JP6143273B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly, to a gaming machine that notifies a player of the result of determination as to whether or not to execute a winning game that is advantageous to the player, using an effect on a display screen or the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a gaming machine that performs a hit determination that is a determination as to whether or not to execute a hit game that is advantageous for a player, when a game ball passes through a specific starting port. In this gaming machine, a random number is acquired when the game ball passes through the start port provided on the gaming board, and by determining whether or not this random number is a predetermined random number determined to be “winning” in advance, It is determined whether or not a winning game is executed. Then, by using a display means for displaying an image and an effect means such as a speaker for generating sound, various effects (notification effects) for notifying the player of the result of the hit determination are executed, thereby improving the game performance. It is increasing.

  Among such gaming machines, in order to increase the player's expectation that a winning game will be executed, a gaming machine that performs continuous notice over a plurality of notification effects has also been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). In this gaming machine, there is provided a predicting means for predicting whether or not a winning game will be executed thereafter by using a random number acquired at the time of winning a game ball at the starting port, and the predicting means If it is predicted to be executed, continuous notice can be executed. As a result, the player's expectation that the winning game will be executed is realized over a plurality of notification effects.

  In addition, there are two lottery means (first lottery means and second lottery means) for making a hit determination, and a notification effect for notifying the determination result by the second lottery means is notified of the determination result by the first lottery means There has also been proposed a gaming machine that is executed in preference to a notification effect for performing (see, for example, Patent Document 2). According to this gaming machine, the contents of the effect are diversified by changing the contents of the notification effect according to the lottery means. Furthermore, the game is prevented from becoming monotonous by giving priority to the determination result by one lottery means and notifying the player.

JP 2003-334366 A JP 2008-43376 A

  However, the gaming machine described in Patent Literature 1 has a problem that the content of the specific effect over a plurality of notification effects cannot be appropriately controlled in accordance with the progress of the game. For example, if it is once determined that the determination result of the deviation is displayed through a specific effect over a plurality of notification effects, even if it is subsequently determined that the winning game will be executed, the winning will be notified. It was not possible to perform a continuous production that continued until. In addition, when applying a specific effect having continuity over a plurality of notification effects to the gaming machine described in Patent Document 2, if the notification effect to be preferentially executed is interrupted during the execution of the specific effect, the notification is performed. There is also a problem that consistency between the determination result and the content of the specific performance cannot be obtained.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and provides a gaming machine capable of appropriately controlling the contents of effects having continuity over a plurality of notification effects according to the progress of the game. The purpose is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 is a game ball detecting means for detecting passage of a game ball to a starting port provided on the game board, and a game ball by the game ball detecting means. The winning random number obtaining means for obtaining a winning random number for determining whether or not to execute a winning game advantageous to the player due to the fact that the winning is detected, and the winning random number obtaining means obtained by the winning random number obtaining means. A winning random number storage means for sequentially storing random numbers; a winning determination means for determining whether or not the winning random number stored by the winning random number storage means is a predetermined random number determined to be a winning hit; The determination result by the hit determination means hits a plurality of effect patterns for determining the content and effect time of the notification effect, which is an effect indicating the determination result of the determination means. Random numbers for determining the type of effect due to the fact that the game pattern is detected by the game ball detecting means and the effect pattern storage means for storing the effect types in different degrees of expectation. effect type determination random number acquisition means, before Symbol notification effect the in have you when to start showing the number of per random number stored by the per random number memory unit notification effect at the start pending sphere to acquire certain effect type determination random number The effect of determining the effect type of the notification effect to be started according to the number, the determination result by the hit determination means, and the value of the effect type determination random number acquired by the effect type determination random number acquisition means Type determination means, and an effect execution control person that executes the notification effect according to the effect pattern belonging to the effect type determined by the effect type determination means And the winning random number acquisition means and the effect type determination random number acquisition means due to the fact that the game ball detection means is detected while the notification effect is being executed by the effect execution control means. When a new random number is acquired, the notification effect due to the detection is started according to the information about the newly acquired winning random number and the value of the effect type determination random number newly acquired. a presentation type prefetch means for the reading produce species such ahead at least determined regardless of the notification effect at the start pending counts during, the impetus to information about the presentation type by the effect type read-ahead means is prefetched In addition, the degree of expectation that the winning game will be executed during the execution of one or a plurality of the notification effects until the determination result for the winning random number is indicated is normal. A specification that determines whether or not to execute a specific effect indicating that it is higher depending on the newly acquired information on the winning random number and the information on the effect type pre-read by the effect type pre-reading means When it is determined that the specific effect is to be executed during the notification effect by the effect execution determining means and the specific effect execution determining means, the determination result for the winning random number that has been determined to be executed is the game until a certain effect determining means, before Symbol particular effect determining means, the specific effect of the determined content is completed to determine the content of the specific effect that takes place between the time indicated Due to the fact that a new game ball has been detected by the ball detecting means, the information on the effect type has been pre-read by the effect type pre-reading means. In this case, the content of the specific effect executed by the effect execution control unit is changed according to the newly acquired information on the winning random number and the information on the effect type pre-read by the effect type pre-reading unit. It is characterized by comprising production content changing means.

According to the gaming machine of claim 1, when the game ball passes through the starting port while the notification effect is being executed and a new random number is acquired, the specific effect is performed during the execution of one or more notification effects. Is determined with reference to at least a newly acquired hit random number. The specific effect is an effect indicating that the degree of expectation that the winning game is executed is higher than normal, and can be executed over a plurality of notification effects. When execution of the specific effect is determined, the content of the specific effect is determined and executed by the effect execution control means. Then, when the information about the effect type is further prefetched by the effect type prefetching means due to the fact that a new game ball has been detected until the end of the specific effect, it is newly acquired. Control can be appropriately performed according to the information on the winning random number and the information on the effect type pre-read by the effect type pre-reading means. Therefore, the specific effect and the result of the hit determination shown at the end of the specific effect can be appropriately adjusted, and a series of effects until the determination result is shown can be smoothly executed. In addition, a plurality of effect patterns for determining the outline of the notification effect are stored separately for a plurality of effect types (categories) with different expectations of being successful, It is possible to determine the category of the notification effect, determine whether or not to execute the specific effect, and further change the content of the specific effect. Therefore, the specific effect can be controlled by referring not only to the result of hit / miss, but also to the category of the notification effect. That is, the effect type prefetching unit can freely control a series of effects over a plurality of notification effects by prefetching information about a category of notification effects to be executed thereafter. Therefore, the gaming machine according to the present invention can appropriately control the contents of the effect having continuity over a plurality of notification effects according to the progress of the game.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a RAM 52 of a main board 41. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the 1st jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of RAM52. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of a ROM 53 of a main board 41. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a first category determination table stored in a category determination table storage area 5305 of ROM 53. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a first variation pattern determination table stored in a special symbol variation pattern storage area 5306 of the ROM 53. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. It is a flowchart of a subroutine of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. It is the table | surface which matched the content of the category notification command, the result of 1st jackpot determination, and the winning ratio of each pattern of specific production. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the specific production | presentation aspect storage area of ROM583 of the sub integrated board | substrate 58. 5 is a flowchart of sub integrated substrate processing in a sub integrated substrate 58. It is a flowchart of the subroutine of the specific effect control process performed by sub integrated board | substrate process. It is explanatory drawing which represented the change of the content of the specific effect in the pachinko machine 1 according to progress of time. It is explanatory drawing which represented the change of the content of the specific effect in the pachinko machine 1 according to progress of time.

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

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, a game board 2 is provided in which a game ball as a game medium launched from a launcher (not shown) flows by operating the launch handle 7. ing. The game board 2 has a substantially square shape (see FIG. 2), and is protected by a front frame 13 holding a transparent glass plate. In the lower part of the game board 2, an upper plate 5 is provided for supplying game balls to the launcher and receiving prize balls. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided directly below the upper plate 5, and a launch handle 7 for adjusting the launch of the game ball is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6. Furthermore, a crescent-shaped illumination device 35 in front view is disposed at the upper part of the front frame 13 so as to bulge forward substantially over the entire length in the left-right direction. Are each provided with a speaker 48. A large number of lighting lamps for production are provided on the front surface of the front frame 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a substantially circular game area 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 is formed on the front surface of the game board 2. In the approximate center of the game area 4, there is provided a symbol display device 8 provided with a display screen 28, an LED, etc. composed of an LCD. A normal symbol start gate 12 is provided on the left side of the symbol display device 8. In addition, a first start port 14 through which a game ball can be won from above is disposed below the symbol display device 8, and the game ball can be viewed from the left and right only when the opening / closing member is opened. A second starter electric accessory 15 capable of winning a prize is arranged. In addition, a big winning opening 16 is provided below the second starting electric accessory 15. Further, the normal winning ports 17 and 19 are provided on the left side of the big winning port 16, and the normal winning ports 18 and 20 are provided on the right side. In addition to the above, the game board 2 is provided with various illumination lamps, other illumination LEDs, windmills, and many obstacle nails.

  Further, the symbol display device 8 includes a display screen 28 formed of an LCD at the center. Various images such as moving images and messages are displayed on the display screen 28. In particular, three demo symbol display units for displaying the demo symbols indicating the results of the first jackpot determination and the second jackpot determination, the first reserved ball number display unit 29 for displaying the first special symbol operation reserved ball number, A second reserved ball number display unit 30 for displaying the number of two special symbol actuated balls is displayed. Here, the first special symbol actuated reserved ball number is the number of first reserved balls that are game balls that have won the first start port 14 and have not yet been determined for the first jackpot, and the second special symbol The number of operation holding balls is the number of second holding balls, which are game balls that have won the second starting electric accessory 15 and have not yet been subjected to the second jackpot determination. Note that when a notification effect for notifying the player of the determination result is started, the operation of the demo symbol becomes a low-speed change through a high-speed change, and stops in the order of left and right. Then, if the left and right demo symbols are the same, various reach effects are performed indicating that the judgment result may be a big hit. If all the demo symbols are the same, the big hit game is started. The Rukoto. On the other hand, if the left and right demo symbols that have stopped after the low-speed fluctuation are different, the center demo symbol is also stopped without performing the reach effect, indicating that the determination result is off.

  Further, on the left side of the first start port 14, a normal symbol display unit 24, a normal symbol memory number display LED 59, a first special symbol memory number display LED 60, a second special symbol memory number display LED 61, a first special symbol display unit. 25 and a second special symbol display section 26 are provided. The normal symbol display unit 24 is composed of one LED, the lighting state is normal winning and the unlit state is lost, and the blinking state is a fluctuating state indicating that the result of the normal winning determination will be notified from now on. . Further, the normal symbol memory number display LED 59 displays the number of game balls for which the result of the normal hit determination has not been displayed yet, that is, the so-called normal symbol operation reserved ball number. The first special symbol memory number display LED 60 displays the number of first special symbol operation reservation balls, and the second special symbol memory number display LED 61 displays the number of second special symbol operation reservation balls. The normal symbol memory number display LED 59, the first special symbol memory number display LED 60, and the second special symbol memory number display LED 61 are both composed of two LEDs, and only the left side of the two LEDs is turned on. “1”, both lighting is “2”, left blinking is “3”, both blinking is “4”, and both lights are “0”. The first special symbol display unit 25 and the second special symbol display unit 26 are both composed of two seven segments, and a special symbol consisting of a two-digit number or symbol is determined by the first jackpot determination or the second jackpot determination. It is displayed according to the result.

  Next, the outline | summary of the game and effect in the pachinko machine 1 of this Embodiment is demonstrated. In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball wins the first start port 14, various random numbers are acquired, and a first jackpot determination is performed based on the acquired random numbers. A random number is also acquired when a game ball wins the second starting electric accessory 15 and a second jackpot determination is performed. The result of the first jackpot determination is based on the first special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display unit 25, and the result of the second jackpot determination is based on the second special symbol displayed on the second special symbol display unit 26. Informed to the player. Furthermore, in order to attract the player's interest more strongly while notifying the player of the result of the jackpot determination in an easy-to-understand manner, the display screen 28 displays various kinds of information in synchronization with changes in the first special symbol and the second special symbol. A notification effect is performed. In this notification effect, various effects are executed as the demo symbols change, and a combination of demo symbols indicating the result of the jackpot determination is fixedly displayed. And many variation patterns for determining the production time and the content of the production of the notification effect are stored, and when one of the variation patterns is determined with reference to the table corresponding to the result of the jackpot determination, the determined variation is determined. The notification effect and the variation of the special symbol are controlled according to the pattern.

  Here, in the pachinko machine 1, the specific effect indicating that the degree of expectation that the jackpot game is subsequently executed is higher than normal can be executed during one or more notification effects. In detail, the demo symbol during the notification effect shifts to the low-speed change after performing the high-speed change, and in a predetermined case, the reach effect is given and is displayed in a combination indicating the determination result, but in the pachinko machine 1, By executing the specific effect during the high-speed fluctuation, it is possible to increase the player's expectation for the jackpot game. Further, by executing the specific effect over a plurality of notification effects, it is possible to attract the player's interest more strongly. However, even if a specific performance is executed multiple times in succession, if there are many situations where a combination of demo symbols showing a gap is displayed without even reaching a reach, the player is discouraged and results in a loss of interest. It becomes. Therefore, when a random number is newly acquired during the notification effect, the result of the jackpot determination to be notified thereafter and the type of notification effect (for example, whether or not the notification effect with a high degree of expectation of the jackpot is executed) ) Is determined based on the newly acquired random number, and the specific effect is controlled according to the determination result.

  However, it is difficult to appropriately control the contents of the specific performance as the game progresses. For example, as will be described later, in the pachinko machine 1, the result of the second jackpot determination is given priority to the player over the result of the first jackpot determination. In the gaming machine having such a configuration, when a game ball is newly won to the second starter electric accessory 15 during execution of a specific effect that continues until a predetermined first jackpot determination result is displayed, a series of specific The production and the notification production executed at the end of the specific production can no longer be handled, and a series of productions cannot be executed smoothly. In addition, when it is determined that a specific effect is to be executed during the execution of a specific effect over a plurality of notification effects, between the specific effect that has been executed so far and the new specific effect that is executed As a result, the continuity of the game was interrupted and the player's interest was impaired.

  Therefore, in the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball is newly won to the first start opening 14 or the second start electric accessory 15 while it is determined to execute the specific effect, a new win is given. Based on the random number acquired as an opportunity, it was set as the structure which can change the content of specific production. As a result, the content of the specific effect is appropriately controlled in accordance with the progress of the game, and the specific effect that can attract the interest of the player is smoothly executed. Details thereof will be described later with reference to the drawings.

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

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

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

  Next, the payout control board 45 and the relay board 47 will be described. The payout control board 45 incorporates a CPU 45 a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and is connected to a prize ball payout device 49. Then, according to the command transmitted from the main board 41, the prize ball payout device 49 is controlled. Further, the relay board 47 includes a normal symbol operation switch 71 for detecting the passing of the game ball to the normal symbol start gate 12, a big prize opening opening solenoid 72 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the big prize opening 16, and a second start. An electric accessory opening solenoid 73 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the electric accessory 15, a big prize opening switch 75 for detecting a gaming ball won in the big prize opening 16, and a game ball winning in the normal prize opening 17 to 20 A normal symbol opening switch 76, a normal symbol display unit 24, a first special symbol display unit 25, a second special symbol display unit 26, a normal symbol memory number display LED 59, a first special symbol memory number display LED 60, and A second special symbol memory number display LED 61 is connected. The relay board 47 relays wiring of switches and solenoids and relays from the main board 41 to a display unit or the like that is directly controlled. In addition, when a game ball wins the first start port 14, the second start electric accessory 15, the big winning port 16, and the normal winning ports 17 to 20, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out.

  Next, the sub integrated board 58, the effect control board 43, and the lamp driver board 46 will be described. The sub integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 581, a RAM 582, and a ROM 583, and is connected to the effect control board 43, the lamp driver board 46, and the speaker 48. Then, in accordance with a command transmitted from the main board 41, comprehensive control such as production is performed. Further, the effect control board 43 incorporates a CPU 43a, an input interface (not shown), RAM and ROM, and controls the display screen 28. The lamp driver board 46 incorporates a CPU 46a, an input interface (not shown), a RAM and a ROM, and a lighting device 35 is connected thereto. Based on the command transmitted from the sub-integrated board 58, the light emission of the lighting device 35 is controlled.

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

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

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

  First, the random number acquisition counter will be described. Random number acquisition counter includes normal hit determination counter, first / second jackpot determination counter, first / second jackpot special symbol determination counter, first / second category determination counter, first / second variation pattern determination counter, etc. There is. The values of these counters are set at regular intervals (for example, in the counter update process of the main process (S12, see FIG. 9)) executed based on the interrupt signal from the interrupt signal generation circuit 57 (see FIG. 3) , A predetermined amount (for example, “1”) is added every 2 ms which is an interval of interrupt signal generation. Each counter has a minimum value (lower limit value) and a maximum value (upper limit value), and is configured to circulate in a numerical value in a range from the minimum value to the maximum value. Then, every time the value is rounded to the same value as the initial value by the update, a new initial value is acquired, and “1” is added to the initial value. For the determination of the new initial value, a random number generated by an initial value random number process for generating a random number by a predetermined algorithm is used. These random number acquisition counters are used in a normal symbol process (S16, see FIG. 9) and a special symbol process (see FIGS. 10 to 12) of the main process described later.

  Next, the timer counter will be described. The timer counter is a counter used for measuring time, and a predetermined value is stored as an initial value at the start of time measurement. For example, when measuring 1 second, “500” is stored as an initial value. Then, “1” is subtracted by “1” in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 9) performed every 2 ms, which is the interval of interrupt signal generation. If the value is not “0”, the value is “ It is determined that the predetermined time has passed by becoming “0”.

  Next, the winning ball counter will be described. The winning ball counter is used to count the number of game balls that have won the big winning opening 16 while the big winning opening 16 performs one opening / closing operation. The initial value of this counter is “0”, and is incremented by “1” every time a winning is detected in a switch read process (S11, see FIG. 9) of the main process described later. Then, it is initialized when the special winning opening 16 is closed.

  Next, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52. This first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is used in a special symbol process (see FIGS. 10 to 12) of the main process described later. As shown in FIG. 5, the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is provided with a determination area and first to fourth storage areas. In the first to fourth memory areas, random numbers acquired by the game balls (special symbol operation holding balls) that have won the first start opening 14 and have not yet been notified of the result of the first jackpot determination are stored. . Also, the determination area stores a result of the first jackpot determination that is currently being performed, and random numbers that are the basis of the jackpot game.

  In each of the determination area and the first to fourth storage areas, a first jackpot random number field in which the value of the first jackpot determination counter is stored and a first special symbol determination in which the value of the first special symbol determination counter is stored A random number field, a first category determination random number field in which the value of the first category determination counter is stored, and a first variation pattern determination random number field in which the value of the first variation pattern determination counter is stored are provided. Here, the category is an effect category to which each notification effect belongs, and is provided with a plurality of categories such as “reach non-establishment” and “normal reach”, and the details will be described later with reference to FIG. Then, when the game ball passes through the first starting port 14, each value is stored in a storage area corresponding to the value of the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 of the RAM 52, and the first jackpot determination is made based on this value. When the jackpot is determined, the first special symbol is determined, the first variation pattern category is determined, and the first variation pattern belonging to the determined category is determined.

  Then, when the processing for the value stored in the determination area is completed, the value stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, and processing such as the next first jackpot determination is performed based on this value. . Along with this, each value in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the one numbered young storage area, and the value in the fourth storage area is cleared. Here, the number of storage areas is four. That is, the number of game balls that have won a prize at the first starting port 14 can be stored in random numbers and can be suspended. Therefore, the upper limit of the number of first special symbol operation reservation balls is four, and the value of the first special symbol operation reservation balls number storage area 5206 does not take a value larger than “4”. In addition, in the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 of the RAM 52, a determination area and first to fourth storage areas are similarly provided so that information on four game balls can be reserved. Since the configuration is the same as that of the big hit relation information storage area 5205, this description is omitted. Similarly, in the normal hit relation information storage area 5203 of the RAM 52, a determination area and first to fourth storage areas are provided so that information on four game balls can be held.

  Next, the storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area of the ROM 53 of the main board 41. The ROM 53 has an initial setting storage area 5301 for storing initial values stored in the respective storage areas when the pachinko machine 1 is reset, and a control program for storing various programs for the CPU 51 to control the pachinko machine 1. Storage area 5302, control command table storage area 5303 for storing a table of control commands output from the main board 41 to each sub board, and a special symbol combination pattern for storing a combination of special symbols to be displayed on the special symbol display units 25 and 26 A storage area 5304, a category determination table storage area 5305 for storing a category determination table for determining the category of the variation pattern according to the number of reserved balls, a special symbol for storing information such as a table regarding the variation pattern of the special symbol and the demo symbol Fluctuation pattern storage area 530 , Jackpot determination, usually hit determination, the determination table storage area 5307 for storing various tables referred to when determining the like of the special symbols is performed is provided. Further, the ROM 53 is provided with various storage areas not shown.

  Next, the first category determination table stored in the category determination table storage area 5305 of the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a first category determination table stored in the category determination table storage area 5305 of the ROM 53. A category is a division of effects to which each notification effect belongs. In the pachinko machine 1, “reach is not established”, “normal reach”, “super reach”, “development reach” in descending order of expectation that a jackpot game is executed. There are four categories.

  In the notification effect belonging to the category “not reached reach”, the demo symbols are changed at high speed and then changed to low-speed change, and the combination of the demo symbols indicating the deviation is confirmed and displayed without passing through the reach effect. Therefore, when the determination result is a big hit, the category of “not reachable” is not selected. In the notice production belonging to the category of “normal reach”, the left and right demo symbols are the same after low speed fluctuation, and the normal reach production is performed, but the production time is shorter than the other reach production (see FIG. 8), and at the time of the big hit The percentage chosen is also low. In the notification effect belonging to the “super reach” category, after the low speed fluctuation, various super reach effects are performed through effects similar to the normal reach effect. In the notification production belonging to “Development reach”, after the production similar to the super reach production, the development reach production indicating that the degree of expectation of the jackpot is higher is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the jackpot expectation degree for each category is assigned by changing the category selection ratio according to the result of the jackpot determination. For example, the rate at which the category of “development reach” having the highest expectation is determined is 68/128 in the case of jackpot, but is significantly smaller than in the case of jackpot in the case of loss (for example, the number of holdings) 3/128 when the value is 4. Then, as will be described later, the notification time of the category having a higher degree of expectation of jackpots is made longer by increasing the production time, thereby attracting the player's expectation more strongly (see FIG. 8).

  Here, in the pachinko machine 1, when the game ball wins the first start port 14 during the execution of the notification effect, the various random numbers obtained are stored as the first hold ball, and the stored first hold ball about the first hold ball is stored. The result of the big hit determination is sequentially notified to the player. However, since the maximum number of first reserved balls that can be stored is “4”, if there are many stored first reserved balls, a shorter time is required in order to prevent a decrease in the execution chance of the first jackpot determination. It is desirable to execute the notification effect. Further, when the number of the first reserved balls is small, it is desirable to perform the notification effect for a longer time in order to entertain the player by shortening the time during which the notification effect is not performed. In order to realize this, conventionally, a table for determining a variation pattern has to be stored separately according to the number of balls held.

  On the other hand, in the pachinko machine 1, before determining the first variation pattern specifically, the category of the notification effect is determined according to the number of reserved balls using the first category determination table shown in FIG. Thereafter, one of the variation patterns belonging to the already determined category is determined using a first variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 8) described later. The first category determination table (see FIG. 7) is configured such that a category with a shorter presentation time (a category with a lower expectation) is more easily determined as the number of first reserved balls is larger. For example, when it is determined that there is a shift in the normal state (non-short-time state) and the value of the category determination random number is 108, if the first reserved ball number is either “1 · 2”, “reach is not established” On the other hand, if the number of reserved balls is “0”, the category of “normal reach” is determined. As a result, it is possible to easily realize the prevention of the decrease in the opportunity to execute the first jackpot determination and the reduction of the time during which the notification effect is not performed. Note that the probability that the determination result is a jackpot is about 1/300, and even if the category selection ratio in the case of a jackpot is changed according to the number of reserved balls, the effect is small. The category selection ratio is the same regardless of the number of first reserved balls. However, it goes without saying that the category selection ratio may be changed even in the case of jackpot.

  Further, in the pachinko machine 1, a specific effect indicating that the degree of expectation that a jackpot game will be executed thereafter is higher than normal can be executed during one or more notification effects. Specifically, in one or a plurality of notification effects, the player's expectation can be enhanced by performing various specific effects such as displaying characters on the display screen 28 during high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol. Here, in order to increase the player's expectation by the specific effect, it is necessary to grasp in advance the types of notification effects to be executed thereafter. For example, if the situation where even the reach effect is not performed even though the specific effect is executed continues, the player's interest is impaired. However, it has been difficult to grasp the type of notification effect to be executed at the time of random number acquisition. In particular, in a gaming machine that changes the time of notification effect according to the number of reserved balls as described above, it is impossible to grasp the number of reserved balls at the time of notification effect execution at the time of random number acquisition. Therefore, it was not possible to accurately grasp the type of notification effect executed thereafter.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the first category determination table is configured so that the category having a higher degree of expectation of jackpot is determined as the value of the category determination random number increases. Thereby, it can be easily determined at the time of winning a game ball to the first start port 14 whether or not a category having a predetermined expected degree or more is determined regardless of the number of first reserved balls. For example, by determining whether or not the value of the category determination random number is 115 or more, it is possible to determine whether or not a category having an expected degree of “normal reach” or more is determined.

  More specifically, if the value of the category determination random number is 1 to 107, it is determined that the reach effect is not executed, and a reach non-establishment command indicating that the reach effect is not performed is received from the main board 41. It is transmitted to the sub integrated board 58. If the category determination random value is 108 to 114, a reachability command indicating that the normal reach category may be determined is transmitted. If the category determination random value is 115 to 120, a normal or higher determination command indicating that a normal reach category or a super reach category having a higher expectation is determined is transmitted. If the category determination random value is 121 to 124, a super or higher determination command indicating that a super reach or an advanced reach category having a higher expectation is determined is transmitted. If the category determination random value is 125 to 127, an expansion confirmation command indicating that the category of the expansion reach is determined is transmitted to the sub-integrated board 58.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to easily pre-read which expected degree of notification effect is executed afterwards when the game ball wins the first start port 14. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately determine whether or not to execute the specific effect. Note that the configuration of the first category determination table that is referred to during the time reduction state is the same as that of the table that is referred to during the normal state, and thus description thereof is omitted. Further, the second category determination table for determining the category of the notification effect indicating the result of the second jackpot determination is the same as the first category determination table shown in FIG.

  Next, the first variation pattern determination table stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5306 of the ROM 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a first variation pattern determination table stored in the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5306 of the ROM 53. The variation pattern is a variation pattern of a symbol used when a determination result by jackpot determination is shown. Due to the variation pattern, the variation time of the symbols displayed on the special symbol display portions 25 and 26 and the demonstration symbol display portion of the display screen 28, and the display screen 28, the illumination device 35, the speaker in synchronization with the variation of these symbols. The pattern of the notification effect performed by 48 etc. is determined. Then, the sub integrated board 58 determines whether or not to execute specific contents of the effect, for example, the specific effect, based on the variation pattern determined by the main board 41.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the first variation pattern determination table is provided with a table corresponding to the gaming state (normal state or short-time state) at the time of the first jackpot determination and the result of the first jackpot determination (the jackpot or loss). It has been. In each table, one or a plurality of variation patterns are associated with the category described above. In the special symbol process (see FIGS. 10 to 12) described later, the first variation pattern determination table corresponding to the gaming state and the determination result is referred to and determined by the first category determination table and the first category determination random number. One of the first variation patterns belonging to the category is determined by the value of the first variation pattern determination random number. For example, when the category of “normal reach” is determined, the first variation pattern of normal reach is determined regardless of the value of the first variation pattern determination random number. When the category of “super reach” is determined, one of the three first variation patterns of super reach A, B, and C is determined. This makes it easy to change the appearance ratio of the notification effect according to the number of first reserved balls without providing a plurality of first variation pattern determination tables according to the number of first reserved balls. It should be noted that, when the category of “reach not established” is determined, the variation pattern of reach non-establishment is always determined, but this variation time (that is, the time of notification effect) increases as the number of first reserved balls increases. It is set to be shorter. Thereby, in addition to changing the appearance ratio of the notification effect according to the number of reserved balls, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the execution chance of the first jackpot determination will be lost.

  It should be noted that the category determination table and the variation pattern determination table used in the present embodiment are merely examples, and it goes without saying that the contents of the table can be set as appropriate. For example, the first category determination table (see FIG. 7) according to the present embodiment is configured such that a category having a higher degree of expectation of jackpot is selected as the value of the first category determination random number increases. However, the present invention can be realized even when a category having a lower expectation level is selected as the random value increases. That is, if each category corresponds to a random number in the order of expectation according to the ascending or descending order of the random number value, it is determined by the random value whether or not a category with a predetermined expected degree or more is determined regardless of the number of first reserved balls. can do. Needless to say, the number of categories, the type of notification effect, the variation time, and the like can be set as appropriate. In addition, since the second variation pattern for controlling the notification effect indicating the result of the second jackpot determination is also determined by the same method as the first variation pattern, the second variation pattern for determining the second variation pattern Description of the decision table is omitted.

  Next, details of the operation of the main board 41 of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 12. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of main processing in the main board 41, and FIGS. 10 to 12 are flowcharts of subroutines of special symbol processing executed in the main processing. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

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

  First, main processing performed on the main board 41 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, when the main process is started by sensing an interrupt signal, first, a command output process is performed (S10). In this command output process, a control command is output to the sub-integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, the relay board 47, etc. via the I / O interface 54. The control command includes a reserved ball number notification command for notifying the number of held balls to the sub-integrated board 58, a jackpot random number look-ahead command for notifying a result of prefetching about the first jackpot random number newly acquired during execution of the notification effect, A category notification command for notifying information about the category of the pre-read notification effect, a command for instructing the variation pattern of the determined special symbol, a command for instructing the timing for stopping the special symbol, a command for informing the start of the jackpot game, There are a number of commands such as a command for instructing the opening / closing timing of the electric accessory. The control command output here is a control command stored as an output command in the command relation storage area 5209 of the RAM 52 in the main process executed last time.

  Next, a switch reading process is performed (S11). In this switch reading process, a process for detecting the winning of a game ball in the normal symbol start gate 12, the first start port 14, the second start electric accessory 15, the normal winning ports 17 to 20, and the big winning port 16 is performed. Is done. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a game ball is detected by each switch (see FIG. 3) provided at these winning openings, and if a game ball is detected, a winning ball flag storage area of the RAM 52 is detected. A flag corresponding to each switch stored in 5202 is turned ON. Further, the number of game balls won during one opening of the big winning opening 16 is counted by a winning ball counter. At the start of the switch reading process, all flags in the winning ball flag storage area are reset.

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

  Next, special electric accessory processing is performed (S13). In the special electric accessory process, a command for instructing the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 16 is performed during the big hit game. Also, at the end of the jackpot game, depending on the type of special symbol that is the basis of the jackpot game, a flag (probability change flag and short-time / medium flag) for generating either the short state at the time of probability change or the short state at the time of non-probability change ) Is performed.

  Next, special symbol processing is performed (S14). In this special symbol processing, prefetching of information about the first jackpot random number, prefetching of the notification effect category indicating the result of the first jackpot determination, first / second jackpot determination, determination of the variation pattern, instruction, symbol variation Processing such as start and end instructions is performed. This special symbol process will be described later with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  Next, ordinary electric accessory processing is performed (S15). In this ordinary electric accessory process, when a normal hit is reached, a process is performed to facilitate the winning of a game ball by opening the opening / closing member of the second starting electric accessory 15 for a predetermined time. It should be noted that the one opening time of the second starting electric component 15 is longer in the short time state than in the normal state.

  Next, normal symbol processing is performed (S16). In the normal symbol process, when the game ball passes through the normal symbol start gate 12, the value of the normal hit determination counter is acquired as a normal hit random number. Then, a normal hit determination is performed based on the acquired random number, and a process of displaying the determination result on the normal symbol display unit 24 is performed. In addition, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display unit 24 is shorter in the short-time state than in the normal state, and the probability that it is determined that the normal hit is in the short-time state than in the normal state. Since it is much higher, it is rare for a game ball to win the second starter electric accessory 15 during a normal state.

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

  Next, details of the special symbol process (S14) of the main process will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. As described above, in the special symbol processing, prefetching of information about the first jackpot random number, prefetching of the notification effect category indicating the result of the first jackpot determination, first / second jackpot determination, determination of the variation pattern, instruction, Processing such as an instruction to start and end symbol variation is performed.

  First, the flags used in the special symbol process will be described. In the flag-related storage area of the RAM 52, a special symbol display state flag, a jackpot gaming state flag, a probability variation flag, a time-short / medium flag, and the like are stored. The special symbol display state flag is a flag indicating the states of the first special symbol display unit 25 and the second special symbol display unit 26, and when one of the two special symbol display units 25 and 26 is fluctuating (currently changing). ), “1” is stored, “1” is stored when either one is stopped (stop display), and “0” is stored when neither change nor stop display is displayed. . The jackpot game state flag is “ON” because “1” is stored during the jackpot game. Further, the probability variation flag is “ON” because “1” is stored during the probability variation in which the probability of being determined to be a big hit is higher than in the normal state. The time / middle flag makes the normal symbol variation time shorter than normal, the probability of normal winning becomes higher than normal, and the opening time of the opening / closing member of the second starter electric accessory 15 is longer than normal. At this time, “1” is stored in the short state and becomes “ON”.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when the special symbol process of the main process is started, it is determined whether or not a game ball is won at the first start port 14 (S21). In the switch reading process (S11, see FIG. 9), when the winning of the game ball to the first start port 14 is not detected (S21: NO), the process proceeds to the determination of S32.

  When winning of a game ball to the first start port 14 is detected (S21: YES), processing for obtaining a random number for the game ball is performed. However, the number of first special symbol actuated reserve balls (first reserve balls) that can acquire and store random numbers is “4”. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the value of the first special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5206 of the RAM 52 is “4” (S22), and if it is “4” (S22: YES), this Since random numbers for the game balls cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S32 as it is.

  When the number of first reserved balls is one of “0” to “3” (S22: NO), “1” is added to the value of the first special symbol actuated reserved ball number storage area 5206 (S23). A reserved ball number notification command for notifying the number of held balls to the sub-integrated board 58 is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 of the RAM 52 (S24). Then, the values of the first jackpot determination counter, the first special symbol determination counter, the first category determination counter, and the first variation pattern determination counter in the counter storage area 5201 are acquired (S25).

  Next, prefetching of information about the acquired first jackpot random number (the value of the first jackpot determination counter) is performed (S26), and a jackpot random number lookahead command indicating the result of the prefetching is stored in the RAM 52 (S27). In this first jackpot random number prefetching process, the latest first jackpot random number obtained is applied to the table stored in the determination table storage area 5307 of the ROM 53, so that information about the first jackpot random number is prefetched. Is called. Here, the determination table for performing jackpot determination includes a low probability determination table used in a normal state (during non-probability fluctuation), and a high probability determination in which the probability of being determined to be a big hit is higher than during non-probability fluctuation. A table is provided. All random numbers assigned as jackpots in the low probability determination table are also assigned as jackpots in the high probability determination table. Therefore, in the first jackpot random number look-ahead process (S26), a random number determined to be out of play regardless of the gaming state, a random number determined to be a big hit only during a probability change, and a random number determined to be a big hit regardless of the gaming state. Which one is determined. Then, in the process of storing the command (S27), if the random number is determined to be a loss regardless of the gaming state, the random number for which the command “01H” indicating the loss is determined to be a big hit only during the probability variation is acquired. If the command “02H” indicating that is acquired and a random number that is determined to be a jackpot regardless of the gaming state is acquired, the command “03H” indicating the jackpot is stored. Thereby, even when the gaming state at the time of the prefetching process is different from the gaming state at the time of the actual first jackpot determination, it is possible to control the specific effect using the result of the prefetching with respect to the first jackpot random number.

  In the first jackpot random number look-ahead process, it is not always necessary to make a determination that matches the actual first jackpot determination result. For example, only a part of random numbers assigned as jackpots may be set so that a prefetch command indicating jackpot is transmitted, and a prefetch command indicating a loss is transmitted for other random numbers. In the present embodiment, by sending the command “01H” indicating the loss, it is not notified to the player that it is “loss” in advance, so a part of the random number assigned as a jackpot Even if a prefetch command indicating a loss is transmitted, only the difference in the winning ratio of the specific effect execution lottery occurs, and no particular problem occurs.

  Next, by using the acquired first category determination random number (the value of the first category determination counter), prefetch processing of the category to which the notification effect indicating the result of the first jackpot determination belongs is performed (S28). This process is performed with reference to the first category determination table (see FIG. 7). As described above, the ratio at which each category is selected is set to be different depending on the number of the first reserved balls at the start of the notification effect. However, according to the first category determination table in the present embodiment, the ratio is predetermined. It is possible to easily determine whether or not a category exceeding the expected level is determined regardless of the number of first reserved balls. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, if the value of the first category determination random number is 107 or less when it is determined that there is a shift in the normal state, it can be determined that reach is not established, and if it is 108 or more, reach is not achieved. It can be determined that there is a possibility that the performance is performed. Further, if the random value is 115 or more, it can be determined that the category having the jackpot expectation level of normal reach or higher is determined. If the random value is 121 or higher, the category having the expectation level of super reach or higher (super reach or development reach). ) Is determined. If the random number value is 125 or more, it can be determined that the category of the development reach with the highest expectation is determined.

  Next, a category notification command indicating the category of the pre-read notification effect is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 of the RAM 52 (S29). Specifically, if the value of the first category determination random number is 0 or more and 107 or less, a reach non-establishment command for notifying that the reach effect is not performed is stored, and if the random number value is 108 or more and 114 or less, the reach A reachability command indicating that there is a possibility that the performance is executed is stored. Further, if the random value is 115 or more and 120 or less, a normal or more confirmation command is stored indicating that an expected category of normal reach or more is determined, and if the random value is 121 or more and 124 or less, it is super reach or more. A super-determined command indicating that the expected category is determined is stored. If the random number value is 125 or more and 127 or less, an evolution confirmation command indicating that the category of the evolution reach is determined is stored.

  Next, the random number acquired in the process of S25 is stored in the storage area of the number corresponding to the value of the first special symbol action reserved ball number storage area 5206 in the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 of the RAM 52 ( S30). Specifically, the value of the first jackpot determination counter is in the first jackpot random number column, the value of the first special symbol determination counter is in the first special symbol determination random number column, and the value in the first category determination random number column is the first. The value of the category determination random number is stored in the first variation pattern determination random number column. Then, the process proceeds to S32.

  Next, a process related to winning a game ball to the second starter electric accessory 15 is performed. First, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the second starter electric accessory 15 (S32). When it is determined that the flag corresponding to the second starter electric accessory switch 70 provided in the second starter electric accessory 15 is “OFF” and the game ball is not won (S32: NO). ), The process proceeds to S38 (see FIG. 11). If it is determined that a game ball has won the second starter electric accessory 15 (S32: YES), whether or not the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 is “4”. Is determined (S33). If it is “4” (S33: YES), since the random number for this game ball cannot be stored, the process proceeds to S38 as it is.

  When the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 is not “4” (S33: NO), “1” is added to the value of the second special symbol operation reserved ball number storage area 5208 (S34). ), A pending ball number notification command is stored (S35). Then, each value of the second jackpot determination counter, the second special symbol determination counter, the second category determination counter, and the second variation pattern determination counter is acquired (S36), and each acquired value is the second jackpot relation information in the RAM 52. The data is stored in the storage area 5207 (S37), and the process proceeds to S38.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 11, it is determined whether or not the game state is a jackpot gaming state (S38). When it is a jackpot game state, the jackpot determination and the notification of the determination result are not performed. Therefore, if the jackpot gaming state flag is “ON” and it is determined that the jackpot gaming state is set (S38: YES), the process directly returns to the main process.

  When the jackpot gaming state flag is “OFF” (S38: NO), since it is not the jackpot gaming state, processing relating to the control of the special symbol display units 25 and 26 and the notification effect is performed. First, based on the special symbol display state flag, it is determined whether any of the special symbol display portions 25 and 26 is changing (S39). If the special symbol display state flag is not “1” and neither is changing (S39: NO), it is determined whether or not any special symbol is being stopped (S40). If the special symbol display state flag is not “2” and the two special symbol display units 25 and 26 are not in stop display (S40: NO), the first jackpot determination or the second jackpot determination is performed.

  Therefore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12, it is confirmed whether or not there is a game ball on which the jackpot determination is to be performed. First, it is determined whether or not the value of the second special symbol actuated ball number storage area 5208 of the RAM 52 is equal to or greater than “1” (S41). In the present embodiment, when both the first special symbol operation reservation ball and the second special symbol operation reservation ball are “1” or more, the second big hit determination is preferentially executed. Therefore, when the number of second special symbol operation reservation balls is “1” or more (S41: YES), the process proceeds to S54 and the second big hit determination is performed. On the other hand, when the number of the second special symbol operation reservation balls is “0” (S41: NO), the value of the first special symbol operation reservation balls number storage area 5206 indicates the first special symbol operation reservation balls number. It is determined whether or not the value is “1” or more (S42). If it is “0” (S42: NO), there is no game ball for which a jackpot determination is to be made, and the process directly returns to the main process. If it is “1” or more (S42: YES), the process proceeds to S43 to perform the first jackpot determination.

  In the first jackpot determination, first, “1” is subtracted from the value of the first special symbol action reserved ball number storage area 5206 (S43), and the value of the first jackpot relation information storage area 5205 is shifted. That is, the random number stored in the first storage area is shifted to the determination area, the random number stored in the second to fourth storage areas is shifted to the storage area one number lower, and the value in the fourth storage area Is cleared (S44). Next, a reserved ball number notification command for notifying the number of held balls to the sub-integrated board 58 is stored (S45), and a first jackpot determination is performed (S46). This first jackpot determination is performed by referring to the first jackpot determination table stored in the determination table storage area 5307 of the ROM 53 and using the value stored in the first jackpot random number column (see FIG. 5) of the determination area. Is called. If the probability variation flag is “1” and the probability variation state is “ON”, the first high probability that the number of specific values determined as jackpots is greater than that in the non-probability variation state The first jackpot determination is performed with reference to the determination table. On the other hand, if the probability variation flag is “OFF” in the non-probability variation state, the determination is performed with reference to the first low probability determination table.

  Next, a process for determining a special symbol and a process for determining a category of variation effect are performed. First, it is determined whether or not the result of the first jackpot determination is “jackpot” (S48). If it is “big hit” (S48: YES), the first special symbol indicating the big hit is determined by the value of the first special symbol determination random number, and the special symbol designation command indicating the determined first special symbol is the command related storage area. It is stored in 5209 (S49). In accordance with the special symbol determined here, the game state after the end of the jackpot game is determined. Next, in the first category determination table (see FIG. 7), a table for jackpot time according to whether or not the time reduction state is in effect is referred to, and the category of the notification effect is determined by the value in the first category determination random number column. It is determined (S50). Then, the process proceeds to S65.

  Further, if the result of the first jackpot determination is “missing” (S48: NO), a first special symbol (“-” in the present embodiment) indicating the losing is determined (S51). In the first category determination table, the table at the time of loss according to whether or not it is in the short time state is referred to, and the category of the notification effect is determined by the value of the first category determination random number (S52). . Then, the process proceeds to S65.

  In the second jackpot determination, first, the value in the second special symbol actuated holding ball number storage area 5208 is decremented by “1” (S54), and the value stored in the second jackpot relation information storage area 5207 is shifted. (S55). Then, a pending ball number notification command is stored (S56), and a second jackpot determination is made according to the gaming state (S57). Next, if the result of the second jackpot determination is a jackpot (S59: YES), the second special symbol indicating the jackpot is determined (S60), and the category to which the notification effect indicating the second jackpot belongs is determined by the second category determination random number. After being determined (S61), the process proceeds to S65. If the determination result is out of order (S59: NO), the second special symbol indicating the outage is determined (S62), the category to which the notification effect indicating the outage belongs is determined (S63), and the process proceeds to S65. To do.

  Next, one of the one or more variation patterns belonging to the determined category is determined by referring to the first variation pattern determination table (see FIG. 8) or the second variation pattern determination table (S65). ). For example, if it is determined that the first jackpot determination is out of place during the normal state, if the determined category is “reach non-established”, the non-reach fluctuation pattern is determined regardless of the value of the fluctuation pattern determination random number. Is done. In this non-reach variation pattern, four patterns having different variation times are provided according to the number of reserved balls, and the variation pattern according to the number of reserved balls at that time is determined. Further, if the category determined when the first big hit is determined in the normal state is “super reach” and the value of the variation pattern determination random number is “30 to 79”, the variation pattern of “super B” Will be determined.

  Next, a variation pattern designation command indicating the determined variation pattern and instructing the start of variation of the special symbol and the demo symbol is stored in the command relation storage area 5209 of the RAM 52 (S66). Then, the variation time of the special symbol determined for each variation pattern is stored in the special symbol variation time counter (S67), and “1” indicating that either the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing. Is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S68), and the process returns to the main process.

  In addition, in the determination of S39 shown in FIG. 11, when “1” is stored in the special symbol display state flag and it is determined that one special symbol is changing (S39: YES), the change time It is determined whether or not elapses (S71). When the value of the special symbol variation time counter set in S67 (see FIG. 12) becomes “0”, the variation time has elapsed (S71: YES), so the special symbol is stored in the command related storage area 5209 of the RAM 52. A stop command is stored (S72). This special symbol stop command is a command for instructing to stop changing the first special symbol or the second special symbol that is changing, and to end the changing effect performed by the display screen 28 or the like. Then, a predetermined stop display time is stored in the special symbol stop time counter (S73), and “2” indicating that one special symbol is being stopped is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S74). Return to the main process. On the other hand, if it is determined in S71 that the value of the special symbol variation time counter is not “0” and the variation time has not yet elapsed (S71: NO), the variation of the special symbol is continued. Therefore, the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process.

  In addition, in the determination of S40, “2” is stored in the special symbol display state flag, and when it is determined that one of the special symbols is being stopped (S40: YES), the stop display time has elapsed. It is determined whether or not it has been done (S75). If the value of the special symbol stop time counter set in S73 is not “0” (S75: NO), the special symbol process is terminated as it is, and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, when the counter value is subtracted in the counter update process (S12, see FIG. 9) and becomes “0”, the stop display time has elapsed (S75: YES), and both of the two special symbols are displayed. “0” indicating that neither stop display nor change is stored in the special symbol display state flag (S76). Then, a short / medium flag process is performed (S77). In the pachinko machine 1, the non-stochastic fluctuation short-time state that occurs after the end of the jackpot game ends when the jackpot determination is performed 100 times. Therefore, in the process of S77, when the jackpot determination is made 100 times during the non-probability fluctuation time-saving state, the processing for setting the time-shortage flag to “0” is performed.

  Next, when it is determined that the jackpot is made in the previous jackpot determination (S78: YES), “1” indicating the jackpot gaming state is stored in the jackpot gaming state flag and is set to “ON” ( In step S79, a jackpot game start command for notifying the sub-integrated board 58 of starting the jackpot game is stored (S80), and the process returns to the main process. On the other hand, if it is not determined to be a big hit (S78: NO), the process directly returns to the main process.

  Next, processing in the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. In the sub-integrated substrate processing, processing for controlling effects by the display screen 28, the illumination device 35, the speaker 48, and the like is performed in accordance with a command transmitted from the main substrate 41. In particular, it is determined based on a category notification command or the like transmitted from the main board 41 whether or not to execute a specific effect indicating that the degree of expectation that the jackpot game will be executed after that is higher than normal. When it is determined to execute the specific effect, control for executing the specific effect is performed during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol.

  First, the RAM 582 of the sub integrated substrate 58 will be described. In the RAM 582, a variation pattern storage area in which a variation pattern designated by the main board 41 is stored, a counter storage area in which various counters are stored, a reserved ball number storage area in which a special symbol operation reserved ball number is stored are executed. A specific effect pattern storage area in which a pattern of a specific effect that is determined is stored, a specific effect mode storage area in which a mode of a specific effect that is determined to be executed is stored, and a category notification command from the main board 41 Storage areas such as a notification category storage area for storing the notified contents, a command relation storage area for storing control commands output to the presentation control board 43, and a flag relation storage area for storing various flags are provided. Yes.

  The counter stored in the counter storage area includes a final variation determination counter. The final variation is a variation of a special symbol and a demo symbol for a random number that triggers the execution of the specific effect, and the series of specific effects ends when the final variation is performed. The final variation determination counter is a counter for determining the number of symbol variations (number of notification effects) required until the final variation. For example, if the value of this counter is “1”, It shows that the final change is performed after one notification effect with the change. A specific aspect of the specific effect is determined based on the value of the counter, and details will be described later with reference to a flowchart.

  Next, the ROM 583 of the sub integrated board 58 will be described. The ROM 583 stores various programs for the CPU 581 to assist the control of the pachinko machine 1. In addition, a control command table storage area for storing a table of control commands output from the sub-integrated board 58 to the effect control board 43 and the lamp driver board 46, a table for determining whether or not to execute a specific effect, etc. Various storage areas such as a table storage area for storing various tables and a specific effect mode storage area for storing a specific effect mode are provided.

  Next, the correspondence between the specific effect pattern and the winning ratio of each pattern and the category notification command will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a table in which the content of the category notification command and the result of the first jackpot determination are associated with the winning ratio of each pattern of the specific performance. As described above, when a game ball wins the first start port 14 during the execution of the notification effect, the main board 41 pre-reads information about the first jackpot random number and the notification effect based on the newly acquired random number. The look-ahead of the category is performed. Then, the result of prefetching is notified to the sub integrated board 58. In the sub-integrated board 58, whether or not to execute the specific effect and the pattern of the specific effect to be executed are determined according to the result of the prefetch notified from the main board 41, and specified over one or more notification effects. Control to execute the production.

  First, a specific effect pattern in the pachinko machine 1 will be described. “0 times” indicates that the specific effect is not executed, that is, the lottery for determining whether or not to execute the specific effect is lost. “Once” is a pattern in which the specific effect is not executed until the final change, and the specific effect is executed only during the notification effect in the final change. “Pattern A” means that the specific effect is not executed in the next change of the symbol variation performed when the execution of the specific effect is decided, and the specific effect is performed from the next change to the final change. It is a pattern to be executed. For example, if the number of reserved balls when it is determined to execute “Pattern A” is “4”, the specific variation is not executed during the first notification effect, and the second to fourth notifications are performed. The specific production is executed continuously during the production. “Pattern B” means that the specific effect is executed with the next change after the execution of the specific effect is determined, the specific effect is not executed from the next change to the last change, and the specific effect is again performed with the final change. It is a pattern to execute. For example, if the number of reserved balls when it is determined to execute “pattern B” is “4”, then the specific effect is executed during the first notification effect, and the second and third notification effects are being performed. The specific effect is executed again during the fourth notification effect. The “total variation” is a pattern in which a specific effect is accompanied by all symbol variations until the final variation is performed. If there are a plurality of reserved balls, the specific effect is always executed continuously. The Rukoto.

  Next, the correspondence between the winning ratio of these specific effect patterns and the category notification command and jackpot random number prefetch command received from the main board 41 will be described. As shown in FIG. 13, in the pachinko machine 1, when the prefetched first jackpot random number is a random number indicating a loss, the specific effect is executed as the jackpot expectation corresponding to the received category notification command is higher. The ratio is set to be high. For example, when a “reach non-established command” having a jackpot expectation of zero is received, the ratio of execution of the specific effect is “4/1024”, whereas “expected development” has the highest expectation. When the “command” is received, the rate at which the specific effect is executed is “800/1024”. Further, when the prefetched first jackpot random number is a random number indicating a jackpot, the specific effect is performed at a high rate (“800/1024”) regardless of the type of the category notification command. As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1, it is possible to control the content of the specific effect in combination with the category of the notification effect by being able to pre-read the category of the notification effect executed thereafter regardless of the number of reserved balls. Yes.

  Each category notification command is set with a priority order for determining whether or not to replace the content of the specific effect. Specifically, when the prefetched first jackpot random number is a random number indicating a loss, the category notification command having a higher expectation degree for the corresponding jackpot is set to have a higher priority. When the prefetched first jackpot random number is a random number indicating a jackpot, the highest priority is set regardless of the type of the category notification command. Although the details will be described later under such a configuration, when a prefetch result is further transmitted from the main board 41 while it is determined to execute the specific effect, the priority order of the newly received command Only when the priority of the command received earlier is higher than that of the command received earlier, the execution pattern of the specific effect is redrawn. As a result, when the reach effect indicating the disparity is executed during the specific effect, and the specific effect is further continued thereafter, the player can expect more strongly that it will be a big hit.

  Next, the aspect of the specific effect in the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing a specific effect mode storage area of the ROM 583 of the sub-integrated board 58. The specific effects in the pachinko machine 1 are divided into three groups, and each group has three specific effects such as “photo book”, “mail”, and “janken”. This group is divided according to the characters appearing during the specific effect. In the effect mode of group A, character A can be displayed, in group B, character B can be displayed, and in group C, character C can be displayed. And in each specific production | presentation aspect, the specific production which can be performed is predetermined. For example, in the specific effect mode of “mail” of group A, the display of the logo of the character A, the change in the display mode of the number of reserved balls in the reserved ball number display units 29 and 30 (see FIG. 2), the display of the moving image of the character A Among the effects for receiving the mail from the character A, one or more effects are displayed on the display screen 28 during the high-speed fluctuation of the demo symbol. And although mentioned later for details, when changing a specific production | presentation aspect during execution of a specific production | presentation, it replaces with the specific production | generation aspect in the same group as the specific production | presentation aspect before replacement. As a result, it is possible to prevent a problem that the aspect of the specific effect suddenly changes and loses unity.

  Hereinafter, sub-integrated substrate processing performed on the sub-integrated substrate 58 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the sub-integrated board process in the sub-integrated board 58, and FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a subroutine of the specific effect control process performed in the sub-integrated board process.

  When the sub-integrated substrate processing is started, first, it is determined whether or not a reserved ball number notification command is received from the main substrate 41 (S99). If it is received (S99: YES), the number of first and second special symbol actuated retained balls notified by the command is stored in the retained ball number storage area of the RAM 582 (S100). Then, the stored number of reserved balls is displayed on the number of reserved balls 29 and 30 in the display screen 28 (S101).

  Next, when the second jackpot random number for which the result of the jackpot determination is notified before the first jackpot random number is acquired, a process of increasing the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect is performed once. First, it is determined whether or not it is notified by a command that the number of second reserved balls is increased (S102). If the number of second reserved balls is not increased (S102: NO), the process directly returns to the determination of S99. If the number of second reserved balls is increased (S102: YES), it is determined whether or not a final variation determination counter for determining the number of symbol variations required until the final variation is “0” (S103). . If it is “0” (S103: YES), it is not determined to execute the specific effect, and the process directly returns to the determination in S99. If it is not “0” (S103: NO), “1” is added to the value of the final variation determination counter (S104), and the process returns to the determination of S99.

  If the pending ball number notification command has not been received (S99: NO), it is determined whether a category notification command has been received (S105). If received (S105: YES), a specific effect control process is performed (S106). In this specific effect control process, determination of whether or not to execute the specific effect, change of the content of the specific effect (specific effect mode and the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect), and specification to the effect control board 43 and the like Processing such as a production execution instruction is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 16, when the specific effect control process is started, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is in a time-short state (S131). The pachinko machine 1 is configured to execute the specific effect only in the normal state and not to execute the specific effect during the time saving state. Therefore, if it is determined that the time is short (S131: YES), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing shown in FIG.

  If it is determined that the state is not in the short time state (S131: NO), it is determined whether or not the value of the final variation determination counter for determining the number of symbol variations required until the final variation is “0”. (S132). If it is “0” (S132: YES), since the specific effect is not being executed, a random number is acquired and a specific effect pattern is drawn (S133). As described above, this lottery is performed by referring to the table stored in the ROM 583 according to the content of the received category notification command and the content of the jackpot random number prefetch command transmitted from the main board 41 at the same time. It will be. If the specific effect execution lottery is not won (S135: NO), the process directly returns to the sub-integrated board processing.

  In the case of winning a specific effect execution lottery, that is, winning a specific effect in any one pattern of “once”, “pattern A”, “pattern B”, “total variation” (see FIG. 13). If it is (S135: YES), one of the plurality of specific effect modes (see FIG. 14) is determined as the specific effect mode to be executed (S136). Then, the determined specific effect mode is stored in the specific effect mode storage area of the RAM 582 (S137). Next, the content notified by the category notification command received from the main board 41 is stored in the notification category storage area of the RAM 582 (S138), and the pattern of the specific effect selected in S133 is stored in the specific effect pattern storage area of the RAM 582. (S139). Then, the same value as the sum of the first reserved ball number and the second reserved ball number stored in the reserved ball number storage area is stored in the final variation determination counter (S140), and the process returns to the sub integrated substrate processing.

  On the other hand, when it is not in the time-short state (S131: NO) and the value of the final variation determination counter is not “0” (S132: NO), the priority set in the category notification command received this time is the RAM 582. It is determined whether or not the priority of the category notification command stored in the notification category storage area is higher (S143). As described above, the higher the degree of expectation of the notification effect category notified from the main board 41, the higher the priority is set (see FIG. 13). And in the pachinko machine 1, in order to replace the content of the specific effect only when the newly received command has a higher priority, the specific effect was continuously executed even after the reach effect indicating the disparity. In such a case, a notification effect having a higher expectation level is subsequently executed, and the player's expectation can be enhanced. Therefore, when the priority of the command newly received this time is equal to or lower than the priority of the previously received command (S143: NO), the contents of the specific effect are not replaced, and the sub integrated substrate processing is performed as it is. Return to.

  When the priority of the newly received command is higher (S143: YES), a random number is acquired and the specific effect pattern is redrawn (S144). This process is the same process as the lottery (S133) of the specific effect pattern described above. If the re-lottery is not won (S145: NO), the process returns to the sub integrated substrate process. In the case of winning (S145: YES), the already determined specific production mode is replaced with the specific production mode of the same group (S146). Since it is only necessary to be replaced with the specific effect mode of the same group, the same specific effect mode may be replaced. Next, the notification content of the newly received category notification command is stored (S138), and the specific effect pattern selected again is stored (S139). Then, the same value as the number of reserved balls is set in the final variation determination counter (S140), and the process returns to the sub-integrated substrate processing. In the sub integrated board process, when the specific effect control process is completed, the process directly returns to the determination in S99.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 15, if the category notification command has not been received (S105: NO), it is determined whether or not a variation pattern designation command has been received (S108). When received (S108: YES), the variation pattern specified by the command is stored in the variation pattern storage area of the RAM 582 (S109). Then, it is determined whether or not the final variation determination counter is “0” (S111). When the value of the counter is “0” (S111: YES), the specific effect execution process is not performed, and the notification effect is started according to the variation pattern (S115). Note that the demo symbol in the display screen 28 starts to fluctuate simultaneously with the start of the notification effect.

  When the value of the final variation determination counter is not “0” (S111: NO), the value of the final variation determination counter is decremented by “1” (S113). Next, the specific effect to be executed during the current notification effect is determined according to the specific effect pattern, the specific effect mode, and the value of the final variation determination counter stored in the RAM 582 (S114). For example, when the determined pattern of the specific effect is “pattern B”, the value of the final variation determination counter is “0”, not the variation next to the variation determined to execute the specific effect. Otherwise, the specific performance is not performed. On the other hand, if the value of the counter is “0” and the change is the final change, at least one of the plurality of effects in the determined specific effect mode is determined as the specific effect to be executed. Next, the notification effect is started according to the variation pattern, and the specific effect determined earlier is executed during the high-speed variation of the demo symbol in the notification effect (S115). Then, the process returns to S99.

  If the variation pattern designation command has not been received (S108: NO), it is determined whether a special symbol stop command has been received (S117). If it has been received (S117: YES), the notification effect that has been executed is terminated and a process of confirming and displaying the demo symbol is performed (S118), and the process returns to the determination of S99.

  If a special symbol stop command has not been received (S117: NO), it is determined whether or not a jackpot game start command has been received (S120). If it is received (S120: YES), a process for starting an effect during the jackpot game is performed (S121). When the jackpot game is executed, the continuity of the specific effect is interrupted. Therefore, the final variation determination counter is initialized to “0” which is the initial value without continuously executing the specific effect until the end of the jackpot game. (S122), the process returns to S99. If the jackpot game start command has not been received (S120: NO), it is determined whether another command has been received (S124), and if received (S124: YES), depending on the received command Various processes are performed (S125), and the process returns to the determination in S99. If no command has been received (S124: NO), the process directly returns to the determination in S99.

  Next, effects and effects of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18. FIGS. 17 and 18 are explanatory diagrams showing changes in the contents of specific effects in the pachinko machine 1 as time elapses.

  First, a case where a game ball wins the second start electric accessory 15 during execution of a specific effect and the content of the specific effect is changed will be described with reference to FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 17, first, a lottery is performed as to whether or not a specific effect is to be executed in response to the winning of a game ball at the first start port 14, and this is won. Since the number of the first reserved balls at this time is “3” and the number of the second reserved balls is “0”, the final change (the first jackpot random number that triggered the execution of the specific effect) “3” is set in the final variation determination counter for grasping the number of symbol variations up to one special symbol and demo symbol variation). That is, at this time, it is determined that the predetermined reach effect is performed after the notification effect with the specific effect is performed three times.

  Thereafter, the game ball wins the second starter electric accessory 15 during the notification effect accompanying the first specific effect. The result of the second jackpot determination that is triggered by this winning is notified to the player in preference to the result of the first jackpot determination, so the consistency between the end of the specific effect and the execution of the predetermined reach effect Sex can not be taken. However, in the pachinko machine 1, when it is determined that the specific effect is to be accompanied with the notification effect until the result of the first jackpot determination is shown, the game ball is newly won to the second starter electric accessory 15 Is performed by adding “1” to the value of the final variation determination counter. Thereby, the number of times of the notification effect accompanied by the specific effect is increased by 1, and it is possible to obtain consistency between the end of the specific effect and the execution of the predetermined reach effect. Therefore, a series of effects until a predetermined reach effect is executed can be executed smoothly.

  Next, a case where the specific effect with the normal reach as the final change is replaced with the specific effect with the development reach having the higher expected degree of jackpot than the normal reach as the final change will be described with reference to FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 18, first, a lottery for determining whether or not to execute a specific effect is performed in response to winning of a game ball at the first start port 14, and this is won. Then, “3” is set in the final variation determination counter, and the specific effect mode is determined as “group A / mail” (see FIG. 14). Note that the category of the final variation grasped by the sub integrated board 58 by the category notification command is “normal reach or higher”.

  Thereafter, a game ball is newly won at the first start opening 14 during the notification effect accompanying the second specific effect. The category of the new final change grasped by the sub integrated board 58 by the category notification command at the time of winning is “development confirmed”. Therefore, a re-lottery of whether or not to execute the specific performance is performed, and this is won. Therefore, the specific production mode has been replaced with “Group A / Janken” in the same group as the specific production mode that has already been determined, and “3”, which is the number of reserved balls at that time, is newly set in the final variation determination counter. Is done.

  Then, after the notification effect for performing the normal reach effect is executed, the specific effect is continuously performed, and then the notification effect for performing the development reach is executed. And since the specific production | presentation aspect before and behind replacement belongs to the same group, it can prevent that a specific production loses unity before and after substitution and impairs a player's interest.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, while it is determined to execute the specific performance, a game ball is further won in the first start opening 14 or the second start electric accessory 15. Then, the content of the specific effect can be changed according to the newly acquired random number value. For example, when the second jackpot random number is newly acquired and the player is notified of the determination result of the second jackpot random number with priority, the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect may be increased by one. it can. Therefore, it is possible to take correspondence between a series of specific effects and a notification effect that is executed at the end of the specific effects, and the series of effects can be executed smoothly. In addition, when it is decided to execute a specific effect while it is determined to execute a specific effect, the already determined specific effect mode may be replaced with the specific effect mode of the same group. it can. Therefore, the continuity of the specific performance can be maintained, and it can be prevented that the player's interest is impaired. Since these processes are performed by the sub-integrated board 58, the presentation control board 43, and the lamp driver board 46, the presentation can be diversified without imposing an excessive burden on the main board 41.

The first starting opening 14 and the second starting electric accessory 15 correspond to the “starting opening” of the present invention, and the first starting opening switch 69 and the second starting electric accessory switch 70 serve as the “game ball detecting means”. Equivalent to. Further, the CPU 51 of the main board 41 that acquires the jackpot random number in S25 and 36 shown in FIG. 10 functions as the “hit random number acquisition means”, and stores the jackpot random number acquired in S30 and 37 shown in FIG. CPU 51 functions as a “hit random number storage means”. CPU51 of the main substrate 41 for S4 6, the large hit determination in S57 shown in FIG. 12 functions as a "person or determining means". Also, CPU 581 of the sub-integrated substrate 58 to perform the notification effect in S115 shown in FIG. 15 functions as a "demonstration execution control unit". Further, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that determines whether or not to execute the specific effect in S133 and 144 shown in FIG. 16 functions as “specific effect execution determining means”, and S133, 136, 140, and 144 shown in FIG. The CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that determines the specific effect pattern, the specific effect mode, and the number of notification effects accompanied by the specific effect functions as “specific effect content determining means”. Further, the CPU 581 of the sub-integrated board 58 that adds “1” to the final variation determination counter in S102, 103, and 104 shown in FIG. 15, and the sub-integration that replaces the content of the specific effect in S143, 144, 145, and 146 shown in FIG. The CPU 581 of the substrate 58 functions as “production content changing means”.

The variation pattern corresponds to an “effect pattern”, and the special symbol variation pattern storage area 5306 in the ROM 53 that stores the variation patterns in categories is equivalent to an “effect pattern storage unit”. Also, it functions CPU51 as the "effect type determination random number acquisition means" of the main substrate 41 to obtain a category determination random number in S25 shown in FIG. 10. The CPU 51 of the main board 41 that determines one of the categories in S50, 52, 61, and 63 shown in FIG. 12 functions as “effect type determining means”. The CPU 51 of the main board 41 that performs the first category prefetching process in S28 shown in FIG. 10 functions as “effect type prefetching means” .

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. First, in the present embodiment, the result of prefetching about the first jackpot random number and the result of prefetching about the category of notification effect indicating the result of the first jackpot determination are referred only while the gaming state is the normal state, A lottery to determine whether or not to execute a specific performance is performed. Therefore, the specific effect is executed only during the normal state, and the specific effect is not executed during the time-short state. However, it is possible to execute a specific effect even during a short time state. In this case, the determination in S131 shown in FIG. Thereby, the mode of the notification effect during the time-saving state can be diversified, and the player can be entertained.

  In the present embodiment, the lottery for determining whether or not to execute the specific effect is performed only when the game ball wins the first start opening 14. It is also possible to execute a specific effect even when a game ball wins. In this case, the same processing as S26 to 29 shown in FIG. 10 may be executed in response to the game ball winning the second starting electric accessory 15. Thereby, pre-reading about the notification effect which shows the result of 2nd jackpot determination can be performed, and a specific effect can be performed according to the result.

  Specifically, when the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to execute a specific effect even in a short-time state, the second jackpot determination is preferentially performed, so the newly stored second A lottery is performed to determine whether or not to execute the specific effect according to the result of pre-reading the reserved ball. That is, when setting to perform a specific effect that continues until the result of the first jackpot determination is displayed during the time reduction state, the first jackpot determination is not performed forever by performing the second jackpot determination preferentially, There is a risk that the specific performance will continue indefinitely. Therefore, by executing the specific effect that continues until the result of the second jackpot determination is displayed, it is possible to diversify the effect in the short-time state while preventing the occurrence of such a problem. In this case, the pre-reading result of the newly acquired first reserved ball may not be notified to the sub-integrated board 58 during the time saving state.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when it is determined to execute a specific effect, a notification effect of a category having a higher jackpot expectation degree (higher priority) is subsequently executed. Then, it is determined whether or not to rewrite the specific effect mode (S143: see FIG. 16). However, this process is not necessarily performed. If it is determined in S143 that a command having a higher priority is newly received, the specific effect pattern is not redrawn (S144), and the specific effect is always replaced. May be.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, when replacing a specific production | presentation aspect, the continuity of a specific production is maintained by making the specific production | presentation aspect before and behind replacement into the same group. However, this configuration can also be changed. For example, a special specific effect mode that is executed only when the content of the specific effect is replaced may be newly provided. More specifically, while a specific effect is executed with a notification effect of a predetermined expectation level or higher as a final change, it is further decided to execute a specific effect with a similar high expectation notification effect as a final change. When it is done, the specific production mode that has already been determined is replaced with a specific production mode that can be executed only in this case with a predetermined probability. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player that the specific effect mode has been replaced, and it is possible to notify the player that a notification effect having a high jackpot expectation is executed a plurality of times. Therefore, the player's expectation for the jackpot can be increased.

  In addition, during the specific effect having the notification effect indicating the jackpot as the final variation, the jackpot game is continued only when it is determined to execute the specific effect having the notification effect indicating the jackpot as the final variation. It can also be replaced with a specific performance mode. In this case, it is possible to notify the player that the jackpot game is continuously performed by a specific effect, and it is possible to attract the player's interest more strongly.

  Moreover, the structure of the various tables in this Embodiment can be suitably changed within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, the category determination table shown in FIG. 7 is configured such that a category with higher expectation is determined as the random value increases, but a category with lower expectation is determined as the random value increases. Even if it is determined, it can be determined whether or not a category having a predetermined expected degree or more is determined regardless of the number of reserved balls. In addition, the category of notification production such as “normal reach” and “super reach” is only an example. For example, “premier reach” or the like that is a category that always has a big hit or a very high expectation level to be a big hit. It goes without saying that the present invention can be realized even if a category is newly added. Further, the selection ratio of each category when it is determined to be a big hit may be changed according to the number of reserved balls as in the case where it is determined to be out of play. Further, in the first category prefetching process (S28, see FIG. 10) in the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not a category with a predetermined expected level or more is determined. However, it is also possible to determine whether a predetermined category is determined regardless of the number of reserved balls and notify the sub-integrated board 58.

  Moreover, the specific effect mode used in the present embodiment is an example, and the specific effect mode can of course be set freely. For example, when a specific effect is continuously executed a plurality of times, the LED may be emitted white in the first specific effect, blue in the second specific effect, green in the third, and yellow in the fourth. it can. Alternatively, the number of continuous executions may be displayed on the display screen 28 or the like every time a specific effect is performed. Thereby, the player can easily grasp the number of continuous executions of the specific effect, and the player's expectation can be enhanced.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, when replacing a specific production | presentation aspect, the continuity of a specific production | generation is maintained by replacing with the specific production | generation aspect which belongs to the same group. However, the continuity of the specific effect can be maintained even if the effect is executed without changing the specific effect mode as it is by replacing only the number of executions of the notification effect with the specific effect and the pattern of the specific effect. In this embodiment, even if it is decided to execute a specific effect, if a specific effect pattern other than “total variation” (see FIG. 13) is determined, the specific effect is included in all notification effects. It is not always executed. However, it goes without saying that the specific effect may be executed during all the notification effects until the final change is made.

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

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 14 1st starting opening 15 2nd starting electrically-driven accessory 25 1st special symbol display part 26 2nd special symbol display part 28 Display screen 29 1st reservation ball number display part 30 2nd reservation ball number display Part 35 Illuminating device 41 Main board 43 Production control board 46 Lamp driver board 48 Speaker 51 CPU
52 RAM
53 ROM
58 Sub-integrated board 69 First start port switch 70 Second start electric accessory switch 581 CPU
582 RAM
583 ROM
5205 First jackpot relation information storage area 5305 Category determination table storage area 5306 Special symbol variation pattern storage area

Claims (1)

A game ball detecting means for detecting the passage of the game ball to a start port provided on the game board;
A winning random number acquisition means for acquiring a winning random number for determining whether or not to execute a winning game advantageous to the player due to the detection of the gaming ball by the gaming ball detection means;
Per-random-number storage means for sequentially storing the per-random numbers acquired by the per-random number acquisition means;
Hit determination means for determining whether or not the hit random number stored by the hit random number storage means is a predetermined random number determined in advance;
A plurality of production patterns for determining the production content and production time of the notification production, which is an production showing the determination result of the hit determination means, are different from each other in the degree of expectation that the determination result by the hit determination means is successful. Production pattern storage means for storing the production type separately;
Due to the fact that the game ball is detected by the game ball detection means, an effect type determination random number acquisition means for acquiring an effect type determination random number that is a random number for determining the effect type ;
And notification effect at the start pending counts indicating the number of the per random number stored by said per-random number storage means have you when to start the pre-Symbol notification effect, a determination result by said hit decision means, the presentation type determination Effect type determining means for determining the effect type of the notification effect to start execution according to the value of the effect type determination random number acquired by the random number acquiring means ,
Effect execution control means for executing the notification effect according to the effect pattern belonging to the effect type determined by the effect type determining means;
Due to the fact that the game ball is detected by the game ball detection means while the notification effect is being executed by the effect execution control means, the winning random number acquisition means and the effect type determination random number acquisition means newly When a random number is acquired, according to information about the newly acquired winning random number and a value of the newly acquired effect type determination random number, when the notification effect due to the detection is started a presentation type prefetch means for reading the presentation species such that at least determined regardless of the number of time pending sphere the notification effect started earlier,
The winning game is executed during the execution of one or a plurality of the notification effects until the determination result about the winning random number that causes the information about the effect type to be pre-read by the effect type prefetching means. Whether or not to execute a specific effect indicating that the expected degree of the event is higher than normal is included in the information on the newly acquired winning random number and the information on the effect type prefetched by the effect type prefetching means. Specific production execution determining means to determine according to
When it is determined by the specific effect execution determining means that the specific effect is to be executed during the notification effect, until the determination result about the winning random number that has been determined to be executed is shown. Specific production content determining means for determining the content of the specific production to be performed ,
Before SL particular effect determining means, due to the new game ball is detected by the gaming ball detection means until said specific effect of the determined contents is completed, the by the effect type prefetch unit When the information about the effect type is further prefetched, the information is executed by the effect execution control unit according to the newly acquired information about the winning random number and the information of the effect type prefetched by the effect type prefetching unit. An amusement content changing means for changing the content of the specific effect.

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