JP6119799B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine or the like.

  In a pachinko gaming machine that is one of the gaming machines, when a game ball enters a start opening (entrance entrance), whether or not a big hit is determined. The result of the success / failure determination based on the ball entering the starting port is indicated by a special symbol (identification symbol) that is stopped and displayed via a variable display. When winning the jackpot, a special symbol is stopped and displayed in a stop mode indicating that, and then a jackpot game (special game) advantageous to the player is executed. As a result, the player can obtain a number of benefits such as prize balls. An example of such a pachinko gaming machine is a gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 below.

JP2013-212406A

  However, in the gaming machine described in the above-mentioned document, when the jackpot is won, the jackpot game is executed immediately after the special symbol is stopped and displayed. For this reason, it is not possible to make the player feel interesting between the time when the special symbol (identification symbol) at the time of winning is stopped and the start of the jackpot game (special game), and there is room for improvement in this regard. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. In other words, the challenge is to create a new gameability between the time when the identification symbol at the time of winning is stopped and the time when the execution of the special game is started.

  The present invention made to solve the above problems will be described below. In the following description, corresponding configuration names and expressions in [Description of Embodiment] described later, reference numerals used in the drawings, and the like are added in parentheses for reference. However, the constituent elements of the present invention are not limited to this supplementary note.

<A> The gaming machine according to the present invention is
One or a plurality of entrance holes (first start opening) including at least a variable entrance (second start opening 21) that can change the ease of entering a game ball according to the operation of the movable member (opening / closing member 23). 20 and the second starting port 21),
A specific operation region (78) through which a game ball entering the variable entrance can pass;
A determination unit for determining whether or not to win based on the entrance to the entrance (game control microcomputer 81 capable of executing steps S1402 and S1408);
An identification symbol display means (game control microcomputer 81 for executing step S1304) for stopping and displaying an identification symbol (special symbol) indicating the result of the determination of success / failure via a variable display;
After the identification symbol is stopped and displayed in a specific stop mode (bonus symbol) indicating winning, right generation means for generating a right to start execution of a special game (bonus game) advantageous to the player is executed (step S1905 is executed) Game control microcomputer 81),
Special game executing means for executing the special game (game control microcomputer 81 for executing step S1308) based on the passing of the game ball to the specific operation area during the generation of the right;
When a predetermined lottery condition is satisfied, the movable member is changed from a closed state that makes it difficult or impossible to enter the variable entrance to an open state that makes it easy to enter the variable entrance. Auxiliary game lottery means (game control microcomputer 81 for executing step S702) for performing an auxiliary game execution lottery;
Auxiliary symbol display means (game control microcomputer 81 for executing step S604) for stopping and displaying the auxiliary symbol (ordinary symbol) indicating the result of the execution lottery through the variable display;
An auxiliary game executing means (game control microcomputer 81 executing step S607) for executing the auxiliary game after the auxiliary symbol is stopped and displayed in a predetermined stop mode (normal winning symbol) indicating winning; This is a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine 1) that is characterized by being.

  According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the identification symbol is stopped and displayed in a specific stop mode indicating winning, a right to start execution of a special game is first generated. Then, during the generation of this right, the special game is started by passing the game ball through the specific operation area in the variable entrance. The variable entrance is easy to enter by executing the auxiliary game. Therefore, even if winning is shown by the identification symbol, it is possible to provide a new gameability in which the special game is not started unless the auxiliary game is executed and the game ball is passed through the specific operation area in the variable entrance. .

<B> The gaming machine having the above configuration may be configured as follows.
A privilege amount suggestion effect that suggests the amount of a privilege that can be given to a player by a winning that triggered the generation of the right in accordance with the change display of the auxiliary symbol during the generation of the right (stock effect, see FIG. 49) Is provided with a privilege amount suggestion effect executing means (the effect control microcomputer 91 for executing step S4419).

  According to the gaming machine of this configuration, when the change display of the auxiliary symbol is executed while the right to start execution of the special game is generated, the bonus amount suggestion effect is executed along with this, The amount of privilege that can be given to the player by winning the prize is suggested. Therefore, it is possible to improve the gaming interests from the generation of rights to the start of execution of special games.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to create a new gameability after the stop display of the identification symbol at the time of winning until the start of execution of the special game.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the game board with which the gaming machine is provided. It is a front view of the 2nd starting prize-winning device (electricity Chu) with which the gaming machine is provided. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion A shown in FIG. 2, and is a diagram showing display devices provided in the gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure by the side of the main control board of the same gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure by the side of the sub control board of the same gaming machine. It is a table for explaining a hit type. It is a table | surface which shows the various random numbers which the microcomputer for game control acquires. (A) is a big hit determination table, (B) is a hit type determination table, (C) is a reach determination table, (D) is a normal symbol per determination table, and (E) is a normal symbol variation. It is a pattern selection table. It is a special figure fluctuation pattern determination table. It is an open pattern determination table of electric Chu. It is a flowchart of a main control main process. It is a flowchart of a main side timer interruption process. It is a flowchart of an input process. It is a flowchart of a start port sensor detection process. It is a flowchart of a gate passage process. It is a flowchart of a normal operation process. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol standby process. It is a flowchart of the normal symbol hit determination process. It is a flowchart of the process during normal symbol fluctuation. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol confirmation process. It is a flowchart of a normal electric accessory process. It is a flowchart of a normal electric accessory process. It is a flowchart of special operation processing. It is a flowchart of a special symbol standby process. It is a flowchart of jackpot determination processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of a special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process. It is a flowchart of the special symbol variation processing. It is a flowchart of a special symbol confirmation process. It is a flowchart of a special symbol confirmation process. It is a flowchart of a game state management process. It is a flowchart of a game state reset process. It is a flowchart of the special electric accessory processing 1 (big hit game). It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. It is a flowchart of a game state flag setting process. It is a flowchart of the special electric accessory processing 2 (small hit game). It is a flowchart of a storage member control process. It is a flowchart of the number of reserved balls. It is a flowchart of a sub control main process. It is a flowchart of a reception interruption process. It is a flowchart of 1 ms timer interruption processing. It is a flowchart of a 10 ms timer interrupt process. It is a flowchart of a received command analysis process. It is a flowchart of an opening effect selection process. It is a flowchart of an ordinary drawing effect selection process. It is a figure of the display screen which shows a special effect. It is a figure of the display screen which shows stock production. It is a figure which shows the game flow in the game machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between execution of the jackpot game at the time of the first hit, execution of an auxiliary game, etc. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between execution of a small hit game, etc. at the time of a small hit, and execution of an auxiliary game, etc. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between execution of an auxiliary game, etc. and execution of jackpot game in a time-short state.

1. Structure of gaming machine A pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the first embodiment includes a gaming machine frame 50 and a gaming board 2 attached in the gaming machine frame 50. The front frame 51 of the gaming machine frame 50 has a handle (launching operation unit) 60 for launching a game ball with a launch intensity corresponding to the rotation angle, a hitting ball supply tray (upper plate) 61 for storing game balls, In addition, an extra ball receiving tray (lower plate) 62 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the hit ball supply tray 61 is provided. Further, the front frame 51 is provided with an effect button 63 that can be operated by the player at the time of an effect that is executed as the game progresses. The front frame 51 is provided with a decorative frame lamp 66 and a speaker 67 for outputting sound.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 2 is formed with a game area 3 in which game balls launched by the operation of the handle 60 flow down are surrounded by rail members 4. The game board 2 is provided with a decorative board lamp 5 (see FIG. 6). In the game area 3, a plurality of game nails (not shown) for guiding a game ball are projected.

  Further, an image display device (also referred to as effect display means) 7 that is a liquid crystal display device is provided near the center of the game area 3. On the display screen (display unit) 7a of the image display device 7, the effect symbols (decorative symbols) 8L, 8C, and 8R are displayed in synchronization with the later-described variable display (variable display) of the first special symbol and the second special symbol. There is an effect symbol display area for performing (variable display). Note that the effect of displaying the effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R is referred to as an effect symbol variation effect. The effect design variation effect may be referred to as “decoration design variation effect” or simply “change effect”.

  The effect symbol display area includes, for example, three symbol display areas of “left”, “middle”, and “right”. A left effect symbol 8L is displayed in the left symbol display area, a middle effect symbol 8C is displayed in the middle symbol display area, and a right effect symbol 8R is displayed in the right symbol display area. Each of the effect symbols is made up of a plurality of symbols representing numbers “1” to “9”, for example. The image display device 7 includes a first special symbol displayed on a first special symbol display 41a and a second special symbol display 41b (see FIG. 4), which will be described later, and a combination of the left, middle, and right effect symbols. The result of variable display of the second special symbol (that is, the result of the jackpot lottery) is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

  For example, if you win the jackpot in the second special symbol lottery, the effect symbol is stopped and displayed with a doublet such as “777”, and if you win the jackpot or jackpot in the first special symbol lottery, The production symbol is stopped and displayed at a chance such as “135”. Further, if it is out of place, the effect symbol is stopped and displayed with a variation such as “637”. This makes it easier for the player to grasp the progress of the game. That is, the player generally grasps the result of the jackpot lottery with the image display device 7 rather than with the first special symbol display 41a or the second special symbol display 41b. The position of the symbol display area does not have to be fixed. In addition, as a variation display mode of the effect design, for example, there is a mode of scrolling in the vertical direction.

  The image display device 7 displays, on the display screen 7a, a jackpot effect performed in parallel with the jackpot game, a demo effect for waiting for a customer, and the like in addition to the effect symbol variation effect using the effect symbol as described above. In the effect design variation effect, effect images other than effect symbols such as background images and character images are displayed in addition to effect symbols such as numbers.

  The display screen 7a of the image display device 7 has an effect hold display area for displaying the effect hold image 9 in accordance with the number of first special figure hold and second special figure hold described later. By displaying the production hold image 9, the number of first special figure hold displayed on the first special figure hold indicator 43a (see FIG. 4) described later and the second special figure hold indicator 43b are displayed. The number of stored second special figure holds can be easily shown to the player.

  A center decorative body 10 is disposed near the center of the game area 3 and in front of the image display device 7. A stage portion 11 capable of guiding a game ball rolling on the upper surface to a first starting port 20 described later is formed at the lower portion of the center decorative body 10. In addition, a warp portion 12 is provided on the left side of the center decorative body 10 to allow a game ball to flow from the entrance and to flow out from the exit to the stage portion 11. Further, a decorative member 13 representing characters, figures and the like is disposed on the center decorative body 10.

  Below the image display device 7 in the game area 3, a first start prize is provided that includes a first start opening 20 (also referred to as a first start prize opening or a fixed entrance) where the ease of entering a game ball does not always change. An apparatus (also referred to as a first entrance means or a fixed entrance means) 19 is provided. The winning of the game ball to the first start port 20 is an opportunity for the lottery of the first special symbol (a jackpot lottery, that is, determination of acquisition of a jackpot random number or the like).

  Further, on the right side of the first start opening 20 in the game area 3, an ordinary variable winning device (ordinary electric accessory so-called so-called a second start winning opening) 21 corresponding to a second starting opening (corresponding to a variable winning opening) is also provided. Electric Chu) 22 is provided. The electric chew 22 is also referred to as variable pitching means, second pitching means, or second start winning device. The winning of the game ball to the second start port 21 is an opportunity for the second special symbol lottery (big hit lottery). The electric chew 22 includes an opening / closing member (corresponding to a movable member) 23, and opens and closes the second starting port 21 by the operation of the opening / closing member 23. The opening / closing member 23 is driven by an electric chew solenoid 24 (see FIG. 5). When the opening / closing member 23 is in an open state (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2), a game ball can enter the second starting port 21 and is in a closed state (indicated by a solid line in FIG. 2). Sometimes, it is impossible to enter a game ball into the second starting port 21. That is, the 2nd starting opening 21 is a starting opening from which the ease of entering a game ball can change.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, a specific operation region 78 is provided in the electric chew 22. The specific operation area 78 is an area that triggers execution of the jackpot game as will be described later. A storage member 68 capable of blocking a game ball won in the second start port 21 is provided upstream of the specific operation region 78. The number of game balls that can be dammed by the storage member 68 at one time is one.

  The storage member 68 is driven by a storage member solenoid 69 (see FIG. 5) to dam (store) the game ball (the first state shown in FIG. 3A), and does not dam the game ball ( It can be in a released state (not stored) (second state shown in FIG. 3B). The position of the storage member 68 when in the storage state is referred to as the storage position, and the position of the storage member 68 when in the release state is referred to as the release position. As shown in FIG. 3A, when the storage member 68 is in the storage state, one of the game balls that have passed through the second starting port 21 is blocked by the storage member 68. The other game balls reach the specific operation region 78 through the first route 76 (the route on the right side in the figure). The game ball that has passed through the specific operation area 78 is discharged from the ball discharge portion 79 to the outside of the electric chew 22 on the back side of the game board 2.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the storage member 68 is controlled to be in the released state, the game ball stored in the storage member 68 performs a specific operation through the second route 77 (the route on the left side in the drawing). After reaching the region 78 and passing through the specific operation region 78, it is discharged from the ball discharging portion 79 to the outside of the electric chew 22 on the back side of the game board 2. Of course, if there is a game ball that has won the second starting port 21 and has reached the position where the storage member 68 is located when the storage member 68 is in the released state, the game ball also passes through the same route of the electric chew 22. It is discharged outside.

  A second start port sensor 21 a for detecting that a game ball has won the second start port 21 is disposed at an upstream position of the storage member 68 in the electric chew 22. In the specific operation area 78, a specific operation area sensor 21b for detecting that the game ball has passed the specific operation area 78 is arranged. Further, a discharge for detecting that the game ball is discharged to the outside of the electric chew 22 is provided at a position downstream of the specific operation region 78 (more specifically, the ball discharge portion 79 for discharging the game ball from the electric chew 22 to the outside). A detection sensor 21c is arranged.

  Returning to FIG. 2, a large winning device (also referred to as a special variable winning device or special winning means) 31 having a large winning port (also referred to as a special winning port) 30 is provided at the lower right portion of the center decorative body 10. . The big winning device 31 includes an opening / closing member (also referred to as a special winning opening opening / closing member) 32 that takes an open state and a closed state, and opens / closes the big winning opening 30 by the operation of the opening / closing member 32. The opening / closing member 32 is driven by a special prize opening solenoid 33 (see FIG. 5). The special winning opening 30 allows a game ball to enter only when the opening / closing member 32 is open (that is, when the open / close member 32 is open).

  Further, a gate (also referred to as a passage opening) 28 through which a game ball can pass is provided on the right side of the center decorative body 10 in the game area 3. The passage of the game ball to the gate 28 triggers the execution of a normal symbol lottery (that is, acquisition and determination of a normal symbol random number (per random number)) for determining whether or not to open the electric chew 22. Further, an ordinary winning opening 27 is provided in the lower left portion of the game area 3. Further, at the bottom of the game area 3, there is provided an out port 6 through which game balls that have been driven into the game area 3 but have not won any prize holes are discharged out of the game area 3.

  In this way, the game area 3 in which various winning holes are arranged, the left game area (first game area) 3A on the left side from the center in the left-right direction and the right game area (second game area) 3B on the right side. There is. The method of hitting a game ball so that the game ball flows down in the left game area 3A is called left-handed. On the other hand, a method of hitting a game ball so that the game ball flows down in the right game area 3B is referred to as a right hit. In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, the flow path through which the game ball flows down when playing left-handed is referred to as a first flow path R1, and the flow path through which the game ball flows down when playing right-handed. This is referred to as a second flow path R2.

  A first start port 20 and an out port 6 are provided on the first flow path R1. The player can aim to win the first starting port 20 by driving a game ball so as to flow down the first flow path R1.

  On the other hand, on the second flow path R2, a gate 28, an electric chew 22, a prize winning device 31, and an out port 6 are provided. The player can aim to pass through the gate 28, win the second starting port 21, and win the big winning port 30 by driving the game ball so as to flow down the second flow path R2. In this embodiment, a nail row 5 is provided between the electric chew 22 and the first start port 20 in the game area 3 so that a winning to the first start port 20 does not occur when the player strikes right. Yes. The nail train 5 also has a function of preventing the winning of the electric chew 22 when left-handed.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a display device 40 is arranged at the lower right portion of the game board 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the display device 40 variably displays a first special symbol display 41a for variably displaying a first special symbol (an example of an identification symbol) and a second special symbol (an example of an identification symbol). A second special symbol display 41b and a normal symbol display 42 that variably displays a normal symbol (corresponding to an auxiliary symbol) are included. In addition, the display units 40 hold the operation of the first special symbol display unit 43a and the second special symbol display unit 41b for displaying the number of stored operations of the first special symbol display unit 41a. A second special figure hold indicator 43b that displays the number of stored (second special figure hold) and a general figure hold display 44 that displays the number of stored operation hold (common figure hold) of the normal symbol display 42 is included. It is. Furthermore, the display devices 40 include a round number display 45 for displaying the number of rounds in the jackpot game.

  The round number indicator 45 includes a 4R lamp 45a that is turned on during the execution of the jackpot game with 4R rounds, an 8R lamp 45b that is turned on during the execution of the 8R jackpot game, and a 12R jackpot game that is being executed. The 12R lamp 45c that is turned on and the 16R lamp 45d that is turned on during execution of the 16R jackpot game are configured. Of these lamps 45a to 45d, a lamp corresponding to the number of rounds of the jackpot game being executed is turned on, thereby informing the player of the number of rounds.

  The variable display of the first special symbol is performed in response to the winning of a game ball at the first start port 20. The variable display of the second special symbol is performed in response to a winning of a game ball at the second start port 21. In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol may be collectively referred to as a special symbol. The first special symbol display 41a and the second special symbol display 41b may be collectively referred to as a special symbol display 41. Further, the first special figure hold indicator 43a and the second special figure hold indicator 43b may be collectively referred to as a special figure hold indicator 43.

  In the special symbol display 41, the special symbol is variably displayed (variable display) and then stopped to display a lottery (special symbol lottery, jackpot lottery) based on winning at the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21. Inform the results. The special symbol to be stopped (special symbol stopped symbol, special symbol derived and displayed as a variable display result) is one special symbol selected from a plurality of types of special symbols by special symbol lottery. If the stop symbol is a predetermined jackpot symbol (also called a special symbol for the jackpot stop mode or a special symbol for a specific stop mode), depending on the type of the jackpot symbol that is stopped (that is, the type of the jackpot that has been won) The big hit game (corresponding to a special game) that opens the special winning opening 30 in the open pattern is triggered by the passing of the game ball in the specific operation area 78.

  Further, when the stop symbol is a predetermined small hitting symbol (also referred to as a special symbol for the small hitting stop mode), the small hitting game in which the big winning opening 30 is opened in a predetermined small hitting opening pattern. Is done. In addition, the opening pattern of the big winning opening 30 in the jackpot game or the jackpot game will be described later.

  Specifically, the special symbol display 41 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs arranged side by side, and displays a special symbol corresponding to the result of the jackpot lottery depending on the lighting mode. For example, if you win a jackpot (one of several types of jackpots to be described later), 1, 2, from the left such as “○ ●●● ○○ ●●” (○: lit, ●: unlit) The jackpot symbol in which the fifth and sixth LEDs are lit is displayed. In addition, when winning a small winning symbol, a small winning symbol in which the first and second LEDs from the left are lit is displayed, such as “◯◯ ●●●●●●”. In the case of a loss, a lost symbol in which only the rightmost LED is lit, such as “●●●●●●● ○”, is displayed. You may employ | adopt the aspect which light-extinguishes all LED as a loss pattern. Further, before the special symbol is stopped and displayed, the special symbol is variably displayed over a predetermined variation time. The variation display mode is, for example, that each LED is lit so that light repeatedly flows from left to right. It is an aspect. The mode of the variable display may be anything such as all the LEDs blinking at once as long as each LED is not stopped (lighted display in a predetermined mode).

  In this pachinko gaming machine 1, when there is a winning game ball (win ball) at the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21, various random number values (numerical information such as jackpot random numbers) acquired for the winning game are received. ) Is temporarily stored in the special figure storage unit 85 (see FIG. 5). Specifically, if the winning is to the first start opening 20, the first special figure hold is stored in the first special figure hold storage unit 85a (the storage unit for fixed ball entry, see FIG. 5), and the second start opening If the winning number is 21, the second special figure reservation is stored in the second special figure storage unit 85b (variable entrance storage means, see FIG. 5). There is an upper limit to the number of special figure reservations that can be stored in each special figure storage unit 85, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is four.

  The special figure hold stored in the special figure hold storage unit 85 is digested when a special symbol based on the special figure hold can be variably displayed. Digesting a special figure hold means that a jackpot random number corresponding to the special figure hold is determined, and a special symbol variable display for indicating the determination result is executed. Therefore, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, when the variable display of the special symbol based on the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20 or the second starting port 21 cannot be performed immediately after the winning, that is, the execution of the variable symbol variable display Even if there is a win during the middle, big win game or small win game, the right of the big win lottery for the win can be reserved up to a predetermined number.

  The number of special figure hold is displayed on the special figure hold display 43. Specifically, each of the special figure hold indicators 43 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of special figure holds by turning on the LEDs by the number of special figure holds.

  The variable display of the normal symbol is performed with the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 as an opportunity. The normal symbol display 42 notifies the result of the normal symbol lottery based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 by variably displaying the normal symbol (variation display) and then displaying the stop symbol. A normal symbol that is stopped and displayed (a normal symbol that is derived and displayed as a variable display result) is one normal symbol selected from a plurality of types of normal symbols by a normal symbol lottery. When the stopped normal symbol is a predetermined normal winning symbol (also referred to as a normal symbol in the hit stop mode or a normal symbol in a predetermined stop mode), the second pattern is displayed in accordance with the current gaming state. An auxiliary game for opening the start port 21 is performed. The opening pattern of the second start port 21 will be described later.

  Specifically, the normal symbol display 42 is composed of, for example, two LEDs (see FIG. 4), and displays a normal symbol corresponding to the result of the normal symbol lottery depending on the lighting state. For example, when the lottery result is a win, a normal winning symbol in which both LEDs are lit is displayed, such as “◯◯” (◯: lit, ●: unlit). Further, when the lottery result is a loss, a normal lose symbol in which only the right LED is lit is displayed as “● ○”. You may employ | adopt the aspect which light-extinguishes all LED as a normal lose pattern. Before the normal symbol is stopped and displayed, the normal symbol is displayed for a predetermined variation time. The variation display mode is, for example, a mode in which both LEDs are alternately lit. The mode of the variable display may be anything such as all the LEDs blinking at once as long as each LED is not stopped (lighted display in a predetermined mode).

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1, when a game ball passes to the gate 28, the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) acquired for the passage of the game ball is stored in the universal figure storage unit 86 (see FIG. 5). Temporarily stored as figure hold. There is an upper limit to the number of pending map holds that can be stored in the saved map storage unit 86, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is four.

  The general map reservation stored in the general map storage unit 86 is digested when the variable display of the normal symbol based on the general map storage becomes possible. The digestion of the general symbol hold means that a normal symbol random number (per random number) corresponding to the general symbol hold is determined and variable symbol display for displaying the determination result is executed. Therefore, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, when the variable display of the normal symbol based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 cannot be performed immediately after the passage, that is, during the execution of the variable symbol display of the normal symbol or the execution of the auxiliary game Even if there is a case, the right of the normal symbol lottery for the passage can be reserved up to a predetermined number.

  The number of the general map hold is displayed on the general map hold display 44. Specifically, the general-purpose hold indicator 44 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of general-purpose holds by turning on the LEDs by the number of general-purpose holds.

2. Next, an electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the pachinko gaming machine 1 relates to a main control board (game control board) 80 that performs control related to game profits such as jackpot lottery and game state transition, and effects to be executed as the game progresses. A sub-control board (production control board) 90 that performs control, a payout control board 110 that performs control related to payout of game balls, and the like are provided. The main control board 80 constitutes a main control part, and the sub control board 90 constitutes a sub control part together with an image control board 100, a lamp control board 107 and a sound control board 106 which will be described later. The sub-control unit includes at least a sub-control board 90 and can control a game effect using effect means (the image display device 7, the panel lamp 5, the frame lamp 66, the speaker 67, the decorative movable body 15 to be described later, etc.). If it is.

  A game control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “game control microcomputer”) 81 that controls the progress of the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program is mounted on the main control board 80. The game control microcomputer 81 includes a ROM 83 that stores a program for controlling the progress of the game, a RAM 84 that is used as a work memory, and a CPU 82 that executes the program stored in the ROM 83. The game control microcomputer 81 transmits / receives data to / from other boards via an input / output circuit (I / O port unit) 87. The input / output circuit 87 may be built in the game control microcomputer 81. The ROM 83 may be externally attached. The RAM 84 is provided with the above-described special figure storage unit 85 and the universal diagram storage unit 86.

  Various sensors and solenoids are connected to the main control board 80 via a relay board 88. Therefore, a signal is input from each sensor to the main control board 80, and a signal is output from the main control board 80 to each solenoid. Specifically, the sensors include a first start port sensor 20a, a second start port sensor 21a, a specific operation region sensor 21b, a discharge detection sensor 21c, a gate sensor 28a, a big winning port sensor 30a, and a normal winning port sensor 27a. Is connected.

  The first start port sensor 20 a is provided in the first start port 20 and detects a game ball won in the first start port 20. The second start port sensor 21a is provided at an upstream position of the storage member 68 in the second start port 21 (see FIG. 3), and detects a game ball won in the second start port 21. The specific operation area sensor 21b is provided in a specific operation area 78 (see FIG. 3) in the second start opening 21, and detects a game ball that has passed through the specific operation area 78 after winning the second start opening 21. It is. The discharge detection sensor 21c is provided at a position downstream of the specific operation region 78 (the ball discharge portion 79) in the second start port 21 (see FIG. 3), and detects a game ball discharged outside the electric chew 22. It is.

  The gate sensor 28 a is provided in the gate 28 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 28. The big prize opening sensor 30 a is provided in the big prize opening 30 and detects a game ball won in the big prize opening 30. The normal winning opening sensor 27 a is provided in the normal winning opening 27 and detects a game ball won in the normal winning opening 27.

  As the solenoids, an electric chew solenoid 24, a storage member solenoid 69, and a special prize opening solenoid 33 are connected. The electric chew solenoid 24 drives the opening / closing member 23 of the electric chew 22. The storage member solenoid 69 drives a storage member 68 disposed inside the electric chew 22. The big winning opening solenoid 33 drives the opening / closing member 32 of the big winning device 31.

  Further, a special symbol display 41, a normal symbol display 42, a special symbol hold indicator 43, a general figure hold indicator 44, and a round number indicator 45 are connected to the main control board 80. That is, display control of these display devices 40 is performed by the game control microcomputer 81.

  The main control board 80 transmits various commands to the payout control board 110 and receives signals from the payout control board 110 for payout monitoring. On the payout control board 110, a ball lending device 120, a ball lending device 130 and a card unit 135 (installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine 1 and lending a ball based on information such as a prepaid card inserted) And the launching device 112 is connected via the launch control circuit 111. The launcher 112 includes a handle 60 (see FIG. 1).

  The payout control board 110 drives the prize ball motor 121 of the prize ball payout device 120 based on a signal from the game control microcomputer 81 and a signal from the card unit 135 connected to the pachinko gaming machine 1 to win a prize ball. Or the ball rental motor 131 of the ball rental device 130 is driven to pay out the ball. The prize balls to be paid out are detected by the prize ball sensor 122 for counting. In addition, the paid-out ball rental is detected by the ball rental sensor 132 for counting. When the player operates the handle 60 (see FIG. 1) of the launch device 112, the touch switch 114 detects contact with the handle 60, and the launch volume 115 detects the amount of rotation of the handle 60. Then, the launch motor 113 is driven so that the game ball is launched with a strength corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the launch volume 115. In this pachinko gaming machine 1, a single game ball is launched in about 0.6 seconds.

  The main control board 80 transmits various commands to the sub control board 90. The connection between the main control board 80 and the sub control board 90 is a unidirectional communication connection that can only transmit signals from the main control board 80 to the sub control board 90. That is, between the main control board 80 and the sub-control board 90, a unidirectional circuit (not shown) as a communication direction regulating means (for example, a circuit using a diode) is interposed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an effect control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “effect control microcomputer”) 91 for controlling the effect of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program is mounted on the sub-control board 90. The effect control microcomputer 91 includes a ROM 93 that stores programs for controlling effects as the game progresses, a RAM 94 that is used as a work memory, and a CPU 92 that executes the programs stored in the ROM 93. . The effect control microcomputer 91 transmits / receives data to / from other boards via an input / output circuit (I / O port unit) 97. The input / output circuit 97 may be built in the effect control microcomputer 91. The ROM 93 may be externally attached.

  The sub control board 90 is connected to the image control board 100, the sound control board 106, and the lamp control board 107. The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub control board 90 causes the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 to perform display control of the image display device 7 based on the command received from the main control board 80. The RAM 104 of the image control board 100 is a memory for developing image data. In the ROM 103 of the image control board 100, still image data and moving image data displayed on the image display device 7, specifically, characters, items, figures, characters, numbers, symbols, etc. (including effect designs), background images, etc. Image data is stored. The CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads out image data from the ROM 103 based on a command from the effect control microcomputer 91. Then, display control is executed based on the read image data.

  Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 outputs voice, music, sound effect, and the like from the speaker 67 via the voice control board 106 based on the command received from the main control board 80. Acoustic data such as voice output from the speaker 67 is stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90. Note that a CPU may be mounted on the voice control board 106, and in that case, the CPU may execute voice control. Further, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the voice control board 106, and acoustic data may be stored in the ROM. Further, the speaker 67 may be connected to the image control board 100, and the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 may execute sound control. Further, in this case, acoustic data may be stored in the ROM 103 of the image control board 100.

  The effect control microcomputer 91 performs lighting control of lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the panel lamp 5 via the lamp control board 107 based on the command received from the main control board 80. In detail, the production control microcomputer 91 creates light emission pattern data (also referred to as data for determining lighting / extinction and light emission color, or lamp data) that determines the light emission mode of the lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the panel lamp 5 to emit light. Light emission of lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the panel lamp 5 is controlled according to the pattern data. Note that data stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90 is used to create the light emission pattern data.

  Further, the effect control microcomputer 91 operates the decorative movable body 15 connected to the lamp control board 107 via the relay board 108 based on the command received from the main control board 80. The decorative movable body 15 is a movable so-called gimmick provided in the center decorative body 10 although not shown in FIG. Specifically, the production control microcomputer 91 creates operation pattern data (also referred to as drive data) that determines the operation mode of the decorative movable body 15 and controls the operation of the decorative movable body 15 according to the operation pattern data. The data stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90 is used to create the operation pattern data. Note that a CPU may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and in that case, the CPU may execute lamp lighting control and operation control of the decorative movable body 15. Further, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the lamp control board 107, and data relating to the light emission pattern and the operation pattern may be stored in the ROM.

  Further, an effect button detection SW (switch) 63a for detecting that the effect button 63 (see FIG. 1) has been pressed is connected to the sub-control board 90. Therefore, when the effect button 63 is pressed, a signal is output from the effect button detection SW 63a to the sub-control board 90.

3. Description of jackpot etc. In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as a result of the jackpot lottery (special symbol lottery), there are “big hit” (first hit), “small hit” (second hit), and “out of place”. In the case of “hit”, the “hit symbol” is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 41. In the case of “small hit”, the “small hit symbol” is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 41. In the case of “missing”, the “design symbol” is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 41. However, as will be described later, there is a possibility that winning will be won only in the first special symbol lottery (the special drawing 1 lottery), and not in the second special symbol lottery (the special drawing 2 lottery).

  When a big win is won in the special symbol lottery, a “big hit game” (corresponding to a special game) is executed with the passage of the game ball to the specific operation area 78 as a starting condition. In the jackpot game, the big prize opening 30 is opened in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of special symbol that is stopped and displayed (that is, the type of jackpot).

  In addition, when a small win is won in a special symbol lottery, a “small hit game” is executed. In the small hit game, the big prize opening 30 is opened in a predetermined small hit opening pattern. The small hit game is started regardless of the passing of the game ball to the specific operation area 78.

  In this embodiment, the jackpot game is a multi-round game (unit open game), an opening before the first round game is started (also referred to as OP), and an ending after the last round game is completed (Also expressed as ED). Each round game starts with the end of OP or the end of the previous round game, and ends with the start of the next round game or the start of ED. The closing time (interval time) of the big prize opening between round games is included in the open round game before the closing. In this embodiment, the opening time (OP time) of the jackpot game is set to 4 seconds (see FIG. 7).

  In addition, the small hit game is a small hit open game that opens the big prize opening 30, an opening before the small hit open game is started (also referred to as a pre-open interval), and an ending after the small hit open game is finished. (Also referred to as an interval after closing). In this embodiment, the opening time (OP time) of the small hit game is set to 8 seconds (see FIG. 7). During the opening of the small hit game, a special effect of failure described later (see FIGS. 48A and 48C) is executed.

  As a result of the special symbol lottery, when the jackpot is won, a jackpot game for opening the jackpot 30 is executed. More specifically, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, as the types of jackpots that can be won in the lottery of the first special symbol (special chart 1), “probable jackpot” (distribution rate 55%), “short time” “A big hit” (allocation rate 15%), “short-time B big hit (allocation rate 15%)”, and “normal big hit” (allocation rate 15%).

  The types of jackpots that can be won in the lottery of the second special symbol (Special Chart 2) include "probability jackpot" (allocation rate 55%) and "short-time A jackpot" (allocation rate 45%). .

  In this embodiment, depending on the type of jackpot, the opening pattern of the jackpot 30 in the jackpot game is different. More specifically, the number of rounds in the jackpot game differs depending on the type of jackpot. The number of rounds is 16R (round) for "probable big hit", 12R for "short-time A big hit", 8R for "short-time B big hit", and 4R for "normal big hit". It is. In this embodiment, regardless of which jackpot is won, the number of times of opening of the big winning opening 30 per 1R is one, and the maximum opening time is 29.5 seconds.

  In this embodiment, the game state after the end of the jackpot game differs depending on the type of jackpot. Specifically, the gaming state after the jackpot game in the case of winning the “probable jackpot” is a high probability state and a short time state which will be described later. In this case, the number of time reductions (the upper limit number of executions of the special symbol variation display in the time reduction state) is set to 10000 times as will be described later. That is, the control to the high probability state and the short time state is continued until the next big hit is won.

  In addition, the gaming state after the jackpot game when the “short time A big hit” is won is a non-high probability state and a short time state, which will be described later. In this case, the number of time reductions is set to 100 times. In addition, the gaming state after the jackpot game when winning the “short time B big hit” is a non-high probability state and a short time state which will be described later. In this case, the number of time reductions is set to 50 times. In addition, the game state after the jackpot game when the “normal jackpot” is won is a non-high probability state and a non-time-short state which will be described later. In this case, the number of time reductions is not set. As described above, in this embodiment, the amount of privilege granted to a player differs depending on the type of jackpot. The amount of privilege includes the number of prize balls that can be acquired by executing the jackpot game (that is, the number of round games that can acquire a prize ball) and the game state after the end of the jackpot game. In this embodiment, the amount of privilege is the largest in “probability jackpot”, followed by “short-time A jackpot”, followed by “short-time B jackpot”, and “normal jackpot” is the smallest.

  In addition, as a result of the special symbol lottery, when a small win is won, a small hit game is executed. In the small hit game, the big prize opening 30 is opened once for 0.3 seconds. Note that the gaming state does not change before and after the small hit game is executed. In the present embodiment, the meaning of being able to win a jackpot is to execute a special effect (see FIG. 48) that defeats the player if he / she may win a jackpot during the opening period of the jackpot game. This will be described in detail later.

  When “probability change jackpot” is won by lottery of special figure 1, “special figure 1_probable change symbol” is stopped and displayed on first special symbol display 41a. In addition, when the “short time A big hit” is won, “special figure 1_short time symbol A” is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a. In addition, when the “short time B big hit” is won, the “special figure 1_short time symbol B” is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a. In addition, when “normal jackpot” is won, “special figure 1_normal symbol” is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a. In addition, when “small hit” is won, “special drawing 1_small hit symbol” is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 41a.

  Further, when “probability big hit” is won by lottery of special figure 2, “special figure 2_probable change symbol” is stopped and displayed on second special symbol display 41b. In addition, when the “short time A big hit” is won, “special figure 2_short time symbol A” is stopped and displayed on the second special symbol display 41b.

  In the special drawing 1 lottery, the probability of allocating to each jackpot is 55% for "probability jackpot", 15% for "short-time A jackpot", 15% for "short-time B jackpot", and 15% for "ordinary jackpot" ing. On the other hand, the probability of allocating to each jackpot in the lottery of Special Figure 2 is 55% for “probability jackpot” and 45% for “short-time A jackpot”. Therefore, in this embodiment, the lottery shown in FIG. 2 is more advantageous to the player than the lottery shown in FIG. 1 (a lottery that makes it easy to win a big hit with a large amount of benefits).

  Here, in the present pachinko machine 1, the lottery for determining whether or not the jackpot is won is performed based on the “big hit random number”, and the lottery for the type of winning jackpot is performed based on the “hit type random number”. As shown in FIG. 8A, the jackpot random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 629. The hit type random number takes a value in the range of 0-19. Note that random numbers acquired based on winning at the first start port 20 include “reach random numbers” and “variation pattern random numbers” in addition to jackpot random numbers and hit type random numbers.

  The reach random number is a random number that determines whether or not a reach is generated in the effect design variation effect indicating the result when the result of the jackpot determination is out of place. Reach is a state in which there is only one effect symbol that is variably displayed among a plurality of effect symbols, and depending on which symbol the effect symbol that is variably displayed is stopped and displayed, It is a state (for example, a state of “7 ↓ 7”) that is a combination of the production symbols shown. It should be noted that the effect symbols that are stopped and displayed in the reach state may be displayed so as to be slightly shaken in the display screen 7a, or may be displayed so as to repeat the enlargement and reduction. This reach random number takes a value in the range of 0-126.

  The variation pattern random number is a random number for determining a variation pattern including a variation time. The fluctuation pattern random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 99. In addition, the random number acquired based on the passage to the gate 28 includes a normal symbol random number (per random number) shown in FIG. The normal symbol random number is a random number for a lottery (ordinary symbol lottery) for determining whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 22. Normal design random numbers take values in the range of 0-240.

4). Description of the gaming state Next, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. The special symbol display 41 and the normal symbol display 42 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 each have a probability variation function and a variation time shortening function. A state in which the probability variation function of the special symbol display 41 is activated is referred to as a “high probability state”, and a state in which it is not activated is referred to as a “normal probability state (non-high probability state)”. In the high probability state, the jackpot probability is higher than in the normal probability state. That is, the jackpot determination is performed using a jackpot determination table in which the value of the jackpot random number determined to be a jackpot is larger than the jackpot determination table used in the normal probability state (see FIG. 9A). That is, when the probability variation function of the special symbol display 41 is activated, the probability that the display result of the special symbol variable display by the special symbol display 41 (that is, the stop symbol) becomes a jackpot symbol compared to when the special symbol display 41 is not activated. Becomes higher.

  In addition, a state in which the function for reducing the variation time of the special symbol display 41 is in operation is referred to as “time-short state”, and a state in which the special symbol display 41 is not in operation is referred to as “non-time-short state”. In the short-time state, the variation time of the special symbol (the time from the start of variation display to the time when the display result is derived and displayed) is shorter than in the non-short-time state. In other words, the variation pattern is determined using a variation pattern determination table that is determined so that the variation pattern having a short variation time is selected more frequently than in the non-temporal state (see FIG. 10). That is, when the function for shortening the variation time of the special symbol display device 41 is activated, it is easy to select a short variation time as the variation time of the variable symbol special display, compared to when the special symbol display 41 is not activated. As a result, in the short-time state, the special-patch holding pace is accelerated, and an effective winning (a winning that can be stored as a special-pending hold) at the starting port is likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to aim for a big hit with smooth progress of the game.

  The probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the special symbol display 41 may be activated at the same time, or only one of them may be activated. The probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42 operate in synchronization with the variation time shortening function of the special symbol display 41. That is, the probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42 operate in the time-short state and do not operate in the non-time-short state. Therefore, in the short time state, the winning probability in the normal symbol lottery is higher than in the non-short time state. In other words, a hit determination (ordinary symbol determination) is performed using a normal symbol per-decision table having more normal symbol random numbers (per hit random) determined to be hit than a normal symbol per-decision table used in a non-time-saving state ( (See FIG. 9D). That is, when the probability variation function of the normal symbol display 42 is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable symbol normal display by the normal symbol display 42 becomes the normal winning symbol is higher than when the normal symbol display 42 is not activated. .

  In the short time state, the normal symbol fluctuation time is shorter than in the non-short time state. In this embodiment, the variation time of the normal symbol is 10 seconds in the non-short-time state, but is 1 second in the short-time state (see FIG. 9E). Further, in the time-saving state, the opening time of the electric chew 22 in the auxiliary game is longer than that in the non-time-saving state (see FIG. 11). That is, the open time extension function of the electric chew 22 is activated.

  In the situation where the probability variation function and variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42 and the open time extension function of the electronic chew 22 are activated, the electric chew 22 is compared with the case where these functions are not activated. Are frequently released, and game balls frequently win the second start port 21. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of prize balls to the number of shot balls, becomes high. Therefore, a state in which these functions are activated is referred to as a “high base state”, and a state in which these functions are not activated is referred to as a “low base state”. In the high base state, it is possible to aim for a big hit without greatly reducing the hand-held game balls. The high base state is a state in which so-called electric support control (control to support winning at the second starting port 21 by the electric chew 22) is executed. Therefore, the high base state is also referred to as an electric support control state. On the other hand, the low base state is also referred to as a non-electric support control state. The high base state corresponds to the easy entry state, and the low base state corresponds to the non-entry state.

  In the high base state (electric support control state), the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened in the auxiliary game may be increased more than in the non-time-short state. That is, the function for increasing the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened may be activated. Further, the high base state (electric support control state) may not require all the above functions to operate. That is, the operation of one or more of the probability variation function of the normal symbol display 42, the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 22, and the opening frequency increasing function of the electric chew 22 Therefore, it is only necessary that the electric chew 22 be opened more easily than when the function is not activated. Further, the high base state (electric support control state) may be independently controlled without accompanying the time-short state.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the gaming state after the jackpot game by winning the “probability jackpot” is a high probability state, a short time state, and a high base state (electric support control state) (see FIG. 7). This gaming state is particularly referred to as a “highly accurate base state”. The high-accuracy base state is terminated when a special symbol variation display is executed a predetermined number of times (10000 times in this embodiment), or when a jackpot is won and a right to start the jackpot game is generated. Note that this end condition substantially means that the highly accurate base state continues until the next jackpot winning.

  In addition, the gaming state after the jackpot game by winning the “short-time A jackpot” or “short-time B jackpot” is a normal probability state (non-high probability state, that is, a low probability state), a short time state and a high base state (FIG. 7). This gaming state is particularly referred to as a “low-accuracy base state”. In the low-accuracy base state, a special symbol variation display is executed a predetermined number of times (in this embodiment, 100 times when the short-term A big win is won, 50 times when the short-time B big win is won), or the big win is won It ends when a right to start executing the jackpot game is generated.

  Further, the gaming state after the jackpot game by winning the “ordinary jackpot” is a normal probability state, a non-time-short state, and a low base state (non-electric support control state) (see FIG. 7). This gaming state is particularly referred to as a “low probability low base state”. The low probability low base state may be referred to as a “normal game state”. When the pachinko gaming machine 1 is played for the first time, the gaming state after power-on is this “low probability and low base state”. Further, a state in which the jackpot game is being executed is referred to as a “hit game state” (special game state), and a state in which the jackpot game is being executed is referred to as a “small hit game state”. The big hit gaming state and the small hit gaming state are collectively referred to as a special gaming state.

  In the high base state, it is possible to advance the game more advantageously by making the game ball enter the right game area 3B by hitting right. This is because the electric support 22 makes it easier to open the electric chew 22 than in the low base state, and it is easier to win the second starting port 21 than to win the first starting port 20. . Therefore, the player makes a right turn to win the game ball at the second starting port 21 while passing the game ball to the gate 28 which is a trigger for the normal symbol lottery. As a result, it is possible to obtain a large number of start prizes (winning to the start opening) rather than left-handed.

  On the other hand, in the low base state, the game can proceed more advantageously if the game ball is advanced to the left game area 3A by left-handed. Since the electric support control is not executed, the electric chew 22 is less likely to be opened than in the high base state, and it is easier to win the first start port 20 than to win the second start port 21. Because it is. Therefore, a left turn is made to win a game ball in the first starting port 20. As a result, it is possible to obtain a larger number of start prizes than right-handed.

5). Operation of Game Control Microcomputer 81 [Main Control Main Process] Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 will be described with reference to FIGS. The counter, timer, flag, status, buffer, and the like that appear in the description of the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 are provided in the RAM 84. When the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on, the game control microcomputer 81 provided on the main control board 80 reads and executes the main control main process program shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in the main control main process, initial setting is first performed (step S001). In the initial setting, for example, stack setting, constant setting, interrupt time setting, CPU 82 setting, SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for managing interrupt time) setting, resetting various flags, status, counter, etc. Etc. The initial value of the flag is “0”, that is, “OFF”, the initial value of the status is “1”, and the initial value of the counter is “0”. The initial setting (S001) is executed only once after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter.

  Following the initial setting (S001), interrupts are prohibited (S002), and the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S003) is executed. In the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S003), the various random number counter values shown in FIG. When each random number counter value reaches the upper limit value, it returns to “0” and is added again. Note that the initial period value of each random number counter may be a value other than “0” or may be changed randomly. Each random number may be a so-called hardware random number generated using a known random number generation circuit including a counter IC or the like.

  When the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S003) is completed, the interruption is permitted (S004). While the interrupt is permitted, the main timer interrupt process (S005) can be executed. The main timer interrupt process (S005) is executed based on an interrupt pulse that is repeatedly input to the CPU 82, for example, at a cycle of 4 msec. That is, for example, it is executed at a cycle of 4 msec. Various counters by normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S003) after main timer interrupt process (S005) is finished and until main timer interrupt process (S005) is started next time The value update process is repeatedly executed. When an interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 82 in the interrupt disabled state, the main timer interrupt process (S005) is not started immediately, but is started after the interrupt is enabled (S004).

  [Main-side timer interrupt processing] Next, the main-side timer interrupt processing (S005) will be described. As shown in FIG. 13, in the main timer interrupt process (S005), first, an output process (S101) is executed. In the output process (S101), commands set in the output buffer provided in the RAM 84 of the main control board 80 in each process described below are output to the sub control board 90, the payout control board 110, and the like. Next, the game control microcomputer 81 executes an input process (S102) described later.

  Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes normal symbol / special symbol main random number update processing (S103). The normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S103) is the same as the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S003) performed in the main control main process of FIG. That is, the update processing of various random number counter values (including the normal symbol random number counter value) shown in FIG. 8 includes the execution period of the main timer interrupt process (S005) and other periods (main timer interrupt process (S005 ) Until the next main timer interrupt process (S005) is started).

  Following the normal symbol / special symbol main random number update process (S103), the starting port sensor detection process (S104), the normal operation process (S105), the special operation process (S106), the storage member control process (S107), and the holding ball, which will be described later Number processing (S108) is executed. Thereafter, other processing (S109) is executed, and the main timer interrupt processing (S005) is terminated. As other processing (S109), the second special figure reservation indicator 43b is controlled in a display mode indicating the number based on the number of special figure 2 reserved balls described later, or based on the number of special figure 1 reserved balls described later. Then, the first special figure holding display 43a is controlled to display the number. Then, until the next interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 82, the processes of steps S002 to S004 of the main control main process are repeatedly executed (see FIG. 12). When the interrupt pulse is input (after about 4 msec), the main control again. Side timer interrupt processing (S005) is executed. In the output process (S101) of the main timer interrupt process (S005) executed again, the command set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 in the previous main timer interrupt process (S005) is output.

  [Input Process] In the input process (S102), various sensors (first start port sensor 20a, second start port sensor 21a, large winning port sensor 30a, ordinary winning port sensor 27a) attached to the pachinko machine 1 are mainly used. Etc. (see FIG. 5)), and the number corresponding to the type of the winning opening (for example, 15 balls for the big winning opening, 3 balls for the first starting opening 20, and the second starting opening 21). A prize ball command for designating that 2 balls are present, and 10 balls for the regular winning opening 27) is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, in the input process (S102), if there is a detection signal from the second starting port sensor 21a (YES in S121), the game control microcomputer 81 sets a prize ball command ( In S122), it is determined whether or not a normal operation status described later is “4” (S123). The normal operation status of “4” means that the auxiliary game is being executed (see FIG. 17). If the normal operation status is “4” (YES in S123), the value of the second starting port winning counter for counting the total number of winning balls to the second starting port 21 in one auxiliary game is incremented by one. (S124), the process proceeds to step S125. If there is no detection signal from the second start port sensor 21a (NO in S121), or if the normal operation status is not “4” (NO in S123), the process proceeds to step S125 as it is.

  In step S125, it is determined whether there is a detection signal from the discharge detection sensor 21c. If there is a detection signal from the discharge detection sensor 21c (YES in S125), it is subsequently determined whether or not the normal operation status is “4” (S126). If the normal operation status is “4” (YES in S126), since the auxiliary game is being executed, the second start port discharge for counting the total number of discharged balls from the electric Chu 22 in one auxiliary game The counter value is incremented by 1 (S127), and the process proceeds to step S128. If there is no detection signal from the discharge detection sensor 21c (NO in S125) or the normal operation status is not “4” (NO in S126), the process proceeds to step S128.

  In step S128, other processing is performed. In other processing (S128), based on detection signals from various sensors other than the second start port sensor 21a, a winning ball command for paying out a winning ball according to the type of winning hole is set, or the lower plate 62 The lower pan full data is stored in the output buffer of the RAM 84 based on the detection signal from the lower pan full switch for detecting fullness of the lower pan.

  The prize ball command set in the input process (S102) is transmitted to the payout control board (prize ball payout means) 110 in the output process (S101). Upon receiving the prize ball command, the payout control board 110 pays out the number of prize balls indicated by the prize ball command.

  [Starting Port Sensor Detection Process] As shown in FIG. 15, in the starting port sensor detection process (S104), first, whether or not a game ball has passed through the gate 28, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the gate sensor 28a. (S201). If the game ball has passed through the gate 28 (YES in S201), a gate passage process (S202) described later is performed. On the other hand, if the game ball has not passed through the gate 28 (NO in S201), the gate passing process (S202) is passed and the process proceeds to step S203.

  In step S203, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the second start port 21, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the second start port sensor 21a (S203). If a game ball has not won the second starting port 21 (NO in S203), the process proceeds to step S208, but if a game ball has won the second starting port 21 (YES in S203), the special figure 2 Judgment whether or not the number of reserved balls (the number of the second special figure hold, specifically the value of the counter for counting the number of the second special figure hold provided in the RAM 84) has reached "4" (the upper limit storage number) (S204). Then, if the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 2 has reached “4” (YES in S204), the process proceeds to step S208. If the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 2 is less than “4” (S204). NO), 1 is added to the special figure 2 reserved ball number (S205).

  Subsequently, special figure 2 related random number acquisition processing (S206) is performed. In the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (S206), the jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A value), the hit type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS value), the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-) RC value) and fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1 value) are acquired (that is, the random value group shown in FIG. 8A is acquired), and these acquired random number values are stored in the second special figure hold memory. Stored in the storage area corresponding to the current number of reserved figure 2 reserved balls in the portion 85b.

  Subsequently, in the start port sensor detection process (S104), it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the first start port 20, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the first start port sensor 20a (S208). . If no game ball is won at the first starting port 20 (NO at S208), the process is completed. If a game ball is won at the first starting port 20 (YES at S208), the special figure 1 is on hold. It is determined whether or not the number of balls (the number of the first special figure hold, specifically the value of the counter for counting the number of the first special figure hold provided in the RAM 84) has reached “4” (the upper limit storage number). (S209). Then, when the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 1 has reached “4” (YES in S209), the process is completed, but when the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 1 is less than “4” (NO in S209). ), "1" is added to the special figure 1 reserved ball number (S210).

  Subsequently, special figure 1 related random number acquisition processing (S211) is performed. In the special figure 1 related random number acquisition process (S211), similarly to the special figure 2 related random number acquisition process (S206), the jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A value) and the hit type random number counter value (label -TRND-) AS value), reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC value) and fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1 value) are acquired (that is, the random value group shown in FIG. 8A is acquired). The acquired random number values are stored in a storage area corresponding to the current number of reserved special figure 1 balls in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a.

  [Gate-passing process] As shown in FIG. 16, in the gate-passing process (S202), the number of normal symbol reservation balls (the number of normal figure reservations, specifically, the value of a counter for counting the number of general figure reservations provided in the RAM 84) ) Is equal to or greater than “4” (S301). If the number of normal symbol holding balls is equal to or greater than “4” (YES in S301), the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the number of normal symbol reserved balls is not “4” or more (NO in S301), “1” is added to the number of normal symbol reserved balls (S302), and normal symbol random number acquisition processing (S303) is performed. In the normal symbol random number acquisition process (S303), the normal symbol random number counter value (label-TRND-H value, FIG. 8B) is acquired, and the acquired random number value is stored in the general symbol hold storage unit 86 of the RAM 84 as a current value. Is stored in a storage area corresponding to the number of ordinary symbol reserved balls.

  [Normal Operation Processing] The game control microcomputer 81 performs normal operation processing (S105) shown in FIG. 17 following the start port sensor detection processing (S104). In the normal operation process (S105), the process related to the normal symbol display 42 and the electric Chu 22 is divided into four stages, and “normal operation status 1, 2, 3, 4” is assigned to each of these stages. If the “normal operation status” is “1” (YES in S601), the normal symbol standby process (S602) is performed, and if the “normal operation status” is “2” (NO in S601). , YES in S603), normal symbol variation processing (S604) is performed, and when the “normal operation status” is “3” (both NO in S601 and S603, YES in S605), normal symbol confirmation processing (S606 When the “normal operation status” is “4” (NO in all of S601, S603, and S605), the normal electric accessory processing (S607) is performed. The normal operation status is “1” in the initial setting.

  [Normal Symbol Waiting Process] As shown in FIG. 18, in the normal symbol waiting process (S602), first, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of the normal symbol is “0” (S701). This process is finished. On the other hand, if it is not “0”, the normal symbol hit determination process described later is performed (S702).

  Subsequent to the normal symbol hit determination process (S702), the game control microcomputer 81 performs a normal symbol variation pattern selection process (S703). In the normal symbol variation pattern selection process, with reference to the ordinary symbol variation pattern selection table shown in FIG. 9 (E), if the gaming state is a short-time state, the normal symbol variation pattern having a variation time of 1 second is selected. To do. On the other hand, if the gaming state is a non-time-short state, a normal symbol variation pattern with a normal symbol variation time of 10 seconds is selected. The symbols that are stopped and displayed (derived display) as a result of the normal symbol variable display (variable display) by the normal symbol display 42 are the normal winning symbols (“XX” when the result of the normal symbol lottery is “win”. ”, ○: lit, ●: off), and“ lost ”is a normal losing pattern (“ ● ○ ”).

  Subsequent to the normal symbol variation pattern selection processing (S703), the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the number of normal symbol reservation balls (S704). Then, the storage location (storage area) of each normal map storage in the general map storage unit 86 is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the memory corresponding to the fourth storage in the general map storage unit 86 is stored. The area (the storage area farthest from the read side) is cleared (S705). In this way, the usual figure hold is digested in the order of hold.

  Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 performs normal symbol variation start processing (S706). In the normal symbol variation start process, the normal symbol variation display is started with the normal symbol variation pattern selected in step S703, and the normal operation status is set to “2”. In the normal symbol variation start process, a normal symbol variation start command is set in order to notify the sub control board 90 of the start of variation of the normal symbol.

  [Normal Symbol Determination Processing] As shown in FIG. 19, in the normal symbol determination processing (S702), first, a normal symbol random number counter value (label-TRND-H value) stored in the general symbol hold storage unit 86. Is read (S801). Next, the address of the normal symbol hit determination table (FIG. 9D) is set (S802). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is ON (that is, whether or not the gaming state is a time reduction state) (S803). If it is in the short-time state, it is determined whether or not it is a hit based on the table for the short-time state (the hit determination values are “1” to “240”) in the normal symbol hit determination table shown in FIG. 9D (S804). ). That is, it is determined whether or not the read normal symbol random number counter value (label-TRND-H) matches any of the hit determination values. On the other hand, if it is a non-short-time state, it will be determined based on the table for non-short-time state (the hit determination values are “161” to “240”) in the normal symbol hit determination table shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not (S805).

  If the result of the hit determination (S804, S805) is “win”, the normal hit flag is turned on (S806), and the normal figure stop symbol data (11H) corresponding to the normal hit symbol is provided in the RAM 84. This is set in the buffer (S807), and this process is completed. On the other hand, if the result of the hit determination (S804, S805) is “losing”, the normal symbol stop symbol data (01H) corresponding to the normal loss symbol is set in the normal symbol buffer (S807), and this processing is performed. Finish. In this embodiment, even in the non-time-short state, the normal symbol lottery is won with a probability of about 1/3, and the electric chew 22 is opened. This is for winning a prize (passing to the specific operation area 78) to the second start port 21 while the right to start executing the jackpot game is generated.

  [Normal Symbol Fluctuation Processing] As shown in FIG. 20, in the normal symbol variation processing (S604), it is first determined whether or not the variation time of the normal symbol has passed (S1001). . On the other hand, if it has elapsed (YES in S1001), the normal symbol variation stop command is set (S1002), and the normal operation status is set to “3” (S1003). Then, after performing other processing such as stopping the normal symbol variation display with the display result (ordinary winning symbol or normal loss symbol) according to the determination result of the normal symbol random number (S1004), this processing is ended.

  [Normal Symbol Determination Processing] As shown in FIG. 21, in the normal symbol determination processing (S606), it is first determined whether or not the normal symbol stop time (500 ms in this embodiment) has elapsed (S1101). Finish the process. On the other hand, if it has elapsed (YES in S1101), it is subsequently determined whether or not the normal hit flag is ON (S1102). If the normal hit flag is not ON (NO in S1102), the normal operation status is set to “1” (S1108), and this process is finished.

  On the other hand, if the normal hit flag is ON (YES in S1102), the opening pattern of the electric chew 22 is set (S1103). Specifically, if the time-short state is in effect (if the time-short flag is ON), the release pattern in time-short state (the open pattern shown as electric chew release TBL2 in FIG. 11) is set. This release pattern is a release pattern in which a 3.0 second release is performed once.

  On the other hand, if it is in the non-time-short state (if the time-short flag is OFF), the open pattern in the non-time-short state (the open pattern shown in the electric-chu-open TBL1 in FIG. 11) is set. This release pattern is a release pattern in which release for 2.0 seconds is performed once. As described above, in the present embodiment, the electric chew 22 is opened in an opening pattern that can sufficiently win the second starting port 21 even in a non-time-saving state. This is because the passage to the specific operation area 78 in the electric chew 22 is a condition for starting the execution of the jackpot game.

  Note that, regardless of which electric chew release TBL release pattern is set, the number of times the opening / closing member 23 is opened in one auxiliary game is one. Therefore, when the opening pattern of the electric chew 22 is set, the value of the electric chew opening counter for counting the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened is set to “1”.

  Subsequent to step S1103, the game control microcomputer 81 starts an auxiliary game (auxiliary game opening) (S1104), and sets an auxiliary game start command (S1105). Then, the storage member operation flag is turned on (S1106), the normal operation status is set to “4” (S1107), and this process is finished. The storage member operation flag is a flag indicating that it is a period during which the storage member 68 is operated. That is, in this embodiment, the operation of the storage member 68 is started with the start of the auxiliary game. The operation pattern of the storage member 68 will be described in detail later.

  [Normal Electric Power Object Processing] As shown in FIGS. 22 and 23, in the normal electric power character processing (S607), it is first determined whether or not the normal hit end flag is ON (S1201). The normal hit end flag is a flag indicating that the opening of the electric chew 22 has ended in the auxiliary game.

  If the normal hit end flag is not ON (NO in S1201), it is determined whether or not the second start port 21 is open (that is, whether or not the electric chew 22 is open) (S1202). If it is not open (NO in S1202), it is determined whether or not the time for opening the second starting port 21 has been reached, that is, the opening time in the auxiliary game (the interval time before opening) has elapsed. It is determined whether it has reached the time to start opening, or the interval time between opening has passed and the time to start the next opening has been reached (S1203). The second start port 21 is opened (S1204). In this embodiment, the interval time before opening is set to zero seconds. Accordingly, the second start port 21 is opened with the start of the auxiliary game. In the present embodiment, the second start port 21 is not opened multiple times in one auxiliary game.

  On the other hand, if the second starting port 21 is open (YES in S1202), the total number of winnings to the second starting port 21 in the auxiliary game being executed reaches the specified maximum number of winnings (9 in this embodiment). It is determined whether or not (S1205). That is, it is determined whether or not the value of the second start port winning counter indicating the total number of winnings to the second start port 21 is “9”. If the predetermined number of winnings has not been reached in step S1205 (NO in S1205), then it is determined whether or not the time for closing the second starting port 21 has been reached (that is, a predetermined opening time after the second starting port 21 is opened). (S1206). If the opening time of the second start port 21 has not elapsed (NO in S1206), the process ends.

  On the other hand, when the specified number of winnings has been reached (YES in S1205) or when the opening time of the second start port 21 has elapsed (YES in S1206), that is, either of the two electric chew release end conditions Is satisfied, the second start port 21 is closed (closed) (S1207).

  Then, following the closing of the second starting port 21 (S1207), the value of the electric chew opening counter is decremented by 1 (S1208), and it is determined whether or not the value of the electric chew opening counter is “0” (S1209). If it is not “0” (NO in S1209), the processing is ended as it is to open the electric chew 22 again. On the other hand, if it is “0” (YES in S1209), the ending of the auxiliary game is started to end the auxiliary game (S1210), the normal hit end flag is set (S1211), and this process is ended. In this embodiment, the electric chew release counter becomes “0” when the electric chew 22 is opened (opening of the opening / closing member 23) once in any of the non-time saving state and the time saving state.

  Further, if the normal hit end flag is ON in step S1201 (YES in S1201), since the opening operation of the electric chew 22 in the auxiliary game has been completed, as shown in FIG. 23, the interval after closing in the auxiliary game is completed. It is determined whether or not the time (end time of auxiliary game) has elapsed (S1212). If it has not elapsed, this processing is finished.

  On the other hand, if it has elapsed (YES in S1212), then the number of game balls that have entered the electric chew 22 during the auxiliary game and the number of game balls that have been discharged out of the electric chew 22 match. It is determined whether or not (S1213). That is, it is determined whether or not the value of the second start port winning counter matches the value of the second start port discharge counter. If they do not match, the process ends. If they match, the process after step S1214 is performed so that the auxiliary game is ended and a new normal symbol lottery can be executed.

  In step S1214, the game control microcomputer 81 turns off the normal hit end flag. Next, the normal hit flag is turned OFF (S1215). Then, the value of the second start port winning counter is cleared (S1216), and the value of the second start port discharge counter is cleared (S1217). Thereafter, the normal operation status is set to “1” (S1218), and this process is finished. As a result, in the next main timer interrupt process (S005), the normal symbol standby process (S602, see FIG. 17) is executed again as the normal operation process (S105). As described above, in the present embodiment, until the number of incoming / outgoing balls to / from the electric chew 22 in the auxiliary game matches, a new normal symbol lottery and a variation display of the normal symbol indicating the result are not started.

  [Special Operation Process] The game control microcomputer 81 performs a special operation process (S106) after the normal operation process (S105) (see FIG. 13). In the special operation process (S106), as shown in FIG. 24, the process related to the special symbol display 41 and the special prize winning device 31 is divided into five stages, and each of these stages includes “special operation status 1, 2, 3, 4”. , 5 ". If the “special operation status” is “1” (YES in S1301), a special symbol standby process (S1302) is performed. If the “special operation status” is “2” (NO in S1301) , S1303: YES), special symbol variation processing (S1304) is performed, and if the “special action status” is “3” (NO in S1301, S1303, YES in S1305), special symbol confirmation processing (S1306) ), And when the “special operation status” is “4” (NO in S1301, S1303, and S1305, YES in S1307), the special electric accessory processing 1 (S1308) for executing the jackpot game is performed. If the “special operation status” is “5” (S1301, S1303, S1305, S1307 are all NO), the special electric accessory process 2 (S1309) for executing the small hit game is performed. The special operation status is “1” by default.

  [Special Symbol Waiting Process] As shown in FIG. 25, in the special symbol waiting process (S1302), first, whether or not the number of reserved balls (that is, the number of reserved figures 2 reserved balls) at the second start port 21 is “0”. Is determined (S1401). Special Figure 2 If the number of reserved balls is “0” (YES in S1401), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to winning at the second start port 21, the first start It is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls in the mouth 20 (that is, the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 1) is “0” (S1407). If the number of reserved balls in the special figure 1 is also “0” (YES in S1407), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to winning in the first starting port 20, it has already been It is determined whether or not the display screen 7a of the image display device 7 is set as a standby screen (a demo screen for waiting for customers) (S1413). If so (YES in S1413), the process ends. If not (S1413) NO), after waiting for elapse of a predetermined standby time, a customer standby command for displaying a standby screen is set (S1414).

  In step S1401, if the number of reserved balls in Special Figure 2 is not “0” (NO in S1401), that is, storing a random number counter value group acquired due to winning at the second starting port 21 (holding information in Special Figure 2) ), The special figure 2 big hit determination process (S1402) and the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403) are performed. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the special figure 2 reserved ball number by one (S1404). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the second special figure storage unit 85b is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the fourth special figure storage unit 85b holds the fourth. The corresponding storage area (the storage area farthest from the read side) is cleared (S1405). In this way, the second special figure hold is digested in the order in which it was put on hold.

  Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes special figure 2 fluctuation start processing (S1406). In the special figure 2 fluctuation start process (S1406), the special operation status is set to “2” and the fluctuation start command is set to start the fluctuation display of the second special symbol. The fluctuation start command (also referred to as the special figure 2 fluctuation start command) set in the special figure 2 fluctuation start process (S1406) includes information on the fluctuation pattern set in the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1403) ( Information including variable time information).

  Also, when the figure 2 reserved ball number is “0” but the figure 1 reserved ball number is not “0” (YES in S1401 and NO in S1407), that is, there is no hold information of the special figure 2, When there is one or more random number counter value group storages (holding information in FIG. 1) acquired due to winning at 1 start port 20, special figure 1 jackpot determination processing (S1408), and special figure 1 A variation pattern selection process (S1409) is performed. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the special figure 1 reserved ball number by one (S1410). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the fourth hold in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a. The storage area corresponding to (the storage area farthest from the read side) is cleared (S1411). In this way, the first special figure hold is digested in the order in which it was put on hold.

  Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes special figure 1 fluctuation start processing (S1412). In the special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1412), the special operation status is set to "2" and the fluctuation start command is set to start the fluctuation display of the first special symbol. The fluctuation start command (also referred to as the special figure 1 fluctuation start command) set in the special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1412) includes information on the fluctuation pattern set in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409) (see FIG. Information including variable time information).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the special symbol change display based on the first special figure hold is performed only when the second special figure hold is “0” (YES in S1401). That is, the digestion of the second special figure hold is executed in preference to the digestion of the first special figure hold. In this embodiment, the lottery shown in FIG. 2 is more advantageous to the player than the lottery shown in FIG. 1 (a lottery that makes it easy to win a big hit with a large amount of privilege) (see FIG. 7).

  In this embodiment, even when a big win is won in the normal gaming state, it is necessary to pass through the specific operation region 78 in the second start port 21 in order to start the execution of the big hit game. Therefore, at least one second special figure hold will occur before the start of the jackpot game. Therefore, even if the first special figure hold remains at the end of the jackpot game, the lottery of special figure 2 advantageous to the player will be executed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the lottery in FIG. 1 that is not advantageous to the player from being executed after the big hit game.

  [Special Figure 2 Big Hit Determination Process (Special Figure 1 Big Hit Determination Process)] The special figure 2 big hit determination process (S1402) and the special figure 1 big hit determination process (S1408) are based on FIG. It explains collectively. As shown in FIG. 26, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) or the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408), first, a jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A value) is read as a determination value (S1501). ). More specifically, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402), it is stored in the first storage area of the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b of the RAM 84 (that is, the storage area corresponding to the first of the second special figure reservation). Read the jackpot random number counter value. In the special figure 1 big hit determination process (S1408), the big hit stored in the first storage area of the first special figure holding storage unit 85a of the RAM 84 (that is, the first storage area corresponding to the first special figure holding). Read the random number counter value.

  Next, the address of the jackpot determination table (FIG. 9A) is set (S1502). Next, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON, that is, whether or not it is in a high probability state (S1503). If it is not a high probability state (NO in S1503), that is, if it is a normal probability state (non-high probability state), a table for non-high probability state (jackpot determination) in the jackpot determination table (FIG. 9A). Whether the value is a big hit is determined based on “628” and “629”) (S1504). On the other hand, if it is a high probability state (YES in S1503), is it a big hit based on the table for the high probability state (the jackpot determination values are “620” to “629”) in the jackpot determination table (FIG. 9A)? It is determined whether or not (S1505).

  If the result of the big hit determination (S1504, S1505) is “big hit”, the hit type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS value) is read out and the hit type is determined based on the hit type determination table shown in FIG. The type is determined (S1506). After determining the hit type (S1506), the jackpot flag is turned ON (S1507), and special figure stop symbol data (see FIG. 7) corresponding to the win type is set in the special figure buffer provided in the RAM 84 (S1512). ), The process proceeds to step S1513.

  On the other hand, if the result of the big hit determination (S1504, S1505) is “losing”, it is subsequently determined whether or not it is a small hit (S1508, S1510). This small hit determination (S1508, S1510) is performed only in the special figure 1 big hit determination process (S1408), and is not performed in the special figure 2 big hit determination process (S1402). This is because in the present embodiment, the small win winning probability in the lottery shown in FIG. 2 is set to zero (see the special figure 2 column in FIG. 9A). In special figure 1 jackpot determination processing (S1408), in the jackpot determination (S1508, S1510), it is determined whether or not the jackpot random number counter value coincides with any one of “0” to “60” which are the jackpot determination values. (See the special figure 1 column in FIG. 9A).

  If the result of the small hit determination (S1508, S1510) is “small hit”, the small hit flag is turned on (S1509, S1511), and special figure stop symbol data (see FIG. 7) corresponding to the small hit symbol is stored in the RAM 84. (S1512), and the process proceeds to step S1513. In this embodiment, there is one kind of small hit symbol (see FIG. 7 and FIG. 9B). You may provide the random number which determines whether it is a small hit or not separately from the big hit random number.

  In addition, if it is not big hit (NO in S1504 or S1505) and not big hit (NO in S1508 or S1510), it is “lost”, so special figure stop symbol data (01H) corresponding to the lost symbol is displayed in the special symbol buffer. (S1512), the process proceeds to step S1513. In step S1513, a symbol designation command including information on the special symbol stop symbol data set in step S1512 is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84.

  The determination of success / failure based on the random number value acquired by entering the first starting port 20 is referred to as first determination of success / failure, and the determination of success / failure based on the random number value acquired by entering the second starting port 21 is performed. This is referred to as a second determination. In the present embodiment, the first winning / failing determination includes a jackpot winning / failing determination and a small winning / failing determination. On the other hand, the second success / failure determination includes a jackpot success / failure determination, but does not include a small winning / failure determination.

  [Special Figure 2 Variation Pattern Selection Process] As shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, in the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1403), first, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is a short time state (whether or not the short time flag is ON). Determination is made (S1601). If it is not the time saving state (NO in S1601), that is, if it is not the time saving state, it is subsequently determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1602). If ON (YES in S1602), the fluctuation pattern random number counter is referenced with reference to the non-time-short state medium jackpot table (the portion corresponding to the special figure 2 and non-time-short state and jackpot in the fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 10). A variation pattern is selected based on the value (label-TRND-T1 value) (S1603).

  In step S1602, if the big hit flag is not ON (NO in S1602), it is determined whether or not the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC value) is a reach establishment random number value (S1604). As shown in FIG. 9C, the reach establishment random number value is “0” to “5” in the time reduction state, and “0” to “13” in the non-time reduction state. That is, the time-short state is less likely to reach when lost than the non-time-short state. This is in order to increase the speed of digestion of special figure hold by making more reachless loses with short fluctuation times in the short time state selected.

  When the reach random number counter value is a reach establishment random number value (YES in S1604), that is, when there is a reach loss, a reach table with reach during the non-short-time state (see FIG. 2 of the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 10). The variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the non-time-short state and the loss corresponding to reach) (S1605).

  On the other hand, if the reach random number counter value is not the reach random number value (NO in S1604), that is, if there is no reach loss, the reach-less loss table during the non-short-time state (the special pattern in the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 10). 2 and a portion corresponding to non-reach loss and non-reach loss), a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1606). At the time of the loss without reach, a function of shortening and changing according to the number of reserved balls is activated. That is, when the number of reserved balls of the special symbol is “3” or “4”, a variation pattern with a short variation time is selected compared to when the number of reserved balls of the special symbol is “0” to “2”. It has come to be.

  If it is determined in step S1601 that the gaming state is the short time state (YES in S1601), it is determined whether or not the gaming state flag is “2” as shown in FIG. 28 (S1607). The game state flag is a flag indicating the current game state. As shown in the table in FIG. 37, if the gaming state flag is set to “1”, the current gaming state is “non-short-time state”. If the game state flag is set to “2”, the current game state is “short-time state”, and the first special symbol variation display has not yet ended. Further, if the game state flag is set to “3”, the current game state is “time-short state”, and the first special symbol variation display has already ended. Therefore, if it is determined in step S1607 in FIG. 28 whether or not the game state flag is “2”, the change display (also referred to as special figure change) of the special symbol for which the change pattern is currently selected is a big hit. This means that it is determined whether or not the first special figure change after the game ends.

  If the decision result in the step S1607 is YES, since the fluctuation of the second special symbol for the first time in the time reduction state, the fluctuation pattern is selected based on the fluctuation pattern random number counter value with reference to the special table during the time reduction state ( S1608). The special table for the short time state is a table dedicated to the first variation among the special figure 2 and the short time state table shown in FIG. In the selection of the fluctuation pattern based on this table, the special fluctuation pattern P41 is selected. The special variation pattern P41 is a variation pattern having a variation time of 13000 ms.

  On the other hand, if the determination result in step S1607 is NO, this is a variation of the second special symbol other than the first time in the time-short state, and therefore, based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the normal table during the time-short state. A variation pattern is selected (S1609). The normal table during the time-short state is a table other than the first variation among the tables for the special figure 2 and the time-short state shown in FIG. In selecting the variation pattern based on this table, the normal variation pattern P31 is selected. The normal variation pattern P31 is a variation pattern with a variation time of 2400 ms.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, as the fluctuation pattern of the special figure 2 in the short-time state, the special fluctuation pattern P41 (the fluctuation time is 13 seconds) is selected for the first fluctuation when the first fluctuation is selected. If not, the normal fluctuation pattern P31 (the fluctuation time is 2.4 seconds) that is relatively short is selected. In other words, the variation time of the variation display of the special figure 2 of the first variation in the short-time state is determined based on a predetermined first variation time determination table (special table during the short-time state), and the first variation in the short-time state is determined. The fluctuation time of the fluctuation display in the special figure 2 excluding the second fluctuation time is determined based on a second fluctuation time determination table (ordinary table in the short time state) determined to be a fluctuation time shorter than the first fluctuation time determination table.

  This is in consideration of the fact that the jackpot may be won based on the second special figure hold that exists during the jackpot game. In other words, if the second special figure hold that exists during the jackpot game includes a hold that is a big hit, the control period to the short-time state after the jackpot game may be significantly shortened. This is because, as will be described later, when the jackpot is won and the right to start executing the jackpot game is generated, the gaming state is controlled to a non-time-short state (see FIGS. 31 and 34). If it does so, it may take time until the electric chew 22 is opened, and there is a possibility that the execution of the jackpot game cannot be started smoothly. In order to solve this problem, in this embodiment, the fluctuation time of the first variable display of the second special symbol in the short time state is lengthened, and a period for controlling to the short time state is secured.

  It should be noted that most of the variation patterns shown in FIG. 2 in the time reduction state are selected based on the normal table during the time reduction state. That is, the variation time is determined to be 2.4 seconds. This is a variation time shorter than the variation time determined in the non-time-short state. As described above, in the present embodiment, the variation pattern determination table in the time reduction state is a table in which the variation time of the special symbol is shorter than the variation pattern determination table in the non-time reduction state.

  After the variation pattern is selected as described above, the selected variation pattern is set as shown in FIG. 27 (S1610), and this process ends. The fluctuation pattern information set in step S1610 is included in the special figure 2 fluctuation start command set in step S1406 in the special symbol standby process (S1302).

  [Special Figure 1 Variation Pattern Selection Process] As shown in FIG. 29, in the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1409), first, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is the short time state (whether or not the short time flag is ON) ( S1701). If it is not the time saving state (NO in S1701), that is, if it is a non-time saving state, it is subsequently determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1702). If it is ON (YES in S1702), the fluctuation pattern random number counter is referenced with reference to the non-temporal state medium jackpot table (part of the fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 10 that corresponds to the special figure 1 and non-shortening state and jackpot). A variation pattern is selected based on the value (label-TRND-T1 value) (S1703).

  Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P1 (allocation rate 20%) or P2 (allocation rate 80%) is selected. The fluctuation pattern P1 is a fluctuation pattern with a fluctuation time of 50000 ms, and the fluctuation pattern P2 is a fluctuation pattern with a fluctuation time of 20000 ms. The variation time of the variation pattern P2 is the same as the variation time of the variation pattern P3 selected at the time of winning a small hit, which will be described later. In this way, the majority of the big win wins are set to the same variable time as the small win win because it is not possible to distinguish whether the player won the big win or the big win depending on the length of the variable time It is for doing so. Also, the reason why the variation time longer than that for the small win is set in a part of the big win is to provide a variation pattern for determining the big win instead of the small win.

  If the big hit flag is not ON in step S1702 (NO in S1702), it is subsequently determined whether the small hit flag is ON (S1704). If it is ON (YES in S1704), the fluctuation pattern random number is referenced with reference to the non-time-short state medium / small hit table (the portion corresponding to special figure 1 and non-time-short state and small hit in the fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 10). A variation pattern is selected based on the counter value (label-TRND-T1 value) (S1705). Specifically, the fluctuation pattern P3 is selected. The fluctuation pattern P3 is a fluctuation pattern having a fluctuation time of 20000 ms as described above.

  In step S1704, if the small hit flag is not ON (NO in S1704), it is subsequently determined whether or not the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC value) is a reach establishment random number value (S1706). When the reach random number counter value is a reach establishment random number value (YES in S1706), that is, when there is a reach loss, the reach table with reach during the non-time-short state (see FIG. 1 of the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 10). In addition, the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the non-time-short state and the loss corresponding to reach) (S1707).

  On the other hand, when the reach random number counter value is not the reach establishment random number value (NO in S1706), that is, when there is no reach loss, the reach-less loss table during the non-short-time state (the special pattern in the variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 10). The variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1708) with reference to 1 and the non-time-short state and the portion corresponding to the loss without reach).

  If it is determined in step S1701 that the gaming state is the short-time state (YES in S1701), a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value with reference to the short-time state table (S1709). The short-time state table is a table for the special figure 1 and short-time state shown in FIG. In the selection of the fluctuation pattern based on this table, the fluctuation pattern P11 is selected. The fluctuation pattern P11 is a fluctuation pattern with a fluctuation time of 2400 ms. In other words, in the present embodiment, in the short time state, except for the first fluctuation display of special figure 2, the fluctuation pattern of a relatively short fluctuation time, whether the fluctuation display of special figure 2 or the fluctuation display of special figure 1 is used. Is to be selected. However, since this pachinko gaming machine 1 is preferentially executed with the fluctuation of the special figure 2 (see FIG. 25), the fluctuation of the special figure 1 is hardly executed in the short time state. Note that the first variation display of the special figure 1 in the time-short state may be configured such that a relatively long fluctuation time is selected like the fluctuation display of the special figure 2.

  After the variation pattern is selected as described above, the selected variation pattern is set (S1710), and this process ends. The fluctuation pattern information set in step S1710 is included in the special figure 1 fluctuation start command set in S1412 in the special symbol standby process (S1302).

  [Special Symbol Variation Processing] As shown in FIG. 30, in the special symbol variation processing (S1304), first, the special symbol variation time (variation time determined according to the variation pattern selected in step S1403 or S1409, FIG. 10). It is determined whether or not (see) has elapsed (S1801). If it has not elapsed (NO in S1801), this process is immediately terminated. Thereby, the variable display of the special symbol is continued.

  On the other hand, if the variation time has elapsed (YES in S1801), the variation stop command is set (S1802), and the special operation status is set to “3” (S1803). Then, after performing other processing such as stopping the special symbol variation display with the symbol (big hit symbol, small bonus symbol or lose symbol) according to the set special symbol stop symbol data (S1804), Finish the process.

  [Special Symbol Confirmation Processing] As shown in FIGS. 31 and 32, in the special symbol confirmation processing (S1306), it is first determined whether or not the right generation flag is ON (S1901). The right in-progress flag is a flag indicating that a right to start execution of the big hit game is generated (referred to as a right generation state), and is a flag that is turned ON in step S1905 described later. If the right generation flag is not ON (NO in S1901), it is then determined whether or not a special symbol stop time (600 ms in this embodiment) has elapsed (S1902). If it has not elapsed (NO in S1902), this process is immediately terminated. On the other hand, if the stop time has elapsed (YES in S1902), a game state management process described later is performed (S1903).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1904). If the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S1904), the right generation flag is turned ON to shift to the right generation state (S1905), and a right generation command is set (S1906). The right generation command is a command for notifying the sub-control board 90 that the right generation state has been entered. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 performs a game state reset process (S1907), which will be described later, and ends this process.

  On the other hand, if the big hit flag is not ON in step S1904 (NO in S1904), it is subsequently determined whether or not the small hit flag is ON (S1920). If the small hit flag is ON (YES in S1920), the special operation status is set to “5” (S1921). When the small hit flag is ON, the gaming state reset process is not performed. That is, even if the probability variation flag or the time reduction flag is ON, it is not turned OFF. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a small hit opening command to start the small hit game (S1922), and starts the small hit game opening (S1923).

  Subsequent to step S1923, the game control microcomputer 81 sets an opening pattern (see FIG. 7 for details) of the big winning opening 30 in the small hit game (S1924). At this time, the value of the small-hit opening counter for counting the number of times the large winning opening 30 is opened during the small-hit game is set to “1”.

  If the small hit flag is not ON in step S1920 (NO in S1920), the special operation status is set to “1” because the right generation state is not controlled and the small hit game is not started ( S1925), this processing is finished.

  If the right generation flag is ON in step S1901 (YES in S1901), as shown in FIG. 32, it is determined whether or not a game ball is detected by the specific operation area sensor 21b (S1908). If the result of this determination is NO, the game ball has not passed to the specific operation area 78 in the right generation state, and thus this processing is terminated. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S1908 is YES, the game ball has passed to the specific operation area 78 during the right generation state. Therefore, in order to start the big hit game, the right generation flag is turned OFF (S1909), and the special operation status is set to “4” (S1910). Then, the jackpot opening command is set (S1911), and the opening of the jackpot game is started (S1912).

  Then, following step S1912, the game control microcomputer 81 sets an opening pattern (refer to FIG. 7 for details) corresponding to the type of winning jackpot (S1913). At this time, the value of the round counter that counts the number of round games executed in the jackpot game is set to a value corresponding to the type of jackpot that has been won. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the number-of-rounds display 45 in a lighting mode corresponding to the number of winning jackpots (S1914), and ends this processing. As described above, in this embodiment, the round number display 45 is turned on after the passage to the specific operation area 78 occurs in the right generation state. Therefore, the number of winning jackpot rounds is not revealed to the player by the round number display 45 before passing the game ball to the specific operation area 78.

  [Game State Management Process] As shown in FIG. 33, in the game state management process (S1903), it is first determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON (S2001). If it is ON, the special symbol executed during the high probability state is determined. The value of the probability variation counter that counts the number of fluctuations is decremented by 1 (S2002), it is determined whether the value of the probability variation counter is “0” (S2003), and if it is “0”, the probability variation flag is turned OFF ( S2004). If the determination result in step S2001 or S2003 is NO, the process proceeds to step S2005. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the value of the probability variation counter is set to “10000” when shifting to the high probability state. This point will be described later.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is ON (S2005). If it is ON, the value of the time reduction counter for counting the number of special symbol changes executed during the time reduction state is decremented by 1 (S2006). Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the game state flag is “2” (S2007). If the value of the game state flag is not “2”, the process proceeds to step S2009 as it is, but if the value of the game state flag is “2”, it is the timing when the first special symbol variation in the short time state has ended, so the game state The value of the flag is set to “3” (a value indicating that the state is the short time state and the first special symbol variation has been completed, see the table in FIG. 37) (S2008), and the process proceeds to step S2009. In step S2009, the post-game control microcomputer 81 determines whether or not the value of the hour / hour counter is “0”. If it is “0”, the time flag is turned OFF (S2010), and the value of the gaming state flag is set to “1” (value indicating the non-time-short state, see the table in FIG. 37) (S2011). ). If the determination result in step S2005 or S2009 is NO, the process proceeds to step S2012. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the value of the time counter is set to “50”, “100”, or “10000” when shifting to the time-saving state. This point will be described later.

  Thereafter, the gaming control microcomputer 81 sets a gaming state designation command including information on the current gaming state in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S2012), and ends this processing.

  [Game State Reset Process] As shown in FIG. 34, in the game state reset process (S1907), it is first determined whether or not the probability change flag is ON (S2101). If it is ON, the probability change flag is turned OFF (S2102). In addition, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is ON (S2103). If it is ON, the time reduction flag is turned OFF (S2104). In other words, in the present embodiment, the non-high-probability state and the non-short-time state are controlled from when the right to start execution of the jackpot game to the end of execution of the jackpot game. In this embodiment, since the low base state is always in the non-time-short state, the low base state is also controlled from the generation of the right to start the jackpot game to the end of the jackpot game. Note that the low base state in this embodiment is a low base state in the sense that there is no winning support due to frequent opening of the electric chew 22, and considering the base up based on the operation of the big winning device 31 is not.

  [Special Electric Charging Object Processing 1 (Big Bonus Game)] As shown in FIG. 35, in the special electric character processing 1 (S1308), it is first determined whether or not the big winning end flag is ON (S2201). The jackpot end flag is a flag indicating that the opening of the big prize winning device 31 is all ended in the running jackpot game.

  If the big hit end flag is not ON (NO in S2201), it is determined whether or not the big winning opening 30 is being opened (that is, whether or not the big winning device 31 is being opened) (S2202). If it is not open (NO in S2202), whether or not it has reached the time to open the grand prize opening 30, that is, the opening time in the first round game has passed after the time of the jackpot opening, or It is determined whether or not the opening interval time (closing time) until the once closed big winning opening is opened again has reached the opening start time (S2203).

  If the decision result in the step S2203 is NO, the process is finished as it is. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S2203 is YES, the special winning opening 30 is opened according to the set opening pattern (S2204).

  In the following step S2205, a round designation command transmission determination process is performed. In the round designation command transmission determination process (S2205), it is determined whether or not the opening of the big winning opening 30 in step S2205 is the first release in one round game. A round designation command including information on the number of rounds is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84. In this embodiment, since there is no round game that involves opening a large number of large winning openings 30 (see FIG. 7), a round designation command is always set in step S2205.

  If it is determined in step S2202 that the special prize opening 30 is open (YES in S2202), it is determined whether or not the closing condition for the special prize opening 30 is satisfied (S2209). In this embodiment, the closing condition is that the number of winning prizes in the round winning game 30 in the round game has reached a prescribed maximum winning quantity (8 in this embodiment), or the big winning opening 30 is closed. One of the fact that time has been reached (that is, that a predetermined opening time (see FIG. 7) has passed since the special winning opening 30 was opened) is satisfied. If the closing condition for the special winning opening 30 is not satisfied (NO in S2209), the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the closing condition of the special winning opening 30 is established (YES in S2209), the special winning opening 30 is closed (closed) (S2210). Then, it is determined whether or not one round game is ended by closing the step S2210 (S2211). If not finished (NO in S2211), the process is terminated as it is, and if finished (YES in S2211), the round counter value is decremented by 1 (S2212), and the round counter value is “0”. It is determined whether or not there is (S2213). If it is not “0” (NO in S2213), the process is finished to start the next round game.

  On the other hand, if it is “0” (YES in S2213), a jackpot ending command is set as a jackpot ending process for ending the jackpot game (S2214), and the jackpot ending is started (S2215). Then, the jackpot end flag is set (S2216), and this process is terminated.

  If the jackpot end flag is ON in step S2201 (YES in S2201), the final round has ended, so it is determined whether the jackpot ending time has elapsed (S2217) and the ending time has elapsed. If not (NO in S2217), the process ends. On the other hand, if the ending time has elapsed (YES in S2217), the jackpot end flag is turned off (S2218), the jackpot flag is turned off (S2219), and the special operation status is set to “1” (S2220). Thus, in the next main timer interruption process, the special symbol standby process (S1302) is executed again as the special operation process (FIG. 24). Thereafter, a game state setting process (S2221) described later is performed, and this process is terminated.

  [Game State Setting Process] As shown in FIG. 36, in the game state setting process (S2221), first, the type of jackpot (special symbol type) won this time is a probable jackpot (a jackpot that triggers control to a high probability state). , See FIG. 7) (S2301). The type of jackpot won this time is determined based on the value of the special figure stop symbol data set in the special figure buffer. If the probability variation is a big hit (YES in S2301), the probability variation flag is turned ON (S2302), and “10000” is set to the probability variation counter (S2303). Then, the time reduction flag is turned ON (S2304), “10000” is set in the time reduction counter (S2305), and the process proceeds to step S2310. As a result, the gaming state after the current jackpot game becomes a high probability state, a short time state, and a high base state (that is, a highly accurate high base state). This high-accuracy base state ends when the special symbol variation display is performed 10,000 times or the next jackpot is won. In other words, it will continue until the next jackpot.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2301 that the winning jackpot is not a probable change jackpot, then whether the winning jackpot type (special symbol type) won this time is a short-time jackpot (short-time A big hit or short-time B big hit, see FIG. 7) It is determined whether or not (S2306). If it is a time-saving jackpot (YES in S2306), the time-saving flag is turned ON (S2307), and the time-saving counter is set to the time-saving count corresponding to the type of jackpot that has been won this time (S2308), and the process proceeds to step S2310. More specifically, when the time-saving A big win is won, “100” is set in the time-saving counter, and when the time-saving B big hit is won, “50” is set in the time-saving counter.

  As a result, the gaming state after the current jackpot game becomes a non-high probability state, a short time state, and a high base state (that is, a low-accuracy high-base state). This low-accuracy base state ends when the condition for either the number of executions of the special symbol variation display reaching the set short time or the winning of the next jackpot is satisfied. Note that the time-short state in which the number of time reductions is set to 100 is referred to as a first time-short state, and the time-short state in which the number of time reductions is set to 50 is referred to as a second time-short state.

  If it is determined in step S2306 that it is not a time-saving big hit, the type of jackpot (special symbol type) won this time is a normal jackpot (see FIG. 7). In this case, the process proceeds to step S2310 without turning on the probability variation flag or the time reduction flag. Thereby, the gaming state after the current jackpot game becomes a non-high probability state, a non-time-short state, and a low base state (that is, a low probability low base state).

  In step S2310, a game state flag setting process described later is performed. Thereafter, the game control microcomputer 81 sets a game state designation command including information on the currently set game state in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S2311). Then, the game state setting process ends.

  [Game State Flag Setting Process] As shown in FIG. 37, in the game state flag setting process (S2310), if the type of jackpot (special symbol type) won this time is a normal jackpot (see FIG. 7) (S2401). YES), the value of the game state flag is set to “1” (S2402). If it is a jackpot with time (a generic term for a jackpot and jackpot, see FIG. 7) (NO in S2401, YES in S2403), the value of the game state flag is set to “2” (S2404). The initial value of the game state flag is “1”.

  [Special Electric Charging Object Processing 2 (Small Bonus Game)] As shown in FIG. 38, in the special electric character processing 2 (S1309), it is first determined whether or not the small hitting end flag is ON (S2501). The small hit end flag is a flag indicating that the opening of the big winning device 31 has ended in the small hit game.

  If the small winning end flag is not ON (NO in S2501), it is determined whether or not the big winning opening 30 is being opened (that is, whether or not the big winning device 31 is being opened) (S2502). If it is not open (NO in S2502), whether or not it has reached the time to open the grand prize opening 30, that is, whether or not it has reached the time to start opening after the time of the small hit opening (interval before opening) Is determined (S2503).

  If the decision result in the step S2503 is NO, the process is finished as it is. On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S2503 is YES, the special winning opening 30 is opened according to the small hit opening pattern (see FIG. 7) (S2504).

  If the big prize opening 30 is being opened in step S2502 (YES in S2502), it is determined whether or not the number of winning prizes in the big prize opening 30 has reached the prescribed maximum number (8 in this embodiment). S2505). If the specified number of winnings has not been reached (NO in S2505), whether or not the time for closing the big winning opening 30 has been reached (that is, whether or not a predetermined opening time (see FIG. 7) has elapsed since the opening of the big winning opening) (S2506). If the opening time of the special winning opening 30 has not elapsed (NO in S2506), the process ends.

  On the other hand, when the specified number of winnings has been reached (YES in S2505) or when the opening time of the big winning opening 30 has passed (YES in S2506), the big winning opening 30 is closed (closed). (S2507). Then, the value of the small hitting release counter is decremented by 1 (S2508), and it is determined whether or not the value of the small hitting release counter is “0” (S2509).

  If it is not “0” in step S2509 (NO in S2509), the process ends. If it is “0” (YES in S2509), a small hitting ending (interval after closing) is set to end the small hitting game. At the same time as the start (S2510), the small hit end flag is set (S2511), and this process ends. In the present embodiment, the small hit opening counter becomes “0” when the big winning opening 30 is opened once.

  If the small hit end flag is ON in step S2501 (YES in S2501), since the small hit end has ended, it is determined whether or not the small hit end time has passed (S2513), and the ending If the time has not elapsed (NO in S2513), the process ends. On the other hand, if the ending time has elapsed (YES in S2513), the small hit end flag is turned OFF (S2514), the small hit flag is turned OFF (S2515), and the special operation status is set to “1”. (S2516) This process ends. Thus, in the next main timer interruption process, the special symbol standby process (S1302) is executed again as the special operation process (FIG. 24).

  Note that the probability variation flag and the hourly flag are not switched from ON to OFF at the start of the small hit game. Further, when the small hit game ends, the above-described game state setting process (S2221, see FIG. 36) is not performed. That is, in this pachinko gaming machine 1, the gaming state is not changed before and after the execution of the small hit game.

  [Storage member control process] The game control microcomputer 81 performs a storage member control process (S107) after the special operation process (S106) (see FIG. 13). In the storage member control process (S107), as shown in FIG. 39, it is first determined whether or not the storage member operation flag is ON (S2601). If the storage member operation flag is not ON, this process is finished. On the other hand, if the storage member operation flag is ON (YES in S2601), the auxiliary game has started (see FIG. 21). Therefore, it is determined whether or not the storage flag is ON (S2602). The storage flag is a flag indicating that the storage member 68 is in a storage state, and is a flag that is turned ON in step S2605 described later.

  If the storage flag is not ON in step S2602 (NO in S2602), the storage member 68 is controlled from the released state (initial state, see FIG. 3B) to the stored state (see FIG. 3A) (S2603). . That is, the storage member solenoid 69 is turned on. Then, 16000 ms is set in the storage timer for measuring the time during which the control is continued in the storage state (referred to as storage time) (S2604). Thereafter, the storage flag is turned ON (S2605), and this process is terminated. As described above, in this embodiment, the storage member 68 is controlled to the storage state with the start of the auxiliary game. Further, in this embodiment, the opening time of the auxiliary game is zero seconds, and the electric chew 22 is released with the start of the auxiliary game. Therefore, the storage member 68 is controlled to the storage state when the electric chew 22 is opened. The storage member 68 controlled to the storage state is returned to the release state again after the electric chew 22 is closed. Therefore, in this embodiment, if a winning is made to the second starting port 21 in the auxiliary game, one game ball is always stored.

  If the storage flag is ON in step S2602 (YES in S2602), the value of the storage timer is subtracted (S2606), and it is determined whether the value of the storage timer is “0” (S2607). If the value of the storage timer is not “0” (NO in S2607), it is not yet the time to return the storage member 68 to the released state, that is, the storage time has not elapsed. Therefore, this process is finished immediately.

  On the other hand, if the value of the storage timer is “0” in step S2607 (YES in S2607), the storage time has elapsed. Therefore, the storage member 68 in the storage state (see FIG. 3A) is controlled to the released state (see FIG. 3B) (S2608). That is, the storage member solenoid 69 is turned off. Then, the storage flag is turned off (S2609), the storage member operation flag is turned off (S2610), and the process is finished. As described above, in this embodiment, the storage member 68 is returned to the release state when 16 seconds have elapsed after being controlled to the storage state. When the storage member 68 is controlled to the released state, the game ball stored in the storage member 68 passes through the specific operation region 78 (see FIG. 3B). Such a constant operation of the storage member 68 corresponds to a predetermined operation pattern of the storage member 68.

  [Holding Ball Number Processing] The game control microcomputer 81 performs the holding ball number processing (S108) following the storage member control processing (S107) (see FIG. 13). In the reserved ball number processing (S108), as shown in FIG. 40, first, the special figure 1 reserved ball number, the special figure 2 reserved ball number, and the normal symbol reserved ball number stored in the RAM 84 are read (S2801). Next, a reserved ball number command for notifying the number of held balls to the sub-control board 90 is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 (S2802).

6). Operation of effect control microcomputer 91 [Sub-control main processing] Next, the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the counter, timer, flag, status, buffer, and the like that appear in the explanation of the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 are provided in the RAM 94. When the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on, the effect control microcomputer 91 provided on the sub control board 90 reads out and executes the program of the sub control main process shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in the sub-control main process, first, a CPU initialization process is performed (S4001). In the CPU initialization process (S4001), stack setting, constant setting, CPU 92 setting, SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for managing interrupt time) and the like are performed.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the power-off signal is ON and the contents of the RAM 94 are normal (S4002). If the determination result is NO, the RAM 94 is initialized (S4003), and the process proceeds to step S4004. On the other hand, if the determination result is YES (YES in S4002), the process proceeds to step S4004 without initializing the RAM 94. That is, if the power-off signal is not ON, or if the contents of the RAM 94 are not normal even if the power-off signal is ON (NO in S4002), the RAM 94 is initialized. However, if the contents of the RAM 94 are maintained normally (YES in S4002), the RAM 94 is not initialized. If the RAM 94 is initialized, the values of various flags, statuses, counters, etc. are reset. Further, steps S4001 to S4003 are executed only once after the power is turned on, and are not executed thereafter.

  In step S4004, interrupts are prohibited. Next, random number seed update processing is executed (S4005). In the random number seed update process (S4005), the values of various effect determination random number counters are updated. Note that the effect determination random number includes an effect design determination random number for determining an effect design, a variation effect pattern determination random number for determining a change effect pattern, and the like. The random number update method may be the same as the random number update process performed by the main control board 80 described above. Random values may not be added one by one at the time of update, but may be added two by two. The same applies to the random number update process performed by the main control board 80 described above.

  When the random number seed update process (S4005) is completed, a command transmission process is executed (S4006). In the command transmission process, various commands stored in the output buffer in the RAM 94 of the sub control board 90 are transmitted to the image control board 100. The image control board 100 that has received the command uses the image display device 7 in accordance with the command to produce various effects (effect design variation effect, opening effect associated with the jackpot game, round effect, ending effect, special effects described later, stock effects, etc. ). The sub control board 90 outputs sound from the speaker 67 via the sound control board 106 or the panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp via the lamp control board 107 as various effects are executed by the image control board 100. 66 is caused to emit light, or the decorative movable body 15 is driven. Next, the production control microcomputer 91 permits interruption (S4007). Thereafter, steps S4004 to S4007 are looped. While interrupts are permitted, reception interrupt processing (S4008), 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009), and 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) can be executed.

  [Reception Interrupt Processing] In the reception interrupt processing (S4008), as shown in FIG. 42, whether or not the strobe signal (STB signal) is ON, that is, the strobe signal sent from the main control board 80 is determined by the effect control microcomputer 91. It is determined whether or not an input has been made to the external INT input unit (S4101). If the strobe signal is not ON, the processing is terminated, and if it is ON, various commands transmitted from the main control board 80 are stored in the reception buffer of the RAM 94 (S4102). This reception interrupt process is a process executed in preference to other interrupt processes (S4009, S4010).

  [1 ms Timer Interrupt Process] The 1 ms timer interrupt process (S4009) is executed each time an interrupt pulse with a 1 msec cycle is input to the sub-control board 90. As shown in FIG. 43, in the 1 ms timer interrupt process (S4009), first, an input process (S4201) is performed. In the input process (S4201), switch data (edge data and level data) is created based on the detection signal from the effect button detection switch 63a (see FIG. 6).

  Subsequently, lamp data output processing (S4202) is performed. In the lamp data output process (S4202), the lamp data created in the other process (S4304) in the 10 ms timer interrupt process (to be described later) is sent to the lamp control board 107 in order to cause the panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66 to emit light at a timing suitable for the production. Output. That is, the panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66 are made to emit light in a predetermined light emission mode according to the lamp data.

  Next, drive control processing (S4203) is performed. In the drive control process (S4203), drive data (data for driving the decorative movable body 15) is created or output so as to drive the decorative movable body 15 at a timing that matches the effect. That is, the decorative movable body 15 is driven in a predetermined operation mode according to the drive data.

  Then, the watchdog timer process (S4204) for setting the reset of the watchdog timer is performed, and this process is finished.

  [10 ms Timer Interrupt Processing] The 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) is executed every time an interrupt pulse with a 10 msec cycle is input to the sub-control board 90. As shown in FIG. 44, in the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S4010), first, a received command analysis process to be described later is performed (S4301). Next, switch state acquisition processing is performed in which the switch data created in the 1 ms timer interrupt processing is stored in the RAM 94 as switch data for 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4302). Subsequently, a switch process for setting the display contents of the display screen 7a based on the switch data stored in the switch state acquisition process is performed (S4303).

  Thereafter, the production control microcomputer 91 creates lamp data (data for controlling lighting of the panel lamp 5 and the frame lamp 66), and creates voice data (data for controlling output of voice from the speaker 67) and voice. Other processing such as outputting to the control board 106 and updating various effect determination random numbers is executed (S4304).

  [Reception Command Analysis Processing] As shown in FIG. 45, in the reception command analysis processing (S4301), the effect control microcomputer 91 first determines whether or not a symbol designation command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4401). If it has been received, the effect symbol selection process is performed (S4402). In the effect symbol selection process (S4402), based on the information of the special symbol stop symbol data indicated by the symbol designation command, the combination of the effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R (see FIG. 2) to be finally stopped and displayed by the variable effect. decide. Note that the information of the special figure stop symbol data acquired here can be used as appropriate in each process described later.

  Specifically, when winning a jackpot in the lottery of Special Figure 1 and winning a jackpot, in principle, as a combination of production symbols 8L, 8C, 8R, “chance” such as “135” Select "Eye". In other words, the chance is a common outcome that is selected both when winning a big win and when winning a small win. The reason for this is to prevent the player from knowing which of the production symbols 8L, 8C, 8R has won.

  However, even when the jackpot is won in the special drawing 1 lottery, “Zero eyes” such as “555” may be exceptionally selected as a combination of the production symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R. When the effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R are stopped and displayed with a doublet, the player can recognize the big win. In other words, the effect symbol variation effect when the doublet is selected is the effect of notifying the big win winning decision among the effects of notifying the lottery result of FIG. In this way, the game entertainment is improved by configuring the effect of confirming the big win winning in the variation effect based on the lottery result of FIG.

  On the other hand, when a big win is won in the lottery shown in FIG. 2, unlike the lottery shown in FIG. This is because, in the special drawing 2 lottery, there is no need to win a small win (see FIG. 7), so there is no need to display a “chance eye” for expecting a big win.

  In both the special drawing 1 and the special drawing 2, if the lottery result is lost (that is, neither the big win or the small win), the combination of the production symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R is set to “Ballet eyes”. ”Is selected. As for the disparity, “787” or the like is selected as the final stop mode in the case of loss with reach, and “635” or the like is selected as the final stop mode in the case of loss without reach. Note that a random number for determining the effect symbol is used for determining the effect symbol. In addition, it is possible to appropriately change what display style of the design pattern is adopted as the “chance”.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a variation start command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4403), and if received, performs a variation effect start process (S4404). In the variation effect start process (S4404), a variation effect pattern is selected based on the variation pattern indicated by the received variation start command. Then, a variation effect start command for starting the effect symbol variation effect with the selected variation effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94. When the set variable effect start command is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads a predetermined effect image from the ROM 103 and displays it on the image display device 7. Fluctuation effects are performed on the screen 7a.

  When the variation effect pattern is determined, details of the effect symbol variation effect are determined. In other words, the time of the production symbol variation production, the variation display mode of the production design, the presence / absence of the reach production, the contents of the reach production, the presence / absence of the production button production (SW production), the content of the production button production, the production development configuration, the background of the production design The details of the contents of the effect symbol variation effect consisting of the type of the item will be determined. For the determination of the variation effect pattern, a random effect pattern determination random number is used.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a variation stop command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4405), and if received, performs a variation effect end process (S4406). In the variation effect end process (S4406), the variation stop command is analyzed, and the variation effect end command for ending the variation effect is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94 based on the analysis result.

  When the change effect end command is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 ends the change effect. As a result, the effect symbols 8L, 8C, and 8R that have been variably displayed on the display screen 7a (for example, displayed so as to swing up and down) are definitely stopped and displayed (the display is stopped without shaking). Become).

  Subsequently, the production control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a right generation command has been received (S4407). If the right generation command has not been received (NO in S4407), the process proceeds to step S4412. On the other hand, if the right generation command has been received (YES in S4407), then the right currently being generated ("right to start executing the jackpot game", hereinafter also simply referred to as "right") It is determined whether or not it has occurred based on the lottery in FIG. 1 (S4408). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the right generation command includes information indicating whether the right is generated in the lottery shown in FIG. 1 or the right generated in the lottery shown in FIG.

  If it is a right generated in the lottery of FIG. 1 (YES in S4408), an effect start command (success special effect start command) for starting execution of the successful special effect is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94 ( S4409). Then, the special figure 1 right generation flag indicating that the right based on the lottery shown in the special figure 1 is being generated is turned ON (S4410), and the jackpot related to the right that has been generated (the jackpot that triggered the right generation) The number (see FIG. 7) is set in the R number counter (S4411). The process of step S4411 is performed for execution of a stock effect (see FIG. 49) described later. The type of jackpot related to the right being generated is determined based on the special figure stop symbol data. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S4408 that the right is not generated in the lottery of FIG. 1 (NO in S4408), that is, if the right currently generated is based on the lottery of FIG. The processing proceeds to step S4412 without performing the processing of steps S4409 to S4411.

  Here, the special effect is an effect that informs the player whether or not a right has occurred. Special effects include a success effect (successful special effect) and a failure effect (failure special effect). A successful special effect (corresponding to the first notification effect) is an effect that is executed when the jackpot is won (the effect that is executed during the generation of the right), and that the right has been generated for the player (that is, the jackpot) It is an effect that informs that it has been won. In other words, the special special effect of success is an effect of notifying that the current state is a state where a right is generated. On the other hand, the special effect of failure (corresponding to the second notification effect) is an effect that is executed at the time of winning the small hit, and that the right is not generated for the player (that is, winning the big win) This is an effect that informs the player that the player has won the bonus. In other words, the special effect of failure is an effect of notifying that the current state is a state where no right is generated.

  Specifically, in the special effect, first, as shown in FIG. 48A, an effect image including a character image of “stock zone entry challenge!” And an arrow image indicating “right-handed” is displayed on the display screen 7a. Is done. The display of the effect image shown in FIG. 48A is common to both the case of a successful special effect and the case of a special effect of failure. That is, in this embodiment, the player is urged to make a right turn in either case. In this way, if the jackpot is won, in order to start the execution of the jackpot game, the opening of the electric Chu 22 based on the passage to the gate 28 and the opening of the specific operating area 78 in the electric Chu 22 are performed. This is because in both cases (both in the case of winning the jackpot and in the case of winning the jackpot), it is expected to start executing the jackpot game. In this embodiment, the period from the notification of the right occurrence to the start of execution of the jackpot game is referred to as a stock zone. In the stock zone, that is, during the generation of the right based on the jackpot winning, a stock effect (privilege amount suggestion effect) to be described later is executed in parallel with the fluctuation display of the normal symbol based on the passage to the gate 28. This stock production is not executed when winning a small hit.

  In the special special effect of success, following the display of the above-mentioned common effect image (image shown in FIG. 48A), as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display screen 7a. The effect image including the arrow image indicating "" (upper right part of the display screen 7a) is displayed. As a result, the player is notified of the occurrence of the right. In addition, it is notified that the right hand should be continued. By continuously making a right turn, the player can cause the opening of the electric chew 22 based on the passage to the gate 28 and the passage to the specific operation area 78 in the electric chew 22. If the game ball passes to the specific operation area 78, execution of the jackpot game is started.

  On the other hand, in the special effect of failure, following the display of the common effect image (the image shown in FIG. 48A), as shown in FIG. 48C, “stock zone entry failure ...” The effect image including the character image is displayed on the display screen 7a. This informs the player that no rights have been generated. Note that the special effect for the success (first notification effect) may be any effect content as long as it is possible to notify that the right has occurred. Further, the special effect for failure (second notification effect) may be any effect content as long as it can be notified that the right has not occurred.

  Returning to FIG. 45, in step S4412, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether an opening command has been received from the main control board 80 or not. If an opening command has been received (YES in S4412), an opening effect selection process described later is performed (S4413).

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a round designation command is received from the main control board 80 (S4414), and if received, performs a round effect selection process (S4415). In the round effect selection process (S4415), a pattern (content) of a round effect to be executed during each round game in the jackpot game is selected. Then, a round effect start command for starting the round effect with the selected round effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94.

  When the round effect start command is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads a predetermined effect image from the ROM 103 and displays it on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7. Perform a round production.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not an ending command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4416), and if received, performs an ending effect selection process (S4417). In the ending effect selection process (S4417), a pattern (contents) of an ending effect to be executed at the time of ending the jackpot game is selected. Then, an ending effect start command for starting the ending effect with the selected ending effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94.

  When the ending effect start command is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads a predetermined effect image from the ROM 103 and displays it on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7. Ending production.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not a normal symbol variation start command has been received from the main control board 80 (S4418), and if received, performs a general drawing effect selection process described later (S4419).

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs other processing (S4420). In the other process (S4420), a process based on a received command (for example, a game state designation command, a pending ball number command, etc.) other than the above command is performed. Then, the received command analysis process ends.

  [Opening Effect Selection Process] As shown in FIG. 46, in the opening effect selection process (S4413), the effect control microcomputer 91 first analyzes the opening command (S5001). In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the opening command includes information related to the special figure stop symbol data (see FIG. 7) set at the time of winning determination for the big win or the small win.

  Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the hit type indicated by the analyzed opening command is “small hit” (S5002). If it is “small hit” (YES in S5002), an unsuccessful special effect production pattern is selected as the opening production (S5003), and the process proceeds to step S5007. In step S5007 executed through step S5003, an opening effect start command (failure special effect start command) for starting execution of the special effect of failure is set in the output buffer of the RAM 94. Note that the special effect of failure is an effect of displaying the effect images shown in FIGS. 48A and 48C on the display screen 7a as described above.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S5002 that it is not “small hit” (NO in S5002), it is determined whether or not the special figure 1 right generation flag is ON because the big win is won (S5004). . If not ON (NO in S5004), the process immediately proceeds to step S5006. If ON (YES in S5004), the special figure 1 right generation flag is turned off (S5005), and the process proceeds to step S5006. In step S5006, an effect pattern of an opening effect corresponding to the type of jackpot that has been won is selected. Then, the process proceeds to step S5007.

  In step S5007 executed through step S5006, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets an opening effect start command for starting the opening effect in the effect pattern selected in step S5006 in the output buffer of the RAM 94. When the opening effect start command set in step S5007 is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads a predetermined opening effect image from the ROM 103 and displays the image. The information is displayed on the display screen 7a of the device 7.

  [Normal Figure Effect Selection Process] As shown in FIG. 47, in the general figure effect selection process (S4419), the effect control microcomputer 91 first determines whether or not the special figure 1 right generation flag is ON (S5101). . If the special figure 1 right generation flag is not ON (NO in S5101), the right based on the lottery shown in Special Figure 1 is not being generated, and other processing (S5106) is performed to complete this processing.

  On the other hand, if the special figure 1 right generation flag is ON in step S5101 (YES in S5101), since the right based on the lottery of special figure 1 is being generated, the value of the R number counter and the display counter The difference from the value is set in the difference counter (S5102). As described above, the R number counter is a counter indicating the number of jackpot rounds related to the right being generated. The display counter is a counter indicating the number of rounds to be displayed on the display screen 7a in a stock effect described later. The difference counter is a counter indicating a difference between the value of the R number counter and the value of the display counter.

  Here, the stock production will be described. The stock effect is an effect of notifying the player of the number of jackpot rounds related to the right being generated. The stock production is performed in parallel with the normal symbol variation display from the generation of the right to the start of execution of the jackpot game. In consideration of the fact that a plurality of stock effects are performed during the generation of rights (that is, a plurality of normal symbols are displayed in multiple variations), in the stock effects, the number of rounds is reported in an extra display format. That is, at least how many rounds are displayed.

  Specifically, in this embodiment, notification of the number of rounds is basically performed in increments of 4 rounds. For example, when notifying that it is 16R, instead of displaying “16R” at once, “+ 4R” is displayed (see FIG. 49A) up to four times. In other words, each 4R is added and displayed. However, in addition to “+ 4R”, “+ 8R” (see FIG. 49B), “+ 12R”, and “+ 16R” can also be executed as an additional display. In this way, the production variations are enhanced by diversifying the production variations. In the stock effect, the cumulative value of the number of rounds notified to date is displayed on the upper left part of the display screen 7a (see FIGS. 49A and 49B). In addition, during the stock production, an arrow image instructing “right-handed” is displayed on the upper right portion of the display screen 7a (see FIGS. 49A and 49B).

  Which extra display is selected (that is, what kind of stock effect is selected) is determined by lottery within a range not exceeding the number of winning jackpots. The process for this is step S5103 described later. By performing such stock production, the player gives an impression as if the player is stocking the number of rounds during the right generation. In other words, it gives the impression that the player is increasing the number of rounds by his own pull. As a result, in this embodiment, the entertainment interest during the generation of rights is enhanced. Considering that the stock effect is an effect that suggests the amount of winning bonus, the stock effect can be rephrased as a privilege amount suggesting effect.

  The privilege amount suggestion effect may not necessarily indicate the privilege amount in increments of a predetermined number of rounds as in this embodiment. For example, a single “16R” may be displayed once when the jackpot round is 16R, or a single “12R” may be displayed once when 12R. In addition, “probable change confirmation” may be displayed on the display screen 7a when winning the winning jackpot, or “decision shortening” may be displayed on the display screen 7a when winning the winning jackpot. In other words, the game state after the jackpot game may be notified. In addition, if you win a win / short-time win, the display screen displays the number of short / busy times (the degree of continuation of the short-time state), such as “50 times short-time”, “100 times short-time”, “determined time-saving until next jackpot” 7a may be displayed. Further, the display of the number of rounds, the game state after the jackpot game, and the number of time reductions may be performed using effect means other than the image display device 7 (for example, the panel lamp 5).

  Returning to FIG. 47, the description of the general drawing effect selection process (S4419) will be continued. In step S5102 of the ordinary drawing effect selection process (S4419), as described above, the difference between the value of the R number counter and the value of the display counter is set in the difference counter. Specifically, for example, if the right is generated by winning the “probable jackpot” (see FIG. 7) in the special drawing 1 lottery and the execution of the first normal symbol variable display during the right generation is started. The R number counter is set to “16”, and the display counter is set to “0”. Therefore, in step S5102, “16” is set in the difference counter.

  In subsequent step S5103, the production control microcomputer 91 draws the production content of the stock production within a range not exceeding the value of the difference counter. Thereby, the number of rounds larger than the number of winning jackpots is not displayed on the display screen 7a by the stock effect. Specifically, if the value of the difference counter is “16”, the “+4 round” effect (see FIG. 49A), the “+8 round” effect, the “+12 round” effect, and the “+16 round” The stock production is decided from the production of "".

  In the subsequent step S5104, the effect control microcomputer 91 updates the value of the display counter based on the stock effect determination result in step S5103. For example, when the value of the display counter before the update is “0” and the “+4 round” effect (see FIG. 49A) is determined as the stock effect, the value of the display counter is set to “4”. Update to When the value of the display counter before the update is “4” and the effect of “+8 round” (see FIG. 49B) is determined as the stock effect, the value of the display counter is set to “12”. Update to In this way, the value of the display counter matches the cumulative value of the number of rounds displayed on the display screen 7a.

  In the subsequent step S5105, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets an effect start command (stock effect start command) for executing the stock effect selected in step S5103 in the output buffer of the RAM 94. After that, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs other processing (S5106) and ends this processing.

  When the stock effect start command set in step S5105 is transmitted to the image control board 100 by the command transmission process (S4006), the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 receives the effect image of the stock effect (see FIG. 49) from the ROM 103. The data is read out and displayed on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7.

7). Next, a flow of a game in the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. First, in the normal game state, the game is advanced by left-handed. As a result, the jackpot winning based on the lottery of Special Figure 1 is aimed. As shown in FIG. 50 (a), when winning a jackpot in the lottery shown in FIG. 1, a right to start executing the jackpot game is generated. When the right is generated, a special effect is executed (see FIG. 48A), and a right-handed is notified. If the player makes a right strike, the game ball passes through the gate 28 and a normal symbol lottery (ordinary symbol lottery) is executed. During this time, the special performance progresses and the player is notified that rights are being generated (see FIG. 48B).

  On the other hand, when a small win is won in the lottery shown in FIG. 1, the opening of the small hit game is started. During the opening of the small hit game, a special production of failure is executed as the opening production. Accordingly, the player is first informed that the player should make a right turn (see FIG. 48A), and then informed that the right is not being generated (see FIG. 48C). Also in this case, the player makes a right-handed strike, and the regular drawing lottery is executed based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28.

  Note that it is possible to confirm whether or not the passage to the gate 28 has been made during the opening of the small hit game, and if not, the stock effect may not be performed during the right generation. That is, a penalty for not following the right-handed instruction may be provided. Specifically, for example, if no pass to the gate 28 is made during the opening of the small hit game, the game control microcomputer 81 turns on the penalty flag, and if this flag is turned on, the execution of the stock effect is triggered. What is necessary is just to comprise so that a normal symbol change start command may not be set.

  When the time of opening of a small hit game (interval before opening) (8 seconds in this embodiment, refer to FIG. 7) elapses, the open game in the small hit game is executed and the big prize opening 30 is opened. The opening time of the big winning opening 30 in the small hit game is only 0.3 seconds (see FIG. 7). For this reason, it is almost impossible to win a prize at the big prize opening 30. Thereafter, the player returns to the left and advances the game again aiming for the big win based on the lottery shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when a special special effect (see FIGS. 48A and 48B) is executed (when a right is generated), the player continues to make a right turn. During the right generation based on the lottery shown in FIG. 1, the stock effect (see FIG. 49) is executed in parallel with the normal symbol variation display. Thereby, the bonus amount (the number of rounds in this embodiment) related to the right being generated is notified to the player. In the present embodiment, the variation time of the normal symbol during the non-time-short state is 10 seconds (see FIG. 9E), and the production time of the stock effect, which is the normal effect, is the same. In addition, the winning probability in the regular drawing lottery during the non-time-short state is about 1/3 (see FIG. 9D).

  When the normal winning symbol is won in the regular drawing lottery, the electric chew 22 is opened and the second starting port 21 can be won. In this embodiment, the opening time of the electric tube 22 in the non-time-short state is set to 2 seconds (see FIG. 11). Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently win the second starting port 21 even during the non-short-time state.

  If a game ball wins the second starting port 21, the winning ball passes through the specific operation area 78 (see FIG. 3). Based on the passage to the specific operation area 78, the execution of the jackpot game is started. If the winning jackpot type is “Big jackpot with time saving” (probability jackpot or hourly jackpot, see FIG. 7), after the jackpot game, it is controlled to a short-time state and a high base state. Note that even if a winning is made at the second start port 21 when starting the jackpot game, the change display of the second special symbol is not executed while the right is being generated and the jackpot game is being executed. The variation display of the second special symbol based on the winning here is executed in a short time state after the end of the jackpot game.

  In the short-time state, the player advances the game by making a right-hand hit. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 50 (b), the general drawing lottery based on the passage to the gate 28 is executed. In the short-time state, the result of the general drawing lottery is almost always won (see FIG. 9D). When the normal winning symbol is won in the regular drawing lottery, the electric chew 22 is opened, and the second starting port 21 can be won. If a game ball wins the second starting port 21, the lottery shown in FIG. 2 is executed. Note that up to four second special figure holds can be stored.

  If the jackpot is won based on the lottery shown in FIG. 2 in the short time state, the right to start the jackpot game is generated. And if a game ball passes to the specific operation area | region 78 during generation | occurrence | production of this right, execution of jackpot game will be started. After the jackpot game based on the lottery shown in FIG. 2 is completed, the time is always controlled to be in a short time state and a high base state (see FIG. 7).

  Here, in this embodiment, the opening time of the electric chew 22 in the short-time state is 3 seconds (see FIG. 11). In this embodiment, the game ball is fired once in about 0.6 seconds. Therefore, it is possible to win 5 game balls at the second start port 21 during one auxiliary game. In other words, it is possible to generate a number of winnings obtained by adding “1” to the upper limit storage number “4” of the second special figure hold during one auxiliary game. Therefore, even if the auxiliary game is started when the number of the second special figure hold is “0”, the variable display of the special figure 2 is started based on the first winning and the second to fifth It is possible to generate four second special figure reservations (that is, the upper limit storage number) based on the winnings.

  Further, in this embodiment, the time of the fluctuation display of the special figure 2 in the short time state is 2400 ms excluding the first fluctuation display (see FIG. 10). The special symbol stop display time is 600 ms (see FIG. 10). Therefore, the time required to execute the fluctuation display of Special Figure 2 five times is a total of 15 seconds ((2400 ms + 600 ms) × 5). On the other hand, the time for holding the storage member 68 in the storage state is 16 seconds (see step S2604 in FIG. 39). In this embodiment, the next normal symbol lottery is not executed until the number of incoming / outgoing balls to / from the electric chew 22 in one auxiliary game matches (see FIG. 23). In other words, unless the storage member 68 is controlled to be in the released state, the number of incoming and outgoing balls does not match, so it takes at least 16 seconds to execute one auxiliary game.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, unless a big win is won, the variable display based on all the second special figure suspensions that occurred during one auxiliary game ends during the auxiliary game. For this reason, even when the big win is won based on the fifth electric chew winning ball in one auxiliary game, the game ball stored in the storage member 68 in the auxiliary game has the specific operation area 78. The jackpot game is started at the timing of passing. In other words, in the present embodiment, when the jackpot is won based on the lottery shown in FIG. 2 in the short time state, it is possible to quickly start the jackpot game without waiting for the next auxiliary game to be executed.

  In addition, the time of the first variable display of the second special symbol in the short time state is set to 13000 ms (see FIG. 10). This is to allow the jackpot game to be smoothly started even when the jackpot is won based on the second special figure hold that exists during the jackpot game. In other words, after the jackpot game is executed, the time for controlling to the time-saving state is secured, and the regular drawing lottery is executed under the conditions in the time-saving state so that the electric chew 22 is released. If the time of the first second special symbol variation display in the time-short state is 13 seconds, even if the normal symbol variation display is started under the non-time-short state condition immediately before the end of the jackpot game (the variation time is 10 Second, refer to FIG. 9E), and the next normal symbol variation display is executed while the time-short state is controlled (the variation time is 1 second, see FIG. 9E), and the electric chew 22 is opened. It is possible. In other words, in the present embodiment, the time for displaying the variation of the second special symbol corresponding to the first variation in the short-time state (13 seconds) is the variation time of the normal symbol in the non-short-time state (10 seconds) and the variation time of the normal symbol in the short-time state. It is set longer than the total value of (1 second).

  Next, the operation in the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be supplementarily described based on the timing charts shown in FIGS. FIG. 51 shows the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 at the time of the first win, that is, when the jackpot is won based on the lottery shown in FIG. 1 in the normal gaming state. At this time, if the first special symbol is stopped and displayed as a jackpot symbol, the right to start executing the jackpot game is generated (see FIGS. 51A and 51B). When a right is generated, a special special effect (see FIGS. 48A and 48B) is executed. Further, when a right hand is made during right generation and a normal symbol is displayed in a variable manner, a stock effect (see FIG. 49) is executed. The special effect is displayed on the display screen 7a more preferentially than the stock effect.

  When the special production of success is started, the player who sees this makes a right strike. Thereby, the game ball passes through the gate 28, and the normal symbol variation display is executed. When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed as the normal winning symbol, the auxiliary game is started (see FIGS. 51 (e) and (f)). The electric Chu 22 is released at the start timing of the auxiliary game (see FIGS. 51 (f) and (g)). The storage member 68 is controlled from the released state to the stored state simultaneously with the opening timing of the electric chew 22 (see FIGS. 51 (g) and (h)).

  When the electric chew 22 is opened, the first winning ball for the second starting port 21 is stored in the storage member 68 (see FIG. 3A), and the second and subsequent winning balls are stored in the first route 76. Through the specific operating area 78. As a result, the state where the right to start executing the jackpot game is terminated, and the jackpot game is started (see FIGS. 51 (g), (b) and (c)).

  When the jackpot game is started, after the predetermined opening time has elapsed (in this embodiment, after 4 seconds, see FIG. 7), the first round big winning opening 30 is opened ((c) and (See (d)).

  Further, the storage member 68 is returned to the released state after a predetermined storage time (in this embodiment, 16 seconds, see FIG. 39) (see FIG. 51 (h)). When the storage member 68 is returned to the released state, the game ball stored by the storage member 68 passes through the specific operation region 78 and is discharged from the ball discharge portion 79 to the outside of the electric chew 22 (FIG. 3B )reference). As a result, the number of balls in and out of the electric chew 22 in one auxiliary game matches, and the auxiliary game ends (see FIGS. 51 (h) and (f)). Then, the next normal symbol variation display can be executed (see FIGS. 51F and 51E).

  FIG. 52 shows the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 when winning a small hit, that is, when winning a small hit based on the lottery shown in FIG. At this time, if the first special symbol is stopped and displayed with the small bonus symbol, the right bonus game is immediately started without the right being generated as in the case of winning the big bonus (FIG. 52 (a)). , (B) and (c)). In the small hit game, the opening (interval before opening) time is set to 8 seconds (see FIG. 10). That is, the period from the start of the small hit game to the opening of the special winning opening 30 (see FIGS. 52 (c) and (d)) is 8 seconds. In this embodiment, during the opening period of the small hit game, a special effect of failure (see FIGS. 48A and 48C) is executed.

  When the special production of failure starts, the player who sees this makes a right strike. Thereby, the game ball passes through the gate 28, and the normal symbol variation display is executed. When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed as the normal winning symbol, the auxiliary game is started (see FIGS. 52E and 52F). The electric Chu 22 is released at the start timing of the auxiliary game (see FIGS. 52 (f) and (g)). Note that even if a game ball is inserted into the second starting port 21 when the electric chew 22 is opened, no operation is started as a trigger. That is, there is no influence on the execution of the small hit game (see FIGS. 52 (g) and (c)).

  The storage member 68 is controlled to the storage state at the timing when the electric chew 22 is opened (see FIGS. 52 (g) and (h)). The storage member 68 in the storage state is returned to the release state after a predetermined storage time (16 seconds in this embodiment, see FIG. 39) (see FIG. 52 (h)). When the storage of the storage member 68 is released, the game balls stored up to now are discharged to the outside of the electric chew 22, so that the number of incoming and outgoing balls to the electric chew 22 matches and the auxiliary game ends ( (See FIGS. 52 (h) and (f)). This makes it possible to execute a new normal symbol variation display (see FIGS. 52F and 52E).

  FIG. 53 shows the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 when winning a jackpot based on the lottery shown in FIG. In the short time state, the game is played by right-handed. Therefore, the game ball passes through the gate 28. As a result, normal symbols are displayed in a variable manner. When the normal symbol is stopped and displayed as the normal winning symbol, the auxiliary game is started (see FIGS. 53A and 53B). The electric Chu 22 is released at the start timing of the auxiliary game (see FIGS. 53B and 53C). Further, the storage member 68 is switched from the released state to the stored state simultaneously with the opening of the electric chew 22 (see FIGS. 53C and 53D).

  If the electric chew 22 is opened, a winning for the second starting port 21 occurs. Thereby, the fluctuation display of the second special symbol is executed (see FIG. 53E). In addition, during the execution period of one auxiliary game, the variable display of the second special symbol can be executed a plurality of times. When the second special symbol is stopped and displayed with the jackpot symbol, the right to start the jackpot game is generated (see FIGS. 53 (e) and (f)). Even if a right is generated in the lottery shown in FIG. 2, the special effect (see FIG. 48) is not executed.

  In the short time state, when a predetermined storage time (16 seconds in this embodiment, see FIG. 39) elapses during the right generation and the storage member 68 is returned to the released state (see FIGS. 53 (f) and (d)). ), The game ball stored in the storage member 68 passes through the specific operation region 78 (see FIG. 53D). With this passage, the state in which the right to start executing the jackpot game is completed, and the jackpot game is started (see FIGS. 53D, 53F, and 53G).

  When the jackpot game is started, after the predetermined opening time has elapsed (in this embodiment, after 4 seconds, see FIG. 7), the first round big winning opening 30 is opened (FIG. 53 (g) and (See (h)). In addition, when the storage member 68 is returned to the release state, the number of incoming and outgoing balls to and from the electric chew 22 in one auxiliary game coincides, and the auxiliary game ends (FIGS. 53 (d) and (b)). reference). This makes it possible to execute a new normal symbol variation display (see FIGS. 53B and 53A).

8). Effects of the Present Embodiment As described in detail above, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when a special symbol is stopped and displayed as a jackpot symbol, the right to start executing the jackpot game is first generated. Then, during the generation of this right, the big hit game is started by allowing the game ball to pass through the specific operation region 78 in the second start port 21. The second starting port 21 can be entered by executing an auxiliary game (opening the electric chew 22). Therefore, even if the special symbol is stopped and displayed as a jackpot symbol, a new game is provided in which the jackpot game is not started unless the auxiliary game is executed and the game ball is passed through the specific operation area 78 in the second start port 21. It is possible.

  Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when a normal symbol variation display is executed while the right to start the jackpot game is generated, a stock effect (a bonus amount suggestion effect, 49) is executed, and the amount of privilege that can be given to the player by the jackpot related to the right being generated (in this embodiment, the number of rounds in the jackpot game) is suggested. Therefore, it is possible to improve the gaming interests from the right generation to the start of execution of the jackpot game.

  Also, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the right to start execution of the jackpot game is generated, the special effect (first notification effect, FIG. 48 (a ) And (b)). On the other hand, when the first special symbol is stopped and displayed with the small hit symbol, the small hit game is started without passing the game ball to the specific operation area 78. If the small hit game is started, the fact that the right has not been generated, that is, that the big hit is not won is notified by the special special effect (see the second notification effect, FIGS. 48A and 48C). The Therefore, by executing such special effects, it is possible to make the jackpot winning (after generating the right to start playing the jackpot game) after the first special symbol is stopped and displayed at the time of winning the jackpot or the jackpot. It is possible to improve the game entertainment.

  Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the special effect of failure is executed during the opening (interval before opening) in the small hit game. Accordingly, the fact that the right to start execution of the big hit game is not generated by opening the big prize opening 30 even though the game ball is not passed to the specific operation area 78, it is to the player by the special effect of failure It is possible to prevent it from being released before the notification.

  Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the control to the short-time state (that is, the high base state) is terminated when the right to start executing the jackpot game is generated (see FIGS. 31 and 34). The variation time of the variation display of the second special symbol corresponding to the first variation in the base state is set to be relatively long as 13 seconds (see FIG. 10). Therefore, it is possible to ensure at least the execution period of the first change as a period during which it is easy to enter the second start port 21. Therefore, even if the big win is won based on the second special figure holding that has occurred before the control to the high base state (that is, during the execution of the big hit game), the electric chew 22 is opened smoothly and the second start port It is possible to pass the game ball to the specific operation area 78 in 21. Therefore, it is possible to quickly start the big hit game.

  Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when a winning to the second starting port 21 occurs in the auxiliary game, the electric power is kept until the storage by the storage member 68 is released after the opening / closing member 23 is opened. The number of incoming and outgoing balls for 22 does not match. Even after the opening / closing member 23 has been opened, the auxiliary game does not end until the number of balls in and out of the electric chew 22 matches. Therefore, a new normal symbol lottery (execution lottery for auxiliary games) is not performed, and the normal symbol variation display is not performed (see FIG. 53). Therefore, by appropriately setting the timing of switching the storage member 68 from the storage state to the release state, it is possible to set the execution start interval of the auxiliary game to a desired interval.

  Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the storage member 68 is controlled from the storage state to the release state at a predetermined timing after the opening of the opening / closing member 23 in the auxiliary game (FIGS. 53C and 53D). )reference). The game balls stored by the storage member 68 pass through the specific operation region 78 when the storage is released (see FIG. 3B). The timing for releasing the storage is set to be after the stop display of the second special symbol based on the ball entering the second starting port 21 (see FIGS. 39 and 53). Therefore, when the right to start execution of the jackpot game is generated, the passage to the specific operation area 78 occurs without waiting for the next auxiliary game to be executed, and the jackpot game is executed. In other words, it is possible to quickly start the jackpot game when winning the jackpot.

  In particular, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, the storage member 68 is controlled from the storage state to the release state after a predetermined storage period has elapsed since the opening of the opening / closing member 23 in the auxiliary game. The storage period is set to 16 seconds (see step S2604 in FIG. 39). That is, the storage period is longer than the time required to execute the second special symbol variation display (referred to as variable entrance side variation display), excluding the first time in the short-time state (that is, the high base state). Is set. The five times is the number obtained by adding “1” corresponding to the fluctuation to the upper limit storage number “4” of the second special figure hold. Therefore, even if a big win is won based on any second special figure hold that occurred during one auxiliary game in the high base state, the execution of the big hit game is started quickly without waiting for the next auxiliary game to be executed. It is possible to make it.

9. Modification Example A modification example will be described below. In the description of the modified example, the same reference numerals as in the above embodiment are used for the same configuration as the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the above embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the above embodiment, the storage member 68 is disposed upstream of the specific operation region 78 in the electric chew 22. On the other hand, it is good also as a structure which does not have a storage member in an electric chew. That is, all the game balls won in the starting opening for the electric Chu are configured so as to pass through the specific operation area as they are without being stored, or after the structural distribution (for example, by the shape of the passage), the specific operation area Or may be configured to pass through a specific operation region after being distributed by an electric or non-electrical distribution member.

  In the above embodiment, the first special figure hold and the second special figure hold can be stored up to “4” which is the upper limit storage number. On the other hand, the first start port 20 and the second start port 21 are configured so that the first special figure hold and the second special figure hold cannot be stored, that is, during the change of the special symbol or the execution of the big hit game or the small hit game. Even if a game ball wins, numerical information (random values such as jackpot random numbers) may not be acquired. Further, the upper limit storage number of the first special figure hold or the second special figure hold may be set to another number such as “1”, “2”, or “3”.

  Moreover, in the said form, it comprised so that control was possible in the high base state in which the electric chew 22 is easy to open | release, and the low base state in which it is hard to open | release. On the other hand, a configuration in which the ease of opening the electric chew 22 does not always change, that is, a configuration that cannot be controlled to a high base state may be employed.

  Moreover, in the above-mentioned form, considering the fact that the jackpot is won based on the second special figure hold existing before the end of the jackpot game, the variation time of the first variation in the short-time state is set relatively long as 13000 ms. If this point is not taken into consideration, the variation time of the first variation in the short time state may be set to be the same as the variation time after the second variation.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the electric chew 22 can win the second starting port 21 only when the opening / closing member 23 is in the open state. However, if the electric chew 22 is easier to enter the second starting port 21 when the opening / closing member 23 is in the open state than when it is in the closed state, the electric chew 22 is in the closed state. 2 It is not necessary to make it impossible to enter the starting port 21. In the case of such a configuration, the first start port 20 may not be provided. That is, it may be configured to have only a start opening related to electric Chu as a start opening for special symbol lottery, and to advance the game aiming at the start opening from the low base state.

  In addition, the correspondence between the types of jackpot symbols shown in the above form, the opening pattern of the jackpot 30, the game state after the jackpot game, and the number of short times (see FIG. 7) is merely an example, and can be changed as appropriate. . Moreover, the distribution ratio to various jackpots (see FIG. 7) can be changed as appropriate.

  In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the above form is configured to notify the number of winning jackpot rounds in a stock effect (privilege amount suggestion effect), but the number of rounds notified in this effect is a so-called real round (1 The number of rounds in which game balls can win up to the maximum number of winnings per round. For example, even though it is a 16R jackpot for nominal purposes, 12 rounds are rounds in which a prize ball cannot be obtained (for example, a round with a short opening of 0.1 seconds), and the remaining 4 rounds are prize balls. If it is a jackpot of rounds that can be obtained (for example, a round with a long opening of 29.5 seconds), the actual number of rounds is 4R. Therefore, it is configured to notify 4R in the stock effect.

  In the above embodiment, the number of rounds is notified in the stock effect (privilege amount suggestion effect). However, the number of winning balls that can be acquired (specifically, “600” for 4R, “1200” for 8R). , 12R may be “1800”, and 16R may be “2400”).

  Further, in the above embodiment, in the selection of the variation time based on the normal table during the short-time state (the special table shown in FIG. 10 and the table other than the first variation in the short-time state), the special table during the short-time state (the special diagram of FIG. 2 and a shorter variation time (2400 ms) than a variation time (13000 ms) selected on the basis of the first variation in the short-time state). On the other hand, in the selection of the variation time based on the normal table during the short-time state, a variation time longer than the first variation may be selected in rare cases. That is, the normal table during the time-short state is exceptionally based on the special table during the time-short state if the variation time shorter than the variation time selected based on the special table during the time-short state is selected. It may be a table in which a variation time longer than the selected variation time can be selected. Even with such a configuration, “the fluctuation time of the fluctuation display of the special figure 2 of the first fluctuation in the short time state (that is, the high base state) is longer than the fluctuation time after the second fluctuation. It is included in the configuration of “determining”.

  Further, in the above embodiment, only the fluctuation display of the special figure 2 corresponding to the first fluctuation in the short-time state is configured such that a relatively long fluctuation time (special fluctuation pattern) is selected (see FIG. 10). However, if only considering a period to be controlled in the short-time state, a relatively long variation time (special variation pattern) from the first variation to several variations in the short-time state (for example, the first variation and the second variation). May be selected.

  Further, in the above embodiment, since the variation display of the special figure 2 is prioritized and executed over the fluctuation display of the special figure 1 (see FIG. 25), the fluctuation of the fluctuation display of the special figure 2 corresponding to the first fluctuation in the short-time state. Although the time is set to be relatively long, even if the change display of the special symbol corresponding to the first change in the short time state is the change display of Special Figure 1, the change time is set to be relatively long. May be.

  In the above embodiment, the game ball discharged outside the electric chew 22 is detected by the discharge detection sensor 21c. However, the discharge detection sensor 21c is not provided, and the discharge ball discharged from the electric chew 22 by the specific operation region sensor 21b. It is good also as a structure which detects. In this case, in step S125 of the input process of FIG. 14, it is determined whether or not there is detection by the specific operation region sensor 21b.

  Moreover, although it comprised as a gaming machine provided with only one grand prize opening in the said form, the structure provided with two big prize openings, ie, the 1st big prize opening (1st special prize opening), and the 2nd big prize opening (the 1st 2 special prize opening). In this case, in a single jackpot game, both of the big winning holes may be opened (but not opened at the same time), or only one of the big winning holes may be opened.

  Moreover, in the said form, it comprised as a gaming machine which controls to a high probability state based on the kind of special symbol. On the other hand, it is good also as a gaming machine which controls to a high probability state based on passage to the specific area (so-called V zone) provided in the special winning opening. That is, a so-called V-accuracy machine may be used. In this case, in addition to or instead of the big winning device 31 of the above-described form, a big winning device having a specific area in the big winning opening is provided. And it is comprised so that control to a high probability state may be performed based on the passage to the specific area in this special winning device.

  In the above embodiment, four random numbers such as jackpot random numbers are acquired as random numbers (numerical information) acquired based on winning to the first starting port 20 and the second starting port 21. Based on the acquired random number, whether or not a big hit or a small hit, the type of win, the presence or absence of reach, and the type of variation pattern may be determined. That is, it is possible to arbitrarily set the number of random numbers acquired based on the start winning and what is determined in each random number.

  In the above embodiment, the winning jackpot round number may be displayed on the display screen 7a as an opening effect of the jackpot game. If configured in this way, if there is no clear announcement of how many rounds in the stock production (for example, if you win the 16R jackpot but the stock production is only executed once and only “4R or more” is displayed) ), It is possible to recognize the exact number of rounds during the opening of the jackpot game.

  In the above embodiment, the effect control microcomputer 91 receives the auxiliary game start command in parallel with the auxiliary game in response to the reception of the auxiliary game start command (command set in step S1105 of the normal symbol determination process (FIG. 21)). In this auxiliary game effect, the winning jackpot number may be displayed on the display screen 7a.

  Moreover, in the said form, it is good also as a structure which does not display the fluctuation | variation display of effect design 8L, 8C, 8R during a time-short state. This is because the variation time of the special symbol selected mainly during the short-time state is as short as 3 seconds. In this case, the so-called fourth symbol variation display may be performed in parallel with the special symbol variation display. As the variation display of the fourth symbol, for example, small square symbols (□ and ■) are alternately displayed at the corners of the display screen 7a. Then, the 4th symbol is stopped and displayed with the winning symbol “□” when the jackpot is won, and the 4th symbol is stopped and displayed with the non-winning symbol “■” when not winning.

  In the above embodiment, the special symbol is displayed before the start of the special symbol change display (for example, after a special symbol stop time elapses until the next special symbol variable display start, or after the jackpot game ending time elapses). Some interval time (pause time, for example, 500 ms, etc.) may be provided during the period until the start of the fluctuation display. Also, before the start of the normal symbol variation display (for example, after the normal symbol stop time has elapsed until the start of the next normal symbol variation display, or after the interval time after the auxiliary game has been closed, Some interval time (pause time, for example, 500 ms, etc.) may be provided during the period until the start of the fluctuation display.

The “amount of privilege that can be given to the player by winning” includes the number of winning balls (number of rounds) that can be acquired in the special game and the advantage of the game state after the special game. That is, the “privilege” includes a prize ball in the special game and a game state after the special game.
Further, the fact that the normal symbol is not changing and the auxiliary game is not being executed and the number of the general symbol hold is not “0” is an execution condition (lottery condition) of the normal symbol lottery (ordinary symbol determination).
In addition, if the special symbol is changing, the big hit game or the small hit game is not being executed, and the number of special figure holds is not “0”, the execution condition of the special symbol lottery (whether the big hit or the small hit is determined) Judgment condition).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine 2 ... Game board 3 ... Game area 7 ... Image display apparatus 20 ... 1st starting opening (fixed entrance)
21 ... 2nd starting port (variable entrance)
21a ... 2nd starting port sensor 21b ... specific operation area sensor 21c ... discharge detection sensor 22 ... electric chew (variable ball entry means)
23. Opening / closing member (movable member)
30 ... Grand prize opening (special prize opening)
68 ... Storage member 78 ... Specific operation area 79 ... Ball-ejecting part 81 ... Game control microcomputer 85b ... 2nd special figure reservation memory | storage part (storage means for variable entrance)
91 ... Production control microcomputer

Claims (1)

One or a plurality of entrances including at least a variable entrance that can change the ease of entry of the game ball according to the operation of the movable member;
A specific operation region through which a game ball entered in the variable entrance can pass;
A success / failure determination means for determining whether or not it is correct based on the entrance to the entrance;
An identification symbol display means for stopping and displaying the identification symbol indicating the result of the success / failure determination through a variable display;
A right generation means for generating a right to start execution of a special game advantageous to the player after the identification symbol is stopped and displayed in a specific stop mode indicating winning;
Special game execution means for executing the special game based on the passing of the game ball to the specific operation area during the generation of the right;
When a predetermined lottery condition is satisfied, the movable member is changed from a closed state that makes it difficult or impossible to enter the variable entrance to an open state that makes it easy to enter the variable entrance. Auxiliary game lottery means for performing an auxiliary game execution lottery;
Auxiliary symbol display means for stopping and displaying the auxiliary symbol indicating the result of the execution lottery through the variable display;
An auxiliary game execution means for executing the auxiliary game after the auxiliary symbol is stopped and displayed in a predetermined stop mode indicating winning;
A privilege amount suggestion effect that can execute a privilege amount suggestion effect that suggests the amount of a privilege that can be given to a player by winning when the right is generated, along with the change display of the auxiliary symbol during the generation of the right And an execution means .

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