JP6034620B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention stores a result of random lottery executed as a trigger when winning at a start winning opening as hold information, and can perform a notice effect before execution of hold information digest processing based on this hold information About.

  Conventionally, in a so-called digipachi type game machine, when it is predicted that a reach state with a high probability that the result of random number lottery will be a big hit will occur, a game in which the hold memory lamp is turned on in a different manner from normal A machine is known (Patent Document 1).

  There is also a proposal for a so-called feather-type gaming machine that causes a control part to display an indication of the possibility of a bonus game due to an operation mode related to reserved memory (patent) Reference 2).

No. 7-30054 Patent No. 4914963

  The gaming machines described in these Patent Documents 1 and 2 are subject to the occurrence of jackpots and bonus games before executing the fluctuation image display on the liquid crystal screen by the reservation digestion process and the opening / closing operation of the blades of the center accessory device. Preliminary performances are made to raise expectations and enhance the interest of the players, but these are performed for a short period of time between successive digestion processes and new winning lotteries without reserved memory. For this reason, there are cases where the player overlooks or irritates the player.

  In addition, players tend to feel the fun of games in so-called “ren-chan”, where jackpots and bonus games occur continuously. Was not properly forewarning information about whether or not it could occur.

  Therefore, the present application has been made for the purpose of providing a gaming machine capable of accurately giving a notice of the possibility of “continuous change” in which special game states such as jackpots and special games occur continuously.

The gaming machine of the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, as illustrated in the conceptual diagram of FIG.
An open / close winning device [M1 (M2)] including an open / close member [b1 (b2)] that allows a game ball to be won when opened and that cannot be won when closed;
Lottery means [M3] for executing random lottery in response to winning of a game ball at the start winning opening [b3];
On-hold storage means [M4] capable of storing a plurality of random number lottery results by the lottery means [M3] as on-hold information [H1, H2,.
When the hold information is stored in the hold storage means [M4], it is read out, the game state is determined based on the correspondence between the hold information and a predetermined winning condition, and the determined game state A suspension digesting means [M5] for executing a suspension digestion process for outputting a control command to digest the suspension information;
After opening the opening / closing member [b1 (b2)], when a parameter relating to the opening time of the opening / closing member [b1 (b2)] satisfies a predetermined condition, or a game to the opening / closing prize winning device [M1 (M2)] The lottery means is a special game in which the unit round is a period until the opening / closing member [b1 (b2)] is returned to the closed state, with the earlier winning condition being set as the round end condition when the number of winning balls meets the predetermined condition. Special game execution means [M6] for executing up to the number of rounds corresponding to the result of random number lottery by [M3],
And further comprising the following configuration.
(A1) When the special game is being executed by the special game execution means [M6] and the hold information [H1, H2,...] Is stored in the hold storage means [M4] Before starting the on-hold digest processing by the on-hold digest means [M5], pre-read the on-hold information, and specify a correspondence relationship between the pre-read on-hold information and the winning conditions. Be prepared.
(A2) Based on the correspondence specified by the special game holding prefetch means [M7], production information for notifying the game state after the special game is ended by the special game executing means [M6] is generated. The special game executing means [M6] is provided with a special game notice effect means [M8] for giving a notice effect in advance during execution of the special game.
(A3) The special game advance notice effect means [M8] displays the advance notice effect when the correspondence between the pre-read hold information and the winning condition is accompanied by an opening operation of the opening / closing member [b1 (b2)]. Be configured as a means to execute.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the open / close winning device [M1 (M2)] is installed on the game board [b4], and its operation is controlled by the main control board. The lottery means [M3], the hold storage means [M4], the hold digest means [M5], the special game execution means [M6], and the special game hold prefetch means [M7] are provided as functions of the main control board. The special game announcement notice means [M8] can be provided as a function of the sub-control board. Note that the special game announcement notice means [M8] may also be provided as a function of the main control board as long as there is no problem in processing capability.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, when a game ball wins the start winning opening [b3] during the game, the lottery means [M3] executes the random number lottery, and the lottery result is the hold information [H1, H2,. ] Is stored in the hold storage means [M4]. When the hold information is stored in the hold storage means [M4], the hold digesting means [M5] reads the hold information, and determines the game state based on the correspondence between the hold information and a predetermined winning condition. Then, a control command for setting the determined gaming state is output. For example, a control command for causing the opening / closing member b1 to perform an opening / closing operation so as to correspond to the gaming state, and an effect by display / light emission / sound by the liquid crystal display device b5, dot display b6, electrical decoration member b7, speaker b8, etc. Outputs a control command to execute. The holding digest means [M5] can be configured such that the opening / closing member b1 (b2) is directly driven and controlled, and the liquid crystal display device b5 and the like are driven and controlled via the sub-control board.

  When a special game execution condition for opening the open / close member [b1 (b2)] of the open / close winning device [M1 (M2)] is generated through the holding digest process, the special game is executed by the special game execution means [M6]. Be started. In this case, the special game executing means [M6] is used when the parameter relating to the opening time of the opening / closing member [b1 (b2)] satisfies a predetermined condition (hereinafter referred to as “unit round prescribed time”), or the open / close winning device [ The opening / closing member [b1 (b2) is defined as the round end condition when the winning number of game balls to M1 (M2)] satisfies a predetermined condition (hereinafter referred to as “unit round prescribed winning number”). )] Is executed as a unit round until returning to the closed state.

  Here, for the “unit round specified time”, for example, in the case of a special game using a feather-type open / close winning device [M1], the opening / closing operation of a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times) by the opening / closing member [b1] is completed. It is set as the time until or the number of opening and closing. On the other hand, in the case of a special game using the digital open type open / close winning device [M2], the “unit round prescribed time” is set to, for example, a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) for which the opening / closing member [b2] is kept open. . In addition, as the “unit round prescribed winning number”, for example, a number such as 9 or 10 is set. In the special game using the wing-type open / close winning device [M1], when the round end condition is set by using the open / close count of the open / close member [b1] as a parameter, the first round is performed once or twice. The round end condition is when the opening / closing operation is completed, the round end condition is when 18 opening / closing operations are completed after the second round, and the round end condition is one opening / closing operation after the predetermined round after the second round. For example, the round end condition regarding the unit round prescribed time can be set different for each round.

  The special game execution means [M6] is a unit round defined by “Unit Round Specified Time” or “Unit Round Specified Prize Number” within the upper limit of the number of rounds, such as 2, 5, 8, 16, etc. Run. The upper limit of the number of rounds is determined by the random number lottery result of the lottery means [M3]. In addition to the number of rounds, a special game with the same “Unit Round Specified Time” from the beginning to the end, or a special game with a different “Unit Round Specified Time” between a certain number of rounds and after that This difference can also be set.

  Furthermore, as a correspondence relationship between the random number lottery by the lottery means [M3] and the winning conditions, the “probability change state” for increasing the winning probability after the end of the special game is started until the predetermined number of times the lottery is performed although the winning probability does not change. It may be set what game state the game state after the end of the special game is, such as “starting support state” that increases the possibility of winning a winning opening, or a completely normal game state.

  As described above, in various recent gaming machines, when a special game occurs, winning conditions are set by varying the contents of the special game itself, the game state after the end of the special game, and the like. ] Stores reserved storage information for specifying the contents of the special game itself, the game state after the special game, and the like.

  The special game holding pre-reading means [M7] is in the middle of executing the special game by the special game executing means [M6], and the holding information [H1, H2,...] Is stored in the holding storage means [M4]. If it is, the hold information is prefetched before the hold digest process by the hold digest means [M5] is started, and the correspondence between the hold information (hereinafter referred to as “prefetch information”) and the winning condition is specified. Thus, in addition to the presence / absence of information suggesting the occurrence of a special game in the on-hold storage information, the contents of the special game itself, the game state after the end of the special game, and the like can be specified.

  The special game advance notice means [M8], after the special game is finished by the special game execution means [M6], based on the correspondence between the prefetch information specified by the special game hold prefetch means [M7] and the winning conditions. Produce information for notifying the game state is generated, and a notice effect is produced in advance during execution of the special game by the special game execution means [M6]. This notice effect can be executed, for example, as a display / light emission / sound effect using a liquid crystal display device [b5], a dot display device [b6], an electrical decoration member [b7], a speaker [b8], or the like.

  Here, as described above, the gaming machine of the present invention is aimed at accurately giving a notice of the possibility of “continuous change”. For this reason, the notice effect means during special game [M8] executes the notice effect when the correspondence between the pre-read information and the winning condition corresponds to a game state involving the opening operation of the opening / closing member [b1 (b2)]. It is comprised as a means to do.

  As a result, while a special game such as a jackpot or bonus game is being executed, a player can quickly generate a “continuous chain” after the special game is over. It is possible to accurately know information regarding “continuous change” such as whether or not it can be performed within the range of the reserved storage information.

Here, the gaming machine of the present invention may further have the following configuration.
(A4) The hold pre-reading means during special game [M7] is configured as means for executing a notice effect by pre-reading the hold information after the second and subsequent rounds of the special game are started.

  Rather than performing a pre-reading notice effect immediately after the start of a special game, it is more impressive to make a notice at the timing when the round of special games begins and the player expects the next consecutive game In particular, the notice at the end of the round is more desirable in terms of preventing the player from overlooking or forgetting.

Here, the gaming machine of the present invention may further have the following configuration.
(B1) The special game execution means [M6] is configured as means for executing a special game in which the opening / closing member has different opening modes in the first round and the second and subsequent rounds.
(B2) In the open / close winning device [M1], a special winning area [vzn] is set in which a special game in the second round and thereafter is continued when a game ball is won during the special game in the first round. is being done.
(B3) The lottery means [M3] has a first opening operation mode [h1a, h2a,...] Corresponding to the opening operation mode of the opening / closing member in the first round and the second and subsequent rounds in the random number lottery. The random number value for specifying the second opening operation mode [h2a, h2b,...] Corresponding to the opening operation mode of the opening / closing member is executed, and the result of the random lottery is stored The information [H1, H2,...] Is configured as means for storing in the hold storage means [M4].
(B4) The special game advance notice producing means [M8] includes a first opening operation mode [h1a, h2a,...] And a second opening operation mode that can be specified from the holding information [H1, H2,. h2a, h2b,...] so as to notify the player of the opening operation mode of at least one of them.

  The configuration (B1) is a configuration that is often employed in a wing-type gaming machine, particularly a pure wing-type gaming machine. In a pure feather type game machine, the winning at the start winning opening [b3] is “big hit” in a sense, and the opening / closing member [b1] is opened and closed once or a plurality of times. When the game ball enters or passes through the special winning area [vzn] set in the open / close winning device [M1], an opening / closing operation that provides an open / close state more advantageous to the player is performed. In many cases, the second round of the special game is started as a privilege game to be executed in [b1].

  For this reason, when the present invention is applied to this type of gaming machine, when a game ball wins the start winning opening [b3], the lottery means [M3] is set to the first opening operation mode [h1a, h2a,. A process of lottering random values for specifying the second release operation mode [h1b, h2b,...] Is executed, and the result of this random lottery is held as holding information [H1, H2,. ] Will be memorized.

  Therefore, in the gaming machines equipped with (B1) to (B4), the configuration of (A5) is further utilized, and the special game holding prefetch means [M7] is started for the second and subsequent rounds of the special game. It will be configured as a means for performing pre-reading of the hold information later, and will be configured to give a notice effect after the start of the second opening operation mode that the player thinks is a big hit, and the player himself does not think that it is a big hit The notice effect is not performed during the execution of the first opening operation mode. As a result, it is possible to eliminate a notice effect that causes a problem such as irritating the player.

  In addition, as the notice effect that informs the player of the possibility of prompt “continuous change”, the number of times of opening / closing the opening / closing member [b1], the opening time, and the opening timing in the first opening operation mode executed after the end of the special game. Such information is of great interest for establishing a continuous chain for the player. Therefore, the special game advance notice means [M8] is used only for the first release operation mode of the reserved information. An advance notice effect may be provided, or an advance notice effect may be provided only for the second opening operation mode that is of greater interest to the player. Of course, both the first opening operation mode and the second opening operation mode paired with the first opening operation mode may be provided in advance.

Therefore, the gaming machine of the present invention including these (A5) and (B1) to (B4) can further include the following configuration.
(C1) In the winning condition, the number of opening operations, the opening time, and the opening operation timing in the first round are set as the contents of the first opening operation mode, and the special game announcement notice means [M8] Is configured as means for executing the notice effect based on the contents [h1a, h2a,...] Of these first opening operation modes.

  For a player who expects a quick “ream”, knowing in advance notice how the first opening operation mode waiting after the end of these special games will be performed is accurate. It is because it becomes notice information.

In addition, the gaming machine of the present invention including at least (A5) and (B1) to (B4) may further include the following configuration.
(C2) The special game execution means is configured as means for continuing the special game to the next round up to the maximum number of rounds that can be executed when a game ball is won in the special prize area in the second round and thereafter. The condition is that, as the second opening operation mode, the maximum number of rounds that can be executed, the parameter relating to the opening / closing member opening time in the unit round after the second round, and the high continuation that facilitates the continuation of the round after the second round Information relating to the game is set as a random number lottery object by the lottery means [M3], and the special game advance notice means [M8] is the contents [h1b, h2b,. It is comprised as a means to perform the said notice effect based on this.

  For the player who expects a quick “continuous change”, how is the second release operation mode started when the round continuation is successful in the first release operation mode waiting after completion of these special games? This is because knowing whether or not it will be performed through the notice effect provides accurate notice information regarding “ren-chang”.

On the other hand, in the feather-type gaming machine, there may be one in which the first opening operation mode described above does not count as the first round of the special game as a small hit game.
In such a case, the gaming machine according to the present invention includes at least the configurations (A1) to (A4), and may further include the following configurations.
(D1) In the open / close winning device [M1], a special winning area [vzn] for generating the special game when a game ball is won in the area is set.
(D2) The lottery means [M4] causes the opening / closing member “b1” to perform one or more opening operations, thereby allowing a game state in which a game ball can be won to the open / close winning device [M1]. Including an execution mode [h1a, h2a,...] And a special game round number generated when a game ball is won in the special winning area [vzn] when the small hit game is executed. The random number value for specifying the game execution mode [h2a, h2b,...] Is executed, and the result of the random lottery is used as the hold information [H1, H2,. ] As a means for memorizing.
(D3) The special game advance notice effect means “M8” executes the advance notice effect so as to notify the player of at least one of the execution mode of the small hit game and the execution mode of the special game. Be configured as a means.
(D4) During the execution of the special game, the special game execution means [M6] continues the special game to the next round up to the maximum number of rounds that can be executed when the game ball wins the special winning area. Be configured as a means.

  Even if the game is a small hit game, the special game may be configured to start substantially from the second round. This is because, for the player, after all, the essence of interest is how many rounds the state in which the opening and closing member [b1] repeats the opening and closing operation many times continues.

Here, the gaming machine of the present invention including these (D1) to (D4) may further include the following configuration.
(D5) In the winning condition, the number of opening operations, the opening time, and the opening operation timing are set as random number lottery targets by the lottery means [M3] as the mode of execution of the small hit game.
(D6) The winning condition includes, as the execution mode of the special game, the maximum number of rounds that can be executed, parameters relating to the opening time of the opening / closing member in a unit round, and information relating to a high continuation game that facilitates round continuation. It is set as an object of random lottery by [M3].
(D7) The special game advance notice means [M8] includes the small hit game execution mode [h1a, h2a,...] And the special game execution mode [h1b, h2b, ...] as a means for executing the notice effect.

  In the case where the small hit game and the special game are treated separately, the ease of shifting to the special game changes depending on the execution mode of the small hit game, and the player's interest in the execution mode of the special game that finally occurs Because it is expensive, for the player who expects a quick “ream change”, the special game advance notice means [M8] performs the contents [h1a, h2a,... This is because the execution of the notice effect based on the contents [h2a, h2b,...] Of the special game execution mode generated as a result is accurate notice information regarding the “continuous change” for the player.

Further, these gaming machines of the present invention may further have the following configuration.
(E1) When two or more pieces of holding information are stored in the holding storage unit [M4], the special game holding pre-reading means [M7] pre-reads these two or more holding information, It is configured as a means for specifying the correspondence between the hold information and the winning condition.
(E2) The special game advance notice means “M8” is a plurality of post-special game finishes when two or more pieces of hold information whose correspondence relationship with the winning condition is specified satisfy the specified condition. It is comprised as a means to perform the said notice effect about the game state of times.

  In addition to the first opening operation mode immediately after the end of the special game and the execution mode of the small hit game, it is possible to promptly produce these information for a plurality of times stored in reserve in a feather type game machine. This is because it is an accurate notice effect for a player who expects "Ran Chang". In addition, even in a Digipachi type game machine, if multiple jackpots are included in a plurality of reserved storage information, it is possible to promptly produce a series of notices one after another. This is because it will be an accurate notice effect for a player who expects.

In addition, the gaming machine of the present invention including at least (B1) to (B4) or (D1) to (D4) may further include the following configuration.
(G1) Specific period determining means for determining whether or not a game ball has won a prize in the special winning area within a specific period after the opening / closing member [b1] starts opening by the holding digest means [M5]. That.
(G2) The winning condition is configured so that the specific period can be set for each mode of the opening operation of the opening and closing member [b1] as the target of the random number lottery.
(G3) The special game advance notice effect means [M8] is configured as means for executing the advance notice effect for the specific period.

  In the feather-type gaming machine, when executing the opening / closing operation in the special game or the small hit game as the first opening operation mode, the transition to the round of the second opening operation mode or the transition to the special game is determined. This is because telling a specific period is an accurate notice effect for a player who expects “continuous change” as well as telling the number of opening / closing operations.

  According to the present invention, the possibility of “continuous change” in which special game states such as jackpots and special games occur continuously, in particular, the possibility of “continuous change” promptly can be accurately predicted.

It is an invention conceptual diagram which conceptually illustrates the configuration of the present invention. The pachinko machine of Example 1 is shown, (A) is a perspective view of the state which removed the game board, (B) is a front view, (C) is an exploded perspective view. Example 1 is shown, (A) is a front view of a game board, (B) is a front view of a back unit. FIG. 2 shows a normal center accessory in the pachinko machine of Embodiment 1, wherein (A) is a front view, (B) is a BB sectional view, and (C) is a CC sectional view. The center part at the normal time in the pachinko machine of Example 1 is shown, (A) is a front view, (B) is EE sectional drawing, (C) is DD sectional drawing, (D) is AA. It is sectional drawing. The center part at the time of the storage function action | operation in the pachinko machine of Example 1 is shown, (A) is a front view, (B) is AA sectional drawing, (C) is CC sectional drawing. The center part at the time of the storage function operation | movement in the pachinko machine of Example 1 is shown, (A) is a front view, (B) is EE sectional drawing, (C) is DD sectional drawing, (D) is B It is -B sectional drawing. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly state of the center accessory of the pachinko machine of Example 1. FIG. The drive mechanism of the collar member of the pachinko machine of Example 1 is shown, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is a bottom view, (C) to (E) are plan views, and (F) is an operation graph. The drive mechanism of the inclination board of the pachinko machine of Example 1 is shown, (A) and (B) are perspective views, (C) to (E) are left side views, and (F) to (H) are right side views. is there. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the pachinko machine of Example 1. FIG. It is a figure explaining the prize ball payout control process in the pachinko machine of Example 1, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of a calculation process. It is a figure explaining the random number lottery in the pachinko machine of Example 1, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a table which shows the correspondence between a random value and winning conditions, (C) is arithmetic processing It is a flowchart of. It is a figure explaining the pending | holding digestion process in the pachinko machine of Example 1, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of arithmetic processing, (C) is the update state of the memory content by pending digestion. It is a schematic diagram shown. It is a figure explaining the control process of the 1st round of the special game in the pachinko machine of Example 1, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of a calculation process. It is a figure explaining the control processing after the 2nd round of the special game in the pachinko machine of Example 1, (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of an arithmetic processing. It is a figure explaining the presentation control in the pachinko machine of Example 1, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of a calculation process. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining pre-reading notice effects in the pachinko machine of the first embodiment, where (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a table showing a correspondence relationship between random values, winning conditions, and pre-reading notice commands; C) is a flowchart of the calculation process. It is a figure explaining the swing motor control in the pachinko machine of Example 1, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of a calculation process. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a pre-reading notice effect in the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment, where (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a table showing a correspondence relationship between a random value, a winning condition, and a pre-reading notice command; C) is a flowchart of the calculation process. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a pre-reading notice effect in the pachinko machine according to the third embodiment, where (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a table showing a correspondence relationship between a random value, a winning condition, and a pre-reading notice command; C) is a flowchart of the calculation process. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a pre-reading notice effect in the pachinko machine according to the fourth embodiment, where (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a table showing a correspondence relationship between a random value, a winning condition, and a pre-reading notice command; C) is a flowchart of the calculation process. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a pre-reading notice effect in the pachinko machine according to the fifth embodiment, where (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a table showing a correspondence relationship between a random value, a winning condition, and a pre-reading notice command; C) is a flowchart of the calculation process. It is a figure explaining the random number lottery in the pachinko machine of Example 6, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of arithmetic processing, (C), (D) is a random number value and winning conditions. (C) is a flowchart of the calculation process. It is a figure explaining the pending | holding digestion process in the pachinko machine of Example 6, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of a calculation process, (C) is the update state of the memory content by pending digestion. It is a schematic diagram shown. It is a figure explaining the small hit game in the pachinko machine of Example 6, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of a calculation process. It is a figure explaining the special game in the pachinko machine of Example 6, Comprising: (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a flowchart of a calculation process. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a pre-reading notice effect in the pachinko machine according to the sixth embodiment, where (A) is a block diagram of a control system, (B) is a table showing a correspondence relationship between a random value, a winning condition, and a pre-reading notice command; C) is a flowchart of the calculation process.

  Hereinafter, specific examples will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as embodiments of the present invention.

[1 Overview of the entire gaming machine]
The pachinko machine of Example 1 is demonstrated in detail based on drawing. In the examples, “left” or “right” indicates “left” or “right” when viewed from the front side (front side) of the pachinko machine. First, a basic configuration of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment will be briefly described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko gaming machine P according to the first embodiment includes an outer frame A, an inner frame B, a game board 1, a front frame D, an upper ball tray E, a lower ball tray F, and a ball hitting device G. I have. The outer frame A is a vertical rectangular frame that forms the outline of the pachinko machine P. The middle frame B is a vertical rectangular frame for setting various game components, and is assembled to the front side of the outer frame A so as to be openable and detachable. The game board 1 is attached to an opening of a middle frame (game board mounting frame) B. The front frame D is a see-through protective window of the game board 1 and is assembled to the front side of the middle frame B so that it can be opened and closed by operating the locking device H. The upper ball tray E is a tray for lending balls or prize balls, and is configured integrally with the lower portion of the front frame D in this embodiment. Therefore, when the front frame D is opened and closed with respect to the middle frame B, the upper ball tray E is also opened and closed together. The lower ball receiving tray F is a receiving tray that receives a game ball discharged when the upper ball receiving tray E is full, a game ball that has been knocked down, and the like, and is fixed to the lower portion of the middle frame B. The hitting ball launching device G is a device for launching the game ball sent from the upper ball receiving tray E to the launching rail with the strength corresponding to the handle operation, and is installed in the lower right portion of the middle frame B.

  The middle frame B includes an upper frame member B1 that forms an upper edge, a lower frame member B2 that forms a lower edge and on which a ball striking device G and the like are installed, a left frame member B3 that forms a left edge, and a right frame that forms a right edge It is composed of a member B4 and is formed in a rectangular frame shape that aligns with the opening of the outer frame A when the upper, lower, left and right frame members B1 to B4 are assembled. An opening portion that opens when the upper, lower, left, and right frame members B1 to B4 are assembled functions as a game board holding portion B5 on which the game board 1 is installed. Here, the middle frame B is pivotally supported via support shafts provided at the upper left end and the lower left end of the outer frame A, and is rotated to the outer frame A by rotating the middle frame B around the left end. On the other hand, the middle frame B can be opened and closed.

[2 Outline of game board]
In the present embodiment, the game board 1 is constructed of veneer, and as shown in FIG. 3, the start winning holes 31 to 31 attached to the lower part of the game area 2 formed so as to surround the feather type center accessory 10. 33, left and right decorative bodies 40, 50, a lower decorative body 60, obstacle nails, windmills, and the like. The left and right decorative bodies 40, 50 are provided with normal winning ports 34, 35, and normal winning ports 36, 37 located on the left and right of the lower decorative body 60 are also provided. The center accessory 10 itself also functions as a winning opening. On the back surface of the game board 1, a back unit 100 that is in contact with the winning ports 31 to 37 and the center accessory 10 and forms a ball discharge passage 113 is attached.

  The back unit 100 is an LED located behind the left and right decorative bodies 40 and 50 and the lower decorative body 60 on the front side of the back unit main body 110 in which an edge frame 111 that fits inside the game board 1 is formed to project forward. The substrates 120, 130, and 140 are mounted. In addition, the back unit main body 110 is provided with a storage recess 112 that is recessed rearward in a portion corresponding to the back of the center accessory 10 and is provided with a ball discharge passage 113. The LED substrate 120 or the like is attached at a position that avoids the ball discharge passage 113 between the storage recess 112 of the back unit main body 110 and the edge frame 111. The illustrated state shows a state in which a front cover formed of a transparent synthetic resin is attached to the front side of the LED substrate 120 and the like, and the LEDs arranged on the front surface of the substrate are protected.

[Outline of the 3 Centers]
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the center accessory 10 has a winning space 11 having a general winning area 11 a and a special winning area 11 v, and an entrance of a game ball to the winning space 11 is rotated by a solenoid. Opening / closing members 12a and 12b that are opened and closed by a moving operation, and provided at the lowermost part of the winning space 11, form a receiving passage to the special winning area 11v, and are swung left and right within a predetermined swinging range by a motor drive. The flange member 13, the bottom surface forming member 14 installed slightly above the top surface of the flange member 13, and the tilting operation that is installed in the center of the bottom surface forming member 14 so as to extend in the front-rear direction and changes the tilt by driving the motor. And an inclined plate 15 that executes the following.

  A stepped portion 14 a is formed at the rear end portion of the bottom surface forming member 14 so as to rise upward. The stepped portion 14a is gently inclined like a roof that falls from the center to the left and right, and a recess 14b that can receive one game ball is formed on the center front surface. Further, a stopper 15a is provided near the rear end of the inclined plate 15 so as to protrude when tilted in the direction of lifting the tip.

  A doll 16 is provided in the center of the winning space 11, and an intermediate floor forming member 17 extending in the width direction in front of the doll 16 is also provided. The left and right ends of the intermediate floor forming member 17 are provided with front and rear direction guide path forming members 18a and 18b each having a rolling surface inclined downward so as to roll the game ball toward the rear. The left back inclined road forming member 21 having a rolling surface inclined downward to the right is received in the winning space 11 so as to receive and roll the game ball rolled from the rear ends of the guide path forming members 18a and 18b toward the center. A right back slope forming member 22 having a rolling surface inclined downward to the left is installed in the lower right innermost part of the winning space 11, respectively. Also, on the back of the doll 16, two sorting members 19a and 19b that are rotated by solenoid driving are also installed.

  The left back slope forming member 21 and the right back slope forming member 22 have the bottom surface in contact with the stepped portion 14a of the bottom face forming member 14, and the back surface on the rear wall 23a of the winning space base member 23 forming the winning space main body. It is installed so that it touches.

  The center accessory 10 includes a start opening winning control when the opening and closing members 12a and 12b are opened once or twice when a game ball is won in the start winning openings 31 to 33 provided in the game area 2, and the start opening. It functions as a winning device that starts special game control when a game ball that has entered the winning space 11 in accordance with execution of winning time control enters the special winning area 11v.

  In the special game control, the opening and closing members 12a and 12b are repeatedly opened and closed in a longer opening time than in the start opening winning time control, and the number of repetitions is 18 times, or the number of winning balls during this time is 10 A special game is executed with one round until the end. In addition, the number of rounds of this special game has already been determined by lottery at the time of winning the start opening, and round continuation control for improving continuity up to the final round is also executed according to the result of the lottery.

  In the round continuation control, the inclined plate 15 is tilted in the direction in which the rear end is lifted, and the sorting members 19a and 19b are rotated forward to guide the game balls on the intermediate floor forming member 17 toward the left and right ends. And the state which is easy to guide to the left back slope forming member 21 and the right back slope forming member 22 is formed via the longitudinal direction guide way forming members 18a and 18b. Further, the eaves member 13 is stopped at the center corresponding to the front surface of the inclined plate 15.

  As a result, during the round continuation control, the game ball that has entered the winning space 11 hits the upper surface of the intermediate floor forming member 17 and rolls backward while rolling to the left or right along the sorting members 19a and 19b. Then, it is guided to the longitudinal guide path forming members 18a and 18b. And it guide | induces to the left back slope formation member 21 or the right back slope formation member 22 via the front-back direction guidance path formation members 18a and 18b, rolls toward the center, and the hollow of the level | step-difference part 14a center It is discharged toward 14b, is obstructed by the stopper member 15a protruding on the rear end side of the inclined plate 15, and is stored in the recess 14b. Note that only one game ball is stored, and the other game balls roll from the left and right sides of the recess 14b to the stepped portion 14a and roll forward on the bottom surface forming member 14 to the rear unit 100 from the general winning area 11a. Are discharged into the ball discharge passage 113.

  At a predetermined timing during the special game, the tip of the inclined plate 15 is tilted downward, and the game ball stored at the rear end position rolls to the inclined plate 15 in accordance with the immersion operation of the stopper 15a. The special winning area 11v is won from the entrance of the eaves member 13 that has been taken out and rolled on the inclined plate 15, and is discharged to the ball discharge passage 113 of the back unit 100.

  Thus, in the round continuation control, a state in which the special game round is easily continued is formed by operating the storage function.

  In the normal state other than the special gaming state (including the control at the start opening winning), the gutter member 13 swings “(b) center → left end → center” “(b) center → right end → center”. When the operations (a) and (b) are switched, the operation of temporarily stopping at the center is repeatedly executed. This operation is realized by switching the forward rotation → stop → reverse rotation → stop → normal rotation →... Of the motor by the combination of the gear and the cam.

[4 Assembling the center character]
In assembling the center accessory 10, as shown in FIG. 8, first, the back surface is brought into contact with the rear wall 23a of the winning space base member 23 forming the winning space body, and the front wall 23a is crossed forward. The left back slope forming member 21 and the right back slope forming member 22 are attached so that the bottom surface is brought into contact with the stepped portion 14a integrally formed so as to extend.

  Next, the winning space partition member 24 in which the intermediate floor forming member 17 and the longitudinal guide path forming members 18 a and 18 b are integrally formed is attached to the front side of the winning space base member 23. The decorative member 25 on the front side, the accessory control board mounting member 26 on the back side, and the motor mounting member 27 on the bottom side are assembled. The saddle member 13, the inclined plate 15, and the doll 16 are assembled to the winning space base member 23 before the winning space partition member 24 is attached.

[5 Drive mechanism and operation of hook member]
As shown in FIG. 9, the eaves member 13 is configured to perform the aforementioned swinging operation via a stepping motor 71, gears 72 a, 72 b, 72 c, a disk cam 73, and a cam plate 74 with a window.

  The eaves member 13 includes a winning frame 13a that opens in the vertical direction, and an operating bar 13b that extends rearward from the rear end of the winning frame 13a. The vicinity of the front end of the operating bar 13b is set as a swing center 13c. The motor mounting member 27 is pivotally supported. Further, a cam groove 13d is formed in the axial direction on the lower surface of the operating bar 13b of the flange member 13.

  The disc cam 73 has an engaging shaft 73a protruding on the upper surface side outside the center of the circle, and is pin-fitted on the back surface side at a position shifted from the engaging shaft 73a by a central angle and a radius. A portion 73b is formed. The final gear 72c is also provided with a pin fitting hole 72d located outside the center of rotation. The pin 72e is fitted into the pin fitting hole 72d of the final gear 72c and the pin fitting hole 73b of the disk cam 73.

  The cam plate 74 with a window is formed with an oval window 74a that is elongated in the left-right direction. The disc cam 73 is assembled in the oval window 74a of the cam plate 74 with window, and the engagement shaft 73a is assembled in a state of being inserted into the cam groove 13d of the flange member 13. .

  Further, the cam plate 74 with a window is assembled in a state in which two front and rear direction ribs 74 b and 74 b projecting from the lower surface thereof are engaged with the vertical grooves 27 a and 27 a of the motor mounting member 27.

  As a result, when the stepping motor 71 is rotated, the gears 72a, 72b, 72c are rotated, and the disc cam 73 performs a rotation motion while circling on a circular orbit centering on the rotation center of the final gear 72c. As the disk cam 73 moves, the cam plate 74 with window moves forward and backward in the front-rear direction, and the eaves member 13 swings in the left-right direction.

  At this time, as described above, the engaging shaft 73a of the disc cam 73 and the pin fitting portion 73b are in a positional relationship in which the central angle and the radius are shifted with respect to the disc, and the cam plate 74 with a window is laterally moved. A long oval window 74a is formed, and the ribs 74b, 74b of the cam plate 74 with window are assembled with the vertical grooves 27a, 27a of the motor mounting member 27, and the swinging center of the collar member 13 is actuated by the operating bar 13b. As a result, when the disc cam 73 rotates clockwise in plan view, as shown in FIG. 9C, the collar member 13 swings so that the tip swings to the left and swings to the left. Later, the tip is swung toward the center, and when the disk cam 73 makes one rotation, the state of FIG. Conversely, when the disk cam 73 rotates counterclockwise in plan view, as shown in FIG. 9E, the flange member 13 swings so that the tip swings to the right, and then swings to the right and then the center. When the disk cam 73 rotates once, the front is turned to the state shown in FIG. 9D. During this time, the cam plate 74 with a window moves back and forth in the front-rear direction within a range where the state where the flange member 13 is swung to the left and right is the most advanced position and the state where the flange member 13 is returned to the center is the last retracted position.

  At this time, the notched portion 74d of the notched bar 74c projecting rearward on the rear end side of the cam plate 74 with window is detected by the optical sensor 75, so that the cam plate 74 with window finally retracts. It is configured to detect that it has moved to a position (origin position) and thereby detect that the collar member 13 has returned to the center. In this embodiment, when the return to origin is detected by the optical sensor 75, the stepping motor 71 is stopped for a predetermined time, and then it is driven until the return to origin is detected again by switching the rotation direction of the stepping motor 71 and stopped for a predetermined time. 9F, as shown in FIG. 9F, the saddle member 13 is moved to “center → left end → center”, “stop”, “center → right end → center”, “stop”, “center → left end → center”. , “Stop”,... Can be repeatedly executed.

  On the left and right sides of the upper surface of the cam plate 74 with a window, flow path changing members 76 and 76 that are upper surface roofs protruding from the stepped portion 14a of the bottom surface forming member 14 are attached. For this reason, while the eaves member 13 swings once from the center to the left or right and returns to the center, the flow path changing members 76 and 76 perform a back and forth operation once to roll out the stepped portion 14a. It plays a role of changing the movements of people.

[6 Inclined plate drive mechanism and operation]
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the inclined plate 15 is installed at the center of the bottom surface forming member 14 of the winning space 11 so as to extend in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 10, the tilting operation described above is performed via the stepping motor 81, the gear 82, the slide plate 83, and the cam member 84.

  The inclined plate 15 is pivotally supported by the motor mounting member 27 with the support shaft 15b at the lower end of the rear end as a rotation center. The stopper 15a that protrudes during the storage operation is also formed at the tip of a stopper arm 15c that extends forward on the lower side of the inclined plate 15 with the support shaft 15b as a rotation center. The inclined plate 15 is formed with a square hole 15d for projecting and retracting the stopper 15a, and a concave groove 15e passing through the center of the inclined plate 15 from the square hole 15d toward the tip is formed on the upper surface side. .

  The cam member 84 includes a first cam 84a and a second cam 84b. The first cam 84a contacts the lower surface of the inclined plate 15, and the second cam 84b contacts the lower surface of the stopper arm 15c.

  When the stepping motor 81 is driven and power is transmitted to the outward rack gear 83a meshing with the gear 82 to move the slide plate 83 backward, the slide plate 83 is engaged with the upward rack gear 83b of the slide plate 83 from above through the gear 84c. As a result, the cam member 84 is rotated, and the stopper arm 15c and the inclined plate 15 are pushed up from the lower surface, thereby rotating the respective leading ends upward. At this time, since the cam surface of the second cam 84b has a shape as shown in FIGS. 10C to 10E, the stopper arm 15c rotates more than the inclined plate 15, and the stopper 1515 is stopped from the square hole 15d. Project 15a.

  In this state, when the stepping motor 81 is reversely rotated and the slide plate 83 is moved forward, first, the first end of the inclined plate 15 is lowered to the original inclined state, and then the stopper 15a is immersed. The cam surfaces of the cam 84a and the second cam 84b are designed.

  An upward fin 83c projects from the slide plate 83 so that the optical sensor 85 can detect the origin position (the state where the inclined plate 15 has its tip lowered and the stopper 15a is immersed). .

[7 Configuration of control device]
Next, the control device in the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. On the back side of the back unit 100 of the pachinko machine P, a main control board 310 and a sub control board 320 are provided as control devices.

  In the control device, winning detection sensors SE1 to SE7 for detecting a winning of a game ball to each of the winning openings 31 to 37 with respect to the main control board 310 having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a clock and the like, the center accessory 10 In order to detect a winning of a game ball inward, winning detection sensors SE8 and SE9 installed in the vicinity of the opening / closing members 12a and 12b, a V zone sensor SE10 for detecting a winning of a game ball in the special winning area 11v, and a ball discharge Detection signals from the discharge ball detection sensors SE11 to SE13 for detecting that the game ball has been discharged to the passage 113 are input. The discharge ball detection sensor SE13 is for detecting the discharge ball from the center accessory 10, and the other discharge ball detection sensors SE11 and SE12 are for detecting the discharge balls from the winning openings 31 to 37. . The main control board 310 is also configured to receive detection signals from an optical sensor 75 that detects the original position of the flange member 13 and an optical sensor 85 that detects the original position of the inclined plate 15.

  In addition, commands are output from the main control board 310 to the sub control board 320, the prize ball payout device 99, and the launching device G. The launcher G executes launching and stopping of a hit ball in accordance with a control command from the main control board. The stop of the hit ball is instructed when, for example, some error occurs. The prize ball payout device 99 executes prize ball payout in accordance with a payout command from the main control board 310. The number of prize balls to be paid out is determined in advance according to where each of the winning prize ports 31 to 37 and the center bonus 10 is won. The sub-control board 320 executes a light emission effect by the LED substrates 120 to 140, a display effect by the dot display 93, and a sound effect by the speaker 96.

  In order to execute the characteristic operation in the pachinko machine of the first embodiment, the members whose operation is controlled by the main control board 310 are the opening / closing members 12a and 12b, the flange member 13, the inclined plate 15, and the distributing members 19a and 19b. is there. Therefore, the main control board 310 causes the solenoids SOL1, SOL2 to cause the opening / closing members 12a, 12b to perform the opening / closing operation, the solenoid SOL3 to cause the sorting members 19a, 19b to perform the turning operation, and the swing member 13 to perform the swinging operation. The motor 71 and the inclined plate 15 are configured to output a control signal to the motor 85 that causes the tilting operation to be performed. In addition to these, round number display / entrance count display using the 7-segment displays 91 and 92 provided on the upper left and right of the center accessory 10 and the left and right of the lower decorative body 60 are provided. Special symbol display using LED indicators 94 and 95 is also executed.

[11 Control processing (prize ball payout)]
When a winning detection signal is input from the winning detection sensors SE1 to SE9 by the control system shown in FIG. 12A, the main control board 310 receives a winning ball payout command corresponding to the number of winning ball payouts corresponding to each sensor. Is output to the prize ball payout device 99. In response to this, the prize ball payout device 99 executes a predetermined number of prize balls to be paid out in correspondence with the game ball winning opening.

  This winning ball payout control is executed as a calculation processing routine as shown in FIG. 12B, and it is determined whether or not the detection signals from the winning detection sensors SE1 to SE9 are input (S10), and “YES” is determined. If determined, a prize ball payout signal specifying the sensor is output to the prize ball payout device 99 (S20), and a lottery processing routine is started (S30).

[12 Control processing (random lottery)]
When the winning detection signals from the winning detection sensors SE1 to SE3 of the start winning ports 31 to 33 are input by the control system shown in FIG. 13A, the main control board 310 executes random number lottery, A random number lottery process is executed in which the result is stored in the RAM as reserved ball storage information.

  Here, the gaming machine according to the present embodiment executes a special game based on the progress of the round as described below when triggered by the winnings at the start winning ports 31 to 33. First, as a special game in the first round, the first opening operation mode in which the opening / closing members 12a and 12b are opened or closed once or twice is executed, so that the game ball can enter the center accessory 10 Control. During this time, when the game ball enters the center object 10 and further passes through the special winning area 11v, the second round is started according to the second opening operation mode in which the opening / closing members 12a and 12b are opened and closed 18 times. For this reason, in appearance, the player feels that the special game in the first opening operation mode is “a jackpot that is not a jackpot” and the special game in the second opening mode is “a jackpot”.

  The random number values drawn in the random number lottery process described above are the “maximum execution possible” in the “number of times of opening operation”, “opening time” and “opening operation timing” in the first opening operation mode. It is used to determine “number of rounds”, “parameters related to the opening time of the opening / closing member in a unit round”, “information about a high continuation game that facilitates round continuation”, and the like.

  For this reason, winning conditions as shown in FIG. 13B, for example, are determined for each random value that can be drawn by the random number lottery process, and stored in the storage area of the main control board 310 in advance.

  The random values “A” to “C” in the illustrated example are winning conditions in which the first release operation mode is “open once”. Therefore, the random numbers “A” to “C” have a pattern of “number of operations =“ 1 ”, release time =“ a, − ”, release timing =“ normal ”as“ first release operation mode ”. It is associated. On the other hand, the random number values “D” to “F” are winning conditions in which the first release operation mode is “open twice”. Therefore, the random number values “D” and “E” have a pattern of “number of operations =“ 2 ”, release time =“ a, b ”, release timing =“ normal ”as“ first release operation mode ”. The random number “F” is associated with a pattern of “number of operations =“ 2 ”, release time =“ b, b ”, release timing =“ late ”as“ first release operation mode ”. Yes.

  Here, the “opening time” in the “first opening operation mode” is set in a relationship such as a> b, for example, and “−” has no time setting because there is no second opening. Means. The opening timing is the start timing of the first opening operation of the opening / closing members 12a and 12b, and is set to either “normal” or “late”.

  In the illustrated example, regarding the “second release operation mode”, the random number values “A” and “D” include the maximum executable round number = “16”, the operation condition 1 = “18, c”, and the operation condition 2. = "18, c", high continuation condition end round = "15" is associated. On the other hand, for the random values “B” and “E”, the maximum number of executable rounds = “16”, the operation condition 1 = “18, c”, the operation condition 2 = “18, c”, and the high continuation condition end round == “7”, the random number values “C” and “F” have the maximum number of executable rounds = “16”, operating condition 1 = “18, c”, operating condition 2 = “1, d”, high A pattern of continuation condition end round = “7” is associated with each other.

  “High continuation R” in the “second opening operation mode” determines how many rounds the aforementioned storage function is operated. In the case of the random values “A” and “D”, since the high continuity R = “15”, it means that the storage function operates until the last round and the round continuity is the highest. . On the other hand, since the random values “B”, “C”, “E”, and “F” are high continuation R = “7”, the storage function does not operate in the eighth round.

  Here, the random number values “B” and “E” are the operating condition 1 = “18, c” and the operating condition 2 = “18, c”, whereas the random value “C” and “F” are the operating condition. 1 = “18, c” and operating condition 2 = “1, d”. In the case of random numbers “B” and “D”, the storage function is activated for the 8th round, and when the game ball passes through the special winning area 11v, the remaining function is performed again for the remaining rounds. In contrast to the “challenge game” that is in the state, in the case of random numbers “C” and “F”, one round of opening / closing operation with a short opening time d (d <c) is set as one round after the eighth round. This is due to the difference in the winning conditions that constitute the “short open round”.

  As a result, even if the maximum number of feasible rounds is “16”, when random values “A” and “D” are drawn, the most advantageous pattern in which the storage function operates from the second round to the 15th round, the random value When “B” and “E” are drawn, the 8th round is executed as a challenge game without activating the storage function, and when there is a prize in the special prize area 11v during this period, the 9th to 15th rounds If the random number values “C” and “F”, which are the next most advantageous pattern to activate the storage function at the same time, are selected by lottery, the short opening is set to “one open operation” = “one round” after the seventh round. The special game content is divided into patterns according to the winning conditions set for each random value, such as a disadvantageous pattern that becomes a round.

  The random number lottery processing in the present embodiment is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. 13C, and it is determined whether or not the sensor that has input the detection signal this time is at the start winning prize ports 31 to 33 (S110). If “NO”, the process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined as “YES”, it is determined whether or not the number N of reserved balls is 4 or less (S120). If N ≦ 4 (S120: YES), the number N of reserved balls is incremented (S130), and the number of reserved balls displayed on the 7-segment display 91 on the upper left side of the center accessory is updated (S140). Then, a random number value is generated and a lottery is executed (S150), and the random number value lottery selected by the random number lottery process is stored in the RAM as a lottery result (S160). If N> 4 is determined in S120, S130 and S140 are skipped and the process proceeds to S150.

  FIG. 13A shows that, as a result of the random number lottery process as described above, random number value A as the first reserved storage information and random value F as the second reserved storage information in the RAM of the main control board 310. However, a random number value D is stored as the third hold storage information, and a random value E is stored as the fourth hold storage information. The hold storage information includes a hold No. in the order of the lottery processing order. “1” → “2” → “3” → “4” is stored, and a maximum of four pieces of reserved storage information can be stored. Then, the current number of reserved balls is displayed numerically on the 7-segment display 91 on the upper left side of the center accessory.

[13 Control processing (holding digestion)]
Next, the pending digestion process will be described. The main control board 310 reads out a random number value from the stored ball storage information stored in the RAM by the control system shown in FIG. 14 (A), and performs a hold digest process for determining a special game control command by checking against winning conditions. Run.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 14 (B), the hold digest process determines whether or not there is hold storage information in the RAM when the special game is not being executed (S210: NO) (S220). If there is pending storage information, one of the stored contents is read (S230). The reading of the hold storage information is performed according to the hold No. in FIG. Follow the younger order.

  When one piece of the stored storage information is read out, it is checked against the winning conditions shown in FIG. 13B and the contents of the special game are specified (S240). Then, a control command corresponding to the contents of the special game is set in the RAM (S250), and the hold memory information is updated (S260). The pending storage information update in S260 is executed by the first-in first-out method as shown in FIG. By updating the reserved ball information, the number of held balls on the 7-segment display 91 is also updated.

[14 Control processing (1st round special game)]
When the pending digest processing is executed in this way, the main control board 310 reads the control command set in the RAM by the control system shown in FIG. 15A, and drives the solenoids SOL1, SOL2 to open and close the opening / closing members 12a, The first round of the special game that starts with one or two opening / closing operations of 12b is started. In the special game of the first round, when the game ball wins the winning space 11 and further passes through the special winning area 11v, the second round according to the second opening operation mode is started. Whether or not to start a special game according to the second release operation mode is determined by detection signals from the winning detection sensors SE8 and SE9 and the V zone sensor SE10.

  In the first round of the special game, the basic operation is the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing members 12a, 12b as shown in the solid line block in the figure, but it is not shown in the winning condition table of FIG. There is also a pattern in which the rotational movements of the members 19a and 19b and the forward and backward movements of the flow path changing members 76 and 76 accompanying the tilting movement of the inclined plate 15 are combined. In this case, the pattern with respect to the solenoid SOL3 and the motor 85 of the dotted line block shown in FIG. The command is also output. In addition, a command is also output to the sub-control board 320 in order to execute display, light emission, and sound effects peculiar to the special game in the first round. In the present embodiment, the heel member 13 repeats the normal swinging operation even during the special game of the first round, and the storage function is not activated in the first round.

  This special game is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. 15B, and the control command corresponding to the first round is read (S310), and the control data corresponding to the first round (opening / closing member control pattern, distribution) The member control pattern and the inclined plate control pattern) are read from the ROM and set (S320). Further, an effect pattern to be executed during the special game of the first round is instructed to the sub control board 320 (S330), and after waiting for the execution start timing of the first opening / closing operation (S340), in S320 The set control data is output to the drive circuits such as the solenoids SOL1, SOL2 (S350), and the validity determination time corresponding to the current first round control pattern is set (S360).

  Then, it is determined whether or not a detection signal from the V zone sensor SE10 is input within the validity determination time (S370, S380). If the detection signal from the V zone sensor SE10 is not input within the validity determination time (S370: NO, S380: NO), the special game is terminated without starting the second round. On the other hand, when a detection signal is input from the V zone sensor SE10 within the validity determination time (S370: YES), a control command for the second round is read to shift to the second round (S390).

  As described above, the contents of the special game after the second round are already determined in the random number lottery together with the contents of the special game of the current first round.

[15 Control processing (special game after the second round)]
When the game ball passes through the special prize area 11v in the special game in the first round, the main control board 310 executes the special game in the second and subsequent rounds according to the control system shown in FIG. In the second and subsequent rounds of the special game, the solenoids SOL1, SOL2, SOL3 and the motors 71, 81 are driven and controlled, the opening / closing operations of the opening / closing members 12a, 12b, the rotating operations of the distributing members 19a, 19b, and the tilting of the inclined plate 15 The movement and the swinging movement of the eaves member 13 are controlled to an operation state corresponding to each round in the special game state. Further, the number of winning game balls in the winning space 11 during the special game is counted based on the detection signals of the winning detection sensors SE8 and SE9, and the counted result is displayed on the 7-segment display 92 on the upper right side of the center accessory 10. It is also configured to display numbers. Further, it is determined whether or not the transition to the next round in the special game has been successful based on whether or not the game ball has passed through the special winning area 11v from the detection signal of the V zone sensor SE10. In addition, a command is also output to the sub-control board 320 in order to execute display, light emission, and sound effects peculiar to the second and subsequent special games.

  The special game after the second round is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. First, according to the control command read in S390 of the special game control routine 1, the opening / closing member control pattern, the sorting member control pattern, the inclined plate control pattern, and the saddle member control pattern corresponding to the special game control pattern to be executed this time are read from the ROM. Set (S410). The saddle member control pattern is executed as table switching as to whether or not to select the high continuation operation control table, as will be described later.

  Here, as described with reference to FIG. 13 (B), the control pattern of the special game is the maximum number of rounds that the special game can continue, the presence or absence of high continuation control that enhances round continuity, It includes information such as the presence / absence of a challenge game, the operating conditions when the challenge game is successful, and the transition to a short open round, which is a digestion round where no challenge game has been set and is substantially zero.

  In addition, the control pattern can change the operation state for each of the normal round, the high continuation round, the challenge game round, the digestion round, and the final round so as to correspond to the contents of the round for each round during the special game. It is a control pattern.

  Subsequently, the current round RN is incremented (S420). In this embodiment, the special game is configured such that the operation control described with reference to FIG. 14 is counted as the first round, so that the substantial special game is started from the current round “2”. ing.

  Next, after waiting for the execution start timing of the current round RN (S430), an effect command corresponding to the current round RN is output to the sub-control board 320 (S440), and this time based on the control pattern set in S410. The control data for the round is output to the drive circuits such as the solenoids SOL1, SOL2 (S450), and the validity determination time is set for the current round (S460).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the current round RN is a continuation round or a challenge game that can advance to the next round by winning the special winning area 11v (S470). If “YES”, it is determined whether or not a detection signal from the V zone sensor SE10 is input (S480). If “YES” is determined here, the process proceeds to S420 to start the next round. On the other hand, when the determination in S480 is “NO”, it is determined whether or not a predetermined effective time has elapsed (S490). This valid time is an elapsed time after the opening and closing members 12a and 12b are closed, and is defined as a time during which it is possible to determine that the winning in the special winning area 11v is valid. Until the valid time elapses, the process returns to the determination of S480. When both S480 and S490 are “NO”, the special game is terminated without proceeding to the next round. When S470 is “NO”, that is, in the final round, “determination of whether or not to move to the next round” in S480 and S490 is not performed.

[16 Control processing (production control)]
The sub control board 320 controls the LED boards 120 to 140, the dot display 93 and the speaker 96 according to the production pattern corresponding to the production command from the main control board 310 by the control system shown in FIG. Is output, and a demonstration effect, a game effect, and a pre-reading notice effect are executed by display, light emission, and sound effects, respectively. When an error notification is instructed from the main control board 310, the error notification is executed.

  This special game is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. 17B, and it is determined whether or not a new effect command command is input from the main control board 310 (S510). Then, it is determined whether or not the effect command command is an error notification (S520). If “YES” here, the type of error is specified (S530), error notification is performed, and the process is terminated (S540). On the other hand, if it is not an error notification, the content of the production (demonstration production, 1st round production, current round production, pre-reading notice production, etc.) is specified (S550), and the corresponding production control data is read from the ROM (S560), LED board Control data is output to 120 etc. (S570), and the process returns to S510.

[17 Control processing (pre-reading notice effect)]
The main control board 310 commands a pre-reading notice effect for the sub control board 320 by the control system shown in FIG. This pre-reading notice effect command is output to the sub-control board 320 at a predetermined timing as an effect command corresponding to the content of the pre-reading notice effect control predetermined for each random number value stored as the hold storage information. . As shown in FIG. 18B, the prefetch notice effect command is associated with a winning condition for each random value. Each prefetch notice effect command specifies the content of the prefetch notice effect corresponding to the winning condition. When the pre-reading effect command is input, the sub-control board 320 executes the pre-reading notice effect corresponding to the winning condition in FIG. 18B as a display / light emission / sound effect using the dot display 93 or the like.

  The main control board 310 executes an arithmetic processing routine as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 18C, and first determines whether or not the special gaming state is being executed (S610). If it is determined as “YES”, it is determined whether or not the stored storage information exists (S620). If this is also “YES”, one of the stored storage information is read (S630). The reading of the hold storage information is performed using the hold No. in FIG. Follow the younger order.

  When one piece of reserved memory information is read out, it is checked against the winning conditions shown in FIG. 18B, and the content of the special game corresponding to the reserved memory information is specified (S640). Then, a notice effect command corresponding to the contents of the special game is read from the ROM (S650). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a special game round in which the pre-reading notice effect is to be executed (S660). When the special game round in which the pre-reading notice effect is to be executed (S660: YES), a pre-reading notice effect command is issued. Output to the sub-control board 320 (S670).

  It is desirable to set the round in which the pre-reading notice effect is to be executed, from 2 rounds to the final round. This is because in the first round, the player concentrates on winning the V zone, and it is troublesome if a pre-reading notice effect is made. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a round in which the storage function is not activated is set as a round in which the prefetch notice effect is to be executed. Therefore, in the illustrated example, when the random values “A” and “D” are prefetched, the prefetch is performed in the 16th round, and when the random values “B”, “C”, “E”, and “F” are prefetched, the prefetch is performed in the eighth round. A notice effect is executed.

  If S610 is “NO”, the subsequent processing is passed. If S620 is “NO”, the process returns to S610. As a result, even if there is no reserved memory information at the time of starting the special game, if there is a winning at the start winning opening during execution of the special game and the reserved memory information is generated, the pre-reading notice effect is executed. Will be.

  As a result, when the special game is executed, the game progresses to the second and subsequent rounds, and the special game progresses to the final round, the content of the special game that will be started after the special game is finished is the player in advance. Will be notified in advance. Thereby, the player can know in advance what will happen when the player next wins the V zone, and can enjoy the game without interrupting concentration.

[18 Control processing (oscillation motor control)]
The main control board 310 is provided at the bottom of the center accessory 10 by the control system shown in FIG. 19A, and performs the swinging motion of the eaves member 13 with the inside of the frame as the special prize area 11v. This swinging motion of the eave member 13 is executed by repeating forward, stop, reverse and stop commands to the eaves member oscillation motor 71. The stop command is issued by determining that the collar member 13 is located at the center of the swing range based on a detection signal from the optical sensor 75. Further, by the forward rotation command, the saddle member 13 swings from the center to one end by the drive mechanism using the cam or the like as described above, and then returns to the center, and by the reverse rotation command, the saddle member 13 Performs the operation of returning to the center after swinging from the center to the other end.

  At this time, as shown in the drawing, the normal operation control table and the high continuity operation control table are written in the ROM of the main control board 310, and the round game pattern executed in the special game is highly continuous. When the round is set as a game, select the high-continuous operation control table, otherwise select the normal operation control table, according to the game pattern for each special game round Is switched.

  As shown in the figure, “control table for normal operation” and “control table for high continuation operation” are “pointer” = “0”, “motor operation designation” = “CW (forward rotation)”, “pointer” = “Motor operation designation” = “origin (center stop)” for “1”, “Motor operation designation” = “CCW (reverse)”, “pointer” = “3” for “pointer” = “2” “Motor operation designation” = “origin (center stop)” and the same operation is set for the same pointer.

  On the other hand, in the “normal operation control table”, “stop time” = “0.5 S” is set for “pointer” = “1” and “3”, whereas “high continuous operation control”. The table is different in that “stop time” = “∞” is set for “pointer” = “1” and “3”.

  This swing motor control is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. This routine is started when the power is turned on. First, a pointer “0” is set in the RAM (S710). Then, in accordance with the motor operation designation of the pointer “0” in the control table, the normal rotation is commanded to the drive circuit of the stepping motor 71 (S720). Next, it is determined whether or not an original position return detection signal is input from the optical sensor 75 (S730). When the original position return detection signal is input (S730: YES), the pointer in the RAM is advanced to “1” (S740) and the drive circuit of the stepping motor 71 is set according to the motor operation designation of the pointer “0” in the control table. A stop command is issued (S750). Then, the stop time corresponding to the pointer “1” of the currently selected motor control table is read (S760), and time measurement is started based on the clock signal (S770).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the set stop time has elapsed (S780), and if it has not yet elapsed, it is determined whether or not a resumption trigger for resuming the swing without inputting the time has been input. (S790).

  When the stop time elapses (S780: YES) or when a restart trigger is input (S790: YES), the process proceeds to the next step and advances the pointer in the RAM to “2” (S810). A reverse rotation is instructed to the drive circuit (S820). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not an original position return detection signal is input from the optical sensor 75 (S830). When the original position return detection signal is input (S830: YES), the pointer is advanced to “3” (S840), and a stop command is issued to the drive circuit of the stepping motor 71 (S850). Then, the stop time corresponding to the pointer “3” of the currently selected motor control table is read (S860), and time measurement is started based on the clock signal (S870).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the set stop time has elapsed (S880). If the stop time has not yet elapsed, it is determined whether or not a resumption trigger for resuming the swing without inputting the time has been input. (S890).

  If the stop time elapses (S880: YES) or a restart trigger is input (S890: YES), the process returns to S710. In the swing motor control routine, the above-described arithmetic processing is repeatedly executed by the main control board 310 until the power is turned off.

  As described above, the main control board 310 executes the arithmetic processing shown in FIG. 19B. As a result, the swinging motion of the eaves member 13 is started from the time of power-on, and the pointer is changed from “0” to “1”. → “2” → “3” → “0” → “1” → “…”, it seems that the process of proceeding in order each time the condition for switching the motor drive command is satisfied is simply executed repeatedly. As shown in the control system of 19 (A), depending on whether “control table for normal operation” or “control table for high continuation operation” is selected as the operation control table that defines the control conditions, Stop time changes greatly.

  In particular, when the “high-continuous operation control table” is selected, the stop time of the pointers “1” and “3” is “∞” as shown in FIG. Oscillation does not resume depending on the result. That is, the transition condition to the next command is not determined by time. For this reason, the input determination of the restart trigger in S790 and S890 becomes important.

  In the present embodiment, as a high continuous gaming state that enhances round continuity, the sorting members 19a and 19b are opened and the tip of the inclined plate 15 is swung upward to activate the storage function, and in the round in which the storage function is activated, A game that releases the storage function and rolls the stored ball along the inclined plate 15 when the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing members 12a and 12b is executed a predetermined number of times or when a predetermined number of balls are detected. Is set. And the resumption trigger which becomes important when the control table for high continuation operation is selected is set in advance in association with the release of the storage function, thereby enabling the storage function to function effectively, and the saddle member 13 The saddle member 13 is prevented from resuming rocking at a timing when it has stopped forever or, conversely, the precious storage function is wasted.

  On the other hand, in the challenge game that does not activate the storage function or the first round, the normal operation motor control table is selected. Therefore, the eaves member 13 repeatedly performs left-right swinging with a 0.5 second stop. It becomes a state. As a result, in the challenge game and the first round, the forward and backward movement of the flow path changing members 76 and 76 accompanying the intermittent rotation of the sorting members 19a and 19b that can be executed according to the game pattern, and the tilting of the inclined plate 15, It is possible to maintain the chance that a game ball will win the special winning area 11v when it happens to be close to storage.

  Also, since the last round of the special game does not become a high continuation game, the motor control table for normal operation is selected, and the saddle member 13 swings left and right with the same 0.5 second stop as that immediately after the power is turned on. It will be in the state which repeats movement.

  In these various gaming states, in this embodiment, the saddle member swinging operation routine is configured as described above, and the motor control table is configured as described above. Even if the game is resumed, the rocking motion is resumed by the movement in the direction opposite to the rocking direction immediately before the stop, and the player does not feel uncomfortable. That is, the consistent swinging motion of the eaves member 13 from the start of the game is repeated, and a movable body effect having continuity is performed including during the execution of the special game.

  In addition, in a feather-type gaming machine, it is possible to notify a player in advance of information such as the presence / absence of the operation of a storage function that causes an advantageous state for the player and the number of rounds to be operated by a pre-reading notice effect. It is extremely effective in enhancing the player's interests such as concentration and uplifting feeling.

  Next, Example 2 will be described. The second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except that the contents of the prefetch notice effect process executed by the main control board 310 are configured as follows.

[21 Control processing (pre-reading notice effect)]
The main control board 310 commands a pre-reading notice effect for the sub control board 320 by the control system shown in FIG. This pre-reading notice effect command is output to the sub-control board 320 at a predetermined timing as an effect command corresponding to the content of the pre-reading notice effect control predetermined for each random number value stored as the hold storage information. . As shown in FIG. 20B, the prefetch notice effect command is associated with a winning condition for each random value. Each prefetch notice effect command specifies the content of the prefetch notice effect corresponding to the winning condition. When the pre-reading effect command is input, the sub-control board 320 executes the pre-reading notice effect corresponding to the winning condition of FIG. 20B as a display / light emission / sound effect using the dot display 93 or the like.

  The main control board 310 executes an arithmetic processing routine as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 20C, and first determines whether or not the special gaming state is being executed (S10110). If it is determined as “YES”, it is determined whether or not the stored storage information exists (S1020). If “YES” is also determined here, all the stored storage information is read in association with the order of the pending digest processing (S1030).

  The reserved storage information read in S1030 is checked against the winning conditions shown in FIG. 20B, and the contents of the special game corresponding to each reserved storage information are specified (S1040). Then, a notice effect command corresponding to the contents of the special game is read from the ROM, and stored in the RAM in association with the order of the pending digest processing (S1050). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a special game round in which the pre-reading notice effect is to be executed (S1060). When the special game round in which the pre-reading notice effect is to be executed (S1060: YES), a pre-reading notice effect command is issued. Then, the data is output to the sub-control board 320 together with the order of the pending digest processing (S1070).

  Also in the second embodiment, the round in which the pre-reading notice effect is to be executed is set to a round in which the storage function is not activated. Therefore, in the illustrated example, when the random values “A” and “D” are prefetched, the prefetch is performed in the 16th round, and when the random values “B”, “C”, “E”, and “F” are prefetched, the prefetch is performed in the eighth round. A notice effect is executed.

  In the present embodiment, as a result of outputting the pre-reading notice effect command together with the order of the pending digest processing in S1070, the sub-control board 320 executes the notice effect for the youngest of the stored storage information, and the second, third, … And the notice effect is executed sequentially. As a result, the player grasps the contents of the special game when he / she wins the V zone at the first chance after the end of this special game, when he / she wins the V zone at the second chance, and so on. be able to. As a result, it is possible to enjoy the game without interrupting the concentration on the chances of the number of times of the notice effect. As in the first embodiment, when S1010 is “NO”, the subsequent processing is passed. If S1020 is “NO”, the process returns to S1010.

  Next, Example 3 will be described. The third embodiment also has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, except that the contents of the prefetch notice effect process executed by the main control board 310 are configured as follows.

[22 Control processing (pre-reading notice effect)]
The main control board 310 commands a pre-reading notice effect for the sub-control board 320 by the control system shown in FIG. This pre-reading notice effect command is output to the sub-control board 320 at a predetermined timing as an effect command corresponding to the content of the pre-reading notice effect control predetermined for each random number value stored as the hold storage information. . As shown in FIG. 21B, the prefetch notice effect command is associated with a winning condition for each random value. Each prefetch notice effect command specifies the content of the prefetch notice effect corresponding to the winning condition. When the pre-reading effect command is input, the sub-control board 320 executes the pre-reading notice effect corresponding to the winning condition of FIG. 21B as a display / light emission / sound effect using the dot display 93 or the like.

  The main control board 310 executes an arithmetic processing routine as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 21C, and first determines whether or not the special gaming state is being executed (S11110). If it is determined as “YES”, it is determined whether or not the hold storage information exists (S1120). If “YES” is also determined here, all the stored storage information is read in association with the order of the pending digest processing (S1130).

  The on-hold storage information read in S1030 is checked against the winning conditions shown in FIG. 21B, and the contents of the special game corresponding to each on-hold storage information are specified (S1140). Next, in the contents of the special game specified in S1140, it is determined whether there are two or more games that satisfy the specific condition (S1150). Here, in the present embodiment, the specific condition is satisfied when the second release operation mode is “16R confirmed” or “8R confirmed challenge game exists”. When it is determined that there are two or more items satisfying the specific condition (S1150: YES), a notice effect command corresponding to the content of the special game satisfying the specific condition is read from the ROM, and the special game is suspended. The data is stored in the RAM in association with the order of digestion processing (S1160). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a special game round in which the prefetching notice effect is to be executed (S1170). When the special game round in which the prefetching notice effect is to be executed (S1170: YES), a prefetching notice effect command is issued. Then, the data is output to the sub-control board 320 together with the order of the pending digest processing (S1180).

  Also in Example 3, the round in which the pre-reading notice effect is to be executed is set to a round in which the storage function is not activated. Therefore, in the illustrated example, when the random values “A” and “D” are prefetched, the prefetch is performed in the 16th round, and when the random values “B”, “C”, “E”, and “F” are prefetched, the prefetch is performed in the eighth round. A notice effect is executed.

  In the present embodiment, as a result of outputting the pre-reading notice effect command together with the order of the pending digest processing in S1070, the sub-control board 320 executes the notice effect for the youngest of the stored storage information, and the second, third, … And the notice effect is executed sequentially. As a result, the player grasps the contents of the special game when he / she wins the V zone at the first chance after the end of this special game, when he / she wins the V zone at the second chance, and so on. be able to. As a result, it is possible to enjoy the game without interrupting the concentration on the chances of the number of times of the notice effect. As in the first embodiment, when S1110 is “NO”, the subsequent processing is passed. If S1120 is “NO”, the process returns to S1110. In the case of S1150, the process returns to S1110. As a result, on-hold storage information is added during execution of the special game, and when two or more satisfy the specific condition, the output of the prefetch notice effect command in S1180 is executed.

  According to the present embodiment, the pre-reading notice effect is executed when the continuous game possibility of the special game having a particularly large number of balls is particularly high, and the pre-reading notice effect is not executed at other times. There is no such thing as getting tired of getting used to the announcement. In the third embodiment, if NO in S1150, the process returns to S1110, and when there is only one stored storage information that satisfies the specific condition, the notice effect is not performed. , Instead of returning to S1110 when S1150 is NO, it is determined whether there is one piece of reserved storage information that satisfies the specific condition, and if it exists, the specific condition is satisfied A pre-reading notice effect corresponding to one piece of reserved storage information is executed, and if S1150 is YES, each of two or more pieces of reserved storage information that satisfies the specific condition may be given as a notice effect. The advantage of processing in the flow chart of FIG. 21 can be a gaming machine that emphasizes the fun and fun of giving a notice that a situation advantageous to the player may occur one after another. This is because the embodiment emphasized the point.

  Next, Example 4 will be described. The fourth embodiment also has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, except that the contents of the prefetch notice effect process executed by the main control board 310 are configured as follows.

[23 Control processing (pre-reading notice effect)]
The main control board 310 commands a pre-reading notice effect for the sub control board 320 by the control system shown in FIG. This pre-reading notice effect command is output to the sub-control board 320 at a predetermined timing as an effect command corresponding to the content of the pre-reading notice effect control predetermined for each random number value stored as the hold storage information. . As shown in FIG. 22B, the prefetch notice effect command is associated with a winning condition for each random value. Each prefetch notice effect command specifies the content of the prefetch notice effect corresponding to the winning condition. When the pre-reading effect command is input, the sub-control board 320 executes the pre-reading notice effect corresponding to the winning condition in FIG. 22B as a display / light emission / sound effect using the dot display 93 or the like.

  Here, in the present embodiment, as the prefetching effect, the first opening operation mode is notified in advance. Therefore, unlike the first embodiment, the winning conditions as shown in FIG. 22B are associated with the pre-reading notice effect command.

  Note that the arithmetic processing routine itself of the pre-reading notice effect process is the same as that in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, in the final round of the special game, the opening operation mode of the first round of the special game to be started next is notified to the player in advance, for example, “If you open twice late, carefully do not hurt” The player can make preparations such as “If it is open once, as usual”.

  Next, Example 5 will be described. The fifth embodiment also has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except that the contents of the prefetch notice effect process executed by the main control board 310 are configured as follows.

[24 Control processing (prefetching notice effect)]
The main control board 310 commands a pre-reading notice effect for the sub control board 320 by the control system shown in FIG. This pre-reading notice effect command is output to the sub-control board 320 at a predetermined timing as an effect command corresponding to the content of the pre-reading notice effect control predetermined for each random number value stored as the hold storage information. . As shown in FIG. 23B, the prefetch notice effect command is associated with a winning condition for each random value. Each prefetch notice effect command specifies the content of the prefetch notice effect corresponding to the winning condition. When the pre-reading effect command is input, the sub-control board 320 executes the pre-reading notice effect corresponding to the winning condition in FIG. 23B as a display / light emission / sound effect using the dot display 93 or the like.

  Here, in the present embodiment, as the pre-reading effect, the second opening operation mode is notified in advance. For this reason, unlike the first and fourth embodiments, the winning conditions as shown in FIG. 23B are associated with the pre-reading notice effect commands.

  Also in the present embodiment, the calculation processing routine itself of the pre-reading notice effect process is the same as that in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted. In this embodiment, in the final round of the special game, there is a special game that is felt as a substantial jackpot after the second round that is started when the V-zone winning is successful in the first round of the special game that is started next. Information such as “16 rounds confirmed”, “8 rounds confirmed, challenge game available”, etc. is notified in advance, thereby making it possible to entertain the game without interrupting the player's willingness to play.

  Next, Example 6 will be described. In the sixth embodiment, the first round of the special game in the first to fifth embodiments is a small hit game, and the second and subsequent rounds are handled as a big hit game (special game). For this reason, random number lottery processing and the like are configured as follows.

[31 Control processing (random number lottery)]

  Further, the main control board 310 executes random number lottery when the winning detection signals from the winning detection sensors SE1 to SE3 of the start winning ports 31 to 33 are input by the control system shown in FIG. A random number lottery process is performed in which a winning pattern and a special game pattern are lottery and the result is stored in the RAM as reserved ball storage information.

  This random number lottery process is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. 24B, and it is determined whether or not the sensor to which the current detection signal is input is of the start winning prize ports 31 to 33 (S2110). ", The process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined as “YES”, it is determined whether or not the number N of reserved balls is 4 or less (S2120). If N ≦ 4 (S2120: YES), the number N of reserved balls is incremented (S2130), a random number value for specifying the small hit pattern is selected (S2140), and the small hit game is executed based on the small hit pattern. When the game balls pass through the special winning area 11v, random numbers that specify the game pattern of the special game that is started are drawn (S2150), and these random values are stored in the RAM as the reserved ball lottery results ( S2160). If N> 4 (S2120: NO), S2130 is skipped and the process proceeds to S2140.

  Here, the small winning pattern means that the opening / closing members 12a and 12b of the center accessory 10 are opened and closed once or twice with the winning of the start winning ports 31 to 33 as an opportunity, and thereby the special winning area 11v is opened. This is to specify the number of times of opening / closing, opening / closing timing, opening time, game start timing, etc. in the small hit game that gives a chance to win a prize. The relationship between the random number value and the small hit pattern winning condition is stored in the ROM of the main control board 310 as shown in FIG. Further, the special game pattern is a big hit when a game ball that has won a prize in the center accessory 10 during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing members 12a and 12b executed in accordance with the small hit game passes the special winning area 11v. The number of special game rounds to be confirmed, the level of continuation of the round, the presence or absence of promotion in the middle of a challenge game, etc. are specified. The relationship between the random number value and the special game pattern winning condition is stored in the ROM of the main control board 310 as shown in FIG. In the special game pattern shown in the figure, the opening time “c, d” is a pattern in which the seventh round is a challenge game of Example 1 or the like, and the opening time “c, 0” is Example 8 from the eighth round. The pattern which becomes a short open round in etc. is expressed.

[32 Control processing (pending digestion)]
Next, the pending digestion process will be described. The main control board 310 reads out a random number value from the stored ball storage information stored in the RAM by the control system shown in FIG. 25 (A) and checks the special game control command by comparing with the winning conditions. Run.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 25 (B), in the hold digest process, when the small hit game and the special game are not executed (S2210: NO), it is determined whether or not there is hold storage information in the RAM. It judges (S2220), and when there is pending storage information, one is read (S2230). The reading of the hold storage information is performed using the hold No. in FIG. Follow the younger order.

  When one piece of the stored storage information is read out, it is compared with the winning condition of the small hit pattern shown in FIG. 24C, and the content of the small hit game is specified (S2240). Then, a control command corresponding to the contents of the small hit game is set in the RAM (S2250), and the special game pattern specified by the reserved memory information read in S2230 is stored (S2260), and the reserved memory information is stored. Is updated (S2270). The update of the pending storage information in S2270 is executed by the first-in first-out method as shown in FIG. By updating the reserved ball information, the number of held balls on the 7-segment display 91 is also updated.

[32 Control processing (small hit control)]
When the pending digest processing is executed in this way, the main control board 310 reads the control command of the small hit pattern set in the RAM and drives the solenoids SOL1 and SOL2 by the control system shown in FIG. The opening / closing operation of the opening / closing members 12a, 12b is started once or twice. In this small hit game, when a game ball wins the winning space 11 and further passes through the special winning area 11v, the special game is started. Whether or not to start a special game is determined by detection signals from the winning detection sensors SE8 and SE9 and the V zone sensor SE10.

  This small hit game is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. 26 (B), and a control command corresponding to the small margin pattern is read (S2310), and the corresponding control data is read from the ROM and set (S2320). . Also, the sub-control board 320 is commanded an effect pattern to be executed during the small hit game (S2330), and after waiting for the execution start timing of the first opening / closing operation (S2340), the control set in S2320. The data is output to the drive circuits such as the solenoids SOL1, SOL2 (S2350), and the validity determination time corresponding to the current small hit pattern is set (S2360).

  Then, it is determined whether or not a detection signal from the V zone sensor SE10 is input within the validity determination time (S2370, S2380). If the detection signal from the V zone sensor SE10 is not input within the validity determination time (S2370: NO, S2380: NO), this routine ends. On the other hand, when the detection signal from the V zone sensor SE10 is input within the validity determination time (S2370: YES), a special game start command is generated (S2390).

[33 Control processing (special game with V zone winning)]
When the game ball passes through the special winning area 11v in the small hit game, the main control board 310 starts the special game by the control system shown in FIG. In the special game, the solenoids SOL1, SOL2, SOL3 and motors 71, 81 are driven and controlled, the opening / closing operations of the opening / closing members 12a, 12b, the rotating operations of the sorting members 19a, 19b, the tilting operation of the inclined plate 15, and the saddle member 13 Is controlled to an operation state corresponding to each round in the special game state. The contents are the same as the special games after the second round in the first to fifth embodiments.

  This special game is executed as an arithmetic processing routine as shown in FIG. First, the opening / closing member control pattern, the sorting member control pattern, the inclined plate control pattern, and the saddle member control pattern corresponding to the special game pattern stored in S2260 of the holding digest routine are read from the ROM and set (S2410).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 24 (D), the control pattern of the special game includes the maximum number of rounds in which the special game can be continued, the presence / absence of high continuation control for improving the continuity of the round, and the challenge game after the completion of the high continuation round Information such as the presence / absence of the game, the operating conditions when the challenge game is successful, and the transition to the short open round, which is a digestion round where the challenge game is not set and is substantially zero.

  In addition, the control pattern can change the operation state for each of the normal round, the high continuation round, the challenge game round, the digestion round, and the final round so as to correspond to the contents of the round for each round during the special game. It is a control pattern.

  Subsequently, the current round RN is once initialized to zero (S2415), and RN is incremented (S2420). In the present embodiment, as a result of separating the small hit game and the special game, the round counting of the special game is started from the first round.

  Next, after waiting for the execution start timing of the current round RN (S2430), an effect command corresponding to the current round RN is output to the sub-control board 320 (S2440), and this time based on the control pattern set in S2410. The control data for the round is output to the drive circuits such as the solenoids SOL1, SOL2 (S2450), and the validity determination time is set for the current round (S2460).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the current round RN is a continuation round or a challenge game that can advance to the next round by winning the special winning area 11v (S2470). If “YES”, it is determined whether or not a detection signal from the V zone sensor SE10 is input (S2480). If "YES" is determined here, the process proceeds to S2420 to start the next round. On the other hand, when the determination in S2480 is “NO”, it is determined whether or not a predetermined effective time has elapsed (S2490). Until the valid time elapses, the process returns to the determination of S2480. When both S2480 and S2490 are “NO”, the special game is terminated without proceeding to the next round. It should be noted that when S2470 is “NO”, that is, in the final round, “determination of whether or not to move to next round” in S2480 and S2490 is not performed.

[34 Control processing (prefetching notice effect)]
The main control board 310 commands a pre-reading notice effect for the sub control board 320 by the control system shown in FIG. This pre-reading notice effect command is output to the sub-control board 320 at a predetermined timing as an effect command corresponding to the content of the pre-reading notice effect control predetermined for each random number value stored as the hold storage information. . As shown in FIG. 28 (B), the pre-reading notice effect command is associated with a winning condition for each random value of the special game. Each prefetch notice effect command specifies the content of the prefetch notice effect corresponding to the winning condition. When the pre-reading effect command is input, the sub-control board 320 executes the pre-reading notice effect corresponding to the winning condition of FIG.

  The prefetching notice process itself is the same as in the first to fifth embodiments, and as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 28C, it is determined whether or not the special gaming state is being executed (S2610). Then, it is determined whether or not the stored storage information exists (S2620). If both are “YES”, one of the stored storage information is read (S2630). The reading of the hold storage information is performed using the hold No. in FIG. According to the younger order, as shown in FIG. 28 (B), the random value specifying the special game pattern is read out.

  When one piece of reserved memory information is read out, it is checked against the winning conditions shown in FIG. 28B, the content of the special game corresponding to the reserved memory information is specified (S2640), and the corresponding notice effect command is read out from the ROM. (S2650). Thereafter, when the special game round in which the prefetching notice effect is to be executed (S2660: YES), a prefetching notice effect command is output to the sub-control board 320 (S2670). In the present embodiment, the round in which the pre-reading notice effect is executed can be set in one round to the last round. The last round is desirable. This is because the player can fully enjoy the game.

  In this embodiment, the pre-reading notice effect is provided during the execution of the special game round for the special game pattern in which the player is more interested in the stored memory information. However, the advance notice of the first game special game pattern in the fourth embodiment is used. It can also be set as the structure which performs the prefetch notice effect about the same small hit pattern as an effect. Further, as in the second embodiment, the pre-reading notice effect may be executed for all of the on-hold storage information. Similarly to the third embodiment, the pre-reading is performed when two or more special game patterns with specific conditions are prepared. It can also be set as the structure by which a notice effect is performed.

[Correspondence between Example and Invention Concept]
In the embodiment, as the open / close winning device [M1] including the open / close member [b1], the gaming machine including the center accessory 10 including the open / close members 12a and 12b is described. Further, the start winning ports 31 to 33 are provided as the start winning ports [b3], and the random number lottery process (FIGS. 13 and 24) executed by the main control board 310 has been described as the lottery means [M3]. Further, the hold storage means [M4] is provided in the RAM of the main control board 310, and the hold digest means [M5] has been described with reference to the hold digest process (FIGS. 14 and 25) executed by the main control board 310. Further, the special game execution means [M6] has also been described by the special game control process (FIGS. 15, 16, 26, and 27) executed by the main control board 310.

  The special game pre-holding means [M7] shown in the conceptual diagram of the invention has also been described based on the pre-reading notice effect processing (FIGS. 18, 20 to 23, and 28) executed by the main control board 310. Further, the special game announcement notice means [M8] has been described as a process executed by the sub control board 320 in response to an effect command from the main control board 310 based on FIG.

  As mentioned above, although the Example for implementing this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these, The various change in the range which does not deviate from the summary is possible.

  For example, by pre-reading the stored memory information during a special game, and when the content specifying the special game is included in these, and a continuous change can occur immediately, the pre-reading notice effect is executed, As long as the object of the present invention is achieved, the possibility of “continuous change” in which a special game state such as a special game is continuously generated, in particular, the possibility of “continuous change” promptly being accurately produced ”is achieved. The present invention can be applied not only to a gaming machine called a type, but also to a gaming machine called a right object, to a gaming machine called a digipachi type.

  The present invention can be used in a pachinko machine.

P ... Pachinko machine A ... Outer frame B ... Middle frame D ... Front frame E ... Upper ball tray F ... Lower ball tray G ... Hitting ball launcher H ..Locking device B1 ... Upper frame member B2 ... Lower frame member B3 ... Left frame member B4 ... Right frame member B5 ... Game board holding part 1 ... Game board 2 ... Game area 4, 5, 6 ... Opening 10 ... Center character 11a ... General winning area 11v ... Special winning area 11 ... Winning space 12a, 12b ... Opening / closing member 13.樋 member 13a ... winning frame 13b ... actuating bar 13c ... rocking center 13d ... cam groove 14 ... bottom surface forming member 14a ... stepped portion 14b ... depression 15 ... Inclined plate 15a ... Stopper 15b ... Support shaft 15c ... Stopper arm 15d ... Square hole 15e ... Dove groove 16 ... Doll 17 ... Intermediate floor forming member 18a, 18b ... Front / rear direction guiding path forming member 19a, 19b ... Distributing member 21 ... Left inner inclined road forming member 21a .. Inclined surface 21b ... Front plate 21c ... Baffle plate 21d, 21e ... Leg portion 21f ... Inclined surface front wall 21g ... Guide groove 21h ... Projection 21i ... Positioning Member 21j ... Screw hole 21k ... Screw fixing member 21m ... Bottom 21n ... Back 22 ... Right back slope forming member 22a ... Lower left slope 22b ... Front plate 22c ... baffle plates 22d, 22e ... leg 22f ... inclined wall front wall 22g ... guide groove 22h ... projection 22i ... positioning member 22j ... screw hole 22k ... screw fixing member 22m ... Bottom 2n ... Back 23 ... Winning space base member 23a ... Rear wall 24 ... Winning space partition member 25 ... Decoration member 26 ... Accessory control board mounting member 27 ... Motor mounting member 27a ... Vertical groove 31-33 ... Starting winning opening 34-37 ... Normal winning opening 40 ... Left decorative body 50 ... Right decorative body 60 ... Lower decorative body 71 ... Stepping Motor 72a, 72b, 72c ... Gear 72d ... Pin fitting hole 72e ... Pin 73 ... Disk cam 73a ... Engagement shaft 73b ... Pin fitting part 74 ... With window Cam plate 74a ... Oval window 74b ... Front-rear rib 74c ... Notched bar 74d ... Notched part 75 ... Optical sensor 81 ... Stepping motor 82 ... Gear 83 ..Slide pre G 83a ... Outward rack gear 83b ... Upward rack gear 83c ... Upward fin 84 ... Cam member 84a ... First cam 84b ... Second cam 84c ... Gear 85 ... Optical sensor 91, 92 ... 7 segment display 93 ... Dot matrix type display device 94, 95 ... LED display 96 ... Speaker 99 ... Prize ball payout device 100 ... Back unit 110 ... Back unit main body 111 ... Border frame 112 ... Storage recess 113 ... Sphere discharge passage 120, 130, 140 ... LED board 310 ... Main control board 320 ... Sub control board SE1 to SE9 ... winning detection sensor SE10 ... V zone sensor SE11 to SE13 ... discharge ball detection sensor SOL1, SOL2 ... for opening / closing member operation Solenoid SW1 ··· power switch for the solenoid SOL3 ··· sorting member behavior

Claims (5)

An open / close-type winning device having an opening / closing member that enables winning of a game ball when opened, and impossible of winning of a game ball when closed;
Lottery means for executing a random lottery with the winning of a game ball at the start winning opening;
Hold storage means capable of storing a plurality of random number lottery results by the lottery means as hold information;
When the hold information is stored in the hold storage means, it is read out, the result of the random number lottery is specified based on the correspondence relationship between the hold information and a predetermined winning condition, and the specified random number lottery A suspension digestion means for executing a suspension digestion process for digesting the suspension information by outputting a control command corresponding to the result of
When the parameter relating to the opening time of the opening and closing member satisfies a predetermined condition, or the winning number of game balls to openable winning device within a time predetermined conditions are satisfied, the open-close member who met early as Round end condition Special game execution means for executing a special game with a unit round until returning to a closed state up to the number of rounds corresponding to the result of random number lottery by the lottery means,
A gaming machine characterized by further comprising the following configuration.
(A1) Pre-holding means for pre-reading the holding information stored in the holding storage means and specifying a correspondence relationship between the pre-read holding information and the winning condition is provided.
(A2) When the holding information whose correspondence with the winning condition is specified by the holding pre-reading means is to be held and digested by the holding and digesting means after the end of the special game, it is executed after the end of the special game. It is provided with special notice notice means during special game that specifies the production information for giving notice of the contents of the pending digestion process to be performed, and produces the advance notice in advance during execution of the special game based on the production information.
(A3) the special game in informational display means, in correspondence with the winning conditions preread suspension information, if the hold information accompanied cormorants special game the opening operation of the opening and closing member is continuously generated is present , the special game in substantial payout acquisition possible rounds before the final round is completed, the notice while being constructed as a means capable of executing a performance based on the presentation information, as the announcement attraction, the In addition to the presence of information suggesting the occurrence of a special game in the hold information, it is configured as means for executing a notice effect that can specify the content of the special game or the game state after the end of the special game. An open / close-type winning device having an opening / closing member that enables winning of a game ball when opened, and impossible of winning of a game ball when closed;
Lottery means for executing a random lottery with the winning of a game ball at the start winning opening;
Hold storage means capable of storing a plurality of random number lottery results by the lottery means as hold information;
When the hold information is stored in the hold storage means, it is read out, the result of the random number lottery is specified based on the correspondence relationship between the hold information and a predetermined winning condition, and the specified random number lottery A suspension digestion means for executing a suspension digestion process for digesting the suspension information by outputting a control command corresponding to the result of
When the parameter related to the opening time of the opening / closing member satisfies a predetermined condition, or when the number of winning game balls to the opening / closing-type winning device satisfies the predetermined condition, the opening / closing member is defined as a round end condition. Special game execution means for executing a special game with a unit round until returning to a closed state up to the number of rounds corresponding to the result of random number lottery by the lottery means,
A gaming machine characterized by further comprising the following configuration.
(A1) Pre-holding means for pre-reading the holding information stored in the holding storage means and specifying a correspondence relationship between the pre-read holding information and the winning condition is provided.
(A2) When the holding information whose correspondence with the winning condition is specified by the holding pre-reading means is to be held and digested by the holding and digesting means after the end of the special game, it is executed after the end of the special game. It is provided with special notice notice means during special game that specifies the production information for giving notice of the contents of the pending digestion process to be performed, and produces the advance notice in advance during execution of the special game based on the production information.
(A3) In the special game notice effect means, there is hold information that is highly likely to cause a special game with an opening operation of the opening / closing member in a correspondence relationship between the pre-read hold information and the winning condition. If so, it is configured as means capable of executing a notice effect based on the effect information during a round in which a substantial appearance can be obtained before the final round of the special game ends.
( A4) The special game pre-announcement effect means is configured as means for executing a pre-notice effect by pre-reading the hold information after the second and subsequent rounds of the special game are started .
( B1) The special game executing means is configured as means for executing a special game in which the mode of opening operation of the opening / closing member is different between the first round and the second and subsequent rounds.
(B2) In the open / close winning device, a special winning area for continuing the special game after the second round when a game ball is won during the special game of the first round is set.
(B3) In the random number lottery, the lottery means includes a first opening operation mode corresponding to the opening operation mode of the opening / closing member in the first round, and an opening operation mode of the opening / closing member in the second and subsequent rounds. It is configured as means for executing a process of lottering a random value for specifying the corresponding second release operation mode and storing the result of the random number lottery in the hold storage means as the hold information.
(B4) The special game advance notice producing means is configured as means for executing the advance notice effect so as to notify the player of the second opening operation mode . The gaming machine according to claim 2 , further comprising the following configuration.
(C1) In the winning condition, the number of opening operations, the opening time, and the opening operation timing in the first round are set as the contents of the first opening operation mode. It is comprised as a means to perform the above-mentioned notice effect based on the contents of these 1st opening operation modes .
( C2) The special game execution means is configured as means for continuing the special game to the next round up to the maximum number of rounds that can be executed when a game ball wins the special prize area in the second round and thereafter. The condition is that, as the second opening operation mode, the maximum number of rounds that can be executed, the parameter relating to the opening / closing member opening time in the unit round after the second round, and the high continuation that facilitates the continuation of the round after the second round Information relating to the game is set as a target for random lottery by the lottery means, and the special game advance notice effect means is configured as means for executing the notice effect based on the contents of these second opening operation modes. That. An open / close-type winning device having an opening / closing member that enables winning of a game ball when opened, and impossible of winning of a game ball when closed;
Lottery means for executing a random lottery with the winning of a game ball at the start winning opening;
Hold storage means capable of storing a plurality of random number lottery results by the lottery means as hold information;
When the hold information is stored in the hold storage means, it is read out, the result of the random number lottery is specified based on the correspondence relationship between the hold information and a predetermined winning condition, and the specified random number lottery A suspension digestion means for executing a suspension digestion process for digesting the suspension information by outputting a control command corresponding to the result of
When the parameter relating to the opening time of the opening / closing member satisfies a predetermined condition or the winning number of game balls to the open / close winning device satisfies the predetermined condition, the opening / closing member Special game execution means for executing a special game with a unit round until returning to a closed state as an upper limit for the number of rounds corresponding to the result of random number lottery by the lottery means;
A gaming machine characterized by further comprising the following configuration.
(A1) Pre-holding means for pre-reading the holding information stored in the holding storage means and specifying a correspondence relationship between the pre-read holding information and the winning condition is provided.
(A2) When the holding information whose correspondence with the winning condition is specified by the holding pre-reading means is to be held and digested by the holding and digesting means after the end of the special game, it is executed after the end of the special game. It is provided with special notice notice means during special game that specifies the production information for giving notice of the contents of the pending digestion process to be performed, and produces the advance notice in advance during execution of the special game based on the production information.
(A3) In the special game notice effect means, there is hold information that is highly likely to cause a special game with an opening operation of the opening / closing member in a correspondence relationship between the pre-read hold information and the winning condition. If so, it is configured as means capable of executing a notice effect based on the effect information during a round in which a substantial appearance can be obtained before the final round of the special game ends.
(D1) wherein the openable in winning device, wherein the special pay region for generating special game is set when Yu technique sphere has won.
(D2) The lottery means performs a small hit game execution mode in which a game ball can be won in the open / close winning device by causing the open / close member to perform one or more opening operations; A process of drawing a random value for specifying a special game execution mode including the number of rounds of a special game that occurs when a game ball wins the special winning area when the small hit game is executed. The random number lottery result is configured as means for storing the result of the random number lottery in the hold storage means as the hold information.
(D3) The advance notice effect means during the special game executes the advance notice effect so as to notify the player of the execution mode of the special game that occurs when the special winning area is won during the small hit game. Be configured as a means.
(D4) The special game execution means is configured as means for continuing the special game to the next round up to the maximum number of rounds that can be executed when the game ball is won in the special prize area during execution of the special game. That has been done .
( D5) In the winning conditions, the number of opening operations, the opening time, and the opening operation timing are set as random number lottery objects by the lottery means as the execution mode of the small hit game.
(D6) The winning condition includes, as the execution mode of the special game, the maximum number of rounds that can be executed, parameters relating to the opening time of the opening / closing member in a unit round, and information relating to a high continuation game that facilitates round continuation. It is set as a target for random lottery.
(D7) The special game advance notice means is configured as means for executing the notice effect based on the execution mode of the small hit game and the execution mode of the special game generated as a result of the small hit game. about. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , further comprising the following configuration.
(E1) When two or more pieces of hold information are stored in the hold storage means, the hold prefetching means prefetches these two or more pieces of hold information, and the correspondence between each hold information and the winning condition Be configured as a means to identify relationships.
(E2) The advance notice means during the special game is a plurality of games after the end of the special game when two or more pieces of pending information whose correspondence relationship with the winning condition is specified satisfy the specific condition. It is comprised as a means to perform the said notice effect about a state.