JP6002923B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly, to a gaming machine capable of changing a demonstration symbol a plurality of times with a temporary stop until a demonstration symbol indicating a result of a hit determination is displayed.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a gaming machine that notifies a player of a result of hit determination for determining whether or not to execute a hit game that is advantageous to the player using a display screen that displays an image. In this gaming machine, a random number is acquired due to the passing of the game ball through the start opening provided in the gaming board, and it is determined whether or not the random number is a predetermined random number determined to be “winning” in advance. By doing so, it is determined whether or not the winning game is executed. Then, the determination result is notified to the player by performing a notification effect of changing the demonstration symbol displayed on the display screen and confirming and displaying the combination of the demonstration symbol indicating the result of the hit determination. In addition, in order to improve the preference of the notification effect, a continuously variable effect that temporarily stops the combination of symbols that show a deviation between the change of the demo symbol and the final display, and then changes (revaries) the demo symbol again. There are an increasing number of game machines. However, if the effect of the demo symbol that is executed multiple times during the continuous variation effect is the same as the effect of the demo symbol that is not changing again, the content of the variable effect will be monotonous, There was a risk that the player would get bored of the game.

  In view of this, a gaming machine has been proposed that changes a demonstration design that is executed a plurality of times during a continuous variation production and a demonstration design that does not involve re-variation. reference). In this gaming machine, every time a change of the demo symbol during the continuous variation effect is performed once, the background image of the demo symbol is changed to clarify the change of the demo symbol during the continuous variation effect. I am trying to improve my interest.

  On the other hand, a gaming machine that prefetches the content of a notification effect performed thereafter and controls the content of the effect according to the result of the prefetching has also been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 2). According to this gaming machine, when a game ball newly passes through the start port during execution of the variation effect, a random number acquired when the game ball passes is stored as a holding ball. If a random number that is determined to be a win is included in the stored random numbers, the determination result is played by the speaker or LED effect before the result of the hit determination for the random number is notified by the variation effect. The person is informed. Thereby, an unexpected production can be performed.

JP 2006-204809 A JP 2005-334059 A

  However, in such a conventional gaming machine, it was not possible to integrate an effect over a plurality of demo symbol variations in a continuous variation effect and an effect according to a prefetch result of the content of the notification effect. Therefore, there is a problem that a series of effects that can be continued for a longer time cannot be performed, and the player's expectation on winning cannot be sufficiently increased.

  The present invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, and integrated the production over the variation of the demo pattern multiple times in the continuous variation production and the production according to the prefetch result of the content of the notification production, An object is to provide a gaming machine capable of performing a series of effects that can be continued for a longer time.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine according to claim 1 is a game ball detecting means for detecting a game ball that has passed through a start port provided in the game board, and the game ball is detected by the game ball detecting means. Based on the fact, random number acquisition means for acquiring random number information, and whether or not a winning game advantageous to the player is executed is determined based on the random number information acquired by the random number acquisition means. A winning determination means, an effect executing means for executing an effect using a demo symbol indicating the determination result of the hit determining means, and an effect indicating the result of the hit determination by making a definite display after changing the demo symbol. The change of the demonstration symbol is performed a plurality of times with a temporary stop for temporarily stopping the demonstration symbol between the start of the demonstration symbol variation and the final display of the notification pattern of the notification effect. An effect pattern storage means for storing a plurality of continuous change effect patterns for executing a continuous change effect that is the notification effect to be performed, and the effect pattern storage based on the random number information acquired by the random number acquisition means. An effect pattern determining means for determining one of the effect patterns stored in the means, and an effect for causing the effect executing means to execute the notification effect according to the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determining means. When the random number information is newly acquired by the random number acquisition means while the notification effect is being executed by the execution control means and the effect execution means, In addition to obtaining notification effect pre-read information that is the content of the notification effect, Therefore, a specific effect execution determining means for determining whether or not to execute a specific effect that is an effect that can be continuously executed over a plurality of times of the change of the demo symbol, and the specific during the change of the demo symbol Specific effect execution control means for causing the effect execution means to execute an effect, wherein the specific effect execution control means is triggered by the fact that the random number information for determining the continuous variation effect pattern is newly acquired. When it is decided to produce an effect, the demo symbol variation in the notification effect until the continuous variation effect that triggered the execution of the specific effect is performed, and a plurality of demonstrations in the continuous variation effect The specific effect is executed continuously over the variation of the design.

Also, Yu technique machine, when said random number information before SL continuously variable effect pattern is determined to execute the specific effect triggered by newly acquired is determined, executing the specific effect Fluctuation number calculating means for calculating the number of fluctuations of the demo symbol until the continuous variation effect that has been triggered is executed, and the total number of fluctuations of the demo symbol executed a plurality of times in the continuous variation effect ; and the remaining variation time count counting means for counting the number of remaining variation time count of the calculated the demonstration symbol by those said variation time count calculation means, the effect is produced for each variation of the demonstration pattern in the specific effect takes place, the specific effect and a specific effect mode determining means for determining in accordance with the variation time count of the demonstration pattern to be executed in the continuously variable effect that triggered to run, the specific effect execution control hand , Said among the presentation mode determined by the specific effect mode determination means may be executed the specific effect aspects corresponding to the remaining number of variations of the demonstration symbols are counted by the remaining variation number counting means .

Also, if it is determined that hit the front Symbol hit determination means, the demonstration as the continuously variable effect pattern variation time count is larger the continuously variable effect of the symbols, the rate being determined by the presentation pattern determining means high without having Good .

The front Symbol random number information includes information about per random is a random number for determining whether to execute the hit game, performance pattern determination is a random number for determining the effect pattern of the notification effect Information about a random number, and the winning determination means determines whether or not to execute the winning game based on the winning random number, and the effect pattern determining means is a result of the determination by the winning determination means One of the effect patterns stored in the effect pattern storage means may be determined based on the effect pattern determination random number.

The front Symbol specific effect execution determining means newly the presentation pattern determined by the acquired performance pattern determination random number, the proportion is high the production which is determined when it is determined that hit by the hitting determination means It may be determined that the specific effect is executed at a higher rate as the pattern is higher.

Also, Yu technique machine, a random number memory means for sequentially storing said random number information acquired by the previous SL random acquisition unit, of the random number information stored in the random number storage means, the result of determination by said hit determination means The holding ball display means for displaying the holding ball that is the random number information that has not been notified by the notification effect, and the holding ball display control means for controlling the display of the holding ball by the holding ball display means. The sphere display control means may display, in a specific manner, the reserved sphere that has become an opportunity to decide to execute when the specific effect execution determining means determines to execute the specific effect .

The front Symbol specific effect execution determination means, directing newly said presentation pattern determined by the acquired presentation pattern determining random numbers, do not run the reach demonstration is a demonstration that may indicate hit the notification effect If a pattern, if the number of pending balls stored in the random number memory unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, may be determined not to execute the specific effect.

  According to the gaming machine of claim 1, when the game ball passes through the start port and the random number information is newly acquired while the notification effect for notifying the player of the result of the hit determination is performed, Based on the newly acquired random number information, notification effect prefetch information, which is the content of the notification effect to be performed thereafter, is acquired, and whether or not to execute the specific effect is determined based on the notification effect prefetch information. This specific effect is an effect that can be executed continuously over a plurality of demo symbol variations, and the player's expectation for winning can be increased by executing the specified effect continuously. Therefore, it is possible to diversify the production and attract the player's interest. In addition, the gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention executes a continuous variation effect, which is a notification effect in which a plurality of demonstration symbol variations are performed with a temporary stop before the demonstration symbol is confirmed and displayed. can do. And a specific effect can be continuously performed over the variation of the demonstration symbol in the notification effect until the continuous variation effect is performed, and the variation of the demo symbol in the continuous variation effect performed thereafter. Therefore, a series of specific effects is produced by combining the notice effect that can be executed over a plurality of notification effects and the effect that is performed with each variation of the continuously variable effect, which is executed by prefetching the content of the notification effect that is performed thereafter. It can be. As a result, the player's expectation on winning can be continued for a longer period of time, and the effects of the player can be attracted by diversifying the production.

Can also be determined by the number of times of the change in the demonstration symbols to be executed in the continuously variable effect that takes place Later, the effect mode of the specific effect of variation in the demonstration symbols are executed each time is performed. And the aspect of a specific production | presentation can be controlled according to the remaining frequency | count of the fluctuation | variation of the demonstration symbol performed by the time of a continuous fluctuation production | generation being complete | finished. That is, the mode of the specific effect can be changed every time the demo symbols are continuously changed. Therefore, it is possible for the player to easily grasp that the specific performance is continuously performed, and it is possible to enhance the player's expectation for winning. Furthermore, it is possible to make the player easily grasp the number of consecutive specific effects according to the specific effect.

Further, when it is determined that those Tari, because the proportion that is executed as a continuous variation effect variation time count is larger demonstration symbol is high, a player specific effect of demonstration symbol is continuously performed for each varying You can enjoy the game in the hope that it will be executed more. And, since the specific effect can be continuously executed from the notification effect before the continuous variable effect is executed to the change of the demo symbol during the continuous variable effect, the player's expectation for winning is further increased. Can attract the interest of the player.

In addition, it executes the determination by the hit judging means based on information about the hit determination random number included in the random number information. Further, the gaming machine can determine the effect pattern based on the result of the determination by the hit determination means and the effect pattern determination random number included in the random number information.

Further, notification effect to be executed after the its is enough a high proportion notification effect to be executed when it is determined that the hit, the specific effect is performed easily. Therefore, the player can increase the sense of expectation for winning by executing the specific performance, and can enjoy the game.

Further, when it is decided to perform a specific effect, it is possible to display the hold balls that triggered decide to run in a particular manner. Therefore, the player can easily grasp that the specific effect is executed.

Further, the effect pattern determination random number newly obtained is, if a random number to determine the effect pattern notification effect is not executed reach demonstration, number of pending sphere is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, not specific effect is executed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from being discouraged even if the reach effect indicating that there is a possibility of winning is not executed even though the specific effect is executed many times continuously. . Further, when a specific effect is executed over a predetermined number of notification effects, a reach effect is always executed, so the player is expected to execute more specific effects continuously. Can be made.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 52 of a main board 41. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the 1st jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of RAM52. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 53 of a main board 41. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a variation pattern determination table stored in a variation pattern storage area 5305. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing performed in the main processing. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 582 of a sub integrated board 58. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 583 of a sub-integrated board 58. FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram showing a light emission color determination table stored in a light emission color determination table storage area 5834. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of sub integrated substrate processing performed in a sub integrated substrate 58. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the specific effect execution lottery process performed in a sub integrated board | substrate process. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the notification effect control process performed in a sub integrated board | substrate process. 10 is a flowchart of continuous variation effect control processing performed in a sub-integrated substrate 58. It is explanatory drawing showing the example of the content of the specific production in the pachinko machine 1 according to time passage.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, a game board 2 is provided in which a game ball as a game medium launched from a launcher (not shown) flows by operating the launch handle 7. ing. The game board 2 is substantially square (see FIG. 2), and is protected by a front frame 13 holding a transparent glass plate. An upper plate 5 is provided below the game board 2 to supply game balls to the launcher and receive prize balls. An operation button 20 operated by a player is provided at the center of the front surface of the upper plate 5. Is arranged. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided immediately below the upper plate 5, and a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6. Furthermore, speakers 48 are respectively provided at the left and right corners of the upper portion of the front frame 13, and a large number of lighting lamps for production are provided on the front surface of the front frame 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is provided on the front surface of the game board 2. In the approximate center of the game area 4, there is provided a symbol display device 8 having a display screen 28 composed of an LCD, various lamps, LEDs, and the like. The revolving lamp 10 used in is provided. At the center of the rotating light 10, LEDs capable of emitting light of five colors of white, blue, green, yellow, and red are arranged, and the player can be informed of the degree of expectation for jackpot by the difference in the light emission color. it can. Further, a windmill 9 is provided at the lower left of the symbol display device 8, and a normal symbol start gate 12 is provided at the left side of the symbol display device 8. In addition, a first start port 14 through which a game ball can be won from above is disposed below the symbol display device 8, and the game ball can be viewed from the left and right only when the opening / closing member is opened. A second starter electric accessory 15 capable of winning a prize is arranged. In addition, a large winning opening 16 is provided below the second starting electric accessory 15, and an out opening 36 for collecting game balls that have not won any winning opening is provided below the large winning opening 16. Is provided.

  A front warp inlet 22 and a rear warp inlet 23 for guiding the game ball from the outside to the inside of the symbol display device 8 are provided at the left end of the symbol display device 8. Further, on the left side of the revolving light 10, there is provided a cron 56 through which a game ball that has entered the rear warp inlet 23 is guided, and the cron 56 has three passage holes (not shown) through which the game sphere passes. Is formed. Then, the game ball that has passed through one of the three through holes is guided to the second start electric accessory switch 70 (see FIG. 3) that detects the game ball that won the second start electric accessory 15. The special symbol display area 11 of the symbol display device 8 is provided with a normal symbol display unit 24, a special symbol display unit 25, a normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and a special symbol memory number display LED 60 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later. It has been. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various illumination lamps, other illumination LEDs, a windmill, and many obstacle nails.

  Further, the symbol display device 8 includes a display screen 28 formed of an LCD at the center. Various images such as moving images and messages are displayed on the display screen 28. In particular, three demo symbols indicating the results of the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination are displayed in the center of the screen. When a notification effect, which is an effect for notifying the determination result to the player, is started, the demo symbol starts to change, becomes a low-speed change through a high-speed change, and stops in the order of left and right. Then, if the left and right demo symbols are the same, various reach effects are performed indicating that the judgment result may be a big hit. If all the demo symbols are the same, the big hit game is started. The Rukoto. On the other hand, if the left and right demo symbols that have stopped after the low-speed fluctuation are different, the center demo symbol is also stopped without performing the reach effect, indicating that the determination result is off.

  Further, on the left part of the display screen 28, a first reserved ball number display unit 90 for displaying the first special symbol operation reservation ball, and a second reserved ball number display unit 95 for displaying the second special symbol operation reservation ball, Is provided. The first special symbol operation hold ball is a game ball (first hold ball) that has won the first start opening 14 and has not yet been determined for the first jackpot, and the second special symbol operation hold ball is This is a game ball (second holding ball) that has won the second starting electric accessory 15 and has not yet been determined for the second jackpot. In the number of reserved balls 90 and 95, the number of reserved balls is indicated by the number of marks. The marks displayed on the first reserved ball number display 90 include a round normal mark 91 and a star-shaped identification. There is a mark 92. Normally, the first reserved ball number is indicated by the normal mark 91, but when it is determined to execute a specific effect described later, the reserved ball that has been triggered to be executed is displayed by the specific mark 92. Thereby, the player can easily recognize that the specific effect is executed, and can further recognize which of the holding balls is the trigger for executing the specific effect.

  Next, the outline | summary of the game and effect in the pachinko machine 1 of this Embodiment is demonstrated. In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball wins the first start opening 14, a big hit random number, a variation pattern decision random number, and a special symbol decision random number are acquired, and the first big hit determination is performed based on the acquired big hit random number. Also, when a game ball wins the second starting electric accessory 15, various random numbers are acquired and the second jackpot determination is performed. The result of the first jackpot determination is notified to the player by the first special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, and the result of the second jackpot determination is notified by the second special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25. Is done. Furthermore, in order to attract the player's interest more strongly while notifying the player of the result of the jackpot determination in an easy-to-understand manner, the display screen 28 displays a variety of synchronization in synchronism with changes in the first special symbol and the second special symbol. A notification effect is performed. In this notification effect, various effects (for example, reach effect and a specific effect described later) are executed in accordance with the change of the demo symbol, and a combination of demo symbols indicating the result of the jackpot determination is fixedly displayed. A large number of variation patterns for determining the production time and the content of the production of the notification effect are stored, one of the variation patterns is determined by a variation pattern determination random number with reference to a table corresponding to the result of the jackpot determination. Then, according to the determined variation pattern, the notification effect, the reach effect performed during the notification effect, and the variation of the special symbol are controlled.

  The pachinko machine 1 can perform a temporary stop to temporarily stop the demo symbols from the start of the change of the demo symbols to the final display, that is, until the result of one jackpot determination is displayed. . The design of the symbol at the time of temporary stop is that the demo symbol is rocked slightly to make the player feel an illusion as if the demo symbol is not stopped, This is a mode in which the demo symbol is stopped for a time shorter than the stop display time. Using this temporary stop, it is possible to perform a continuous variation effect in which the demo symbol is temporarily stopped between the start of the change of the demo symbol and the final display, and the same variation as before the temporary stop is executed again. During the continuous variation effect, the demo symbol variation is performed three times at the maximum, and the notification effect with a large number of demo symbol variations is executed more frequently when it is determined to be a big hit.

  In this continuous variation effect, a specific effect indicating that the degree of expectation that a jackpot game will be executed thereafter is higher than normal can be performed each time a change in the demo symbol is performed. In detail, the demo symbol becomes a low-speed variation after performing high-speed fluctuation, and transitions to any of temporary stop, reach production, and confirmation display of the symbol indicating the discontinuity. A specific effect is executed. Then, the specific effect is performed by the light emitted from the revolving light 10 and the sound from the speaker 48. When the specific effect is performed in a plurality of continuous demo symbol variations, the revolving light is determined according to the number of times the specific effect is continuously executed. The player is notified of the number of continuous executions by changing the ten emission colors.

  Furthermore, the pachinko machine 1 can pre-read the contents of the notification effect that is executed thereafter, and can perform an effect over one or more notification effects depending on the result of the pre-reading. More specifically, when a game ball is newly won at the first start port 14 during the notification effect and a random number is acquired, the notification effect to be executed thereafter is determined by the newly acquired variation pattern determination random number. The contents (for example, whether or not a continuous variation effect is executed) are determined. In accordance with this determination result, an effect that changes the display mode of the holding ball, which will be described later, and an effect that uses the rotating lamp 10 and the speaker 48 are executed over one or more notification effects.

  Here, it has been impossible for a conventional gaming machine to integrate the continuous variation effect and the continuous effect based on the pre-reading of the notification effect executed thereafter. Therefore, even if a continuous variation effect and a continuous effect by prefetching are simply applied to one gaming machine, the two effects become different effects, and the continuity of the effects is interrupted to attract the player's interest. I couldn't. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to execute a continuous variation effect with a plurality of demo symbol variations after performing a continuous effect by prefetching, and even in a notification effect before the execution of the continuous variation effect, A specific effect similar to the inside is executed. Furthermore, the total number of the number of notification effects for executing a continuous effect by prefetching and the number of demo symbol changes in the continuously variable effect performed thereafter is calculated, and the specific effect is calculated according to the remaining number of the calculated total number. By changing the mode, the player can be made aware of the number of continuous executions of the specific performance. Thereby, a player's interest can be attracted more strongly. Details thereof will be described later with reference to the drawings.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, an effect control board 43, a payout control board 45, a lamp driver board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub-integrated board 58. This control part 40 is provided in the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (refer FIG. 1).

  First, the main substrate 41 will be described. The main board 41 that performs main control of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a main board CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The main board CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 for performing various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 for temporarily storing data values generated during the arithmetic processes, a control program, initial values of various data, and other boards. And a ROM 53 that stores commands and the like for instructing these, and these are integrally molded as one LSI. An interrupt signal generation circuit 57 is connected to the main board CPU unit 50, and the CPU 51 stores a control program stored in the ROM 53 every time an interrupt signal is input from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57. Execute.

  Further, the main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54 to detect sub-boards such as the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, and the game balls won to the first start port 14. The first starter switch 69 that is connected to the second starter electric accessory switch 70 that detects a game ball that has won the second starter electric accessory 15 is connected. Further, the I / O interface 54 of the main board 41 is connected to an output port 55 for outputting information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown).

  Next, the payout control board 45 and the relay board 47 will be described. The payout control board 45 incorporates a CPU 45 a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to a prize ball payout device 49. Then, according to the command transmitted from the main board 41, the prize ball payout device 49 is controlled. Further, the relay board 47 includes a normal symbol operation switch 71 for detecting the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, a big prize opening opening solenoid 72 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the big prize opening 16, and a second start. An electric accessory opening solenoid 73 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the electric accessory 15, a big prize opening switch 75 for detecting a game ball won in the big prize opening 16, and a normal symbol indicating the result of the normal hit determination are displayed. The normal symbol display unit 24, the first special symbol indicating the result of the first jackpot determination, the special symbol display unit 25 for displaying the second special symbol indicating the result of the second jackpot determination, and the number of normal symbol operation reserved balls are displayed. A normal symbol memory number display LED 59, a special symbol memory number display LED 60 for displaying the first special symbol operation reserved ball number and the second special symbol operation reserved ball number are connected. The normal symbol actuated reserved ball number is the number of reserved balls that have passed through the normal symbol start gate 12 and have not yet been determined to be normal. The normal symbol display unit 24, the special symbol display unit 25, the normal symbol memory number display LED 59, and the special symbol memory number display LED 60 are provided in the special symbol display area 11 (see FIG. 2) of the game board 2. Under such a configuration, the relay board 47 relays switches and solenoids and relays from the main board 41 to a display unit or the like that is directly controlled. When a game ball wins the first start port 14, the second start electric accessory 15, and the big winning port 16, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out.

  Next, the sub integrated board 58, the effect control board 43, and the lamp driver board 46 will be described. The sub integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 581, a RAM 582, and a ROM 583, and is connected to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, the operation buttons 20, and the speaker 48. Then, in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41, comprehensive control such as production is performed. Further, the effect control board 43 incorporates a CPU 43a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and controls the display screen 28. The lamp driver board 46 incorporates a CPU 46a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to the rotating lamp 10 and the illumination device 35 provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1. . And based on the command transmitted from the sub integrated board | substrate 58, light emission of the rotary lamp 10 and the illuminating device 35 is controlled.

  Next, the power supply substrate 42 will be described. The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41 and the game ball launching device 37, and supplies DC stabilized power to each board and the game ball launching device 37. The game ball launching device 37 includes a launching motor (not shown), a touch sensor provided on the launching handle 7, a launching device stop switch, a firing strength adjustment volume, and the like. The game ball launching device 37 has a fixed interval (in this embodiment, 0.6 seconds). ) Launch one game ball into the game area every time.

  Next, the storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 52 of the main board 41. As shown in FIG. 4, in the RAM 52, a game ball is placed in each winning opening such as a counter storage area 5201 for storing various counters, a normal symbol start gate 12, a first start port 14, a second start electric accessory 15 and the like. A winning ball flag storage area 5202 for storing a flag indicating whether or not a prize has been won, a normal winning relation information storage area 5203 for storing a random number acquired when a game ball passes through the normal symbol starting gate 12, and a normal symbol operation on hold Normal symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5204 for storing the number of balls, first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 for storing random numbers acquired when winning the game ball to the first start port 14, first special symbol operation reservation ball 1st special symbol actuated holding ball number storage area 5206 for storing the number, and second big hit function for storing random numbers acquired when winning the game ball to the second starting electric accessory 15 Information storage area 5207, second special symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5208 for storing the number of second special symbol operation reservation balls, main board 41 to sub-integrated board 58, payout control board 45, lamp driver board 46, relay board 47 A command relation storage area 5209 for storing control commands to be output to the memory, and a flag relation storage area 5210 for storing various flags are provided. Further, the RAM 52 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, each counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 will be described. The counter stored in the RAM 52 includes a random number acquisition counter for acquiring a random number, a timer counter for measuring time, a winning ball counter for counting the number of winning balls, and the like.

  First, the random number acquisition counter will be described. The random number acquisition counter includes a normal hit determination counter, a first jackpot determination counter, a first special symbol creation counter, a first variation pattern determination counter, a second jackpot determination counter, a second special symbol creation counter, and a second variation pattern determination counter. Etc. The values of these counters are set at regular intervals (for example, in the counter updating process (S12, see FIG. 8) of the main process executed based on the interrupt signal from the interrupt signal generating circuit 57 (see FIG. 3). , A predetermined amount (for example, “1”) is added every 2 ms). Each counter has a minimum value (lower limit value) and a maximum value (upper limit value), and is configured to circulate in a numerical value in a range from the minimum value to the maximum value. In other words, if the counter value becomes the same as the maximum value as a result of the update, the counter value takes the minimum value in the next update. In each random number acquisition counter, “0” is stored as an initial value when the pachinko machine 1 is activated. When the value is rounded to the same value as the initial value “0” by updating, a new initial value is set. Acquired and “1” is added to the initial value. This new initial value is repeatedly executed while the CPU does not perform the main process (see FIG. 8) (until the main process ends and the new main process is started by the interrupt signal). A random number generated by an initial value random number process (a process for generating a random number by a predetermined algorithm) not shown is used. These random number acquisition counters are used in the main symbol processing (S16, see FIG. 8) and special symbol processing (see FIG. 9 to FIG. 11) of the main processing described later, and the first jackpot relation information storage area (FIG. 5). And the like are stored in the storage area of the RAM 52.

  Next, the timer counter will be described. The timer counter is a counter used for measuring time, and a predetermined value is stored as an initial value at the start of time measurement. For example, when measuring 1 second, “500” is stored as an initial value. Then, “1” is subtracted by “1” in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 8) performed every 2 ms, which is the interval of interrupt signal generation, and it is determined that the time is being measured unless the value is “0”. When the value becomes “0”, it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed. The value of the timer counter is programmed not to be updated after it becomes “0”.

  Next, the winning ball counter will be described. The winning ball counter is used to count the number of game balls that have won the big winning opening 16 while the big winning opening 16 performs one opening / closing operation. The initial value of this counter is “0”, and “1” is added every time a winning is detected in the switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 8) of the main process described later. Then, it is initialized when the special winning opening 16 is closed.

  Next, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52. This first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 9 to 11) of the main process described later. As shown in FIG. 5, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided with a determination area and first to fourth storage areas. In the first to fourth storage areas, the first start port 14 is won. And the random number which the game ball (1st special symbol action | operation hold ball | bowl) which the result of the 1st jackpot determination is not alert | reported yet is memorize | stored is memorize | stored. In the determination area, the result of the first jackpot determination currently being performed and a random number that is the basis of the first jackpot game are stored.

  In each of the determination area and the first to fourth storage areas, a first jackpot random number field in which the value of the first jackpot determination counter is stored, and a first special symbol in which the value of the first special symbol creation counter is stored. A determined random number column and a first variation pattern determining random number column in which the value of the first variation pattern determining counter is stored are provided. When the winning of the game ball to the first start port 14 is confirmed, the memory area corresponding to the value (first special symbol operation reservation ball number) of the first special symbol operation reservation ball number storage area 5206 of the RAM 52 is displayed. Each value is stored, and based on this value, the first jackpot determination, the determination of the first special symbol when determined as the first jackpot, and the determination of the first variation pattern are performed. In the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 of the RAM 52, a storage area similar to the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided. Then, a random number that is acquired when the game ball wins the second starter electric accessory 15 is stored. In addition, in the ordinary hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52, five storage areas are provided so that ordinary hit random numbers can be held.

  Next, the storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41. The ROM 53 stores an initial setting storage area 5301 for storing initial values stored in each storage area when the pachinko machine 1 is reset, and a control for storing various programs for the CPU 51 to control the pachinko machine 1. Program storage area 5302, control command table storage area 5303 for storing a table of control commands output from the main board 41 to the sub-integrated board 58, etc., and the first and second special symbols displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 A special symbol pattern storage area 5304 for storing a pattern, a variation pattern storage area 5305 for storing information such as a table relating to a variation pattern of symbols when notifying the determination results of the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination, Normal hit judgment, first jackpot judgment, second jackpot judgment, determination of special symbol, etc. A determination table storage area 5306 is provided for storing various tables to be referred to when it is performed. Further, the ROM 53 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, the variation pattern determination table stored in the variation pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a variation pattern determination table stored in the variation pattern storage area 5305. The variation pattern is a pattern of variation of the demo symbol used when the determination result of the jackpot determination (first jackpot determination and second jackpot determination) is shown. Due to this variation pattern, the variation time of the symbols displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 and the demonstration symbol display unit of the display screen 28, and the display screen 28, the rotating lamp 10, and the lighting device 35 in synchronization with the variation of these symbols. A notification effect pattern to be executed by the speaker 48 or the like is determined. Then, the sub-integrated board 58 controls the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the speaker 48 based on the variation pattern determined by the main board 41 to execute the notification effect.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the variation pattern determination table includes a type of jackpot determination (first jackpot determination or second jackpot determination), a gaming state at the time of a jackpot determination (during a non-short-time state or a short-time state), and a jackpot determination A plurality of tables are provided in accordance with the results (outgoing or big hit). A plurality of types of variation patterns are assigned to each table, and each variation pattern is associated with a variation pattern determining random number value (0 to 127). When the jackpot determination is performed, a table corresponding to conditions such as the type of jackpot determination and the gaming state is referred to, and one variation pattern is determined based on the value of the variation pattern determination random number acquired together with the jackpot random number. Then, the main board 41 transmits a command for designating the determined variation pattern to the sub-integrated board 58, and the sub-integrated board 58 controls the notification effect according to the designated variation pattern.

  Specifically, an example is given of a case where the first jackpot determination is determined as “out of” during the non-time-short state (in the normal state), and the value of the variation pattern determination random number acquired at that time is “0”. In this case, the variation pattern determination table with the type “first jackpot determination”, the game state “non-short-time”, and the determination result “out of” is referred to, and the value of the variation pattern determination random number is “0”. , The variation pattern of “non-reach” is determined. When this variation pattern is determined, the production time is 9 seconds, 1 or 2 when the number of first special symbol actuated holding balls (the number of first reserved balls) at the start of the notice production is zero. In some cases, it is 6 seconds, 3 or 4 seconds, and 4 seconds. According to the “non-reach” variation pattern, the three demo symbols stop in the order of left and right, the left and right demo symbols become different (without reaching reach), and the central demo symbol also stops. To do.

  Here, the variation pattern of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a variation pattern of “continuous variation twice” and “continuous variation three times” for performing a continuous variation effect. As described above, the continuous variation effect is a notification effect in which the demo symbol is changed a plurality of times with a temporary stop between the start of the change of the demo symbol and the final display. Since this continuous variation effect seems to notify a plurality of determination results in a pseudo manner while notifying the result of one jackpot determination, this effect is also referred to as a pseudo continuous variation. In the present embodiment, the reach effect is always executed when the demo symbol variation in the continuous variation effect is performed twice or more.

  During the continuous variation effect, the rotating lamp 10 is caused to emit light every time the demo symbol is changed once, and at the same time, a specific sound effect is generated from the speaker 48. Hereinafter, this effect performed continuously over a plurality of demo symbol variations is referred to as a “specific effect”. In this specific effect, the player can be notified of the number of continuous fluctuations of the demo symbol by changing the color of light emitted from the rotating lamp 10 in accordance with the number of executions. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the continuous variation effect of 3 times is less likely to be executed at the time of losing and more likely to be executed at the time of the big hit than the continuous variation effect of which the number of times the demo symbol is changed is 2. In addition, the specific effect may be executed during the non-continuous variation effect where the demo symbol variation is one time, but the ratio of the non-continuous variation effect being executed when it is determined to be a big hit is the continuous variation effect. Is lower than the rate at which it is executed. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game in the hope that the specific effect is continuously performed over more demo symbol variations, and further, the number of continuous executions of the specific effect is determined by the color of the rotating light 10. Understand and increase the expectation of jackpot. Furthermore, in the pachinko machine 1, the specific effect can be executed over a plurality of notification effects before the execution of the continuous variation effect, and it is integrated with the specific effect during the continuous variation effect, thereby making the player more interesting. It can be strongly attracted. Details thereof will be described later with reference to the drawings.

  Needless to say, the variation pattern determination table used in the present embodiment is merely an example, and the contents of the table can be set as appropriate. For example, more types of variation patterns may be provided, or variation patterns for performing an effect that is executed only when the jackpot is achieved may be provided. Further, a plurality of variation patterns of “continuous variation twice” and “continuous variation three times” may be provided, or a variation pattern of continuous variation effects in which the demo symbol variation is performed four times or more may be provided. In addition, the demo symbol variation mode may be any mode in which, after the start of the variation, the mode shifts to the low-speed symbol variation through the high-speed symbol variation, and then the temporary stop or reach establishment / non-establishment. Need not be exactly the same.

  Next, details of the operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a main process in the main board 41, and FIGS. 9 to 11 are flowcharts of a subroutine of a special symbol process performed in the main process. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  The pachinko machine 1 is controlled by a control program stored in the control program storage area of the ROM 53. The main process of the control program is executed by the CPU 51 when the CPU 51 senses an interrupt signal generated by the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 3). Since the interrupt signal is generated at regular intervals (2 ms in the present embodiment), the main process is repeatedly executed every 2 ms.

  First, main processing performed on the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, when the main process is started by sensing an interrupt signal, first, a command output process is performed (S10). In this command output process, control commands are output to the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the lamp driver board 46, the relay board 47, etc. via the I / O interface 54. The control command includes a reserved ball number notification command for notifying the number of held balls to the sub-integrated board 58, a prefetch result notification command for notifying a result of prefetching of the effect based on a random number newly acquired during execution of the notification effect, Special symbol designating command indicating the special symbol that has been changed, commanding the determined variation pattern and commanding the variation pattern designating the start of variation of the demo symbol, special symbol stop command commanding the stop of the changing special symbol, jackpot There are a number of commands such as a jackpot game start command that indicates starting a game. The control command output here is a control command stored as an output command in the command relation storage area 5209 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). In this switch reading process, a process of detecting a winning of a game ball to the normal symbol starting gate 12, the first starting port 14, the second starting electric accessory 15, and the big winning port 16 is performed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a game ball is detected by each switch (see FIG. 3) provided in these winning holes. When a game ball is detected, the flag corresponding to each switch stored in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 of the RAM 52 is turned ON. At the start of the switch reading process, all the flags in the winning ball flag storage area 5202 in the RAM 52 are reset.

  Next, a counter update process is performed (S12). As described above, in this counter update process, each value of the random number acquisition counter stored in the counter storage area 5201 of the RAM 52 is added by a predetermined amount, and each value of the timer counter is subtracted by a predetermined amount.

  Next, special electric accessory processing is performed (S13). In this special electric accessory process, a process for transmitting control commands such as a big prize opening command and a big prize opening closing command for instructing the opening / closing operation of the special prize opening 16 to the sub-integrated board 58 is performed. Once opened, the big winning opening 16 closes when the maximum opening time of 30 seconds in one opening operation elapses or when winning of nine game balls is detected.

  In the special electric accessory process, after the jackpot game is completed, a process for controlling the subsequent game state is performed. In the special symbol processing described later, when it is determined that the jackpot is a big bonus and the special symbol indicating the probability variation jackpot is determined, “1” indicating the probability variation state after the subsequent jackpot game ends is set in the probability variation state flag. It is stored and turned “ON”. At the same time, “1” indicating that the time is shortened is stored in the hour / middle flag and set to “ON”. In addition, when a normal jackpot special symbol that is not a probability variation jackpot is determined, only the hour / medium flag is set to “ON”. Further, a jackpot game end command indicating that the jackpot game has ended is stored in the command relation storage area 5209.

  Next, special symbol processing is performed (S14). In this special symbol processing, prefetching of the contents of the effect to be performed thereafter, jackpot determination, determination of the variation pattern of the demo symbol displayed on the display screen 28, instruction, determination of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25, Instructions, instructions for starting and ending changes in demo symbols and special symbols, and the like are given. This special symbol process will be described later with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  Next, ordinary electric accessory processing is performed (S15). In this ordinary electric accessory processing, when a normal hit is achieved, the opening / closing (operation during the normal hit game) of a pair of opening and closing members (so-called tulips) provided in the second starting electric accessory 15 is controlled. . By opening the opening / closing member, winning of the game ball to the second starter electric accessory 15 becomes easy. It should be noted that when the short-time gaming state has occurred, the second starting electric accessory 15 is released for a longer time than when it has not occurred.

  Next, normal symbol processing is performed (S16). In this normal symbol processing, normal random numbers are obtained, normal hit determination, and the like are performed. First, when the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12 is detected in the switch reading process (S11), the value of the normal hit determination counter is acquired as a normal hit random number. The acquired random number is stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value stored in the normal symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5204 among the first to fourth storage areas of the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52. Usually stored as a random number. Then, the normal hit determination is sequentially performed from the random number in the storage area with the smaller number, and the determination result is notified by changing and stopping the normal symbol display unit 24. Here, when the short-time state has occurred, the variation time of the normal symbol display unit 24 is shortened as compared with the case where the short-time state has not occurred, and it is determined that the normal hit has a higher probability. Therefore, during the time-short state, the rate at which the second starter electric accessory 15 is opened is significantly increased.

  Next, a payout process (S17) for paying out prize balls and an error check (S18) are performed. If an error has occurred in the pachinko machine 1, an error is displayed on the display screen 28, the lighting device 35 is lit or blinked, or an error sound is generated on the speaker 48. Therefore, an error command for transmission to the sub-integrated board 58 in the command output process of S10 is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 of the RAM 52. Next, in the information output process (S19), various kinds of information such as jackpot information, starting information, etc. of the pachinko machine 1 are output via the output port 55 to a game hall management computer (not shown). When the information output process ends, the main process ends. When the interrupt signal is received from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57, the main process is executed again from the beginning.

  Next, details of the special symbol process (S14) of the main process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. As described above, in the special symbol processing, processing such as prefetching of contents to be performed thereafter, first jackpot determination, second jackpot determination, determination of a pattern variation pattern displayed on the display screen 28, and the like are performed.

  First, the flags used in the special symbol process will be described. The flag relation storage area 5210 of the RAM 52 stores a display state flag, a jackpot gaming state flag, a probability variation flag, and the like. The display state flag is a flag indicating the state of the special symbol display unit 25. When one of the two special symbols is fluctuating (during fluctuating), one is stopped and displayed. “2” is stored in the case (stop display), and “0” is stored in the case where both are not changing and display is not stopped. In the jackpot game state flag, “1” is stored and “ON” is stored during the jackpot game, and “0” is stored and “OFF” otherwise. The probability variation flag is “1” stored in the probability variation state and is “ON”, and “0” is stored in the non-probability variation state and is “OFF”.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the special symbol process of the main process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the first start port 14 (S21). When the first start port switch 69 provided in the first start port 14 detects the winning of the game ball, in the main process switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 8), the first of the winning ball flag storage area 5202 is stored. The flag corresponding to the one start port switch 69 is “ON”. Therefore, in S21, it is determined whether or not this flag is “ON”. If it is not “ON” (S21: NO), the game ball is not won at the first start port 14, and the process proceeds to S28 as it is.

  When the flag corresponding to the first start port switch 69 is “ON” (S21: YES), since the game ball has won the first start port 14, a random number for the game ball is acquired, It is stored in the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (see FIG. 5). However, the number of first special symbol actuating balls that can acquire and store random numbers is four. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value in the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is “4” (S22). If the value of the first special symbol actuated ball number storage area 5206 is “4” (S22: YES), the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, and the process proceeds to S28 as it is.

  When the value of the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 is not “4”, that is, any of “0” to “3” (S22: NO), the first special symbol operation reserved ball number “1” is added to the value of the storage area 5206 (S23). And a random number is memorize | stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value of the 1st special symbol action reservation ball number storage area 5206 among the 1st-4th storage areas of the 1st jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (refer FIG. 5). (S24). Specifically, the value of the first jackpot determination counter is stored in the first jackpot random number column, the value of the first jackpot special symbol creation counter is stored in the first jackpot special symbol determination random number column, and the first variation pattern The value of the first variation pattern determination counter is stored in the determined random number column. Then, a reserved ball number notification command for notifying the sub-integrated board 58 of the number of first and second special symbol operation reserved balls at that time is stored in the RAM 52 (S25).

  Next, a prefetch process is performed on the content of the notification effect that is subsequently performed using the acquired jackpot random number and fluctuation pattern determination random number (S26). In the effect prefetching process, first, the latest jackpot random number obtained is applied to the table stored in the judgment table storage area 5307 of the ROM 53, so that the jackpot judgment result is prefetched. Then, the variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 7) corresponding to the prefetched jackpot determination result is referred to, and the content of the notification effect is prefetched by the latest variation pattern determination random number. The result of the look-ahead is “non-reach (no continuous fluctuation)” if the fluctuation pattern is non-reach, and “reach production (no continuous fluctuation)” if the fluctuation pattern performs reach production such as normal reach other than continuous fluctuation production. If the continuous fluctuation is 2 times, “continuous fluctuation is 2 times”, and if the continuous fluctuation is 3 times, “continuous fluctuation is 3 times”. Then, a prefetch result notification command for notifying the sub-integrated board 58 of the prefetch result is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 (S27), and the process proceeds to S28.

  Next, a process related to winning a game ball to the second starter electric accessory 15 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the second starter electric accessory 15 (S28). When it is determined that the flag corresponding to the second starter electric accessory switch 70 provided in the second starter electric accessory 15 is “OFF” and the game ball is not won (S28: NO). ), The process proceeds to S37 (see FIG. 10). If it is determined that a game ball has won the second starter electric accessory 15 (S28: YES), whether or not the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 is “4”. Is determined (S29). If it is “4” (S29: YES), since the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S37 as it is.

  When the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 is not “4” (S29: NO), “1” is added to the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 (S30). ). Then, various random numbers are stored in each storage area of the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 (S31), and a reserved ball number notification command is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 (S32). Next, in the same way as when the game ball is won at the first start port 14, a prefetch process is performed on the content of the notification effect performed thereafter (S33), and the result of the prefetch process is notified to the sub-integrated board 58. The prefetch result notification command is stored (S34), and the process proceeds to S37.

  Next, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, it is determined whether or not the jackpot gaming state is set (S37). When it is a jackpot game state, the first jackpot determination, the second jackpot determination, and the notification of the determination result are not performed. Therefore, when the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON” and the jackpot gaming state is set (S37: YES), nothing is performed and the process returns to the main process.

  If it is determined that the game state is not a jackpot gaming state (S37: NO), processing relating to control of the special symbol display unit 25 is performed. First, based on the display state flag, it is determined whether any of the first special symbol and the second special symbol displayed on the special symbol display unit 25 is changing (S38). If the display status flag is not “1” and the two special symbols are not changing (S38: NO), it is determined whether or not one of the special symbols is in a stopped display state (S38: NO). S39). When the display state flag is not “2” and the two special symbols are not stopped and displayed (S39: NO), the first jackpot determination or the second jackpot determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, it is confirmed whether or not there is a game ball to be subjected to the jackpot determination. First, it is determined whether or not the value of the second special symbol actuated ball number storage area 5208 of the RAM 52 is equal to or greater than “1” (S41). In the present embodiment, when both the number of first special symbol operation reservation balls and the number of second special symbol operation reservation balls are “1” or more, the second big hit determination is preferentially executed. Therefore, when the number of second special symbol actuated balls is “1” or more (S41: YES), the process proceeds to S60 and the second big hit determination is performed. On the other hand, when the number of the second special symbol operation reservation balls is “0” (S41: NO), the value of the first special symbol operation reservation balls number storage area 5206 indicates the first special symbol operation reservation balls number. It is determined whether or not the value is “1” or more (S42). If it is “0” (S42: NO), there is no game ball for which a jackpot determination is to be made, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S42: YES), the process proceeds to S44 in order to perform the first jackpot determination.

  In the first jackpot determination, first, “1” is subtracted from the value of the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 (S44). Then, the reserved ball number notification command is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 (S45), and the value of the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the storage area one number lower, and the value in the fourth storage area Is cleared (S46).

  Next, a first jackpot determination is performed (S47 to S49). This first jackpot determination is performed by referring to the first jackpot determination table stored in the determination table storage area 5306 of the ROM 53 and using the value stored in the first jackpot random number column (see FIG. 5) of the determination area. Is called. If the probability variation flag is “1” stored and the probability variation state is “ON” (S47: YES), the number of specific values determined as jackpots is larger than that in the non-probability variation state. A large number of first high probability determination tables are referred to and a first jackpot determination is made (S48). On the other hand, if the probability variation flag is “OFF” in the non-probability variation state (S47: NO), the first low probability determination table is referred to perform the determination (S49).

  Next, processing for determining the variation pattern and processing for determining the first special symbol are performed. First, it is determined whether or not the result of the first jackpot determination is “jackpot” (S50). If it is “big hit” (S50: YES), in the winning fluctuation pattern determination process (S51), the fluctuation pattern of the first special symbol indicating the first big hit is determined, and the determined fluctuation pattern is used as the sub-integrated board 58. The variation pattern designation command instructed in the command is stored in the command relation storage area 5209. Here, the process of determining the variation pattern is performed by the variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 7) based on the value stored in the first variation pattern determination random number column of the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 (see FIG. 5). Done by reference. The sub-integrated board 58 performs a process of starting the change of the demo symbols in the display screen 28 when receiving the change pattern designation command.

  In the special symbol determination process (S52), the first special symbol indicating the jackpot is determined, and the special symbol designation command indicating the determined first special symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5209. This special symbol designation command is transmitted to the sub integrated board 58 in the command output process (S10, see FIG. 8) of the main process to be performed next. The determination of the special jackpot special symbol is made by referring to the special symbol determination table according to the value of the first special symbol determination random number field of the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205, and thus whether or not the probability variation jackpot Is decided. On the other hand, if the result of the first big hit determination is not “big hit” (S50: NO), the determination of the variation pattern indicating the loss and the storage of the command specifying the determined variation pattern are performed (S53). Then, the first special symbol indicating the determination result of the deviation is determined, and the special symbol designation command is stored (S54).

  In the second jackpot determination, various processes are performed in the same flow as the first jackpot determination. First, "1" is subtracted from the value of the second special symbol actuated reserved ball number storage area 5208 (S60), the reserved ball number notification command is stored (S61), and stored in the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207. The value is shifted (S62). Next, a determination is made as to whether or not the probability variation is in progress using the probability variation flag (S63). If the probability variation state is present (S63: YES), the specific value determined as the jackpot is in the non-probability variation state. A second jackpot determination is made with reference to more second high probability determination tables than in the middle (S64). On the other hand, if not in the probability fluctuation state (S63: NO), the second low probability determination table is referred to make the determination (S65).

  Next, processing for determining the variation pattern and processing for determining the second special symbol are performed. First, it is determined whether or not the result of the second jackpot determination is “big jackpot” (S66). If it is “big jackpot” (S66: YES), the variation pattern indicating the second jackpot is determined and determined. A command for designating the variation pattern is stored (S67). Then, the second special symbol indicating the jackpot is determined, and a special symbol designation command is stored (S68). On the other hand, if the result of the second jackpot determination is not “big jackpot” (S66: NO), a variation pattern indicating a deviation is determined, and a command for designating this variation pattern is stored (S69). Then, the second special symbol indicating the loss is determined, and the special symbol designation command is stored (S70).

  Next, the special symbol variation time determined by the already determined variation pattern is stored in the special symbol variation time counter (S76). Then, “1” indicating that one of the two special symbols is fluctuating is stored in the display state flag (S77), the special symbol process is terminated, and the process returns to the main process.

  In the determination of S38 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, when “1” is stored in the display state flag and it is determined that one of the two special symbols is changing (S38: YES). Then, it is determined whether or not the variation time has elapsed (S81). If the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in S76 (see FIG. 11) is “0” and it is determined that the variation time has elapsed (S81: YES), the command related storage area 5209 is stored. A special symbol stop command is stored (S82). This special symbol stop command is a command for instructing to stop the variation of any special symbol that is fluctuating. Then, the predetermined stop display time is stored in the special symbol stop time counter (S83), and “2” indicating that one of the two special symbols is being stopped is stored in the display state flag (S84). ), The process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S81 that the value of the special symbol stop time counter is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S81: NO), the process directly returns to the main process.

  In the determination of S39, “2” is stored in the display state flag, and when it is determined that one of the two special symbols is being stopped (S39: YES), it is set in S83. Based on the value of the special symbol stop time counter, it is determined whether or not the stop display time has elapsed (S85). If the value of the special symbol stop time counter is not “0” and the stop display time has not yet elapsed (S85: NO), the display returns to the main process as it is to continue the stop display. When the value of the special symbol stop time counter is “0”, since the stop display time has elapsed (S85: YES), “0” indicating that the two special symbols are neither changing nor being stopped. Is stored in the display state flag (S86). Next, a game state transition process is performed (S87). In the pachinko machine 1, the non-stochastic fluctuation short-time state that occurs after the end of the jackpot game ends when the jackpot determination is performed 100 times. Therefore, in the process of S87, when the jackpot determination is performed 100 times during the non-probability fluctuation time-saving state, processing for setting the time-shortage flag to “0” is performed. Further, when it is determined that the jackpot is determined to be a jackpot, “1” is stored in the jackpot gaming state flag and is set to “ON”, and the gaming state shifts to the jackpot gaming state. Then, the process returns to the main process.

  As described above, when the game ball wins the first start opening 14 or the second start electric accessory 15 (S21: YES or S28: YES), various random numbers are acquired (S24 or S31) and acquired. Based on the random number, the content of the notification effect performed thereafter is prefetched (S26 or S33). Then, the result of prefetching is notified to the sub integrated board 58 (S27 or S34). Further, the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination are sequentially performed based on the acquired random number (S48, 49, 64, 65), and the variation pattern of the notification effect is determined according to the determination result and the gaming state, The sub integrated board 58 is notified (S51, 53, 67, 69). The sub-integrated board 58 determines whether or not to execute a specific effect that is a continuous effect over a plurality of demo symbol variations according to the result of prefetching notified from the main board 41, and controls the specific effect. To do. Hereinafter, the control of effects in the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  Next, processing in the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. In the sub-integrated substrate processing, processing for controlling the display screen 28, the rotating lamp 10, the illumination device 35, the speaker 48, and the like is performed according to a command transmitted from the main substrate 41. That is, the effect is comprehensively controlled according to various determination results made on the main board 41. The image data of the image displayed on the display screen 28 is stored in a CGROM (not shown) provided on the effect control board 43.

  First, the RAM 582 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the RAM 582 of the sub integrated board 58. The RAM 582 has a special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5821 in which the first special symbol operation reserved ball number and the second special symbol operation reserved ball number are stored. Storage area 5822, command relation storage area 5823 for storing control commands output to the production control board 43, etc., flag relation storage area 5824 for storing various flags, counter storage area 5825 for storing various counters, and executing Various storage areas such as a specific effect mode storage area 5826 in which the specific effect modes are stored are provided.

  As a main flag stored in the flag relation storage area, there is a continuous variation effect execution flag. This flag is a flag for determining whether or not the continuous variation effect control process (see FIG. 18) for controlling the continuous variation effect is to be executed. Only when this flag is ON, the continuous variation effect is controlled. An effect control process is executed. The sub integrated board processing (see FIGS. 15 to 17) described later is performed by the CPU 581 when the sub integrated board 58 receives a command from the main board 41, and the continuous variation effect control process is performed by the sub integrated board processing. This is performed by the CPU 581 while not being performed.

  The counter storage area mainly stores a remaining fluctuation count counter and a reach hold count counter. The remaining variation counter is a counter for counting the number of remaining variations of the demo symbol until the specific effect is finished, and the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is determined by the value of this counter. In addition, after performing a specific effect by pre-reading the content of the effect, when further executing the specific effect during the continuous variation effect, the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect by pre-reading and the demo pattern performed during the continuous variation effect Is added to the remaining number of fluctuations counter. The reach hold number counter is a counter that counts the number of hold balls that are reach effects among the already stored hold balls.

  Next, the ROM 583 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58. The ROM 583 has a program storage area 5831 for storing various programs for the CPU 581 to assist control of the pachinko machine 1, and a table of control commands output from the sub-integrated board 58 to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the like. Control command table storage area 5832 for storing information, notification effect information storage area 5833 for storing information related to the notification effect indicating the result of the jackpot determination, and a light emission color determination table for determining the light emission color of the rotating lamp 10 in the specific effect. Various storage areas such as a light emission color determination table storage area 5834 are stored.

  Next, the emission color determination table stored in the emission color determination table storage area 5834 of the ROM 583 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing an emission color determination table stored in the emission color determination table storage area 5834. As shown in FIG. 14, four specific effect modes are stored in the emission color determination table. For each mode, the remaining number of fluctuations of the demo symbol until the specific effect ends, and the rotating lamp 10 The emission color is associated. Then, when it is determined to execute the specific effect, one of the four aspects is determined according to the content of the pre-read notification effect, and each time the demo symbol is changed, the remaining change is made. Processing for causing the rotating lamp 10 to emit light with the emission color corresponding to the value of the number counter is performed.

  In the specific effect mode, “1. non-reach”, “2. reach effect”, “3. There are four modes: “2 continuous fluctuations” and “4. 3 continuous fluctuations”. And if the content of the pre-read notification effect is non-reach, “1. non-reach”, and if the notification effect other than the continuous change effect that executes the reach effect, “2. reach effect”, two continuous changes In the case of the notification effect, the specific effect is executed in the form of “3. Continuous fluctuation 2 times”, and in the case of the notification effect of 3 continuous fluctuations, “4. Further, even when the execution of the specific effect is not determined due to the prefetching, during execution of the continuous variation effect, “3. continuous variation twice” and “4. The specific effect is executed in any manner of “3 fluctuations”.

  And the luminescent color of the rotating lamp 10 shows that the expectation degree of jackpot is high in order of white, blue, green, yellow, and red. For example, when a specific effect is executed in the form of “4. 3 consecutive fluctuations” with the highest percentage executed at the time of jackpot, if the remaining number of demonstration symbol fluctuations is 5 times or more, white is 4 times. If it is blue, if it is 3 times, green if it is 2 times, yellow if it is 2 times, and red during the last demo symbol change, it shows that the degree of expectation of jackpot is the highest. On the other hand, when the specific performance is executed in the form of “1. non-reach” with the highest rate of execution at the time of a break, it is white when the remaining number of changes is 2, and during the last demo symbol change The rotating lamp 10 emits light in blue. That is, the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 changes only to blue, and the specific effect ends without performing the reach effect. And the emitted light color of the revolving lamp 10 becomes a color with higher expectation degree of jackpot, so that the frequency | count of continuous execution of a specific effect increases. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game with the expectation that the number of continuous executions of the specific effect will increase. Furthermore, according to the present invention, a series of specific effects can be executed over a plurality of demonstration symbol fluctuations in a plurality of notification effects before execution of a continuous fluctuation effect and a plurality of demonstration symbol fluctuations in a continuous fluctuation effect. , It is possible to increase the player's expectation for jackpot over a longer time.

  Next, sub integrated board processing and continuous variation effect control processing performed in the sub integrated board 58 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 18. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the sub-integrated board process performed in the sub-integrated board 58, FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a subroutine of the specific effect execution lottery process performed in the sub-integrated board process, and FIG. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the notification effect control process performed in an integrated board | substrate process. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the continuous variation effect control process performed by the sub integrated board 58. The sub integrated substrate processing is executed by the CPU 581 when a command is received from the main substrate 41. The continuous variation effect control processing is executed by the CPU 581 while the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON” and the sub integrated board processing is not performed. These processes are executed by a program stored in the program storage area 5831 of the ROM 53.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when the sub-integrated board process is started, it is first determined whether or not a pending ball number notification command has been received (S101). When the reserved ball number notification command is received from the main board 41 (S101: YES), the first and second special symbol operation reserved ball numbers notified by the command are stored in the special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5821 of the RAM 582. (S102). Then, the same number of marks 91 and 92 as the number of reserved balls stored are displayed on the number of reserved balls 90 and 95 in the display screen 28, whereby the number of reserved balls is displayed (S103).

  Next, when the second jackpot random number for which the result of the jackpot determination is notified before the first jackpot random number is acquired, a process of increasing the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect is performed once. First, it is determined whether or not it is notified by a command that the number of second reserved balls is increased (S104). If the number of second reserved balls is not increased (S104: NO), the sub-integrated substrate processing is terminated as it is. . If the number of second reserved balls is increased (S104: YES), it is determined whether or not the remaining variation counter for determining the remaining number of variations of the demo symbol accompanied by the specific effect is “0”. (S105). If it is “0” (S105: YES), since it is not determined to execute the specific effect, the process is ended as it is. If it is not “0” (S105: NO), “1” is added to the value of the remaining fluctuation counter (S106), and the process is terminated.

  If the pending ball number notification command has not been received (S101: NO), it is determined whether a prefetch result notification command has been received (S108). As described above, the prefetch result notification command is a command indicating a prefetch result of the content of the notification effect performed thereafter. If it is received (S108: YES), a specific effect execution lottery process for lottery of whether or not to execute the specific effect is performed (S109).

  As shown in FIG. 16, when the specific effect execution lottery process is started, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is in the short-time state (S131). The pachinko machine 1 is configured to execute the specific effect based on the prefetch result of the content of the notification effect only in the normal state and not to execute it in the time-short state. Therefore, if the time-shortage flag is “ON” and it is determined that the time-shortage state is in effect (S131: YES), the process directly returns to the sub-integrated substrate processing shown in FIG.

  If it is determined that the time is not short (S131: NO), it is determined whether or not a reach hold counter that counts the number of hold balls serving as a reach effect among the already stored hold balls is “0”. Is determined (S132). When it is determined that the counter value is not “0” and the reserved ball as the reach effect is already stored (S132: NO), the execution lottery of the specific effect based on the prefetch result is not performed. Then, it is determined whether or not the pre-read notification effect is a notification effect for executing the reach effect (S133), and the pre-read result notified by the pre-read result notification command is “1. Non-reach” (see FIG. 14). If there is (S133: NO). Return to the sub-integrated substrate processing. If the execution of the reach effect has been prefetched (S133: YES), “1” is added to the reach hold counter (S134), and the process returns to the sub integrated board process.

  If the value of the reach hold number counter is “0” and the hold ball serving as the reach effect is not yet stored (S132: YES), is the pre-read notification effect a notification effect for executing the reach effect? If it is judged (S135) and if it is a notification effect that does not execute the reach effect (S135: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S137 as it is. If the pre-read notification effect is a notification effect for executing the reach effect (S135: YES), “1” is added to the reach hold counter (S136), and the process proceeds to S137.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the remaining fluctuation counter for determining the remaining number of fluctuations of the demo symbol accompanied by the specific fluctuation is “0” (S137). In the present embodiment, in order to prevent a plurality of specific effects from being duplicated and executed to complicate the effects, when the specific effects have already been executed, the specific effect execution lottery is not performed. Therefore, when it is determined that the remaining fluctuation counter is not “0” and the specific effect is being executed (S137: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate process.

  If the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is “0” (S137: YES), whether or not the prefetching result notified by the prefetching result notification command is a prefetching result for the notification effect indicating the determination result of the first jackpot determination. Is determined (S138). If it is not the prefetching result related to the first jackpot determination but the prefetching result related to the second jackpot determination (S138: NO), the pachinko machine 1 returns to the sub-integrated board processing as it is without performing the lottery of the specific effect.

  If it is a prefetching result related to the first jackpot determination (S138: YES), it is determined whether or not the execution of the reach effect is prefetched (S139). If it is prefetched to execute the reach effect (S139: YES), a random number is acquired, and based on the acquired random number, a specific effect execution lottery at the time of executing the reach effect is performed (S140). The percentage of winning in this execution lottery is higher than the percentage of winning when it is prefetched that the reach effect is not executed. In addition, the pre-read results are set so that the winning ratio becomes higher in the order of “with reach effect (without continuous fluctuation)”, “2 continuous fluctuations”, and “3 continuous fluctuations”.

  Further, if it is prefetched that the reach effect is not executed (S139: NO), it is determined whether or not the sum of the first reserved ball number and the second reserved ball number is “2” or less (S141). . Here, when executing a specific effect over a plurality of notification effects, even if the specific effect is continuously performed many times, the specific effect ends without performing the reach effect. There is a risk that the interest of the player may be impaired. Therefore, it has been pre-read that the reach effect is not executed, and if the number of held balls is “3” or more (S141: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated board process without performing the specific effect execution lottery. When the number of reserved balls is “2” or less (S141: YES), a specific effect execution lottery at the time of non-reach is performed (S142).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the execution lottery for the specific effect has been won (S143). If it has not been won (S143: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated board processing. If it has been won (S143: YES), the specific rendering mode corresponding to the result of prefetching is determined by the emission color determination table (see FIG. 14) (S144). Then, the determined specific effect mode is stored in the specific effect mode storage area 5826 of the RAM 582 (S145). Next, the sum of the number of times the demo symbol fluctuates in the notification effect (hereinafter referred to as “final effect”) at the end of the specific effect and “holding ball-1” is calculated (S146). The number of changes of the demo symbol in the final effect is one if the final effect is not a continuous variation effect, and the number of continuous variations if the final effect is a continuous effect. Further, the value of “holding ball-1” indicates the number of notification effects until the final effect is performed. Then, the calculated value is set in a remaining variation counter for counting the remaining number of variations of the demo symbol until the specific effect is finished (S147). Next, the latest hold display displayed as the normal mark 91 on the first hold ball number display section 90 is changed to the specific mark 92 which is a specific mode (S148), and the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing. In the sub-integrated board process (see FIG. 15), when the specific effect execution lottery process (S109) ends, the process ends.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 15, if the prefetch result notification command has not been received (S108: NO), it is determined whether or not a variation pattern designation command has been received (S111). If received (S111: YES), a notification effect control process for controlling the execution of the notification effect is performed (S112), and the process ends. Details of the notification effect control process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  If the variation pattern designation command has not been received (S111: NO), it is determined whether a special symbol stop command has been received (S114). If it has been received (S114: YES), the notification effect that was being executed is terminated and a process of confirming and displaying the demo symbol is performed (S115), and the process ends.

  If a special symbol stop command has not been received (S114: NO), it is determined whether a jackpot game start command has been received (S117). If it is received (S117: YES), a process for starting the effect during the jackpot game is performed (S118), and the process ends. If the jackpot game start command has not been received (S117: NO), other processing according to the received command is performed (S120), and the sub-integrated board processing ends.

  Next, the details of the notification effect control process will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the notification effect control process is performed in response to receiving a variation pattern designation command from the main board 41. First, the variation pattern designated by the command is stored in the variation pattern storage area 5822 of the RAM 582 (S151). Then, it is determined whether or not the specified variation pattern is a variation pattern of a notification effect for executing a reach effect (S152). “1” is subtracted from the reach hold number counter for counting the number (S153). If the change pattern is not the reach effect (S152: NO), the process proceeds to S155 as it is.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the designated variation pattern is a variation pattern for executing a continuous variation effect, that is, a variation pattern of “continuous variation twice” or “continuous variation three times” (S155). If it is not a variation pattern for executing a continuous variation effect (S155: NO), it is determined whether the value of the remaining variation counter is “0” (S156), and if it is “0” (S156: YES). The process of executing the notification effect is performed according to the variation pattern, and the variation of the demo symbol starts (S160). Here, in the present embodiment, even when the value of the remaining fluctuation number counter is “0” and it is not determined to execute the specific effect, the process of causing the specific effect to be performed at a predetermined ratio is performed. Thereby, the specific effect is executed only once to attract the interest of the player. Then, the process returns to the sub integrated substrate process, and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is not “0” (S156: NO), a process of executing a specific effect is performed. First, the emission color determination table (see FIG. 14) is referred to, and the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is determined based on the value of the remaining fluctuation counter (S157). For example, if the specific effect mode of “4. 3 consecutive fluctuations” is determined and the value of the remaining fluctuation counter is “4”, the light emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is blue. Next, a light emission color designation command for designating the determined light emission color is transmitted to the lamp driver board 46 (S158). Upon receiving this command, the lamp driver board 46 performs a process of causing the rotating lamp 10 to emit light in the emission color designated by the command during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol. In addition, simultaneously with the light emission of the rotating lamp 10, a process of generating a sound effect from the speaker 48 is also performed. Then, “1” is subtracted from the value of the remaining fluctuation counter (S159), a process of executing a notification effect according to the fluctuation pattern is performed (S160), and the process returns to the sub integrated board process.

  If the specified variation pattern is a variation pattern that executes a continuous variation effect (S155: YES), it is determined whether or not the value of the remaining variation counter is “0” (S163). If it is “0” (S163: YES), the mode of the specific effect of “3. twice continuous fluctuation” or “4. three times of continuous fluctuation” is determined according to the type of continuous fluctuation effect (S164). The performed mode is stored in the specific performance mode storage area 5826 (S165). Then, the number of changes of the demo symbol performed during the continuous variation effect is set in the remaining variation number counter (S166), the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON” (S167), and the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing. When the value of the remaining variation counter is not “0” and the specific effect mode has already been determined (S163: NO), the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON” as it is (S167), and the sub Return to integrated substrate processing. When the continuous variation effect execution flag is set to “ON”, the CPU 581 executes the continuous variation effect control process during the non-execution of the sub-integrated board process.

  Next, details of the continuous variation effect control process will be described with reference to FIG. When the continuous variation effect control process is started, first, the emission color determination table is referred to, and the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is determined based on the value of the remaining variation counter (S171). Next, a light emission color designation command for designating the determined light emission color is transmitted to the lamp driver board 46 (S172), and it is instructed to cause the rotating lamp 10 to emit light in a predetermined color during the demo symbol variation. Then, the value of the remaining fluctuation number counter is decremented by “1” (S173), a process of starting the fluctuation of the demo symbol is performed (S174), and one demo symbol fluctuation determined according to the fluctuation pattern is performed. The time is set in the variable time counter (S175). After that, a standby state is entered until the fluctuation time elapses (S178: NO). When the fluctuation time elapses (S178: YES), a light emission stop command for stopping the light emission of the rotating lamp 10 is transmitted to the lamp driver board 46. (S179).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the remaining fluctuation counter is “0” (S180). If it is not “0” (S180: NO), the demo symbol variation in the continuous variation effect has not yet been completed all times, and therefore a process of temporarily stopping the demo symbol with a combination indicating a deviation is performed (S181). Returning to the process of S171, the demo symbols are changed again. If the remaining variation counter is “0” (S180: YES), a reach effect start command instructing execution of the reach effect is transmitted to the effect control board 43 (S182), and the continuous variation effect execution flag is OFF. In step S183, the continuous variation effect control process ends.

  Next, effects and effects of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the content of the specific effect in the pachinko machine 1 as time elapses.

  First, a description will be given of a case in which a continuous variation effect that performs three demonstration symbol variations is executed after a specific effect over three notification effects due to prefetching of the contents of the notification effect (example 1 in FIG. 19). . In this example, first, the sum of the first reserved ball number and the second reserved ball number is “3”, and the game ball wins the first start port 14 while the notification effect is being executed. A new random number is acquired. The result of prefetching for this random number is “3 consecutive fluctuations”. And since there is no holding ball as a reach effect while the specific effect is not being executed, a lottery of whether or not to execute the specific effect is performed, and this is won. Then, the mode of “4. Three consecutive fluctuations” (see FIG. 14) is determined. Then, since the remaining number of fluctuations is “5 or less” in the demo symbol fluctuation in the next and subsequent notification effects, the rotating lamp 10 is lit in white during high-speed fluctuation. Further, during the notification effect in which the remaining number of fluctuations is “4”, the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is blue. The three specific effects so far are continuous notices resulting from the prefetching of the contents of the notification effect.

  Next, a continuous variation effect is executed. During the first demonstration symbol variation in this continuous variation effect, the emission color is green, the second is yellow, and the third is red. Here, the specific effect performed during the continuous variation effect and the specific effect performed before the execution of the continuous variation effect differ only in the emission color of the rotating lamp 10. Accordingly, the six specific effects are a series of continuous effects, and each time the specific effect is performed, the rotating lamp 10 can be caused to emit light in a color with a higher expectation level of jackpot. Therefore, it is possible to attract a player's interest strongly by spending a longer time.

  Next, a case will be described in which a continuous variation effect that performs two demonstration symbol variations is executed after performing one specific effect due to prefetching of the contents of the notification effect (example 2 in FIG. 19). In this example, while the number of reserved balls is “1”, a game ball wins the first starting port 14 and a random number is acquired. The result of prefetching for this random number is “continuous fluctuation twice”. Then, the execution lottery of the specific effect is won, and the aspect of the specific effect is “3. Continuous variation twice” (see FIG. 14). Then, since the number of remaining fluctuations is “3” in the demo symbol change in the next notification effect, the color of the rotating lamp 10 that emits light during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol is blue. Next, the light emission color of the rotating lamp 10 changes to green during the first demonstration symbol variation in the continuous variation effect and yellow during the second demonstration symbol variation. Unlike the mode, the reach state is reached after the second demo symbol change, and the reach effect is performed. If the determination result is a big hit, the player is more likely to execute the “3 consecutive variations” effect than the “2 consecutive variations” effect. The game can be enjoyed in the hope that the number of continuous executions will increase.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, continuous identification with a plurality of demonstration symbol variations and a plurality of notification effects before the continuous variation effect execution are continuously specified. Production can be performed. Thereby, the player's sense of expectation for the jackpot can be continued for a longer time. Furthermore, it is possible to diversify the contents of the production over a plurality of demo symbol variations, and to attract the player's interest strongly. Moreover, the light emission color of the revolving lamp 10 can be sequentially changed according to the remaining number of fluctuations of the demo symbol that is performed until the specific effect is finished. And the rate of execution when the continuous variation effect with a large number of demonstration symbol variations is determined to be a big hit is higher. Therefore, the player can easily grasp that the specific performance is continuously performed, and the player's expectation for the big hit can be enhanced. Furthermore, it is possible to make the player easily grasp the number of continuous executions of the specific effect by the emission color of the rotating lamp 10.

  Moreover, if the notification effect performed after that is a notification effect with a high ratio that is executed when it is determined that the jackpot is large, the ratio at which the specific effect is executed is high. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game while expecting the specific performance to be executed. In addition, since the reserved ball that has triggered the specific effect, that is, the reserved ball indicating the end of the specific effect can be displayed in a specific manner on the first reserved ball number display unit 90, the player can specify It is possible to easily grasp that the production is executed. In addition, if the content of the pre-read notification effect is “non-reach”, the specific effect is executed only when the number of reserved balls is two or less. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate a situation in which the reach effect is not performed even though the specific effect is continuously executed many times, and it is possible to prevent the player from being discouraged. In addition, when a specific effect is executed continuously for a predetermined number of times or more, a reach effect is always executed, so that the player can expect that the specific effect is executed more continuously. it can.

  The first start opening 14 and the second start electric accessory 15 of the present embodiment correspond to the “start opening” of the present invention, and the first start opening switch 69 and the second start electric accessory switch 70 are “game”. Corresponds to “sphere detecting means”. Further, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that acquires random numbers in S24 and 31 shown in FIG. 9 functions as “random number acquisition means”, and the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that makes a jackpot determination in S48, 49, 64, and 65 shown in FIG. Functions as “hit determination means”. Further, the display screen 28, the rotating lamp 10, the illumination device 35, and the speaker 48 correspond to “effect execution means”, the change pattern corresponds to “effect pattern”, and the change pattern storage area 5305 of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 is provided. This corresponds to “production pattern storage means”.

  Further, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines the variation pattern in S51, 53, 67, and 69 shown in FIG. 11 functions as an “effect pattern determining means”, and controls the notification effect according to the effect pattern. The effect control board 43 and the lamp driver board 46 function as “effect execution control means”. Further, in step S26, 33 shown in FIG. 9, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that performs a pre-reading process on the contents of the notification effect to be performed thereafter and the specific effect execution lottery process shown in FIG. The CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 functions as “specific effect execution determining means”, and the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 controls the specific effect during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol in S158 shown in FIG. 17 and S172 shown in FIG. The lamp driver board 46 and the speaker 48 function as “specific effect execution control means”.

  Further, in S146 shown in FIG. 16, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that calculates the sum of the number of times of the demonstration symbol variation in the continuous variation effect and the number of executions of the notification effect until the continuous variation effect is performed is Functions as a means. Also, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that counts the number of remaining fluctuations of the demo symbol until the specific effect is ended in S147 of FIG. 16, S159 of FIG. 17, and S173 of FIG. 18 functions as “remaining fluctuation number counting means”. To do. Further, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that determines the mode of the specific effect in S144 and 145 shown in FIG. 16 functions as “specific effect mode determining means”. Further, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 and the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 in the RAM 52 of the main board 41 correspond to “random number storage means”, and the first reserved ball number display section 90 and the second jackpot display section 90 on the display screen 28. The reserved ball number display section 95 corresponds to “held ball display means”. The main board 41, the sub-integrated board 58, and the effect control board 43 that control the display of the display screen 28 correspond to the “holding ball display control unit”.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the specific effect is executed during the variation of all the demo symbols from the time when the specific effect is determined by prefetching the content of the notification effect until the specific effect is ended. However, if the continuous notice effect by pre-reading and the continuous variation effect of the demo symbol in the continuous variation effect are a series of effects, it is not always necessary to execute the specific effect during the variation of all the demo symbols. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, in this embodiment, if the remaining number of fluctuations is “5 or more”, the rotating lamp 10 always emits white light regardless of the specific effect, but “5 or more”. In this case, it is possible to provide a specific effect mode in which the rotating lamp 10 is not lit.

  In addition, when performing a specific effect by combining a continuous notice resulting from the prefetching of the contents of the notification effect and a plurality of demo symbol variations in the continuous variation effect, the sub-integrated board 58 and the effect control for controlling the demo symbol variation The board 43 (the effect execution control means in the present invention) includes a stop display by the definite display and a stop display by temporarily stopping the display of the demonstration symbols for a plurality of times until the specific effect ends. be able to. Thereby, a variation can be given to the stop display mode of the demo symbol during a series of specific effects, and the player can improve the expectation to the jackpot every time the demo symbol variation effect is performed.

  It is also possible to provide a plurality of types of final display and temporary stop modes during the specific performance. For example, when a temporary stop of a demo symbol during a continuous variation effect is performed, an effect for causing a specific character to appear is set. Then, even in the case of performing the final display of the demo symbol immediately before the continuous variation effect is executed, the process of causing the character to appear is performed in the same manner as in the case of temporarily stopping. In this case, since the player can be illusioned that the number of changes in the demo symbol performed during the continuous variation effect is one more than the number of changes actually performed, the player's expectation of jackpot Can be increased.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the continuous notice by the prefetching and the continuous variation effect are combined, the continuous variation effect is controlled to be performed once through one or more “non-reach” notification effects. Yes. However, a continuous variation effect may be executed a plurality of times during a series of specific effects. For example, a series of specific effects may be executed while notification effects are performed in the order of “non-reach”, “non-reach”, “continuous variation effect”, and “continuous variation effect”. As a result, it is possible to obtain the effect of the demonstration symbol confirmation display and temporary stop variation, and the effect of the confirmation display and the effect accompanied by the temporary stop are executed a plurality of times, respectively, and the player's expectation for the jackpot A feeling can be improved. Further, for example, the specific effect may be executed while the notification effect is performed in the order of “continuous fluctuation effect”, “non-reach”, and “normal reach”. That is, if a continuous notice by prefetching and a continuous variation effect involving a plurality of demo symbol variations are integrated into a series of effects, it is possible to spend more time and increase the player's expectation.

  In the present embodiment, in order to ensure the continuity of a series of specific effects, the effects are controlled so that the reach effect is not executed during the specific effects. However, it is also possible to execute a reach effect during a series of specific effects. In this case, it is desirable that the reach effect executed midway is only a simple reach effect that ends in a shorter time than the other reach effects. As a result, a series of effects in which the continuous notice by the pre-reading and the continuous variation effects are combined is performed smoothly, and the player is not uncomfortable due to the prolongation of the effects. Moreover, in order to ensure the continuity of a series of specific effects, the notification effect corresponding to the continuous notice before the execution of the continuous change effect is not only a reach effect but also other effects (for example, a notice effect or a mode transition effect). It is desirable to control so as not to be executed. Thereby, a series of specific effects are smoothly performed without impairing continuity.

  In addition, the specific effect of the present embodiment is an effect of causing the rotating lamp 10 to emit light in any of the five colors and generating a sound effect from the speaker 48 during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol. Can also be changed. For example, it goes without saying that the emission colors of the rotating lamp 10 are not limited to five colors, and the number of consecutive executions of a specific effect (the degree of expectation for jackpots) can be changed by changing the rotation speed and intensity of the emission of the rotating lamp 10. ) May be notified to the player. Further, a character may appear on the display screen 28 during execution of the specific effect, or the background color of the demo symbol on the display screen 28 may be changed. That is, the specific effect may be executed using the display screen 28. In this case, the specific effect may be executed using both the revolving light 10 and the display screen 28, or the revolving light 10 may not be used. Further, the present invention can be realized without notifying the player of the number of continuous executions of the specific effect.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the emission color of the rotating lamp 10 is determined according to the remaining number of fluctuations of the demo symbol, the emission color when the remaining number of fluctuations is “5 or more” is always white. Further, the emission color in the first specific effect may be blue or green. However, it is also possible to simply change the emission color according to the number of continuous executions of the specific effect without considering the remaining number of fluctuations. In this case, even if the emission color does not change to red or yellow, which are colors with high expectations for jackpots, if the number of reserved balls at the time of the specific performance execution lottery is small, you can have a strong expectation for the jackpot. Can attract people's interests.

  Moreover, you may provide the luminescent color which can light-emit only when the determination result is a big hit. For example, when the determination result is a big hit, the rotating lamp 10 is made to emit light in seven colors at a predetermined rate. Thereby, the aspect of a specific effect can be diversified and a player can be entertained. Furthermore, it is also possible to provide a mode of specific effects that can be executed only when the probability variation jackpot. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player that the probability variation is a big hit before the display of the demonstration symbol confirmed, and the player can be pleased. In addition, it is sufficient that the mode of the specific effect executed during the continuous advance notice by the pre-reading and the mode of the specific effect executed during the continuous fluctuation effect are a continuous series of effects, and the effect modes need to be completely the same. There is no. For example, the revolving lamp 10 may be set to emit light more strongly in the specific effect during the continuous fluctuation effect than in the specific effect during the continuous notice by prefetching. Further, the size of the sound effect may be increased, and the number of LEDs that emit light simultaneously may be increased. Thereby, the player's sense of expectation for the jackpot can be gradually increased, and the game can be enjoyed.

  In the present embodiment, when it is determined that the specific effect is to be executed by pre-reading the content of the notification effect, the mark for displaying the holding ball is always the specific mark 92. However, only a specific effect may be executed without displaying the specific mark 92. In this case, since the player can play the game with the expectation that the specific effect will be executed even if the specific mark 92 is not displayed on the first reserved ball number display unit 90, The game can be continued without impairing the feeling. A plurality of types of specific marks 92 may be provided, and the present invention can be realized without using the specific marks 92 themselves. Of course, the mode of the normal mark 91 and the specific mark 92 can be changed. For example, a shape such as a double circle, a triangle, or a quadrangle may be used, and the normal mark 91 and the specific mark 91 may be specified by changing the color of the mark. Needless to say, the mark 92 may be distinguished.

  Further, in the present embodiment, only when the gaming state is a non-time-short state, the specific effect is executed with the pre-reading of the content of the notification effect as a trigger. Good. Similarly, a specific effect by prefetching may be executed in response to a winning of a game ball for the second starting electric accessory 15. Moreover, you may change the ratio which wins the execution lottery of a specific production | presentation according to the starting port which the game ball used as the opportunity of a lottery wins. Specifically, during the change of the demo symbols, the specific effect is higher in the case where the game ball wins the second starter electric accessory 15 than in the case where the game ball wins the first start port 14. Set to run. In this case, it is possible to entertain the game while making the player more strongly expect that the game ball will win the second starting electric combination 15 that is difficult to win in the non-time-short state.

  The pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes two special symbols, a first special symbol and a second special symbol, and can perform two types of jackpot determinations. However, the gaming machine to which the present invention can be applied is not limited to this, and can be applied to a gaming machine having one or three or more special symbols, and the present invention is applied to display the result of the normal hit determination. It is also possible.

  The gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, but can be applied to various gaming machines such as a pachinko machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 10 Rotating light 14 1st starting opening 15 2nd starting electric-powered object 28 Display screen 35 Illuminating device 41 Main board 43 Production control board 46 Lamp driver board 48 Speaker 51 CPU
52 RAM
53 ROM
58 Sub-integrated board 69 First start port switch 70 Second start electric accessory switch 90 First reserved ball number display part 91 Normal mark 92 Specific mark 95 Second reserved ball number display part 581 CPU
582 RAM
583 ROM
5205 First jackpot relation information storage area 5207 Second jackpot relation information storage area 5305 Fluctuation pattern storage area 5826 Specific effect mode storage area 5834 Light emission color determination table storage area

Claims (1)

A game ball detecting means for detecting a game ball that has passed through a start port provided in the game board;
Due to the fact that the game ball is detected by the game ball detection means, random number acquisition means for acquiring random number information;
Based on the random number information acquired by the random number acquisition means, a hit determination means for determining whether to execute a winning game advantageous to the player;
Effect execution means for executing an effect using a demo symbol indicating the determination result of the hit determination means;
The demonstration pattern of the notification effect, which is the effect indicating the result of the hit determination by changing the demonstration symbol and then displaying the final symbol, is displayed after the demonstration symbol is changed until it is confirmed and displayed. Effect pattern storage means for storing a plurality of continuous variation effect patterns for executing a continuous variation effect pattern that is a notification effect in which a plurality of demo symbol changes are performed a plurality of times with a temporary stop for temporarily stopping a symbol;
An effect pattern determining means for determining one of the effect patterns stored in the effect pattern storage means based on the random number information acquired by the random number acquiring means;
Effect execution control means for causing the effect execution means to execute the notification effect according to the effect pattern determined by the effect pattern determination means;
When the random number acquisition unit newly acquires the random number information while the notification execution unit is executing the notification generation unit, the notification generation to be performed thereafter is performed by the newly acquired random number information. Whether or not to execute a specific effect, which is an effect that can be continuously executed over a plurality of fluctuations of the demo symbol, based on the notification effect prefetch information, while acquiring the information effect prefetch information. Specific production execution decision means to decide;
A specific effect execution control means for causing the effect execution means to execute the specific effect during the variation of the demo design,
The specific effect execution control means is configured to trigger the specific effect when the specific effect is determined to be triggered when the random number information for determining the continuous variation effect pattern is newly acquired. The specific effect is continuously executed over the demo symbol variation in the notification effect until the continuous variation effect is performed, and a plurality of demo symbol variations in the continuous variation effect. A gaming machine.

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