JP6086579B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with an effect display device.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called big hit, in which more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific aspect. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not limited to simply displaying multiple symbols in a variable manner, but the time required for the variable display to be a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, such as the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, a character image, background image, etc. can be used to create a story with a variation display of the symbol, probability variation to increase the efficiency of transition to special games, shortening the variation time, and ease of entering the starting prize opening. The player's expectation is also enhanced by the control to shift to the easy entry state.

JP 2003-230714 A

  In recent years, with the increase in the image quality of display screens of liquid crystal display devices and the like, and the higher definition of the contents of presentation display, the data size of moving image data that is produced at the development stage and stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) has also increased. ing. In addition, since the development burden is increasing due to the high definition of each material, a method for realizing high-definition presentation while reducing the development burden and data capacity as much as possible is being sought. One such effect display is, for example, one that scrolls and displays a background image.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing an increase in development burden and data size while maintaining image quality.

  In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to an aspect of the present invention is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by a predetermined game operation. A lottery means for executing the game, a special game control means for executing the special game when the predetermined condition is satisfied as a result indicating that the lottery can be transferred to the special game, and accompanying the lottery An effect display device for displaying effect content, an effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and an effect for causing the effect display device to display the effect content determined by the effect determining means. Display control means. The effect display control means is based on display pattern data, data storage means for holding a plurality of types of image data used for effects to be displayed on the effect display device, and a plurality of types of display pattern data in which the display process of each image data is defined. And drawing processing means for generating a display image to be displayed on the effect display device using the image data, and display processing means for outputting the display image to the effect display device. The data storage means is a pattern in which execution of effect display for scrolling a predetermined image in a predetermined direction is defined as display pattern data, and at least some of the pixels constituting the image straddle a plurality of adjacent pixels. Thus, the scroll display pattern data that is determined to be scrolled by enlarging or reducing the image at a predetermined magnification that occupies a partial area of the plurality of pixels is held, and the effect determining means converts the scroll display pattern data into the scroll display pattern data. Therefore, when the effect display is determined, the drawing processing unit generates a display image by scrolling the image data in a predetermined direction in a state where the image data is enlarged or reduced at a magnification based on the scroll display pattern data.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, and the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium storing the computer program, a data structure, and the like. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to provide a game machine that can suppress an increase in development burden and data size while maintaining image quality.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for deviation in detail. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of a main board | substrate and a sub board | substrate. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the hardware constitutions of an effect display control part. It is a figure which shows a mode that the scrolling display is performed, without enlarging the background image prepared as image data. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the pixel which comprises a display area, and the pixel which comprises a background image. It is a figure which shows the relationship between each pixel which comprises the scrolled background image, and each pixel which comprises a display area. It is a figure which shows the background image displayed on the partial area | region of a display area. It is a figure which shows a mode that the enlarged image which expanded the background image prepared as image data is scroll-displayed. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the pixel which comprises an enlarged image, and the pixel which comprises a display area. It is a figure which shows the enlarged image displayed on the partial area | region of a display area. It is a figure which shows a mode that the rotation image which rotated the background image prepared as image data is scroll-displayed. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the pixel which comprises a display area, and the pixel which comprises a rotation image. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 20. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 19 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the release process of S100 in FIG. 22 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the release process of S160 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process regarding a scroll display.

  FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending the game balls to the launch rail, extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16, and the like. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state or the like is output by means for controlling an effect described later.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed.

  The starting port 62 is a starting port that triggers the entrance of a game ball to perform a lottery determination. The starting port 62 is provided in the starting port 62 and a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball. A normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expansion mechanism 63 (so-called electric tulip) is provided. The expansion mechanism 63 is composed of two blade members provided at the upper part of the opening of the start port 62, and has a narrow opening width that allows only a game ball falling from just above the start port 62 to enter when closed. Become. On the other hand, when the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded and opened, the opening width of the start port 62 is widened, and not only the start port 62 but also a game ball falling in the vicinity thereof can be guided to the start port 62 and can enter. Ease is improved. This lottery determination is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and is executed every time there is a ball entering the start port 62. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering.

  The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for opening the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” in a special game that starts when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided at a position above the out opening 58, for example. The number of the big winning openings 66 is not limited to a single arrangement, and a plurality of large winning openings 66 may be installed and used depending on the gaming state or the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. Changes in the effect image including the pattern 190 are displayed. Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “design variation” or “variation display”.

  The special symbol display device 61 is a display device composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball falls into the start port 62. When the symbol mode when the special symbol 192 is stopped is the symbol that is determined in advance, the timing at which the symbol is displayed is the big hit occurrence timing. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The special symbol 192 represented by the combination of segments in this embodiment is not necessarily a letter or number body, and is a generally meaningless symbol formed by a combination of segments constituting a 7-segment LED. It's okay. These symbols are replaced one after another at a high speed and displayed on the special symbol display device 61, whereby the symbol variation display of the special symbol 192 is realized. Further, the 7-segment LED may be composed of 8 segments including 7 segments forming “eight-letter shape” and 1 segment representing “dot”. In this case, a numerical value for 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. Further, the special symbol display device 61 may be an LED dot array that is not a 7-segment LED, and a plurality of types of special symbols 192 may be expressed by combinations of lighting patterns and lighting colors.

  The effect display device 60 is a display device configured by a liquid crystal display that displays the decorative symbol 190 in a variable manner in conjunction with the variable symbol display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, for example, a moving image that fluctuates a plurality of rows of symbols simulating a game of a slot machine as a decorative symbol 190 in the central area of the screen. In this embodiment, symbols composed of numbers “0” to “9” are displayed and varied in three columns, and hit or miss is indicated by three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of the plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 190 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols that are decorated with colors or patterns, but these symbols, characters, or symbols are common to all symbols. You may comprise in the form which adds a different pattern for every and integrates them. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the decoration or production theme set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is drawn. For example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn may be used. The decorative pattern 190 is switched according to the development of the effect between the case where the design that includes the design is variably displayed and the case where the design is separated and only the numbers, characters, and symbols are variably displayed. It may be a configuration. On the background of the variation display of the decoration symbol 190, a moving image having a staging effect related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol variation.

  The effect display device 60 is configured by a high-definition dot matrix type display device such as a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be configured by a mechanical display unit such as a drum rotation type or a display unit such as an LED matrix type. Good. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol display device 61 on the lower left side of the production display device 60 is displayed in an inconspicuous size. However, in the case of adopting a technique in which the special symbol itself has an effect role to express without using the decorative symbol, the special symbol may be displayed on the liquid crystal display instead of the 7-segment LED.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery that determines whether or not the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. Therefore, the open lottery is also called “ordinary symbol lottery”. The normal symbol display device 59 in this embodiment is composed of two lamps for convenience, and the display state of the normal symbols is expressed by which of these lamps is lit. For example, when the first lamp is turned off and the second lamp is hit, the normal symbol fluctuation display is expressed by alternately turning on and off, and finally one of the lights is turned on. A stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in the state. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the change, the normal symbol change display stops. At this time, in the normal state, the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol with a low probability of, for example, about 1/256, and in the easy entry state described later, the normal symbol is in the winning symbol with a high probability of, for example, about 250/256. Stop. When the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol, the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time. The opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is, for example, 0.1 seconds in the normal state, and 6 seconds in the easy entry state.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the effect display device 60, and decoration. The special symbol hold display device 20 is provided at the lower left portion of the game area 52, and the normal symbol hold display device 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right portion of the game area 52, which is the symmetrical position. ing.

  The special symbol hold display device 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. When the number of lottery holds is three, the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened from the normal time in order to increase game efficiency (hereinafter also referred to as “shortening variation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery holds is 4, in order to further increase the game efficiency, the symbol variation time in the case of losing is further shortened than in the case of the above 3 (hereinafter also referred to as “super shortened variation”). ).

  The normal symbol hold display device 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of normal symbol fluctuation hold depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed.

  Game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is an operation input unit that is operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine, and changes are made to the contents of the effect according to the contents of the operation input. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15. Although the operation button 82 in this embodiment is composed of one button, it may be composed of a plurality of buttons and direction instruction buttons such as a cross key. The movable accessory 140 is a movable object whose operation is controlled in conjunction with the effect, and plays an effect role by the operation. For example, the movable accessory 140 operates in response to an operation input via the operation button 82 by the player.

  An outline of a game method and a control flow performed in the above configuration will be described. When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variation display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the lapse of the variation display time determined prior to the display. The special symbol 192 is variably displayed in accordance with a variation pattern in which a variation mode from the variation start to the stop is determined. The decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to a variation effect pattern in which a variation mode from the start to the end of the variation is determined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation production patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the special symbol 192 is variably displayed according to the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the variation pattern, a variation display time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  As a variation display of the decorative symbol 190, first, as the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three columns like the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when it approaches the variation end timing, it is stopped one by one as a final stop mode. The symbol combination is displayed. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are in a stop mode indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. The The stop mode of the decorative symbol 190 indicating a big hit is, for example, a combination mode in which the types of three symbols match.

  The variation effect pattern includes a normal loss effect pattern, a reach failure effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying a normal off symbol combination. The reach out effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying an out symbol combination through a reach state, which is a big win if one more symbols are arranged. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, the patterns when reaching the reach state include patterns with various long and short fluctuation times. Reach patterns with relatively short fluctuation times are called “normal reach”, and reach patterns with long fluctuation times are called “super reach”. ".

  The special game is started by displaying an effect screen called start demonstration time. After the start demonstration time is displayed on the screen, the grand prize winning opening 66 is opened, and after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, or after nine or more game balls have dropped in, it is temporarily closed. From such opening to closing of the big prize opening 66 is basically called a unit game, but it may be repeated a plurality of short-time opening during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special prize opening 66 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times, the special game is ended by displaying an effect screen called an end demo time. On the other hand, when the winning lottery corresponds to a result called “small hit”, the small hit game is executed. The small hit is a result included as a result of the lottery. The small hit game is a unit game executed in a manner similar to some types of special games. However, the unit game executed as a small hit game is only one time, which is different from a special game in which a plurality of unit games are executed.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, the fluctuation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, which are one of the specific games, is started (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate). The time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is a state in which the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened from the normal state. The variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decoration symbol 190 is returned to the original variation time after a predetermined variation number, for example, 100 variation display, but if the big hit occurs before the variation number is reached, the time is shortened. Also ends. Due to the shortening of time, the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened, so that it is possible to shorten the time until the big hit occurs compared to the normal state where the symbol variation is performed with the normal variation time. Therefore, it is possible to relatively increase the jackpot acquisition ease.

  During the time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, the easy entry state which is one of the specific games is performed. The easy entry state is a state in which the ease of entering the starting port 62 is enhanced by executing the short time of the normal symbol, the probability variation of the open lottery, and the open extension of the expansion mechanism 63. The normal symbol time reduction is a state in which the variation time of the normal symbol is shortened from the normal state. The probability variation of the open lottery is a state in which the winning probability of the open lottery is higher than the normal state. The opening extension of the spreading mechanism 63 is a state in which the opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is longer than the normal state. As described above, in the easy entry state, the possibility that the number of fluctuations of the normal symbol per certain time increases as compared to the normal state increases, and the ease of entering the start opening 62 also increases. There is a high possibility that the number of entering will increase. Therefore, due to the shortened time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 and the easy entry state, the chance to obtain a winning ball by entering the starting port 62 increases during that period, and as a result, the player can play the game with little decrease in possession. It is possible to continue.

  Note that the easy entry state in the present embodiment increases the ease of entering the starting port 62 by using three functions such as a short time for a normal symbol, a probability variation of an open lottery, and an open / extended extension of the expansion mechanism 63. However, as a modification, it is good also as a structure which improves the entrance ease to the starting port 62 using one or two functions among these three functions. Thus, even if only a part of the three functions is used, it is possible to improve the ease of entering the starting port 62. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which switches according to a gaming state at least any one of three functions by the period to implement and the period which does not implement.

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, the probability variation game of the winning lottery (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the end of the special game ) Is further started. During the chance change of the winning / failing lottery, the winning / failing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game can be generated relatively early. The probability change of the success / failure lottery is continued until the next big hit occurs, but as a modification, it may be configured to end when a predetermined limited number of symbol changes are made. In this embodiment, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are started at the same time as when the probability change is started, and the easy entry state is also started. May be executed.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The back setting mechanism 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured to include elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs and a CPU used for arithmetic processing in terms of hardware.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a variation pattern determination unit 115, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game. An execution unit 122 and an opening / closing control unit 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in the present embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub board 104 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub board 104, each operation is performed so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. The configuration is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub board 104. In this way, since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 102 to the sub board 104 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 104 to the configuration included in the main board 102. It is not possible to request data transmission. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub board 104 unless the main board 102 unilaterally transmits the information to the sub board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 obtains, as a success / failure lottery value, a random number value for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the starting hole 62 is entered. To do. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The value acquired as the success / failure lottery value by the success / failure lottery means 112 is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined holding upper limit number.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, determination results of big hits, small wins, and misses are associated with the success / failure lottery values, and the success / failure probabilities are determined according to the associated jackpot range settings. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure table based on the normal probability at the normal time, and refers to the success / failure table whose probability of winning is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 acquires a lottery value as an open lottery for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a success / failure table in which the correspondence between the lottery value of the open lottery and the success / failure result is determined, and determines the success / failure result of the open lottery with reference to the success / failure table. In the normal state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 1/256 is referred to, and in the easy entry state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 250/256 is referred to. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the hit / failure probabilities of big hits and small hits are determined. Is determined. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure determination table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure lottery means 112, in the normal state, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 is a big hit. At the time of certainty change, as shown in FIG. 4B, the range of the big hit is expanded, and not only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 but also when the lottery falls within the range of 400 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state. In the case of hitting a big hit, whether it is a 15R big hit or a 2R big hit and whether or not there is a probability change is determined separately according to the stop symbol of the special symbol. In this figure, the single hit / fail judgment table shows the big hit range for both normal time and probability change, but the success / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and for probability change.

  In the present embodiment, even if the winning / raising lottery value does not correspond to the big hit range, that is, a so-called out of range, it becomes a small hit if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, when the success / failure lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 falls within the range of 65000 to 65535, it is a small hit. In this way, if it does not correspond to the big hit, it is all “out”, but in the example in this figure, the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the small hit out of the cases where it does not correspond to the big hit Is expressed as “displacement”. In addition, although the example which implement | achieved the determination table of whether it is a big hit and the determination table of whether it is a small win in the figure in the form of a single winning / nothing determination table was shown in this figure, each may be implement | achieved as a separate table. Good.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60. The success / failure lottery means 112 transmits the lottery result corresponding to the symbol variation to the symbol mode determining unit 131 and the effect determining unit 132 together with the symbol variation control command at the timing of starting the symbol variation.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 according to the result of the open lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the result of the open lottery in order to display the result of the open lottery in the normal symbol display device 59 in the form of a normal symbol. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the start port 62. The opening mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time.

  The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 5A is a table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, FIG. 5B is a table that is referred to when the result of determination is wrong, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit. The symbol determination means 114 refers to the symbol determination table of this diagram in symbol determination. In the symbol determination table, a correspondence relationship between numbers “0” to “10” indicating the types of special symbols and symbol lottery values is defined. The types of special symbols are associated with the big hit, small hit, and unsuccessful determination results, with “0” to “4” corresponding to the big hit, “5” to “9” corresponding to the big hit, “10” corresponds to a loss. Each type is assigned a plurality of special symbols, that is, a plurality of symbols that are generally meaningless and formed by a combination of segments.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, special symbol types “0” to “4” are associated with jackpots. Among them, the type “0” indicates 15R big hit with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 99”. The type “1” indicates a 2R jackpot with certainty and is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”. Types “2” to “4” indicate 15R big hits without any probability change, type “2” is associated with symbol range “150 to 189”, and type “3” is associated with “190 to 229” The type “4” is associated with “230 to 255”. Thus, the selection probability for each jackpot type is determined by the size of the symbol lottery value range.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the type “10” is associated with the entire range of symbol lottery values when the result of the determination is wrong.

  As shown in FIG. 5C, special symbol types “5” to “9” are associated with small hits. The type “5” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0-49”, and the type “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “50-99”. The type “7” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”, the type “8” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the type “9” is the symbol lottery value range. Corresponding to “200 to 255”.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the variation pattern determination unit 115 selects any variation pattern from a plurality of types of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds a variation pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern. The variation pattern determination unit 115 sends data indicating the determined variation pattern to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132. The variation pattern determination unit 115 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns. A plurality of types of variation patterns are defined on the assumption that there are various variation times, short and long, and that symbol variation is also performed by a decorative symbol composed of a plurality of symbols in the variation time. In each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table. The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the variation pattern table for removal shown in FIG. 6A when the result of the determination is wrong. When the determination result is a 15R jackpot, the fluctuation pattern table for 15R jackpot shown in FIG. 6B is referred to. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the variation pattern table for 2R big hit and small hit shown in FIG. 6C is referred.

  In FIG. 6A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 10 are associated with a super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery values 11 to 20 are associated with a super reach “super 2”. The pattern lottery values 21 to 255 are associated with any variation pattern of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach”. As described above, when the result of the determination is wrong, any one of super reach, normal reach, and no reach may be selected. In the variation pattern table for detachment, when a variation pattern of “no reach” is selected, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern having a shorter variation time than the normal state is selected in the short time state. Further, the deviation variation pattern table is defined so that the column to be referred to is different depending on the number of holdings, and details of the normal state will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 6B, the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is 15R big hit, the variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 6C, the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. As described above, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of about 50%.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the fluctuation pattern determination means 115 determines the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol. In the normal state, the variable display time is determined to be 60 seconds, and in the easy entry state, the variable display time is determined to be 6 seconds.

  When there is a new entry at the start port 62 and a new winning / failing lottery is executed, the holding control means 116 displays a new entry when a symbol change corresponding to the previous entry or lottery is displayed. The result of the success / failure lottery based on is suspended until the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery. In the present embodiment, as a result of the lottery determination, the number of the lottery is held as a holding ball with an upper limit of four. The success / failure lottery value here includes a success / failure lottery value, a symbol lottery value, and a variation pattern lottery value. The holding control means 116 further holds the usual lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a holding ball. These numbers of holdings are represented by the number of lighting or blinking numbers of the special symbol holding display device 20 and the normal symbol holding display device 22, respectively.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a variation display of the special symbol 192 according to the variation pattern determined by the variation pattern determination unit 115. The main display control means 118 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the success / failure lottery performed before that has ended. The main display control means 118 transmits a change start command and a change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing for starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol 192. When the variation start command is transmitted, values indicating the determined determination result, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern are transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The main display control means 118 displays the result of the normal symbol lottery on the normal symbol display device 59 as a normal symbol variation display.

  The special game control means 120 indicates that the special game operation condition is established when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 results in the transition to the special game. A special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include a 15R jackpot that repeats a unit game 15 times and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game that has a shorter opening time than the 15R jackpot only twice. In the case of 15R jackpot, in principle, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the case of 2R big hit, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 0.5 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted. Even in the case of 2R big hit, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, the big winning opening 66 may be opened in the same manner as the 15R big hit.

  The specific game executing means 122 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the easy-to-enter state. The specific game execution means 122 shifts the game state to the time-saving state and the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114 is a big hit symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The short-time state and the easy-to-enter state are continued until the number of times that the special symbol 192 is changed from the end of the special game reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times. However, when the state changes to the probability changing state at the same time, as long as the probability changing state continues, the short time state and the easy entry state are continued. That is, it continues until the next big hit occurs. Thus, the end of the short time state and the easy entry state is determined according to the gaming state. In the short time state, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 selects a fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time so that the fluctuation display time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a variation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds of the result of lottery determination by the hold control unit 116 is referred to, and a change pattern with a long variation time is likely to appear as the number of hold by the hold control unit 116 decreases. In the easy entry state, the normal symbol time is shortened, the normal symbol probability change, and the expansion mechanism 63 is opened and extended. On the other hand, the probability variation state is continued until a special game with the next jackpot is executed. During the probable change state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 190 and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variable effect patterns in which the change process from start to stop of the change and the change process in the change display of the decorative pattern 190 and the change display of the decorative pattern are displayed, and the degree of expectation for the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns that suggest the height of the notice before the change display stops.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the contents of the effect displayed on the effect display device 60 by the effect display control means 134 according to the result of the success / failure lottery received from the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect determining means 132 selects one of a plurality of change effect pattern data corresponding to the change pattern of the special symbol determined by the change pattern determining means 115, reads out the data from the pattern storage means 130, and obtains information on the change effect pattern. This is sent to the effect display control means 134. The effect determining means 132 holds a pattern table that should be referred to in order to select a variable effect pattern.

  Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The symbol form determining means 131 determines the combination of stop symbols of the decorative symbol 190 and their arrangement according to the result of the lottery by the winning / failing lottery means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern. decide. The symbol form determination unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect display control unit 134. The symbol form determining means 131 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a transition to a special game of 15R jackpot, a specific combination such as “777” or “ A combination of three symbols such as “111” is selected. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is also selected when the result of the determination is a 2R big hit or a small hit, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination in which three symbols such as “312” and “946” are not arranged, and a specific combination selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. When the determination result is not 15R big hit, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination with only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is selected. .

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is made variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the greater the number of stages is, the higher the degree of expectation for the big hit is included.

  The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display form of the decorative symbol 190 reaches the reach state and the final stop state of the symbol is notified, and no decorative symbol 190 is stopped. There is a pattern in which the performance is executed at the timing and the reach is reached at the same time.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the result of the lottery determination, makes a pre-effect setting, and determines the notice effect pattern to be displayed. To do. The effect determining means 132 holds a notice determination table that should be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table that should be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice decision table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and if the lottery is a win, the notice lottery will be displayed with a higher probability than if it was missed. Correspondence between whether to display the result and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the big hit can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image including the decorative pattern on the effect display device 60 according to the selected change effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect display control means 134 starts a new symbol variation when a variation start command for the decorative symbol 190 is received.

  The effect display control means 134, when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the notice effect, causes the effect display control means 134 to superimpose the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern on the effect display device 60 in the form of superimposing the symbol effect. Display. The effect display control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing in detail a variation pattern table for detachment. In the variation pattern table 210 of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the variation pattern is different for each number of holds. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with relatively long variation times, and the probability that variation patterns with long variation times will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the holding control means 116 is smaller. Accordingly, when the number of holds by the hold control unit 116 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1 to 2, the selection probability of the change pattern having a long change time becomes higher than usual, and the change time tends to be relatively long.

  The first column 212 shows the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern when the number of holds as a result of the lottery determination by the hold control means 116 is one. Similarly, in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218, the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern in the case where the number of holdings as a result of the lottery determination by the holding control means 116 is 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The relationship is shown. That is, it can be considered that the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 indicate the variation pattern table for each number of holds. In this figure, an example will be described in which a plurality of variation patterns that can be selected at the time of deviation are classified into five types according to variation time, but actually, a plurality of variation effect patterns are prepared for each of these classifications. This is equivalent to the fact that dozens of types of variation effect patterns are associated with the lottery value ranges for each category. In order to compare the ratio of each pattern lottery value range in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 in this figure with the ratio of the pattern lottery value range in the first column 212, Broken lines indicating the ratio of the pattern lottery value range are drawn in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218.

  The first range 222 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 0 to 10. A super reach variation pattern of “super 1” is associated. The second range 224 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 11 to 20. A super reach variation pattern of “super 2” is associated. Thus, in the case of the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 0 to 10 and the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 11 to 20, the variation pattern having the same variation time is selected regardless of the number of holdings.

  The third range 226 includes normal reach in the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 21 to 255, respectively. “Normal 1”, “Normal 2”, and “Reach without reach” are associated with each other. However, the range of pattern lottery values associated with each variation pattern varies depending on the number of holds. In the first column 212, the sizes of the lottery value ranges to which “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated are approximately equal, and the ranges obtained by dividing 21 to 255 into approximately three equal portions are associated with each other. Yes. On the other hand, in the second column 214, the size of the lottery value range associated with “normal 1” and “normal 2” is smaller than the lottery value range associated with “no reach”. Further, in the third column 216 and the fourth column 218, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is further reduced.

  The fluctuation time of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” may be longer than the fluctuation time of “Out of reach”, and in the case of “Out of reach”, the fluctuation time may be shortened like a short time state. Depending on the setting contents of the third range 226, the average variation time varies. The pattern lottery value range for “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” decreases as the number of holds increases from 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, and conversely the pattern lottery value range for “out of reach” increases. Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes shorter as the number of holds increases, and conversely, the average change time becomes longer as the number of holds decreases. In this way, by using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of holdings, control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of holdings decreases is realized. be able to.

  The variation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the third column 216 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, so-called “shortening variation”. This is the fluctuation pattern. Further, the fluctuation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the fourth column 218 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, and the third column This is a fluctuation pattern of so-called “super-shortening fluctuation” in which the fluctuation time is shorter than “216 shortening fluctuation”.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram schematically showing hardware configurations of the main board 102 and the sub board 104. The main board 102 includes electronic components such as a main CPU 300, a main RAM 302, and a main ROM 304. The main ROM 304 stores in advance a main control program and data for controlling the entire game operation. A main control program or data is read from the main ROM 304 into the main RAM 302, and the main control program is executed by the main CPU 300. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). The entrance signal from each entrance and the payout signal from the payout control board 45 are acquired by the main CPU 300 via various interfaces not shown. The main CPU 300 drives and controls external devices such as each winning opening solenoid and the special symbol display device 61 by various drive circuits (not shown). In addition, a command necessary for effect control is transmitted from the main CPU 300 to the sub-board 104 together with information such as the result of the lottery determination, the design determination result, and the variation pattern determination result.

  The sub board 104 includes electronic components such as a sub CPU 310, a sub RAM 312, a sub ROM 314, and an effect display control unit 316. The sub ROM 314 is one of data storage means for holding a sub control program including effect pattern data in which an effect process is defined, display pattern data in which an effect display process is defined, and the like. A sub control program including effect pattern data and display pattern data is read from the sub ROM 314 into the sub RAM 312, and effect control by the sub control program is executed by the sub CPU 310. Each electronic component is connected by a bus such as a system bus or a data bus (not shown). A signal from an external device such as the operation button 82 is acquired by the sub CPU 310 via various interfaces (not shown). The sub CPU 310 drives external devices such as the speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 by various drive circuits and control circuits (not shown) according to the effect pattern data to produce effects by voice output, lamp lighting, and accessory actions. To control. Further, the sub CPU 310 transmits display pattern data to the effect display control unit 316. In this embodiment, an example in which the sub-board 104 includes the effect display control unit 316 will be described. It may be formed as separate substrates connected to each other.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of the effect display control unit 316. As shown in FIG. The effect display control unit 316 includes a control CPU 320, a control RAM 322, a data ROM 324, and a display control circuit 326. The data ROM 324 is one of data storage means for holding material data such as effect image data and motion data used for effect display in a compressed state. The effect image data is, for example, a material image such as a sprite image of a decorative pattern used for decoration pattern variation, a sprite image used for a notice effect, and a moving image used for the background of various effects. The motion data is data in which an operation is defined when an effect operation is added to an image used for various effects at a predetermined timing.

  Based on the display pattern data sent from the sub CPU 310, effect image data and motion data designated in the display pattern data are read from the data ROM 324 to the control RAM 322, and effect display using the effect image data and motion data is performed. Is executed by the control CPU 320. As a result, commands related to effect display, effect image data, and motion data are transmitted from the control CPU 320 to the display control circuit 326, and display control is performed by the display control circuit 326.

  The display control circuit 326 includes a decoder 332, a drawing memory 334, a drawing circuit 336, a frame buffer 338, and a display circuit 340, which are connected via the bus 330. The bus 330 in this figure comprehensively shows buses such as a system bus, a data bus, and an address bus for convenience.

  The effect image data and motion data sent from the control CPU 320 are stored in the drawing memory 334, and the compressed data among these data is decoded by the decoder 332. The drawing memory 334 is used as a work area when the effect image data or motion data is decoded by the decoder 332, or used as a work area when the drawing circuit 336 performs drawing processing or image processing. ).

  The drawing circuit 336 uses the data stored in the drawing memory 334 to sequentially execute commands sent from the control CPU 320 to generate a display image, and uses the generated display image as a frame of a moving image as a frame buffer. Stored in 338. The frame buffer 338 is a VRAM serving as a buffer memory that temporarily stores a frame of a moving image to be output to the effect display device 60.

  The drawing circuit 336 can generate a display image by performing predetermined image conversion processing for enlarging, reducing, rotating, and horizontally moving the image data stored in the drawing memory 334. At this time, the pixel value of each pixel constituting the display image is calculated with reference to the pixel value of each pixel of the converted image data obtained by performing a predetermined image conversion process on the original image data. Here, when the pixel of the conversion image data exists at the coordinate associated with the position of the predetermined pixel of the display image, the pixel value of the coordinate is adopted as the pixel value of the pixel of the display image. On the other hand, when the pixel of the converted image data does not exist at the coordinates associated with the position of the predetermined pixel of the display image, the pixel value of the pixel of the converted image data located at the coordinate closest to the coordinate is adopted. Here, when there are multiple pixels of converted image data located at the coordinates closest to the coordinates, that is, when the distance from the coordinates is the same among the pixels, the average of the pixel values of the pixels with the same distance The pixel value of the display image is determined by calculating the value. In the following description, the case of determining the pixel value of a predetermined pixel of the display image from the pixel value of one pixel is the nearest neighbor interpolation process, and the pixel value is calculated from the average value of the pixel values of a plurality of pixels having the same distance. Is determined as an average interpolation process.

  The display circuit 340 outputs the display images stored in the frame buffer 338 to the effect display device 60 in the form of video signals in the stored order. The frame buffer 338 has a memory area for two frames, for example. While the display circuit 340 outputs a display image from the memory area for one frame, the drawing circuit 336 generates the next display image, Store in the memory area for another frame.

  In the present embodiment, as the display pattern data held in the sub ROM 314, scroll display pattern data determined to be displayed after being subjected to a scroll display process on an image to be displayed as a background of various effects is used. The scroll display pattern is defined as one of the production methods, for example, a process of displaying a moving image in which an image displayed as a background of a symbol to be variably displayed at the time of symbol variation is displayed.

  As one method for scrolling and displaying a background image, there is a method in which moving image data for displaying a process of scrolling a background is prepared in advance and displayed. However, since the moving image data generally has a larger data capacity than the image data, the data ROM 324 is compressed by increasing the data size, and the development effort for preparing and preparing moving image data for scroll display is prepared. Also occurs.

  As another method, one high-definition background image data for scroll display is prepared, and scroll display processing is applied to the image data for each frame constituting the scroll display moving image. There is a method of displaying a moving image of a generated and scrolled background. In general, when high-definition image data is displayed in high image quality, it is desirable to display image data having the same number of pixels as a liquid crystal display provided as a display device, for example, the same number of pixels as 600 pixels by 800 pixels. However, when the image to be displayed at the same magnification is scrolled, each pixel constituting the image data moves to the adjacent pixel of the liquid crystal display at the same timing, and the image blinks at the moment when each pixel moves to the adjacent pixel. It may seem as if you are. Especially when you want to scroll a high-definition image at a slow speed, because a high-definition image that contains many areas with greatly different neighboring pixel values will be noticeable when the image is blinked slowly at the same magnification display. As a result, the display mode is not preferable.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when generating a background moving image to be scroll-displayed, a scroll display process is performed for scrolling an image that has been slightly enlarged so as not to be noticed. At this time, by slightly enlarging the background image to be scroll-displayed, at least some of the pixels constituting the background image occupy a partial area of a plurality of pixels straddling a plurality of adjacent pixels. When scrolling an image that has been slightly enlarged in this way, the timing of moving to an adjacent pixel will be shifted by the pixel, reducing the blinking of the image compared to when all the pixels move simultaneously to the adjacent pixel. can do. In addition, since the enlargement ratio of the image to be scrolled is small, the effect of deterioration in image quality due to enlargement processing is small, and a scroll display effect that is inferior in image quality compared to a still image to be displayed at the same magnification is presented to the player. be able to.

  First, after explaining the blinking of the screen that may occur when scrolling without enlarging the image with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13, scroll display processing for slightly enlarging and scrolling the image according to the present embodiment. explain.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the background image 500 prepared as image data is scroll-displayed without being enlarged. An image obtained by cutting out the background image 500 scrolled in the right direction in an area corresponding to the display area 400 becomes an image of each frame constituting the moving image for scroll display.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the relationship between the pixels constituting the display area 400 and the pixels constituting the background image 500. This figure (a) is a figure which shows the pixel group which comprises the display area 400 and its partial area 402, and the partial area 402 of the display area 400 is the some arranged in the length and width containing the pixels 411-462. Consists of pixels. As illustrated, pixels 412, 413, and 414 are provided adjacent to the right side of the pixel 411 located at the upper left of the partial area 402 of the display area 400, and the pixel 461 is the 51st pixel counted from the pixel 411. Is provided. This figure (b) is a figure which shows the pixel group which comprises the background image 500 and its partial area 502, and the partial area 502 of the background image 500 is a plurality of arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions including the pixels 511-562 Consists of pixels. As shown in the drawing, pixels 512, 513, and 514 are sequentially adjacent to the right side of the pixel 511 located at the upper left of the partial region 502 of the background image 500, and the pixel 561 is the 51st pixel counted from the pixel 511. Is provided. Each pixel constituting the background image 500 is given a unique pixel value.

  FIG. 7C is a diagram showing the relationship between the pixels constituting the partial area 402 of the display area 400 and the pixels constituting the partial area 502 of the background image 500, and the partial area 502 of the background image 500. Indicates a state in which the same size display is performed so as to correspond to the partial area 402 of the display area 400. As shown in the figure, each pixel constituting the background image 500 has a one-to-one correspondence with each pixel constituting the display area 400. For example, the pixel value of the pixel 511 constituting the background image 500 corresponds to the corresponding pixel 411. The pixel value of the pixel 561 is displayed on the corresponding pixel 461. Thereby, the area to be displayed as the display area 400 in the background image 500 is displayed on the effect display device 60 at the same magnification.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the relationship between each pixel constituting the scrolled background image 500 and each pixel constituting the display area 400. This figure (a) has shown the state of FIG. 11, for example, the pixel 511 is located in the upper left pixel 411, and the pixel 512 is located in the adjacent pixel 412. FIG. This figure (b) has shown the state which scrolled the background image 500 by the half pixel rightward, and the pixel 511 is located so that the pixel 411 on the upper left and the pixel 412 on the right may be straddled, and similarly The pixel 512 is located so as to straddle the pixel 412 and the pixel 413 on the right side thereof. This figure (c) has shown the state which scrolled the background image 500 by one pixel rightward, the pixel 511 is located in the pixel 412 right next to the pixel 411 of the upper left, and the pixel 512 is the neighbor. Of the pixel 413.

  In the state shown in FIGS. 12A and 12C, each pixel of the display area 400 has a one-to-one correspondence with each pixel of the background image 500, so the high-definition background image 500 is displayed as it is. On the other hand, in the state shown in FIG. 12B, the pixel 411 is in a state where the distances between the two pixels 510 and 511 are equal. Here, the pixel and the reference position of the pixel are assumed to be the upper left point. At this time, the pixel value of the pixel 411 is calculated by averaging the pixel values of the two pixels 510 and 511 by an average interpolation process. In the case of an intermediate state between FIGS. 12A and 12B, among the pixels occupying each pixel, the pixel located on the right side is closer in distance. The pixel value is adopted. For example, among the two pixels 510 and 511 occupying the pixel 411, the pixel values of 511 pixels that are close to each other are employed. Similarly, in the intermediate state between FIGS. 12B and 12C, the pixel value of the pixel on the left side with a short distance is adopted.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a background image displayed in a partial area 402 of the display area 400. FIGS. 12A to 12C show pixel values displayed in the partial area 402 of the display area 400 in the states of FIGS. 12A to 12C, respectively. FIG. 4D is a schematic diagram showing a background image displayed in the display area 400 in the scroll display process. Since FIGS. 12A and 12C correspond to the states of FIGS. 12A and 12C, the pixel values of the pixels corresponding to the respective pixels are displayed on a one-to-one basis. This figure (b) has shown the state by which the pixel value obtained by the average interpolation process was displayed since the distance with the several pixel adjacent to each pixel is equal. For example, the pixel 411 displays pixel values close to gray by averaging the pixel values of the pixel 510 close to white and the pixel 511 close to black. Similarly, other pixels are calculated by an average interpolation process based on a plurality of adjacent pixel values.

  When the above-described background image 500 is scrolled and displayed without being enlarged, as shown in the figure (d), as the scroll amount of the image increases, the images in the order of FIG. (A), FIG. (B), and FIG. (C). Is displayed, and a scrolling moving image is displayed. At this time, paying attention to the pixel 411, the pixel value changes to black, gray, and white, but the time for the pixel value of the pixel 411 to be in the state of FIG. 12B obtained by the average interpolation processing is instantaneous. Therefore, the pixel 411 can be perceived as blinking at that moment. Such blinking of pixels occurs when the average interpolation processing is performed when the pixel values of two adjacent pixels are greatly different and the distance between the adjacent pixels becomes equal. When the background image 500 is scroll-displayed without being enlarged, the timing at which the pixel values of the pixels of the display area 400 are calculated by the average interpolation processing for all the pixels of the background image 500 is all the same. Will occur at the same time. As a result, the blinking of the image accompanying the scroll display becomes conspicuous, which is not preferable for the effect display.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the background image 500 is slightly enlarged and scroll-displayed in order to shift the timing at which the pixel values of the pixels constituting the background image 500 are calculated by the average interpolation process.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state in which an enlarged image 600 obtained by enlarging a background image 500 prepared as image data is scroll-displayed. The enlarged image 600 shown in this figure slightly enlarges the background image 500 shown in FIG. The enlargement ratio is a value at a glance that the user does not notice that the image is enlarged, and an enlargement ratio other than 100% is set. For example, the enlargement rate is 101%.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the relationship between the pixels constituting the enlarged image 600 and the pixels constituting the display area 400. This figure (a) is a figure which shows the state which becomes the position where the pixel 411 and the pixel 611 on the upper left correspond, This figure (b) scrolled the figure (a) to the right by half pixel. It is a figure which shows a state. This figure (c) is a figure which shows the state which scrolled figure (a) to the right direction by 1 pixel. In the enlarged image 600 shown in this figure, since the original image data is enlarged to 101%, the positional relationship between the pixels increases greatly as the pixels are located in the right direction with the pixel 411 as a reference. It has become. Since there is a shift of 1% per pixel, for example, the 51st pixel 461 on the right from the pixel 411 has a cumulative shift of 50%. Therefore, in the state of FIG. 5A, the positions of the pixel 411 and the pixel 611 are substantially coincident with each other, but the positions of the pixel 461 and the pixel 661 are shifted by a half pixel. In the state of FIG. 7B, the positions of the pixel 411 and the pixel 611 are shifted by half a pixel, whereas the positions of the pixel 461 and the pixel 661 are shifted by one pixel. Further, in the state of FIG. 8C, the pixel 411 and the pixel 610 are substantially coincident with each other, and the pixel 461 and the pixel 660 are shifted by a half pixel.

  Therefore, when the enlarged image 600 shown in FIG. 14 is scroll-displayed, the distance between each pixel of the display area 400 and the pixel constituting the enlarged image 600 adjacent to the pixel becomes equal, so that the pixel value is obtained by the average interpolation process. The timing at which is calculated differs depending on the pixel. Strictly speaking, in the case of the enlarged image 600 enlarged to 101%, pixel pixels located every 100th, 200th, 300th, and 100th pixels to the right from a certain pixel are subjected to average interpolation processing at the same timing. However, pixel values of other pixels are calculated by nearest neighbor interpolation processing. In other words, regardless of the scroll amount accompanying the scroll display of the image, at least some of the pixels constituting the enlarged image 600 straddle a plurality of pixels in the display area 400 and occupy a part of the plurality of pixels. Is in position. Therefore, the ratio of pixels whose pixel values are obtained by the average interpolation process is only 1% of the whole, and the ratio is substantially constant regardless of the scroll amount accompanying scroll display.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an enlarged image displayed in a partial area 402 of the display area 400. FIGS. (A) to (c) show pixel values displayed in a partial area 402 of the display area 400 in the states of FIGS. 15 (a) to (c), respectively. This figure (d) is a mimetic diagram showing the enlarged picture displayed on display field 400 in the scroll display process. FIGS. 15A and 15C correspond to the states of FIGS. 15A and 15C, respectively, and the pixel 461 is a pixel obtained by the average interpolation process from the pixel values of the two pixels 660 and 661. Although the value is displayed, since there is one pixel that is the nearest neighbor for the other pixels, the pixel value obtained by the nearest neighbor interpolation process is displayed. On the other hand, this figure (b) respond | corresponds to the state of FIG.15 (b), and although the pixel 411 is displaying the pixel value obtained by the average interpolation process from the pixel value of the two pixels 610 and 611, Since the other pixels have one nearest pixel, the pixel value obtained by the nearest neighbor interpolation process is displayed.

  When the above-described enlarged image 600 is scroll-displayed, the images are displayed in the order of FIG. (A), FIG. (B), and FIG. (C) as the scroll amount of the image increases as shown in FIG. A scrolling moving image is displayed. At this time, paying attention to the pixel 411, the pixel value changes to black, gray, and white, and it can be perceived that the pixel 411 blinks at the moment when the diagram (b) is displayed. However, when the enlarged image 600 is scroll-displayed, when the pixel 411 is blinking, the pixel values displayed after the pixel 412 arranged in the right direction are not subjected to the average interpolation processing, and the pixel of the nearest pixel is not processed. Since the pixel value remains displayed, it does not blink. Thereafter, when the pixel value displayed on the pixel 412 is subjected to the average interpolation process, the pixel value after the pixel 411 and the pixel 413 is not blinked because the pixel value is not subjected to the average interpolation process. Therefore, when the enlarged image 600 that has been enlarged is scroll-displayed, the number of pixels that can be blinked at the same time can be extremely reduced as compared with the case where the background image 500 that is not enlarged is scroll-displayed. In this way, by shifting the timing at which pixel blinking may occur for each pixel, blinking of an image associated with scroll display can be reduced.

  The above-described blink mitigation effect can be enhanced by reducing the number of pixels that can simultaneously blink, and therefore it is desirable that the image enlargement ratio be closer to 100%. For example, when the enlargement ratio is 110%, the number of pixels that can blink simultaneously is 10% of the whole, but when the enlargement ratio is 101%, the number of pixels is 1%. In addition, by setting the enlargement ratio to a value close to 100%, it is possible to suppress deterioration in image quality due to enlargement of an image, and it is possible to display a higher definition image. Therefore, in order to enhance the blink mitigating effect and perform high-definition scroll display, it is desirable to set the image enlargement ratio to a value closer to 100%. You can display.

  Note that the background image prepared as image data may be slightly reduced in order to reduce blinking. This is because, as in the case of enlarging the image, a reduction in the image causes a shift in the positional relationship between each pixel and each pixel. The reduction ratio is preferably set to a value close to 100% in order to reduce the number of pixels that can blink at the same time, for example, a reduction ratio of 99%. Thereby, the effect of flicker mitigation can be enhanced and high-definition scroll display can be performed.

  In addition, as an enlargement ratio for reducing blinking, a value close to an integer enlargement ratio may be set. For example, the enlargement ratio is 199% or 301%. On the other hand, if an enlargement ratio equal to an integral multiple is set, the positional relationship between each pixel and each pixel does not shift, and the timings at which each pixel can flicker match. For this reason, setting an enlargement ratio equal to an integer multiple should be avoided. Similarly, a value close to the reciprocal of an integer may be set as the reduction ratio for reducing blinking. For example, the enlargement ratio is 51% or 33%. On the other hand, a reduction ratio equal to the reciprocal number of an integer should be avoided for the same reason as to avoid an enlargement ratio of an integer multiple.

  The magnification of the above-mentioned 100% integer multiple or inverse multiple of the integer is that when the image is enlarged or reduced at that magnification, at least some of the pixels constituting the enlarged or reduced image become adjacent plural pixels. It can be said that the magnification is such that it spans and occupies a partial area of the plurality of pixels. By scrolling the image after enlarging or reducing the image at such a magnification, it is possible to reduce the number of pixels where blinking can occur at the same time, and to mitigate the blinking of the moving image displayed by scrolling.

  Note that, as a method for calculating the pixel values of the pixels constituting the display region 400, a method combining the nearest neighbor interpolation process and the average interpolation process has been described, but other interpolation processes may be used. For example, the nearest neighbor interpolation process may be performed regardless of whether or not there are a plurality of nearest neighbor pixels, or a linear interpolation process that takes a weighted average according to the distance to a plurality of adjacent pixels is used. Also good.

  The above-described moving image for scroll display can be displayed as a moving image to be displayed as a background of a pattern or character image. Note that the image to be scroll-displayed is not limited to the background image, and may be applied when other images are scroll-displayed.

  Further, as the scroll display effect pattern data described above, in addition to the effect display in which the background image is continuously scrolled in a certain direction, an effect display pattern for scrolling by switching the scroll direction at predetermined time intervals may be set. . For example, after the background image is scrolled to the right for 5 minutes, the background image is scrolled to the left for 5 minutes. Alternatively, a right scroll display and a left scroll display may be alternately displayed every 5 minutes. In addition, a scroll display effect pattern that combines both the state in which the background image is scroll-displayed and the state in which the background image is displayed in a stationary state may be set.

  Further, the scroll display pattern data may be set so that the scroll mode of the background image changes according to the operation state of the operation button 82 operated by the player. For example, when the player repeatedly hits the operation button 82 during the effect of scrolling the background, the scroll display pattern data is set so that the background image is scrolled at a relatively high speed. In addition, you may set so that the scroll direction of a background image may change according to a player's operation. In this case, the effect display can be changed depending on the operation state of the player, and an effect for further enhancing the player's expectation can be achieved.

  As described above, the case where the moving image for scroll display with reduced flickering is generated by enlarging or reducing the image data as an embodiment has been described. However, as a modified example, the moving image for scroll display by rotating the image data An image may be generated. Hereinafter, the modification is demonstrated.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a rotated image 700 obtained by rotating a background image prepared as image data is scroll-displayed. The rotated image 700 scrolled to the right is cut out in an area corresponding to the display area 400, thereby generating an image of each frame constituting a moving image for scroll display.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the pixels constituting the display area 400 and the pixels constituting the rotated image 700. FIG. 7A is a schematic diagram showing a state in which a partial area 702 of the rotated image 700 is rotated around the point 70 with respect to the partial area 402 of the display area 400. This figure (b) is the figure which showed the relationship between the pixel which comprises the partial area 402 of the display area 400 shown to Fig.1 (a), and the pixel which comprises the partial area 702 of the rotation image 700. FIG. As shown in the figure, the amount of deviation between the pixel 411 closest to the point 70 that is the center of rotation and the pixel 711 is small, but the amount of deviation between the pixel 461 and the pixel 761 located far from the point 70 is large. . For example, if the rotation angle θ of the rotated image 700 is 1 degree, a shift of about 1% occurs per pixel, and the shift is cumulatively about 45% in the 51st pixel 461 on the right from the pixel 411. . Therefore, even when the image is rotated, the positional relationship between each pixel can be shifted, so that it can be used as a scroll display process in which blinking of the image is reduced.

  When the image is rotated, it is desirable to set a small value for the rotation angle θ. This is because the smaller the rotation angle θ, the smaller the number of pixels that can simultaneously blink. Further, by reducing the rotation angle θ, it becomes difficult to notice that the image is rotated in accordance with the scroll display process, so that it is possible to perform a more favorable effect display. On the other hand, if the image is rotated 90 degrees, the positional relationship between each pixel does not shift. Therefore, setting the rotation angle θ to 90 degrees and its multiples should be avoided.

  As another modification, scroll display processing that avoids blinking of the screen by combining the above-described enlargement or reduction processing and rotation processing may be used.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball enters the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, etc. (S10). A game control process is executed (S14), and if it is not in a normal game (N in S12), a special game control process (S16) or a small hit game control process is executed (S17), and a winning process in S10 In accordance with the number of prize balls set at, prize ball payout according to various winnings is processed (S18).

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect display control means 134, and the effect display control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change effect pattern. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol based on the result of the determination (S46), and the variation pattern determining means 115 selects the variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). The symbol form determining means 131 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), and selects the decorative effect variation effect pattern according to the special symbol variation pattern (S52).

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a big hit (Y in S90), the special game has already started (Y in S92), and the grand prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S98), the big prize opening The release process 66 is executed (S100). At this time, display of the set jackpot effect is also started. If the big prize opening 66 has been opened (Y of S98), the closing process of the big prize opening 66 is executed (S102). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S104), the process proceeds to S106. If it is not in the closed state (N in S104), the process after S106 is skipped, and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the special game has not started in S92 (N in S92), the special game is started (S94), the display of the start demonstration effect is started (S96), and this process is temporarily ended.

  In S106, it is determined whether or not a demonstration production, which is a production during a special game, is being performed. Note that the “demonstration effect” here includes a start demonstration effect and an end demonstration effect. If the demonstration is not in progress (N in S106), it is determined whether or not a special game end condition is satisfied with reference to an end flag described later (S110), and if the special game end condition is satisfied (S110). Y) After the end flag is turned off (S112), display of the end demonstration effect is started (S114). If the special game end condition is not satisfied (N in S110), this process is temporarily ended. If it is determined in S106 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S106), and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S116), the special game is terminated (S118), and the specific game, that is, the probability change, the time reduction, and the entry The easy state is started (S120). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S116), the processes in S118 and S120 are skipped. If it is not a big hit (N in S90), the flow after S92 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing in detail the release processing of S100 in FIG. When the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S122), the opening / closing control means 124 uniformly turns off the passage flag and sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S124). The special winning opening 66 is opened (S126). In addition, a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions of the current unit game or a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions being different is set and started. When it is not the opening timing (N of S122), the processes of S124 and S126 are skipped.

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. When the closing timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached, the open / close control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66. That is, during a special game, whether the end condition based on the number of balls is satisfied (Y in S130) or the end condition based on the number of balls is not satisfied (N in S130), the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied ( (Y of S132), the special winning opening 66 is closed (S134). If the termination condition based on the opening time is not satisfied (N in S132), the flow after S134 is skipped.

  The end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening 66, and the end condition based on the opening time is a set time according to the opening / closing pattern from the opening start of the big prize opening 66. It is progress. In the case of 15R big hit, 30 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening, and in the case of 2R big hit, 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening. However, since the opening for 0.5 seconds is extremely short, it is difficult to enter more than 10 balls as well as to enter the ball itself. Even if a game ball is launched at the same time as the opening of the grand prize opening, it is difficult to enter the game, so it is predicted that the 2R big hit will be opened before the grand prize opening 66 is opened. It is necessary to launch a game ball. On the other hand, the end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening, and the end condition based on the opening time is 30 seconds from the start of opening the big prize opening 66. At this time, if the maximum number of continuations has been reached (Y in S136), the end flag is turned on (S138). If the maximum number of continuations has not been reached (N in S136), the process in S138 is skipped. In this embodiment, the upper limit number of continuations is 15 times. If neither the end condition based on the number of entered balls nor the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied (N in S130, N in S132), the processes after S134 are skipped.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a small hit (Y in S150), the small hit game has already started (Y in S152), and the big winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S158). A process for opening the winning opening 66 is executed (S160), and if it is already opened (Y in S158), a closing process for the big winning opening 66 is executed (S162). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S164), the process proceeds to S166. If it is not in the closed state (N of S164), the process after S166 is skipped and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the small hit game has not started in S152 (N in S152), the small hit game is started (S154), and the display of the start demonstration effect similar to the 2R big hit is started (S156). Exit once.

  In S166, it is determined whether or not a demonstration effect which is an effect during the small hit game is being performed. If the demonstration effect is not in progress (N in S166), it is determined whether or not the small hit game end condition is satisfied. Here, if an end flag, which will be described later, is on, the small hit game end condition is satisfied. If the small hit game end condition is satisfied (Y in S170), the end flag is turned off (S172), and the display of the end demonstration effect is started (S174). If the small hit game ending condition is not satisfied (N in S170), this process is temporarily ended. When it is determined in S166 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S166) and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S176), the small hit game is terminated (S178). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S176), the process of S178 is skipped. If it is not a small hit (N in S150), the flow after S152 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing in detail the release processing of S160 in FIG. When it is the opening timing of the big winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern (Y in S180), the opening / closing control means 124 sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S182) and starts opening the big winning opening 66. (S184). When it is not the opening timing (N of S180), the processing of S182 and S184 is skipped.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG. When the end timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S190), the end flag is turned on (S192), and the special winning opening 66 is closed (S194). This closing timing is the timing when 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening 66. If it is not the closing timing (N of S190), the processes of S192 and S194 are skipped.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a process related to scroll display. When the sub CPU 310 serving as the effect determining unit 132 determines to use the scroll display pattern data as the display pattern data used for the effect, processing is performed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this case, the sub CPU 310 reads the scroll display pattern data from the sub ROM 314 and sends it to the control CPU 320 of the effect display control unit 316 (S200). The control CPU 320 reads out the image data, which is the background image specified in the scroll display pattern data, from the data ROM 324 (S202). The control CPU 320 starts scroll display based on the scroll display pattern data (S204), and the drawing circuit 336 reads the image data read from the data ROM 324 in accordance with the parameter indicating the magnification or reduction ratio of the display image called from the control CPU 320. The image data of the enlarged image obtained by enlarging the image is generated (S205). Next, the drawing circuit 336 generates image data obtained by scrolling the enlarged image in a predetermined direction in accordance with a parameter indicating the scroll display direction and speed of the display image called from the control CPU 320 (S206). From the displayed enlarged image, a display image is generated by cutting out a predetermined area to be displayed on the effect display device 60 (S207). Then, the generated frame of the display image is stored in the frame buffer 338 (S208), and the display circuit 340 outputs the frame stored in the frame buffer 338 to the effect display device 60 (S210). The processes from S206 to S210 are repeated until the scroll display pattern is completed (N in S212), and after the process is repeated to the end of the scroll display pattern (Y in S212), the scroll display of this flow is terminated (S214). .

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A component can be deform | transformed and embodied in the range which does not deviate from a summary. In addition, various inventions may be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the above embodiment, or some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the above embodiment. . Furthermore, it is possible to appropriately combine the constituent elements over a plurality of embodiments.

  In the above embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example. It may be. A spinning-type gaming machine has a plurality of reels displaying a plurality of types of symbols, a winning / failing lottery means for performing a lottery of the winning combination, and a winning operation for stopping a plurality of reels by a player by winning a predetermined winning combination In accordance with the special game control means for shifting to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when a symbol indicating a predetermined role is stopped and displayed, and the effect is provided on the front of the revolving game machine Effect display device for displaying the content, effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed on the effect display device, and effect display for displaying the effect content determined by the effect determining means on the effect display device Control means.

  10 Pachinko gaming machines, 50 gaming boards, 52 gaming areas, 60 effect display devices, 112 winning / losing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 115 variation pattern determining means, 116 holding control means, 120 special game controlling means, 132 effect determining means, 134 effect display control means, 316 effect display control unit, 320 control CPU, 322 control RAM, 324 data ROM, 326 display control circuit, 336 drawing circuit, 340 display circuit, 400 display area, 411 pixel, 500 background image, 511 pixel 600 enlarged image, 700 rotated image.

Claims (1)

A success / failure lottery means for executing a success / failure lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by a predetermined game operation;
Special game control means for executing the special game when the predetermined condition is satisfied as a result of the success / failure lottery indicating that the transition to the special game is possible;
An effect display device in which effect contents are displayed in accordance with the winning / failing lottery,
Production determination means for determining production content to be displayed on the production display device;
Effect display control means for causing the effect display device to display the contents of the effect determined by the effect determining means,
The effect display control means includes:
Data storage means for holding a plurality of types of image data used for effects to be displayed on the effect display device and a plurality of types of display pattern data in which a display process of each image data is defined;
Drawing processing means for generating a display image to be displayed on the effect display device by performing display processing based on the display pattern data on the image data;
Display processing means for outputting the display image to the effect display device,
The data storage means is a pattern in which a display process involving scroll display for scrolling a predetermined image in a predetermined direction is defined as the display pattern data, and at least a part of the image data used for the scroll display Scroll display pattern data determined to scroll the image data by enlarging or reducing the image data at a predetermined magnification that occupies a partial region of the pixels across adjacent pixels. Hold and
When the effect determining means determines the effect display according to the scroll display pattern data, the drawing processing means is configured to enlarge or reduce the image data at the magnification based on the scroll display pattern data. A game machine that generates the display image by scrolling in the direction of and performing an interpolation process .

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