is output from the CPU 102 in order to obtain the big hit random number counter C1 stored in the big hit random number register 135. Based on the output of this request signal, the big hit random number counter C1 is acquired and stored in the reserved ball storage area 104b. The stored jackpot random number counter C1 is latched at the timing of t2.

  Here, the winning of the game ball to each of the operation ports 33 and 34 (rising of the detection signal SG1) can occur at an arbitrary timing regardless of the execution timing of the timer interrupt processing of the CPU 102. For this reason, there is a period Tx between the timing at which the game ball is actually detected by the operation opening prize detection sensor 83b (timing at t2) and the execution timing of the holding information acquisition processing on the special drawing side (timing at t5) Time lag can occur. In this case, if the jackpot random number counter C1 is updated in the period Tx, the jackpot random number counter C1 is acquired at a timing different from the timing at which the game ball is actually won, which is not preferable.

  Specifically, when the big hit random number counter C1 is acquired at the execution timing of the special figure side hold information acquisition process in the timer interrupt process, the acquired big hit random number counter C1 is the special figure side hold information. It depends on the execution timing of the acquisition process. In this case, due to the periodic execution of the timer interrupt process, the acquired jackpot random number counter C1 may be biased (trend) and the randomness may be reduced.

  In the above configuration, the following illegal acts may be performed. That is, first, the time from the start timing of the timer interrupt process to the acquisition process of the hold information on the special figure side is specified. Then, the jackpot random number counter C1 at the start timing of the timer interrupt process is calculated with reference to the above time so that the jackpot random number counter C1 corresponds to the jackpot winning at the execution timing of the hold information acquisition process on the special figure side. To do. Then, in synchronization with the start timing of the timer interrupt process, the jackpot random number counter C1 is rewritten with the result of the reverse calculation. This makes it possible to generate a jackpot illegally.

  On the other hand, a hard random number circuit 131 that independently updates the jackpot random number counter C1 is provided separately from the timer interrupt processing of the CPU 102. In addition, the jackpot random number counter C1 is acquired in response to an event that the detection signal SG1 rises independently of the timer interrupt processing of the CPU 102. As a result, the big hit random number counter C1 is obtained without depending on the timer interrupt processing. Therefore, it is possible to improve the randomness of the jackpot random number counter C1, and it is possible to suppress the cheating.

  Further, based on the completion of the output of the jackpot random number counter C1 by the hard random number circuit 131, the jackpot random number register 135 is initialized and the status flag is erased (see FIGS. 15E and 15F).

  Thereafter, at timing t6, the detection signal SG1 falls from the HI signal to the LOW signal. After that, at the timing of t7, the special information side hold information acquisition process is executed. In this case, since the detection signal SG1 is a LOW signal, the hold information is not acquired.

  Here, when game balls win continuously, a timer interrupt process is executed at least once after one game ball passes through the through-hole 93 until the next game ball passes through the through-hole 93. As described above, the detectable range of the working opening winning detection sensor 83b and the voltage level of the oscillation signal that triggers the output of the HI signal are set. Thereby, even when game balls win continuously, it is possible to distinguish and determine game ball wins by timer interrupt processing.

  In this case, the minimum rising interval (the period from the timing t2 to the timing t8) of the detection signal SG1 when the game ball wins continuously is set to about 20 msec, which is twice or more the execution cycle of the timer interrupt process. ing. As a result, timer interruption processing is executed at least twice after one game ball has won. Therefore, in the first timer interruption process after winning the game ball of 1 above, the hold information is acquired and the hard random number circuit 131 is made latchable, and the detection signal SG1 falls in the subsequent timer interruption process. Can be specified.

  At the timing t8, the big hit random number counter C1 is latched and the status flag is set in synchronization with the rise of the detection signal SG1.

  Thereafter, at the timing of t9, the special figure side hold information acquisition process is executed, and a request signal is output from the CPU. Thereby, the jackpot random number counter C1 latched at the timing of t8 is acquired and stored in the reserved ball storage area 104b. Then, the big hit random number register 135 is initialized and the status flag is erased.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  In addition to the timer interrupt processing of the CPU 102, a hard random number circuit 131 having an update circuit 132 for updating the jackpot random number counter C1 is provided. The jackpot random number counter C1 is updated at a shorter cycle than the timer interrupt process. As a result, the big hit random number counter C1 having a large numerical range can be handled without imposing a processing load on the CPU 102, and the randomness of the big hit random number counter C1 can be improved.

  In such a configuration, the jackpot random number counter C1 is latched in the jackpot random number register 135 at that time in synchronism with the occurrence of winning in any one of the operation ports 33, 34, specifically, the rise of the detection signal SG1. It was. In the special chart side hold information acquisition process in the timer interrupt process, the big hit random number counter C1 latched in the big hit random number register 135 is stored in the hold ball storage area 104b. As a result, it is possible to determine whether or not it is true using the jackpot random number counter C1 at the timing of actual winning. Therefore, since it is possible to realize the jackpot random number counter C1 that does not depend on the execution timing of the hold information acquisition process on the special figure side, the randomness of the jackpot random number counter C1 is further improved, and the timer interrupt process It is possible to suppress fraud using periodicity.

  That is, assuming that the jackpot random number counter C1 is acquired in the special chart side hold information acquisition process (timer interrupt process), the acquired big hit random number counter C1 executes the special chart side hold information acquisition process. It depends on the timing. In this case, since the timer interrupt process has periodicity, the obtained jackpot random number counter C1 may have a numerical deviation due to the periodicity. When bias occurs, the formal winning / probability determination lottery probability does not change, but the substantial winning probability changes, which makes it difficult to manage the game. It is also assumed that fraudulent acts are attempted to illegally increase the substantial winning probability using the above-mentioned bias.

  Further, as a fraudulent act, the period from the start timing of the timer interrupt process to the execution timing of the special information side hold information acquisition process is grasped, and the number of updates in that period is grasped. Based on the number of updates, the jackpot stored in the update buffer 134 is synchronized with the start timing of the timer interrupt process so that the winning value is obtained at the execution timing of the hold information acquisition process on the special figure side. It is assumed that the random number counter C1 is rewritten.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, it depends on the winning timing (the winning detection timing of the operating port winning detection sensor 83b) to each of the operating ports 33 and 34 that can occur regardless of the execution mode of the timer interrupt process. The lottery can be performed using the jackpot random number counter C1 independent of the execution mode of the timer interrupt process. Thereby, it is possible to suitably suppress the occurrence of the bias of the jackpot random number counter C1 due to the periodicity of the timer interrupt process and the above fraud.

  When the jackpot random number counter C1 is latched in the jackpot random number register 135 in synchronization with the rise of the detection signal SG1, the jackpot random number counter C1 based on the output of the request signal in the holding information acquisition process on the special figure side The subsequent latch is prohibited until output is performed. Thereby, even if chattering occurs when a game ball passes through the through-hole 93, using the jackpot random number counter C1 acquired based on the winning detection timing (rising timing of the first detection signal SG1), A lottery can be performed.

  In particular, when a configuration in which the jackpot random number counter C1 is stored in the jackpot random number register 135 in order to suppress the illegal act of rewriting the jackpot random number counter C1 of the update buffer 134 described above, the jackpot random number counter of the jackpot random number register 135 is employed. It is assumed that an illegal act of rewriting C1 with numerical information corresponding to winning is performed. On the other hand, since the status flag is set, the subsequent update of the jackpot random number register 135 is prohibited, so that an illegal act of rewriting the jackpot random number register 135 can be suppressed.

  When the CPU 102 completes storing the big hit random number counter C1 in the holding ball storage area 104b, or when the holding number reaches the upper limit, the big hit random number register 135 is initialized and the status flag is deleted. The latch based on the next winning detection was made possible. As a result, it is possible to acquire the jackpot random number counter C1 based on the next winning, while suppressing the update of the jackpot random number counter C1 due to the chattering.

  In this case, the status flag is set when the jackpot random number counter C1 is latched in the jackpot random number register 135 and is erased when the jackpot random number register 135 is initialized. It can be said that the flag is set when the big hit random number counter C1 is stored in the random number register 135. Then, the hard random number circuit 131 determines whether or not the jackpot random number counter C1 is stored in the jackpot random number register 135. If the jackpot random number counter C1 is not stored in the jackpot random number register 135, the detection signal SG1 is detected. It can be said that it latches in synchronism with the rising edge.

  The update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 was set to be shorter than the execution period (4 msec) of the timer interrupt process. Specifically, the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 is set to 62.5 nsec, which is different in order from the execution period of the timer interrupt process. Thereby, the randomness of the jackpot random number counter C1 can be improved. On the other hand, the shorter the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1, the greater the number of updates performed between the winning detection timing and the execution timing of the special information side hold information acquisition process. For this reason, the difference between the big hit random number counters C1 acquired at each timing becomes large.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, regardless of the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1, the jackpot random number counter C1 at the winning detection timing is stored in the reserved ball storage area 104b. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a shortening of the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 while realizing the success / failure determination using the jackpot random number counter C1 at the winning detection timing.

  The minimum rising interval of the detection signal SG1 when a game ball enters continuously is set to 20 msec, which is longer than the execution period (4 msec) of the timer interrupt process. As a result, the hold information on the special figure side is acquired at least once after the prohibition of the latch based on the winning of one game ball (setting the status flag) until the winning of the next gaming ball occurs. Processing is executed. Thus, until the next game ball wins, the hold information based on the winning of the first game ball is acquired, and the prohibition of the latch is released (the status flag is cleared). Therefore, even if winning is continuously generated at each of the operation ports 33 and 34, it is possible to determine whether or not the winning is achieved by using the jackpot random number counter C1 at each winning detection timing.

  Further, a second signal path for connecting the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b and the hard random number circuit 131 is provided in a system different from the first signal path connecting the operation opening winning detection sensor 83b and the CPU 102. Then, the jackpot random number counter C1 is latched based on the detection signal SG1 from the second signal path, and in the timer interrupt process, the winnings are awarded to the operation ports 33 and 34 based on the detection signal SG1 from the first signal path. It was set as the structure which identifies. As a result, even when noise or the like is mixed in one of the signal paths, normal hold information is not acquired.

  That is, if noise is mixed in the first signal path and the winning to each operation port 33, 34 is specified by the timer interruption process, the big hit random number counter C1 is not acquired in the big hit random number register 135. The initial jackpot random number counter C 1 is output to the CPU 102. As a result, the determination of success / failure is not substantially performed, and therefore the determination of success / failure due to noise can be suppressed.

  In addition, even if noise is mixed in the second signal path and the jackpot random number counter C1 is latched, the winning information to the operation ports 33 and 34 is not specified in the timer interrupt process, so the hold information The process to acquire is not executed.

Second Embodiment
In the first embodiment, a configuration is made that does not distinguish between winning in the upper working port 33 and winning in the lower working port 34, but in the present embodiment, the above two winnings are distinguished.

  The collective plate 201 of this embodiment and the collection | recovery channel | path 202 provided in the collective plate 201 are demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 16 is a rear view of the game board 24 for explaining the collection passage 202 in the second embodiment. In addition, the state which removed the main controller 71 on the relationship of drawing is shown.

  The recovery passage 202 of the present embodiment includes an upper working port recovery passage 202 a provided in communication with the upper working port 33 and a lower working port recovery passage 202 b provided in communication with the lower working port 34. ing. An upper working port winning detection sensor 203a for detecting a game ball won in the upper working port 33 is provided in the middle of the upper working port collecting passage 202a. A lower working port winning detection sensor 203b for detecting a game ball won in the lower working port 34 is provided in the middle of the lower working port collecting passage 202b. Thereby, the winning of each operation port 33 and 34 can be grasped | ascertained separately.

  An acquisition mode of the jackpot random number counter C1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a block diagram for explaining an electrical configuration in the present embodiment.

  Each operation opening winning detection sensor 203a, 203b is connected to the CPU 102 via the input / output port 107, and the detection signal SG1 of each operation opening winning detection sensor 203a, 203b is input to the CPU 102.

  The main control board 101 is provided with a hard random number circuit 211. The hard random number circuit 211 is connected to each operation opening winning detection sensor 203a, 203b. The hard random number circuit 211 provides a jackpot random number counter C1 updated by the update circuit 132 in the lottery counter buffer 212 of the RAM 104 based on the rising edge of the detection signal SG1 of each of the operation opening winning detection sensors 203a and 203b. Latched to a predetermined storage buffer. In order to distinguish the detection signals SG1 of the operation opening winning detection sensors 203a and 203b, in the following description, the detection signal SG1 of the upper operation opening winning detection sensor 203a is referred to as the first detection signal SG11, and the lower operation opening winning detection sensor. The detection signal SG1 of 203b is set as the second detection signal SG12.

  Specifically, the hard random number circuit 211 latches based on the winning detection of the lower working port winning detection sensor 203b and the first latch circuit 221 that latches based on the winning detection of the upper working port winning detection sensor 203a. And a latch circuit 222. Each latch circuit 221, 222 is connected to the update circuit 132. The first latch circuit 221 is connected to the upper working opening winning detection sensor 203a and to a first big hit random number counter buffer 212a provided in the lottery counter buffer 212. The first latch circuit 221 directly latches the big hit random number counter C1 in the first big hit random number counter buffer 212a in synchronization with the rising edge of the first detection signal SG11. As a result, the first jackpot random number counter buffer 212a stores the jackpot random number counter C1 at the winning timing to the upper operating port 33.

  Further, the first latch circuit 221 sets the first status flag in the first status flag storage area 221a provided in the first latch circuit 221 in accordance with the latch. As a result, subsequent latching is prohibited.

  The second latch circuit 222 is connected to the lower operation opening winning detection sensor 203b and is also connected to a second big hit random number counter buffer 212b provided in the lottery counter buffer 212. The second latch circuit 222 causes the second jackpot random number counter buffer 212b to directly latch the jackpot random number counter C1 in synchronization with the rising edge of the second detection signal SG12. Thereby, the big hit random number counter C1 at the winning timing to the lower operation port 34 is stored in the second big hit random number counter buffer 212b.

  Further, the second latch circuit 222 sets the second status flag in the second status flag storage area 222a provided in the second latch circuit 222 in accordance with the latch. As a result, subsequent latching is prohibited.

  The CPU 102 stores the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in each jackpot random number counter buffer 212a, 212b in the reserved ball storage area 230. Specifically, the holding ball storage area 230 is provided with an upper working port holding area 230a and a lower working port holding area 230b in which holding information such as a big hit random number counter C1 is stored. Each of the holding areas 230a and 230b has the same configuration as the holding area RE of the first embodiment, and can hold four pieces of holding information on hold. The CPU 102 holds the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the first jackpot random number counter buffer 212a in the upper working port holding area 230a, and holds the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the second jackpot random number counter buffer 212b in the lower working port holding area. The data is stored in the work area 230b, and the determination is made using that.

  Further, when the big hit random number counter C1 is stored in the holding ball storage area 230 in the timer interruption process, the CPU 102 executes a process of deleting the status flag corresponding to the stored big hit random number counter C1. For example, when the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the first jackpot random number counter buffer 212a is stored in the reserved ball storage area 230, the first status flag is deleted. As a result, the jackpot random number counter C1 can be latched based on the next winning.

  Next, the hold information acquisition process on the special drawing side of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this process, after executing processing related to acquisition of holding information based on winning to the upper working port 33 in steps S601 to S606, based on winning in the lower working port 34 in steps S607 to S613. A process related to acquisition of the hold information is executed.

  First, in step S601, it is determined whether or not a prize is generated for the upper working port 33. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the upper special figure flag is set. The upper special figure flag is set when it is determined in the winning detection process in step S206 that the first detection signal SG11 is switched from the LOW signal to the HI signal.

  If the upper special figure flag is not set, the process proceeds to step S607. If the upper special figure flag is set, the process proceeds to step S602, and the numerical information in the first reserved number storage area NA1 is less than “4”. It is determined whether or not. The first hold number storage area NA1 stores numerical information indicating the number of holds stored in the upper working port hold area 230a.

  If the numerical information in the first reserved number storage area NA1 is less than “4”, the process advances to step S603 to execute a process of adding 1 to the numerical information in the first reserved number storage area NA1. Thereafter, in step S604, the big hit random number counter C1 is acquired from the first big hit random number counter buffer 212a, and is stored in the upper working port holding area 230a. In step S605, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 are acquired and stored in the upper working port holding area 230a.

  Here, in the present embodiment, in synchronization with the rise of the first detection signal SG11, the big hit random number counter C1 at that time is directly latched in the first big hit random number counter buffer 212a of the RAM 104. As a result, the CPU 102 outputs a request signal, waits for the jackpot random number counter C1 to be output from the hard random number circuit 131, and compares the jackpot random number counter C1 with the configuration for storing the jackpot random number counter C1 in the reserved ball storage area 104b. The processing period of processing related to acquisition of the random number counter C1 can be shortened. Therefore, the overflow of the timer interrupt process can be suppressed.

  Note that the acquisition process of the big hit random number counter C1 in step S604 is executed after the rising timing of the first detection signal SG11. For this reason, the latch process to the first big hit random number counter buffer 212a by the first latch circuit 221 and the process of step S604 are not performed simultaneously. Therefore, it is avoided that the wrong jackpot random number counter C1 is acquired due to the simultaneous execution of both processes.

  After step S605 is executed or when a negative determination is made in step S602, a process for initializing the first jackpot random number counter buffer 212a and a process for deleting the first status flag are executed in step S606. When the upper special figure flag is set, the upper special figure flag is deleted. As a result, it is possible to acquire the jackpot random number counter C1 based on the winning to the next upper working port 33.

  After execution of the process of step S606, or when a negative determination is made in step S601, a holding information acquisition process based on winning in the lower working port 34 is executed.

  First, in step S607, it is determined whether or not a winning for the lower working port 34 has occurred. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the lower special figure flag is set. The lower special figure flag is set when it is determined in the winning detection process in step S206 that the second detection signal SG12 is switched from the LOW signal to the HI signal.

  If the lower special figure flag is not set, the present process is terminated as it is. If the lower special figure flag is set, the process proceeds to step S608, and whether or not the electric accessory 34a is being opened. Determine whether. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of the ordinary power / general counter is “3”.

  Here, winning in the lower working port 34 occurs only when the electric accessory 34a is opened. For this reason, the process for determining whether or not the electric accessory 34a is being opened is a process for determining whether or not it is a prize for the lower working port 34 at a normal timing.

  When the electric accessory 34a is being opened, the process proceeds to step S609, and it is determined whether the numerical information in the second reserved number storage area NA2 is less than “4”. The second hold number storage area NA2 stores numerical information indicating the number of holds stored in the lower working port hold area 230b.

  If the numerical information in the second reserved number storage area NA2 is “4” or more, the process proceeds to step S613. On the other hand, if the numerical information in the second reserved number storage area NA2 is less than “4”, the process proceeds to step S610 to execute a process of adding 1 to the numerical information in the second reserved number storage area NA2. Thereafter, in step S611, the big hit random number counter C1 is acquired from the second big hit random number counter buffer 212b, and is stored in the lower working port holding area 230b. In step S612, the big hit type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 are acquired and stored in the lower working port holding area 230b.

  In the subsequent step S613, processing for initializing the second jackpot random number counter buffer 212b and processing for deleting the second status flag are executed. If the lower special figure flag is set, the lower special figure flag is deleted. Then, this process ends.

  If the electric accessory 34a is not open, that is, if the electric accessory 34a is closed, a negative determination is made in step S608, and the process for acquiring the hold information in steps S610 to S612 is not executed. Then, the process of step S613 is executed, and this process ends. That is, winning in the lower operating port 34 in a situation where the electric accessory 34a is not being opened is regarded as malfunctioning or illegal, and acquisition of the hold information based on the winning is prohibited.

  In this case, since the second jackpot random number counter buffer 212b is initialized in step S613, it is possible to prevent the jackpot random number counter C1 acquired at abnormal timing from being stored in the reserved ball storage area 230. it can. Further, since the second status flag is erased, the jackpot random number counter C1 can be latched based on the next winning.

<About the acquisition mode of the jackpot random number counter C1>
The acquisition mode of the jackpot random number counter C1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the time chart of FIG. It is assumed that both the numerical information of the first reserved number storage area NA1 and the second reserved number storage area NA2 is less than the upper limit value. FIG. 19A shows the execution timing and cycle of the timer interrupt process.

  At the timing t11, the first detection signal SG11 rises (see FIG. 19D). As a result, the big hit random number counter C1 at that time is latched in the first big hit random number counter buffer 212a, and the first status flag is set.

  Thereafter, at the timing t12, the second detection signal SG12 rises (see FIG. 19 (e)). As a result, as shown in FIGS. 19F and 19G, the big hit random number counter C1 at that time is latched in the second big hit random number counter buffer 212b, and the second status flag is set.

  After that, at the timing of t13, the special figure side hold information acquisition process is executed (see FIG. 19B). In this case, the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the first jackpot random number counter buffer 212a is stored in the upper working port holding area 230a. Further, as shown in FIG. 19C, since the electric accessory 34a is being opened at the timing of t13, in the hold information acquisition process based on winning in the lower working port 34, the holding information is displayed as a normal winning. Processing for acquisition is executed. Specifically, the big hit random number counter C1 stored in the second big hit random number counter buffer 212b is stored in the lower working port holding area 230b. As a result, the hold information is acquired in the hold ball storage area 230 (see FIG. 19 (h)). Then, each jackpot random number counter buffer 212a, 212b is initialized, and each status flag is erased.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 19, when the winnings to the respective operating ports 33 and 34 are individually grasped, the winnings of the respective operating ports 33 and 34 may be detected during one timer interruption process. In this case, the jackpot random number counter C1 acquired at each winning detection timing (timing t11 and timing t12) is stored in each jackpot random number counter buffer 212a, 212b. As a result, even if a winning for each of the operation ports 33 and 34 occurs during one timer interrupt process, a different jackpot random number counter C1 is acquired. Therefore, the randomness of the big hit random number counter C1 can be improved.

  Thereafter, at the timing of t14, the second detection signal SG12 rises in an abnormal situation (a situation where the electric accessory 34a is closed). In synchronization with the rise, as shown in FIGS. 19F and 19G, the big hit random number counter C1 is latched in the second big hit random number counter buffer 212b, and the second status flag is set.

  Then, at the timing of t15, the special information side hold information acquisition process is executed. In this case, the process for acquiring the hold information (steps S610 to S612) is not executed on the assumption that the winning is made to the lower operating port 34 under an abnormal situation. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 19F to 19H, the second jackpot random number counter buffer 212b is initialized and the second status flag is erased without acquiring the hold information. Thereby, the acquisition of the hold information based on the winning in an abnormal situation is restricted, and the hold information based on the next winning can be acquired.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  In the configuration in which the winning to the upper working port 33 and the winning to the lower working port 34 are distinguished and grasped, the first big hit random number counter C1 is latched in the first big hit random number counter buffer 212a based on the winning to the upper working port 33. A latch circuit 221 and a second latch circuit 222 that latches the jackpot random number counter C1 in the second jackpot random number counter buffer 212b based on the winning to the lower working port 34 are provided. As a result, even in the case where a winning is made to each of the operation ports 33 and 34 in one timer interrupt process, it is possible to acquire the jackpot random number counter C1 of each winning timing.

  In particular, in the configuration in which the next latch is prohibited until the storing process to the holding ball storage area 230 is performed once latched, if two winnings occur during one timer interruption, the same for each winning. The big hit random number counter C1 is acquired. For this reason, when two winnings occur during one timer interruption, only one lottery is performed even though two lotteries should be performed.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, even if two winnings occur during one timer interruption, it is possible to perform lottery based on each winning.

  The winning to the lower operation port 34 in the situation where the electric accessory 34a is closed is an abnormal winning, and the acquisition of the hold information based on the winning is prohibited. Thereby, it can avoid that the lottery using the holding information acquired based on the abnormal winning is performed.

  In this case, the latched jackpot random number counter C1 and the status flag set based on the latch are erased. As a result, the jackpot random number counter C1 acquired based on the abnormal winning can be prevented from being stored in the reserved ball storage area 230, and the jackpot random number counter C1 based on the next winning can be acquired.

  In addition, the lottery counter buffer 212 is provided with the jackpot random number counter buffers 212a and 212b, and the latch circuits 221 and 222 are directly latched by the jackpot random number counter buffers 212a and 212b. Thereby, when acquiring hold information, it is not necessary to access the hard random number circuit 211, and it is possible to acquire the counters C1 to C3 all together. Therefore, acquisition of the hold information can be simplified.

  In the present embodiment, acquisition of the hold information based on winning in the lower working port 34 at a timing other than when the electric accessory 34a is not open is prohibited, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the case where a prize for the lower working port 34 occurs during a predetermined period after the electric accessory 34a is closed, the holding information based on the prize may be acquired. Thereby, even if it is a case where a time lag generate | occur | produces from the timing which a game ball won to the lower operation port 34 to the rising timing of 2nd detection signal SG12, hold information can be acquired suitably.

  In the present embodiment, when each status flag is set, the latch is prohibited. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a flag storage area for specifying whether or not the jackpot random number counter C1 is set in the first jackpot random number counter buffer 212a is provided. In addition, when the flag is not set in the flag storage area, that is, when the first big hit random number counter buffer 212a is initialized, it is latched, but when it is already set, the latch is prohibited. Good. This eliminates the need for the CPU 102 to access the hard random number circuit 211, thereby simplifying the configuration.

  In the present embodiment, when a winning to the lower operation port 34 occurs at a timing other than during the opening of the electric accessory 34a, the jackpot random number counter C1 latched based on the winning is erased. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, another abnormal storage buffer may be used. In this case, whether or not an illegal act has been performed by grasping the numerical information of the jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the abnormal storage buffer, the number of times the storage processing in the abnormal storage buffer has been executed, and the like. It may be judged.

  Further, when it is determined that the information is stored in the abnormal storage buffer by mistake, the information may be stored in the holding ball storage area 230. Thereby, the disadvantage of the player due to malfunction can be compensated.

  Moreover, although the situation in which the electric accessory 34a is closed is set as a situation in which the acquisition of the hold information is prohibited despite the rise of the detection signals SG11 and SG12, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a magnetic detection sensor or a vibration detection sensor is provided on the game board 24 and acquisition of the hold information is prohibited in a situation where magnetism or vibration is detected by these detection sensors. As a result, even if an illegal act of bringing the magnet close or an intentional vibration is performed for the purpose of illegally guiding the game ball, acquisition of the hold information based on the act is prohibited. Each cheating can be suppressed.

  In the present embodiment, a configuration in which the hold information related to winning in the lower working port 34 is preferentially digested may be applied, and conversely, the hold information related to winning in the upper working port 33 is given priority. A composition that can be digested can be applied.

  Further, in the above configuration, the plurality of operation ports are not arranged vertically, but the first operation port corresponding to the upper operation port 33 and the second operation port corresponding to the lower operation port 34 are arranged on the left and right. It is good also as a structure arranged in parallel, It is good also as a structure in which these both operation ports were arranged in parallel diagonally. Furthermore, it is good also as a structure which arrange | positions both operation openings apart so that only the winning to a 1st operation opening or the winning to a 2nd operation opening can be aimed according to the operation aspect of the launch operation apparatus 55. FIG. In this case, the nail 38 may be arranged so that a winning for the second working port does not occur while the electric accessory 34a is closed.

  Further, in the above configuration, the main display unit 43 is acquired based on the first display area for displaying the result of the determination of whether or not the hold information is acquired based on the winning of the upper operating port 33 and the winning of the lower operating port 34. A second display area for displaying the result of the determination of whether or not the held information is correct may be provided. In this case, the change of the pattern in the first display area is based on whether or not the hold information acquired based on the winning to the upper working port 33 is the target of the determination of the success or failure. At the same time as the display is started, a stop result corresponding to the determination of success / failure is displayed, and the change display of one game time is ended. Further, before the hold information acquired based on the winning to the lower operating port 34 becomes the target of the determination of the success / failure, or based on the fact that the hold information is the target of the determination of the success / failure, the variation display of the pattern is displayed in the second display area. Is started, the stop result corresponding to the determination of success / failure is displayed, and the change display of one game time is ended.

  In addition, when the hold information related to winning in the upper working port 33 becomes a target of determination of success / failure, and when the holding information related to winning in the lower operation port 34 becomes a target of determination of success / failure, It is good also as a structure from which the profit obtained differs. For example, in the configuration in which the hold information related to winning in the lower working port 34 is preferentially digested, the case where the holding information related to winning in the lower working port 34 is the target of the success / failure determination is higher. It is good also as a structure which is more advantageous for a player than the case where the pending | holding information which concerns on winning to 33 becomes the object of a success / failure determination.

  In addition, as a configuration that is advantageous, a configuration in which the lottery probability for the determination of success or failure is high, a configuration that is likely to be an advantageous jackpot result in the allocation determination, and the like are conceivable.

  In the present embodiment, the latch circuit 221 and 222 latches the same object in the update circuit 132. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an update circuit may be provided. In this case, the numerical value ranges of the numerical information updated by the respective update circuits may be different. Thereby, since different lottery probabilities can be set using the same success / failure table, the storage capacity stored in the ROM 103 can be reduced.

<Third Embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the processing system executed by the pachinko machine 10 is different from that in the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the processing necessary for advancing the game is set in a distributed manner in each of the normal processing in which processing is periodically executed and the timer interrupt processing in which processing is also periodically executed. Yes. The execution period of the timer interrupt process is set to 2 msec, which is shorter than that of the first embodiment.

  Specifically, the normal process is executed in place of the process of steps S110 to S112 after the process of step S109 in the main process (FIG. 10) is executed.

  In the normal process, as shown in FIG. 20, the processes of steps S701 to S711 are executed. These processes are basically the same as the corresponding processes described in the first embodiment. However, in the special figure special power control process of step S705, the special figure side hold information acquisition process is omitted, and in the general figure normal power control process of step S706, the special figure side hold information acquisition process is performed. It is omitted.

  After execution of the process in step S711, it is determined in step S712 whether or not a power failure flag is set. The power failure flag is set in the power failure flag storage area provided in the various flag storage areas 104d when the occurrence of a power failure is specified in the power failure information storage processing in step S802 in the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 21). The

  If the power failure flag is not set, it is determined in step S713 whether or not it is the next normal process execution timing, that is, whether or not a predetermined time (specifically, 4 msec) has elapsed since the start of the previous normal process. Determine whether. Then, the remaining processes in steps S714 to S716 are repeatedly executed until the normal process start timing is reached. The processing contents in steps S714 to S716 are the same as those in steps S110 to S112.

  On the other hand, when it determines with the power failure flag being set in step S712, the process at the time of a power failure after step S717 is performed. That is, in step S717, the generation of the timer interrupt process is prohibited, and then the RAM judgment value is calculated and stored in step S718. After the access to the RAM 104 is prohibited in step S719, the power supply is completely shut down and the process is performed. Continue infinite loop until no longer runs.

  The timer interrupt process in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S801, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the electric utility random number counter C4 are updated.

  Then, the process of step S802-step S805 is performed. Since these processes are the same as the corresponding processes in the timer interrupt process of the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

  Then, in step S806, the special map side hold information acquisition process is executed. In step S807, the general map side hold information acquisition process is executed, and this process ends. Since these processes are the same as the processes in steps S401 and S301 in the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, in the configuration in which the processing for controlling the progress of the game is distributed to each of the normal processing and the timer interrupt processing, the jackpot random number counter C1 at the winning detection timing is set. It is possible to execute the use determination.

  Here, the processing for controlling the progress of the game is distributed and set for each of the normal processing and the timer interrupt processing, thereby reducing the processing steps of the timer interrupt processing. Thereby, even if the execution cycle of the timer interrupt process is set to 2 msec, overflow does not occur.

  In addition, by adopting the above configuration, it is possible to reduce the time lag between the winning detection timing and the execution timing of the special information hold information acquisition process. However, since the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 is sufficiently shorter than the execution period of the timer interrupt process, the problem caused by the time lag cannot be solved even in the above configuration.

  On the other hand, by adopting a configuration in which the jackpot random number counter C1 is acquired in synchronization with the rising edge of the detection signal SG1, the excellent effects described in the first embodiment can be achieved.

<Other embodiments>
In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, A various deformation | transformation improvement is possible within the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, you may change as follows. Incidentally, the configuration of another embodiment described below may be applied individually or in combination to the configuration of the above embodiment.

  (1) In each of the above embodiments, the update target in the hard random number circuits 131 and 211 is the big hit random number counter C1, but is not limited to this, any of the big hit type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the electric random number counter C4 But you can. However, in view of the point used to determine whether or not to shift to the opening / closing execution mode that is directly linked to the profit of the player, it is better that the update target of the hard random number circuits 131 and 211 is the jackpot random number counter C1.

  (2) In each of the above embodiments, the hard random number circuits 131 and 211 are provided, and the big hit random number counter C1 is latched in the big hit random number register 135 in synchronization with the rise of the detection signal SG1 and the like. Absent. For example, the jackpot random number counter C1 may be latched by the NMI interrupt processing of the CPU 102. However, considering the complexity of the processing configuration of the CPU 102 and the increase in processing load, the configuration of latching on the hard random number circuits 131 and 211 is preferable.

  (3) In the first embodiment, based on the fact that the detection signal SG1 of the previous winning detection process is the LOW signal and the detection signal SG1 of the current winning detection process is the HI signal, each of the operation ports 33, 34. Although the occurrence of winning a prize was identified, it is not limited to this. For example, the detection signal SG1 of the previous winning detection process is a LOW signal, and the detection signal SG1 of the current winning detection process and the next winning detection process is a HI signal (LOW → HI → HI). It is good also as composition which specifies a prize of operation mouths 33 and 34. As a result, it is possible to suppress erroneous detection of winning due to noise or the like. In this case, the period from the rising timing of the detection signal SG1 to the acquisition timing of the hold information becomes long. However, by storing the jackpot random number counter C1 in the jackpot random number register 135 based on the rising edge of the detection signal SG1, winning detection timing The lottery using the jackpot random number counter C1 can be performed. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  (4) In the first embodiment, the main control board 101 is provided with a determination circuit for determining whether or not the rising timing of the detection signal SG1 and the latch timing of the hard random number circuit 131 are the same. It is good also as a structure which determines whether hold information is acquired based on a determination result. As a result, it is possible to avoid the determination of success / failure using the jackpot random number counter C1 erroneously latched due to the influence of noise or the like.

  As a specific configuration, the determination circuit includes, for example, a detection signal SG1 and a latch signal, and includes a detection circuit that detects a time difference between the rising edge of the detection signal SG1 and the rising edge of the latch signal. . The determination circuit may determine whether the time difference is within a predetermined allowable time and output a signal corresponding to the determination result to the CPU 102. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  (5) Further, in the first embodiment, the detection signal SG1 of the first signal path is compared with the detection signal SG1 of the second signal path, and whether or not both rises at the same time (predetermined allowable range). A hard disk random number circuit 131 and the CPU 102 perform processing based on winning (latch, hold) when the hard disk random number circuit 131 and the CPU 102 determine that both rises at the same time by the determination circuit. The processing for acquiring information) may be executed. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the hard random number circuit 131 is erroneously latched due to the influence of noise or the like. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  (6) Further, the hard random number circuit 131 is provided with a timer circuit that counts the time from the timing latched in the big hit random number register 135. The hard random number circuit 131 receives the big hit random number when a request signal is input from the CPU 102. The jackpot random number counter C1 stored in the register 135 and the time information counted by the timer circuit at that time may be output. In the special chart side hold information acquisition process, by referring to the time information, the time from the winning detection timing to the execution timing of the special figure hold information acquisition process is grasped, and the time is determined by the timer interrupt. It is determined whether or not it is shorter than the processing cycle. If it is determined to be short, a process for acquiring the hold information is executed. On the other hand, if it is determined to be long, a process for deleting the jackpot random number counter C1 and the status flag stored in the jackpot random number register 135 is performed. It is good to execute. As a result, even if the hard random number circuit 131 is erroneously latched due to the influence of noise or the like, the erroneously latched jackpot random number counter C1 is not stored in the reserved ball storage area 104b. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the determination of success / failure using the jackpot random number counter C1 acquired based on the malfunction of the hard random number circuit 131.

  (7) In the first embodiment, in the process of acquiring the hold information on the special drawing side, when it is specified that no winning is made for each of the operation ports 33 and 34, the present process is terminated as it is. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration relating to the initialization of the hard random number circuit 131 in step S508 may be executed. As a result, even if noise is mixed in the second signal path and the jackpot random number counter C1 is latched, the winning to the respective operation ports 33 and 34 is not specified in the timer interrupt processing. The jackpot random number counter C1 acquired based on the noise is erased and the jackpot random number counter C1 can be latched. Thereby, it is possible to avoid the determination of success / failure using the jackpot random number counter C1 acquired based on the noise.

  Similarly, in the second embodiment, when a negative determination is made in step S601 or a negative determination is made in step S607, a process of deleting the corresponding buffer and status flag may be executed.

  (8) In each of the above embodiments, the 16-bit counter is used as the jackpot random number counter C1 and the numerical range is set to “0 to 65535”. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the numerical range may be “0 to 299”, for example. In this case, it is determined whether or not the received jackpot random number counter C1 (or stored in the first jackpot random number counter buffer 212a) is within the numerical value range in the holding information acquisition process on the special figure side. And it is good also as a structure which acquires holding information when it is in the said numerical range, and does not acquire holding information when it is outside the said numerical range. Thus, even when the wrong jackpot random number counter C1 is latched due to a latch miss or the like, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a lottery based on the jackpot random number counter C1 is performed.

  The numerical range of the jackpot random number counter C1 may be set by processing relating to various initial settings of the main processing.

  (9) In the first embodiment, when the big hit random number counter C1 is stored in the reserved ball storage area 104b, the big hit random number register 135 is initialized and the status flag is erased. Not limited. For example, the status flag may be erased and the jackpot random number register 135 may not be initialized. As a result, the processing load related to initialization can be reduced. However, if attention is paid to the fact that the jackpot random number counter C1 based on the next winning can be accurately latched, a configuration in which the jackpot random number register 135 is initialized is preferable. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  (10) In each of the above embodiments, the hold information is acquired based on the winning to the upper operating port 33 or the lower operating port 34. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is executed by the CPU 102 as the game progresses. Any periodic processing can be performed as long as it can occur asynchronously.

  In addition, for example, a random number counter may be acquired based on winning in the variable winning device 32 during a certain round game, and a lottery may be performed to determine whether to continue the round game using the random number counter. In short, the specific contents of the lottery are arbitrary.

  (11) In the first embodiment, the detection signal SG1 is output to the hard random number circuit 131 and the CPU 102 in a separate system. However, the configuration is not limited thereto, and the detection signal SG1 may be output in a single system. The same applies to the second and third embodiments.

  In short, a detection means that can detect the occurrence of a specific event that can occur asynchronously with timer interrupt processing is provided, so that the detection result by the detection means and the detection timing when a specific event is detected can be detected. It suffices if signals are transmitted between the means and the hard random number circuits 131 and 211.

  (12) In each of the above embodiments, the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 is 62.5 nsec, but is not limited thereto, and can be arbitrarily set within a range shorter than the execution period of the timer interrupt process.

  (13) In each of the above embodiments, the clock circuit 105 that defines the execution period of the timer interrupt processing of the CPU 102 and the clock circuit 133 that defines the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 are provided separately, but the present invention is not limited to this. 1 clock circuit 133 may be used. In this case, the frequency dividing circuit 106 may be configured to convert the clock signal corresponding to the update interval of the jackpot random number counter C1 into a clock signal corresponding to the execution period of the timer interrupt process.

  (14) In each of the above embodiments, the jackpot random number counter C1 is a loop counter that returns to “0” after reaching the maximum value. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, the same numerical value as the numerical range of the jackpot random number counter C1. A random number initial value counter having a range may be provided, and when the jackpot random number counter C1 reaches the maximum value, the value of the random number initial value counter at that time may be set as the initial value. In this case, the random number initial value counter may be a hard random number by providing a dedicated circuit for the hard random number circuits 131 and 211, or may be a software random number updated by the CPU 102. When used as a software random number, it may be configured to be updated together with the process of step S111 of the main process of the first embodiment, and is configured to be updated together with the process of step S715 of the normal process of the third embodiment. Good. Thereby, the randomness of the random number initial value counter can be improved.

  (15) Other types of pachinko machines different from the above-described embodiments, such as pachinko machines that release a predetermined number of times when a game ball enters a specific area of a special device, or game balls in a specific area of a special device The present invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine that generates a right if a player enters, a pachinko machine equipped with other objects, an arrangement ball machine, a sparrow ball, and the like.

  Also, a non-ball-type gaming machine, for example, a plurality of reels with a plurality of types of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts rotation of the reel by inserting a medal and operating a start lever, and a stop switch is operated. Or, if a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on an active line visible from the display window after the reel has stopped after a predetermined period of time, a privilege such as paying out medals is given to the player The present invention can also be applied to a slot machine.

  In this case, a random number counter is acquired based on the operation of the start lever, and a lottery is performed using the random number counter. The present invention may be applied to the acquisition and lottery of the random number counter.

  In addition, a pachinko machine and a slot machine that have a take-in device and start rotation of a reel by operating a start lever after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are taken in by the take-in device The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which is integrated.

<Invention Group Extracted from the Embodiments>
Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiments will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for easy understanding, the corresponding configuration in the above embodiment is appropriately shown in parentheses and the like, but is not limited to the specific configuration shown in parentheses and the like.

Features 1. In a gaming machine provided with periodic processing execution means (CPU 102) for controlling the progress of a game by repeatedly executing periodic processing (timer interrupt processing) at a predetermined cycle,
Numerical information updating means (hard random number circuits 131, 211) for updating numerical information (big hit random number counter C1) at each predetermined update timing;
Detection means for detecting the occurrence of a predetermined event (winning to each of the operation ports 33 and 34) (operation port winning detection sensor 83b in the first embodiment, each operation port winning detection sensor 203a in the second embodiment, 203b)
Acquisition means (the control circuit 141 and the jackpot random number register 135 in the first embodiment, each latch circuit 221 in the second embodiment) that acquires the numerical information when the detection means detects that the specific event has occurred. , 222) and
A lottery process execution means (a function for executing a determination process of the success / failure in the CPU 102) that is included in the periodic process and executes a lottery process for performing a lottery using the numerical information acquired by the acquisition means;
With
The acquisition means is executed asynchronously with the periodic process, and when the detection means detects that the specific event has occurred, the detection means detects the occurrence of the specific event. A gaming machine that acquires the numerical information at a detection timing.

  According to the feature 1, numerical information is acquired by an acquisition unit that is executed separately from the periodic process, and a lottery is performed using the numerical information. As a result, compared to a configuration in which processing for acquiring numerical information is included in the periodic processing, the numerical information acquired is random because it does not depend on the execution timing of the acquired processing. Can be increased.

  In addition, in a configuration in which processing for obtaining numerical information is included in the periodic processing, the following fraudulent acts may be performed so as to obtain an advantageous lottery result. That is, the period from the start timing of the periodic process to the execution timing of the process for acquiring numerical information is grasped, and the number of updates in that period is grasped. Then, based on the number of updates, an illegal act of rewriting numerical information in synchronization with the start timing of periodic processing may be performed so that desired numerical information is obtained at the execution timing of processing for acquiring numerical information.

  On the other hand, according to this feature, the numerical information is acquired at the detection timing at which the occurrence of the specific event is detected by the detection means, and the lottery process is performed using the numerical information, so that the acquisition timing of the numerical information is increased. It is possible to synchronize with the occurrence timing of a specific event. Thereby, the acquisition timing of numerical information can be made unrelated to the execution mode of the regular processing. Therefore, the said fraudulent act can be suppressed.

  From the above, a lottery using numerical information can be suitably performed.

  Feature 2. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the numerical information update means updates the numerical information at an interval shorter than a period of the regular process.

  According to the feature 2, it is possible to improve the randomness of the numerical information by updating the numerical information at an interval shorter than the regular processing.

  In this case, the numerical information is easily updated between the detection timing and the lottery process execution timing. For this reason, it is easy to generate | occur | produce the situation from which the numerical information in each timing differs. In this regard, according to the configuration of feature 1, even if the above situation occurs, it is possible to perform lottery using the numerical information of the detection timing.

  As a more specific configuration of this feature, for example, “the periodic process is repeatedly executed in a cycle of msec unit, and the numerical information update unit updates the numerical information in a cycle of μsec unit or nsec unit. An "update" configuration is conceivable.

Feature 3. The detection means includes means for outputting a predetermined detection signal (HI signal of the detection signals SG1, SG11, SG12) based on detection of the occurrence of the specific event,
The acquisition unit acquires the numerical information at a timing when the detection signal is input as the detection timing, and stores the acquired numerical information in a predetermined storage unit (a big hit random number register 135 in the first embodiment, a second Each jackpot random number counter buffer 212a, 212b) in the embodiment,
In the periodic process, a reading process (a process for acquiring holding information on the special figure side) for reading the numerical information stored in the storage unit is executed, and thereafter, the read numerical information is used in the lottery process. The gaming machine according to Feature 1 or 2, wherein a lottery is performed.

  According to the feature 3, the numerical information at the input timing of the detection signal is acquired, and the acquired numerical information is stored in the storage unit. In the regular process, the numerical information stored in the storage means is read out, and lottery is performed using the numerical information. Thereby, the lottery using the acquired numerical information can be performed in the periodic processing while synchronizing the acquisition timing of the numerical information with the occurrence timing of the specific event.

  Note that “the detection means includes means for outputting a detection signal that shifts to a predetermined specific form based on detection of occurrence of the specific event, and the acquisition means includes the detection signal In the case of transition to a form, the numerical information of the transition timing may be acquired as the detection timing, and the acquired numerical information may be stored in a predetermined storage unit ”. Even in this case, the same effect can be achieved.

  In addition, as a specific configuration of this feature, for example, “the detection unit rises or falls from one of the HI signal and the LOW signal to the other based on the detection of the occurrence of the specific event. The acquisition means may acquire numerical information of the rising or falling timing in synchronization with the rising or falling ”.

  Feature 4. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the numerical information stored in the storage means is maintained at least until reading by the reading process is performed.

  According to the feature 4, the numerical information of the detection timing (detection signal input timing) is maintained until reading by the reading process is performed. As a result, even after a specific event occurs, even if it is erroneously detected that a specific event has occurred even though the specific event has not occurred due to a malfunction of the detection means, etc., the numerical value stored in the storage means Information is not updated. Therefore, even when the erroneous detection occurs, it is possible to perform a lottery using the numerical information of the detection timing.

  Further, in the configuration in which the numerical information used in the lottery is stored in the storage means, an illegal act of updating the numerical information stored in the storage means before the reading by the reading process is executed so that an advantageous lottery result is obtained. May be performed. On the other hand, according to this feature, since the updating of the numerical information is prohibited, the cheating can be suppressed. Thereby, the fraud which may arise by storing numerical information in a memory | storage means can be suppressed suitably.

Feature 5. Inhibiting means (hard random number circuits 131, 211 for prohibiting updating of the numerical information stored in the storage means from when the numerical information is stored in the storage means until reading by the reading process is executed. Function that does not latch when various status flags are set and a function that sets various status flags),
A canceling means (a function for erasing various status flags) for canceling the prohibition by the prohibiting means when reading by the reading process is executed;
The gaming machine according to the feature 4, characterized by comprising:

  According to the feature 5, when the reading by the reading process is executed, the numerical information stored in the storage unit can be updated. As a result, it is possible to obtain numerical information based on the occurrence of the next specific event, and solve the inconvenience that may be caused by providing the prohibition means, that is, the numerical information cannot be obtained based on the occurrence of each specific event. it can.

  Feature 6 The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the specific event can occur continuously, and a shortest interval thereof is longer than a period of the periodic process.

  According to the feature 6, it is possible to read the numerical information by executing the periodic process at least once between the occurrence timing of one specific event and the occurrence timing of the next specific event. Thereby, even if a specific event occurs continuously, numerical information based on each specific event can be acquired and stored in the storage means. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the inconvenience caused by the prohibition means, specifically, the occurrence of a specific event during the prohibition and invalidation of the acquisition of numerical information based on the specific event.

Feature 7. A game board in which a game area where game balls flow down is formed;
A ball passage portion (each operating port 33, 34) provided in the game area and through which a game ball can pass;
With
The detecting means detects that a game ball passes through the ball passing portion,
The period of the regular processing is set shorter than the shortest interval from when the passage of one game ball is detected by the detection means until the passage of the next game ball is detected. The gaming machine described in 1.

  According to the characteristic 7, numerical information is acquired when a game ball passes a ball passage part. Thereby, it is possible to attract the player's attention as to whether or not the game ball passes through the ball passage part, and the degree of attention to the game can be increased.

  In this configuration, the periodic processing cycle is set to be shorter than the shortest interval from when the passage of one game ball is detected until the passage of the next game ball is detected. As a result, even when game balls pass continuously, at least one read-out process of the periodic process after the passage of one game ball is detected until the next game ball is detected. Is executed. Therefore, the prohibition by the prohibiting means based on the passage of one game ball can be canceled before the passage of the next game ball is detected.

  Feature 8 If the occurrence of the specific event is detected by the detection means in a predetermined specific situation (while the electric accessory 34a is closed), the reading process is prohibited from being read out. The gaming machine according to any one of features 5 to 7, further comprising abnormality handling means (a function of executing processing such as step S608 in the CPU 102) for canceling the prohibition by the prohibiting means.

  According to the feature 8, when a specific event occurs in a specific situation, the execution of the reading process is prohibited, and the prohibition by the prohibition means is canceled, and lottery is performed using numerical information acquired in the specific situation. Is avoided, and numerical information based on the occurrence of the next specific event can be acquired. Accordingly, it is possible to perform lottery of numerical information based on the occurrence of the next specific event while invalidating the numerical information acquired in a specific situation.

  In this case, the numerical information acquired in a specific situation may be deleted, or it may be determined whether or not an illegal act has been performed using the numerical information.

Feature 9 A game board in which a game area where game balls flow down is formed;
Variable entry means provided in the game area and capable of switching between a first state in which a game ball is easy to enter and a second state in which a game ball is difficult to win (lower operation provided with an electric accessory 34a) Mouth 34),
With
The detection means detects that a game ball enters the variable ball entry means,
The abnormality handling means is configured such that, when the variable ball entry means is in the second state as the specific situation and the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the variable ball entry means, 9. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein execution of the reading process is prohibited so as not to read the numerical information, and the prohibition is canceled by the prohibiting means.

  According to the feature 9, when it is detected that a game ball has entered the variable entry means in the second state in which entry into the variable entry means is difficult, the detection is based on malfunction or fraud. There is a high probability of being. In this case, acquisition of numerical information based on the entry is prohibited. Thereby, it is possible to avoid a lottery based on a malfunction or the like.

The first specific event and the second specific event can be generated as the specific event during the execution of the periodic process of the feature 10.1.
The detection means is configured to be capable of individually detecting the first specific event and the second specific event,
The acquisition means includes
When the occurrence of the first specific event is detected, the first acquisition means (first latch) that acquires the numerical information at the detection timing and stores it in the first storage means (first big hit random number counter buffer 212a). Circuit 221);
When the occurrence of the second specific event is detected, the numerical information at the detection timing is acquired and stored in second storage means (second big hit random number counter buffer 212b) different from the first storage means. Second acquisition means (second latch circuit 222);
10. A gaming machine according to any one of features 1 to 9, wherein

  According to the feature 10, even in a scene where the first specific event and the second specific event can occur in one periodic process, different numerical information can be acquired and stored. As a result, when each specific event occurs during one periodic process, the same numerical information is acquired, and even though each specific event occurs during one periodic process, there is substantially only one lottery. The inconvenience of not being performed can be avoided.

  Further, by using the numerical information updating unit in common, the configuration can be simplified as compared with a configuration in which a plurality of numerical information updating units are provided.

  Feature 11. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the lottery process is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift the gaming state to an advantageous state advantageous to the player using the numerical information.

  According to the feature 11, the presence or absence of the transition to the advantageous state is determined based on the lottery result of the lottery using the numerical information. For this reason, in order to avoid giving an unexpected disadvantage to a player, the randomness of numerical information needs to be ensured. In addition, there is a case where a fraudulent act that illegally generates an advantageous state is performed using the regularity of the periodic processing.

  On the other hand, by applying the configuration of feature 1, it is possible to improve the randomness of the numerical information and to suppress fraud using the regularity of the regular processing. Thereby, it becomes possible to suitably perform a lottery for the presence or absence of the transition of the advantageous state.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 24 ... Game board, 33 ... Upper working port, 34 ... Lower working port, 71 ... Main control device, 82b ... Working port collection passage, 83b ... Working port winning detection sensor, 102 ... CPU, 131 ... Hard random number circuit, 132 ... update circuit, 133 ... clock circuit, 134 ... update buffer, 135 ... jackpot random number register, 141 ... control circuit, 142 ... status flag storage area, 202 ... recovery path in the second embodiment, 202a ... Upper working port collection passage 202b ... lower working port collection passage 203a ... upper working port winning detection sensor 203b ... lower working port winning detection sensor 211 ... hard random number circuit 221 ... first latch circuit 222 ... first 2 latch circuits.

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine provided with a periodic process execution means for controlling the progress of a game by repeatedly executing a periodic process at a predetermined cycle,
Numerical information updating means for updating numerical information every time a predetermined update timing is reached;
Detection means for detecting the occurrence of a predetermined specific event;
An acquisition means for acquiring the numerical information when the detection means detects that the specific event has occurred;
A lottery process executing means for executing a lottery process that is included in the periodic process and performs a lottery using the numerical information acquired by the acquiring means;
With
The numerical information update means is capable of updating the numerical information at an interval shorter than the periodic processing cycle and asynchronously with the periodic processing.
The acquisition means can execute the acquisition process of the numerical information separately from the periodic process and asynchronously with the periodic process, and when the detection means detects that the specific event has occurred The gaming machine is characterized in that the numerical information at the detection timing when the occurrence of the specific event is detected by the detection means is acquired.

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