JP6038837B2 - Slot machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slot machine capable of generating a predetermined winning according to a display result of a variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information each identifiable.

  A slot machine generally includes a variable display device having a plurality of (usually three) reels on which a plurality of types of symbols as identification information are drawn on the outer periphery, and first, a bet number is determined by a player's BET operation. The reels start to rotate when the start operation is performed with the set number of bets set, and the rotation is stopped by operating a stop button provided corresponding to each reel. When all reels stop rotating, a winning combination occurs when a predetermined winning symbol combination (for example, 7-7-7, hereinafter referred to as a symbol combination) is arranged on the winning line. To do. That is, the game is advanced by the player's operation.

  In this type of slot machine, not all of the operation units for advancing the game of these slot machines are always enabled, and some of them are disabled depending on the control state. For example, before the game is started, the BET operation or the start operation is detected and the game proceeds. In this state, the reel stop operation is invalidated. For this reason, a slot machine has been proposed in which an effect can be executed using a reel stop operation section that has been invalidated before the game is started (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-148900 A

An object of the present invention is to provide a slot machine that can prevent a game from proceeding unintentionally by a player .

In order to solve the above-described problem, a slot machine according to claim 1 of the present invention provides:
A variable display unit capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information each capable of being identified,
After displaying the variable display unit in a variable manner, the display result is derived by stopping the variable display of the variable display unit, and in a slot machine capable of generating a prize according to the display result,
A first operating means operated by a player when deriving a display result ;
A second operating means operated when starting a game ;
A third operating means operated by the player when setting the bet number;
Game progress control means for controlling the progress of the game in accordance with operations of the first operation means, the second operation means, and the third operation means ;
Pre-determining means for determining display results that are allowed to be derived before the display results are derived;
Derivation control means for performing control for deriving a display result based on an operation of the first operation means;
When the second operating means is operated in a predetermined progress control state in which the operation of the second operating means is related to the progress control of the game, the operation of the first operating means is also performed until the end condition is satisfied. A non-participating control means capable of controlling the non-participating control state in which neither the operation of the second operating means nor the operation of the third operating means is involved in the progress control of the game;
In the non-participation control state, a specific effect execution means capable of executing a specific effect based on an operation of an operation means not involved in the progress control of the game;
With
As a state after the end of the non-participating control state, the operation of the first operating means is involved in the game progress control, and the operation of the second operating means and the operation of the third operating means are the progress of the game. There is a specific progress control state that is not involved in the control,
In the non-participation control state in which the state after the end becomes the specific progress control state, the specific effect execution unit includes the operation of the first operation unit , the second operation unit, and the third operation unit. The specific effect can be executed based on the operation of the third operation means without being based on the operation of the second operation means .
The slot machine according to means 1 of the present invention is:
The game can be started by setting a predetermined number of bets for one game using the gaming value, and a variable display device (reel 2L, 2C, 2R), the display result is derived, one game is completed, and a slot machine (where a winning can be generated according to the display result derived to the variable display device (reels 2L, 2C, 2R)) Slot machine 1)
First operating means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) that can be operated by the player;
Second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) that can be operated by the player;
Game control means (main control) for controlling the progress of the game in accordance with the operation of the first operating means and the second operating means and transmitting control information (command) including information based on the progress control of the game Part 41),
Production control means (sub control unit 91) for controlling production based on control information (command) received from the game control means (main control unit 41);
With
The game control means (main control unit 41)
Control information storage means (command transmission buffer) capable of storing a plurality of control information (commands) transmitted to the effect control means (sub-control unit 91);
Control information transmission means for transmitting control information (command) stored in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer) one by one to the effect control means (sub-control unit 91);
The operation of the first operating means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) is involved in the progress control of the game, and the second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) Participation operation detection means for detecting the operation of the first operation means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) in a specific control state (BET process / reel rotation process) in which the operation is not involved in the progress control of the game When,
Non-participating operation detecting means for detecting the operation of the second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) in the specific control state (BET processing / reel rotation processing);
When the involved operation detection means detects the operation of the first operation means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) or the non-participation operation detection means detects the second operation means (stop switch 8L, When the operation of the 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is detected, operation control information (BET command, operation detection command / reel stop command, operation detection command) that can identify the operation of the operation means is used as the control information. Operation control information setting means for storing in control information storage means (command transmission buffer);
Including
The effect control means (sub control unit 91) produces an effect based on the operation control information (BET command, operation detection command / reel stop command, operation detection command) received from the game control means (main control unit 41). Including a production execution means for operation to be executed,
Whether the game control means (main control unit 41) stores control information (command) in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer) in the specific control state (BET process / reel rotation process). Further includes control information determination means for determining
The non-participating operation detecting means, when the control information determining means determines that the control information (command) is stored, the second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6). It is characterized by not detecting any operation.
According to this feature, the operation of the first operation means is involved in the game progress control, and the operation of the second operation means is not yet transmitted to the control information storage means in a specific control state where the operation of the second operation means is not involved in the game progress control. In the state where the control information is stored, the operation of the second operation means is not detected, and the operation control information that can identify the operation of the second operation means is controlled even if the second operation means is operated. A plurality of information is not stored in the information storage means. As a result, a plurality of operation control information that can identify the operation of the second operation means not involved in the progress control of the game is not stored, and a plurality of the operation control information is stored. The transmission of the operation control information that can identify the operation of the operation means can be prevented from being greatly delayed.
Note that the predetermined number of bets is at least one bet number, and a game can be started by setting a bet number of two or more or setting a maximum bet number. good. Further, the game may be started by setting a bet amount determined according to a plurality of game states.

The slot machine according to means 2 of the present invention is:
The game can be started by setting a predetermined number of bets for one game using the gaming value, and a variable display device (reel 2L, 2C, 2R), the display result is derived, one game is completed, and a slot machine (where a winning can be generated according to the display result derived to the variable display device (reels 2L, 2C, 2R)) Slot machine 1)
First operating means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) that can be operated by the player;
Second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) that can be operated by the player;
Game control means (main control) for controlling the progress of the game in accordance with the operation of the first operating means and the second operating means and transmitting control information (command) including information based on the progress control of the game Part 41),
Production control means (sub control unit 91) for controlling production based on control information (command) received from the game control means (main control unit 41);
With
The game control means (main control unit 41)
Control information storage means (command transmission buffer) capable of storing a plurality of control information (commands) transmitted to the effect control means (sub-control unit 91);
Control information transmission means for transmitting control information (command) stored in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer) one by one to the effect control means (sub-control unit 91);
The operation of the first operating means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) is involved in the progress control of the game, and the second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) Participation operation detection means for detecting the operation of the first operation means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) in a specific control state (BET process / reel rotation process) in which the operation is not involved in the progress control of the game When,
Non-participating operation detecting means for detecting the operation of the second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) in the specific control state (BET processing / reel rotation processing);
When the involved operation detection means detects the operation of the first operation means (MAXBET switch 6 / stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R) or the non-participation operation detection means detects the second operation means (stop switch 8L, When the operation of the 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is detected, operation control information (BET command, operation detection command / reel stop command, operation detection command) that can identify the operation of the operation means is used as the control information. Operation control information setting means for storing in control information storage means (command transmission buffer);
Including
The effect control means (sub control unit 91) produces an effect based on the operation control information (BET command, operation detection command / reel stop command, operation detection command) received from the game control means (main control unit 41). Including a production execution means for operation to be executed,
Whether the game control means (main control unit 41) stores control information (command) in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer) in the specific control state (BET process / reel rotation process). Further includes control information determination means for determining
When the control information determination unit determines that the control information (command) is stored, the non-participating operation detection unit detects the non-participating operation detection unit (stop switches 8L, 8C). The operation control information (operation detection command) is not stored in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer) as the control information even if the operation of the 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is detected.
According to this feature, the operation of the first operation means is involved in the game progress control, and the operation of the second operation means is not yet transmitted to the control information storage means in a specific control state where the operation of the second operation means is not involved in the game progress control. In the state in which the control information is stored, even if the operation of the second operation means is detected, a plurality of operation control information capable of identifying the operation of the second operation means is stored in the control information storage means. There is no. As a result, a plurality of operation control information that can identify the operation of the second operation means not involved in the progress control of the game is not stored, and a plurality of the operation control information is stored. The transmission of the operation control information that can identify the operation of the operation means can be prevented from being greatly delayed.
Note that the predetermined number of bets is at least one bet number, and a game can be started by setting a bet number of two or more or setting a maximum bet number. good. Further, the game may be started by setting a bet amount determined according to a plurality of game states.
In addition, even when the non-participating operation determination unit detects an operation of the second operation unit when the operation control information setting unit determines that the control information determination unit stores the control information. The operation control information is not stored in the control information storage means. In this case, the detection of the operation of the second operation means may be invalidated, and the control information determination means does not store the control information. The operation control information may be maintained without being invalidated until it is determined, and when it is determined that the control information is not stored, the operation control information may be stored in the control information storage unit.

The slot machine according to means 3 of the present invention is the slot machine according to means 1 or 2,
The non-participating operation detection means detects a change in the operation state (ON, OFF) of the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6),
The operation control information setting means, when the non-participating operation detection means detects a change in the operation state (ON, OFF) of the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6), The operation control information (operation detection command) that can identify the operation state (ON, OFF) after the change is stored.
According to this feature, since the operation control information that can identify the operation of the operation means that is not involved in the game progress control is transmitted only when the operation state changes, the control load related to the transmission of the operation control information can be reduced. Further, the production control means side does not need to receive operation control information more than necessary.

The slot machine according to means 4 of the present invention is the slot machine according to any one of means 1 to 3,
The involved operation detecting means is configured to control the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) in a control state (reel rotation process / BET process) in which the operation of the game is involved. , Detecting operation of the operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6)
The operation control information setting means also detects the second operation means (stop) when the participating operation detection means detects the operation of the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6). Operation control information (reel stop command / BET command) that can identify the operation of the switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is stored in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer), and the involved operation detection means Stores the first operation control information (reel stop command / BET command) when the operation of the second operation means (stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is detected, and the non-participating operation The detecting means operates the second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6). When issued, it is characterized by storing different second operation control information (operation detection command) from the first operation control information.
According to this feature, when the operation control information is received, the effect control means specifies whether or not the operation of the second operation means is related to the progress control of the game from the control information before and after the operation control information. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not the operation of the second operation means is involved in the progress control of the game only by the operation control information.

The slot machine according to means 5 of the present invention is the slot machine according to means 4,
The operation control information setting means includes both the first operation control information (BET command / reel stop command) and the second operation control information (operation detection command) in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer). Store in a common storage area (normal command transmission buffer)
The control information transmission means determines whether the operation control information stored in the common storage area is the first operation control information (BET command / reel stop command) or the second operation control information (operation detection command). ) Regardless of whether or not it is a common transmission process (command transmission process).
According to this feature, it is possible to reduce both the work storage area of the game control means and the storage area of the processing program related to transmission of control information.

The slot machine according to means 6 of the present invention is the slot machine according to any one of means 1 to 5,
A plurality of second operating means (one-sheet BET switch 5, MAXBET switch 6, and start switch 7) that are not involved in game progress control in the specific control state (reel rotation processing);
In the specific control state (reel rotation process), the non-participating operation detecting means detects an operation of a specific operating means (MAXBET switch 6) among the second operating means not related to the progress control of the game. It is characterized by that.
According to this feature, even if there are a plurality of operation means not involved in the game progress control in the second control state, only the operation of some operation means is determined, and the operation of the operation means not involved in the game progress is determined. Since the identifiable operation control information is transmitted, the control load related to the transmission of the operation control information can be reduced, and the presentation control means side does not need to receive the operation control information more than necessary.

The slot machine according to means 7 of the present invention is the slot machine according to any one of means 1 to 6,
The involved operation detecting means is configured to control the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) in a control state (reel rotation process / BET process) in which the operation of the game is involved. , Detecting operation of the operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6)
The operation control information setting means also detects the second operation means (stop) when the participating operation detection means detects the operation of the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6). Operation control information (operation detection command) that can identify the operation of the switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is stored in the control information storage means (command transmission buffer),
The involved operation detecting means is configured to control the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) in a control state (reel rotation process / BET process) in which the operation of the game is involved. When the operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) are operated, operating means other than the second operating means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) are operated. If the second operating means (stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is not detected,
The non-participating operation detection means is configured such that when the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is operated in the specific control state (BET process / reel rotation process), Even when operation means other than the operation means 2 (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) is operated, the second operation means (stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R / MAXBET switch 6) are operated. It is characterized by detecting.
According to this feature, in the control state in which the operation of the second operation means is involved in the progress control of the game, the operation of the second operation means is not detected when operated simultaneously with other operation means. While not requiring processing such as providing priority among the other operation means and the second operation means, the control when the second operation means is operated while being involved in the progress control of the game can be simplified. Thus, the operation of the second operation means is detected even when the operation of the second operation means is operated simultaneously with other operation means in a specific control state in which the operation of the second operation means is not involved in the progress control of the game. Therefore, when the second operating means is operated in a specific control state that does not affect the progress control of the game, the operation control indicating the operation of the second operating means even if operated simultaneously with other operating means. Information as a production control means Are signals, it is possible to reliably perform presentation in presentation control means which has received the operation control information.

It is a front view of the slot machine of the Example to which this invention was applied. It is an internal structure figure of a slot machine. It is a figure which shows the symbol arrangement | sequence of a reel. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a slot machine. It is a figure which shows the object combination of the internal lottery classified according to the structure of the winning combination determined by winning and a gaming state. It is a figure which shows the operation switch which is related to the progress control of a game according to a control state, and the operation switch which is not related to the progress control of a game. It is a timing chart which shows the detection status of the operation switch after the game is over until the game start. It is a timing chart which shows the detection status of the operation switch after the game is over until the game start. It is a timing chart which shows the detection state of the operation switch after a game start until the game end. It is a timing chart which shows the detection state of the operation switch after a game start until the game end. It is a timing chart which shows the storing time of a command. It is a timing chart which shows the storing time of a command. It is a timing chart which shows the storing time of a command. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between a reel and a stop switch. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between a reel, a stop switch, and a freeze production. (A)-(c) is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a stop switch. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between the time which operation of a stop switch requires, and the maximum delay time of a command. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation effect triggered by reception of the operation detection command. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the starting process which a main CPU performs at the time of starting. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the error process which a main CPU performs when an error generate | occur | produces. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the setting change process which main CPU performs in a starting process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the game process which main CPU performs after a starting process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the BET process which a main CPU performs after a starting process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the BET process which a main CPU performs after a starting process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the BET process which a main CPU performs after a starting process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the reel rotation process which main CPU performs in a game process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the reel rotation process which main CPU performs in a game process. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the timer interruption process (main) which a main CPU performs regularly. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the timer interruption process (main) which a main CPU performs regularly. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the switch input determination process 1 which main CPU performs in a timer interruption process (main). It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the switch input determination process 2 which main CPU performs in a timer interruption process (main). It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the door monitoring process which main CPU performs in a timer interruption process (main). It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the command transmission process which main CPU performs in a timer interruption process (main). It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the power interruption interrupt process (main) performed when main CPU receives the voltage drop signal from a power interruption detection circuit. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the timer interruption process (sub) which a sub CPU performs regularly. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the operation detection process 1 which a sub CPU performs in a timer interruption process (sub). It is a flowchart which shows the control content of the operation detection process 2 which sub CPU performs in a timer interruption process (sub). It is a figure which shows an example of a freeze production.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below.

  An embodiment of a slot machine to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. A slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a housing 1a having an open front surface, and a pivotable pivot at a side end of the housing 1a. The front door 1b is supported.

  Inside the casing 1a of the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, reels 2L, 2C and 2R (hereinafter referred to as a left reel, a middle reel and a right reel) in which a plurality of types of symbols are arranged on the outer periphery. ) Are juxtaposed in the horizontal direction, and as shown in FIG. 1, three consecutive symbols out of the symbols arranged on the reels 2L, 2C, 2R can be seen from the see-through window 3 provided on the front door 1b. Are arranged as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the outer periphery of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, “black 7”, “net 7 (shaded 7 in the figure)”, “white 7”, “BAR”, “replay”, A plurality of identifiable symbols such as “watermelon”, “black cherry”, “white cherry”, “bell”, and “orange” are drawn in a predetermined order, 21 pieces each. The symbols drawn on the outer peripheries of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are displayed in the upper, middle, and lower three stages in the see-through window 3, respectively.

  The reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are provided in correspondence with each other and rotated by reel motors 32L, 32C, and 32R (see FIG. 4), so that the symbols of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are continuously formed in the see-through window 3. In addition to being displayed while changing, by stopping the rotation of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, three consecutive symbols are derived and displayed on the fluoroscopic window 3 as display results.

  Inside the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are reel sensors 33L, 33C, and 33R that detect a reference position for each of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, and a reel LED 55 that irradiates the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R from the back side. , Is provided. The reel LED 55 includes 12 LEDs corresponding to three consecutive symbols on the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, and each symbol can be irradiated independently.

  A display area 51a of a liquid crystal display 51 (see FIG. 1) is disposed at a position on the front side (player side) of each reel 2L, 2C, 2R of the front door 1b. The liquid crystal display 51 has a normally white liquid crystal panel having transparency in a state where no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal element, and a transmissive region 51b corresponding to the see-through window 3 of the display region 51a. The reels 2L, 2C, and 2R can be visually recognized from the player side through the see-through window 3. Further, a backlight (not shown) for irradiating the display area 51a from behind is provided on the back surface of the display area 51a excluding the transmissive area 51b, and the back surface further has a concealing member for concealing the inside. (Not shown) is provided.

  On the front side (front side in FIG. 1) of the liquid crystal display 51, an instruction (for example, touch operation) from the player to the display surface is detected, and the position (for example, the position where the touch operation is performed) is specified. Light-emitting devices 56a and 56b and light-receiving devices 57a and 57b that constitute a touch panel for the above-described purpose are installed. The light emitting devices 56a and 56b include a plurality of infrared light emitting elements (for example, LEDs). The light receiving devices 57a and 57b include a plurality of infrared light receiving elements (for example, phototransistors).

  The light emitting device 56a and the light receiving device 57a are installed in pairs in the horizontal direction across the display surface of the liquid crystal display 51. The light emitting device 56a and the light receiving device 57a are installed so that infrared rays radiated from the plurality of light emitting elements provided in the light emitting device 56a can be received by the plurality of light receiving elements provided in the light receiving device 57a. Similarly, the light emitting device 56b and the light receiving device 57b are installed in pairs in the vertical direction across the display surface of the liquid crystal display 51. The light emitting device 56b and the light receiving device 57b are installed so that infrared rays emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements provided in the light emitting device 56b can be received by the plurality of light receiving elements provided in the light receiving device 57b.

  In the present embodiment, infrared grids are formed along the display surface of the liquid crystal display 51 by projecting infrared rays from the light emitting devices 56a and 56b. When a touch operation is performed on the display surface by the player, the light receiving devices 57a and 57b detect the shielding of infrared rays and output a signal for specifying the position where the detected light receiving element is arranged. To the touch panel controller 99 described later. The touch panel controller 99 can specify the position where the touch operation is performed on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 51 based on signals from the light receiving devices 57a and 57b, and the touch panel is formed by these. Yes.

  The light emitting devices 56 a and 56 b constituting the touch panel are installed on the left side and the lower side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 51, and the light receiving devices 57 a and 57 b are installed on the right side and the upper side of the display surface of the liquid crystal display 51. The touch panel can detect a touch operation in an area surrounded by the light emitting devices 56a and 56b and the light receiving devices 57a and 57b, and can specify a position where the touch operation is performed.

  On the front door 1b, a medal insertion unit 4 into which medals can be inserted, a medal payout exit 9 from which medals are paid out, and credits (the number of medals stored as a game value owned by the player) are used for one medal. A single bet switch 5 that is operated when setting the bet number, and using a credit, the maximum bet number (a game in this embodiment) among a specified number of bets determined in accordance with the game state within the range. When the state is RB (BB), 2 in the normal gaming state, the MAXBET switch 6 that is operated when setting, the medal stored as credits and the medals used for setting the number of bets are settled ( A settlement switch 10 that is operated when the credits and the amount of medals used for setting the bet are returned), a start switch 7 that is operated when starting the game, reels 2L, 2C, 2 Stop switch 8L is operated to each stop of the rotation, 8C, 8R, but are provided operable by the player.

  The front door 1b also displays a credit indicator 11 that displays the number of medals stored as credits, the number of medals acquired in BB, which will be described later, and an error code that indicates the contents when an error occurs. An auxiliary indicator 12 and a payout indicator 13 for displaying the number of medals paid out due to the occurrence of a prize are provided.

  Further, on the front door 1b, 1BETLED 14 that notifies that the bet number is set to 1 by lighting, 2BETLED 15 that notifies that the bet number is set to 2, and 3 bets are set. 3BET LED 16 to notify when lit, insertion request LED 17 to notify that a medal can be inserted is lit, start valid LED 18 to notify that the game start operation by the operation of the start switch 7 is effective, wait (previous Waiting state LED 19 for informing that it is in the state of waiting for the start of reel rotation since a certain period of time has not elapsed since the start of the game, during replay informing that it is in the replay game described later An LED 20 is provided.

  Inside the MAXBET switch 6, there is provided a BET switch valid LED 21 (see FIG. 4) for notifying that the setting operation of the betting number by operating the one-sheet BET switch 5 and the MAXBET switch 6 is effective. Inside the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R, left, middle, and right stop effective LEDs 22L, 22C, and 22R for informing that the reel stop operation by the corresponding stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is effective by lighting (FIG. 4).

  Inside the front door 1b, there is a reset switch 23 for detecting a reset operation for releasing an error state described later and a stop state described later by a predetermined key operation, while changing a set value and confirming a set value described later. A set value display 24 for displaying the set value at that time, and a flow path of medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 4 on the side of a hopper tank 34a (see FIG. 2) described later provided in the housing 1a or A medal selector having a insertion medal sensor 31 for detecting a medal that is inserted from the flow path switching solenoid 30 and the medal insertion unit 4 and selectively flows to the hopper tank 34a side to selectively switch to one of the medal payout exits 9 side. The door opening detection switch 25 (refer FIG. 4) which detects the open state of the front door 1b is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a reel sensor 33L that can detect the reel reference positions of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, the reel motors 32L, 32C, and 32R, and the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R, as shown in FIG. , 33C, 33R (see FIG. 4), an external output board 1000 for outputting an external output signal, a hopper tank 34a for storing medals inserted from the medal insertion section 4, and a hopper tank 34a. A hopper unit 34 including a hopper motor 34b for paying out medals from the medal payout opening 9, a payout sensor 34c for detecting medals paid out by driving the hopper motor 34b, and a power supply box 100 are provided.

  On the side of the hopper unit 34, an overflow tank 35 is provided for storing medals overflowing from the hopper tank 34a. Inside the overflow tank 35, a full sensor 35 a made up of a pair of electrically conductive members spaced apart from each other and provided at a height capable of detecting a predetermined amount of stored medals is provided. It is possible to detect that the medal storage amount stored in the inside when it is conductive by contacting through the medal stored in the inside exceeds a predetermined amount, that is, that the overflow tank is full. It has become.

  On the front surface of the power supply box 100 is a stop switch for selecting whether to enable / disable a stop function for controlling the stop state at the end of BB, which will be described later (a state in which the progress of the game is restricted until a reset operation is performed). 36a, automatic checkout for selecting whether the automatic checkout function is effective / invalid for controlling automatic checkout processing (processing for adjusting (returning) medals stored as credits regardless of the player's operation) at the end of BB described later The switch 36b functions as a setting key switch 37 for switching to the setting change mode at the time of startup, and as a reset switch for canceling the error state and the stop state in the normal state. In the setting change mode, the winning probability of the internal lottery described later Reset / setting switch 38 that functions as a setting switch for changing the setting value of (development rate), power ON / OFF Power switch 39 is provided which is operated when that.

  When a game is played in the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, first, medals are inserted from the medal insertion unit 4 or a bet number is set using credits. In order to use credits, the single BET switch 5 or the MAXBET switch 6 may be operated. When a predetermined number of bets determined according to the gaming state are set, the pay lines L1 to L5 (see FIG. 1) become effective, and the operation of the start switch 7 is effective, that is, the game can be started. It becomes a state. In the present embodiment, as the specified number of bets, two are determined in the gaming state RB (BB) and three in the normal gaming state. In addition, when a medal is inserted exceeding the maximum number out of the prescribed number corresponding to the gaming state, the amount is added to the credit.

  The winning line is a line that is set to determine whether a combination of symbols displayed on the perspective windows 3 of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R is a winning symbol combination. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the winning line L1 set across the symbols arranged in the middle of each reel 2L, 2C, 2R and the symbols arranged in the upper row of each reel 2L, 2C, 2R are straddled. The winning line L2, the winning line L3, the upper stage of the reel 2L, the middle stage of the reel 2C, the lower stage of the reel 2R, that is, the lower side of the reel 2R, that is set across the symbols arranged in the lower stage of each reel 2L, 2C, 2R. There are five types of winning lines L4 set across straddling symbols, the lower line of reel 2L, the middle part of reel 2C, the upper part of reel 2R, that is, the winning line L5 set straddling the symbols lined up to the right. It is defined as.

  When the start switch 7 is operated in a state where the game can be started, the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R rotate, and the symbols of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R continuously vary. When any one of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is operated in this state, the rotation of the corresponding reels 2L, 2C, 2R is stopped, and the display result is derived and displayed on the fluoroscopic window 3.

  When one of the reels 2L, 2C, 2R is stopped, one game is completed, and a predetermined symbol combination (hereinafter also referred to as a role) is set on any of the activated pay lines L1 to L5. When the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are stopped as a display result, a winning occurs, and a predetermined number of medals are given to the player and added to the credit. Further, when the credit reaches the upper limit number (50 in this embodiment), medals are paid out directly from the medal payout opening 9 (see FIG. 1). If a combination of symbols with a medal payout is arranged on a plurality of activated pay lines, the total number of payouts determined for each of the symbol combinations arranged on the activated pay line is totaled. The total number of medals is awarded to the player. However, an upper limit (15 in this embodiment) is set for the number of medals to be awarded in one game, and when the total number of medals exceeds the upper limit, the upper limit number of medals is awarded. It will be. In addition, when a combination of symbols accompanying the transition of the gaming state is stopped as a display result of each reel 2L, 2C, 2R on any of the activated pay lines L1 to L5, a game corresponding to the combination of symbols Transition to the state.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the slot machine 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the slot machine 1 is provided with a game control board 40, an effect control board 90, and a power supply board 101. The game state is controlled by the game control board 40, and the game state is controlled by the effect control board 90. The production according to the control is controlled, and the power supply board 101 generates the drive power for the electrical components constituting the slot machine 1 and supplies them to each part.

  The power supply board 101 is supplied with AC100V power from the outside, and from this AC100V power supply, a DC voltage necessary for driving electrical components constituting the slot machine 1 is generated, and the game control board 40 and the game control board 40 are generated. It is supplied to the production control board 90 connected through the.

  Further, the above-described hopper motor 34b, payout sensor 34c, full sensor 35a, stop switch 36a, automatic checkout switch 36b, setting key switch 37, reset / setting switch 38, and power switch 39 are connected to the power supply board 101. Yes.

  On the game control board 40, the one-sheet BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, the start switch 7, the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R, the settlement switch 10, the reset switch 23, the insertion medal sensor 31, the door opening detection switch 25, The reel sensors 33L, 33C, and 33R are connected, and the above-described payout sensor 34c, full sensor 35a, stop switch 36a, automatic settlement switch 36b, setting key switch 37, reset / setting switch 38 are connected via the power supply board 101. Are connected, and the detection signals of these connected switches are inputted.

  Further, the game control board 40 includes the credit display 11, the game auxiliary display 12, the payout display 13, 1 to 3 BET LEDs 14 to 16, the insertion request LED 17, the start valid LED 18, the waiting LED 19, the replaying LED 20, and the BET. The switch effective LED 21, left, middle, and right stop effective LEDs 22L, 22C, and 22R, the set value display 24, the flow path switching solenoid 30, and the reel motors 32L, 32C, and 32R are connected to each other, and are described above via the power supply board 101. The hopper motor 34b is connected, and these electric components are driven based on control of a main control unit 41 (described later) mounted on the game control board 40.

  The game control board 40 includes a microcomputer having a main CPU 41a, ROM 41b, RAM 41c, and I / O port 41d. The main control unit 41 controls the game, and random numbers in a predetermined range (0 to 65535 in this embodiment). A random number generation circuit 42 that generates a random number, a sampling circuit 43 that acquires a random number from the random number generation circuit, and a switch detection circuit that detects a detection signal input from switches connected to the game control board 40 directly or via the power supply board 101 44, a motor drive circuit 45 that controls the drive of the reel motors 32L, 32C, and 32R, a solenoid drive circuit 46 that controls the drive of the flow path switching solenoid 30, and a drive control of various displays and LEDs connected to the game control board 40 LED drive circuit 47 for performing power supply, monitoring the power supply voltage supplied to the slot machine 1 When detecting a voltage drop, the power interruption detection circuit 48 that outputs a voltage drop signal indicating that to the main control unit 41, the main CPU 41a when the power is turned on or when the initialization command from the main CPU 41a is not inputted A reset circuit 49 for giving a reset signal to the player, disconnection for monitoring an electrical connection state between the game control board 40 and the inserted medal sensor 31 and an electrical connection state between the game control board 40 and the effect control board 90 A monitoring IC 50 and other various devices and circuits are mounted.

  The main CPU 41a has an interrupt function (including an interrupt prohibition function) such as a timekeeping function and a timer interrupt, executes a program (described later) stored in the ROM 41b, and performs processing related to the progress of the game. Each part of the control circuit mounted on the game control board 40 is controlled directly or indirectly. The ROM 41b stores fixed data such as programs executed by the main CPU 41a and various tables. The RAM 41c is used as a work area when the main CPU 41a executes a program. The I / O port 41d inputs / outputs a control signal to / from each circuit connected via a signal input / output terminal included in the main control unit 41.

  Further, the main control unit 41 is supplied with backup power even during a power failure, and the data stored in the RAM 41c is held while the backup power is being supplied.

  The main CPU 41a repeatedly loops the process according to the control state until the detection state of the various switches connected to the game control board 40 changes, and shifts in stages according to the change of the detection state of the various switches. Perform basic processing. Further, the main CPU 41a has an interrupt function as described above, and can execute an interrupt process by interrupting the basic process when an interrupt occurs. In the present embodiment, the power interruption interrupt process is executed in response to the input of the voltage drop signal output from the power interruption detection circuit 48. Further, the main CPU 41a executes a timer interrupt process (main) at regular time intervals (about 0.56 ms in this embodiment). In addition, the execution interval of the timer interrupt process (main) is set to a time longer than the sum of the time required to complete the repeated process according to the control state in the basic process and the execution time of the timer interrupt process (main) Therefore, the process that is repeated according to the control state between the current and next timer interrupt processes (main) is completed at least once.

  The main CPU 41a transmits various commands to the effect control board 90 via the I / O port 41d. A command transmitted from the game control board 40 to the effect control board 90 is sent in only one direction, and no command is sent from the effect control board 90 to the game control board 40. The transmission line of the command transmitted from the game control board 40 to the effect control board 90 is composed of a strobe (INT) signal line, a data transmission line, and a ground line, and is connected via the effect relay board 80. The game control board 40 and the effect control board 90 are not directly connected.

  The effect control board 90 is connected to the light receiving devices 57a and 57b constituting the touch panel described above, and detection signals of the connected light receiving devices 57a and 57b are input to the touch panel controller 99.

  Electrical components such as a liquid crystal display 51 (see FIG. 1), a rendering effect LED 52, speakers 53 and 54, and the reel LED 55 described above are connected to the rendering control board 90, which is disposed on the front door 1b of the slot machine 1. These electric components are driven based on control by a sub-control unit 91 (described later) mounted on the effect control board 90. The effect control board 90 is connected to the light emitting devices 56a and 56b constituting the touch panel described above, and the light emitting devices 56a and 56b are based on control by a touch panel controller 99 described later mounted on the effect control board 90. To be driven.

  Similar to the main control unit 41, the effect control board 90 includes a sub CPU 91a, ROM 91b, RAM 91c, and a microcomputer provided with an I / O port 91d. The sub control unit 91 controls the effect, and the effect control board 90. A display control circuit 92 that performs display control of the liquid crystal display 51 connected to the LED, an LED driving circuit 93 that performs drive control of the effect LED 52 and the reel LED 55, an audio output circuit 94 that controls audio output from the speakers 53 and 54, Supplied to a reset circuit 95 that gives a reset signal to the sub CPU 91a when the power is turned on or when an initialization command from the sub CPU 91a is not inputted for a certain period of time, a clock device 97 that outputs time information including date information and time information, and a slot machine 1 The power supply voltage is monitored, and when a voltage drop is detected, this is indicated Based on the signal from the power interruption detection circuit 98 that outputs the pressure drop signal to the sub CPU 91a and the light receiving devices 57a and 57b, processing for specifying the position where the touch operation is performed on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 51 is performed. The touch panel controller 99 and other circuits are mounted, and the sub CPU 91a receives various commands transmitted from the game control board 40 and output information from the touch panel controller 99 to perform various controls. At the same time, each part of the control circuit mounted on the effect control board 90 is controlled directly or indirectly.

  Similar to the main CPU 41a, the sub CPU 91a has an interrupt function (including an interrupt prohibition function). The sub CPU 91a acquires a command from the main control unit 41 based on an input of a strobe (INT) signal output when the main control unit 41 transmits a command, and performs a command reception interrupt process for storing the command in the reception buffer. Run. In addition, the sub CPU 91a generates an interrupt at regular intervals and executes a timer interrupt process (sub). Further, the sub CPU 91a executes a power interruption interrupt process according to the input of the voltage drop signal output from the power interruption detection circuit 98.

  The sub-control unit 91 is also supplied with backup power at the time of a power failure, and the data stored in the RAM 91c is held while the backup power is supplied.

  In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the medal payout rate changes according to the set value. Specifically, the medal payout rate is changed by using a winning probability corresponding to a set value in an internal lottery described later. The set value is composed of 6 levels of 1 to 6, with 6 being the highest payout rate, and the payout rate being lower in the order of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. In other words, when 6 is set as the set value, the player has the highest advantage, and the advantages decrease stepwise in the order of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

  In order to change the setting value, it is necessary to turn on the power of the slot machine 1 after the setting key switch 37 is turned on. When the power is turned on with the setting key switch 37 in the ON state, 1 is displayed as the initial value of the setting value on the setting value display 24, and the setting change mode in which the setting value can be changed by operating the reset / setting switch 38 is set. Transition. When the reset / setting switch 38 is operated in the setting change mode, the setting value displayed on the setting value display 24 is updated one by one (when further operation is performed from the setting 6, the setting value is returned to the setting 1). . When the start switch 7 is operated, the set value is confirmed, and the confirmed set value is stored in the RAM 41c of the main control unit 41. Then, when the setting key switch 37 is turned off, the state shifts to a state in which the game can proceed.

  Next, initialization of the RAM 41c of the main control unit 41 will be described. The storage area of the RAM 41c of the main control unit 41 is divided into an important work, a general work, a special work, a set value work, a stop phase work, a non-saved work, an unused area, and a stack area.

  The important work is a work in which data that is inconvenient to be initialized at the end of the BB, such as various display devices and LED display data, input / output data of the I / O port 41d, and a game time clock counter, is stored. The general work is a work that stores data that can be initialized at the end of the BB, such as a stop control table, a stop symbol, the number of medals paid out, and the total number of medals paid out in the BB. The special work is a work that stores data to be initialized only before the start of setting, such as data for transmitting a command to the effect control board 90 and various software random numbers. The set value work is a work in which a set value used when performing a lottery in the internal lottery process is stored. After initializing 0 before setting is started (before shifting to the setting change mode), 1 is stored. The set value that is corrected and newly set at the end of the setting (when the setting change mode is ended) is stored. The stop phase work is a work in which data indicating the stop phase of the reel motors 32L, 32C, 32R is stored, and data indicating the stop phase is stored when the reel motors 32L, 32C, 32R are stopped. The Rukoto. The unsaved work is a work that holds the state of various switches, and a value is always set regardless of whether or not the data in the RAM 41c is destroyed at the time of activation. The unused area is an unused area in the storage area of the RAM 41c, and is initialized if any one of a plurality of initialization conditions described later is satisfied. The stack area is an area in which data saved from the register of the main CPU 41a is stored, and the unused stack area is established by any one of a plurality of initialization conditions to be described later, like the unused area. In this case, the used stack area is not initialized because the program continues.

  In this embodiment, the main CPU 41a operates when the setting key switch 37 and the reset / setting switch 38 are both ON, when a RAM error occurs, when starting only when the setting key switch 37 is ON, BB At the end, when the setting key switch 37 and the reset / setting switch 38 are both OFF, when the data in the RAM 41c is not destroyed, the six initialization conditions at the end of one game are satisfied In addition, five types of initialization are performed in different regions to be initialized according to each initialization condition.

  Initialization 0 is performed when the setting key switch 37 and the reset / setting switch 38 are both ON at the time of start-up, and initialization is performed before the transition to the setting change mode or when a RAM abnormality error occurs. In initialization 0, all areas (including the unused area and the unused stack area) of the storage area of the RAM 41c other than the used stack area are initialized. Initialization 1 is an initialization performed only when the setting key switch 37 is in an ON state at the time of start-up and shifts to the setting change mode. In the initialization 1, in the storage area of the RAM 41c, All areas (including the unused area and the unused stack area) other than the in-use stack area and the stop phase work are initialized. Initialization 2 is initialization performed at the end of the BB. In initialization 2, the general work, the unused area, and the unused stack area are initialized in the storage area of the RAM 41c. Initialization 3 is an initialization performed when both the setting key switch 37 and the reset / setting switch 38 are in an OFF state at the time of activation, and the data in the RAM 41c is not destroyed. The stored work, unused area, and unused stack area are initialized. Initialization 4 is initialization performed at the end of one game. In initialization 4, an unused area and an unused stack area in the storage area of the RAM 41c are initialized.

  In this embodiment, initialization 0 and initialization 1 are performed before transition to the setting change mode. However, they may be performed at the end of the setting change mode, that is, after the setting is confirmed. In this case, if the set value work is initialized, the determined set value is lost. Therefore, the set value work is not initialized.

  In the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the prescribed number of bets that can be set according to the gaming state is determined as described above, and the prescribed number of bets that are determined according to the gaming state is set. It becomes possible to start the game on the condition. In this embodiment, as will be described later, there are a regular bonus (hereinafter referred to as RB) (big bonus (hereinafter referred to as BB)) and a normal gaming state as a gaming state, of which RB (BB) is the number of bets. 2 is defined as the prescribed number of 3 and 3 is defined as the prescribed number of bets in the normal gaming state. For this reason, if the gaming state is RB (BB), the game can be started when the bet number is set to 2, and if the bet number is set to 3 in the normal gaming state, the game is started. It is possible to start. In the present embodiment, all the pay lines L1 to L5 are activated when a specified number of bets corresponding to the gaming state are set, and as RB (BB) All winning lines L1 to L5 are activated when 2 is determined, and all winning lines L1 to L5 are activated when 3 is set as the number of bets in the normal gaming state. Become.

  In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when all the reels 2L, 2C, 2R are stopped, the activated pay line (in the present embodiment, all the pay lines are always enabled. The activated winning line is simply referred to as a winning line). When a combination of symbols called a combination is arranged on the winning line, a winning is achieved. The combination may be a combination of the same symbols or a combination including different symbols. The type of winning combination is determined according to the game state, but it can be roughly divided into a small role with payout of medals and a replay that can start the next game without the need to set the number of bets. There are a game combination and a special combination with a transition of the game state. Below, a small role and a re-playing role are collectively called a general role. In order for winning of each combination determined according to the gaming state to occur, it is necessary to win an internal lottery to be described later and set a winning flag of the combination in the RAM 41c.

  Of these winning flags, the winning flags for the small role and the replaying role are valid only in the game in which the flag is set, and are invalid in the next game. It is valid until a combination of combinations permitted by the flag is completed, and is invalid in a game having a combination of combinations permitted. In other words, once the special combination winning flag is won, even if the combination of the combinations permitted by the flag cannot be made, the winning flag is not invalidated and is carried over to the next game. It becomes.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the slot machine 1 has a big bonus (hereinafter referred to as BB as a big bonus) and a regular bonus (hereinafter referred to as RB as a regular bonus) as a special role. Sheets, watermelons, cherries, and bells are defined as replays (1) to (3).

  Cherry is awarded when the symbol “white cherry” is derived on any of the winning lines for the right reel in any gaming state, and one medal is paid out in any gaming state. In addition, when the symbol of “white cherry” stops at the upper or lower stage of the right reel, the combination of cherries is aligned on the two winning lines of the winning lines L2, L5 or the winning lines L3, L4. Since winning a cherry on the winning line, two medals will be paid out.

  A watermelon is awarded when a combination of “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” or “watermelon-watermelon-BAR” is available on any of the winning lines in any gaming state, and 15 RBs (BB). Medals are paid out, and in the normal gaming state, 12 medals are paid out. Bell is awarded when the combination of “Bell-Bell-Bell” is aligned on any of the winning lines in any gaming state, and 15 medals are paid out in RB (BB). Ten medals are paid out.

  Replay (1) is a combination of “Replay-Replay-Replay”, “BAR-Replay-Replay”, or “Black 7-Replay-Replay” in any of the winning lines in the normal gaming state. A winning combination will be awarded when these combinations are available. Replay (2) is awarded when a combination of “watermelon-replay-replay” is arranged on any of the winning lines in the normal gaming state. Replay (3) is awarded when a combination of “black cherry-replay-replay” is arranged on any of the winning lines in the normal gaming state. When replays (1) to (3) win, there is no payout of medals, but the next game can be started again without setting the number of bets, so 3 corresponding to the number of bets that need not be set in the next game. This is essentially the same as a medal being paid out.

  RB is won when the combination of “net 7-net 7-black 7” is aligned on any of the winning lines in the normal gaming state, and the gaming state shifts to RB. The RB is a gaming state that is advantageous to the player over other gaming states by increasing the winning probability of the small role, particularly the bell, and when the 12 games are digested after the RB starts, or an 8-game winning ( When the type of a combination is allowed), it ends either whichever comes first.

  BB is a combination of “black 7-black 7-black 7”, “net 7-net 7-net 7” or “white 7-white 7-white 7” in any of the winning lines in the normal gaming state. When the combination is complete, a prize is awarded.

  When BB wins, the gaming state shifts to BB and shifts to RB at the same time. When RB ends, if BB has not ended, it shifts to RB again and is controlled repeatedly until BB ends. The That is, during BB, it is always controlled to RB. The BB ends when the total number of medals paid out to the player in the BB exceeds 465. At the end of the BB, the RB is also ended regardless of whether or not the RB end condition is satisfied.

  Hereinafter, the internal lottery of the present embodiment will be described. In the internal lottery, it is determined whether or not the above winning combination is permitted before the display results of all reels 2L, 2C, and 2R are derived and displayed (actually, when the start switch 7 is detected). To do. In the internal lottery, first, a random number for internal lottery (an integer from 0 to 65535) is acquired. Then, for each combination determined according to the gaming state and whether or not the special combination is carried over, the acquired random number for internal lottery and the number of judgment values for each combination determined according to the gaming state, the number of bets and the set value Is done according to.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the role to be subject to the internal lottery differs depending on whether the gaming state is the normal gaming state or RB (BB). Further, when the gaming state is the normal gaming state, the role to be subject to the internal lottery varies depending on whether or not the special role is being carried over.

  When the gaming state is the normal gaming state and any special combination is not carried over, BB, RB, replay, watermelon, cherry, and bell are sequentially read out as the target combination of the internal lottery.

  When the gaming state is the normal gaming state and any special combination is carried over, replay, watermelon, cherry, and bell are sequentially read out as the target combinations for the internal lottery.

  When the gaming state is RB, watermelon, cherry, and bell are sequentially read out as the subject combination of the internal lottery.

  In the internal lottery, the number of determination values determined corresponding to the role to be subject to the internal lottery, the current gaming state and the set value are sequentially added to the random number for the internal lottery, and when the result of addition overflows, It is determined that the winning combination has been won. For this reason, a winning combination will be won with a probability (number of determination values / 65536) according to the number of determination values.

  If a winning combination of any combination is determined, a winning flag corresponding to the combination determined to be winning is set in the internal winning flag storing work assigned to the RAM 41c. The internal winning flag storage work consists of a 2-byte storage area, of which the upper byte is assigned as the special role storing work in which the winning flag for the special role is set, and the lower byte is the winning of the general role It is assigned as a general role storage work for which a flag is set. Specifically, when a special combination is won, a special combination winning flag indicating that the special combination is won is set in the special combination storing work, and the winning flag set in the general combination storing work is cleared. When a general combination is won, a winning flag for the general combination indicating that the general combination is won is set in the general combination storing work. If no winning combination is selected, only the general winning combination work is cleared.

  Next, stop control of the reels 2L, 2C, 2R will be described.

  The main CPU 41a refers to the table index and the table creation data stored in the ROM 41b when the rotation of the reel starts and when the reel stops and the reel that is still rotating still remains. Create a stop control table for each reel. When any of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R corresponding to the rotating reel is effectively detected, the stop control table of the corresponding reel is referred to and the slip of the referred stop control table is referred to. Based on the number of frames, control is performed to stop the rotation of the reels 2L, 2C, 2R corresponding to the operated stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R.

  In the table index, an index that indicates the start address of the area in which the data for table creation is stored, from the reference address when referring to the table index, according to the setting state of the winning flag by internal lottery (hereinafter referred to as the internal winning state) Differences up to the address where the data is stored are registered. As a result, a difference corresponding to the internal winning state is acquired, and the corresponding index data can be acquired by adding the difference to the reference address. Even when the winning combinations are different, when the same control is applied, the same address is stored as the index data. In such a case, the same table creation data is referred to. Thus, a stop control table is created.

  The table creation data includes a stop control table indicating the number of sliding frames according to the stop operation position, and an address of the stop control table to be referred to according to the reel stop status.

  The stop control table referred to according to the reel stop status is whether all reels are rotating, only the left reel is stopped, only the middle reel is stopped, only the right reel is stopped, It may vary depending on whether the middle reel is stopped, the left and right reels are stopped, the middle and right reels are stopped, and if any reel is stopped, stop Since there may be differences depending on the stop position of the reels already completed, the address of the stop control table to be referenced for each situation is registered for each rotating reel, and based on the top address of the table creation data, It is possible to specify the address of the stop control table that should be referred to according to the status of each, and it is necessary according to each status from this specified address. And to be able to identify the stop control table. Even when the reel stop status and the stopped position of the stopped reel are different, when the same stop control table is applied, the same address may be registered as the address of the stop control table. In such a case, the same stop control table is referred to.

  The stop control table is data that can specify the number of sliding frames for each timing when the stop operation is performed. In this embodiment, stepping motors that make one turn at a cycle of 168 steps (0 to 167) are used for the reel motors 32L, 32C, and 32R. That is, when the reel motors 32L, 32C, and 32R are driven for 168 steps, the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R make one round. Then, 21 areas (frames) divided every 16 steps (the number of steps that one symbol moves) are defined for one reel, and these areas are areas 0 to 20 from the reel reference position. A number is assigned. On the other hand, the number of symbols arranged on one reel is 21, and symbol numbers 0 to 20 from the reel reference position are assigned to symbols on each reel, so symbols 0 to 20 are assigned to each reel. , Area numbers 0 to 20 are assigned in order. In the stop control table, the number of sliding symbols for each area number is compressed and stored according to a predetermined rule, and the number of sliding symbols for each area number can be acquired by expanding the stop control table. Yes.

  As described above, the stop control table created by referring to the table index and the table creation data corresponds to the area number, and the area corresponding to each area number is the stop reference position (in this embodiment, the perspective window 3). Sliding frame when an operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected at a timing (a timing in which the number of steps from the reel reference position is included in the range of the number of steps of each region number). It is a table with each number set.

  Next, the procedure for creating the stop control table will be described. First, at the start of reel rotation, the top address of the table creation data corresponding to the internal winning state of the game is acquired. Specifically, the table index is first referred to, index data corresponding to the internal winning state is obtained, table creation data is identified based on the obtained index data, and all reels are identified from the identified table creation data. The address of the stop control table for each reel corresponding to the state of rotation is acquired, and the stop control table for each reel stored at the acquired address is expanded to generate a stop control table for all reels.

  Further, when any one reel stops or any two reels stop, the index data acquired at the start of reel rotation, that is, the top address of the table creation data corresponding to the internal winning state of the game The table creation data is identified based on the table creation data, and the stop control table address of the unreacted reel corresponding to the stopped reel and the area number of the stop position of the reel is obtained from the identified table creation data. The stop control table for each stored reel is expanded to create a stop control table for the unstopped reels.

  Next, when the main CPU 41a effectively detects any one of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R corresponding to the rotating reel, the control when the display result is derived to the corresponding reel will be described. When one of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R corresponding to the rotating reel is effectively detected, the stop operation position area is determined based on the number of steps from the reel reference position when the stop operation is detected. The number is specified, the stop control table of the reel where the stop operation is detected is referred, and the number of sliding symbols corresponding to the area number of the specified stop operation position is acquired. Then, control is performed to rotate and stop the reel by the number of acquired sliding frames. Specifically, from the number of steps from the reel reference position at the time when the stop operation is detected, the number of steps from the acquired number of sliding frames to the stop is calculated, and the reel is rotated and stopped by the calculated number of steps. Take control. As a result, the area corresponding to the area number that is the stop position ahead of the number of sliding frames from the area corresponding to the area number of the stop operation position where the stop operation is detected is the stop reference position (in this embodiment, the perspective window 3 It will stop in the lower symbol area).

  In the table index of this embodiment, only one address is stored as index data corresponding to one internal winning state in one gaming state, and further, one table creation data includes one reel. Only one address is stored as the address of the storage area of the stop control table corresponding to the stop status (and the stop position of the stopped reel). In other words, table creation data corresponding to one internal winning state in one gaming state and stop control tables corresponding to reel stop states (and stopped positions of stopped reels) are uniquely determined. The stop control table created with reference to is unique for one internal winning state in one gaming state and the reel stop status (and the stop position of the stopped reel). Therefore, when all of the gaming state, the internal winning state, and the reel stop status (and the stop position of the stopped reel) are the same, the reel is based on the same stop control table, that is, the same control pattern. The stop control is performed.

  Further, in this embodiment, a value of 0 to 4 is determined as the number of sliding frames, and the reel can be stopped by drawing a maximum of 4 symbols after detecting the stop operation. In other words, the stop position of the symbol can be designated from a range of a maximum of 5 frames including the stop operation position where the stop operation is detected. In addition, since it is necessary to move one frame to move the reel for one symbol, it is possible to stop the reel by pulling in a maximum of four symbols after detecting the stop operation. The symbol stop position can be designated from a range of up to five symbols including the operation position.

  In this embodiment, when any of the winning combinations is won, the winning combination is drawn to the maximum in the range of 4 frames on the winning line, and the non-winning winning combination is drawn so that it is not aligned on the winning line. A stop control table with a defined number of frames is created and reel stop control is performed. If no winning combination is selected, a stop control table with a determined number of sliding symbols that do not have any combination And stop control of the reel. As a result, when a stop operation is performed, if the winning combination can be stopped on the winning line in the drawing range of up to 4 frames, the control is performed so that the winning combination is stopped. The combination that has not been performed will be controlled to be stopped in a drawing range of a maximum of 4 frames.

  When a special role and a small role are elected at the same time, such as when a special role is elected while the special role has been carried over from before the previous game, the winning small role is the maximum in the range of 4 frames on the winning line. The number of sliding frames is fixed so that it can be drawn to the limit, and for the stop operation position where the selected small role cannot be drawn in the range of up to 4 frames in the winning line, the winning special role is in the range of 4 frames in the winning line Then, a stop control table in which the number of sliding frames is determined so as to be pulled in as much as possible is created, and reel stop control is performed. As a result, when a stop operation is performed, if it is possible to stop all the small roles that have been elected in the drawing range of up to four frames on the winning line, the control is performed so that the winning combination is stopped. If you can't draw a small role that has been won in the drawing range of up to 4 frames on the line, if you can stop with a special role that has been won in the drawing range of up to 4 frames on the winning line, A control is performed to stop them in a uniform manner, and a winning combination that has not been won will be controlled to be stopped within a 4-frame pull-in range. That is, in such a case, priority is given to the control for aligning the small combination on the winning line over the special combination, and the special combination can be won only when the small combination cannot be drawn. When a special combination and a small combination can be withdrawn at the same time, only the small combination is drawn in, and the small combination is not aligned on the winning line at the same time as the special combination.

  In this example, when a special role is elected while the special role has been carried over from before the previous game, or when a special role and a small role are simultaneously elected, the special role and the small role are won simultaneously. If the selected special role is given priority over the selected special role, the special role is controlled on the winning line only when the small role cannot be withdrawn. When winning simultaneously, priority is given to the control for aligning the special role on the winning line over the small role, and the control for aligning the small role on the winning line may be performed only when the special role cannot be drawn.

  If a special player and a replaying player are elected at the same time, such as when a replaying player is elected while the special role has been carried over from before the previous game, when the stop operation is performed, In addition, a control is performed in which the symbols of the re-gamer are aligned and stopped within a drawing range of up to 4 frames. In this case, the symbols constituting the re-gamer or the symbols constituting the re-gamer to be simultaneously elected are arranged at intervals of 5 symbols or less, that is, within 4 frames, for any of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R. Since it can always be stopped at any position within the 4-frame pull-in range, if the special combination and the re-playing combination are elected at the same time, the timing of the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R by the player Without fail, the re-playing role will always be won. That is, in such a case, the control for aligning the re-games on the winning line has priority over the special game, and the re-games will always win. In the case where the special combination and the re-playing combination can be withdrawn at the same time, only the re-playing combination is drawn in, and the special combination is not arranged on the winning line at the same time as the re-playing combination.

  In this embodiment, after the rotation of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R is started, the main CPU 41a continues to rotate the reels for which the stop operation has not been detected until the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected. On the condition that the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected, control is performed to stop the display result on the corresponding reel. Even if the reel rotation temporarily stops due to the occurrence of a reel rotation error, the stop operation is still detected until the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected after the reel rotation is restarted. Control is performed to stop the display result of the corresponding reels on the condition that the rotation of the reels that have not been continued is continued and the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected.

  In this embodiment, control is performed to stop the display result on the corresponding reel on condition that the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected. However, the rotation of the reel is started. When a predetermined automatic stop time has elapsed, even if the reel stop operation is not performed, it is assumed that the stop operation has been performed, and automatic stop control is performed to automatically stop each reel. May be. In this case, since the reels are stopped without the player's operation, it is preferable to derive a display result that does not constitute any combination even if any combination is won.

  Next, commands that the main CPU 41a transmits to the effect control board 90 will be described.

  In this embodiment, the main CPU 41a sends a BET command, a credit command, an internal winning command, a freeze command, a reel rotation start command, a reel stop command, a winning determination command, a payout start command, a payout end command to the effect control board 90. A plurality of types of commands including a game state command, a standby command, a stop command, an error command, an initialization command, a setting end command, a power-on command, an operation detection command, and a door command are transmitted.

  These commands are composed of 1-byte type data indicating the type of command and 1-byte extension data indicating the content of the command, and the sub CPU 91a can determine the type of command from the type data.

  The BET command is a command that can specify the number of inserted medals, that is, the number of medals used to set the bet number, and is a state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game. Sent when a medal is inserted or the bet number is set by operating the single BET switch 5 or the MAXBET switch 6 in a state where is not set. Further, since the BET command is transmitted when the betting number setting operation is performed, it is possible to specify that the betting number setting operation has been performed by receiving the BET command.

  The credit command is a command that can specify the number of medals stored as credits, and is a state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, and in a state where a predetermined number of bets is set, Sent when a medal is inserted and credits are added.

  The internal winning command is a command that can specify the winning status of the internal winning flag and the type of the internal winning flag that has been established, and is transmitted when the start switch 7 is operated to start the game. Further, since the internal winning command is transmitted when the start switch 7 is operated, it is possible to specify that the start switch 7 has been operated by receiving the internal winning command.

  The freeze command indicates that the freeze command is controlled to a freeze state, which will be described later, and when the freeze command is controlled, the start timing is that all reels are rotating, the first stop time, or the second stop time. This command is transmitted when it is determined to control the freeze state in a freeze lottery to be described later.

  The reel rotation start command is a command for notifying the start of reel rotation, and is transmitted when rotation of the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R is started.

  The reel stop command is a command that can specify whether the reel to be stopped is the left reel, the middle reel, or the right reel, the area number of the corresponding reel stop operation position, and the area number of the corresponding reel stop position. And is transmitted each time stop control is performed in accordance with the stop operation of each reel. Since the reel stop command is transmitted when the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operated, it is possible to specify that the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operated by receiving the reel stop command. .

  The winning determination command is a command that can specify the presence / absence of winning, the type of winning, and the number of medals to be paid out at the time of winning, and is transmitted after all the reels are stopped and the winning determination is performed.

  The payout start command is a command for notifying the start of payout of medals, and is transmitted when the payout of medals is started by paying out a prize or credit (including medals used for setting the number of bets). The payout end command is a command for notifying the end of payout of medals, and is transmitted when the payout of medals by winning and winning a credit is completed.

  The game state command indicates the game state of the next game (normal game state, RT (1), RT (2), RT (3), RT (4)) , BB, RB, etc.) and the remaining number of games in RT (1), a command that can specify the currently set value, and transmission of a setting end command to be described later Sent after and at the end of the game.

  The standby command is a command indicating a transition to the standby state, and after one game is over, a credit (which was used for setting the bet number) is set when the transition to the standby state is made after a predetermined time without setting the bet number. (Including medals) is sent out after the medal payout is completed and the payout end command is sent.

  The stop command is a command indicating the occurrence or release of the stop state, and after the end of the BB, the stop command indicating the occurrence of the stop state is transmitted when the ending effect waiting time has elapsed, and the reset operation is performed. When the stop state is released, a stop command indicating the release of the stop state is transmitted.

  An error command is a command that indicates the occurrence or release of an error state. When an error is determined and controlled to the error state, an error command that indicates the occurrence of the error state is sent, and a reset operation is performed to release the error state. At that time, an error command indicating the cancellation of the error state is transmitted.

  The initialization command is a command indicating that the gaming state has been initialized and the start of the setting change mode, and is transmitted when the RAM 41c is initialized and shifts to the setting change mode.

  The setting end command is a command indicating the end of the setting change mode, and is transmitted when the setting ends, that is, when the setting change mode ends.

  The power-on command is a command that indicates whether or not one of the special roles has been won at power-on, and if it can be restored to the state before the power interruption at startup, it returns to the state before the power interruption. Sent when.

  The door command is a command indicating the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25, that is, ON (open state) / OFF (closed state). When the power is turned on, one game is finished (after the game is over, the bet number of the next game) Sent before the setting can be started), and when the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 changes (ON to OFF, OFF to ON).

  The operation detection command indicates that the detection state of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control among the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, the start switch 7, the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R has changed from OFF to ON, or This command indicates that the state has changed from ON to OFF, and is transmitted when the detection state of the operation switch that is not involved in the progress control of the game has changed.

  Of these commands, commands other than the door command, error command, initialization command, and power-on command are generated in a startup process and a game process, which will be described later, and temporarily stored in a normal command transmission buffer provided in a special work in the RAM 41c. Are transmitted in the above-described timer interrupt processing (main).

  The error command, initialization command, and power-on command are generated in the above-described startup process, stored in the special command transmission buffer provided in the special work of the RAM 41c, and transmitted in the above-described timer interrupt process (main). .

  The normal command transmission buffer is provided with an area capable of storing a maximum of 16 commands so that a plurality of commands can be accumulated. In addition, addresses (0 to 15) are assigned to the storage areas for the respective commands. Further, in the normal command transmission buffer, a transmission pointer indicating an address of an area where a command to be transmitted next is stored and a storage pointer indicating an address of an area where the command is to be stored next are set. The transmission pointer is incremented by 1 every time an unsent command stored in the normal command transmission buffer is transmitted, and the storage pointer is incremented by 1 when storing the command. The address indicated by the transmission pointer and the address of the storage pointer have the same number when all the commands are transmitted and when all areas of the normal command transmission buffer are full due to untransmitted commands. If an unsent command is stored, the unsent flag is set. Therefore, if the address indicated by the send pointer and the address of the stored pointer are the same number, the unsent flag is set. If the untransmitted flag is not set, it is indicated that the normal command transmission buffer is full of untransmitted commands, and that the untransmitted command is empty.

  The special command transmission buffer is provided separately from the normal command transmission buffer, and an area in which only one error command, power-on command, or initialization command can be stored is allocated. The initialization command is stored in the special command transmission buffer when it is initialized when the power is turned on, and the power-on command is stored when returning to the state before the power interruption. Thereafter, an error command is stored when an error occurs and when the error is cleared.

  The door command is stored in a door command transmission buffer provided in a special work in the RAM 41c in the door monitoring process in the timer interrupt process (main) described above, and is transmitted in the timer interrupt process (main) described above.

  The door command transmission buffer is provided separately from the normal command transmission buffer, and an area in which only one door command can be stored is allocated. The door command transmission buffer stores a door command indicating the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 at the time of power-on or at the end of one game, and after the change of the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25. Stored is a door command indicating the detected state. Further, the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is not cleared even after the door command is transmitted, and is then overwritten by the newly stored door command. When the power is turned on or one game is finished, the door command transmission request 1 for requesting transmission of the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is set, and the door command transmission request 1 is set or the door is opened. When the detection state of the detection switch 25 changes, the door command transmission request 2 is set. When this door command transmission request 2 is set, the door stored in the door command transmission buffer is set. Command transmission is instructed.

  In the present embodiment, the main CPU 41a generates an interrupt 3 at an interval of 0.56 ms, and executes a timer interrupt process (main) when the interrupt 3 is generated. It is executed every 56 ms. In the timer interrupt process (main), timer interrupts 1 to 4 are repeatedly performed, and processes unique to these timer interrupts 1 to 4 are performed at intervals of 2.24 ms. . Command transmission for sending commands stored in the normal command transmission buffer, error commands stored in the special command transmission buffer, power-on command or initialization command, and door commands stored in the door command transmission buffer Since the process is executed by the timer interrupt 2, the command transmission process is also executed at intervals of 2.24 ms.

  On the other hand, the sub CPU 91a of the sub control unit 91 acquires a command buffered in a reception buffer, which will be described later, in a timer interrupt process (sub) in which the command is executed at intervals of 1.12 ms. Therefore, every time the main CPU 41a executes the timer interrupt process (main), that is, when a command transmission process is performed at an interval of 0.56 ms, there is a possibility that the sub control unit 91 cannot receive the command normally. There is.

  However, in the present embodiment, as described above, the main CPU 41a executes the command transmission process at a rate of once every four timer interrupt processes (main), that is, at an interval of 2.24 ms. Only one of the command stored in the normal command transmission buffer, the error command stored in the special command transmission buffer, the power-on command or the initialization command, and the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is transmitted. As a result, even when a plurality of commands are transmitted continuously, they are transmitted with a minimum interval of 2.24 ms, and the sub-control unit 91 side reliably acquires these continuously transmitted commands. can do.

  In this embodiment, a command other than a door command is generated in the activation process or the game process, and stored in a normal command transmission buffer or a special command transmission buffer. On the other hand, in the door command, when the door command transmission request 1 for requesting transmission of the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is set in the activation process or the game process, or the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 changes. In this case, it is stored in the door command transmission buffer.

  Untransmitted command stored in normal command transmission buffer, untransmitted error command stored in special command transmission buffer, power-on command or initialization command, or door command in command transmission processing in timer interrupt 2 When an unsent door command stored in the send buffer is detected, a delay time is set, and when the set delay time elapses, an unsent command or door command stored in the normal command send buffer An untransmitted door command stored in the transmission buffer is transmitted.

  Specifically, when an untransmitted command is detected, a delay random value set in a range of 0 to 17 is acquired and set in a delay counter provided in a special work in the RAM 41c. At this time, in the command transmission process in which the delay counter value is set and the command transmission process executed in the timer interrupt 2 thereafter, the delay counter value is decremented by 1 and when the delay counter value becomes 0, Send unsent commands.

  That is, the command detected in the command transmission process is a time corresponding to a multiple of the command transmission process execution interval (2.24 ms). Specifically, the command transmission process is performed by subtracting 1 from the delay counter value acquired at that time. Is transmitted after the elapse of time (2.24 ms) {0 to 35.84 ms because the delay counter value is 0 to 17}.

  In this embodiment, the normal command transmission buffer is provided with an area where a plurality of commands can be stored, and a new command is generated without waiting for transmission of an untransmitted command stored in the normal command transmission buffer. The command can be stored in an empty area of the normal command transmission buffer. That is, a plurality of commands can be stored in the normal command transmission buffer. For this reason, it can be avoided that the progress of the game is stopped due to the delay of the command transmission. This is not the case when the normal command transmission buffer is full of untransmitted commands.

  In addition, when commands are stored in the normal command transmission buffer in the basic processing, these commands are stored in the order of generation, and in the command transmission processing, commands are transmitted in the order stored in the normal command transmission buffer. ing. That is, commands stored in the normal command transmission buffer are transmitted in the order in which they are generated. If an error command, power-on command, or initialization command is stored in the special command transmission buffer, even if a command generated earlier is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, in principle Error commands, power-on commands, or initialization commands are sent with priority. However, this does not apply if an error command, power-on command, or initialization command is stored in the special command transmission buffer while waiting for transmission of commands stored in the normal command transmission buffer (during delay). Priority is given to the command waiting for transmission. If an unsent command remains in the normal command transmission buffer after sending a command waiting for transmission, priority is given to the error command, power-on command, or initialization command stored in the special command transmission buffer. To send.

  In addition, when an error command, a power-on command, or an initialization command is stored in the special command transmission buffer, a door command transmission is requested before that (door command transmission request 2 is set). Error command, power-on command, or initialization command are transmitted with priority.

  When a command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer and a door command transmission is requested (when the door command transmission request 2 is set), in principle, the normal command transmission buffer The door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is transmitted with priority over the stored command. However, this is not the case when door command transmission is requested while waiting for transmission of commands stored in the normal command transmission buffer (during delay). After the command waiting for transmission is transmitted, the door command is transmitted. If an untransmitted command remains in the normal command transmission buffer after transmitting a command waiting for transmission, the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is preferentially transmitted.

  The main CPU 41a monitors the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 about every 100 ms. Specifically, in any of the timer interrupts 1 to 4 of the timer interrupt process (main), that is, in the port input process performed every 0.56 ms, an input state (door) in which the detection signal from the door open detection switch 25 is converted to a positive logic. Open detection switch 25ON = 1, 0 is acquired when the door is closed, and the timer interrupt process (main) timer interrupt 2 is performed, that is, in the door monitoring process performed every 2.24 ms, in the port input process described above The acquired state of the detection signal of the door opening detection switch 25 (the input state that has been the same for two consecutive times) continues to be logically ORed for about 100 ms (45 times of door monitoring processing), and the door opening detection switch is used using the result. 25 detection states are determined. If the calculation result is 1 when about 100 ms elapses, that is, if the door opening detection switch 25 is turned ON (opened) even once during that time, it is determined that the door opening detection switch 25 is ON. If the calculation result is 0, that is, if the door opening detection switch 25 is not turned ON (opened) even once during that time, it is determined that the door opening detection switch 25 is OFF. If the result of this determination matches the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 indicated by the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer, it is determined that there is no change in the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25. Otherwise, it is determined that the detection state of the door open detection switch 25 has changed, the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is updated to a door command indicating the detection state after the change, and the door command transmission request 2 Is set to command transmission of the door command. When the main CPU 41a determines that the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 has changed, the main CPU 41a also updates the output state of the door opening signal to the external output board 1000 in addition to the door command transmission command.

  The main CPU 41a sets the door command transmission request 1 in the activation process or the game process when the power is turned on or at the end of one game, and requests transmission of the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer. On the other hand, in the door monitoring process, it is determined whether or not the door command transmission request 1 is set. If the door command transmission request 1 is set, it is determined that there is a door command transmission request and the door command transmission is performed. Request 2 is set to command transmission of the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer. Further, when the door command transmission request 1 is set, the main CPU 41a updates the output state of the door opening signal to the external output board 1000 in addition to the door command transmission command.

  As described above, the output state of the door opening signal to the external output board 1000 is updated by linking to the door command transmission command.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the door command is given priority over other commands, and the door command is transmitted after a delay time determined at random has passed in the same manner as other commands. On the other hand, since the maximum command delay time is 35.84 ms, when transmission of a door command is requested in a state where the command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, after the door command is transmitted, Approximately 72 ms is required until the command stored in the normal command transmission buffer is transmitted, but the monitoring interval of the door open detection switch 25 is further stored in the normal command transmission buffer after transmitting the door command. If it is shorter than about 72 ms required to transmit a command, when the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 continuously changes, the command is normally stored in the command transmission buffer while the change continues. Since the command will not be transmitted, the buffer for normal command transmission may overflow A. For this reason, in this embodiment, the monitoring interval of the door opening detection switch 25 is about 100 ms, which is longer than about 72 ms required for transmitting the command stored in the normal command transmission buffer after transmitting the door command. Is set to Thus, even when the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 continuously changes, the door command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer after the door command is transmitted and before the next door command is transmitted. At least one command can be transmitted, and the normal command transmission buffer does not overflow.

  The slot machine 1 of this embodiment includes a single BET switch 5, a MAXBET switch 6, a start switch 7, and stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R as operation switches for the main CPU 41a to control the progress of the game.

  The operation of these switches is not always related to the progress control of the game in all control states constituting from the end of the game to the end of the next game, but is related to the progress control of the game according to the control state. Sometimes it may not be involved.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the control state from the end of the game (after changing the setting) to the start of the game, the operation of the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, and the start switch 7 is involved in the progress control of the game and is stopped. The operation of the switches 8L, 8C, 8R is not involved in the game progress control. Furthermore, even in the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, the bet number has not reached the specified number, that is, the bet number can be further added, and the game start condition is In a state where it is not established, the operation of the single BET switch 5 and the MAXBET switch 6 is involved in the game progress control, but the operation of the start switch 7 is not involved in the game progress control, while the bet number is defined. In the state where the number has been reached, that is, in the state where the bet number cannot be added and the game start condition is satisfied, the operation of the start switch 7 is involved in the game progress control. 5. The operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is not related to the progress control of the game.

  In the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is involved in the game progress control, and the operation of the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, and the start switch 7 Not involved in progress control. Furthermore, even in the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, if all the reels are rotating, all the operations of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R are involved in the progress control of the game. In the stop state, only the stop switch corresponding to the rotating reel among the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is involved in the progress control of the game, and the stop switch corresponding to the stopped reel is the game switch. Not involved in progress control. Further, as will be described later, even if any of the reels is rotating, the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R may be controlled to be invalidated for a certain period, but in this frozen state, All the operations of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R are not involved in the progress control of the game.

  The control state in the present invention is not limited to the control state from the end of the game (after changing the setting) to the start of the game, or the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, but from the end of the game (after changing the setting). In the control state up to the start, the bet number has not reached the specified number, that is, the bet number can be further added and the game start condition is not satisfied, the bet number has reached the specified number A control state in which the number of bets cannot be added and a game start condition is satisfied, a control state in which all reels are rotating among control states from the start of the game to the end of the game, left Control state in which only the reel is stopped, Control state in which only the middle reel is stopped, Control state in which only the right reel is stopped, Control state in which the left and middle reels are stopped, Left and right reels Sealed and has control state, right, control state middle reel is stopped, the above-mentioned frozen state, the wait period state, applicable also for each of the states of the payout period medal. Furthermore, even if the operation of the single BET switch 5 or the MAX BET switch 6 is not involved in the progress control of the game in the control state from the end of the game (after the setting change) to the start of the game, the specified number of bets has already been obtained. The control state in which the operation of the single BET switch 5 or the MAXBET switch 6 is not related to the progress control of the game because it is set, and the specified number of bets has not been set yet, but no credit remains. In other words, it can be said that the control state is different from the control state in which the operation of the single BET switch 5 or the MAXBET switch 6 is not related to the progress control of the game.

  The main CPU 41a performs a switch input determination process that is executed during a timer interruption process (main) that is executed by interrupting an operation switch that is involved in the progress control of the game according to the control state among these operation switches at regular time intervals. 1 to detect. In the switch input determination process 1, the detection state of the operation switch is monitored, and a switch-on flag indicating that the corresponding operation switch has been detected when it is changed from OFF to ON is set. In the basic process, it is determined whether or not there is a switch-on flag of an operation switch involved in the game progress control. If it is determined that the switch-on flag is set, the switch-on flag is cleared and the operation switch In addition to performing game progress control in accordance with the operation, a command (BET command, internal winning command, reel stop command, etc.) associated with the game progress control is stored in a command transmission buffer. The command stored in the transmission buffer is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the command transmission process in the timer interrupt process (main) executed thereafter.

  On the other hand, the main CPU 41a detects, in the switch input determination process 2 executed during the timer interrupt process (main), an operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control according to the control state. In the switch input determination process 2, the detection state of the operation switch is monitored, and the edge data (hereinafter referred to as a rising edge) indicating that the corresponding operation switch has changed from OFF to ON when the change from OFF to ON is set. Then, edge data (hereinafter referred to as a falling edge) indicating that the corresponding operation switch has changed from ON to OFF when it changes from ON to OFF is set. In the basic process, it is determined if the rising edge or the falling edge of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is determined and it is determined that the rising edge or the falling edge is set. Processing for clearing the rising edge or falling edge and storing an operation detection command indicating that the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control has changed in the command transmission buffer is performed. The operation detection command stored in the trust buffer is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the command transmission process in the timer interrupt process (main) executed thereafter.

  In this embodiment, in the switch input determination process 1, not only the operation switches involved in the game progress control according to the control state but also the operation switch operations not involved in the game progress control are detected. Although the on flag is set, even if the switch on flag indicating the operation of the operation switch not related to the progress control of the game is set, it is ignored in the basic processing, so that the operation of the operation switch is not related to the progress control of the game. In the configuration, the switch input determination process 1 detects only the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control according to the control state, and does not detect the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control itself. It is also good.

  In the present embodiment, not only the operation switch not related to the game progress control according to the control state in the switch input determination process 2 but also the operation of the operation switch related to the game progress control is detected. Data (rising edge or falling edge) is set, but even if edge data indicating the operation of the operation switch related to the game progress control is set, the operation of the operation switch related to the game progress control is performed in the basic processing. In this configuration, only the edge data indicating the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is monitored, but the switch input determination process 2 does not participate in the game progress control according to the control state. Only the operation switch operation is detected, and the operation switch operation involved in the game progress control itself is detected. No structure and then, when the edge data is set may be the operation of the operation switch where the edge data is shown to send the identifiable operation detection command.

  In this embodiment, the operation switch and the game progress involved in the game progress control in the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game and the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game. The operation switches that are not involved in the control are different, and the main CPU 41a, in the former control state, does not involve the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R in the progress control of the game. When an operation of 8C, 8R is detected, an operation detection command capable of specifying the fact is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a, while in the latter control state, the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, the start switch 7 Of the operation switches that are not involved in the progress control of the game and are not involved in the progress control of the game. When an operation of the BET switch 6 is detected, an operation detection command capable of specifying the fact is transmitted, and the sub CPU 91a operates an operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control in each control state. An effect can be executed when an operation detection command is received that can identify the fact that has been detected.

  That is, the main CPU 41a does not participate in the game progress control in one control state among the plurality of control states, but detects the operation switch operation involved in the game progress control in the other control state in the one control state. In addition, an operation detection command that can specify that is transmitted, and in the other control state, the control of the operation switch that is involved in the game progress control in one control state is not involved in the game control in the other control state. When the operation is detected, an operation detection command that can specify the fact is transmitted, and the sub CPU 91a detects the operation that can be specified that the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is detected in each control state. When the command is received, the effect can be executed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in any of the plurality of control states, an effect can be executed in accordance with the operation of the operation switch not related to the game progress control. It is possible to make effective use of the corresponding performance, and the operation switch for performing the performance changes according to the control state, so that the game does not become monotonous and the operation of the performance can be changed. , Can effectively enhance interest.

  In addition, since an operation switch that is not used in the progress control of the game in one control state is used as a trigger for the production in the other control state, each operation switch that is not used for the progress control of a different game in a plurality of control states is provided. Can be used effectively.

  In this embodiment, not only the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game and the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, but also in both control states When an operation switch operation that is not involved in the progress control is detected, an operation detection command that can specify that fact is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a, and the sub CPU 91a does not participate in the game progress control in each control state. When an operation detection command that can specify that the operation of the operation switch has been detected is received, the production can be performed, the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, the game from the start of the game Operation switches that do not participate in the game progress control in both control states as well as one of the control states until the end. It is possible to perform the production to take advantage of the operation.

  In this embodiment, in the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, when an operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R that is not always involved in the progress control of the game is detected during this time. An operation detection command that can specify that fact is transmitted. In the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 that is not always involved in the progress control of the game is detected during this time. An operation detection command that can specify that is sent when the game ends, but the number of bets in the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game is less than the specified number, and the start switch When the operation of the start switch 7 is detected in a state in which the operation of 7 is not related to the progress control of the game, the bet number becomes the specified number and 1 When the operation of the single BET switch 5 or the MAXBET switch 6 is detected in a state where the operation of the ET switch 5 or the MAXBET switch 6 is not involved in the game progress control, any of the control states from the start of the game to the end of the game When the operation of the stop switch corresponding to the stopped reel is detected in a state where the reel is stopped and the operation of the corresponding stop switch is not involved in the game progress control, the game is not always involved in the game progress control in the control state. Not only operation switches, but also operation switch operations that are not involved in game progress control depending on the situation are detected in a state not involved in game progress control, an operation detection command that can specify that fact is sent. The sub CPU 91a receives these operation detection commands. To, may be capable of executing the production configuration.

  In the switch input determination process 1 for detecting the operation of the operation switch involved in the progress control of the game, when the detection state of the operation switch changes from OFF to ON, the detection state of the other operation switch is not ON. The switch-on flag of the changed operation switch is set, and if the other operation switch is ON, the switch-on flag is not set. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 changes from OFF to ON in the control state from the end of the game (after the setting change) to the start of the game, the detection state of the other operation switches changes. If it is ON, the switch ON flag of the MAXBET switch 6 is not set. Thereafter, when the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 changes from OFF to ON while the detection state of the other operation switches is OFF, the MAXBET switch 6 The switch-on flag is set. As shown in FIG. 9, in the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, if the detection state of the other switch is ON when the detection state of the stop switch changes from OFF to ON, the stop switch The switch-on flag is not set, and then the switch-on flag of the stop switch is set when the detection state of the stop switch changes from OFF to ON with the detection state of the other operation switches turned OFF. It has become.

  On the other hand, in the switch input determination process 2 for detecting the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control, when the operation switch detection state changes from OFF to ON or from ON to OFF, another operation is performed. Even when the switch detection state is ON, the rising edge or falling edge of the changed operation switch is set. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the detection state of the stop switch changes from OFF to ON in the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, the detection state of the other operation switches is ON. Even when the rising edge of the stop switch where the detection state has changed is set and the detection state of the stop switch has changed from ON to OFF, even if the detection state of other operation switches is ON, the detection state The falling edge of the stop switch in which is changed is set. Also, as shown in FIG. 10, when the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 changes from OFF to ON in the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, the detection state of the other operation switches is ON. When the rising edge of the MAXBET switch 6 is set and the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 changes from ON to OFF, the falling edge of the MAXBET switch 6 is set even if the detection state of other operation switches is ON. It has come to be.

  As described above, in this embodiment, in the switch input determination process 1 for detecting the operation of the operation switch related to the game progress control, when the operation switch related to the game progress control is operated, The operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control is detected on the condition that it is not operated, and when the other operation switch is operated, the operation involved in the game progress control is detected. Even if the switch is operated, it is not detected. For this reason, even when a plurality of operation switches including operation switches involved in the game progress control are operated at the same time, operations of the operation switches involved in the game progress control among these operation switches are detected. The game progress control according to the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control by detecting the operation of the plurality of operation switches including the operation switch involved in the game progress control at the same time, and other Since a process such as setting a priority between the control according to the operation of the operation switch is not required, it is possible to simplify the game progress control associated with the detection of the operation switch involved in the game progress control. .

  On the other hand, in the switch input determination process 2 for detecting the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control, even when another operation switch is operated when the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is operated. The operation of the operation switch not related to the game progress control is detected. For this reason, when an operation switch that does not affect the progress control of the game is operated, the operation of the operation switch is detected even if it is operated simultaneously with other operation means, and the operation of the operation switch can be specified Since the detection command is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a, the sub CPU 91a can reliably execute an effect associated with the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control.

  In this embodiment, in the switch input determination process 1, when the control state related to the progress control of the game is operated regardless of whether the control state is the BET process or the reel rotation process, other operation switches The operation of the operation switch related to the game progress control is detected on the condition that it is not operated, but the operation switch related to the game progress control is operated in at least one of the control states. If the operation switch operation involved in the game progress control is detected on the condition that no other operation switch is operated, the game control in the corresponding control state is involved. It is possible to simplify the progress control of the game accompanying the detection of the operation switch to be performed, for example, the BET process or the reel rotation process. Only in one of the control states, when an operation switch related to the game progress control is operated, the operation switch operation related to the game progress control is operated on the condition that no other operation switch is operated. In other control states, when an operation switch related to the game progress control is operated, an operation switch related to the game progress control is operated even if the other operation switch is operated. The operation may be detected.

  In the present embodiment, in the switch input determination process 2 for detecting the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control, the operation switch detection state is monitored, and the operation switch detection state has changed from OFF to ON. Or, only when it detects that the detection state has changed from ON to OFF, that is, the detection state has changed, and the change in the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress is detected, the corresponding operation switch changes from OFF to ON. An operation detection command indicating that a change has been made or changed from ON to OFF is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the transmission of the operation detection command indicating that the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is operated as much as possible, and it is possible to reduce the control load related to the transmission of the operation detection command. The side does not need to receive an operation detection command more than necessary.

  In addition, not only when the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control changes from OFF to ON, but also when the detection state changes from ON to OFF, an operation detection command indicating the change is transmitted. On the CPU 91a side, it is possible to specify in real time the detection state of the operation switch that does not participate in the game progress control, so that not only the timing when the operation switch operation not involved in the game progress control starts but also the operation is released It is possible to perform different performances according to the timings that have been performed and the operations that have not been released for a certain period of time, or to change the start timing and end timing of the performances. Various productions can be performed accordingly.

  In the present embodiment, it is detected that the detection state of the operation switches not involved in the game progress control has changed from OFF to ON or from ON to OFF, and the operation switches not involved in the game progress control are detected. When a change in the state is detected, an operation detection command for specifying the detection state after the change is transmitted, but the detection state of the operation switch not related to the progress control of the game is changed from OFF to ON. An operation detection command that can identify the operation of the corresponding operation switch is transmitted when only a change is detected and a change from OFF to ON is detected, or an operation that is not involved in game progress control Only the fact that the switch detection state has changed from ON to OFF is detected, and when the fact that the switch has changed from ON to OFF is detected, the corresponding operation switch An operation detection command that can identify an operation may be transmitted. With such a configuration, an operation detection command that indicates that an operation switch that is not involved in game progress control is operated can be transmitted. Further, it is possible to reduce the control load related to the transmission of the operation detection command, and it is possible to reduce the operation detection command received on the sub CPU 91a side.

  In this embodiment, the operation switch is operated both when the main CPU 41a detects the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control and when the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is detected. A command that can specify that the game has been performed, but when an operation of an operation switch that is involved in game progress control is detected, or when an operation switch operation that is not involved in game progress control is detected. It is designed to send different types of commands. Specifically, when the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is detected in a control state in which the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is involved in the game progress control, a BET command is transmitted, and the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is involved in the game progress control. When the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is detected in the non-control state, an operation detection command is transmitted. Further, when the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected in the control state in which the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is involved in the progress control of the game, a reel stop command is transmitted, and the stop switches 8L, 8L, When the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected in a control state in which the operation of 8C, 8R is not involved in the game progress control, an operation detection command is transmitted.

  Both the BET command and the operation detection command indicating that the MAXBET switch 6 has been operated are commands that can specify that the MAXBET switch 6 has been operated. However, the type data indicating the type of the command is different, and the sub CPU 91 a Even if the commands indicate that the same MAXBET switch 6 has been operated, whether the MAXBET switch 6 has been operated in a control state in which the command is involved in the progress control of the game due to the difference in type data. It is possible to determine whether the MAXBET switch 6 has been operated in a control state that is not involved in the control.

  The reel stop command and the operation detection command indicating that the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operated are commands that can specify that the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operated. Even if the sub CPU 91a is a command indicating that the same stop switch 8L, 8C, or 8R is operated, the sub CPU 91a performs control related to the progress control of the game depending on the type data. It is possible to determine whether the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R are operated in the state, or whether the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R are operated in the control state not related to the game progress control.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the main CPU 41a differs between the case where the operation switch operation involved in the game progress control is detected and the case where the operation switch operation not involved in the game progress control is detected. When the command indicating that the operation switch is operated is received, the sub CPU 91a is operated in a state related to the progress control of the game due to the difference in the type. It is possible to determine whether the operation is performed in a state not related to the progress control of the game, and when a command indicating that the operation switch has been operated is received, the operation indicated by the command from the preceding and following commands It is not necessary to specify whether the operation of the switch is related to the progress control of the game.

  Further, the main CPU 41a transmits different types of commands when an operation of an operation switch involved in the game progress control is detected and when an operation of an operation switch not involved in the game progress control is detected. However, even when a BET command or a reel stop command that can specify an operation of an operation switch that is involved in the game progress control is transmitted, an operation detection command that can specify an operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control Are transmitted in the order in which they are stored in the common normal command transmission buffer and stored in the normal command transmission buffer by common command transmission processing. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide an area for storing the operation detection command in the work area of the RAM 41c separately from the normal command transmission buffer, so that the work area for the main CPU 41a to perform operations can be reduced and operation detection can be performed. Since the process for sending commands is shared with other commands, the program capacity can be reduced.

  Further, when the error command is stored in the special command transmission buffer, the main CPU 41a, as a rule, transmits the normal command even if a command generated earlier is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. Error commands are sent with priority over commands stored in the buffer. In addition, when a door command is stored in the door command transmission buffer, in principle, even if a command generated earlier is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, it is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. The door command is given priority over the current command.

  For this reason, even if the operation switch operation not involved in the game progress control is detected and the operation detection command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, the error command or door command based on the event that occurred after that has priority. Since it is transmitted, it is possible to prevent the error notification and the door opening notification from being delayed on the side of the sub CPU 91a due to the influence of the operation not related to the progress control of the game.

  In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, if the number of bets is less than the specified number in the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R and the start switch 7 is performed. If the number of bets has reached the specified number without being involved in the game progress control, the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R, the single BET switch 5, and the MAXBET switch 6 is not involved in the game progress control. The main CPU 41a detects the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R among the operation switches that are not involved in the progress control of the game in the BET process that constitutes the basic process in the control state from the end of the game (after the setting change) to the start of the game. Only the presence or absence of a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in state is determined, and the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8 When it is determined that a rising edge or falling edge indicating a change in the detection state is set, an operation detection command indicating the rising edge or falling edge of the corresponding stop switch is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. . As a result, when the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R that are not involved in the progress control of the game changes in the control state from the end of the game (after the setting change) to the start of the game, the corresponding stop switch is given to the sub CPU 91a. The operation detection command indicating the rising edge or the falling edge of is transmitted.

  On the other hand, in the BET process, the presence or absence of a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of the operation switches other than the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R among the operation switches not involved in the game progress control is not determined. Even if a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of the operation switches other than the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R not related to the progress control of the game is set, the rising edge or the falling edge of the corresponding operation switch is set. The operation detection command shown is not stored in the normal command transmission buffer. For this reason, even if a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of the operation switches other than the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R that are not involved in the progress control of the game is set, the operation detection command is not transmitted. Absent.

  If the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game is not the freeze state, the operation of the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, the start switch 7, and the stop switch corresponding to the stopped reel is involved in the progress control of the game. In the frozen state, the operation of the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, the start switch 7, the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is not involved in the progress control of the game. In the reel rotation process that constitutes the basic process in the control state up to the end of the game, only the presence or absence of a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 among the operation switches not involved in the progress control of the game is determined. The detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 When the rising or falling edge shows a change is determined to be set, and stores the operation detection command indicating rising or falling edge of MAXBET switch 6 to the normal command transmit buffer. As a result, when the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 not involved in the game progress control changes in the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, an operation indicating the rising edge or the falling edge of the MAXBET switch 6 is performed on the sub CPU 91a. A detection command will be transmitted.

  On the other hand, in the reel rotation process, the presence or absence of a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of the operation switches other than the MAXBET switch 6 among the operation switches not involved in the game progress control is not determined. Even if a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of an operation switch other than the MAXBET switch 6 not involved in the progress control is set, an operation detection command indicating a rising edge or a falling edge of the corresponding operation switch is a normal command. It is not stored in the transmission buffer. For this reason, even if a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of the operation switches other than the MAXBET switch 6 not involved in the progress control of the game is set, the operation detection command is not transmitted.

  Thus, in this embodiment, even when there are a plurality of operation switches that are not involved in the game progress control in a certain control state, the operation of the corresponding operation switch is performed only when the operation of a specific operation switch is detected. An operation detection command that can be specified is transmitted, and even if an operation switch not involved in the progress control of the game is operated, the operation detection command is not transmitted unless it is a specific operation switch. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the transmission of the operation detection command indicating that the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is operated as much as possible, and it is possible to reduce the control load related to the transmission of the operation detection command. The side does not need to receive an operation detection command more than necessary.

  In this embodiment, in the switch input determination process 2, changes in the detection state of all the operation switches are detected, and when detected, the rising edge or the falling edge of the corresponding operation switch is set. In the basic processing, it is determined whether a rising edge or a falling edge is set only for a specific operation switch among the operation switches that are not involved in the game progress control, and the rising edge or the falling edge of the specific operation switch is An operation detection command is transmitted only when a specific operation switch is operated among a plurality of operation switches not involved in the game progress control by transmitting an operation detection command only when it is determined that it is set. However, in the switch input determination process 2, all the operation switches are detected. Instead of detecting a change in the state, the change in the detection state is monitored only for a specific operation switch among the operation switches that are not involved in the game progress control, and when that change is detected, a rising edge or a falling edge is detected. Even if a configuration is used to send an operation detection command indicating a change in the detection state of a corresponding operation switch when a rising edge or falling edge is set, an operation detection command other than a specific operation switch is sent. Since it is not necessary to transmit the operation detection command, it is possible to reduce the transmission of the operation detection command indicating that the operation switch not related to the game progress control is operated, and it is possible to reduce the control load related to the transmission of the operation detection command. In addition, the sub CPU 91a does not need to receive an operation detection command more than necessary.

  In this embodiment, the operation detection command is transmitted only when a specific operation switch is operated among a plurality of operation switches not related to the game progress control. The operation detection command may be transmitted when each of the plurality of operation switches that are not operated is operated. With such a configuration, the sub CPU 91a can operate the operation switches that are not involved in the game progress control on the side. It can be used to produce a variety of effects.

  In this embodiment, a switch-on flag is set to indicate that an operation of an operation switch involved in game progress control is detected regardless of whether or not a command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer in the basic processing. If it is determined that the switch-on flag is set, a command that can specify that the operation switch indicated by the switch-on flag has been operated is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when it is determined that the switch-on flag is set in the timer interrupt process (main) and the switch-on flag is set in the basic process after the return, the normal command transmission buffer is set. Even if the command is stored, the command that can specify the operation of the operation switch indicated by the switch-on flag at that time is stored in the normal command transmission buffer.

  On the other hand, only in the case where it is determined whether or not the normal command transmission buffer is empty in the basic process, and it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty, the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is performed. An operation switch indicated by a rising edge or a falling edge when it is determined whether a rising edge or a falling edge indicating detection has been set and it is determined that a rising edge or a falling edge is set. An operation detection command that can specify that an operation has been performed is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the rising edge or falling edge is set in the timer interrupt process (main), if the command is not stored in the normal command transmission buffer in the basic process after returning, The operation detection command that can specify the operation of the operation switch indicated by the rising edge or the falling edge at that time is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, but when the command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, At that time, the operation detection command is not stored, and the operation detection command that can specify the operation of the operation switch indicated by the rising edge or the falling edge when the normal command transmission buffer becomes empty is stored.

  In the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, as described above, the BET command and the reel stop control command transmitted when the operation of the operation switch related to the game progress control is detected are not related to the game progress control. The operation detection command transmitted when the switch operation is detected is also stored in a common normal command transmission buffer, and these commands are transmitted in the stored order. In addition, the command transmission process is performed only once every four times of the timer interrupt process (main). Further, in the single command transmission process, only the command stored at the earliest stage is transmitted. When a plurality of commands are stored in the trust buffer, the last command stored is the fastest because the command transmission processing execution interval is 2.24 ms, where n is the number of commands stored. However, it is not transmitted until the time of (2.24 × n) elapses. In such a case, there is a possibility that the transmission timing of the last stored command may be greatly delayed.

  On the other hand, the main CPU 41a determines whether or not the normal command transmission buffer is empty in the basic processing, and only when it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty, the main CPU 41a does not participate in the game progress control. It is determined whether a rising edge or a falling edge indicating that a switch operation has been detected is set, and when it is determined that a rising edge or a falling edge is set, a rising edge or a falling edge The operation detection command that can specify that the operation switch indicated by is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, and when it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is not empty, the rising edge or falling edge is set. The operation detection command is not stored in the normal command transmission buffer. For this reason, even when operation switches not involved in the game progress control are continuously operated, a plurality of operation detection commands are not stored in the normal command transmission buffer, and a plurality of operation detection commands are stored in the normal command transmission buffer. As a result of the accumulation, it is possible to prevent the transmission of a command indicating that an operation switch related to the progress control of the game has been operated from being greatly delayed.

  In the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the normal command transmission buffer is empty in the basic process, and only when it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty, the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is determined. By determining whether a rising edge or falling edge indicating that an operation has been detected is set, the operation detection command is stored only when the normal command transmission buffer is empty. In the basic process, it is determined whether or not a rising edge or a falling edge indicating that an operation of an operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is detected, and the rising edge or the falling edge is set. If it is determined, it is determined whether the normal command transmission buffer is empty, and if it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty. As long as the operation detection command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, the operation detection command may be stored only when the normal command transmission buffer is empty. The same effect can be obtained.

  In addition, when the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is detected in the switch input determination process 2, it is determined whether or not the normal command transmission buffer is empty, and the normal command transmission buffer is empty Only when it is determined, the rising edge or the falling edge is set so that the operation detection command is stored only when the normal command transmission buffer is empty. Only when it is determined whether or not the buffer is empty and it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty, the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is monitored. If there is no operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control, the normal command transmission buffer is not monitored. § well have a structure in which only the operation detection command if the air is stored, the same effect as also above a these configurations can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, the rising edge or falling edge set in a state where an untransmitted command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer is maintained until the normal command transmission buffer becomes empty. When the transmission buffer becomes empty, it is determined that the rising edge or the falling edge is set, and at that point, the operation detection command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. By clearing the rising edge or falling edge that is set when the unsent command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, the game can be executed while the unsent command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. The detection may be invalidated when an operation switch not involved in the progress control is detected.

  Further, in this embodiment, only when it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty, regardless of the configuration in which the operation detection command is stored, that is, regardless of the type of command stored in the normal command transmission buffer, If any type of command is stored, the operation detection command is not stored, but the operation detection command is stored only when a specific type of command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. If a command other than a specific type is stored, the operation detection command may be stored. For example, the operation detection command may be stored only when the operation detection command is not stored. Even if there is no change, only when commands other than commands indicating the sensor status are stored at regular intervals May be configured to store the detection command, by these configurations, there is no possibility that the transmission of the operation detection command is delayed more than necessary.

  Further, in this embodiment, it is possible to specify that a command that can detect that an operation of an operation switch involved in the game progress control has been detected and an operation switch operation that is not involved in the game progress control can be specified. The operation detection command is stored in the same normal command transmission buffer, but a normal command transmission for storing a command capable of specifying that an operation of an operation switch involved in the progress control of the game has been detected. In addition to the trust buffer, an operation detection command transmission buffer is provided for storing an operation detection command that can specify that an operation of an operation switch that is not involved in the progress control of the game has been detected. An operation detection command when an operation switch operation related to game progress control is detected regardless of whether the buffer is empty or not. It is stored in the operation detection command transmission buffer, but in the command transmission process, it is determined whether the command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer before the operation detection command transmission buffer. If a command is stored, the command stored in the normal command transmission buffer is transmitted, so that the operation switch operation related to the game progress control is detected rather than the operation detection command. It is also possible to prioritize the transmission of a command that can specify the game, and even in such a configuration, the operation switch that is involved in the game progress control is operated by the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control. It is possible to prevent the transmission of a command capable of specifying the fact from being greatly delayed.

  In addition to the normal command transmission buffer that stores a command that can specify that the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control is detected, an operation switch operation that is not involved in the game progress control is detected. An operation detection command transmission buffer for storing an operation detection command capable of specifying the effect is provided. In the command transmission process, the command stored in the normal command transmission buffer and the operation detection command transmission buffer are stored. The operation detection command is transmitted alternately, or the operation detection command stored in the operation detection command transmission buffer is transmitted only once every n (n is a natural number) times. This means that the operation switch operation related to the game progress control is detected rather than the operation detection command. It may be configured to give priority to the transmission of a command that can be set. It is possible to prevent the transmission of a command capable of specifying the ID from being greatly delayed.

  Even in such a configuration, it is determined whether or not the normal command transmission buffer is empty in the basic processing, and only when it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty. If a command is already stored in the normal command transmission buffer, a new operation detection command is stored in the operation detection command transmission buffer until the command is transmitted. The operation switch operation related to the game progress control is detected during the transmission delay without being stored, and the operation switch related to the game progress control is newly operated in the normal command transmission buffer. Even when an identifiable command is stored, transmission of the command can be prevented from being delayed.

  In addition to the normal command transmission buffer that stores a command that can specify that the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control is detected, an operation switch operation that is not involved in the game progress control is detected. The operation detection command transmission buffer for storing the operation detection command that can specify the effect is provided, and in the command transmission processing, the first determination that determines whether or not the command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, the operation detection command Of the second determinations for determining whether or not an operation detection command is stored in the transmission buffer, the determination to be performed first is alternately changed every time the command is transmitted, or n (n is a natural number) ) Each time a command is sent, the second determination is performed only once before the first determination, and the other determinations are performed prior to the second determination. Therefore, it may be configured to give priority to transmission of a command that can specify that an operation of an operation switch related to the progress control of the game has been detected rather than an operation detection command. It is possible to prevent the transmission of a command that can specify that the operation switch related to the progress control of the game has been operated due to the operation of the operation switch not related to the control from being greatly delayed.

  Even in such a configuration, it is determined whether or not the normal command transmission buffer is empty in the basic processing, and only when it is determined that the normal command transmission buffer is empty. If a command is already stored in the normal command transmission buffer, a new operation detection command is stored in the operation detection command transmission buffer until the command is transmitted. The operation switch operation related to the game progress control is detected during the transmission delay without being stored, and the operation switch related to the game progress control is newly operated in the normal command transmission buffer. Even when an identifiable command is stored, transmission of the command can be prevented from being delayed.

  Further, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the operation of the operation switch is detected in the timer interrupt process (main), and in the basic process, the control is performed until the operation of the operation switch is detected in the timer interrupt process (main). The process determined according to the state is repeated, and when the operation of the operation switch is detected, the progress of the game is controlled by gradually shifting to the next control state.

  On the other hand, the command is generated in the basic process, stored in the command transmission buffer, and transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main). The command transmission process is executed only once in the timer interrupt process (main), and only one command generated and stored at the earliest stage is transmitted in one command transmission process. ing.

  Further, the switch input determination process 1 for detecting the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control and the switch input determination process 2 for detecting the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control are the same timer interruption process (main The operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control and the operation switch operation not involved in the game progress are detected in the same timer interrupt process (main). There is a case.

  In such a case, the timer interrupt process (main) is executed uniformly at regular intervals, and since it is not known at which position in the basic process the operation switch involved in the game progress control in the basic process The detection of the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control may be determined before the determination of the operation of the game is determined. The operation detection command that can specify the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control than the command that can specify the operation is stored in the normal command transmission buffer first. Transmission of commands that can specify the operation of operation switches involved in game progress control, such as reel stop commands, will be delayed. Production is a problem that delays in accordance with the operation involved in the game progress control of the influence of operations that do not involved in the progression control of over-time.

  For this reason, in this embodiment, the game progress control is performed before determining whether a rising edge or a falling edge indicating that an operation not involved in the game progress control is detected in the basic process is set. It is determined whether or not a switch-on flag indicating that an operation of the operation switch related to the game is detected is set, and a switch-on flag indicating that an operation of the operation switch related to the game progress control is detected Only when it is determined that it has not been set, it is determined whether the rising edge or falling edge is set, and if the rising edge or falling edge is set, the operation detection of the corresponding operation switch is detected. Commands are stored in the normal command transmission buffer.

  Thus, as shown in FIG. 13, both the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control and the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control are detected within the same timer interruption process (main), When both the switch-on flag and the rising edge or falling edge are set, the switch-on flag is always set before the operation detection command is set by determining that the rising edge or the falling edge is set. Is set, and the command that can specify the operation of the operation switch indicated by the switch-on flag is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, and the game is executed within the same timer interrupt processing (main). Both operation of the operation switch involved in the progress control and operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control are detected. Even when the command is detected, the command that can specify the operation of the operation switch that is always involved in the progress control of the game is not related to the operation detection command that can specify the operation of the operation switch that is not related to the progress control of the game. Will be sent. Therefore, the operation detection command that can specify the operation of the operation switch that is not related to the game progress control does not delay the transmission of the command that can specify the operation of the operation switch that is related to the game progress control. It is possible to prevent a delay in the presentation according to the operation related to the progress control of the game due to the influence of the operation that does not affect the progress control of the game.

  In this embodiment, the game progress control is performed before determining whether a rising edge or a falling edge indicating that an operation not involved in the game progress control is detected in the basic process is set. It is determined whether or not a switch-on flag indicating that the operation of the operation switch involved is detected is set, and a switch-on flag indicating that the operation switch operation related to the progress control of the game is detected is set Only when it is determined that the rising edge or the falling edge is set, a command that can specify the operation of the operation switch that is involved in the progress control of the game is surely issued. Although it is a configuration that is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a prior to the operation detection command that can specify the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the progress control, In this process, it is determined whether the rising edge or the falling edge is set, and when it is determined that the rising edge or the falling edge is set, the operation of the operation switch related to the progress control of the game is performed. When it is determined whether or not the switch-on flag indicating that the operation has been detected is set, and it is determined that the switch-on flag indicating that the operation of the operation switch related to the progress control of the game has been detected is not set Only when the operation detection command of the corresponding operation switch is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, the operation switch that can always specify the operation switch operation related to the game progress control is not related to the game progress control. The operation may be transmitted to the sub CPU 91a prior to the operation detection command that can specify the operation. Ku, obtained the same effect as described above even if such a configuration.

  Further, in this embodiment, before determining whether a rising edge or a falling edge indicating that an operation not involved in the game progress control has been detected is set, an operation involved in the game progress control is determined. Even when it is determined that the switch-on flag indicating that the switch operation is detected is set, the rising edge or the falling edge is maintained without being cleared, and the progress control of the game corresponding to the switch-on flag is performed. Applicable by determining that the rising edge or falling edge is set after the command that can identify the operation of the operation switch involved is stored in the normal command transmission buffer and the switch-on flag is cleared. The operation detection command that can specify the operation of the operation switch is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. If it is determined that the switch-on flag is set before determining whether the rising edge or falling edge is set, the rising edge or rising edge is cleared and involved in the game progress control. Detection of operation of the operation switch that is not performed may be invalidated.

  In this embodiment, on the condition that the special role is won, the main CPU 41a determines whether or not to control the freeze state after the game is started and before the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R becomes effective. Perform freeze lottery to decide. In the freeze lottery, when it is decided to control to the freeze state, whether to control the freeze state during rotation of all reels, to the freeze state at the first stop, or to the freeze state at the second stop decide.

  When the main CPU 41a decides not to control the freeze state in the freeze lottery, as shown in FIG. 14, after the game starts, the rule starts rotating, and all reels are rotated at a constant speed. The operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R corresponding to each reel is effective as an operation related to the progress control of the game. Thereafter, each time any of the stop switches is operated to stop the reel, the stop switch corresponding to the stopped reel becomes invalid and becomes an operation switch not involved in the progress control of the game.

  On the other hand, if it is decided to control the freeze state in the freeze lottery, the stop corresponding to the rotating reel is started from the time when the freeze state is controlled (during all reel rotation, first stop, second stop). Even in the case of a switch, the operation of the stop switch becomes invalid, and the stop switch is controlled to be in a freeze state together with the MAXBET switch 6 so that the operation of the stop switch is not involved in the game progress control. . Then, after the fixed time has elapsed after the start of the freeze state, the freeze state is canceled, and the operation of the stop switch corresponding to the rotating reel becomes valid, and the operation becomes a control state related to the progress control of the game. .

  For example, when it is determined in the freeze lottery that the control is set to the frozen state at the time of the first stop, as shown in FIG. 15, when any one of the stop switches is operated during the rotation of all the reels and the corresponding reel is stopped. Therefore, not only the stop switch corresponding to the stopped reel but also the operation of the stop switch corresponding to the spinning reel is invalidated, and the operation is not related to the progress control of the game. The operation of the stop switch corresponding to this reel is validated and becomes an operation related to the progress control of the game.

  In this embodiment, as described above, not only the MAXBET switch 6 but also the operations of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operations that are not related to the progress control of the game in the freeze state. Only determines whether the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 among the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected, and specifies that when the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is detected. Possible operation detection commands are stored in the normal command transmission buffer, and it is not determined whether or not the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected. Even if the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected The operation detection command that can specify this is normally stored in the command transmission buffer. Theft is not. That is, in the freeze state, only when the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 among the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected, an operation detection command that can specify that fact is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a, Even if an operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected, an operation detection command that can specify that is not transmitted to the sub CPU 91a.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the sub CPU 91a continues the MAXBET switch 6 in the freeze state (a period from when the freeze command is received until a predetermined time elapses from the start time of the freeze state indicated by the received freeze command). When an operation is instructed and the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is detected 10 times (an operation detection command indicating that the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from OFF to ON and an operation detection indicating that the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from ON to OFF When the command is received 10 times), a freeze effect is announced to notify that the special role has been won.

  For example, when the frozen state is controlled at the first stop, as shown in FIG. 38A, the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is invalid during the rotation of all reels, and the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R. Is valid. The liquid crystal display 51 displays a normal effect screen.

  When one of the stop switches is operated and the corresponding reel is stopped, normally, only the stop switch corresponding to the stop reel is disabled, and the operation of the stop switch corresponding to the rotating reel is enabled. However, as shown in FIG. 38 (b), all operations of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R become invalid in addition to the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 by being controlled to the freeze state. A message indicating that freezing is in progress and a command to repeatedly hit the MAXBET switch 6 are displayed.

  In this state, when the MAXBET switch 6 is operated 10 times, as shown in FIG. 38 (c), “Bonus confirmed!” Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, and it is announced that the special role is won. It has come to be.

  Also, after a certain period of time has elapsed after the reel has stopped, the freeze state ends, and the operation of the stop switch corresponding to the stopped reel remains invalid, but the operation of the stop switch corresponding to the rotating reel is again performed. It becomes effective.

  Freeze production consists of multiple types, and depending on whether BB is won or RB is won, the type of freeze production is selected, and it is highly likely that BB is won depending on the type of freeze production, It is suggested that there is a high possibility of winning. Therefore, by operating the MAXBET switch 6 that is not involved in the game progress control in the frozen state, it is possible to guess the type of the special role that has been won, and the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is operated. It is possible to increase motivation for things.

  In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, a freeze effect is executed according to the operation of an operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control in the freeze state, but is not involved in the game progress control in the freeze state. When the freeze effect is executed according to the operation of the operation switch involved in the progress control, the freeze state ends after a certain period of time, so it is not noticed that the freeze state has ended. The player may operate the operation switch to execute the effect. In particular, when the freeze effect is executed when the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is operated a plurality of times in the freeze state as described above, the operation can be performed without noticing the end of the freeze state. High nature. In such a case, since the operation switch is already involved in the progress control of the game, there arises a problem that the game proceeds unintentionally by the player.

  For this reason, in this embodiment, only when the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 among the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected in the freeze state, an operation detection command that can specify that fact is transmitted, The sub CPU 91a performs a freeze effect only when an operation detection command that can specify the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is received in the freeze state. As a result, the operation switch that triggers the execution of the freeze effect in the freeze state is limited to the MAXBET switch 6 that is not involved in the progress control of the game even after the freeze state ends. Without noticing, it is possible to prevent the player from stopping the reel unintentionally by performing an operation to execute the freeze effect, that is, advancing the game.

  In the present embodiment, only the determination of whether or not the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 among the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is detected in the basic processing in the freeze state, and the stop switch 8L, By not determining whether or not the operation of 8C or 8R has been detected, the operation detection command that can specify the operation of the stop switch 8L, 8C, or 8R is not transmitted to the sub CPU 91a. The operation switch that triggers the execution of the freeze effect in the state is limited to the MAXBET switch 6 that does not participate in the game progress control even after the freeze state ends. If only the change in the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 The operation switch that triggers the execution of the freeze effect in the freeze state can control the progress of the game even after the freeze state is finished, by detecting the change in the detection state of the stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R. It may be limited to the MAXBET switch 6 that is not involved, and even in such a configuration, the player performs an operation to execute the freeze effect without noticing that the freeze state has ended. It is possible to prevent the player from unintentionally stopping the reel, that is, advancing the game.

  Further, the sub CPU 91a executes the freeze effect only when the operation detection command that can specify the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 in the freeze state is received, and the operation detection that can specify the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R in the freeze state. Even if a command is received, the freeze effect is not executed, so that the operation switch that triggers the execution of the freeze effect in the freeze state is changed to the MAXBET switch 6 that is not involved in the game progress control even after the freeze state ends. Even in such a configuration, the player does not intend by the player performing an operation to execute the freeze effect without noticing that the freeze state has ended. To stop the reel, that is, to advance the game It can be stopped.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in the freeze state, an operation detection command that can specify that only when the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 out of the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R that are invalidated is detected. The sub CPU 91a performs a freeze effect only when an operation detection command that can specify the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is received in the freeze state. For example, during the wait period, that is, the reel of the previous game The operation of the MAXBET switch 6 among the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R in a state where the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is invalidated because the wait time has not yet elapsed from the start of rotation. Only if is detected The sub CPU 91a may be configured to perform a specific effect only when the sub CPU 91a receives an operation detection command that can specify the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 during the wait period. In this case, the operation switch that triggers execution of a specific effect during the wait period is limited to the MAXBET switch 6 that is not involved in the game progress control even after the end of the wait period. Without noticing that the period has ended, if the player performs an operation to execute a specific performance, the player stops the reel unintentionally, that is, advances the game. Can be prevented.

  Further, in the state where the operation of the single BET switch 5 or the MAX BET switch 6 is invalidated during the medal payout period, that is, during the payout of medals accompanying the winning of a small role or the addition of credits, the single BET switch 5 Only when the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R among the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is detected, an operation detection command capable of specifying the fact is transmitted, and the sub CPU 91a pays out medals. Only when an operation detection command that can specify the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is received during the period, a specific effect may be provided. In such a configuration, during the medal payout period The operation switch that triggers the execution of a specific effect during the Since the game is limited to stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R that are not involved in the progress control of the game, the player performs an operation to execute a specific effect without realizing that the medal payout period has ended. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the player from unintentionally setting the bet number, that is, proceeding the game.

  Next, the structure of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R will be described. As shown in FIG. 16, the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are fitted into the bottomed cylindrical housing member 8a and the housing member 8a. An operating portion 8b, a detecting portion 8c provided at the inner end of the accommodating member 8a in the operating portion 8b, a coil spring 8d for biasing the operating portion 8b toward the open surface of the accommodating member 8a, and a projection It mainly comprises a light sensor 8e having a light receiving part 8g for receiving the light emitted from the light part 8f and the light projecting part.

  The operation portion 8b is movable between the position shown in FIG. 16A and the position shown in FIG. 16C. When the operation portion 8b is not operated, the operation portion 8b is moved to the coil spring 8d. Therefore, the position shown in FIG. 16A is obtained. At this position, the irradiation light from the light projecting unit 8f is received by the light receiving unit 8g, and the pressing operation of the operation unit 8b is not detected by the detection sensor 8e.

  When the operation unit 8b is pressed against the bias of the coil spring 8d, the operation unit 8b moves downward in the figure, and accordingly, the detection unit 8c also moves downward in the figure. When the operation unit 8b exceeds the position shown in FIG. 16B, the irradiation light from the light projecting unit 8f is blocked by the detection unit 8c, the light receiving unit 8g does not receive light, and the detection sensor 8e causes the operation unit 8b to A pressing operation is detected.

  When the operation portion 8b is pressed against the bias of the coil spring 8d to the position shown in FIG. 16C, further movement is restricted. When the pressing of the operation unit 8b is released, the operation unit 8b is urged upward in the figure by the coil spring 8d and restored to the position shown in FIG. 16B, so that the irradiation light from the light projecting unit 8f is received. The light is received by the portion 8g, and the pressing operation of the operation portion 8b is not detected by the detection sensor 8e. Then, the operation unit 8b is finally restored to the position shown in FIG.

  In the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R of the present embodiment configured as described above, when the operation unit 8b is operated without the operation unit 8b being operated, the non-operation unit 8b is not operated as shown in FIG. It takes the time of (a)-(b) from the operation position (position of FIG. 16 (a)) to the detection boundary position (position of FIG. 16 (b)) which becomes the detection boundary of the operation by the detection sensor 8e. Further, it takes time (b)-(c) until the operation unit 8b reaches the deepest position (the position of FIG. 16C) from the detection boundary position, and is restored from the deepest position to the detection boundary position. It takes time (c)-(b) until time (b)-(a) before restoring from the detection boundary position to the non-operation position.

  When the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R having such a structure are manually operated continuously, the operation unit 8b normally reaches the deepest position with the first operation, and then reaches the non-operation position. After the restoration, the operation unit 8b moves toward the deepest position with the next operation. Therefore, when the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operated continuously, the first operation is performed. As the time until the next operation is detected after the detection, the time when the operation unit 8b reaches the deepest position from the detection boundary position, restores to the non-operation position, and reaches the detection boundary position again (t: on-on). In addition, when the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are continuously operated, as the time from when ON is detected to when OFF is detected, after the operation unit 8b reaches the deepest position from the detection boundary position, It takes time (t: on-off) to restore to the detection boundary position, and after the operation unit 8b restores from the detection boundary position to the non-operation position as the time from when OFF is detected to when ON is detected, It takes time (t: off-on) to reach the detection boundary position again.

  Further, the MAXBET switch 6 has the same configuration as the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R described above, and when the operation unit of the MAXBET switch 6 is operated, it is the same as when the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operated. If the operation unit is operated in a state where the operation unit is not operated at the same time, as shown in FIG. 17, the operation unit reaches a detection boundary position that is a detection boundary of the operation by the detection sensor as shown in FIG. Time (a)-(b) is required, and further, time (b)-(c) is required until the operation unit reaches the deepest position from the detection boundary position, and restoration is performed from the deepest position to the detection boundary position. It takes time (c)-(b) until time (b)-(a) before restoring from the detection boundary position to the non-operation position.

  Even when the MAXBET switch 6 having such a structure is artificially continuously operated, the operation unit normally reaches the deepest position with the first operation, similarly to the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R. After that, after restoring to the non-operation position, the operation unit moves toward the deepest position with the next operation. Therefore, when the MAXBET switch 6 is operated continuously, the first operation is performed. The time until the next operation is detected after the operation is detected, after the operation unit reaches the deepest position from the detection boundary position, it is restored to the non-operation position and again reaches the detection boundary position (t: on-on). Further, when the MAXBET switch 6 is continuously operated, the time from when ON is detected to when OFF is detected is restored to the detection boundary position after the operation unit reaches the deepest position from the detection boundary position. Time (t: on-off), and the time from when the OFF is detected to when the ON is detected, the operation unit restores from the detection boundary position to the non-operation position and then reaches the detection boundary position again. Time (t: off-on) is required.

  Note that the MAXBET switch 6 and the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R do not have the same structure, and accordingly, the time for the above operation is not exactly the same.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, the main CPU 41a transmits a command to the effect control board 90 for a certain period of time in order to prevent an effect that assists the eye-opening on the effect control board 90 side. In this range, the command transmission timing is randomly delayed. A long maximum delay time is preferable to reliably prevent an effect that assists the presentation on the effect control board 90 side, but in this embodiment, the command transmission is delayed. The operation detection command is generated each time an operation switch that is not involved in the progress control of the game is operated, and is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. A large number of commands are normally stored in the command transmission buffer, and after that, when an operation switch related to the progress control of the game is operated and a command capable of specifying that is generated, the command is Since the operation detection commands that have been accumulated up to this point are all transmitted, the operation switches that are involved in the game progress control Transmission of possible commands is significantly delayed resulting fear.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, when the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R is released, the operation unit 8b is restored from the deepest position to the detection boundary position. More than the time (t: on-off) required for the time from when ON is detected to when OFF is detected when the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R are continuously operated, (t: on-off) The time is set to be shorter than the short time, and the time (t3) until the operation unit 8b is restored from the detection boundary position to the non-operation position when the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is released, that is, When the stop switches 8L, 8C, and 8R are operated in succession, it is longer than the time (t: off-on) required from when OFF is detected to when ON is detected. It is set to be shorter than the short time. Further, the maximum delay time of the command is the time (t2) until the operation unit is restored from the deepest position to the detection boundary position when the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is released, that is, the MAXBET switch 6 is operated continuously. In this case, a time shorter than a time (t: on-off) required from when ON is detected to when OFF is detected is set, and the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is canceled. Time (t3) until the operation unit is restored from the detection boundary position to the non-operation position, that is, the time required from when OFF is detected to when ON is detected when the MAXBET switch 6 is continuously operated ( The time is set to be shorter than the time shorter than t: off-on).

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or the detection of the MAXBET switch 6 in the control state in which the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is not involved in the game progress control. When the state changes and an operation detection command indicating that fact is stored in the normal command transmission buffer, it is always transmitted to the sub CPU 91a within the maximum delay time from that point.

  For this reason, in the control state where the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is not involved in the game progress control, the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 is OFF. When the operation detection command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer by changing from ON to ON, the stored operation detection command indicates that the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 is The command is always transmitted before the next operation detection command is stored after changing from ON to OFF, and even when the stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R or the MAXBET switch 6 is operated continuously, the stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R detection status or MAXBET switch Before the operation detection command indicating that the detection state of the switch has changed from OFF to ON is transmitted, the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from ON to OFF. Is not stored in the normal command transmission buffer. The stored operation is also detected when the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 changes from ON to OFF and the operation detection command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. The detection command is always transmitted before the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 changes from OFF to ON and the next operation detection command is stored. An operation detection command indicating that the detection state of the stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R or the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from ON to OFF even when the 8L, 8C, 8R or MAXBET switch 6 is operated continuously. Before the stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R is detected. State or detection state MAXBET switch 6 is prevented from operation detection command indicating that changes from OFF to ON is stored in the normal command transmit buffer.

  As a result, even when operation switches not involved in the game progress control are operated continuously, a plurality of operation detection commands that can specify the operation switch operations are not accumulated due to a delay in transmission timing. By storing a plurality of operation detection commands, it is possible to prevent the transmission of commands that can specify the operation of the operation switch involved in the game progress control from being greatly delayed.

  In the present embodiment, the maximum delay time of the command is defined as the time (t2) until the operation unit restores from the deepest position to the detection boundary position when the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is released. By setting the time shorter than the time (t3) until the operation unit restores from the detection boundary position to the non-operation position when the operation of the operation switch not related to the game progress control is released, the game progress control is performed. Even when operation switches that are not involved in the operation are continuously operated, it is configured to prevent a plurality of operation detection commands from accumulating due to a delay in transmission timing, but when the operation is released, the operation unit is at the deepest position. From the detection boundary position to the non-operation position when the operation is released (t2) However, by using the operation switch set longer than the maximum delay time of the command as an operation switch not involved in the progress control of the game, it is possible to prevent a plurality of operation detection commands from being accumulated due to a delay in transmission timing. Even in such a configuration, since a plurality of operation detection commands are accumulated, the transmission of commands that can specify the operation of the operation switch related to the progress control of the game is greatly delayed. Can be prevented.

  In this embodiment, the operation detection command is transmitted every time the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control changes, but the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is changed from OFF. If the configuration is such that the operation detection command is transmitted only when the operation detection command is changed or the detection state of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control is changed from ON to OFF, The time (t1) until the maximum delay time is restored from the deepest position to the non-operation position of the operation portion of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control, that is, after the first operation is detected, the next operation is detected. It is only necessary to set a time shorter than the time shorter than the time (t: on-on or t: off-off shown in FIG. 17). When the operation switch that is not involved in the progression control is operated continuously, it becomes possible to prevent the operation detection command will accumulate more by the delay of the transmission timing.

  Also, only when the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control changes from OFF to ON, the configuration for transmitting the operation detection command or the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control changes from ON to OFF. If only the operation detection command is transmitted, the time (t1) until the operation unit of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is restored from the deepest position to the non-operation position is the command maximum delay time. The operation switch set longer than that may be used as an operation switch that is not involved in the progress control of the game, thereby preventing a plurality of operation detection commands from being accumulated due to a delay in transmission timing. Game progress control by collecting multiple operation detection commands Transmission of specific possible commands the operation of the operation switch involved can be prevented from significantly delayed.

  Also, in this embodiment, by defining the relationship between the time required for operating the operation switch not involved in the game progress control and the maximum delay time of the command, a plurality of operation detection commands are accumulated due to a delay in transmission timing. For example, the progress of the game, such as setting the execution interval of the operation switch that does not participate in the progress control of the game or the detection of the change in the detection state to be longer than the maximum delay time of the command. By setting the time required to detect the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the control or the detection state change to be longer than the maximum delay time of the command, it is possible to avoid a plurality of operation detection commands from being accumulated due to a delay in transmission timing. It is good also as a structure.

  Next, the control of the effect performed by the sub control unit 91 based on a command transmitted from the main CPU 41a to the effect control board 90 will be described.

  The sub CPU 91a executes a command reception interrupt process when a strobe signal indicating the transmission of a command from the main CPU 41a is input. In the command reception interrupt process, the command acquired from the command transmission line is stored in the reception buffer provided in the RAM 91c.

  In the timer interrupt process (sub), the sub CPU 91a determines whether or not an unprocessed command is stored in the reception buffer. If an unprocessed command is stored, the sub CPU 91a is the earliest stage. Based on the received command, the control pattern table stored in the ROM 91b is referred to. Based on the control contents registered in the control pattern table, various effects such as the liquid crystal display 51, the effect LED 52, the speakers 53 and 54, the reel LED 55, etc. Control the device.

  In this embodiment, the time interval (1.12 ms) at which the sub CPU 91a performs the timer interrupt process (sub) is shorter than the time interval (2.24 ms) at which the main CPU 41a transmits a command. If an operation associated with a normal game is performed, an unprocessed command stored in the reception buffer is not received until the next command is received even when commands are continuously transmitted from the main CPU 41a. It is read by the timer interrupt process (sub), and a plurality of unprocessed commands are not accumulated in the reception buffer. When a command transmitted from the main CPU 41a is received, the timer interrupt process performed first after that The command received by (sub) is read and processing corresponding to the command is performed.

  In the control pattern table, the display pattern of the liquid crystal display 51 corresponding to the type of command, the lighting mode of the lighting effect LED 52, the output mode of the speakers 53 and 54, the lighting mode of the reel LED, etc. The control patterns of these effect devices are registered, and when the sub CPU 91a receives the command, the sub CPU 91a, among the control patterns registered corresponding to the effect patterns set in the RAM 91c in the game of the control pattern table, With reference to the control pattern corresponding to the received command type, the rendering device is controlled based on the control pattern. Thereby, the production according to the production pattern and the progress of the game is executed.

  If the sub CPU 91a receives a new command during execution of an effect triggered by the reception of a certain command, the sub CPU 91a stops the effect based on the control pattern being executed, and responds to the newly received command. An effect based on the control pattern is executed. In other words, even if the production is not finished to the end, when a new command is received, the production that was being executed is canceled and a new command is received unless the received new command is not a command that triggers a new production. An effect based on the command is executed.

  In particular, in this embodiment, when an operation for setting the number of bets is performed during execution of an effect, that is, when the sub CPU 91a receives a BET command indicating that the number of bets has been set, the effect being executed is canceled. It is supposed to be. For this reason, if the player wants to proceed to the next game rather than seeing the production to the end, the production is canceled and the next game can be started. There is no. Further, when a credit or bet amount adjustment operation is performed during the performance, that is, after the sub CPU 91a receives a game state command indicating the end of the game, and before receiving an internal winning command indicating the start of the game. When the payout start command is received, the performance being executed is stopped. Credits and bets are settled when the game is terminated. In such a case, by terminating the performance that is being executed, there is an intention to end the game, but the performance continues unnecessarily. It is designed not to be overwhelmed. In the case of controlling the bet number setting operation, credits, and bet amount adjustment operation to be disabled (BET freeze state) during the performance, the bet number setting operation and the adjustment operation are performed during that time. Even if the operation is performed, the BET command or the payout start command is not transmitted, and as a result, the effect that is being executed is not canceled in accordance with these operations.

  When the internal winning command is received, the effect pattern is selected at a selection rate corresponding to the result of the internal lottery indicated by the internal winning command, and is set in the RAM 91c. When the freeze command is received, the performance pattern is selected with a probability corresponding to whether the internal lottery result indicated by the internal winning command received immediately before indicates BB winning or RB winning. Are set in the RAM 91c. The selection rate of the effect pattern is registered in the effect table stored in the ROM 91b, and the sub CPU 91a is registered in the effect table according to the result of the internal lottery when receiving the internal winning command or the freeze command. With reference to the selection rate, one of the effect patterns is selected from a plurality of types of effect patterns according to the selection rate, and the selected effect pattern is set in the RAM 91c as the effect pattern of the game.

  The control pattern table contains specific controls that are referred to when a specific command (standby command, stop command, error command, initialization command, setting end command, power-on command indicating that special role is elected, etc.) is received. When the pattern is stored and the sub CPU 91a receives these specific commands, the sub CPU 91a refers to the specific control pattern corresponding to the command regardless of the effect pattern set in the game, and The rendering device is controlled based on the pattern.

  When a standby command is received, a demo pattern for executing a demonstration effect (demonstration effect) is referred to as a control pattern. In addition, when the final effect that informs the winning of the special role is being executed, the execution of the demo effect is prohibited, and the demo pattern is controlled even if a standby command is received in such a state. It is not referred to as a pattern, and no demonstration effect is executed.

  When a stop command indicating the occurrence of a stop state is received, a stop notification pattern for notifying that the stop state is in effect is referred to as a control pattern. When a stop command indicating release of the stop state is received, the above-described demo pattern is referred to as a control pattern. That is, when the stop state is released, the demonstration effect is executed.

  When an error command indicating the occurrence of an error state is received, an error notification pattern for notifying the fact of the error state and its type is referred to as a control pattern. When an error command indicating the cancellation of the error state is received, the control pattern that was being executed when the error occurred is referred to. That is, the production at the time of error occurrence is executed from the beginning.

  When the initialization command is received, a setting notification pattern for notifying that the setting is being changed is referred to. When the setting end command is received, the demo pattern described above is referred to as a control pattern. In other words, when an initialization command is received, a notification during setting change is executed, and when a setting end command is received thereafter, a demonstration effect is executed.

  When a power-on command indicating that a special role is won is received, a special role notification pattern for notifying that the special role has been won is referred to. That is, when a power-on command indicating that the special role is won is received, a notification effect for notifying that the special role is won is executed. Note that the notification effect for notifying the winning of the special combination is once executed until it receives a winning determination command indicating that the special combination has won.

  In the present embodiment, the sub CPU 91a performs door opening notification indicating that the front door 1b is opened based on reception of the door command. Specifically, when the sub CPU 91a receives a door command, if no new door command is received after 100 ms, the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 indicated by the received door command is confirmed and detected. If the confirmation detection state is ON (door open), the door open notification is performed. In the door opening notification, the effect effect LED 52 blinks, the door opening notification screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 51, and an error warning sound is output. After that, the door command is received, and even if 100 ms elapses, the door command is not received and the detection state indicated by the door command becomes the definite detection state. If the definite detection state is OFF (door closed), the door is opened. Stops the notification and returns to the original performance.

  In addition, when a door command is newly received within 100 ms after the last door command is received, the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 indicated by the previously received command is not set as the definite detection state. If no door command is received even after 100 ms after receiving a new door command, the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 indicated by the last received door command is set as the detection state, and the determination detection state is If it is ON (door open), the door open notification is performed, and if the definite detection state is OFF (door closed), the door open notification is stopped.

  For this reason, even if a door command indicating that the door opening detection switch 25 is ON (door opening) is received in a state where the door opening notification is not performed, the door opening detection switch 25 is turned OFF (door closing) within 100 ms. When the door command is received, the door opening notification is not performed, and even when the door command indicating that the door opening detection switch 25 is OFF (door closed) is received in the state where the door opening notification is being performed, 100 ms thereafter. If the door command indicating ON of the door opening detection switch 25 (door opening) is received within, the door opening notification is not stopped.

  In addition, when a door command is received continuously within an interval of 100 ms, such as when a new door command is received within 100 ms after receiving a door command and then a new door command is received within 100 ms thereafter. In the meantime, the state of the door opening notification is maintained (if the door opening notification is not performed, the door opening notification is not started, and if the door opening notification is performed, it is continued) After the last received door command, the door opening notification state is determined based on the detection state determined when 100 ms elapses, the door opening notification has been performed so far, and the determined detection state is ON (door opening) If the detected state is OFF (door closed), the door opening notification is stopped while the door is open until then. Knowledge is not performed, and if the finalized detection state is OFF (door closed), door opening notification is not performed, the determined detection state if the ON (open door), and starts a door opening notification.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the front door 1b is opened, the fact is notified, so that such fraud can be effectively prevented and early detection can be made even if fraud is made.

  Further, the main CPU 41a monitors the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 about every 100 ms, and when the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 changes, it only transmits a door command indicating the detection state after the change. Whether or not the front door 1b is opened is not determined from the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25, and the sub CPU 91a of the sub control unit 91 determines the door opening detection switch 25 indicated by the door command received from the main CPU 41a. It is determined whether or not the front door 1b is opened based on the detection state, and the door opening notification is performed based on the determination result. For this reason, the main CPU 41a determines whether or not the front door 1b is opened from the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 (notifying chattering prevention of the door opening detection switch 25, etc.) when notifying the opening of the front door 1b. The control load on the main CPU 41a can be reduced.

  Even when the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 has not changed, the main CPU 41a transmits a door command indicating the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 at that time when the main CPU 41a is activated and when one game is over. Therefore, even when the sub CPU 91a misses the door command at the time of change, the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 can be always acquired at the time of starting and at the end of one game. Even if the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 does not change after the failure, the state in which the change in the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 is not reflected in the door opening notification can be prevented from continuing.

  In addition, the main CPU 41a, as a rule, receives a normal command when a door command transmission is requested (when the door command transmission request 2 is set) while the command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer. The door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is transmitted with priority over the command stored in the transmission buffer, and the monitoring interval of the door opening detection switch 25 and the transmission interval of the door command are transmitted. The error can be suppressed as much as possible.

  In the state of waiting for transmission of commands stored in the normal command transmission buffer (delayed), commands that are delayed are given priority over door commands, and the delay time is already measured. Even though it has started, interrupting it does not complicate delay control. The error command, the power-on command, and the initialization command are transmitted with priority over all commands including the door command, and the sub CPU 91a can be restored by transmitting other commands first. There is no delay.

  In this embodiment, once the door command transmission request 2 for commanding the transmission of the door command is set once, the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 changes until the door command based on the command is transmitted. The door command is not updated, and the door command remains untransmitted even when the detection state of the door open detection switch 25 changes while waiting for transmission of an error command, power-on command, or initialization command. It can be prevented from being overwritten.

  Also, in this embodiment, a door command transmission buffer is provided separately from the normal command transmission buffer, and transmission management becomes complicated when the door command is transmitted with priority over the normal command. There is no end.

  In this embodiment, the door command is stored in the command transmission buffer in the timer interrupt process (main) that periodically interrupts and executes the basic process. When storing door commands and other commands in the same command transmission buffer, interrupts are stored when other commands are stored in the command transmission buffer. (If a door command is stored while another command is being stored in the command transmission buffer, the command being processed will be overwritten, and after returning, there will be additional door commands. (There is a problem such as being overwritten partially), in such a configuration, interrupts are stored every time another command is stored This may affect other controls such as reel rotation blur and medal payout blur. However, as described above, the door command transmission buffer is separate from the normal command transmission buffer. Is stored in the command transmission buffer in the timer interrupt processing (main) that periodically interrupts and executes the door command in the basic processing, and stores other commands in the command transmission buffer in the basic processing. Even in the configuration, it is not necessary to prohibit interrupts when storing other commands, and the above-described problems can be solved.

  Further, in this embodiment, the monitoring interval of the door opening detection switch 25 is the monitoring interval of the door opening detection switch 25 after the door command is transmitted and before the command stored in the normal command transmission buffer is transmitted. It is set to about 100 ms, which is longer than about 72 ms, so that even when the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 continuously changes, the next door command is transmitted after the door command is transmitted. In the meantime, at least one command stored in the normal command transmission buffer can be transmitted, so that the normal command transmission buffer does not overflow.

  In the present embodiment, the sub CPU 91a executes an operation effect in response to detection of an operation of an operation switch that is not involved in game progress control according to the control state of the main CPU 41a, that is, reception of an operation detection command.

  FIG. 18 shows an example of the operation effect. Pattern 1 shown in FIG. 18 is a pattern for executing a stage change effect for changing any stage from a plurality of types of effect stages having different types such as the background of the liquid crystal display 51 and the appearing character. In the control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, when all of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R are operated simultaneously, that is, the detection state of the stop switch 8L has changed from OFF to ON. An operation detection command, an operation detection command indicating that the detection state of the stop switch 8C has changed from OFF to ON, and an operation detection command indicating that the detection state of the stop switch 8R has changed from OFF to ON are received, and these Any stop switch indicates that it has changed from ON to OFF. It is executed when receiving no detection command

  Pattern 2 is a pattern for selecting and determining an effect pattern presented corresponding to each stop switch in the stage change effect, and is a control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, and Executed when any stop switch is operated while the stage change effect is being executed, that is, when an operation detection command indicating that the detection state of any stop switch has changed from OFF to ON is received. The

  Pattern 3 is a pattern for outputting sound effects, which is a control state from the end of the game (after setting change) to the start of the game, and any stop switch is operated in a state where the stage change effect is not executed. When an operation detection command indicating that the detection state of any stop switch has changed from OFF to ON is received, it is executed with a probability of 1/100.

  Pattern 4 is a pattern that suggests the possibility of winning a special role, and finally executes a special role selection suggesting effect that informs whether or not the special role has been won, from the start of the game to the end of the game An operation detection command indicating that the MAXBET switch 6 is operated 10 times after performing an effect instructing the continuous operation of the MAXBET switch 6 in the control state, that is, the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from OFF to ON. Is executed when 10 times are received.

  The pattern 5 is a pattern for executing the special role selection suggesting effect as in the case of the pattern 4. After performing the effect instructing the long press of the MAXBET switch 6 in the control state from the start of the game to the end of the game, the MAXBET switch 6 Is operated continuously for 3 seconds, that is, an operation detection command indicating that the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from OFF to ON is received, and that the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from ON to OFF. This is executed when 3 seconds have elapsed without receiving the operation detection command shown.

  The pattern 6 is a pattern for executing the above-described freeze effect, that is, the effect of notifying that the special role has been won. After performing the effect instructing the continuous operation of the MAXBET switch 6 in the freeze state, the MAXBET switch 6 This is executed when it is operated 10 times, that is, when an operation detection command indicating that the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 has changed from OFF to ON is received 10 times.

  The operation effect shown in FIG. 18 is an example of an effect that is executed when an operation not involved in the progress control of the game is performed, and other effects may be applied.

  In the RAM 91c of the sub-control unit 91, an operation detection flag storage area in which an operation detection flag indicating that the operation state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control has changed is stored for each operation switch, and the game progress control is performed. A detection state storage area in which the change state of the detection state of the operation switch not involved is stored for each operation switch is allocated. Furthermore, the detection state storage area is assigned with a detection state before receiving the operation detection command (previous) and a detection state after receiving the operation detection command (this time). The detection state of each operation switch before and after reception is stored.

  The sub CPU 91a performs the operation detection process 1 when it is determined in the timer interrupt process (sub) that an unprocessed command is stored in the reception buffer. In the operation detection process 1, it is determined whether or not an unprocessed command is an operation detection command, and when it is determined that the command is an operation detection command, this time stored in the detection state storage area of the operation switch indicated by the operation detection command This detection state is moved to the previous detection state, the detection state after the change indicated by the operation detection command is stored as the current detection state, and the operation detection flag corresponding to the operation switch indicated by the operation detection command is set.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the main CPU 41a detects a change in the detection state of the operation switch not related to the progress control of the game, it is identified whether the main CPU 41a has changed from OFF to ON or from ON to OFF. When the operation detection command is transmitted, the sub CPU 91a sets an operation detection flag indicating that the detection state of the operation switch indicated by the operation detection command has changed when the operation detection command is received. The detection state of each operation switch before and after receiving the operation detection command stored in the detection state storage area is updated according to the change in the detection state indicated by the sub CPU 91a. By confirming that it is possible to determine that the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control has changed. Moni, by checking the detection state stored in the detection condition storing area, and to be able to determine changes how the detection state of the operation switch before and after the reception of the operation detection command.

  For this reason, the sub CPU 91a can perform an effect or change the effect according to the timing when the operation of the operation switch not related to the progress control of the game is started, as well as the timing when the operation is released. Various effects can be performed according to the operation mode of the operation switches not involved in the progress control of the game.

  In this embodiment, how the sub CPU 91a changes the detection state of each operation switch before and after receiving the operation detection command in addition to the change in the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control. However, the main CPU 41a detects the operation only when the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control changes from OFF to ON or from OFF to ON. The sub CPU 91a may be configured to be able to determine only that the operation switch not involved in the game progress control has been operated, and with this configuration, the operation switch that does not affect the game progress control. It is possible to reduce the control load on both the main CPU 41a and the sub CPU 91a due to the operation of

  The sub CPU 91a is assigned to the RAM 91c when the operation detection command indicates that the operation detection command has changed from OFF to ON in the operation detection process 1, that is, when the operation switch operation not related to the progress control of the game has started. Among the operation time counters, the value of the operation time counter of the corresponding operation switch is initialized. The value of the operation time counter is incremented every time the timer interrupt process (sub) is executed, and the operation of the operation switch not related to the game progress control by referring to the value of the operation time counter It is possible to determine the elapsed time since the start.

  The sub CPU 91a executes the operation detection process 2 every time the timer interrupt process (sub) is executed. In the operation detection process 2, it is determined for each operation switch whether or not the current detection state stored in the detection state storage area is ON, and if it is ON, that is, the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control. Is continued, the value of the operation time counter of the corresponding operation switch is referred to, and if a predetermined time has elapsed, a time elapse flag indicating that is set in association with the operation switch. . In this embodiment, a 3 second elapsed flag, a 5 second elapsed flag, and a 10 second elapsed flag are set as a time elapsed flag when 3 seconds have elapsed, 5 seconds have elapsed, and 10 seconds have elapsed.

  For this reason, the sub CPU 91a confirms whether or not the time lapse flag is set, thereby producing an effect when a certain time elapses when the operation switch not related to the progress control of the game is continuously operated. Can be done.

  In this embodiment, when the main CPU 41a detects a change in the detection state of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control, it can identify whether the main CPU 41a has changed from OFF to ON or from ON to OFF. The operation detection command is transmitted, and the sub CPU 91a receives from the main CPU 41a the operation detection command that can specify that the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control has changed from OFF to ON. By measuring the time that has elapsed without receiving an operation detection command that can specify that the switch detection state has changed from ON to OFF, the sub CPU 91a side does not participate in the progress control of the game. It is possible to grasp the continuous operation time for each individual switch on the main CPU 41a side. It is possible to detect the continuous operation time of the operation switches that are not involved in the game progress control only by changing the program of the sub CPU 91a without having a timer, but the main CPU 41a does not participate in the game progress control. After the operation of the operation switch has changed from OFF to ON, the time elapsed without changing from ON to OFF is counted, and when this time reaches the specified time, the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is set to the specified time. By transmitting an operation detection command indicating that the operation is continuously performed, the sub CPU 91a may be able to specify that the operation of the operation switch that is not involved in the progress control of the game is continuously operated. .

  Further, in this embodiment, when the main CPU 41a detects a change in the detection state of the operation switch that is not involved in the game progress control, it is possible to specify whether it has changed from OFF to ON or from ON to OFF. The sub CPU 91a counts the number of times that the sub CPU 91a has received an operation detection command that can specify from the main CPU 41a that the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control has changed from OFF to ON. Thus, it is possible to grasp the number of times that the operation switch not involved in the game progress control is operated on the sub CPU 91a side, and the main CPU 41a side does not have a counter for counting the number of operations for each individual switch. Operation that does not participate in game progress control only by changing the program of the CPU 91a It is possible to detect the number of times the switch is operated, but the main CPU 41a counts the number of times that the operation of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control has changed from OFF to ON, or the number of changes from ON to OFF. When the number of times reaches the specified number of times, an operation detection command indicating that the operation switch not related to the progress control of the game has been operated the specified number of times is transmitted on the sub CPU 91a side, so that the operation not related to the progress control of the game is performed. It may be possible to specify that the switch has been operated a specified number of times.

  When the sub CPU 91a determines that the operation detection command indicates that the operation detection command has changed from OFF to ON in the operation detection processing 1, the sub CPU 91a determines whether or not the previous state is OFF, and the previous state is not OFF. That is, after receiving the operation detection command indicating the change from OFF to ON, the operation detection command indicating the change from OFF to ON without receiving the operation detection command indicating the change from ON to OFF. Is received, the operation detection flag is cleared.

  For this reason, after receiving the operation detection command indicating the change from OFF to ON, without receiving the operation detection command indicating the change from ON to OFF, the operation detection indicating the change from OFF to ON again. When the command is received, the operation detection flag is not set, and the effect accompanying the operation of the operation switch indicated by the operation detection command is not executed.

  In this way, after receiving the operation detection command indicating the change from OFF to ON, the operation detection indicating the change from OFF to ON without receiving the operation detection command indicating the change from ON to OFF. If a command is received, there is a possibility that the operation detection command has been missed or the data has been damaged due to noise or other abnormalities, and there is a high possibility that the performance cannot be performed normally. It is possible to maintain the consistency of the production by not performing the production accompanying the reception.

  In addition, when the sub CPU 91a determines in the operation detection process 1 that the unprocessed command is neither an operation detection command nor a door command, that is, when an operation switch involved in the game progress control is operated and the game progresses. Then, it is determined whether or not ON is set as the current state of the detection state storage area, and if there is an operation switch that is set to ON, all the current states are updated to OFF.

  After receiving an operation detection command indicating that it has changed from OFF to ON, if an operation detection command indicating that it has changed from ON to OFF is missed, the detection status is stored even if the operation of the corresponding operation switch is released Although the current state of the area will be kept ON, the operation switches involved in the game progress control will not be detected when other operation switches are ON, and OFF After receiving the operation detection command indicating that the state has changed from ON to ON, even if the operation detection command indicating that the state has changed from ON to OFF is not received, it is involved in commands other than the operation detection command, that is, the game progress control. The fact that the command that can specify that the operation switch to be operated has been received means that the operation switch that is not involved in the progress control of the game has already been operated. In such a case, even if ON is set as the current state of the detection state storage area, the current state is updated to OFF to store the detected state. The detection state of the operation switch in the region can be matched with the actual detection state of the corresponding operation switch.

  Next, various control contents executed by the main CPU 41a of the main control unit 41 in this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  When the reset signal is input from the reset circuit 49, the main CPU 41a performs a startup process shown in the flowchart of FIG. Since the reset signal is a signal that is output when the power is turned on and when the operation of the main control unit 41 is stagnant, the activation process is performed when the main CPU 41a is activated when the power is turned on and when the main CPU 41a malfunctions. This process is performed at startup.

  In the start-up process, first, the built-in device and peripheral IC (excluding disconnection monitoring IC 50), interrupt mode, stack pointer, etc. are initialized (Sa1), then the voltage drop signal detection data is acquired from the input port, and the voltage drop It is determined whether or not a signal is input, that is, whether or not the voltage is stable (Sa2), and when a voltage drop signal is input, other than whether or not a voltage drop signal is input Shifts to a loop process that does not perform any process.

  If it is determined in step Sa2 that the voltage drop signal has not been input, the values of the I register and IY register are initialized (Sa3), and the states of the stop switch 36a and the automatic settlement switch 36b are acquired. Validity / invalidity of the stop function and automatic settlement function is set in a specific register of the main CPU 41a (Sa4). By the initialization of the I register and the IY register, the address of the interrupt table to be referred to when an interrupt occurs is set in the I register, and the reference address for referring to the storage area of the RAM 41c is set in the IY register. . These values are fixed values and are always initialized at startup.

  Next, access to the RAM 41c is permitted (Sa5), and it is determined whether or not the setting key switch 37 is in an ON state (Sa6). If the setting key switch 37 is not in the ON state at step Sa6, the storage state of the disconnection flag is acquired from the disconnection monitoring IC 50 (Sa7), and it is determined whether the disconnection flag is stored (Sa8). If the electrical connection state between the game control board 40 and the inserted medal sensor 31 and the electrical connection state between the game control board 40 and the effect control board 90 are not released during a power failure, the disconnection flag is If the disconnection flag is stored, the state of electrical connection between the game control board 40 and the inserted medal sensor 31 or the game control board 40 and the effect control board 90 is not stored. Therefore, the error code indicating the disconnection abnormality is set in the register (Sa9), and all the storage areas of the RAM 41c except the stack area in use are stored. After executing initialization 0 (Sa10), the door set in the RAM 41c when commanding the transmission of the door command stored in the door command transmission buffer Command transmission request 2 is cleared and door command transmission request 1 for requesting transmission of a door command stored in the door command transmission buffer is set in RAM 41c (Sa11), interrupt is permitted (Sa12), The process proceeds to error processing shown in FIG.

  If the disconnection flag is not stored in step Sa8, the RAM parity of all storage areas (including the unused area and the unused stack area) of the RAM 41c is calculated (Sa13), and whether the RAM parity is 0 or not. Is determined (Sa14). If the power interruption interrupt processing (main) is normally performed, the RAM parity should be 0. If the RAM parity is not 0 in the step of Sa13, the data stored in the RAM 41c is not normal. Therefore, an error code indicating RAM abnormality is set in the register (Sa15), and after executing initialization 0 that initializes all the storage areas of the storage area of the RAM 41c except the used stack area (Sa10), the door The command transmission request 2 is cleared, the door command transmission request 1 is set (Sa11), the interruption is permitted (Sa12), and the process proceeds to the error processing shown in FIG.

  If the RAM parity is 0 in step Sa14, it is further determined whether or not the destructive diagnosis data is normal (Sa16). If power interruption interrupt processing (main) is performed normally, the data for destruction diagnosis should be set. If the data for destruction diagnosis is not normal in step Sa16 (data for destruction diagnosis is power interruption) Since the data in the RAM 41c is not normal even in cases other than 5A (H) stored at the time, an error code indicating RAM abnormality is set in the register (Sa15), and the used stack area in the storage area of the RAM 41c After executing initialization 0 that initializes all storage areas except for (Sa10), the door command transmission request 2 set in the RAM 41c is cleared and the door command transmission request 1 is set in the RAM 41c (Sa11). The interruption is permitted (Sa12), and the process proceeds to the error processing shown in FIG. When interrupt is permitted in step Sa12, the timer interrupt process (main) is periodically executed. Accordingly, the door command is based on the door command transmission request 1 set in step Sa11. Is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a.

  In the error processing, as shown in FIG. 20, the current display state of the game auxiliary display 12 is saved in the stack (Sb1), and the error code stored in the register is displayed on the game auxiliary display 12 (Sb2). Then, an error command indicating the occurrence of an error state is set in the special command transmission buffer (Sb3). The error command set in Sb3 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  Next, the error code stored in the register is confirmed, and it is determined whether or not the error code is an error code indicating a disconnection error, a RAM error, or an abnormal winning error (Sb4). If the error code indicates an abnormal error or abnormal winning error, the process proceeds to a loop process in which neither process is performed.

  If it is determined in step Sb4 that the error code is not an error other than a disconnection error, a RAM error, and an abnormal winning error, it is determined whether an operation of the reset / setting switch 38 is detected. (Sb5) If the operation of the reset / setting switch 38 is not detected, it is further determined whether or not the operation of the reset switch 23 is detected (Sb6). If the operation of the reset switch 23 is not detected, Return to step Sb5. That is, the game waits in a state where the progress of the game is impossible until the operation of the reset / setting switch 38 or the reset switch 23 is detected.

  When the operation of the reset / setting switch 38 is detected in the step Sb5 or when the operation of the reset switch 23 is detected in the step Sb6, the error code stored in the register is cleared (Sb7 ), The display state of the game auxiliary display 12 is restored to the display state saved in the stack in the step of Sb1 (Sb8), and an error command indicating that the error state is released is set in the special command transmission buffer ( Sb9), the process returns to the original process. The error command set in Sb9 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  As described above, in the error processing, if the error processing is other than the disconnection abnormality error, the RAM abnormality error, and the abnormal winning error, the error state can be canceled by operating the reset / setting switch 38 or the reset switch 23. However, if the error process is due to a disconnection error, a RAM error, or an abnormal winning error, the error state is canceled even if the reset / setting switch 38 or the reset switch 23 is operated, and the original state is restored. Never return.

  Returning to FIG. 19, if it is determined in step Sa16 that the data for destructive diagnosis is normal, the data in the RAM 41c is normal, so the non-saved work, the unused area, and the unused stack area in the RAM 41c are initialized. After performing initialization 3 (Sa17), the destruction diagnosis data is cleared (Sa18), and the value of the door monitoring timer for measuring the detection interval of the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 and the command transmission delay time are counted. The delay counter value and the detection history of the detection signal from the door opening detection switch 25 are cleared (Sa19), the door command transmission request 2 is cleared, and the door command transmission request 1 is set (Sa20). Next, it is determined whether any special role is won in the state before the power interruption (Sa21). If any special role is elected in the state before the power interruption, A power-on command indicating winning is set in the special command transmission buffer (Sa22), and the process proceeds to step Sa19. If no special role is won in the state before power interruption, the special role is not selected. The power-on command shown is set in the special command transmission buffer (Sa23), and the process proceeds to step Sa24.

  In step Sa24, each register is restored to the state before the power interruption, that is, the state stored in the stack, the interrupt is permitted (Sa25), and the process executed last before the power interruption is returned. When interrupt is permitted in step Sa25, the timer interrupt process (main) is periodically executed. Accordingly, the power-on command set in step Sa22 or Sa23 is sent to the sub CPU 91a. The door command is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a based on the door command transmission request 1 set in step Sa20.

  If the setting key switch 37 is in the ON state in step Sa6, it is determined whether or not the reset / setting switch 38 is in the ON state (Sa26). If the reset / setting switch 38 is in the ON state in the step of Sa26, after executing initialization 0 that initializes all the storage areas in the storage area of the RAM 41c except the used stack area (Sa27), then Sa29 Go to step. On the other hand, if the reset / setting switch 38 is OFF in the step of Sa26, after executing the initialization 1 for initializing all the storage areas of the storage area of the RAM 41c except the stop phase work and the stack area in use. (Sa28), the process proceeds to step Sa29.

  In step Sa29, the door command transmission request 2 is cleared and the door command transmission request 1 is set. Then, the process proceeds to step Sa30, and the value stored in the set value work (0 at this time) is corrected to 1. To do. Next, after the initialization command is set in the special command transmission buffer (Sa31), the interrupt is permitted (Sa32), and the setting change process shown in FIG. 21, that is, the setting change mode is entered (Sa33). When the interrupt is permitted in the step of Sa32, the timer interrupt process (main) is periodically executed, and accordingly, the initialization command set in the step of Sa31 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a. Thereafter, the door command is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a based on the door command transmission request 1 set in step Sa29. After the setting change process in step Sa33, the setting end command is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Sa34), and the process proceeds to the game process. The setting end command set in the step of Sa34 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  In the setting change process, as shown in FIG. 21, the set value stored in the set value work in the RAM 41c (the value of the set value work is corrected to 1 before the process proceeds to the setting change process. Is read out (Sc1).

  Thereafter, the operation waits for detection of the operation of the reset / setting switch 38 and the start switch 7 (Sc2, Sc3). When the operation of the reset / setting switch 38 is detected in the step of Sc2, the setting value read in the step of Sc1. 1 is added (Sc4), and it is determined whether or not the set value after addition is 7, that is, whether or not the settable range is exceeded (Sc5). If the set value after addition is not 7, After returning to the detection waiting state for the operation of the reset / setting switch 38 and the start switch 7 in the steps Sc2 and Sc3 again, if the setting value after addition is 7 in the step Sc5, the setting value is corrected to 1 (Sc6). ), The process returns to the detection waiting state for the operation of the reset / setting switch 38 and the start switch 7 in the steps Sc2 and Sc3.

  When the operation of the start switch 7 is detected in the step of Sc3, the changed set value selected at that time is stored in the set value work of the RAM 41c and the set value is confirmed (Sc7). Wait until the setting key switch 37 is turned off (Sc8). If it is determined in step Sc8 that the setting key switch 37 is OFF, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the game process executed by the main CPU 41a.

  In the game process, a BET process (Sd1), an internal lottery process (Sd2), a reel rotation process (Sd3), a winning determination process (Sd4), a payout process (Sd5), and a game end process (Sd6) are sequentially executed. When the end-time process ends, the process returns to the BET process again.

  In the BET process in the step of Sd1, the process waits in a state where the bet number can be set, sets a predetermined number of bets according to the gaming state, and executes a process of determining the bet number when the start switch 7 is operated. To do.

  In the internal lottery process in step Sd2, a random number for internal lottery is extracted simultaneously with the start of the game by the detection of the start switch 7 in step Sd1, and the winning of each above-described combination is permitted based on the extracted random number value. Process to determine whether or not. In this internal lottery process, a winning flag is set in the RAM 41c based on the respective lottery results.

  In the reel rotation process in the step of Sd3, the process of rotating each reel 2L, 2C, 2R and the operation of the corresponding reel 2L, 2C, 2R in response to the operation of the stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R detected by the player are detected. A process for stopping the rotation is executed. In the reel rotation process, a freeze lottery for determining whether or not to control the freeze state is also executed.

  In the winning determination process in the step Sd4, when it is determined in the step Sd3 that the rotation of all the reels 2L, 2C, and 2R is stopped, the winning is determined according to the display result derived for each reel 2L, 2C, and 2R. A process of determining whether or not it has occurred is executed.

  In the payout process in step Sd5, when it is determined that a prize is generated in step Sd4, processing such as addition of credits and payout of medals is performed based on the number of payouts according to the win.

  In the game end process in the step of Sd6, a process of setting a gaming state in preparation for the next game is executed. At the end of the game end process, the door command transmission request 1 is set in the RAM 41c to request transmission of the door command.

  23 to 25 are flowcharts showing the control contents of the BET process executed by the main CPU 41a in step Sd1.

  In the BET process, first, the value of the BET counter in which the value of the betting number is stored in the RAM 41c is cleared (Se1), and a prescribed number (3 regardless of the gaming state in this embodiment) is set in the RAM 41c. Then, based on whether or not the replay game flag indicating that it is a replay game is set in the RAM 41c, it is determined whether or not the game is a replay game (Se3).

  If it is determined in step Se3 that the game is a replay game, a BET command indicating that 3 bets have been added is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Se4), and the value of the BET counter is set to 1. Add (Se5), refer to the prescribed number of bets set in the RAM 41c, determine whether the value of the BET counter is the prescribed number (Se6), and if the value of the BET counter is not the prescribed number, Returning to the step, if the value of the BET counter is a specified number, a insertion impossible flag indicating that a medal cannot be inserted is set in the RAM 41c (Se7), and the process proceeds to the step of Se11. The BET command set in step Se4 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  If it is determined in step Se3 that the game is not a replay game, it is determined whether or not the full tank flag is set in the RAM 41c, that is, whether or not the full state of the overflow tank 35 has been determined before the previous game. If the full tank flag is set, an error code indicating a full tank abnormality is set in the register (Se9), and the process proceeds to the error processing shown in FIG.

  If the full flag is not set in the Se8 step, the setting before waiting for input is performed (Se10), and the process proceeds to the Se11 step. In the setting before waiting for insertion, the insertion disable flag set in the RAM 41c is cleared and the detection of the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, the start switch 7, and the checkout switch 10 is enabled, that is, involved in the progress control of the game. In addition, when the insertion of a medal is detected, a first insertion flag indicating that the medal is the first inserted medal after the end of the previous game control is set in the RAM 41c.

  In the step of Se11, it is determined whether or not a medal can be inserted based on whether or not the insertion prohibition flag is set in the RAM 41c. When it is determined in step Se11 that the medal can be inserted, the flow path switching solenoid 30 is turned on, and the medal can be inserted using the medal flow path as a path on the hopper tank side. (Se12), the process proceeds to step Se14, and if it is determined that the medal cannot be inserted, the flow path switching solenoid 30 is set to the off state, and the medal flow path is the path on the medal payout exit 9 side. As a result, the insertion of a new medal is prohibited (Se13), and the process proceeds to the step Se14.

  In the step of Se14, is a switch-on flag indicating that the single BET switch 5, the MAXBET switch 6, the start switch 7, and the checkout switch 10 that are involved in the game progress control in the BET process is set to ON? If any of these switch-on flags is set, the process proceeds to step Se19. If none of these switch-on flags is set, the process proceeds to step Se15.

  In step Se15, it is determined whether or not the normal command transmission buffer is empty. If the normal command transmission buffer is not empty, the process proceeds to step Se19. If the normal command transmission buffer is empty, the process proceeds to Se16. Proceed to step.

  In the step of Se16, it is determined whether or not the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R not involved in the game progress control has changed, that is, whether the rising edge or the falling edge is set, and the stop switch If there is no change in the detection state of 8L, 8C, 8R, the process proceeds to step Se19, and if there is a change in the detection state of stop switch 8L, 8C, 8R, an operation that can identify the change in the detection state of the corresponding stop switch The detection command is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Se17), the edge data indicating the change in the detection state of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R is cleared (Se18), and the process proceeds to Se19. The operation detection command set in step Se17 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  In step Se19, it is determined whether or not the inserted medal sensor 31 has detected passage of the inserted medal, that is, whether or not there is a inserted medal flag indicating that the inserted medal has been detected. If the passage of the inserted medal is not detected in the step of Se19, the process proceeds to the step of Se33, and if the passage of the inserted medal is detected, the inserted medal flag is cleared (Se20), and the non-insertable flag is set in the RAM 41c. Whether or not a medal can be inserted is determined based on whether or not a medal can be inserted (Se21). If the medal cannot be inserted, the process proceeds to Step Se33.

  If the medal can be inserted in the step of Se21, it is determined whether or not it is the first insertion after the end of the game control based on whether or not the first insertion flag is set (Se22). If it is not the first input after the end, the process proceeds to step Se26. If the first input is after the game control, the first input flag is cleared (Se23), and it is determined whether or not the full sensor 35a is detected. (Se24). If the full sensor 35a is not detected in the step of Se24, the process proceeds to the step of Se26, and if the full sensor 35a is detected, the full tank flag indicating the full state of the overflow tank 35 is set in the RAM 41c (Se25). , Go to the step of Se26.

  In step Se26, the specified number of bets set in the RAM 41c is referred to determine whether or not the value of the BET counter is a specified number. If the value of the BET counter is not the specified number, the bet number is incremented by one. The BET command indicating that it has been set is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Se27), the value of the BET counter is incremented by 1 (Se28), and the process returns to the Se11 step. The BET command set in step Se27 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  If the value of the BET counter is a prescribed number in the step of Se26, a credit command indicating the current credit counter value is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Se29), and the credit counter in which the credit value is stored in the RAM 41c is set. The value is incremented by 1 (Se30), and it is determined whether the value of the credit counter is 50 which is the upper limit value (Se31). If the value of the credit counter is not 50, the process returns to the step of Se11, If the value is 50, the input impossible flag is set in the RAM 41c (Se32), and the process returns to the Se11 step. Return to the step of Se29. The credit command set in step Se29 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  In step Se <b> 33, it is determined whether or not an operation of the start switch 7 is detected, that is, whether or not a switch-on flag indicating detection of the operation of the start switch 7 is set. If the operation of the start switch 7 is not detected in the step of Se33, the process proceeds to the step of Se38. If the operation of the start switch 7 is detected, the switch-on flag is cleared (Se34), and the number of bets set in the RAM 41c. Referring to the prescribed number, it is determined whether or not the value of the BET counter is the prescribed number (Se35).

  If the value of the BET counter is not the prescribed number in the step of Se35, the process returns to the step of Se11. If the value of the BET counter is the prescribed number, the input impossible flag is set in the RAM 41c and the flow path switching solenoid 30 is turned off. The state is set, the medal flow path is set as a path on the medal payout exit 9 side, the insertion of a new medal is prohibited (Se36), and the setting at the start of the game is performed (Se37). Then, after the step of Se37, the BET process is terminated and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step Se38, it is determined whether or not an operation of the single BET switch 5 is detected, that is, whether or not a switch-on flag indicating that an operation of the single BET switch 5 is detected is set. If the operation of the single BET switch 5 is not detected in the step of Se38, the process proceeds to the step of Se45, and if the operation of the single BET switch 5 is detected, the switch-on flag is cleared (Se39) and the RAM 41c is stored. With reference to the set number of bets, it is determined whether or not the value of the BET counter is a specified number (Se40). If the value of the BET counter is the specified number in the step of Se40, the process returns to the step of Se11. If the value of the BET counter is not the specified number, it is determined whether the value of the credit counter is 0 (Se41). If the counter value is 0, the process returns to the Se11 step. If the value of the credit counter is not 0 in the step of Se41, a BET command indicating that 1 is added to the bet number is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Se42), and 1 is subtracted from the value of the credit counter (Se43). , 1 is added to the value of the BET counter (Se44), and the process returns to the Se11 step. The BET command set in step Se42 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  In the step of Se45, it is determined whether or not the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is detected, that is, whether or not the switch-on flag indicating that the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is detected is set. If the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is not detected in the step of Se45, the process proceeds to the step of Se53. If the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 is detected, the switch-on flag is cleared (Se46), and the bet set in the RAM 41c is cleared. With reference to the prescribed number, it is determined whether or not the value of the BET counter is the prescribed number (Se47). If the value of the BET counter is the specified number in the step of Se47, the process proceeds to the step of Se51, and if the value of the BET counter is not the specified number, it is determined whether or not the value of the credit counter is 0 (Se48), If the value of the credit counter is 0, the process proceeds to step Se51. If the value of the credit counter is not 0 in the step of Se48, 1 is subtracted from the value of the credit counter (Se49), 1 is added to the value of the BET counter (Se50), and the process returns to the step of Se47. In the step of Se51, it is determined whether or not the BET counter is added. If the BET counter is not added, the process returns to the step of Se11, and if the BET counter is added, the number of bets is added by the added number. The BET command indicating that it has been set is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Se52), and the process returns to the Se11 step. The BET command set in step Se52 is transmitted to the sub CPU 91a in the subsequent timer interrupt process (main).

  In step Se53, it is determined whether or not an operation of the settlement switch 10 is detected, that is, whether or not a switch-on flag indicating that an operation of the settlement switch 10 is detected is set. If the operation of the settlement switch 10 is not detected in the step of Se53, the process returns to the step of Se11. If the operation of the settlement switch 10 is detected, the switch-on flag is cleared (Se54), and the replay game flag is stored in the RAM 41c. It is determined whether or not the game is a replay game based on whether or not the game is set (Se55). If the game is a replay game, the process returns to Se11. If the game is not a replay game in the step of Se54, it is determined whether or not the value of the BET counter is 0 (Se56). If the value of the BET counter is 0, the process proceeds to the step of Se58, and the value of the BET counter is 0. Otherwise, a bet amount settlement flag indicating that the already set bet amount is to be settled is set in the RAM 41c (Se57), and the process proceeds to Se58. In step Se58, the hopper motor 34b is driven to pay out medals corresponding to the value stored in the credit counter or BET counter, that is, medals stored as credits or medals used for setting the number of bets. Checkout process is performed to control the return. Then, after the settlement process in the step of Se58, the input impossible flag set in the RAM 41c is cleared (Se59), and the process returns to the step of Se11.

  26 and 27 are flowcharts showing the control contents of the reel rotation process executed by the main CPU 41a in step Sd3.

  In the reel rotation process, first, a freeze lottery for determining whether or not to control the freeze state is executed (Si1). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a wait time (in the present embodiment, approximately 4.1 seconds) has elapsed since the reel rotation start time of the previous game (Si2). If the wait time has not elapsed, the wait time is Wait until it has passed.

  If the wait time has elapsed in the Si2 step, a new wait time is set (Si3).

  Next, the reel motor is set to start rotating, and the reel starts rotating (Si4). Then, a sliding frame number setting process for setting the number of sliding frames in the virtual sliding frame table for each rotating reel is performed (Si5), and a setting at the time of completion of stop preparation is performed (Si6). As a result, the stop operation can be validated, and then the stop operation becomes valid when the constant speed rotation of the reel is detected in the origin interruption process of the timer interrupt process (main). .

  Next, it is determined whether or not the freeze condition is satisfied, that is, it is determined that the freeze state is controlled by freeze lottery, and the time when the freeze state is controlled (when all reels are rotating, during the first stop, during the second stop) (Si7). If the freeze condition is not satisfied, the process proceeds to step Si9. If the freeze condition is satisfied, the process is assigned to the RAM 41c to measure the time of the freeze state. The specified value is set in the freeze timer counter (Si8), and the process proceeds to step Si9. The value of the freeze timer counter is decremented by 1 every time the timer interrupt process (main) is executed four times.

  In the step of Si9, it is determined whether or not a switch-on flag indicating that an operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R involved in the game progress control in the reel rotation process is detected is set. If the switch-on flag is set, the process proceeds to step Si14. If no switch-on flag is set, it is determined whether the normal command transmission buffer is empty (Si10).

  In step Si10, if the normal command transmission buffer is not empty, the process proceeds to step Se14. If the normal command transmission buffer is empty, whether the operation of the MAXBET switch 6 that is not involved in the game progress control is detected. Whether or not a rising edge or a falling edge indicating a change in the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 is set (Si11). If there is no change in the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6, the step of Si14 is performed. If there is a change in the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6, an operation detection command capable of specifying the change in the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 is set in the normal command transmission buffer (Si12), and the change in the detection state of the MAXBET switch 6 Is cleared (Si13), Si1 Proceed to the step.

  In step S14, it is determined whether or not the value of the freeze timer counter is 0, that is, whether or not the freeze timer is controlled. When the value of the freeze timer counter is not 0 in the step of Si14, that is, when it is controlled to the freeze state, the switch-on flag indicating that the operation of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R has been detected is cleared ( Return to the step of Si15), Si9.

  When the value of the freeze timer counter is 0 in the step of Si14, that is, when it is not controlled to the freeze state (when it is not controlled to the freeze state from the beginning or when the freeze state is ended), either stop It is determined whether or not a switch operation has been detected, that is, whether or not a switch-on flag indicating that any stop switch operation has been detected is set (Si16), and any stop switch operation is also detected. If not, it is determined whether or not a reel rotation error (an error determined when the reel reference position is not detected by the reel sensor 33 for a certain period or more) has occurred (Si17), and a reel rotation error has occurred. If there is not, a further insertion error (medal other than the period during which medal insertion is permitted) Whether or not an error was detected) and a payout error (error determined when a medal payout was detected outside the period during which medal payout was permitted) occurred (Si18, Si19), and if no error is determined in steps Si17 to Si19, the process returns to step Si9.

  Further, when it is determined that an insertion error has occurred in the step of Si18, or when a payout error is determined in the step of Si19, an error code indicating the input / discharge error during reel rotation is set in the register (Si20). ), The process proceeds to the error processing shown in FIG. 20 (Si21). When the error is released, the process returns to the Si9 step again.

  If it is determined in step Si17 that a reel rotation error has occurred, an error code indicating a reel rotation error is set in the register (Si22), and the process proceeds to error processing shown in FIG. 20 (Si23). Along with this, the rotation of the reels is also temporarily stopped. When the error is released, the process returns to the Si4 step again and the reel rotation is resumed.

  If any stop switch operation is detected in step Si16, the switch-on flag is cleared (Si24), and the reel reference at that time in the reel motor corresponding to the stop switch in which the operation is detected. After obtaining the number of steps from the position (the number of steps to be the stop operation position) and setting it to the work corresponding to the stop reel (Si25), it waits until the rotation of the reel corresponding to the stop operation stops (Si26).

  When the rotation of the reels corresponding to the stop operation stops, it is determined whether or not all the reels have stopped (Si27). If all the reels have not stopped, the process returns to the Si5 step, and all the reels are If it has stopped, the reel rotation process is terminated and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 28 and FIG. 29 are flowcharts showing the control contents of the timer interrupt process (main) executed by the main CPU 41a interrupting and executing the start-up process and the game process in response to the occurrence of the interrupt 3, that is, at an interval of 0.56 ms. is there.

  In the timer interrupt process (main), interrupts are first prohibited (Sk1). That is, the execution of another interrupt process during the execution of the timer interrupt process (main) is prohibited. Then, after saving the register in use to the stack area (Sk2), port input processing for inputting detection data of various switches from the input port is performed (Sk3).

  Next, the branch counter for identifying the timer interrupt to be executed in the timer interrupt process (main) is advanced by 1 from the four types of timer interrupts 1 to 4 (Sk4). In the step of Sk4, 1 is added when the branch counter value is 0 to 2, and is updated to 0 when the counter value is 3. That is, the branch counter value loops in the order of 0 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 0... Each time the timer interrupt process (main) is executed.

  Next, the branch counter value is referenced to determine whether it is 2 or 3, that is, timer interrupt 3 or timer interrupt 4 (Sk5). If it is not timer interrupt 3 or timer interrupt 4, that is, timer interrupt In the case of 1 or timer interrupt 2, it is checked whether the reel motors 32L, 32C, 32R are started or whether they are rotating at a constant speed, and whether the reel motors 32L, 32C, 32R are started or are rotating at a constant speed. For example, the motor phase signal output process for outputting the phase signal data changed in the motor step process of Sk9 described later and the phase signal data changed in the final stop process of Sk25 described later is executed (Sk6).

  Next, referring to the branch counter value, it is determined whether or not it is 1, that is, timer interrupt 2 (Sk7). If it is not timer interrupt 2, that is, timer interrupt 1, reel motor Reel starting process (Sk8) for controlling the step time interval when starting 32L, 32C, 32R, motor step process (Sk9) for changing phase signal data of the reel motors 32L, 32C, 32R, reel motors 32L, 32C After the stop of 32R, motor phase signal standby processing (Sk10) for changing the phase signal to single-phase excitation after a lapse of a certain time is sequentially executed, and then the register saved in the stack area at Sk2 is restored (Sk22). The interrupt prohibited in the step is permitted (Sk23), and the process returns to the state before the interrupt.

  Further, in the case of timer interrupt 2 in the step of Sk7, LED dynamic display processing (Sk11) for dynamically lighting various indicators, and output processing of control signals and the like for outputting data such as lighting signals of various LEDs to the output port (Sk12), random number update process for updating various software random numbers (Sk13), time counter update process for updating various time counters (Sk14), monitoring of the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25, door command transmission request, transmission command The door monitoring process (Sk15) for performing the above, the command transmission process (Sk16) for transmitting the command stored in the normal command transmission buffer or the door command transmission buffer to the sub CPU 91a, the external output for updating the external output signal After sequentially executing the signal update process (Sk17), go to Sk2. There was restored registers saved in the stack area (SK22), allow interruption prohibited at step Sk1 (SK23), return to the process before the interrupt process.

  If it is timer interrupt 3 or timer interrupt 4 in the step of Sk5, it is further determined by referring to the counter value for branching whether it is 3, that is, timer interrupt 4 (Sk18). If it is not interrupt 4, that is, if it is timer interrupt 3, the passing of the origin of the rotating reels 2L, 2C, 2R (pass of the reel reference position) is checked, and the occurrence of a reel rotation error is detected and stopped. Check if the preparation is complete (whether the stop preparation completion code is set). If the stop preparation is complete and the motor is rotating at a constant speed, operate the stop switch corresponding to the rotating reel. The origin passing process to be activated (Sk19), the switch input determination process 1 (Sk20) for determining whether or not the operation of the switches has been detected, whether or not the detection state of the switches has changed After the switch input determination process 2 (Sk21) for determination is sequentially executed, the registers saved in the stack area in Sk2 are restored (Sk22), and the interrupts prohibited in the Sk1 step are permitted (Sk23). Return to the process.

  If the timer interrupt is 4 in the step of Sk18, when the stop operation position is stored in the work of the stop reel in accordance with detection of the stop switches 8L, 8C, 8R or automatic stop control, the work of the stop reel The stop switch process (Sk24) that calculates the stop position after determining the stop position from the stop operation position stored in, and counts the number of steps until the stop calculated by the stop switch process. When it is time to stop, a stop process (Sk25) for starting braking by two-phase excitation and a final stop process (Sk26) for three-phase excitation after a certain period of time after starting the brake in the stop process are sequentially executed, and then in Sk2. The register saved in the stack area is restored (Sk22), and the interrupts prohibited in the step of Sk1 are permitted ( k23), returns to the interrupt before processing.

  FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the switch input determination process 1 executed by the main CPU 41a in the timer interrupt 3 of the timer interrupt process (main) described above.

  In the switch input determination process 1, the current confirmed data and the previous confirmed data are acquired (Sk101). The fixed data is data indicating the detection state of each switch that is updated when the detection state of each switch acquired from the input port is continuously the same. Then, it is determined whether or not any of the switches in the current confirmed data is in the ON state (Sk103). If any of the switches is not in the ON state, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  If any switch is in the ON state in the step of Sk103, it is determined whether or not two or more switches are in the ON state (Sk104). If two or more switches are in the ON state, FIG. Returning to the flowchart of FIG.

  If two or more switches are not in the ON state in the step of Sk104, it is determined whether or not the previous fixed data of the ON switch is also ON (Sk105), and if the previous fixed data is also ON. Returning to the flowchart of FIG.

  If the final confirmed data is not ON in the step of Sk105, a switch-on flag indicating that the operation of the switch changed from OFF to ON is detected (Sk106), and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the switch input determination process 2 executed in the timer interrupt 3 of the timer interrupt process (main) described above by the main CPU 41a.

  In the switch input determination process 2, the input data of each switch acquired in the port input process is updated (Sk111), and whether or not the detection state indicated by the previous input data and the detection state indicated by the current input data are the same. If the detection state indicated by the previous input data and the detection state indicated by the current input data are not the same, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  If the detection state indicated by the previous input data is the same as the detection state indicated by the current input data in the step of Sk112, the determined data of the corresponding switch is updated (Sk113), and the process proceeds to the step of Sk114. In step Sk113, the current confirmed data is moved to the previous confirmed data, and the detection state indicated by the input data determined to be the same as the previous time is set as the current confirmed data.

  In the step of Sk114, it is determined whether or not the previous confirmed data after the update and the current confirmed data are the same. If the previous confirmed data and the current confirmed data are the same, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG. .

  If the previous confirmed data and the current confirmed data are not the same in the step of Sk114, it is determined whether the corresponding switch has changed from OFF to ON (Sk115). If the switch has changed from OFF to ON, A rising edge indicating the change from OFF to ON is set (Sk116), and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the case of changing from ON to OFF in the step of Sk115, a falling edge indicating that the change has been made from ON to OFF is set (Sk117), and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the door monitoring process executed in the timer interrupt 2 of the timer interrupt process (main) described above by the main CPU 41a.

  In the door monitoring process, first, a history of the input state of the door opening detection switch 25 (a value obtained by continuing to logically OR the determination state of the positive detection signal of the door opening detection switch 25 acquired in the port input process for about 100 ms). The door sensor history is updated (Sk201). That is, a logical sum of the positive detection signal detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 and the door sensor history is taken as a new door sensor history.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the door monitoring timer value is 0, that is, whether or not about 100 ms has elapsed since the previous monitoring (Sk202). If the door monitoring timer value is not 0, the door monitoring timer value is set. 1 is subtracted (Sk203), the door monitoring process is terminated, and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  If the value of the door monitoring timer is 0 in the step of Sk202, whether the door command transmission request 2 is set, that is, in order to give priority to the transmission of the power-on command or the initialization command at the time of activation, It is determined whether or not it is in a transmission waiting state (Sk204), and if the door command transmission request 2 is set, the door monitoring process is terminated and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG. In step S204, it is determined whether or not the door command transmission request 2 is set. When the door command transmission request 2 is set, the door monitoring process is terminated, whereby the value of the door command transmission buffer is set. While not waiting for transmission by the power-on command or initialization command, the value of the door command transmission buffer, that is, the door command indicating the detection state of the first door opening detection switch 25 after activation is overwritten. Not to be.

  If the door command transmission request 2 is not set in the step of Sk204, 44 is set as the value of the door monitoring timer (Sk205), and a new time measurement of 100 ms is started. After the door sensor history is acquired in the register and the door sensor history in the RAM 41c is cleared (Sk206), the door open detection switch 25 indicated by the door sensor history acquired in the register and the door stored in the door command transmission buffer are stored. The detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 indicated by the command is compared, and it is determined whether or not there is a change in the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 (Sk207).

  If there is no change in the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 in the step of Sk207, it is requested whether or not the door command transmission request 1 is set, that is, transmission of the door command is requested when the main CPU 41a is activated or the game is ended. If the door command transmission request 1 is not set, the door monitoring process is terminated and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  When there is a change in the detection state of the door opening detection switch 25 in the step of Sk207, or when the door command transmission request 1 is set in the step of Sk208, the door command transmission request is cleared and the door command transmission request 2 is set (Sk209), and the door command based on the door sensor history (detected state of the door open detection switch 25 after the change) acquired in the register is stored in the door command transmission buffer (Sk210), so that the door after the change After commanding the command transmission, the door monitoring process is terminated and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the command transmission process executed by the main CPU 41a in the timer interrupt 2 of the timer interrupt process (main) described above.

  In the command transmission process, first, it is determined whether or not transmission of an error command, power-on command, or initialization command is delayed (Sk301). If the transmission of an error command, power-on command, or initialization command is delayed, Sk308 is determined. If the error command, power-on command, or initialization command transmission delay is not in progress, check whether an untransmitted error command, power-on command, or initialization command is stored in the special command transmission buffer. Determine (Sk302).

  If an unsent error command, power-on command, or initialization command is stored in the special command transmission buffer in step Sk302, the process proceeds to step Sk307, where an unsent error command, power-on command, or initialization is performed. If the command is not stored in the special command transmission buffer, it is determined whether transmission of commands other than door commands, error commands, power-on commands, or initialization commands (hereinafter referred to as normal commands) is delayed. (Sk303).

  If the transmission of the normal command is delayed in the step of Sk303, the process proceeds to the step of Sk308. If the transmission of the normal command is not delayed, it is determined whether or not the transmission of the door command is delayed (Sk304). If it is delayed, the process proceeds to step Sk308. If the door command transmission is not delayed, it is determined whether the door command transmission request 2 is set, that is, whether door command transmission is instructed (Sk305). .

  If the door command transmission request 2 is not set in the step of Sk305, it is determined whether or not an untransmitted normal command is stored in the normal command transmission buffer (Sk306), and the untransmitted normal command is a normal command. If it is stored in the transmission buffer, the process proceeds to step Sk307. If an untransmitted normal command is not stored in the normal command transmission buffer, the command transmission process is terminated, and the flowchart shown in FIG. Return to.

  In step Sk307, a command delay random value (0 to 17) is acquired, stored in the delay counter, and the process proceeds to step Sk308.

  In step Sk308, after 1 is subtracted from the delay counter value, the process proceeds to step Sk309, where it is determined whether the delay counter value is 0. If the delay counter value is not 0, the command transmission process is terminated. Returning to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  If the delay counter value is 0 in the step of Sk309, it is determined whether or not the door command is transmitted (S310). If the door command is transmitted, the door command transmission request 2 is cleared and the door command is transmitted. The trust buffer address is set (Sk311), and the process proceeds to the step of Sk315. After the door command transmission request 2 is set, the door command transmission request 2 is not cleared until it is set in the door monitoring process and immediately before the door command associated with the setting of the door command transmission request 2 is transmitted. While waiting for door command transmission by the power-on command or initialization command, the value of the door command transmission buffer, that is, the door command indicating the detection state of the first door opening detection switch 25 after being activated may be overwritten. Absent.

  If it is not at the time of transmitting the door command in the step of Sk310, it is determined whether it is at the time of transmitting the error command, the power-on command or the initialization command (Sk312). For example, the address of the special command transmission buffer is set (Sk313), and the process proceeds to Step Sk315.

  If the error command, the power-on command, or the initialization command is not transmitted at the step of Sk312, that is, if the normal command is transmitted, the address indicated by the transmission pointer of the normal command transmission buffer is set (Sk314), and Sk315 is set. Go to step.

  In the step of Sk315, the command stored in the address set in the steps of Sk311, Sk313, and Sk314 is read, transmitted to the sub CPU 91a, the command transmission process is terminated, and the process returns to the flowchart shown in FIG. .

  FIG. 34 shows a power interruption interrupt process (main interrupt) executed when the main CPU 41a interrupts and executes a start-up process or a game process in response to the occurrence of an interrupt 2, that is, when a voltage drop signal from the power interruption detection circuit 48 is input. It is a flowchart which shows the control content of ().

  In the power interruption interruption process (main), first, interruption is prohibited (Sm1). That is, other interrupt processing is prohibited from being executed at the start of the power interruption interrupt processing (main). Next, all registers that may be in use are saved in the stack area (Sm2). Note that the values of the I register and IY register described above are used, but are not saved here because the same fixed value is always set with the initialization at the time of startup.

  Next, the detection data of the voltage drop signal is acquired from the input port, and it is determined whether or not the voltage drop signal is input (Sm3). At this time, if the voltage drop signal is not inputted, the register saved in the stack area in Sm2 is restored (Sm4), the interrupt prohibited in the step of Sm1 is permitted (Sm5), and the process before the interrupt is performed. Return.

  If a voltage drop signal is input in step Sm3, destruction diagnosis data (5A (H) in this embodiment) is set (Sm6), and all output ports are initialized (Sm7). . Next, RAM parity adjustment data is calculated and set so that the exclusive OR of all storage areas (including unused areas and unused stack areas) of the RAM 41c becomes 0 (Sm8), and access to the RAM 41c is performed. It is prohibited (Sm9).

  Then, except for the determination of whether or not the voltage drop signal is input (Sm10, where Sm10 is the same process as Sm3), a loop process in which no process is performed is entered. That is, when the voltage decreases as it is, the operation is stopped internally. Therefore, the operation of the main CPU 41a is surely stopped when power is interrupted. Further, in this loop processing, when the voltage recovers and the voltage drop signal is not input, the above-described startup processing is executed, and if the RAM parity is 0 and the destructive diagnosis data is normal, the original processing is performed. It will return to.

  In this embodiment, after the access to the RAM 41c is prohibited, the output state of the voltage drop signal is monitored, and when the voltage drop signal is not input, it is determined that the voltage is restored, and the process proceeds to the startup process. However, no processing is performed in the loop processing, and the voltage is recovered while the loop processing is being performed, and the process proceeds to the start-up processing based on the input of the reset signal from the reset circuit 49. You may make it do.

  Next, a timer interruption process (sub) that the sub CPU 91a of the sub control unit 91 mounted on the effect control board 90 periodically executes at intervals of 1.12 ms is described below based on the flowcharts of FIGS. Explained.

  As shown in FIG. 35, in the timer interrupt process (sub), first, it is determined whether or not a command is stored in the reception buffer, that is, whether or not a command is received from the main control unit 41 ( Ss1). If the command is not stored in the reception buffer, the process proceeds to step Ss6. If the command is stored in the reception buffer, the command is acquired from the reception buffer (Ss2), and the process proceeds to step Ss3.

  In the step of Ss3, the operation detection process 1 for updating the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the progress control of the game is executed in response to the reception of the operation detection command, and the process proceeds to the step of Ss4.

  In the step of Ss4, when the acquired command is an internal winning command or a freeze command, referring to the effect table stored in the ROM 91b, the effect pattern is selected at a selection rate corresponding to the result of the internal lottery indicated by the internal winning command. An effect pattern selection process is performed in which the selected effect pattern is set in the RAM 91c as the effect pattern of the game, and the process proceeds to step Ss5.

  In step Ss5, referring to the control pattern table stored in the ROM 91b, the control pattern setting for reading the effect pattern set in the RAM 91c and the control pattern registered corresponding to the acquired command and setting it in the RAM 91c The process is executed, and the process proceeds to step Ss6.

  In step Ss6, an effect control process for controlling various effect devices such as effect effect LED 52, speakers 53 and 54, and reel LED is executed in accordance with the control pattern set in step Ss14, and the process proceeds to step Ss7.

  In step Ss7, an operation detection process 2 for monitoring whether or not an operation switch not involved in the game progress control has been operated for a predetermined time is executed, and the process proceeds to step Ss8.

  In the step of Ss8, an operation effect control process for performing an operation effect is executed according to the detection state of the operation switch not involved in the game progress control, and the process proceeds to the step of Ss9.

  In step Ss9, after performing touch panel processing for analyzing the detection status of the touch panel based on data acquired from the touch panel controller 99, the process proceeds to step Ss10, in which processing for updating various counter values is performed, and then timer allocation is performed. The process (sub) is completed.

  FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the operation detection process 1 executed in the timer interrupt process (sub) described above by the sub CPU 91a.

  In the operation detection process 1, it is determined whether or not the command acquired in step Ss2 is an operation detection command (Ss201). If the command is not an operation detection command, it is further determined whether or not the acquired command is a door command (Ss202). If it is a door command, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  If it is determined in step Ss201 or Ss202 that the command is neither an operation detection command nor a door command, it is determined whether there is a switch that is set to ON as the current state of the detection state storage area (Ss203). If none of the current states is set to ON, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  If it is determined in step Ss203 that there is a switch that is set to ON as the current state, that is, it is neither an operation detection command nor a door command without receiving an operation detection command indicating that it has changed from ON to OFF. If a command is received, the current state is updated to OFF (Ss204), and the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  If it is determined that the command acquired in step Ss201 is an operation detection command, the detection state of the corresponding operation switch in the detection state storage area is updated in accordance with the change in the detection state indicated by the operation detection command (Ss205). Then, an operation detection flag indicating that the operation of the operation switch indicated by the operation detection command is detected is set (Ss206), and the process proceeds to step Ss207. The operation detection flag set in step Ss206 is cleared in step Ss209, which will be described later, or a change in the detection state of the operation switch not related to the game progress control is confirmed by the operation detection flag in the operation effect control process. It is cleared by doing.

  In step Ss207, the updated detection state storage area is referred to, and it is determined whether or not the detection state of the operation switch indicated by the operation detection flag has changed from OFF to ON. Returning to the flowchart of FIG.

  If it is determined in step Ss207 that the state has changed from OFF to ON, the updated detection state storage area is referenced to determine whether or not the previous state is OFF (Ss208), and the previous state is not OFF. In this case, that is, when the operation detection command indicating the change from OFF to ON is received without receiving the operation detection command indicating the change from ON to OFF, the operation detection flag is cleared (Ss209). It returns to the flowchart of 35.

  If it is determined in step Ss208 that the previous state is OFF, the time lapse flag is cleared (Ss210), the value of the operation time counter is initialized (set to 0) (Ss211), and the flowchart of FIG. Return to.

  FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the operation detection process 2 executed by the sub CPU 91a in the timer interrupt process (sub) described above.

  In the operation detection process 2, it is determined whether or not there is an operation switch whose current state is ON by referring to the detection state storage area (Ss601). If there is no operation switch whose current state is ON, FIG. Return to the flowchart.

  If there is an operation switch whose current state is ON in step Ss601, the value of the operation time counter of the operation switch whose current state is ON is referred to, and whether or not 10 seconds have passed since the operation switch was turned ON. (Ss602) If 10 seconds have not elapsed, the process proceeds to step Ss604, and if 10 seconds have elapsed, a 10-second elapsed flag is set (Ss603), and the process proceeds to step Ss604.

  In step Ss604, the value of the operation time counter of the operation switch whose current state is ON is referred to, and it is determined whether or not 5 seconds have elapsed since the operation switch was turned ON. The process proceeds to step Ss606, and if 5 seconds have elapsed, a 5-second elapsed flag is set (Ss605), and the process proceeds to step Ss606.

  In step Ss606, the value of the operation time counter of the operation switch whose current state is ON is referred to, and it is determined whether or not 3 seconds have elapsed since the operation switch was turned ON. Returning to the flowchart shown in FIG. 35, if 3 seconds have elapsed, a 3 second elapsed flag is set (Ss607), and the process returns to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  These time lapse flags are cleared by confirming the continuous operation time of the operation switches not involved in the game progress control in the operation effect control process.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. Needless to say.

  For example, in the above embodiment, a slot machine for setting bets using medals and credits is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a slot machine for setting bets using game balls. Alternatively, it may be a complete credit type slot machine that uses only credits to set the number of bets.

  Further, in addition to the medal insertion mechanism such as the flow path switching solenoid 30 and the insertion medal sensor 31, a ball take-in device that takes in a game ball, and a take-in ball that detects a game ball taken in by the ball take-in device In addition to a medal payout mechanism, such as a hopper motor 34b and a payout sensor 34c, a ball payout device for paying out game balls and a payout ball detection switch for detecting game balls payed out by the ball payout device It is possible to set a bet number using both medals and game balls and play a game, and the present invention may be applied to a slot machine in which medals and game balls are paid out by winning.

1 Slot machine 2L, 2C, 2R Reel 6 MAXBET switch 7 Start switch 8L, 8C, 8R Stop switch 41 Main controller 41a Main CPU
41b ROM
41c RAM
91 Sub controller 91a Sub CPU
91b ROM
91c RAM

Claims (1)

A variable display unit capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information each capable of being identified,
After displaying the variable display unit in a variable manner, the display result is derived by stopping the variable display of the variable display unit, and in a slot machine capable of generating a prize according to the display result,
A first operating means operated by a player when deriving a display result ;
A second operating means operated when starting a game ;
A third operating means operated by the player when setting the bet number;
Game progress control means for controlling the progress of the game in accordance with operations of the first operation means, the second operation means, and the third operation means ;
Pre-determining means for determining display results that are allowed to be derived before the display results are derived;
Derivation control means for performing control for deriving a display result based on an operation of the first operation means;
When the second operating means is operated in a predetermined progress control state in which the operation of the second operating means is related to the progress control of the game, the operation of the first operating means is also performed until the end condition is satisfied. A non-participating control means capable of controlling the non-participating control state in which neither the operation of the second operating means nor the operation of the third operating means is involved in the progress control of the game;
In the non-participation control state, a specific effect execution means capable of executing a specific effect based on an operation of an operation means not involved in the progress control of the game;
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As a state after the end of the non-participating control state, the operation of the first operating means is involved in the game progress control, and the operation of the second operating means and the operation of the third operating means are the progress of the game. There is a specific progress control state that is not involved in the control,
In the non-participation control state in which the state after the end becomes the specific progress control state, the specific effect execution unit includes the operation of the first operation unit , the second operation unit, and the third operation unit. The slot machine can execute the specific effect based on the operation of the third operation means without being based on the operation of the second operation means .

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